Viv @ Otakon B303

@sketchbeetleart.bsky.social

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My iron-on Ouroboros patches came in time for Anime NYC! I’ll add them to my shop after the con! Image: iron-on patch depicting a circle of disembodied hands with forearms flowing counterclockwise in a ring. It resembles a strange version of the Ouroboros snake eating itself.

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I am thrilled to announce that “L’Appel du Vide (Call to the Void)”, 2025, was longlisted for the 2026 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, Catherine K. Gyllerstrom Imaginative Realism Award! Thank you to Beautiful Bizarre Magazine and BearWolf Books and Catherine K Gyllerstrom ❤️

Image: Black and white ink drawing in portrait orientation. A woman with long dark hair and a long black dress stands, hands clasped together, head bowed. Before her, an identical woman with long hair and long black dress lays supine, looking to the viewer. A bed of clouds surround her, showing only her head and a sliver of her torso. The background is an inverted landscape with grass fields in the top of the frame and clouds at the bottom. Strangely tall houses and cypress trees extend into the night sky in the background. Weeds grow from the clouds.

I am thrilled to announce that “Premonitions of an End (I Awoke to Find it True)”, 2023, was longlisted for the 2026 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Emerging Artist Award! Thank you to @beautifulbizarremagazine and @bearwolfbooks ❤️ @tombowusa fudenosuke and @copic_official_us on paper on panel

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Magic Ad Nauseam alter commission! Flashe and ink This was a fun piece to plan out and work on! I wanted to really make the character feel overwhelmed by their surroundings. I take commissions regularly - DM or email me with inquiries!


Image: photograph of Magic the Gathering card Ad Nauseam. It is altered so the card art shows a figure reaching out from a sea of papers. Papers stream down from above around them and more papers fill the borders of the card.

A drawing in progress- around 30 hrs so far. Tombow Fudenosuke pens. During my daily job commute, I saw someone with a large plant in their backpack and I thought about what it would grow into. What does it mean to put down roots? And how do you move about and tend to your roots at the same time?


Image: photograph of an in progress ink drawing of a girl standing in knee-deep water. She is facing away from the viewer and wearing a backpack. An impossibly large tree grows from her backpack and forms a canopy above her. She holds a small candle that barely touches the dusk around her. In the water, her reflection has tree roots instead of a mirror image of her tree.

My 2026 portfolio art booklets are here! Filled with my favorite pieces I’ve worked on between 2022-2026 🪲 They’re 9x6x.2 in., perfect-bound, with 42 pages of art ✨🪲 I’ll have these with me at future conventions and they’re also on my shop! Link in bio and use code BEETLETIME for free shipping ❤️🪲

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Ouroboros Part II, 2016 Ink on paper, 9x6 inches I keep almost, not quite, smoke through my fingers, asymptotically approaching this concept. It needs to be just right like lightning in my brain the same way I viscerally recoil at fat dead flies on my windowsill.


Image: Black and white ink drawing in portrait orientation of a surreal night sky with calm waters below. A full circle made of a dozen hands and forearms flow counter-clockwise above the water. Three incense sticks stand upright in the water, the wisps of smoke from them billow upwards into impossibly large dark masses of smoke.

No rest for the wicked 👹 Hoping to see y’all at some events this year! Here’s my events list so far 😷🪲✨ . May 22-24 - Animazement, Raleigh, NC Jul 23-26 - Tekko, Pittsburgh, PA Jul 31-Aug 2 - Otakon, Washington, D.C. Aug 20-23 - Anime NYC, New York, NY Oct 23-24 - IlluXcon Showcase, Reading, PA

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I am honored to be included in Brea Gallery’s annual Made in California exhibition this year again! This group show will run from 4/25-6/28/2026 I am honored to be included in Brea Gallery’s annual Made in California exhibition this year again! This group show will run from 4/25-6/28/2026

monochromatic ink drawing of a woman in a long dress curled in crouching fetal position, holding her head in her arms. A starry void surrounds her chest. She fits within a circular frame which is held like a crystal ball by two large hands. Above the circular frame, large eyes look downward upon her.
flyer image for Brea Gallery’s annual Made in California exhibition with other artists work that is included in the exhibition, ranging from geometric abstract artwork to figurative realistic artwork.

Hello hello! I’m at LVL UP Expo in Las Vegas this weekend at Artist Alley table A174 Fri: 11am - 8pm Sat: 10am - 8pm Sun: 10am - 6pm 🪲🪲🪲 Image: photo of table with large backdrop display of ink drawings, stickers, patches, and zines.

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I turned a bowling pin into a sculpture of my sweet squinty boy Lu! He’ll be available for purchase and part of a group show at @missionbowlingclub Friday 4/24 - 4/25! Proceeds for this pin go to his treats and cleaning his crusty eyes 👀 go check all the artist pins out and bowl as well!

Image 1: Bowling pin decorated to have a chihuahua face and black-and-white fur. It is mounted on a wooden base and sitting on a plaid dog bed.Image 2: mission bowling club exhibition flyer for 4/24-4/25 group show.Image 3-4: photographs of Lu, a Boston Terrier and Chihuahua mix dogImage 3-4: photographs of Lu, a Boston Terrier and Chihuahua mix dog

Hello all! I’m with Mini Art Mart at Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival today 4/18 until 5:30pm! I’m inside the mall and right across from Kinokuniya bookstore. ✨✨✨🌸🌸🌸 Image: photo of table with large backdrop display of ink drawings, pins, patches, and zines.

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Hoping to see y’all at some events this year! Here’s my events list so far 😷🪲✨ . Let me know if you want to see specific work as art prints or other products ❤️ And let me know if there are events you’d like to see me at!

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Hoping to see y’all at some events this year! Here’s my events list so far 😷🪲✨ . Apr 24-26 - Lvl Up Expo, Las Vegas, NV May 22-24 - Animazement, Raleigh, NC Jul 23-26 - Tekko, Pittsburgh, PA Oct 23-24 - IlluXcon Showcase, Reading, PA

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I’m part of an elder emo stamp rally this weekend at Anime Weekend Atlanta! 👀 IT WAS NEVER A PHASE Make a purchase with each of the 6 participating artists to earn a stamp - after collecting all 6, bring your completed stamp card to table 1353 for a prize pack! Hope to see you there!

Image 1: Instruction card and flyer for elder emo themed stamp rally at Anime weekend Atlanta 2025Image 2: list of participating artists:
Azula @shopazula - table 1218
Hannah Moon @kitsunekiss - table 1353
HootlesArt @hootlesart - table 1324
Paintdust @paintdust - table 1322
Pixigloom @pixigloom 
SketchBeetleArt - table 1326Image 3: photo of a hand holding a vinyl sticker with My Chemical Romance Black Parade fan art

We’ll Carry On! I’m part of an elder emo stamp rally for Anime Weekend Atlanta! Here is my art for the prize bag ✨ I’ll post about how to participate soon! This drawing was based off the original Black Parade album art with inspiration from James Jean’s Black Parade poster 🖤 A very rare fanart


Image: Black and white ink drawing of a woman in profile. She is in a black marching band uniform with a large skirt and leads a parade of shadowy creatures

Wearing My Heart - 5” embroidered patch I’ve always felt like I wear my heart on my sleeve. I couldn’t find a good patch to match that feeling so I made it! Now I’m going to put this on ALL MY SHIRTS Tenderness is too rare lately - like a four leaf clover. I want to pick it - I went to let it be.

Image 1: a hand holding an embroidered patch featuring a design of an anatomical heart with an oversized safety pin. The patch is on bright red fabric.Image 2: view of the iron-on backing of the embroidered patch.