Syd Mills

@vetyyr.bsky.social ↗
Open for commissions

Recent work

A person is running to the right with an arm outreached. Visible on their back is a crisscrossed array of blue tattoos. They are facing a galloping horse. In the background: two fire-engulfed hands coming down from the top of the page, with strings wound around the fingers. Behind the hands is a large pale rock; behind the pale rock is a dark burgundy landscape. The night sky is a deep blue. 2026-02-22♥ 1,755 ↗Two women falling and reaching out for each other. One has billowing fiery red-orange hair. A chess board has been tipped over and its pieces are flying into the air. The background is a lush Irish forest; there is a castle in the far distance. 2025-10-16♥ 569 ↗Artwork by Syd Mills2025-08-13♥ 1,727 ↗Artwork by Syd Mills2025-03-13♥ 251 ↗Artwork by Syd Mills2025-03-13♥ 251 ↗Digital painting of a woman in a metallic green dress being held tightly at the legs by a person in a glossy red gown. Behind the woman is a bright glow. Surrounding the pair are multiple people all looking away from them, and one of them seems to be raising a billowing piece of fabric above the entire scene. In his hand he holds a few tangled strings. 2025-03-13♥ 722 ↗Digital painting of two women walking past each other without looking at one another. Behind them is a statue of a girl with closed eyes covered by sweeping veils of fabric. The scene is lit by the glow of a cold red sky seen through a broken window. 2025-03-07♥ 1,165 ↗Digital painting of a man and woman standing back to back under a dark stone archway. The man has his chin raised and the woman has her chin lowered. They both wear elaborate white clothing, and their gold jewelry is dotted with red gemstones. Above their heads is a pomegranate sliced in two, and a thin white snake winding its way through and around it. 2025-01-29♥ 3,447 ↗Digital painting of two characters, both white haired and pale skinned. The man is partially embracing the woman, leaning into her side and curling his arm around her hips. His legs are metal prosthetics, and he is shirtless. The woman gazes over & away from him, and her hair billows like a fire. Fabric drapes like a tent over her raised hand. In the background are collapsing pillars, a multi-limbed bony wing, and ornate clockwork decorations. The piece is cast in a warm golden glow. 2025-01-17♥ 1,092 ↗Digital painting of a green-skinned humanoid. His flowing hair is a warm blue lit in soft pink, and coiling around his body is a large orange snake. He holds a ball of glowing light in his hands. Adorning his body are pieces of gold jewelry and fine-lined black tattoos. 2025-01-13♥ 237 ↗Digital illustration of a dark elf with short white curly hair and glasses. He has a secondary set of closed eyes below his main eyes. One of his hands is jet black and dotted with a few glittering stars. Between his hands is a black hole that pulls in shimmering smoke from around him. A small black meteorite on a chain floats up from his neck. 2025-01-12♥ 837 ↗Digital illustration of two people draped in fabric. In the front is a dark-skinned woman covered with gold jewelry. Her head is turned away. Behind her is a woman facing away from the viewer; she holds a halberd with a glowing blade. The background is an intense deep blue. 2024-12-31♥ 1,069 ↗Digital painting. Illustration of a dry grassy windswept field, the right half blackened and burnt with a fire sweeping the edge. Standing in the fire are two women, one a fair-skinned blonde with long hair blowing in the wind. She faces away from the viewer and wears a billowing black dress. Her right arm rests at her side, and her hand rests on the shoulder of a dark-skinned woman wearing a pale gold dress who’s sitting with her eyes closed. In the distance is a small white sun held in a pale, smoke-filled pink sky. 2024-12-17♥ 2,550 ↗Digital painting of a shirtless tanned man facing the viewer. His arms are crossed in front of him, and each hand gently holds a hand of a fair-skinned person with gold jewelry on their wrists and fingers. The man has a tattoo of a winged insect across his chest, with eight phases of the moon above it, and an elaborate tattoo on each of his shoulders. He has medium length brown wavy hair, and one of his eyes is pure gold. Iridescent turquoise fabric hangs from above the man and drapes across his waist, obscuring his lower body. A large circular gold plate sits behind him. 2024-12-12♥ 919 ↗Digital illustration of a person looking at a painting on a wall as they walk past. The painting has a woman standing in a windswept grassy field under a deep indigo night sky. There are two soft orange moons above the scene. 2024-12-06♥ 2,358 ↗Digital painting. Looking up at person with pale skin and glowing white hair. They are holding a thin wooden rod (an arrow, maybe) that seems to have pierced through their chest. They have a few gold rings, and a simple gold bracelet that hangs from their wrist. The sclera of their eyes is red, and their irises are gold. The background of the piece is a soft, cloudy turquoise. 2024-12-02♥ 1,804 ↗Digital painting viewing a person with long glowing white hair from below, a bloodied sword pierces their chest. They’re wearing elaborate armor and a wispy fabric trails around them. 2024-11-30♥ 1,134 ↗Digital painting. Two men are laying in a field of dry grass; one is holding the other. The man being held has dark skin, enormous dragon wings, and an elaborately decorated red and gold robe. The man holding him has a blue and gold tunic, blonde hair, and large glowing white feathered wings. They are clasping hands, and the first man looks up at the second. 2024-11-27♥ 1,208 ↗Digital painting. A person draped in fabric leans over and out from their gown & shawl bursts a herd of deer. Birds rush past. The background has the appearance of swirling oxidized metal. 2024-11-26♥ 4,227 ↗Digital painting. In the foreground is a wolf facing away from the viewer and a couple of branches behind him. In the midground is a field of dry brush, and in the far background is a red mountain with a towering cloud behind it. The sky is lit with colors of turquoise, dull pink, and gold. 2024-11-24♥ 1,080 ↗Digital painting of a man and woman sitting on marble steps. The woman sits above the man and rests her hand in his hair; her other arm is outstretched and she crushes a pomegranate in her hand. The man wears a complex neckpiece and a red piece of fabric that only partially covers him. 2024-11-21♥ 875 ↗Close-up of a man pressing his face into another man’s shoulder. A look of fear & need in his eyes. His eyeliner is drawn into a pink & purple arrow. His hand is covered in blood.2024-11-18♥ 152 ↗Close up of the side of a man’s tanned torso. A single drop of blood traces down his stomach/hips. He wears a green robe with leafy decorations & flourishes. There are pops of red highlights across this robe. 2024-11-18♥ 152 ↗Digital painting of two men embracing. The one in the back has silver-blond hair and gold nail polish, and his eyes are closed. The one in the front has dark wavy hair, bloodshot red sclera, and gold irises. He’s pressing his face into the shoulder/chest of the first man. Blood pours down his hands and chest and arm. In the background above their heads is a relief depicting a spear stabbing through three figures, as well as two figures curled up in fear. 2024-11-18♥ 575 ↗

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In their own words

Freelance illustrator. Commissions open; email for info • [email protected] • she/he/they Prints: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/vetyr/

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Commercial Illustration in the AI era

Illustrators who sell work directly — commissions, book and editorial jobs, merch — rather than through a studio payroll.

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