otava heikkilä

@claystorks.bsky.social

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a digital illustration depicting a humanoid unicorn lounging at the center of a fenced circle, looking annoyed. the scenery around the unicorn is filled with individually articulated wild flowers against a black background
a b&w comic page depicting the tense conversation between safra the maid and an old forest hag, who has captured safra in a web of black tendrils
a b&w comic page depicting a woman in a peasants outfit foraging in a deep forest, discovering at a clearing a fine woven dress hung from the branches of a dead tree
a cropped panel of my comic "the sexy escape of strawberry & penny bun", showing strawberry the fairy and penny bun the goblin deep in thought
the cover of my comic "the sexy escape of strawberry & penny bun", depicting the titular characters strawberry the fairy and penny bun the goblin posing and flying through the air, flanked by the rather long title of the comic
landscape photo of various flowering pots of plants sitting on the kallax on our balcony, from left to right: violets, coleus, eggplant and tomato
a vertical photo of a large gaggle of gays and transes on an extremely sunny pier, spectating a performance battle at a small kiki ball. tzor/zahara is on the mic mc'ing in the foreground
a black & white mixed media piece. the image is framed by heavily edited, fragmented pieces of a photo taken of a forest. inside the frames is a watercolor painting depicting outwards pointing thorns loosely coiling around the center. at the center is a digitally painted orb in soft diffused shadow.
photo of a drained basin connecting to a dam, where shallow pools of water intersect with bare rock that previously made up the bottom of a rapid. fresh green growth peppers the rocks, and several seagulls are sunbathing on them.
a photo taken of an overpass from below as an industrial train travels across it, casting soft shadows through the metal grid on the sides of the train tracks. graffiti can be seen in the lower half of the image, adorning the walls of the overpass
a black & pink promo for Sickos Selection illustrated by the talented @gchoule below which the names of the Sickos Selection #4 contributors are lined up
a cropped comic panel of a fairy describing her ability to contain multitudes to a bemused looking goblin. Her speech bubble reads: "unlike some dumber creatures, us fairies can have two thoughts on our mind at the same time!" while holding up three fingers
photo of a kiki ballroom in progress, the face category is being judged
an ad graphic featuring the covers of several of my comic releases, advertising the sale i'm currently running on my itch store front
a cropped black and white comic panel of a woman looking up to the right with a wary expression as a sinewy, bandaged hand intimately turns her by the chin
a comic page, set in bright spring colors, of a fairy and a goblin discussing a goblin legend about a grub that grants wishes
a watercolor study of a city underpass just after the rain
Picture of me at my art alley table in Tampere Kuplii
photograph of a table with a variety of art prints and comic booklets laid out, in the left corner is a text blurb announcing the date and location of my artist alley table at tampere kuplii comics convention
a digital illustration containing 5 stickers, clockwise from the top left: a bleeding hand holding a rose with the words "i'll hold you regardless" written around it; a little bird under tall leaves; a black adder with a star on its forehead; a sullen devil; and at the center of the image, a red devil smiling down at us as her metal collar is being tugged at by a blue hand
a digital illustration of an equine woman answering a rotary phone, she seems to be working at an office of some sort
cropped black & white comic panel from my latest erotic horror wip. safra the maid is walking through the forest barefoot, carrying a bundle of laundry
gouache painting of a warmly lit dressing room, where two equine women are getting ready for a show. the one further off is looking back at us with a skeptical expression, while the woman at the front is focusing on applying her make up
illustration on a blue background of a mythical tree with the sun setting behind it. the goddess inanna, with the planet venus on her forehead, descends from the sky. on the ground by the river rests a rose and a ring post made from reed
A video showing the finished result of a printed saddle stitched zine of my short comic "forest wedding"
pencil sketch of a comic page panel. a beautiful and smart fairy says "unlike some dumber creatures, us fairies can have two thoughts on our mind at the same time!" while holding up three fingers. a friendly but suspicious goblin observes her antics
digital drawing depicting a relatively tall fairy girl with lilac skin and hair wearing a rather revealing leafy outfit next to a much shorter goblin pig guy, who has greenish skin and wears a tall cap. the two pose cheerfully in front of springtime foliage, depicted in earthy tones and soft pastels
the cover of my comic, THE SECOND SAFEST MOUNTAIN (2023)
photograph of a rocky lakeside beach covered in ice and snow. on the left, the frozen lake surface is streaked with many brushstroke-like patterns. on the right, rowboats have frozen over the rocks of the beach
photograph of a mossy forest pond, with a nearly branchless trunk of a fir tree intersecting the center of the image