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🏜️ mintt/kelsey, 26, they/he 🦎 az-based illustrator & comic artist 🌵no ai ☀️ i like dragons and coyotes and the desert a lot !! 🐉 links- keymintt.carrd.co portfolio- artofkeymintt.weebly.com email- keymintt.art@gmail.com

digital illustration of a woman with purple hair looking wistfully off to the side. where her right eye would be, there is instead a cluster of purple crystals
a traditional pen and ink drawing of a coyote curled in on itselt and partially covering its face with its paws, eye looking intently at the viewer. a burst of color in white, yellow, orange, pink, purple, and blue (painted in gouache) erupts from its neck.
digital drawing of my characters grimm (they/it) and yarrow (he/they) as merfolk. grimm's lower half is a blacktip reef shark and yarrow's is that of a lobster (but yellow/brown to fit their color scheme)
Photograph of the piece above in-progress as a pencil sketch with partially-painted gouache color. It's not very well-lit sorry
a traditional pen and ink drawing of a coyote curled in on itselt and partially covering its face with its paws, eye looking intently at the viewer. a burst of color in white, yellow, orange, pink, purple, and blue (painted in gouache) erupts from its neck.
digital illustration for a traffic cabinet of a sonoran desert scene at night, rendered on a lot of blue and purple tones. a canal flows through the desert
digital drawing of my ocs yarrow (he/they) and grimm (they/it) making out. grimm has a nosebleed and blood is on both of their faces
Four characters in a sci-fi war room deliberating around a holographic table with various icons and coordinates hovering around a central planet. Outer space can be seen from the windows and everyone is lit in a cool blue light.
digital drawing of yarrow (he/they) and grimm (they/it) cuddling on a couch. the piece is mostly rendered in pink tones
an oil painting of a coyote amongst a flock of mourning doves. it's jumping to catch one just out of reach while others take flight around it. the background is an open blue sky.
somewhat-messy digital illustration of my oc grimm (they/it), a human wearing a robot coyote suit of armor. the piece show's grimm's back from a slightly top-down angle and is rendered in bright red and ultramarine blue tones. there are multiple red linework overlays in the background of pieces of shrapnel and a diagram of a deconstructed gun. in white linework on top of everything else are two molecular structures: rdx and estradiol
digital doodle of yarrow (he/they) and grimm (they/it) in bed. grimm is cozy and asleep, with its long hair fanning out on the pillow. yarrow (important context: they are part bee) is awake and grimacing. an arrow points to them and says "just woke up with grimm's hair in their mandibles for the 2nd morning in a row"
traditional black and white drawing of a coyote in front of and overlaid with various comic-like panels. three panels show its head in different orientations, and several show the motion of its back and front legs as it has moved and will move. there is a pair of panels featuring a close-up of its eye as it looks in two directions and a single panel showing its tail in a lowered position. additional panels feature a hand holding a pen, a diagram of coyote teeth, and a bird in flight. in the near-solid black background there are music notes that dissolve into a neuron-like star pattern, as well as several eyes looking in different directions
somewhat-messy digital illustration of my oc grimm (they/it), a human wearing a robotic coyote suit of armor. the piece show's grimm's back from a slightly top-down angle and is rendered in bright red and ultramarine blue tones. there are multiple red linework overlays in the background of pieces of shrapnel and a diagram of a deconstructed gun. in white linework on top of everything else are two molecular structures: rdx and estradiol
two-color drawing of my oc grimm (they/it) done in a wiggly sort of brush. it looks kinda animeish..?
digital illustration of my oc yarrow (he/they), a human mutated with honeybee features, in a cramped test tube lit up by green light. he's furious and pressed against the glass, snarling with his mandibles wide open and glowering. monitor pads with wires can be seen attached to their chest
[from @antlerlad.bsky.social's alt text] An illustration with a decorative border of two cowpoke characters sharing an intimate moment. The border has drawings of a coyote tooth, a honeycomb, bee's wings, and a coyote claw, as well as dogbane and bee balm flowers. The characters are on cracked desert earth, one resting in the other's lap and holding their face. Their cowboy hats and revolver lay on top of a cloak nearby. The lighting is warm, perhaps at sunset.
digital art by @cupronickell/honeybytte of grimm, who is looking up at yarrow (off-screen) with adoration in its eyes. yarrow's bug hand hold their face
mural featuring a dragon and a unicorn in a brightly-colored desert landscape at sunset. the sky is full of swirling, dynamic shapes. two cats can also be seen playing at the bottom
an oil painting of a coyote amongst a flock of mourning doves. it's jumping to catch one just out of reach while others take flight around it. the background is an open blue sky.
one-page digital comic of my ocs grimm (they/it) and yarrow (he/they) sitting down and enjoying a meal together. panel 1-2: they're eating together, as grimm unwraps and takes a bite of their hot dog, yarrow asks "Ain't that, y'know, cannibalism?" panel 3: grimm (who is part-coyote) chews their food with a blank expression panel 4-5: yarrow looks smug and says "Because it's a hot do—" befoer getting cut off by grimm's "I got it." grimm looks tried. panel 6-7: grimm looks at yarrow and throws a fry at them, to their surprise and grimm's satisfaction
oil painting of a desert landscape. a semitransparent, ghostly coyote is superimposed over it with its eye corresponding to where the moon is in the daytime sky
Photo of an artist alley booth with various prints and stickers
3x3 grid of various artworks of either original characters or coyotes with the artist in the center, making a peace sign with an ink-covered hand (my ink bottle spilled...)
summary of art for 2025 with various pieces of artwork. a lot of them feature coyotes but the ones that don't either feature birds, my ocs, or in the case of july, @lylahammar's oc zorella
watercolor painting (with colored pencil) of the pokemon skeledirge with fire emerging from its open mouth
digital illustration in blue, pink, and purple tones of a coyote jumping against a forest backdrop. light colors swirl around it
digital drawing of grimm (they/it) with their head in yarrow's (he/they) lap while the two of them are relaxing on a couch. yarrow's playing with grimm's hair while it sways its foot to music coming from a record player in the background. grimm's part-coyote and their tail and clawed foot can be seen, yarrow's part-honeybee and has various bug features like mandibles, exoskeleton, and antennae.
a coyote character wearing a cape that resembles dragon wings. they have a dragon tail and horns as well. a burst of light and color sits over their heart
digital digital drawings of my oc grimm (they/it) with the shirt cut meme. first one (sideboob) is them leaning on a fence in a tank top with sunny colors. second one (inner sideboob) is them leaning sitting while wearing one of yarrow's button-ups open and is colored with green tones. third one (boob window) is it looking intensely with its shirt clawed open and is colored in saturated reds with grey. fourth one (underboob) is them resting their hand on their head while wearing a cropped tank top with pink lighting from underneath. fifth one (free space) is it sitting relaxed and fully naked with its long black hair covering its boobs (technically not a shirt i guess but whatever) rendered in soft pink tones
digital animation of my oc yarrow (he/they) opening his buglike mandibles
very sketch of the painting above. the next image has a description of the painting and this is basically a looser version of that
digital painting of my oc grimm (they/it) from the shoulders up, paralyzed with fear as a pair of pale, spectral hands grip their throat. a ray of light falls across their face, casting one of their eyes in normal light, while the other one reflects like that of an animal. the piece is overlaid with bright red drawings of bird wings mid-flight, as well as the crosshairs of a gun over its right eye (the one that looks human)
digital drawing of my ocs. grimm (they/it) leans over yarrow (he/they), whose head is in its lap, while gently cupping their face. Yarrow reaches up to touch grimm's face, which is obscured by its long hair, while smiling fondly
a digital illustration of two western tanagers in flight against the backdrop of a ponderosa pine forest. light green swirls accompany it and thread throughout the piece
loosely-drawn three-panel digital comic. first panel: an artist gestures to a drawing saying "i made this!" and arrow points to the piece that says "art/comic/caption the asks a RHETORICAL question" second panel: arrow pointing to a person that says "person on the internet" who has speech bubbles that say "*literal response* (often pretentious)" and "*meme only response*" third panel: the artist stares at them, annoyed. the artwork also looks annoyed
squishy little drawing of yarrow in their costume giving a disappointed thumbs up with an arrow pointed to them saying "everyone thought they were a werewolf & not a coyote"
digital drawing of my ocs grimm (they/it) and yarrow (he/they) in halloween costumes. they're both humans mutated with animal features; grimm has coyote features while yarrow has honeybee features—the two of them are dressed up as the other's animal. grimm has its arm slung around yarrow's neck while yarrow is holding grimm by the waist and snarling playfully
digital comic of my ocs yarrow (he/they) and grimm (they/it). panels 1-3: yarrow is at the counter of his clinic and asks grimm "I know I said I'd do it, but do you mind making dinner?" grimm, who's resting their head on their hand replies, "'course not." panel 4: yarrow rolls up the sleeve of his button-up and says "You're a lifesaver," and proceeds to ramble to grimm. panels 5-6: grimm is staring at yarrow's forearms (gayass) panel 7: linework of a coyote licking its lips
an oil painting of a coyote amongst a flock of mourning doves. it's jumping to catch one just out of reach while others take flight around it. the background is an open blue sky.
digital comic of my ocs grimm (they/it) and yarrow (he/they). first two panels: grimm vaguely looks in the direction of yarrow, who is pacing, frustrated, behind them while clicking his mandibles (he's part-honeybee). third and fourth panel: yarrow walks up to grimm, pauses, and plops his head on its shoulder. grimm pats his back reassuringly
an oil painting of a coyote in profile against a blue sky. it holds a bouquet of california poppies, coulter's lupine, and yarrow in its mouth while honeybees buzz around it. the colors are all bright and saturated
three drawings of my oc yarrow (he/they) detailing various features of their honeybee mutations as they sleep, push back their hair, and put on a shirt. yarrow has beelike features including mandibles, antennae, extra eyes, small secondary arms, small wings, and an asymmetrical carapace on their body, including their entire right arm. written notes say: "no plates under [right] arm", "folds in wings when wearing a shirt", "additional eyes don't close. roll up when asleep", and "secondary arms curl up when unconscious"
digital illustration of my ocs yarrow (he/they) and grimm (they/it). yarrow kneels and washes grimm's feet in a dingy motel room while grimm watches them in bewilderment, not believing it deserves something like this. both of them are backlit by haloes- yarrow's is a honeycomb-like hexagon while grimm's is circular and surrounded by barbed wire. the illustration is overlaid with red lineart of an anatomical heart above yarrow's head and a coyote with submissive posture on grimm's side of the piece. both are mutated humans; grimm looks almost entirely human but has some fur growing on their face, meanwhile yarrow has beelike features including mandibles, antennae, extra eyes, and asymmetrical carapace on their body, including their entire right arm.
in-progress photo of the previous mural. three running wolves can be seen against a pink underpainting
hand-painted mural featuring two wolves running across a desert-like landscape while surrounded by sparkles and blue swirling shapes (this is the front of the box)
digital drawing of the artist (he/they) wearing a button-up shirt so they look professional during a video call, but also not caring to dress up all the way because no one will see it so they're wearing basketball shorts and fun socks also
four-panel comic of grimm and yarrow sitting next to each other. yarrow is reading a book and grimm is looking at its nails. as yarrow reads, he's clicking his mandibles together (much like one would click a pen). grimm notices this and eventually puts a hand over yarrow's face with a tired "Stop."
Image labelled "Story Parts" with three text boxes. the first one has a small drawing of the sun and reads "Part 1- Grimm saves Yarrow's life to repay him for a kindness years before. The two run off to a mining town where Grimm's next job and Yarrow's new start await. They get along well, and feelings begin to bloom between them in the following months. Everything comes to an abrupt end when Grimm has to leave after their job goes south." The second one has a small drawing of yarrow flowers and reads "Part 2- Five years later, Grimm returns. Yarrow's the only doctor in town and doing the best he can. Against either of their wishes (and better judgement), the two fall in love. Their happily ever before lasts a few years before Grimm's past catches up and Yarrow is kidnapped." The third one has a small drawing of a coyote and reads "Part 3- Grimm rescues Yarrow after a year of searching and finds him irreversibly mutated. The two try to return home, but find themselves pursued by new enemies and old ghosts. Refusing to be hunted, Grimm and Yarrow turn the tables and take revenge."
digital drawing of my ocs grimm (they/it) and yarrow (he/they) with a text box with "Honeybee: the basics" overlaid. both are mutated humans; grimm looks almost entirely human but has some fur growing on their face, meanwhile yarrow has beelike features including mandibles, antennae, extra eyes, and asymmetrical carapace on their body. They're both wearing western-esque clothing with grimm looking more like an outlaw in all-black, and yarrow looking more casual
digital painting of aberration, a monstrous black dragon with multiple limbs, from a bottom-up perspective. it heaves black ichor from its mouth and is lit from below with a blue-green light
digital painting of zorella, an edm centaur pop star, singing enthusiastically. she's wearing colorful rave gear and has ribbons woven into her hair, which is styled into a topknot with braids.
digital drawing of my oc grimm (they/it) wearing a cowboy hat and two holsters- one shoulder and one waist one, both are on their right side (there's a reason i promise even if it looks a lil stupid)
oil painting of a prickly pear cactus with pink and yellow blossoms done in a more loose, gestural style
an acrylic painting of a suburban carport garage (i think that's what it's called..?) cast in orange light. there's no car in it, but it otherwise has signs of being used like a folding chair. the white silhouette of a coyote is standing there- it was made with a carved linoleum block so there are imperfections and textures from the stamp that make it appear ghostly
two-color risograph print in sunflower orange and mint blue of a coyote holding a burst of light in its mouth. it's surrounded by several wings
digital illustration of some mostly-silhouetted mourning doves perched on a mesquite tree against the backdrop of the sonoran desert at night. swirling shapes fill the night sky and the entire piece is in shades of purple, blue, and seafoam green. the moon is overlapped by the uppermost dove, almost giving it the appearance of a waning crescent
digital illustration of my ocs yarrow (he/they) and grimm (they/it) sitting on a bench in a sonoran desert-type setting and holding hands. yarrow's sitting more upright and looking over at grimm who has its head resting on its hand while it looks lovingly over at yarrow. both are mutated humans; grimm looks almost entirely human but has some fur growing on their face, clawed hands, and a tail (that's wagging) meanwhile yarrow has beelike features including mandibles, antennae, extra eyes, and asymmetrical carapace on their body, including their entire right arm. three small hearts with the bisexual, trans, and nonbinary pride flags float between them. there's also a slight fish-eye perspective on the piece but idk how well i executed it tbh
two-color risograph print in sunflower orange and mint blue of a coyote holding a burst of light in its mouth. it's surrounded by several wings