valentine

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she/they. writer, artist. email: vms@valentinemsmith.com website: valentinemsmith.com co-writer / artist: BLADE MAIDENS @ blademaidens.com SHOP : valentinemsmith.com/store

a hand reaches down from the top in a glowing red, gold, and black crackling swirls toward the a white lined lament configuration. the puzzle box is surrounded by white graphic circles and the entire piece framed by peeling back white lines. at the top in small white font, it reads 'hellraiser'.
a nine panel grid of illustration cropped work. top row, left to right: the scorpion and the queen cover, high strangeness 4 cover, and a portrait of the character chamber. middle row, left to right: seattle torrent pwhl poster, blade maidens issue 5 cover, and critical role's yasha in the 2025 pride campaign. bottom row, left to right: a mock hockey card of pwhl's seattle vs. new york, rhea ripley, and a mocky hockey card portrait of hilary knight.
a layered poster representing the seattle torrent pwhl team. three figures are inked and collaged across the poster, top left hilary knight, top right danielle serdachny, and bottom center alex carpenter. the figures are in seattle marine blue against a black textured background, aged with white and dust. big text reading TORRENT cuts across the entire piece from top left to bottom right, following the flow of the figures. the entire piece is framed with a thin red line, and small red font directly in center reading 'seattle'.
a hand drawn darkchilde version of magik, in black ink. done on a blank white x-men number 7 cover, with tools and a green wall visible just in the background. she looks to the left with black and white smoke behind her, sword in front.
an ink drawing of laura stcey, abbey roque, and marie-philip poulin celebrating after a goal, the walls of an ice rink behind them. the text reads the team name, la victoire de montreal. they are graphically focused on with a cooler, more green hue in a circular spotlight, while the rink and background is in oranges and reds.
crop of a comic page's inks featuring a demon figure in leather jacket and crop, giving an effortless confidence. they seem to be in a gig, musice venue, bar type location. the text bubble is completely white coming from the figure.
a mock hockey card featuring action on the ice of hilary knight vs. sarah fillier at a seattle home game. both figures battle for posession of the puck, and text along side reads "seattle vs. new york." along the bottom " PWHL Action - with "seattle center" obscured by hilary knight's skate covering it. it is desaturated red, yellow, and blue greens overall, giving a vintage feel.
a collage of art pieces of various characters and figures: tyranny, nightcrawler, sarah nurse, beauregard lionett, dame aylin, rhea ripley, and cyclops. Over top of the art is text in a black box, it reads: Valentine M. Smith. Prints, buttons, stickers, original art at the pixel perfect market. Dec 20th 10am to 3pm at Just Press Play Lancaster. 2007 Lincoln Hwy E. Lancaster, PA 17602
a vintage style hockey card illustration of seattle forward hilary knight. it is from the waist up, holding her stick, looking toward the left side. she is in their away jersey, against a black background. the card frame is red, with a yellow banner at the bottom reading: hilary knight - fwd. seattle torrent.
a group of pinback buttons of all the same image: rhea ripley in purple, tongue out, hands up, with her name in pink, yellow, and green blended behind her. the artist's hand holds one button up for a clarity focal point.
a front-facing bust up of vaelus, with her thurible, the incense smoke and chain wrapping around her and creating flowly movement and curves. the piece is mostly a blue/purple, with the smoke being a magenta and the thurible a gold. if she is stoic or calmly poised to attack is open to the viewer.
a trading card poster for the new york sirens home opener. the background is magenta, with captain sandee-hart at the top, kalty to the left larger and in profile, and osborne in goal at the bottom against a charge forward.
a group of buttons against a white background, reading "i love have hobby" in primary colors. around the words are little drawings of hobbies: a game controller, trading cards, a book, a 45 record, and a paintbrush and pencil.
the cover to high strangeness book four. it features two figures floating amongst a graphic bullseye shape, connected by a red string of fate and entangled.
A bust up portrait of tyranny in her green/teal nunnery robes, against a pink and magenta background. A lit halo frames her face and speckles outward with graphic white lines.
an illustrated hockey card of forward sarah nurse, in her 24-25 season toronto sceptres gear. she faces to the right, poised with her stick and ready to skate into action. the figure is cropped at around the knees, and blue, while the background is red with yellow across the bottom. the information ont the card reads: sarah nurse / fwd. toronto sceptres.
dame aylin and isobel thorm embrace and hold one another. the piece feels as though we are witnessing a close and intimate moment, while framed by graphic accents and lines.
dame aylin and isobel thorm embrace and hold one another. their figures are in a tealish green, while yellow, peach, and tan circles frame them behind. the overall inks are blue. the piece feels as though we are witnessing a close and intimate moment, while framed by graphic accents and lines.
a small square woodblock print of the bride of frankenstein in black ink, and a larger 8' 10'' linocut print of frankenstein's monster in black ink. both are profile potraits, held up by the artist's hand in front of a gallery style display wall.
a spread of prints on a white shelf background with plants and a coffee pot full of water behind. the prints from left to right: an inked drawing of timeless toni storm, one of dame aylin in green and magenta, one of rhea ripley in purple with her name behind, chamber, and a fully black and white drawing of lady dimitrescu
Detective Bixby Grant stands in the foreground looking out upon a beach in fanged smiley face swintrunks, which a creature from a non-descript lagoon emerges out of the water and begins to skulk toward him. a beach umbrella to the left helps to guide the eye in composition, and clouds accompany the sky behind.
an inked double page spread from blade maidens issue 5, dead in the water. it features an epic chaotic battle between merfolk and the crew of the harpy's talon. the captain, sword raised, in front, mel in wolf form mauling a mer person and taking a bit out of their neck. ser locked in a fight with her sword against a mer person's blade. mer folk hanging from the sails and ropes above the ship and climbing over, the crew surprised and trying desperately to hold their own. all of this occurs in the dark of night.
an illustrative drawing of the members of x-force, circa the nineties. it features boomer, rictor, siryn, warpath, and shatterstar, amongst a desert background in warm pinks and oranges and a light blue sky.
an ink drawing in which rhea ripley stands with her hands raised above her head, tongue out, and framed by a wrestling ring and studio lights.
rhea ripley stands in the foreground, framed by a wrestling ring and studio lights. her figure is purple with light cream accents on jewelry, and she raises her hands above herself and sticks her tongue out. "rhea ripley" is in pink and orange text pushed back behind her and the lime green studio lights.
a figure drawing of black canary in ink, colored yellow, black, and magenta. she stands casually against a circular graphic background.
9 small pen and paint originals, in three rows. top row, left to right: ashley williams, michael myers, and faith lehane. middle row: mel, rown, and ser. bottom row: sleepy gengar, audrey II, and duskull.
an ink illustration of timeless toni storm, sitting on top of an equiptment chest backstage. post fight, lit in magenta with shadows of green and purple. she looks downward toward the ground, and her boots, leaning.
layered stickers of kurt wagner, in summer workout gear, waving at the viewer.
a figure portrait of faith lehane from buffy the vampire slayer. she stands with a crossbow, smirking, and ready to fight. graphic lines intersect the image and direct flow over the cmyk color theme.
a figure portrait of buffy the vampire slayer, in bright cmyk coloring and with graphic lines moving through the image. she holds a broken pool cue, and wears a leather jacket. poised and ready to fight, but casually cool, looking toward the left.
A white pen drawn over inked background that is red and black. comic pages surround two cute little heads representing leah and valentine. the text reads: Flamecon, J107 (the table), Valentine Smith and Leah Williams. Come say hi!
a selection of buttons and keychains against a white background. keychains include summer workout nightcrawler, storm with ice cream, hot dog colossus, madelyne pryor, and a claw machine. buttons include one with text that reads "not a girl, not a boy, but both and neither", one is of the creature from the black lagoon, and the last is of frankenstein's monster.
overlapping 3'' round circle stickers that read "pelase ask me about the x-men" in yellow against a red aged and textured background.
thumbnail panel layouts of a fight scene between eldridge miller and melody havensbrook in blade maidens. the lines are magenta with sfx in teal overlay.
five print portraits of x-men. center: cyclops. four are behind the center with a slight overlap, from top left and clockwise: magik, colossus, jean grey, and wolverine. all are against a wood background.
lady dimitrescu, at full height. holding a lit cigarette in one hand, with the colors fading from blue to red on the figure.
three prints against a wood background of laudna. one is just inked, one is purple with dripping red string, and the other is of her later design with red circles surrounding her and a black smoke.
a collection of mutant friend related stickers. included are a glob, rachel summers, baseball scott, and a comic book. all are against a wooden background.
an ink drawing of magik as she sits, calm, in pink. her sword in bright yellow is behind her, with graphic smoke as a background. the text on the image reads: US, CANADA and AUS shipping available now, followed by the address.
a hockey fight for possession mid action, between the 24-25 ottawa charge and montreal la victoire. featured is number 3, zoe boyd. she is in a pinkish red while the other figures are in a mustard yellow, with an ink and greenish-teal square behind them. surrounding are graphic cream/white lines.
cyclops stands, slightly leaning back and to the left with a graphic optic blast shooting from his visor. he seems calm, surrounded by blue and black graphic smoke with the blast in contrast magenta.
a person reflected in the mirror of a vintage green tiled background and green wall. they are wearing a black top with a mustard button up open over top, and a maroon la victoire hat.
magik stands with her back to the viewer holding her sword, against an orange creamsicle colored background. the graphic almost resembles a lightning strike with some smoke lines.
Four small pen and paint originals of mutant characters. Clockwise, starting top left: Chamber, Iceman, Magik, Rachel Summers, and Betsy Braddock.
three of the same bumper sticker stacked on top of one another, featuring a collage and assemblage of x-men characters drawn by the artist with white text "please ask me about the x-men" over top.
a waist up inked portrait of chamber, looking at the viewer and holding a lit cigarette. he has a cream and magenta lined halo against a black background. holding the lit cigarette is humorous because boy has an exploding star for a chest cavity engulfing his mouth.
a variety of 2.25'' pinback buttons, featuring demon ladies and text. text reads ghouls ghouls ghouls and ask me about my d & d character (please i have so many). yellow demon girl pin reads, "demon girls, please give me your number".
beauregard lionett stands tall with her staff, smoke around and behind her.
cute little figures of storm having ice cream, colossus in short shorts having a hot dog, and kurt in retro workout gear in front of a summer sun and clouds. the background is magenta and warm.
shadowcat stands amongst green and purple smoke, serene while lockheed hovers before her. a graphic magenta halo is behind her with speckled color accents around.
valentine sitting cross-legged on the ground wearing critical role's "how do you want to slay this?" t-shirt.
three rows of small pen and paint originals. characters in top row: dark phoenix, dazzler, and polaris. middle row: alfira, owlbear cub, and iono. bottom row: wolverine, vi, and caitlin. all are placed against a wooden background, with the artist's hand overlapping and holding the owlbear cub in the center.
an arrangement of sticker sheets against a wooden background. one features cute mutant characters, on features baldur's gate companions, another mini comic books, and the last the characters of blade maidens.
a mock cover for x-men featuring a group outside of the princess gates in toronto with a coffee / food truck out front. a plane with a flowing CNE banner flies above the title. the characters are seated outside at a little restaurant table, which are somnus, escapade, speed, and prodigy. ahikiro carries a tray of drinks and baked goods toward them, while deadpool peeks out from the food cart. dazzler posters flow in the wind around the scene, and a cornerbox portrait is in the upper right. the overall color composition is very colorful and follows a graphic, flowing rainbow.
an inked portrait of gwnyeth philips in her goalie pads and holding her stick. she looks to the left, and while the background is a faded black the figure is in red with the charge logo and her number, 33, in a soft cream.
yasha nydoorin, in blue, mid movement and almost striking with her sword looks toward the left with her wings outstretched. She is against a pink background with graphic white lines, and the text in banners around her reads HOW DO YOU WANT TO SLAY THIS? . She has a halo of white graphic lines and looks poised to fight.
a close up of an inked portrait of rhea ripley, focusing on ink washes in the piece along the chest, vest, and hair.
an ink drawing of zoe boyd, full figure, skating with stick in hand and puck in front of her.
an inked figure of zoe boyd, from knees to head, holding her stick. the figure is red and the background is a mustard yellow.