Who is Party Pond?
Party Pond is a collective of five west coast based queer artists, Canarywitch, Cobyfrog, Nikutsune, DarkChibiShadow, and Cloudcastor.
Canarywitch
Canarywitch is a Queer Woman with a love of character design. She loves crafting detailed illustrations full of color and motion. She's hoping to pursue art full time as well as work on comics or maybe visual novels. Canary is open to freelance work with companies and people with cool projects!
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Previous conventions include Rose City Comic Con 2024, Ani-Medford 2024, Wasabi-con PDX 2024, Mid Valley Comic Art Expo 2024!
Cobyfrog
Cobyfrog and is a Queer Woman with a love of horror. She loves creating fanart, monster designs, and super cute things like stupid looking cats and magical girls! She's currently working towards pursuing art full time and selling at more conventions.
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Previous conventions include Sakura-con 2024, Wasabi-con PDX 2024, Ani-Medford 2024, Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2024, Fan Expo Portland 2024, Beaverton Pride 2024, Anime Washington 2024, and Greek Girl Con 2024!
Nikutsune
Niku is a Queer Non-Binary artist with a love for all things goofy. Niku draws, talks and games regularly on Twitch and is known for theory crafting for Kingdom Hearts. They like designing merchandise and hope to continue expanding the selection of their shop.
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Previous conventions include Rose City Comic Con 2024, Ani-Medford 2024, Wasabi-con PDX 2024, Mid Valley Comic Art Expo 2024!
DarkChibiShadow
DCS, otherwise known as DarkChibiShadow, is a Queer and Trans cartoonist and sometimes visual novel developer. Almost all of their work is erotica and romance with a heavy focus on character dynamics and interactions. They have been self publishing comics for over 10 years and is a proud member of the Cartoonist Co-op.
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Previous conventions include Megaplex 2024, Animethon 2023, Sakuracon 2023, VANCAF 2023, Rose City Comic Con 2023, Kumori-con (Small Press) 2019 & 2023, Seattle Erotic Arts Festival 2023 & 2024, SPX 2019!
Cloudcastor
Claude "Castor" is an Illustrator, Character Designer, and Sequential Story-teller. Their artistic goal is to bring their unique experiences and perspective into everything they do with passion, vibrant colors, and fun designs. Castor is also an avid video game enthusiast and music enjoyer.
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Previous conventions include Rose City Comic Con 2024, Ani-Medford 2024, Wasabi-con PDX 2024, Mid Valley Comic Art Expo 2024!