Jack Musto 🐇 🌕 🐺

@jackattack.bsky.social

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it's Jackie (she, her) http://jackiemustoart.com - creator of comics Kay and P and The Adventures of Lady Skylark. email me: Jackie@kayandp.com -- everything else: jackmusto.carrd.co -- never any a/i, enn eff tee.

An open sketchbook, showing the front and back cover. Drawn on the cover is a stylized bear with white stars marked over its body and one eye to represent the constellation Ursa Major. The drawing is done in black ink white gel pen on grey paper.
A photo of an iPad screen, tilted to show the abominable condition of the screen protector, which looks like it got into a fight with a dozen beetle-sized cats.
A color pencil and marker drawing of a ghostly horse in a monochromatic green palette. It's galloping across the page, mouth open and it's bones gleaming.
A close crop of a large snapping turtle who looks like she's covered in a bit of dried mud!
An open sketchbook showing two pages, drawn on in ballpoint pen and pink marker. There is a coiled snake with a black star, a leaf, a whirlybird seed pod, an arrow connecting a sunflower and moon, a windy landscape and an angry set of eyes. A few quotes from the book "Their Eyes Were Watching God" and written in: "one day, she watched the shadow of herself" and "all gods who recieve homage are cruel... real gods require blood."
A femme figure jumping sideways across the pages of an open sketchbook. She's wearing a halter top, two piece skirt and sandles. She has lighter skin and darker hair. The drawing is black and white, done entirely in ballpoint pen.
An open sketchbook showing two pages of ballpoint and marker drawings. They include a swan, stars and a moon, a leaf, leathery wings, an eye and a pair of hands.
A femme demon face with a disgusted look. She has curled horns, dark hair and small wings with a moon and stars around her.
A partially finished color pencil drawing on black paper of a tiefling wraith. It's white eye shines out from under a hood, and it's glowing bones are visible through its ghostly form. The color palette is greens and dark hues.
A sketchbook showing four pages of thumbnails for a comic, some simple character sketches of anthropomorphic animals and some notes. The script is tucked to the side, and a ballpoint pen is tossed in there.
A sketchbook page with a stylized tiger drawn in color pencil. It's back is turned, but it looks over it's shoulder with its mouth open.
An open sketchbook with a ballpoint pen drawing of a griffin. It is charging across the page, looking like it's hootin' and hollerin'
A double page sketchbook spread, drawn with green highlighter and black ballpoint pen. There is a double-headed snake in front of a dark cloud, an arrow, an ankh, a landscape of trees at night and a large flower. Dotted about are various eye motifs.
A graphic that reads: The National Cartoonists Society Divisional Awards for Excellence in Cartooning (established 1946) - then for comic book: Jackie Musto - with an icon of her profile pic, and a snippet of the black and white comic The Wolf with No Tail - Eric Powell - with their profile pic in black and white, and their black and white comic The Goon - and Stan Sakai, with a color comic of Usagi Yojimbo.
A double page sketchbook spread draw in black ballpoint pen on white paper. There is a flying serpent with eyeballs on its wings, a night's sky, stylized waves, a symbolic eye, squares of tones of various hatching techniques, and a femme figure with light skin and dark hair sitting under some leafy shrubs.
A double page spread from a sketchbook. There are four pink sticky notes glued to the pages, and ballpoint pen and marker are used to draw an underwater kelp forest, some fish shapes and a sea snake.
A cartoony version of the artist: a light skinned woman with dark hair cut into a deathhawk. She poses in front of a background reading: con schedule 2026: CAMP, 4/11 Portland ME, Table 36A. CodCon, 4/26, Hyannis MA. SPX 9/12-9/13, Bethesda MD.
An open sketchbook to show the drawing off on the cover. It's a black and white, semi-rampant lion. The grey of the material cover with some light linework makes up the body of the lion, where the background is blacked out save for some starts. Several stars are larger on the body of the lion to make up the constellation "Leo".
A copy of "The Wolf with No Tail 2" laying on top of a purple suitcase and some boxes of comics. There is a cute orange cat just in frame in the background. The cover of the comic is mostly black and white: a pair of black wings with two curved blades, and a white rabbit mask with a sword laid over it to make up the nose. The mask's eyes glow red.
A double page spread from a sketchbook, with a long limbed figure across it. The drawing is in highlighter and ballpoint pen, using lots of hatching marks. The figure is femme, with a shaved head and long mohawk.
A page of drawings depicting three ranks of monster frogs. The frogs are linework above, and rendered with marker colors below in tones of yellow, orange, red and green. Rank 1 is a fairly normal frog with an extra big mouth. Rank two is much larger and seems to be growing polyps of more frogs on its back. Rank three is larger still, and looks like three monstrously fused frog heads with more polyps and eyeballs. It's shooting out one of its tongues.
A photo of an ipad screen, with Procreate open and showing a few pages of an eight page mini comic about growing sunflowers. The title page (aptly) reads: "Growing Sunflowers" with a large sunflower, and the second page has a couple facts about them attracting pollinators, their uses and how they follow the sun. There is a cute sun graphic.
A cartoony version of the artist: a light skinned woman with dark hair cut into a deathhawk. She poses in front of a background reading: con schedule 2026: CAMP, 4/11 Portland ME, Table 36A. CodCon, 4/26, Hyannis MA. SPX 9/12-9/13, Bethesda MD.
A digital drawing of the Howlite Sphinx. It's a massive, split headed stone beast, with two muscled front arms but a broken apart back end. It's covered in cracks and magical blue glyphs.
A large open sketchbook, showing four pages of thumbnails for a comic. They are drawn in ballpoint pen, and the pan is laying lazily to the side with the script. The edges of the photo are slightly blurry.
An illustration of the artist doing jazz hands in front of some information. The figure has light skin and dark hair that is shaved on the sides and braided into a long braid down the center. They are wearing pink jeans, a white shirt and a green cordory button up. The information reads: Con Schedule 2026: CAMP 4/11, Portland ME - table 36a. CodCon 4/26, Hyannis MA.
A three panel comic. In the top panel, a man seems to be barely holding back some sort of giant toothed monster. He has a grimace on his face, and is wearing a jean jacket with angel wings on the back. He has dark hair pulled up in a short ponytail with shaved sides. In the second panel, the camera pulls back to reveal how big the monster is. The man yells unsurely: "Muuuuuuuum?!" In the final panel, we see the three characters from the previous comic enjoying and relaxing in the sun. The man with light skin and darker hair is grilling in the back wearing a tank top, cargo shorts and slides. The light skinned man with light hair and rabbit ears is sunning himself in a beach chair with a frozen drink. The woman with dark skin and hair is sitting in a folding beach chair, in a bathing suit reading Warrior Cats with a beer. She has her hand up, waving encouragingly: "Doing great, my favorite star! Proud of you!"
An open sketchbook, showing both pages covered with ballpoint and marker drawings of rabbits. There are five in total, bouncing, leaping, stretching and hanging out. Moon phases surround them in a dark, hatched background. The rabbits are white with red eyes.
A double-page sketchbook page. On the left drawn in blue marker and ballpoint pen is a female demon hunter decked out in demon skulls, fur and a cape. She is bent over a bit, holding a scythe and dragging a demon head. She says: "You're not some kind of demon, are ya?" On the right, a weird demon head sketch and a big tooth are drawn in ballpoint.
A double-page sketchbook with ballpoint pen and marker drawings. On the left is a satyr-like figure with green marker highlights. She's leaping gracefully, arms and legs twisting about. On the right, a snake in a sepia marker. It's got a kinda chunky large head and patterns that look like eyes. There's a small crescent moon in the corner.
A sketchbook page of a femme figure with rabbit feet and a rabbit mask. She's curled in on herself, and floating before black clouds in front of a full moon. Arrows rain down from the sky.
An open sketchbook showing a ballpoint and marker drawing of a sphinx with horns. She's facing to the left, with a dark mane and stretched back legs. Beneath the tip drawing, the artist failed several times to draw something she was happy with.
Page five. Panel one: Angi leans up a bit, squeezing Douglas' shoulders. "Let the kids handle this one. They've got it." Panel two: We turn to Alden, Douglas asking him, "...what do you think, Alden?" he replies, "Oh what - maybe not chase your ass interdimensionally to keep you from beefing it?" Panel three: Alden leans over comically, continuing, "Perish the thought!" While Douglas looks disgruntled at being made fun of, Angi has a good chuckle about it. Panel four: Angi pets Douglas' head, fixing his hair while he seems to resign himself. "Ugh - I guess." he says.
A sketchy comic in black and white featuring three characters: a darker skinned woman with dark curly hair and kangaroo ears/feet (Angi), a light skinned guy with darker hair (Douglas), a squared jaw and armor; and a light skinned thin guy with light hair and rabbit ears/tail/feet (Alden). In the first page, the woman is sitting leisurely on a wooden stair next to an open cooler with drinks in it. She says: "Hey boys! Took ya long enough." In a separate panel, the two men look shocked or amused, and Douglas says: "What in the actual fu-"
A black, white and red cover for a comic titled: The Wolf with No Tail: II. The cover shows a stylized rabbit mask with a blade overlaying it. The hilt of the sword makes up the nose of the rabbit and the blade is between her ears. On either side there are two black wings with a twisted dagger on each side. In the background, a forest of trees and a night's sky.
a long snippet of a comic page showing a merge double panel of two characters having a conversation. The page is mostly black and white, drawn with ballpoint and charcoal brushes. On the left is a white rabbit character with stark red eyes and a stern expression. On the right is a snarky raven character with a wing held to his chin in thought.
A watercolor and color pencil drawing of a hare, stylized so that it fits snuggly in a rectangular frame. It is mostly yellows, oranges and browns. The markmaking is hatched and textural.
A photo of an iPad, with the Procreate program running. The file is a comic page in progress, with the sketchy linework coming together. It features one panel in particular - a white muzzle of a rabbit speaking somberly and saying: "...I should have done something all those years ago - but I ran like a coward anyway."
An open sketchbook page with a ballpoint pen and highlighter drawing across it. The background and sketch are done in orange highlighter, with a rabbit drawn in ballpoint pen leaping across the pages. Below, there are some flowers, and a large white space in the upper left. The rabbit is rather stylized and lanky looking.
A digital drawing of a goblin character, in mostly pinks and forest greens. This freedom fighter goblin is decked out in a crimson hoodie, leather armor and thin daggers strapped all over her body - though they look almost like short swords on her. She has chunky boots, a zap of ash blond hair, green skin and yellow eyes. Her sleeve has some runes on them that read "FUCK ICE"!
A digital illustration of a goblin, primarily in purple and gold. He is slouched over with a sepia green skin tone, and a grumpy look on his freckled face. He is wearing baggy purple robes, gold gloves and a long tailed hat. He holds an old looking bound book with stacks of books, scrolls and papers behind him. His clothes and the tiled floor bear the holy symbol of Helea, which has a goddess knot style symbol.
A digital illustration of a goblin characters in mostly oranges, goldens and blues. The goblin is very hirsute, and turning back to face the viewer. He is wearing cowboy like attire, including a hat, boots, sheriff's badge and a claw pendant.
A digital illustration of a goblin character, primarily in yellows, oranges and blues. The dark brown skinned goblin woman is sitting in a woven lounge chair, waving to someone out of frame and setting down a pink margarita with a slice of lime on it's salted rim. She's got cat-like eyes and nose, nicely done nails and a white robe with orange trim. She has golden toned sandals and turban wrapped around her head. She also wears several pieces of jewelry, including a bracelet and earrings.
A digital drawing in primarily yellows, pinks and greens of a charming darker skinned goblin character and their dog companion. The goblin wears a dusty rose cape, a flat topped hat, pants and shoes. They have dark hair, braided in two strands. They carry a backpack and axe, and are scratching the dog's ear. The dog is a huge riding mount, larger than the goblin and looks like a golden, furry mutt of a dog. On the dog's back is a saddle with a hog-tied bounty of a thief ready to be turned in.
A colored digital drawing of a tan skinned goblin person in a swanky wheelchair. The goblin is looking apprasingly at a large diamond with is glinting in their hands. They have just a touch or orange hair, and are wearing blue and orange clothes that are adorned with rich patterns. Their chair looks like clockwork with strong treads and similar decoration.
A jaunty goblin wanderer, who is strolling down the road with a piece of buttered toast in his teeth. He is fixing his leather glove, and giving a wink. His skin is a greenish brown, and his sparse bits of hair are a reddish brown. He has bright blue eyes with a cat-like slit pupil, and wears a red hat and cloak, with a light blue tunic and leg wrappings. Hagub has several small magical bits and bobs attached to his belt, ready for whatever the road brings!
A rough sketch drawn with white and black color pencil on a light blue paper. The drawing is of a hand using a sumi brush to make a stroke. The drawing is light, in the early stages of refining the shape with hatching to describe the planes of the fingers and hand. The background is chunked in with rough, white strokes.
A skewed photograph of a drawing blue taped to a board. On it is drawn a hare, stylized so it fits snugly into a geometric shape. Is it washed with an orange brown color.
An open sketchbook covered in highlighter and ballpoint pen sketches. On the left, a bunch of cartoony stylized skulls in yellow and pen, and on the right a chunky orange and pink drawing of a face with minimal linework. The character is saying: "Go on. SAY it."
A ballpoint pen drawing of an serpent style dragon, albeit very cartoony. It's twisted about itself a bit, with various orb-like spheres floating around it. It's mostly the white of the paper, but the whiskers, cheeks, fins, nails and tail are a darker black. The background is finished with some hatching to provide contrast against the body. There is a lime green post it with the creators handle on bluesky, "jackattack".
A color pencil and marker drawing ofa beholder in yellow and purple tones. The beholder looks a little sassy like they are saying something snappy, looking towards the bottom right with their 11 eyes.
A sketchbook page of lightly drawn hands in various positions. It's drawn entirely in ballpoint pen, with hatching for tone.
A screenshot of an advertisement for the most blursed food item of all time - the Hoo-burrito. The image shows the burrito in question with a side of chips, and the description reads: a burrito with spicy crispy chicken strips, onion crisper, pepper Jack cheese, cheese sauce and sweet and tangy BBQ sauce. Served with tortilla chips, a side of cheese sauce and ranch dressing.
A sketchbook page showing some layered papers and drawings in ballpoint pen and marker. The final image is pf a pair of hands and a nonsense word.
A drawing of a stylized horse, drawn in color pencil and marker. The color palette is mostly yellow with a little purple. The horse is drawn so that it fits snugly into the rectangular shape.
A nude stylized figure drawn in ballpoint pen, covering her body protectively. She has long dark hair, horns and a goat-like tail. She looks at the viewer.