squiral

@squiral.bsky.social

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artist | software engineer | scottish | she/her | perpetually working on the webcomic Absence Duly Noted that will see the light of day in the year of our lord 2390 Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/squiral #!artpost

A digital illustration of my two OCs, Nick and Mark, lazing on a sofa together, with the suggestion of the morning sun shining on them through a window pane. Nick is fully asleep, draped on top of Mark, as Mark squints his eyes open, resting his head on his arm and smiling slightly.
Digital studies of various nudes in sepia tones
A range of monochromatic sketches of my OCs Lina and Viren in a fantasy AU setting. Smoochin'
Digital portrait of my OC Nick. He is a white, clean-shaven man with achondroplasia. He has dark hair, olive skin and brown eyes. He is set against an olive-green backdrop, looking off to the right with a neutral expression
Illustrations of my character Mark from the WIP comic Absence Duly Noted. He is a white, blond guy dressed in a white shirt, pink striped tie and slacks.
A group of busts of the members of 'Team Pothos', from top to bottom: Hannah (Apprentice Software Engineer), Alejandra 'Ale' (Quality Assurance Engineer), Mark (Senior Software Engineer), Nick (Tech Lead), Sonia (Product Owner)
Digital illustration of a young boy with achondroplastic dwarfism. He is standing in front of a dark burnt orange backdrop, with his face partially lit by light streaming through slats from a set of blinds out of view. He has an ambiguous expression - possibly a mix of worry/despondency, as he looks upwards.
Digital illustration of the character Super Hands from Peep Show, standing in a dark suit and blue patterned shirt.
Photo of my workspace. A 2 monitor setup on a wooden top desk and a couple of houseplants off to the side.
Absence Duly Noted
Two illustrations of the character Nosilla from the webcomic Brainchild. The pose on the left has her side on, squatting, with her disproportionately long arms crossed over and her hands clasping her shoulders. The second pose has her face on, squatting, with her long arms straight out in front with her hands splayed on the ground. She is winking with a toothy grin, and her long pointed tongue handing out.
Illustration of my main characters, Linda, Nick, Mark, Abe, Hannah, and Sonia, standing in a variety of poses on a blue background
Greyscale digital illustration of a middle-aged black woman with long wavy hair kept out of her face with a thin headband. She's dressed simply in a cardigan and patterned skirt + top.
A screenshot of Paint Tool SAI, showing two characters: on the left a tall skinny white woman (Linda) with dark circles round her eyes and eczema on her inner elbow, on the right a younger and shorter Asian girl (Hannah) with shoulder-length black hair, wearing a passcard on a lanyard round her neck. Both are dressed in jeans and t-shirts.
A black and white digital illustration of two men kissing. Mark (left) holds up his partner, Nick, pecking him on the mouth. Nick grins with his eyes closed, his hand on the side of Mark's face.
Return of the Obra Dinn
Screenshot of a drawing program showing two open files. One is a study of the character Alan Johnson from the UK comedy show Peep Show, looking at the viewer directly and leaning on eitherside of a door frame looking serious. The other two are close up studies of his face
Digital illustration. One man (Nick) sat on the lap of the other, giving him a surprise kiss, causing the other man (Mark) to lean back, his arms and one out in surprise.
same image as above, except with Sims-style icons above their heads indicating a decrease in relationship score for both of them and Sims green plumbobs.
A rough drawing of a living room furnished in mid-century furniture with two characters standing in the middle. The taller of the two, Mark, is slightly leaning forward, looking indignant as Nick fixes his tie!for him. Speech bubbles: Mark “I know how to tie a tie, Nick.” Nick: “Show me the evidence.”
Mark and Nick arguing furiously with each other. Speech bubbles - Nick "You should have asked me!" Mark: "No! because you would have said no!" Nick: "Exactly! Maybe that should matter!"
digital art depicting the characters of the UK comedy show Peep Show. Left to right: Jez looking displeased, Mark looking at the viewer his hands lightly clasped, Mark looking down at his phone.
A black and white digital illustration of Caeneus from the Netflix show Kaos. He is a white man with dark short-cropped hair and closely shaven beard, centrally framed in the image from the torso upwards. He's wearing a heavy denim workman's jacket with an embroidered 'H' on his left breast pocket, a work overshirt and a white shirt and tie. He looks directly at the viewer with a neutral, slightly sad look - but with a gleam of determination in his tired eyes.
A black and white digital illustration of a figure (Taako from The Adventure Zone) sitting in a train carriage. Framed from the bust upwards. Taako is gazing ahead, off to the left of the image, with a contented smile on his face. His hair is loosely braided in alternating white and black locks, resting on his collarbone. He's wearing a worn poncho and a ragged wizard hat.
A digital illustration depicting two people falling with a light minty green plain background. The figure on the left is a lanky white woman (Linda) with long messy blonde hair tied back in a ponytail streaming out above her. She has a manic grin with an edge of menace on her face as she grabs the ankle of the other figure falling with her: A stocky white man with achondroplastic dwarfism (Nick) with dark hair and dressed in a shirt, black tie and slacks. He looks up at her with a look of fear.
A digital illustration depicting Hopper from the show Stranger Things. He is in police uniform, crouched down in a grassy yard with an expression of contemplation and frustration on his face.
Image of a collection of objects digitally illustrated: a Japanese Chefs knife, a brown leather wallet, on top of which lies a UK Drivers Licence for a 'Nikolas Kovacs', a reach extender aid for someone with limited mobility/reach, an aeropress, a passcard for indicating the owner is a 'Tech Lead' and a packet of cigarettes and a worn lighter. Next to them is a character, Nick Kovacs, he is a white man with achondroplastic dwarfism, dressed in generic office wear shirt and yellow tie and dark slacks.