Gabriel Joy

🏳️‍🌈Lvl 26 | BU CFA ’25 | Trans 🏳️‍⚧️✨ 👩🏽‍🎨Cartoonist | Animator | Educator 🍉 | 🏳️‍⚧️Trans Kids Belong | BLM ✊🏽linktr.ee/gabrieljoyyy

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🗞️💫✨EXTRA EXTRA! I’m honored to be this month’s featured artist in issue 190 of the Boston Compass Newspaper! I illustrated the front page and some art throughout the interior pages too! Swipe to see a closer look at the original artwork! It was so much fun to be a part of, thank you so much for having me, BCN! Go pick up a copy of the April Edition now or visit bostoncompassnewspaper.com🚀🩵💙🐹

Next stop… Boston Comics in Color Festival!❤️🖤💚

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#blackastronaut #blackartists #bostonarts #independentpress #supermariogalaxy

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4 years ago, my first webcomic SUPER DAWG AND THE PET CREW premiered! And today I’m excited to announce a new version of the first issue will be available in Spring 2026!

SUPER DAWG AND THE PET CREW: PAWS OF POWER DELUXE EDITION compiles almost 10 years of Super Dawg art and comics into one book! It includes a special behind the scenes look at the making of the comic, a Q&A from WEBTOON Canvas readers, and additonal concept art of the world and characters of Tailu City! The book also includes a sneak peak at the next issue, a new story that dives into the mysterious orgins of The Pet Crew! 👀 Discover soon what new adventures lie ahead for this ragtag team of heroes!

And catch up now with Super Dawg on WEBTOON Canvas and YouTube! 🩵💖❤️💚🧡

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Their adventure is just beginning. Issue #2 of Super Dawg and the Pet Crew is now in production! Stay tuned. 🐶🏔️🌨️⚡️

In this new adventure Super Dawg, Super Kat, and the rest of the Pet Crew venture deep into The Snowi Mountains on a mission to stop the villainous Dr. Retriever from unleashing his most dangerous plan yet… uncovering their own mysterious pasts along the way.

🩵💖Get caught up now with Super Dawg and the Pet Crew on WEBTOON Canvas!

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Happy 4 Years to Super Dawg and The Pet Crew on WEBTOON Canvas! Some new surprises are cooking up behind-the-scenes…stay tuned!🐶🩵 Catch up now with Super Dawg on WEBTOON Canvas and YouTube!🩵💖❤️💚🧡

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Last batch of hourlies! Thanks for following along as I embraced imperfection!

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Afternoon hourly comics! We're really embraced imperfection that day 😂

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Almost forgor to post my Hourly Comics here for 2026!🙈 First time I decided to try drawing these with pen and pencil instead of digital so excuse the messiness lol.

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I’m so incredibly excited to announce that I just started a full-time position as the Media Coordinator the Shah Family Foundation! I help capture and create media content for some of the fantastic initiatives Shah is a part of, from the Center for Comprehensive Healing at Mass General Brigham, the Last Night @ School Committee Podcast, the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail, and so much more! So honored to be a part of this organization involved in wonderful work for our local Boston communities and beyond. Learn more about Shah Family Foundation at shahfoundation.org 🌱💙💚

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Big hair for a big year! Happy 2026 y’all! Here’s to another year of art, storytelling, and creativity! 🥂✨💖🩵☺️

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2️⃣✌️🏽🧡🩵⚽TWO NEW VIDEOS ARE ON MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL! Finally uploaded my full pitch presentation on GOOD GAME! (formerly OFFSIDES!) my middle grade soccer story with a trans protagonist! I also uploaded my animation based on the comic that I made for my Digital Drawing final as well! Go check them out and leave a nice comment if you want! ☺️👉🏽👈🏽🧡🩵

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🩷 but if you really hold me tight, all the way home i’ll be warm

drew @gabrieljoyyy’s beautiful t4t yuri ocs Azi & Michaela 🤭

prompt list under cut

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Thank you for drawing my girls @magicmooshka !🥹🫶🏽✨🏳️‍⚧️

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Joyous Kwanzaa, Everyone! ❤️🖤💚✨ I made this for Boston Compass Newspaper back in 2023 as a bit of a season finale to my comic strip series, The Adventures of Aaron and Beatrice! Somehow just getting around to posting it but better late than never lol. Habari Gani?!

Hope ya’ll are having a wonderful holiday season! ☺️🙌🏽✨

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It’s that time of year again! Thanks for following along!💖🧡💜🌸☺️

Between thesis, soccer book, graduation, getting representation, and so much more, this has been a massive year for me and my art! I may not have as much time for end-of-the-year posts as I usually do, but just know that there are many exciting projects coming up that I cannot wait to tell you about! Let me take this moment to thank you SO much for all the love and support all year long! Take good care of yourselves and others always! Happy holidays! ☺️🫶🏽🏳️‍⚧️✨

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And nobody is ever gonna bring me down💚

Had this idea for a mini comic ever since I caught Wicked Part 1 in theaters last fall! It had suddenly occurred to me that I had I deeper connection to this story than I remembered…btw did I mention I am from Kansas?😂 Happy Wicked Weekend y’all 💚💖

Based on The Wizard of Oz (1939), Directed by Victor Fleming and Wicked (2024), Directed by Jon M. Chu, and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz

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WAKE UP BABE NEW BENEE ALBUM JUST DROPPED!!!✨🩶🤩 To celebrate the release of Ur an Angel I’m Just Particles, here’s some BENEE fan art I’ve made over the past year or so! Stella’s music has been a huge inspiration for several of my recent comics and animation projects, and it’s been such a vibe following her work! Now if you’ll excuse me I’ll be having this album on loop all day long.🎧😌

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Michaela is not home. She is a closeted trans woman who suddenly wakes up in a home brewed table-top role-playing fantasy world. And the strangest thing of all… everyone here seems to hail her as a powerful heroine! As she tries to find her way back to the real world, the hardest battle isn’t with giant monsters, treacherous terrain, and evil spell casters... but with believing she could ever be the girl everyone already sees. With the help of a new friend, a bubbly flower huntress named Azi, Michaela will have to learn to harness the magic of a powerful weapon and defeat a terrifying force threatening these mysterious lands to make it back home.

The best thing I’ve found to do early on in the comic-making process is just draw A LOT. Just filling pages and pages with sketches. Sometimes even before words get down to paper. It also consists of lots of research, watching movies, shows, videos, listening to music, and saving images that could be relevant to the story. Comics are a visual medium, so being able to almost use the pencil to explore who my characters are and what the world is can be extraordinarily helpful. I often try different designs, clothes, and hairstyles, sometimes throwing in broken phrases or words I want to return to, and then I just throw everything onto the page. Now, I typically like sharing my stories once they’re closer to something final, but I wanted to instead give a sense of what a story can look like early on: messy, inconsistent, exploratory. There isn’t an exact science... I just know I’m having a lot of fun! What’s your comic development process like? Where do you like to start?

Inspired by Quantum Leap, The Woman King, Iyanu, my beautiful girlfriend, and a whole lot of AURORA.

More on this story as it develops!🧡💜⚔️

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🍂✏️October Commission 3/3! I love drawing your cats!!! Here’s Gigi and Kitty requested by Gaby!🧡🩶🐱