Claire/Axl's Awesome Portfolio

Hi! hiii

I'm Claire, though I also go by Axl! Either name works, I respond to both.
I use both he/him and she/her pronouns, you can refer to me with either. Or both! I can't stop you.

I like all sorts of games, though I'm very drawn to puzzle games, and I think it'd be fun to make one someday.
Some of my current favourites are Mindhack, Psychonauts, Professor Layton, Pokémon, Splatoon and Lobotomy Corporation.

I'm not so much drawn to specific genres as I am to character-driven stories. So long as I love the story, I'll love the game!
Video games are my favourite form of storytelling, and making one of my own has been a dream of mine for a long time :]

I'm a self-taught artist who primarily makes 2D digital artwork.
I like character design and narrative writing, and I also dabble in website coding!

Here's some examples of my work:

character designs

Reference sheet for Partner from "My Partner is a Monster" (ibisPaintX)(2026)

Reference sheet for Partner from "My Partner is a Monster" (ibisPaintX)(2026)

Reference sheet for Player from"My Partner is a Monster" (ibisPaintX)(2026)

Character design assignment for ARTS1960-26W-Sec1-Concept Art for Games (ibisPaintX)(2026)

Character design assignment for ARTS1960-26W-Sec1-Concept Art for Games (ibisPaintX)(2025)

Character design assignment for ARTS1920-26W-Sec1-Digital Art I (ibisPaintX)(2025)

Character design assignment for ARTS1860-25F-Sec3-Storyboarding 1 (ibisPaintX)(2026)

Character design assignment for ARTS1920-26W-Sec1-Digital Art I (ibisPaintX)(2026)

These are some character designs I've created for the 2025-2026 Game Art course, as well as characters for my game, "My Partner is a Monster".
I greatly enjoy drawing and designing non-human characters, although I often illustrate humans as well.
My style lends itself to more cartoony and exaggerated designs.

prop designs

Prop designs for ARTS1960-26W-Sec1-Concept Art for Games (2025)

Prop designs for ARTS1940-26W-Sec1-Game Art and Architecture I (ibisPaintX)(2026)

Prop designs for ARTS1920-26W-Sec1-Digital Art I (ibisPaintX)(2025)

Prop designs for ARTS1920-26W-Sec1-Digital Art I (ibisPaintX)(2026)

Prop designs for ARTS1920-26W-Sec1-Digital Art I (ibisPaintX)(2026)

These are some props I designed for last year's course as well.
I do much more character artwork than that of objects and environments, although I am capable of creating concepts for such as well.

pixel stuff

Pixel artwork featuring MedivalWing's characters, Lovey and Dovey facing off against Seclusa.

Artfight Attack (ibisPaintX)(2026)

Various Pixels (ibisPaintX)(2026)

Various Pixels (ibisPaintX)(2026)

Sprite Sheet (Aseprite)(2026)

Assignment for ARTS1920-26W-Sec1-Digital Art II (ibisPaintX)(2026)

Assignment for ARTS1920-26W-Sec1-Digital Art II (ibisPaintX)(2026)

I've been able to imitate pixel artwork fairly well in my main digital art program, ibisPaintX,
albeit I've only just recently started working with Aseprite for pixels and spritework.

3d stuff

3D model of froggiekonnie's character, This, a light blue anthropomorphic snail with a purple striped shell.

Artfight Attack (Maya, Photoshop)(2026)

3D model of my character, Partner, a blue monster with two front arms, a pointed snout, 6 fins on its head and back, and 3 striped tentacles instead of legs.

Model of Partner from "My Partner is a Monster" (Maya, ZBrush)(2026)

3D model of the Doctor from Mindhack, holding a gebura daisy.

Model of Doctor from "Mindhack" for ARTS1950-26W-Sec1-3D Sculpting I (Maya, ZBrush)(2026)

3D model of a neoclassical building made of white marble. It has numerous blue windows and sits on a hexagonal tile textured to look like green grass.

Model for ARTS1940-26W-Sec1-Game Art and Architecture I (Maya, Substance Painter 3D)(2026)

3D model of Sky Forme Shaymin from Pokemon.

Model for ARTS1950-26W-Sec1-3D Sculpting I (Maya)(2026)

Last year, I started learning how to model things in Maya.
I'm still very new to the medium and am very inexperienced when it comes to texturing and rigging,
and haven't modelled much outside of school, but I'd like to get better at it because its really cool.

coding stuff

During the summer of 2026, I created and published my first video game; "My Partner is a Monster" with TyranoBuilder.
I consider it a work in progress, as I'd still like to update the plot and artwork, but as of now it's free to play on itch.io.

Speaking of my games, I've also been working on and off on a website for my game concept; "Diagnostech"!
It too is a work in progress, yet it's taught me a lot about HTML and CSS coding, which I consider myself an ameteur in.

Something else I coded is the webpage you're reading right now!

animations

An animated gif of MalContenttt's character's Harley and Stiletto.

Artfight Attack (Flipaclip)(2026)

Animated gif of the characters, COM_Z and SINO, from the game 'Mindhack'.

"Mindhack" fanart (Flipaclip)(2025)

Animated gif of a rotoscoped animation over a cat playing with a toy, changed to be a cat using a fishing pole to catch a carp.

Rotoscope project for a highschool assignment (Flipaclip)(2024)

Animated gif of my fursona, Marshy, dancing to music on his headphones.

Toonsquid test (Toonsquid)(2025)

Animated gif of my fursona, Marshy, asleep in a blue containment pod.

Starting Soon screen for Twitch (Flipaclip, ibisPaintX)(2026)

Along with my digital illustrations, I occassionally animate on my iPad!
I can do 2D frame-by-frame animation.
I've used Flipaclip for a while, though I've also used Toonsquid, which I'd like to use more of.

illustrations

An illustration of sea creatures at a folk festival.

CAssignment for ARTS1920-26W-Sec1-Digital Art II (ibisPaintX)(2026)

An illustration of a scuba diver with a little glowing fish companion, holding a golden trident. They're both looking through a round window at the eye of a large, hidden sea creature.

Assignment for ARTS1920-26W-Sec1-Digital Art I (ibisPaintX)(2025)

Artfight Attack (ibisPaintX)(2026)

Artfight Attack (ibisPaintX)(2026)

Artfight Attack (ibisPaintX)(2026)

Artfight Attack (ibisPaintX)(2026)

I mostly make character illustrations, though I've been beginning to experiment with environmental design.
I am normally a very slow artist, and have been learning new techniques to draw faster so I have time to make even more cool stuff.
When it comes down to it, I can get things done pretty quickly with a hard deadline.