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Rio Burton

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✨ Illustrator & Comics Artist ✨ Azza the Barbed, Harpy of the West, Branches Entwined & Broken... ✨ rioburton.illustration@gmail.com ✨

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ANNOUNCEMENT: The Beast & Snow #1-2 - A Mature Vampire/Werewolf Romance is LIVE on Kickstarter!

"BEAUTY BECOMES THE BEAST! A Werewolf Belle is trapped in her castle with a Vampire Snow White. Will the two monsters fall in love?"

www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...

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One of the best pieces of advice I ever heard was to build a portfolio of things you want to make more of, not what you think other people want. Choose your best works, your most self indulgent works, and make them the highlights.

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Rio Burton's avatar Rio Burton @rioburton.bsky.social
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A mockup of a special edition I created for Voyage of the Damned written by Frances White. :) This isn't a real SE cover, sorry to get anyone's hopes up! I'm gradually building a cover design portfolio (while working on a new comic too!)

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A mockup of a special edition I created for Voyage of the Damned written by Frances White. :) This isn't a real SE cover, sorry to get anyone's hopes up! I'm gradually building a cover design portfolio (while working on a new comic too!)

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Rio Burton's avatar Rio Burton @rioburton.bsky.social
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And it’s also going to make things so STAGNANT. It blows my mind that people would want anything artistic (book, movie, image, etc) without someone’s passion behind it.

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I’m sure their posts are solving everything right now so don’t worry! Lol

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And here are the receipts. I caught a block from another of KT Literary’s agents for sharing this earlier.

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Rio Burton's avatar Rio Burton @rioburton.bsky.social
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Happy birthday Becky! You're amazing!

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haha, this is my cat. He lets me know when it's time to walk the dog. XD

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ANNOUNCEMENT: The Beast & Snow #1-2 - A Mature Vampire/Werewolf Romance Launches July 8th on Kickstarter!

"BEAUTY BECOMES THE BEAST! A Werewolf Belle is trapped in her castle with a Vampire Snow White. Will the two monsters fall in love?"

www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...

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Man time goes by FAST!

S.I.R. issue 2 is now in solicits, with covers by me and Kevin Wada ! Out in shops Sep 18 from @boom-studios.com 🏍⚔️✨️

(W/A) Me (C) Ele Bruni (L) @Becca Carey (E) Elizabeth Brei

💎 CVR A - JUL240114
💎 CVR B - JUL240115

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Marlowe Dobbe's avatar Marlowe Dobbe @marlowedobbe.com
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Quality of AI generative content aside, I am just SO thoroughly uninterested in things that are not made by people. All my favorite media is the stuff where you can tell that a person made specific decisions while making it. I want to feel a different person's personality present in it

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Rio Burton's avatar Rio Burton @rioburton.bsky.social
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Exactly. Every creative has experiences and ideas that shapes their work. There is always something uniquely them.

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Once again wishing that American comic publishers would be more open to black and white comics. C’mon yall

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I guess this is what sharing my art online will now look like! I've had a big uptick in art theft this past year so now my art gets to look ugly lol.

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Love that feeling when you learn a new technique that will make your workflow more efficient!

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The whole thing is so frustrating! I’m trying to move away from them but I’m still figuring out (and learning) what programs are going to work for me while under deadlines. 💀 I hate it so much!

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:D :D :D I’m howling with excitement!

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Angie Wang's avatar Angie Wang @okchickadee.bsky.social
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I did some layout analysis for different comics, and then I figured they’d probably be helpful for other people too. It’s really interesting how cartoonists can use different methods to create a sense of subjectivity or wrongness or slow time.

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Rio Burton's avatar Rio Burton @rioburton.bsky.social
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Been having such a nice weekend. Saw some friends, had a good show, chilled with my husband, had nice long walks. Hope you had a nice weekend too!

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If the UK wants to continue making it difficult for citizens with foreign spouses then they can continue missing our tax contributions. ¯\_-_-_/¯ Also, hi. I mostly post art but occasionally I'll b*tch about the immigration hurdles my husband and I have to live with.

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Welcome to Bridleham Academy, where underground motorcycle jousting fight club drama is second only to the rekindling romance between estranged lovers Avery and Nico!

Your new obsession awaits in S.I.R. by cartoonist @fellhound.bsky.social, coming August 2024!

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Kody Okamoto's avatar Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.bsky.social
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in re: lrp, my heart soars seeing a publisher give a pal's title the marketing it deserves. we all know there's too many pubs that won't lift a finger to help with marketing, putting that burden solely on the creator, so it's rad to see this one enthusiastically getting behind Fell and her vision.

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My exact thoughts when I saw their post!

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Getting proofs made! I’ve been hard at work creating 51 cards for this project.

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Rio Burton's avatar Rio Burton @rioburton.bsky.social
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Thank you! I use MaxU’s brushes a lot! Sable Inker Clean is my go to for most inking. Dry brush soft for those really thin lines/textures. Her cloak is a fur brush set by TamberElla.

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Cooldown sketch after work. I’m sure I’ll find a story for her someday. For now she remains a nameless oc.

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Rio Burton's avatar Rio Burton @rioburton.bsky.social
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Thank you!! I’ll be finishing her up with Copics and maybe some screentones

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Books in the pic 4/5
Harpy of the West by Rob and @rioburton.bsky.social with Jim Campbell

I have not cracked this one open but am looking forward to it since it reminds me of something like The Witcher but in the old West.

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Omg Witcher + Old West! 🖤 thank you for your kind words and for supporting us!

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