jaen nighly || ichormancer

@jnb.art

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IGDN groundbreaker award winning illustrator of the fantastic & the macabre! marquise of shadows art, metal, & ttrpgs // pronounced like "jane" // 🏳️‍⚧️ she/her 💼 https://jnb.art 🎤 https://welawaysounds.com

A black and white illustration of sunset over a vista of wheat fields that go off into the mountainous horizon, and are bordered by distant forests. Scattered throughout the fields are a half dozen bonfires where dark plumes of smoke rise into the darkening sky. Tall robed figures carry wood from the forests to the bonfires to keep them lit. In the foreground you can see that skeletons lie beneath the lush fronds of wheat. there is a banner at the top that says "plains" and at the bottom of the card it says "https://jnb.art, jaen nighly butler, illustrator & marquise of shadows"
a mirror selfie of jaen wearing high waisted trousers and a belt, a black sleeveless body suit, a thin black harness, black and white cat eye glasses, recycled cymbal shard earrings, gold nails, and a red lip. her arms are crossed and she is giving a stoic look.
a black and white illustration of a woman with long wavy hair draped over her shoulders seated on some mossy rocks in a dark forest. she is leaning on one knee and has her other armed draped over the hilt of her well worn longsword.
a selfie of jaen in black and white glasses, pig tails, an opossum crop top, and wearing makeup. she is smiling slightly with her mouth closed.
A black and white 3 panel comic illustration. The first panel is a close-up of a hand grabbing a thick book off the top of a stack of books. The second panel is a close up of that hand loading the book into the slot in the side of an MG42 gun like a magazine of bullets. The third panel is a figure in a small wizard hat with a cyborg eye laying on the ground with the gun firing spells out of the gun as the book is shredded through the other side.
a selfie of jaen wearing black and white glasses, a yellow crop tank, and a black and white patterned sports bra underneath it.
9 illustrations in oval vignettes in a 3 x 3 grid described as below: I A black and white illustration of a barren beach with mountains in the distance and dark clouds overhead. Light waves lap at the shore. II A black and white illustration of a mountainous landscape rent asunder by an earthquake, exposing the dirt and stone below. III A black and white illustration of a large willow tree growing out over water — its reflection visible beneath. IV A black and white illustration of large foreboding clouds that seem to be barreling down upon the landscape. V A black and white illustration of rocks in the ocean being pummeled by waves from behind. VI A black and white illustration of slim trees in a forest, a tree in the center of the composition has broken and fallen over on another tree that is bending beneath the fallen tree’s weight. VII A black and white illustration of a humongous boulder that has fallen some time ago at the base of a hill amongst a number of trees in the forest. VIII A black and white illustration of the night sky above a hill — the milky way is visible along with many stars. VIV A black and white illustration of a lone gnarly cypress tree growing on the ledge of a rocky cliff as a grey sky advances overhead.
a selfie of jaen wearing a black and white striped sleeveless shirt, black and white cat-eye style glasses, as well as a lego heart necklace.
A black and white illustration of a worm’s eye view of a gothic castle atop a mountain. It is winter and snow covers the castle and surrounding mountains and hills, and billowing clouds frame the night sky to either side of the castle. There are large snowflakes falling all around, and the full moon sits behind a tower perilously balanced on a narrow column of rock. The castle is dilapidated and in ruins, with a stairway leading up the mountain that is missing a section half the way up to the castle.
a black and white illustration of a prowling indoraptor with it’s mouth wide open and one hand clutched below it’s head as if paused and awaiting to pounce and grab its prey. spines line its lower back and there is an artist signature by the other hand of the indoraptor that is planted on the ground.
a color illustration of a back view of a robed wizard wearing a crooked wizard hat with a wide brim, and carrying a glowing staff in one hand. his arms are spread out wide as he stands in a large field with tree covered mountains in the distance and clouds and fog hanging low over the scene.
a selfie of jaen, a white trans femme, wearing a yellow sleeveless dress with a thin black leather harness worn over it. she is also wearing large gold hoop earrings, a lego heart necklace, and bold yellow makeup with a red lip. she is laying in bed with one arm above her head.
A selfie of jaen, a white femme with brown hair in a wolf cut with short bangs. she’s wearing a black sleeveless zip up dress with a motorbike style collar, hoop earrings and dramatic eye makeup and a saturated red lip.
a color ttrpg cover illustration of a moonlit mountain surrounded by billowing clouds, and speckled with evergreen trees. the peak of the mountain is integrated in the logo for the game "MORIAH" in a thorned and webbed metal-logo-like typeface. below that is the subtitle for the game and the game's creator in blackletter typefaces spelling out "FINAL CUT" and "KYLE TAM" respectively. At the base of the mountain is a wall of thorns and 5 adventurers standing before a stone altar; the adventurers are preparing themselves for a journey up the mountain. The illustration is colored with blue and purple half-tones in a light-to-dark gradient from the top of the composition to the bottom.
a selfie of pre-transition jaen in 2012 wearing glasses and a button up work shirt while sitting outside
an animated gif of text that looks like the game boy advanced startup screen except it says “estrogen injected” and “femmetendo”
an animated gif of text that looks like the game boy advanced startup screen except it says “estrogen injected” and “femmetendo”
a black and white illustration of a creek in a dark forest where a pine tree has fallen and cast a shadow over the creek. in the distance there is a group of naked people having sex. there are inset comic panels that feature in sequence: someone eating pussy, someone licking another person’s armpit, a fledgling downy woodpecker in a pine tree, someone pulling someone’s hair from behind, someone licking a woman’s dick, and a frog on a rock in the creek.
a video of jaen wearing a colorful dress playing a somber melody on a classical guitar
a black and white illustration of a dungeon tower built into a grassy hill, the cylindrical tower has a hand lightly grasping the tower sculpted into the tower's design. the hand is very suggestive. a path leads up to the arched entrance of the tower. hand-lettered script in the sky in front of billowing clouds reads "The Dungeon That Tops You"
A selfie of jaen, a white femme with medium length brown hair in a wolf cut with bangs. she’s wearing glasses and a white chainsaw man t-shirt, and she’s got a classical guitar in her lap.
a black and white illustration of a dungeon tower built into a grassy hill, the cylindrical tower has a hand lightly grasping the tower sculpted into the tower's design. the hand is very suggestive. a path leads up to the arched entrance of the tower. hand-lettered script in the sky in front of billowing clouds reads "The Dungeon That Tops You"
a black and white illustration of a woman with long wavy hair draped over her shoulders seated on some mossy rocks in a dark forest. she is leaning on one knee and has her other armed draped over the hilt of her well worn longsword.
A black and white illustration of a woman in a labyrinth with her back to the viewer. She is wearing a robe and has her hair braided with a hair pin stuck in at the back of her hair that has a crescent moon on it. The labyrinth is constructed from rock that looks like the surface of the moon. She is hastily striding up to an intersection in the labyrinth and two ghostly spirits drift ominously at the end of the possible two paths. The moon hovers above the labyrinth in the top right corner of the composition — it features craters and lines that imply the faces of both a young lady and an old crone. The sky around the moon is speckled with distant stars.
A color illustration of Jesus drawn to look like Waluiji. He has his white gloved fist raised forward is wearing a purple draped robe. His mustache is pointed. His crown of thorns and glove both have an upside down yellow J on them. A speech bubble coming from his mouth says “I’ma gonna sin!” The background is vibrant red.
A black and white illustration of a cobblestone plaza surrounded by dilapidated ruins. There is a tall gnarled oak tree in the center of the plaza, and around it on the ground are hundreds of bowls full of coins.
stylized hand-lettered text in a blackletter typeface that reads, “thank you.” and a less stylized line of text below it that reads, "a game by jaen nighly butler." the text is black and the background is yellow.
A selfie of jaen, a white femme with shoulder length brown hair, posing along the corner of a wall with a neon pink led sign that says “hello there” like the sign in catwoman’s apartment in batman returns
A selfie of jaen, a white femme with brown medium length hair in a wolf cut with bangs, wearing a black lace dress, a black sweater, two necklaces, and pink nail polish. she’s sitting on a couch in front of decorative curtains and a skateboard painted to look like the drag queen divine.
stylized hand-lettered text in a blackletter typeface that reads, “thank you.” and a less stylized line of text below it that reads, "a game by jaen nighly butler."
hand-lettered text in a blackletter typeface that says “thank you.”
a black and white illustration for the cover of the game HELLPIERCERS. It features a decorative border of metal and gems with skeletons bearing spears. the title text is written in a stylized hand-lettered blackletter typeface. there are arcane sigils and floating geometric forms chained through a floating eye, as well as two veiled and haloed attendants flanking the composition below billowing clouds. one attendant is holding a hammer and the other, a sickle. an angel wing and demon wing cross below the title text, and at the base of the art, demonic hands and limbs reach upwards.
a video of jaen sitting outside playing a composition of john dowland’s “lachrimae pavan” on the classical guitar
a black and white 3 panel comic of vegeta. in the first panel vegeta has his eyes closed and says "sorry, kakarot." in the second panel he opens his eyes and smiles and says "you're no match for my..." and in the final panel we see vegeta from a worm's eye view as he pops out his juicy ass and giant words next to him say "GALICK GYAT"
A four panel illustrated comic. Panel 1: Geralt is crouched in a forest looking at a large three-toed monster footprint. He says, “hmm...” Panel 2: Geralt stands up with his hands on his hips, still looking down at the footprint. Panel 3: Geralt stands in the same position and looks off to the side thoughtfully. Panel 4: A wide shot of a hilly landscape with a snowy mountain in the background, a river flowing at the base of the mountain, clouds and the sun in the sky, and a large animal flying. A speech bubble points down somewhere into the forest. Geralt says “fuck.”
A color cover illustration of a vast abandoned valley flanked by craggy mountains and crumbling castles. a skeleton with a royal crown and cape lays on a rock in the foreground. The title text spells “Dead Reign” and is written in a black letter typeface with a dagger in the middle for the ‘i’ in ‘reign’. The lettering also implies the shape of a crown and sits on top of a skull in the top center of the cover.
a cropped preview of the black and white cover art of “The Dungeon That Tops You.” Fluffy clouds surround hand-lettered blackletter typeface title-text. the top of a tower and a hand wrapped around it is visible in the lower left corner, and the tops of a treeline is visible in the lower right corner.
a photo of the swamp skull illustration in progress on a light-board. there are markers spread out for use and also a copy of a book with an exquisite corpse ex libris sketch inside the front cover in silver ink.
a black and white sketch of a swamp landscape gnarled trees and skulls floating in the water.
A selfie of jaen, a white femme with medium length brown hair in a shaggy wolf cut with short bangs, wearing a black and off-white dress, makeup, and a gold chain necklace with an ornate skeleton key on the end. she is also wearing a jean jacket with metal band patches and has a black and white checkered pattern purse.
A selfie of jaen, a white femme with medium length brown hair in a shaggy wolf cut with short bangs, wearing a black and off-white dress, makeup, and a gold chain necklace with an ornate skeleton key on the end.
An illustration of a hairy turtle like monster with a shell exploding with volcanic smoke and lava standing on top of a mountain. A figure stands at the top of a rocky staircase on the mountain side — they hold a torch in one hand and their other hand is gently extended out to the monster’s face.
a black and white pencil sketch of a dungeon tower built until a grassy hill, the cylindrical tower has a hand lightly grasping the tower sculpted into the tower's design. the hand is very suggestive. a path leads up to the arched entrance of the tower. hand lettered script at the top reads "The Dungeon That Tops You"
A color illustration of Jesus drawn to look like Waluiji. He has his white gloved fist raised forward is wearing a purple draped robe. His mustache is pointed. His crown of thorns and glove both have an upside down yellow J on them. A speech bubble coming from his mouth says “I’ma gonna sin!” The background is vibrant red.
a black and white illustration of a creek in a dark forest where a pine tree has e fallen and cast a shadow over the creek. there are inset comic panels that feature in sequence: someone eating pussy, someone licking another person’s armpit, a fledgling downy woodpecker in a pine tree, someone pulling someone’s hair from behind, someone licking a woman’s dick, and a frog on a rock in the creek.
A selfie of jaen, a white femme with medium length brown hair in a wolf cut with short bangs. the picture is a front view of her face and hair.
An ancient bronze dragon is perched on the peak of an island, and six small bronze dragon wyrmlings circle the sky around it. There is a lighthouse on the cliff-side of the island. Billowing clouds frame the scene, and waves splash against the island below. The silhouette of a city is visible on the horizon. A large moon contains the title and byline: “Monster Manifest by J.N. Butler”
a black and white illustration of a creek in a dark forest where a pine tree has e fallen and cast a shadow over the creek. there are inset comic panels that feature in sequence: someone eating pussy, someone licking another person’s armpit, a fledgling downy woodpecker in a pine tree, someone pulling someone’s hair from behind, someone licking a woman’s dick, and a frog on a rock in the creek.
a screenshot that shows a label that states “3 labels have been placed on this content” and the post text “mods are gonna mod, so post tasteful nude figure studies anyway”
a medium shot photo of jaen playing guitar and singing into the mic
a selfie of jaen in a left 3/4 view wearing a cropped jean jacket with patches for capsule corp, as well as the bands panopticon, mares of thrace, have a nice life, agriculture, and ragana.
a photo of jaen’s hand holding a beige electro voice 635a
A black and white illustration of a barren prairie with a dirt road leading up to a small traveling carnival with various rides and attractions. A looming gargantuan cloud of dust approaches the carnival and takes up the majority of the composition — emphasizing the immense difference in scale between the dust storm and the carnival grounds.
a video of jaen playing guitar on stage at darkness brewing. she is performing the song “art is why” which has fast 16th note strumming and a blast beat backing track.
a photo of jaen head banging while playing guitar on stage
A selfie of jaen, a white femme with brown shoulder length hair in a wolf cut with bangs. she is wearing dark eyeliner, mascara, and lipsrick, and is also wearing embroidered bluejay feather earrings, a silver necklace, and a panopticon band shirt.
a picture of a knee-high heeled-boot in white, yellow, and blue colors that is styled like vegeta's armor.
a video of jaen strumming a calming series of chords on a classical guitar
a black and white illustration of a brightly illuminated rooftop pool with no one in it. two taller buildings are to the right and left and a single window is illuminated on the left building with a silhouetted figure standing in the window. the sky is filled with stars - which makes for the only way to delineate the dark buildings from the sky.