CALVIN A.

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Hey hey if you’re interested in more ~regular~ updates, follow me on twitter or instagram ! I’ve been busy just not on here! I’ll try to be more active though - I miss tumblr sometimes if I’m honest with u

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made this NJPW poster/illustration for my brother earlier this year; I watched this match like 800 times while working on this, which is more wrestling than I’ve watched in a hot minute :,(

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very buff, very cool barbarian woman commissioned earlier this year

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some posters made for Minneapolis goth/darkwave dance event Dark Energy

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I turned 23 this year, here’s a self portrait from my birthday (in November)

love to all Scorpios

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tiny album cover for a my friend Braylen’s recently released single, Soul

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a (Racing) Hatsune Miku art trade for my friend Coffee, finished earlier this summer; I know nothing about Miku but this was a very fun piece to work on

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another poster for Minneapolis goth/darkwave dance event, Dark Energy

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A poster design for my favorite Minneapolis monthly dance party/DJ collective Dark Energy. DE focuses on darkwave and goth and is bringing in acts from around the country, including Sextile and Drab Majesty. Always happy to do work for them <3 

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Just Like a Wasp 

Illustration for a limited color, poetry centered zine titled Subtitles for Something in French, organized by Nathan Motzko. The zine is on a hiatus but may continue in the future. 

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{ Eagleland’s Breadbasket }

A fanzine dedicated to the lovely video game series Mother or Earthbound. It includes 27 artists from all over the Midwest, full color illustrations, and a small bonus bundle!

You can Preorder it here! >> http://eaglelandsbreadbasket.tictail.com/

Artists: Bobby Fasel | Ann Ryan | Andy Leigh R | Devon Palmer Virus Visal | Michael Perez | Margaretno | Remy Ripple  Joseph Eichstaedt | Michael Fortman | Nathan Motzko John WilinskiI | Kyren Stray | Peter Steineck | Kristin Ridgley Jay H. Holloway | Tyler DeHague | Zachary Clarkson Brando Hughes | Bal Flanagan | Erik Munson | Tori Niu Calvin Bauer | Mason Sklar | Arielle Estrella | James O’Boyle

This is my first time organizing a zine and I am very excited to have so many talented artists be a part of this.

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trying something new 

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PROTOGEL

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over the last month a bunch of illustrator friends and I collaborated on a group OC zine organized by comic artist and horror maestro Jenna Cha, where we all drew each other’s characters and tried to make them as hot as possible. in order, these are characters from Thad Stalmack, Catherine Florendo, Carly Haack, Noah Lawrence-Holder, Nathan Fredette, and me 

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here’s a bit of a process post for Poison; sorry I didn’t get any process between linework and color, it was mid-finals and I was in 100% crunch mode 

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another page from Protogel

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a spread from a recent zine I finished called Protogel. Hoping to open up a shop soon and sell some hot hot copies on there so keep your eyes peeled! 

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