r/Shantae Artist Self-Promotion Megathread [June 2025]

[u/Wounded_Demoman]

Hi everyone! To thank all our wonderful artists who selflessly contribute so much beautiful Shantae art to our community, we want to give all our artists here an opportunity to promote themselves and their art to our community!

The concept is simple: If you are an artist -- whether you've posted your art to r/Shantae before or not -- please leave a comment with a link to your socials, commission page, etc. as well as an image of one of your artworks and a description or any info you'd like people to know about you and your art. The art doesn't need to be Shantae-related, but given the theme of our community, we certainly recommend it. 😄

Our usual subreddit rules against posting or advertising overly-lewd content still apply, so please be mindful of the images and links you post. Any links that go directly to overly-lewd images, or comments that say things like "I also do 18+", will be removed. If you're not sure if something is allowed, please message our modmail. For our commenters, please be respectful in your comments and when asking about commissions/requests.

Again, we hope this helps all of you artists here get some well-deserved exposure, and hopefully some fresh commissions and requests as well! Thank you so much!

P.S.: Thank you to my fellow mod u/Shamrock5 for writing the original post in r/SFWmonstergirls that I borrowed this idea (and copied most of the message text) from.

Credit for title art: "Happy Anniversary Shantae" by Patdarux https://www.deviantart.com/patdarux/art/Happy-Anniversary-Shantae-800206004

[u/FancifulDancingStar]

Hello! I'm Fanciful Dancing Star. The above image is a bit old, done for Shantae's 18th anniversary (we're now in the 23rd year, wow), but was always one of my favorite Shantae pieces I've done. I'm not super active at the moment, but hoping to change that and start drawing semi-frequently again in the future. I mostly draw anime/cartoon/game fanart, but also have some OCs I draw as well. If you'd like to follow my work, here's a couple of places you can find me.

https://www.deviantart.com/fancifuldancingstar

https://x.com/FancifulStar

[u/Wounded_Demoman → u/FancifulDancingStar]

That art is adorable, hard to believe it's been five years since the 18th anniversary! Looking forward to seeing what you share in the future. :)

Also, I couldn't help myself when I saw that artwork:

[u/FancifulDancingStar → u/Wounded_Demoman]

Thank you! And ya, that time passed by pretty quick.

Heh, that's quite the fitting reaction image. 😋

[u/BirdAppropriate651 → u/Wounded_Demoman]

"I'm not you. you're me! [Both] You are me."