Grace Ouwinga 🌈πŸͺ©βœ¨οΈ

@gwinga.bsky.social

Hi I'm Grace! She/they. I like to bake and make art. Lover of rainbows and parrots. πŸŒˆπŸ¦œπŸ’š 🌐 graceouwinga.com πŸ’Œ gwingaart@gmail.com

Wow I'm late on this update but at the end of 2025 I got to do some inks for this super cool strip with some super cool people!! Absolute blast to work on, who doesn't love year-round sexy costumes? βœ¨πŸ€©πŸ’–

Tripp 3tych Gustin@trippgustin.bsky.social Β· 8mo ago

Happy #Cartoonber2025 with the @cartoonist.coop!!! Our team told the short tale of Juan Jotters and his quest to expand sexy costumes beyond Halloween (and get rich doing it) Script: @aaronsegman.bsky.social Pencils: @strandedcomics.com Inks: @gwinga.bsky.social Color/Lettering: Me! #comicoop

A page from the short comic "Hot Couture".
Panel 1: EXT: A store with a banner that says "Halloween Store".
Juan: There it is, Morbert. The savvy penny-pincher's secret to HOT COUTURE!

Panels 2-4: Juan Jotters, a man that looks like a cross between John Waters and Raul Julia's Gomez Addams, raises his arms excitedly. He wears a white tiger stripe suit and a hot pink shirt. Beside him is Morbert, his stoic androgynous assistant, who carries a clipboard with a pencil behind their ear. They are wearing a purple suit and opaque glasses, and never show any expressions. Behind them, two passersby look at the strange characters with suspicion and delight.
Morbert: HAUTE couture, sir.
Juan: Can't you FEEL it, my friend? Commerce! Celebracion! AMERICA!!"

Panel 5: Juan calls out to Kevin, the retail drone. Kevin is a short and stout man with red hair and a beard, wearing an orange vest and carrying several boxes. Kevin yells out in shock. Behind them are several racks of sexy costumes, most of which look like Catwoman.
Juan: MY GOOD MAN!
Kevin: AAA!
Juan: Pray tell, where are your lounge lizard costumes? The ones formerly in Aisle 6, where the revealing super-heroic costumes are currently situated?

Panel 6: 
Kevin: We're not selling lounge lizard outfits this year. The "revealing costumes" are "situated" over half the store. They're our biggest seller.
Juan: SCANDAL! Why, a store that abandons its staple offerings will sink in the shifting sands of popular faddery! Where is the LOYALTY to longtime CUSTOMERS?

Panel 7:
Kevin: Hey man, all anyone wants to spend MONEY on is sexy costumes.

Panel 8:
Juan: Money, you say...?

Panel 9:
Juan: Do you realize what this MEANS, Morbert?
Morbert: You can't buy a new jacket, Sir?
Juan: Pish-posh! When I'm done, we shall bathe in a pool of the FINEST jackets!

Panel 10:
Juan: For if the lucre flows to sexy costumes, then we shall open our own store... of nothing BUT sexy costumes!
Kevin: Sir, no planning rival businesses in the store...

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This fall, join together to make minicomics in the return of the Cartoonist Coop's official autumn public art challenge: πŸ‚ CARTOONBER! πŸ‚ Team up with 1-3 creators, assign yourselves roles, make some comics together, and tag us with your finished pages on social media and use #cartoonber2025 !

An earthy colorful graphic announcing the Cartoonist Cooperative's art challenge called Cartoonber. The illustration shows the Coop's mascots Nibford and Inkling as bugs sitting on top of round red text bubbles.  The Co-op logo is justified left at the top with centered text. The text reads, "Cartoonist Cooperative presents Cartoonber 2025! Join your fellow comic makers to create a four-page mini comic (or four single pages) together this fall!" Underneath this are four prompts: Round one: rise. Round two: fall. Round three: persistence. Round four: revival. Text at the bottom reads, "Join the fun on social media October fifteenth to December fifteenth!"
Art by Harper Crane @harpiscordial.bsky.social and original challenge designed by Buttercup @btrcp and Jessi Eoin @jbeoinAn earthy colorful graphic announcing the Cartoonist Cooperative's art challenge called Cartoonber. The illustration shows the Coop's mascots Nibford and Inkling as bugs sitting on top of round red text bubbles.  The Co-op logo is next to and above text that reads, "Cartoonist Cooperative presents Cartoonber 2025! Step one: Team up with one to three other creators to make a four-page mini comic or four single page comics! Step two: Assign yourselves roles: script, lines, colors, and letters. Step three: Make a four to six panel, single page comic (standalone or part of a mini comic) every fortnight. Step four: Share it on social media on the dates mentioned and tag the Cartoonist Cooperative!" Underneath this text is the Co-op's website: https://cartoonist.coop.
Art by Harper Crane @harpiscordial.bsky.social and original challenge designed by Buttercup @btrcp and Jessi Eoin @jbeoinAn earthy colorful graphic announcing the Cartoonist Cooperative's art challenge called Cartoonber. The illustration shows the Coop's mascots Nibford and Inkling as bugs sitting on top of round red text bubbles. The Co-op logo is next to and above four prompts with text that reads, "Round one: rise . Share on October 29. Round two: fall. Share on November 12. Round three: persistence. Share on November 26. Round four: revival. Share on December 10." Underneath this text is the Co-op's website: https://cartoonist.coop
Art by Harper Crane @harpiscordial.bsky.social and original challenge designed by Buttercup @btrcp and Jessi Eoin @jbeoin