Aviv Or

@avivor

Freelance Illustrator, Stupid pun appreciator, @upto4players.bsky.social co-creator. And I watch TV a lot. Clients include Critical Role, Dark Horse, Penny Arcade, Dropout, Storybrewers avivor@gmail.com

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Aviv Or@avivor· 6d

(Relative Colorimetric, say), you should go to View > Color Profile > Preview Settings... and define it there. I JUST realised that, and it would have saved me a lot of time and frustration A WEEK AGO when I sent a thousand print tests traveling across 3 different programs. [2/2]

Aviv Or@avivor· 6d

Folks who use #CSP and want to produce CMYK results, have a read! 👇🏻 Adding: CSP lets you define your preview colour profile in the File>Canvas Properties window, and that's what it will use if you choose to export a flattened CMYK file. BUT if you want to do a conversion that isn't Perceptual [1/2]

Aviv Or@avivor· 8d

Making some stuff for #MCMLondon #CriticalRole #CriticalRoleFanart

8 sketches for stickers of Jester, Artagan, Beau, Chetney, Caduceus, Nott, Fearne, and Laudna

Aviv Or@avivor· 19d

Thank you! Cheers from the comics museum!

A museum display of Tin Tin and friends in orange spacesuits

Aviv Or@avivor· 24d

Our haul from today's Illustrators' Fair at King's Cross. What an awesome event that I'm flabbergasted to have only heard of this year.

A bunch of art prints, comic books, and a few other creations laid out on a table. Koi pond from Clara M. Cornish; The Deeper You Go Into the King's Wood from Sammy Ward Draws; Tidal Waves and Kitty Travel Log zine from Rein Lee; Artichoke Knight from Alex Newton; ABC Dinosaurs print from Dinosaurs Doing Stuff; Dino paper craft from Sato Hisao Workbox; Blessing cat figurine from Little Refreshment; Briefs print from Stefan Alexander; Kapy Club pin from Bia Melo; Ceramic trinket bowl from Klara Smith; Minimalist Flamingo framed print from From A To Zoo; Cat zodiac prints from Paper Cat Club.

Aviv Or@avivor· 28d

City Council of Darkness finale! Possibly @dimension20.dropout.tv's most unhinged season yet. A true honour and pleasure to do character art for it, and I'm deeply thankful to the team and to Carlos Luna & Skye Smith, art director & lore keeper extraordinaire ❤️ #Dimension20 #CityCouncilOfDarkness

A small, fluffy ghost bat looking up at the viewer. It has a small heart-shaped tattoo on its wing. The background is a monochrome teal forest floor with some tilt-shift effect.

A handsome pale man with silvery hair, wearing white and tan clothes. His shirt is open, revealing a handsome set of abs, and he moves his hands through his hair in a handsome guy pose & bites his lower lip in a handsome guy expression. He's standing against a teal monochrome background of a pine forest.

A nightmarish clown looking at the viewer with small red eyes and a big gnarly grin, holding a machine-gun-shaped balloon. He's standing in a monochrome teal room with a curtain and a couple of thrones visible.

Aviv Or@avivor· Jul 9

I read bits and pieces of Side Quested online, but finally reading the first 2 chapters properly in print - it is delightful! Cool story, genuinely funny writing and art, lovely character designs. A really enjoyable read! And it's still ongoing: check out @kbspangler.com and @alepresser.com

The cover of Side Quested book 1, a graphic novel by Ale Presser and K.B. Spangler. It has a blue cover with a drawing of a cool-looking young woman flipping a page in a book

Page from the prologue, showing the protagonist sneaking into a castle, with helpful vulture Peony accompanying her and patiently awaiting her death.

Page from chapter 2, introducing Boopsie, an adorable voluptuous witch queen with impeccable style

Aviv Or@avivor· Jul 5

City Council of Darkness penultimate episode NPCs! If you haven't been watching this season, I dare you to tell me what it is about just by looking at these three. #CityCouncilOfDarkness #Dimension20

Eugene Douglas. An old stout white man wearing jeans, a red flannel shirt, and cowboy boots and hat. He's standing fairly straight but holding a cane and generally succumbing to gravity, especially in the face. Behind him is a teal monochrome background of tall marijuana plants behind a fence.

Maria Josefina. A pale young woman with platinum blonde hair in a tall Marie Antoinette-esque hairdo, wearing a modern take on 18th century frilly clothes in shades of black and dark red. She's holding a purse in one hand and points at the viewer with the other, her pose all catwalk model and her expression all cat who got the cream. The background is a red monochrome space with draped velvet, hanging plants, and candles.

Aviv Or@avivor· Jun 29

For me, this is what I see when I click the "Chat" tab (without active VPN). The messages are all there, I just have no access to them. If I get a new one, whether in a new thread or an existing one, I *sometimes* see a notification, but not always.

Screenshot of a bluesky Chat screen, but instead of showing the DM inbox it's a message saying "We're sorry, you cannot access this screen at this time" and a link to verify age through the account settings.

Aviv Or@avivor· Jun 24

the "com" of comics is from "communication" (and complaining) #makeATerribleComicDay

A doodled two-panel comic.
The first panel shows a curly-haired person from behind, drawing on a screen tablet. There's small icon of a sun with "32°" written inside it. A caption reads: "I'm already drawing comics today, so doing #makeaterriblecomicday seems unnecessary."
The second panel shows the same person, now turned toward the viewer, red, sweating and upset. The hand holding the tablet stylus is on fire. A caption reads: "But how else would you all know how much I suffer?"

Aviv Or@avivor· Jun 22

A panel from the VSquare webcomic showing a guy standing at a doorway and looking into the adjacent living room, where a cow - its expression slightly rattled - vibrates vigorously.

Aviv Or@avivor· Jun 22

City Council of Darkness ep 11 NPCs. Is this the first time we got to see Roofus? WILD. The guy's the mayor! #Dimension20 #CityCouncilOfDarkness

Roofus. A golden retriever with a striped red-and-blue tie sitting on an office chair with a doggy smile, his front paw hovering over an inked paw print on some kind of document. The background is a monochrome teal mayor's office with a "PURPEE Office of the Mayor" seal on the desk and a dog bowl that says "Roofus".

Amelia Brown. A woman in her 20s with short brown hair, a grey hoodie, blue cropped trousers and hiking boots. The background is a monochrome teal front entrance of a house (from inside), and she is walking from the open door towards the viewer, touching the wall.

Jack of the Pines (just had a typo that made me realise what pines is an apt anagram for). A giant, monstrous being made of pine trees rising from the darkness of a teal monochrome forest under a full moon sky. It has black eyes- and mouth- shaped holes, and a silhouette of a pine tree between its legs.

Marquis de Lafayette. A pale white man with a dishevelled 18th century wig, wearing faded bloodstained grey sweatshirt and sweatpants. One of his socks has a small hole in the big toe. The background is a monochrome red living room showing a peek of the Eiffel Tower from the curtained balcony, and a hint of a wall-mounted TV in the top left corner. He is leaning Frenchly against the mantelpiece, with a remote control in his other hand.

Aviv Or@avivor· Jun 15

Artists! Quote with your blue art! 💙 (from my #A-to-Zoo series which has really been coming in handy for these colour-based chains)

A sketch of a cartoon umbrellabird sitting on a big blue letter U. Its crest is glorious and its wattle dangles majestically, and it's looking at the viewer as if it knows this well.

A sketch of a cartoon manatee floating in a meditative pose on a pale blue background. Behind it, a big, soft, white letter M gives a subtle impression of angel wings.

Aviv Or@avivor· Jun 12

Artists, quote with your yellow art! 🧘🏻

Zigzag Zebra: a sketch of a cartoon zebra with zigzagging stripes against a very yellow background with a big orange letter Z. The zebra is mid-run, but each section of its body seems to be running in a different direction, and it's looking aptly confused by that.

Enthusiastic Emu: a sketch of a purplish cartoon emu jumping gleefully and staring directly at the viewer with its beak wide open. The background is pale yellow with a thin and elastic-looking orange letter E.

Nervous Numbat: a sketch of a cartoon numbat frozen mid-step. There's a big yellow letter N behind it and a small black dropping by its behind.

Aviv Or@avivor· Jun 7

Artist friends, applications are now open for the London MCM Comic-con in October: www.mcmcomiccon.com/london/en-us...

Screenshot from the MCM website of the Artist Alley/Writers Block/Creator Pavilion section with various "apply now" buttons

Aviv Or@avivor· May 31

Apparently my Adult Content (specifically "explicit sexual images") was set to "Hide" so initially when I searched this user I didn't even see them in the results. This is ridiculous, it's not protecting anyone from seeing things they don't want to see, it just blanket disappears folks from bluesky.

Bluesky content filters settings, with Adult Content (Explicit sexual images) set to Hide, Sexually Suggestive and Graphic Media set to Warn, and Non-sexual Nudity set to Show

Aviv Or@avivor· May 25

*3 days left* to nominate your favourite comics & comics creators of 2025 for the Ringo awards. It would mean a lot if you put Crystal Heart as your choice for Best Humor Comics! ringoawards.com

Aviv Or@avivor· May 25

It's mid-season in @dimension20.dropout.tv's City Council of Darkness! Here are some recent NPCs. How are you enjoying the season so far? I absolutely adore the relationship between HJ and LaVonte, and their interactions in episode 7 especially were pure gold. #Dimension20 #CityCouncilOfDarkness

Ghorse, a beautiful brown horse with blonde hair that doesn't NOT look like someone's mullet. His golden eyes have slits for pupils, and two of his long, flat teeth are slightly longer than the rest. He's standing majestically against a monochrome teal background of a grassy area with a tree and a wooden fence.

Maya, a young Indian American woman with her hair up in a messy bun. She wears a giant orange Food Co-op branded hoodie, loose jeans with a flowery decal, and purple crocs with moon and star shaped jibbits. She has henna on her hands, a nose ring, and a big tote bag over one shoulder that says "every tote counts". She's set against a teal monochrome background showing the exit area in a local grocery store, with some produce on shelves and a big cork board with various things posted on it. She's reaching towards a "CLOSED" sign on the door while looking at the viewer, and above the door, half out of frame, is an occult chalk symbol.

Marisol Samano, an older Filipina woman with a short greying bob and big spectacles. She's wearing a smart jacket over light blue nurse scrubs, and stands, one hand on her hip and the other holding a pair of pink scrubs, smiling tiredly at the viewer. The background is a teal monochrome front stairs and ramp to a humble City Hall building.

Helena, a young white woman with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a grey striped apron over jeans and a pink top. She's leaning against a bar counter, holding out a wine menu towards the viewer with a smile. The background is an unpretentious yet beautiful bistro in teal monochrome, with a small picture of two people (her and her dad) and a candle behind the bar, and a latticed wine rack further back.

Aviv Or@avivor· May 24

Another simple can't-live-without-it #ClipStudioPaint tip: Horizontally flipping your work occasionally is really helpful for a fresh perspective. You can easily flip the view (no actual change of the canvas) with one click via the Navigator window. (Plus some other handy View menu controls!) #CSP

A screenshot focusing on the Navigator menu showing a preview of Virkus, a handsome black vampire from Dimension 20's City Council of Darkness. It highlights buttons for flipping the canvas, rotating it, and resetting the rotation.

Aviv Or@avivor· May 23

Friendship is Magic panel, now on the Artist Alley Stage @iamgiantwoman.bsky.social #MCMLondon

Aviv Or@avivor· May 23

Let's go! @iamgiantwoman.bsky.social #MCMLondon

The Heart on the Page panel participants on stage

Screen showing HEART ON THR PAGE: CONVEYING GRIEF, LOVE, AND OTHER BIG FEELINGS THROUGH COMICS

Aviv Or@avivor· May 21

It's actually just a shortcut to the Layer Color option of the Layer Properties window which can be really useful. Play around with the different features here! I used the "Watercolor edge" of the Border Effect to make the roleplaying elements glow in Crystal Heart for example. #ClipStudioPaint #CSP

Three screenshots of the same sketch with the Layer Properties window over it, showing Border Effect, Tone, and Layer Color

A panel from Crystal Heart showing Rotem and Guy at the table, speaking as two NPCs; they have some visual elements of the character they're portraying in slightly glowy lines over their own, and their speech bubbles are in the same colour and effect.

Aviv Or@avivor· May 21

#ClipStudioPaint tip: When you want to reduce a layer's opacity so you can more easily draw on a layer above it, clicking this little guy (at the top right of the Layer window) will colour your layer blue, like a blue pencil sketch, to make it even easier to tell the lines apart. #CSP

Two screenshot crops from Clip Studio Paint, showing a sketch on a canvas and the Layer window next to it.
The top screenshot has the sketch in dark grey lines, and an arrow next to a small icon of blue and white squares at the top of the Layer window.
The bottom screenshot shows the same sketch but now in light blue lines, and a new Ink layer on top of it with a few inked lines.

Aviv Or@avivor· May 18

From episode 6 of @dimension20.dropout.tv's City Council of Darkness: 3 terrible people and possibly my favourite NPC of the season #CityCouncilOfDarkness #dimension20

Florian Whittaker, divorced dad personified. A white man with greying light brown hair and moustache, wearing slightly crumpled blue shirt and grey trousers and a loose tie. He's standing with his hands on his hips but in the opposite of a power pose, and giving us a tired look. The background is a teal monochrome entrance hall with a fancy looking front door.

Barnaby Whittaker. A very old white man in trousers and a blue sweater over a white shirt. He's walking forward, leaning on a cane, with both face and finger giving intense scolding, against a teal monochrome background of a fancy dining room.

Wallace Whittaker. The ghost of an old, wiry man, floating in front of a large tombstone. His pose, expression, and general vibe are Evil Robber Baron. The tombstone reads Wallace Whittake | 18[xx]-1904 | The Father of Purpee. The background is monochrome teal graveyard.

Nancy Danderhoof. A plump woman in her 40s with a greying mom bob, wearing comfortable clothes, an OSU shirt, and a puffy brown jacket. She's holding up a recording device in one hand, a folder with "Purpee" written on it in the other, and she's smiling shrewdly at the viewer. She's leaning on a minivan with a pair of cherries hanging from the mirror, against a teal monochrome background of a car park.

Aviv Or@avivor· May 18

I'm not tabling at MCM London this weekend, but I will be there on Saturday to say hellos, see all your beautiful tables, and join these fine people in a panel about creating art for roleplaying games. Catch us on the Artist Alley Stage at 3PM Saturday!

MCM Comic Con panel: GAMING ON THE PAGE - Creating Art For (and From) TTRPGs
Saturday 23 May | 3PM | Artist Alley Stage
Hosted by Sarah L Miles, with Aviv Or, Alex Moore, Will Kirkby

Aviv Or@avivor· May 16

Ooooh I got my copies early! So cool to see the whole thing come together, @dianasousaart.bsky.social's colours especially blew my mind! If you're a fan of the Best & Worst Couple in all of Exandria, you should definitely get your hands on this book when it's out next month. #CriticalRole #comics

Hardcover copy of the Critical Role graphic novel The Whitestone Chronicles: The Briarwoods.
It shows an overhead angle on Delilah Briarwood sitting on a mysterious circle set in a grey stone floor with green lines of power snaking through it. Sylas is lying on her lap, eyes closed and touching her arm gently. She has one hand on his chest, one caressing his forehead, and she is looking up at the viewer with a wicked smirk.
Credits: Marieke Nijkamp, Aviv Or, Diana Sousa, Comicraft

Aviv Or@avivor· May 7

The supernatural guys (3/3) #dimension20 #CityCouncilOfDarkness

It's Bigfoot. He's standing in a martial arts pose, and his fur covers his feet in a bell-bottom silhouette. He's standing against a teal monochrome background of tall pine trees.

Zacky Lee Maple, a ghost of a good-looking man in his 70s. He's wearing jeans, a white t-shirt, and a carpenter's toolbelt, holding a knife, and staring into the distance. He's standing against a teal monochrome background of a trailer park; behind him the bottom part of a statue is visible, mirroring his pose, with a plaque dedicated to him.

Aviv Or@avivor· May 7

Business screening at Mikes (2/3) #dimension20 #CityCouncilOfDarkness

Ana Lopez, a young latina woman in boho chic dress, boots, and some accessories. She's holding a phone with a cat-shaped grip, and has a massive engagement ring on her finger. She's standing against a teal monochrome background of a front porch.

Cal Whittaker, a young white man with big "lacrosse energy". He's wearing brown trousers and a textured blue sweater, and he's holding up a phone with a picture of the Mona Lisa with a cowboy hat. His demeanour is giving Mansplaining. He's standing against a teal monochrome background of an art gallery.

Tyler Morimoto, a Japanese college student with grey trousers and a mustard yellow sweater over a white shirt. He's holding a laptop in one hand, a USB drive hanging from one of his fingers, speaking into a phone in his other hand, and holding a stack of papers under his arm. He's looking busy, walking against a teal monochrome background of a parking lot. A projector screen is visible on the edge of the illustration, with what must be the DVD menu for American Psycho on it.

Mike, an older italian man in jeans, black t-shirt, and a black leather jacket. He's gesturing as if mid-rant and leaning against a bar stool that has a bike helmet with a skull decal on it. The background is a teal monochrome corner of a bar.

Aviv Or@avivor· May 7

Episode 4 of City Council of Darkness had so many NPCs and I like them all, so here they all are. Purpee State University folk (1/3) #dimension20 #CityCouncilOfDarkness

Professor Val Harmon, an older white woman with stringy hair, big glasses, and hippie clothes, holding a big mug of tea and smiling tiredly at the viewer. She's standing against a teal monochrome office space.

Patty Babcock, a white college kid with a big grey Purpee State University hoodie, cargo shorts, and sliders. He's holding a beer can and has an open, inviting pose and expression. He's standing against a teal monochrome background of an indoor staircase, with a cool box on the floor next to it.

Bingo, a grey-white fox terrier mutt oozing charisma. He's standing on his hind legs with a paw on an open beer cool box, one ear up and mouth open. The background is a teal monochrome crop of the staircase seen in Patty Babcock's illustration.

Aviv Or@avivor· May 1

#ClipStudioPaint tip for sampling colours from another image: Instead of opening the file in a separate window and constantly shift focus between the two to colour pick, try the Sub View (Window -> Sub View if not visible). Drag your reference file into it and eyedrop with no extra clicks. #CSP