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Vanessa Dambach
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Freelance Artist | she/they | Aotearoa NZ 🇳🇿🇨🇭

Commissions [Open]:
https://ko-fi.com/vandambach
https://vgen.co/vandambach

🔗 https://vandambach.carrd.co/
✉️ [email protected]

Personal Account: https://bsky.app/profile/valeriandreams.bsky.social
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Vanessa Dambach @vandambach.bsky.social · Jul 14
#PortfolioDay 🌻✨

I'm Vanessa, a freelance illustrator from Aotearoa 🌿 I love painting colourful fantasy characters and have briefly worked in game dev 🎮

My commissions are always open, now on #VGen!

Commissions:
ko-fi.com/vandambach/c...
vgen.co/vandambach
Website
vandambach.carrd.co
vandambach.bsky.social
This #commission is maybe my favourite piece of art I've done in a while, it turned out so good 🎃

It's definitely put me in the mood for the spooky season 👻

Anyone else have any #TheCrookedMoon D&D characters they want painted? 👀
A halfling wizard with long twin braids stands poised and ready to face the dark setting of The Crooked Moon. She brandishes a ball of flame in one hand and holds a glowing staff in the other.
September 9, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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poppicharm.bsky.social
In the true essence of being a clown, I didn't realize Art Fight ended on MT instead of PST sooo...🤡

I didn't get to upload it on the site but here is my final attack on @valeriandreams.bsky.social of Jingles🎪
#ArtFight #ArtFight2026 #TeamComedy
August 2, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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valeriandreams.bsky.social
Hazel for @mossizombie.bsky.social

And for my last attack, I had to get my bestie before the time ran out 💜💚

[ #ArtFight2026 | #TeamMystery | #art ]
August 2, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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valeriandreams.bsky.social
Nug Po’Poz for @alliumsgroove.bsky.social

This might be my favourite attack I’ve done so far, I just love goblins and gals full of attitude 🗡️💛💚

[ #ArtFight2026 | #TeamTragedy | #art ]
A goblin rogue winks at the camera while tossing a bag of coins in the air in one hand and flipping a coin through her fingers in the other. She’s surrounded by stacks of gold and gems.
July 24, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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neptuniosolar.bsky.social
Commission that I finished recently! 🚬
#oc #commission #art
July 21, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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spoonycatt.com
"I haven't slept well in weeks."
"God I get headaches all the time."
"I dunno I just feel kinda bad today."
July 20, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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valeriandreams.bsky.social
Khalindra for artfight.net/~Malvynthra

I love doing these kinds of portraits so much ( ⸝⸝´꒳`⸝⸝)

[ #ArtFight2026 | #TeamComedy ]
A dark haired drow sits serenely among a copse of night orchids. She has freckles that glow like stars on her face and body.
July 19, 2026 at 4:26 AM
vandambach.bsky.social
#PortfolioDay 🌻✨

I'm Vanessa, a freelance illustrator from Aotearoa 🌿 I love painting colourful fantasy characters and have briefly worked in game dev 🎮

My commissions are always open, now on #VGen!

Commissions:
ko-fi.com/vandambach/c...
vgen.co/vandambach
Website
vandambach.carrd.co
July 14, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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valeriandreams.bsky.social
Holstein for @zappyarts.bsky.social

I’m having SO much fun playing with different styles for art fight!

I love a sassy silly vampire who acts like a fool but is actually cunning under all the pizazz, so this character was really up my alley🦇🩸

[ #teamComedy | #artfight2026 ]
A vampire dressed as a plague doctor poses melodramatically in front of a gothic style window pane while holding a giant bat wing shaped scythe, a giant fang-full grin on his face
July 14, 2026 at 3:07 AM
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valeriandreams.bsky.social
Cassandra for @chiaraislily.bsky.social

Muse possessed me and I entered a trance while painting this absolute goddess. Such a lovely character design! The colour palette reminds me of moonlight in the best way possible 🌙 🌌 ⭐️

[ #teamComedy | #artfight2026 ]
A portrait of a chubby black woman of immense beauty, a girl who truly glows like the Moon
July 10, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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valeriandreams.bsky.social
First Art Fight attack, Fen and Meirin for @zhemari.bsky.social

Been a bit of a slow starter but I’m slowly getting my feet under me and a groove going 💪

These two were an absolute joy to draw ✨🕊️

[ #teamComedy | #artfight2026 ]
A suspended moment of intimacy, the joy of lifting your lover into the air as you gaze tenderly into their eyes before smooching passionately.
July 10, 2026 at 7:21 AM
vandambach.bsky.social
It's the year of the Fools! I'm joining art fight for the first time this year and I'm so hyped for the themes
🎭artfight.net/~ValerianDreams✨
[ #artfight2026 #ArtFight #TeamComedy ]
My Art Fight card! It shows the name of my personal art account: Valerian dreams. I'll attack clowns and anything that catches my eye. I will do friendly fire and revenge, and might do mass attack but I'm not planning on it as of yet. I have human characters, monsters, a clown, and fey.
June 20, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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cherelleo.bsky.social
Step aside for the Devils' Carnival !
Illustration of a troupe of medieval musicians in colorful costumes, singing and playing instruments as they march. Each one has features that bring them closer to demons (goat’s hooves, bulging eyes, horns, etc.); a small dragon walks alongside them.
May 27, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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florisnemis.bsky.social
It's finally happening, I'm reopening commissions! 🌟🍃🌱
Lots of options to choose from this time! (Limited slots available)
I'm also soft launching a membership tier that i hope to expand on in the future.
Times have been rough lately, so any support and shares are super appreciated! 💖
May 12, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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nerior.bsky.social
I want to say that don't afraid to make sketches like this when u commissioning from someone its makes work easier and closer to what u want from 🥰
May 8, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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saffarts.bsky.social
“I dont think my art is good enough to make this comic/webtoon/visual novel/game”

You should make it, because even if your art isnt where you want it to be, the constant practice you gain while working on a project will rapidly improve your skills as oppose to just waiting
April 23, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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jametc.bsky.social
Yeah I think we need to start seriously discussing UBI as the way forward from this world with fewer jobs and unchecked firings

They hate it because, like unions, it reduces desperate dependence on your bosses, but I think it's the only way forward now
drmechano.bsky.social Dr. Mechano @drmechano.bsky.social · Apr 27
UBI also isn't a world where everyone is paid the same.

UBI is the *baseline.* The *minimum* amount of money everyone is guaranteed whether they have a job or not.

Under such a system, you could still get a job and make a paycheck on *top* of that. But unemployment wouldn't mean homelessness.
April 28, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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toadally.bsky.social
She is very lonely
A unicorn resembling a neuron styled like the titular character of The Last Unicorn
April 28, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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blacksalander.bsky.social
The Shadow of Night
April 28, 2026 at 6:05 PM
vandambach.bsky.social
D&D party gathering at the Trollskull Taverna 💀🍻

[ #commission #TTRPG #art ]
An eclectic D&D party boast cheerfully inside a warm tavern made of wood, toasting each other with tankards of ale. To the left sits their discarded gear leaning against a spare table and chairs. The bartender smiles amicably at the group from behind the bar. The tavern is decorated with paintings gathered during their adventures.
April 27, 2026 at 8:12 AM
vandambach.bsky.social
A moment of respite between Rook and Lucanis among the flowers 💙🌺

[ #commission #dragonage #veilgaurd #art]
A soft illustration in blue and purple, the character Lucanis lounges in Rook’s lap among a field of blue flowers. He plays with her long red hair and she places a flower behind his ear. They are sitting beneath a small tree with white petals.
April 27, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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myrmidia.bsky.social
April 11, 2026 at 12:46 AM
vandambach.bsky.social
Five shows to get to know me:

🗡️Naruto
🤖Transformers: Prime
😈Critical Role: Mighty Nein
🍜Dungeon Meshi
👊One Punch Man (season 1 only)
johannamation.bsky.social Johanna T @ FanX SLC @johannamation.bsky.social · Apr 3
Five shows to get to know me:

• Avatar the Last Airbender
• Community
• Parks and Recreation
• Arcane
• Gravity Falls
bookspotlight.bsky.social Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · Apr 3
Five shows to get to know me:

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• The Rings of Power
• Santa Clarita Diet
• North & South
• Poldark
April 3, 2026 at 9:20 PM
vandambach.bsky.social
Same with art. Everyone would get so many more amazing indie games, comics, animations and other creative projects fuelled by nothing but the love of the craft and being able to feed ourselves.

Support artists so we can continue to provide the enrichment and beauty that defines our humanity.
wiswell.bsky.social John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · Mar 29
You would get so many more amazing books if you had Universal Basic Income. Not even the most dream-scenario AI could compete with the creativity of a world of authors no longer afraid of affording rent.
mnolangray.bsky.social M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · Mar 28
What's something that experts/practitioners in your field universally agree upon, but that remains a "hot take" among the general public?
March 30, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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remedy.bsky.social
Wolfpack is up for preorder! The sequel to my award-nominated solarpunk adventure Foxhunt, Wolfpack features our protagonist Orfeus getting herself into and out of even more trouble. For love! And the environment!

Itch: remwigmore.itch.io/wolfpack

(Foxhunt's shiny 2nd edition also $2.99!)
Cover of Wolfpack by Rem Wigmore, featuring a brown-skinned woman holding a coppery fox mask above swirls of red and white smoke, with a white domed building in green mountains below. White text on a green background reads: PREORDER NOW - sequel to Foxhunt - completed series - a hopeful future with bite - trans and queer cast - enemies to lovers to enemies to ???? HALF PRICE UNTIL RELEASE $2.99 - all major retailers - out April 13th
March 30, 2026 at 2:01 AM