illustrator of creatures and critters

I’m Paloma! Painting cute lil animals and plants is my jam. :) My work: www.palomamcclain.com

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I’ve been feeling really inspired lately making more art and gaining clarity on my direction as an artist. I kept getting mental flashes of a blooming upwards path and needed to paint it :)

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Red panda! 🧡 Fun practice on fur textures and foliage.

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Ringtail thief 🔪

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I’ve been working through some feelings lately.

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Oh hi it’s been literally 5 years since I posted on here🧍🏻‍♀️A lot has happened with me since then!

I joined a cool lil indie game project called Traveler’s Refrain for 3.5 years which we launched on Steam back in April. Fun times :)

Ever since I was in college I thought I wanted to pursue the games industry full-time but now I kinda realized I don’t want to work for anyone actually lol

I have a full-time graphic design job in the meantime but on the side I’m making a new portfolio to pitch for potential partnerships. :)

Here’s my fav recent piece!

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Reminder for self-employed artists and designers out there to amend your contracts to adapt to the latest tomfoolery

— Paloma McClain (@palomamcclain) July 26, 2025

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Made some animal crossing art to break the inactivity streak. ✨

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Doggo Commission ✨

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Kitty commission 💕

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Environment practice. ❤️

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Another portrait of Billie Eilish. ❤️

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My tribute to @qinni, who deserved so, so much more. Thank you for existing. Thank you for sharing your art and stories with us. You’re among the stars now. ✨💕

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Late night deer studies. ✨

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Starting off the new year right with a triple kitty commission!

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Finished commission!

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Commission work WIP :)

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I like to think that Bub and Tardar Sauce had a heartwarming reunion over the rainbow bridge. 🌈🐈🐈✨