Art with a Heart

June Ilda Inkwell ~ A young artist with a passion~  Queer 20 something & Psychology/Art double major ~ Commissions Open! ~ www.inkwellartist.com 

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Masterpost!

Hello! I'm June Inkwell! I'm a fantasy & mythology artist-writer and creator of the comics Epic of Asteri & After the Fall.

Commissions are always open! I love to collaborate, please DM me if you'd like a commission

InkwellArtist.com - Commission Post (tumblr)

Epic of Asteri is a black & white comic book series that recently got it's first issue! Inspired by Greek Mythology, a star goddess, Asteri, helps a young soldier, Melanodes, traverse the Realm of Dreams, plagued with Nightmares. Available as a physical book or digital download on Inkwellartist.com (Look under #epic of asteri for art and work related to it!)

After the Fall (currently on Hiatus) is an older, free digital comic, in which a group of teenagers act as Scouts for a post-apocalyptic community. When one of these kids fall into the ruins of a city, and another is kidnapped, they have to find their way back. Available on Inkwellartist.com or on tumblr (AtF Masterpost)

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[A digital drawing of the goddess Nyx as a woman with a misty dark dress with Nightjar like black wings with a white streak. She wears a veil with starry patterns. She holds a winged Hypnos, small in her arms, haloed by the moon. End ID]

Nyx brings the Night, carrying her son Hypnos

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[Image Description: A digital drawing of the greek gods Hypnos and Thanatos as black-winged gray skinned young men wearing red cloth. They are walking beside each other along a river. Thanatos lifts a finger to a white butterfly. Hypnos with his eyes closed, holds an elm tree branch over the river. Behind them is a poppy field, a cave, and a tree. End ID]

Sleep and Death on a little stroll along the river of forgetfulness.

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[Image Description: A digital drawing of a Titan, Astraeus, and a star goddess, Asteri. Both are humanoid with dark purple-ish skin with stars freckled on their skin. Asteri has long blond hair that fades into light. She fits in the palm of Astraeus's hand, looking up at him. Astraeus wears a Minoan Kilt with the colors of dusk and a wind pattern in white. He has orange nebula-like beard and hair. End ID]

Titan of the Stars & Astrology, father of the four winds and the Astra, or stars.

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Scylla, please don't murder me <3

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[Image Description: 2 artworks of a cave, mirrored in each drawing, with a riverside entry and water above it, highlighted by a moon glow. In the first image, a greek columned gate made of ivory tusks opens to a starry night with a dark tree and poppies in the background. A black winged creature (oneiros) wearing greek armor leans out of the gate, birdlike talons clawing on the edge. Above flies another, which wears a blue dress. The second image is a gate made of horn, with a gentler looking oneiros, wearing a wreathe of poppies, a red tunic, and holds a poppy in his hand. Another oneiros flies overhead, mirror to the first image. End ID]

"For two are the gates of shadowy dreams, and one is fashioned of horn and one of ivory" -The Odyssey

The Land of Dreams is a part of the outskirts of the Underworld. The Gates of Dreams are a where creatures of dreams, oneiros, or children of Nyx or Hypnos, such as Morpheus exit into the mortal realm. The gate of Horn is where Prophetic or True dreams come from, and the gate of Ivory is where False dreams exit.

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[Image Description: A drawing of a man in greek armor, with spread flat black wings and hair, with clawed fingers. He holds a green orb in front of himself, casting his face in sharp green lights and shadows. He is backed by fire. End ID]

I got obsessed with one scene in Your Idol from k pop demon hunters and decided to use it as a study for my own demonic character (Epialas, demon of Nightmares) lololol

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meowdy, and here's a little art challenge for december my minnows and i have been cooking up! i know month long art challenges can be kind of intimidating to some people, so i figured making a week long one could encourage people to give longer challenges a try!

if you'd like to share your designs, please do so to '#brush week 2025'! ill be checking the tag and sharing some of the cool ones i see!

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[Image Description: a collection of loose sketches and then 3 colored drawings of Asteri, a star-god & the Soldier. The colored drawings starts with 1) Asteri clothed in a collared poncho and loose pants with short cropped hair, and "The Soldier" a female greek soldier with a red cape and purple skirt, hair in a bun 2) Asteri with a suit jacket with a side cape. The Soldier is an ambiguously gendered character with a black braided hair with a white streak, in a historical European inspired white coat, holding a rapier. 3) Asteri only wears a cape and tiara, her body the night sky. Melenodes is a male greek soldier with a white under tunic with purple details and silver and leather armor, with black hair and a white streak. End ID]

The development of Epic of Asteri's main characters! They completely swapped genders by the end lolol. I played with a lot of options before settling on Asteri and Mel after talking about it with my brother and bf about gender and how men could benefit from the narrative I'm working through about family and mental health.

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Epic of Asteri's "character sheets" for the main 3 characters! The first issue is available as a physical book and digital copy on my website inkwellartist.com!

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Epic of Asteri is out as a physical comic book!! Available to ship on my website: InkwellArtist.com!

I'm also wondering how to provide a digital option! What would you prefer?

Webtoon

Patreon

Tapas

Personal Website Download

Other?

Voting ended onNov 29, 2025

Would love to have your thoughts!!

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[Image Description: A shelf of potion bottles with various animals in them. The shelf is overgrown with plants, and has a variety of books and items on the shelf, including tea cups, a skull, candle, crystal, scrolls, and pen and ink. A broom handle leans on one side, and a witches hat hangs on the side. End ID]

Potion Pets! Which will soon have stickers & magnets soon <3

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[Image Description: A digital drawing of a star themed character, Asteri. Asteri has golden-highlighted 'pockets' at her hips, drawn as black holes, humming. She holds out glowing floating stars, saying "Tada! Candy?" End ID]

@thepromptfoundry's OC-tober day 5: "going through their pockets"

Asteri!! I couldn't figure out what Melanodes' pocket situation would be lol. But, being a Celestial spirit, Asteri gets to have black holes for pockets! She also likes honey-candies <3

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[Image Description: A digital drawing of an ancient greek girl and boy sitting on a beach. The young girl holds a greenish crab up to the boy's nose with a grin. The boy gasps. End ID]

@thepromptfoundry OC-tober Day 4: Early in their Life

Melanodes and his younger sister, Helia!

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[Image Description: A digital drawing of two men in ancient greek dress looking at the stars. One with dark hair points at the stars, and the other tilts his head with a smirk, holding a cup. End ID]

@thepromptfoundry 's OC-tober day 3: Hanging with Friends

Melanodes's & his pal Archippos pointing out silly imaginary constellations to entertain themselves in their downtime.

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[Image Description: A digital art drawing of an ancient greek man holding a line of fly fishing string. He stands on a small row boat, fish in the back. End ID]

@thepromptfoundry's OC-tober day 2: At work or school

Melanodes, when not a soldier, is a fisher! It's the primary occupation of people from Psyra