Rikarirang⁷

@commanderrika

Writer+Illustrator. She/Her. Stories in Lightspeed, FIYAH, Strange Horizons, Fantasy, Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy (2026) Portfolio: commanderrika.com Commissions: marikawrites589@gmail.com 💜 Blackness 💜 Books 💜 BTS 💜

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Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Jul 9

I...

Erika Alexander and Tracee Ellis Ross looking taken aback.

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Jul 2

Big P.U.R.R.

Min Yoongi wearing a red and white striped football jersey, holding a microphone.

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Jun 29

I just feel like Tae needs to have the same stylist as Coleman Domingo.

Coleman Domingo at the Critics Choice Awards, a handsome middle aged Black man wearing a citron yellow suit with a gold foil coat over it.

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Jun 25

An excellent and most courageous kitty not unlike my dear Bean Bean, may he rest in kibble.

A grey tabby cat with a white belly, paws, and bib, sits half up on a bed.

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Jun 23

We used to be a society.

Photo collage of Min Yoongi with various stages of long hair.

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Jun 23

Gone but never forgotten.

Image of Yoongi from Haegum music video promotion. He has long wavy permed hair.

Image of Namjoon from Indigo album promotion. He has long dark hair.

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Jun 15

I dislike them immensely (lie)

Screenshot from Suchwita, RM leans over Yoongi with his arm around his shoulders. He is making a silly kiss face. Yoongi is smiling.

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Jun 15

Artist! Quote with your blue art! (Unfinished, but still counts)

A dark skinned Black woman with flowers branching over her face and birds in her hair and among the branches.

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Jun 12

Not the Dwayne Wayne Classics!

Dwayne Wayne from A Different World wearing a pair of glasses I don't even know how to describe. It's sunglasses that have lenses that lift up on a hinge and regular untinted lenses are underneath

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Jun 12

Have we lost our foundational texts? (also, wow, so much Gender going on here)

Poster for Disney Channel Movie Smart House

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Jun 11

Edited screenshot. Top comment:" we're ALL mad namjoon's hot"

Comment below it: "baby star candy" with a picture of Jungkook edited so that a speech bubble appears over his head"

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Jun 8

If I become a millionaire I'm air dropping this book to homes across America.

Cover image of a book entitled "All the Women are White, All the Blacks are Men, But Some of Us are Brave" Black Women's studies. Edited by Gloria T. Hull, Patricia Bell Scott, and Barbara Smith

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Jun 4

Artist! Quote with your fanart

Illustration: a Korean man with platinum blond hair (Jin of BTS) surrounded by a fantasy background of bubbles and waves and koi fish.

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Jun 4

Hey artists!! Post some art you made from before Bluesky! This was the first piece I was really happy with after starting digital drawing.

Illustration of a dark skinned woman with snakes in her hair. She holds a large magnolia flower in her palm. There is a gold and blue background behind her. She looks directly at the viewer.

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· May 21

Umm

Photoshopped image of multiple members of BTS squinting at a cellphone

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· May 15

Camping out in the quotes and comments for my mental health.

Park Jimin standing in a hotel hallway making an expression of exasperation. He is wearing a checkered bathrobe over a white shirt. He does not know why young people these days need so many abbreviations.

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· May 12

AMEN

The seven members of BTS sitting in a circle holding hands. Photoshopped over them are candles and candle.flames over their heads, implying they are in a prayer circle.

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· May 7

Artists! Quote with a femme fatale art 🌸🔪

A dark skinned Black woman with white hair stands in front of a purple and pink stained glass window depicting lotus flowers.

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Apr 29

Can't see the amount in the screenshot but I did $15

Screenshot of a donation transaction to City Harvest food bank.

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Apr 21

I have watched people drink Malta like it tastes good. Like it doesn't taste like sadness. Humanity is a rich tapestry.

A bottle of DG Malta, a malted beverage. A dark brown bottle with a yellow label that says Malta.

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Mar 15

Color.blocker button down shirt: red sleeves, yellow placket, left side blue, right side green, pocket on right side blue.

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Mar 14

It's definitely on its last legs but still hanging on!

Wheatpasted poster on a dark green construction plywood wall. The words on the red and white poster say, "What is your love song?"

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Feb 24

I have seen this face before 💜

Picture of a grey and white tabby cat lying on a blue blanket and also lying on a book titled "Hidden Waters of New York City." The tabby has green eyes and a very pink nose.

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Feb 22

no cheating, your last saved picture of a celebrity is your therapist. I am about to be emotionally healed on a level heretofore not seen in humanity

Picture of Min Yoongi: a Korean man with mid-length black hair sits on a black couch. He wears a tan leather jacket and is holding an electric guitar.

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Feb 15

Yoongi holding on like

A hand holding a chicken sandwich so tightly, the thumb has sucked down and pieces through the bread. A car dashboard is in the background.

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Feb 5

The categorization of human bodies into Correct vs Other is the core of white supremacy.

Astronaut meme version: One astronaut in space looks at the globe of earth and says "Wait, transphobia is white supremacy?" Behind them, another astronaut points a gun at the first astronaut's back and says, "Always has been."

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Jan 23

NYC fam in Bushwick:

A screenshot of an Instagram post from user @filthy.but.fine. White text over red background that says: In solidarity with my fellow Minnesotan, we are donating all of our food and beverage sales from @lowlife.nyc for Friday to combat ICE in Minneapolis. New York City pals: if you're feeling helpless right now, this is your chance to contribute directly to people who need your help!

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Jan 16

No new picture. Where are you at mentally?

Screenshot of a one star review, the text below the one star says, "are we deadass"

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Jan 15

The universe has gone wrong and we need it to be righted.

Image of three men holding hands in a circle, the image has been edited to put a fire in between them and witch hats on their heads.

Rikarirang⁷@commanderrika· Jan 13

Happy #portfolioday! I'm Marika, a Black illustrator and designer. I'd love to work on more book covers, book-adjacent work, and science fiction and fantasy projects. www.commanderrika.com/illustrator marikawrites589(at)gmail.com