illustration
traditional and digital illustrations and fanworks across various styles and mediums. software used includes clip studio paint, paint tool SAI2, and adobe illustrator.
flat, stylized funny animals and jaunty, angular humans are my specialty!
Amy Farbright (2022)
Both Sides of the Brain (2025)
For Marie (2024)
Xenia Eternal (2022)
Amelia On The Road (2025)
Jugglist Massive (2025, for Sophiaaaahjkl;8901)
Music in the Park (2023)
Tribute to Cohost (2024)
Pancakes' Design Commission (2024)
Sonic Redraw (2024)
The Homie Jude (2021)
Drain - Graham Kartna sticker (2023)
Xenia Icon (2023)
Winterwalk (2022)
Neat! (2024)
Proto-index (2023)
graphic design
logo design, layout design, and custom typography for various clients and projects. drafted on paper or digitally through clip studio paint and completed via adobe photoshop and illustrator.
vector graphics are a lot of fun.
Storm Season (2024) - Front J-Card - Shatterfoil Industries
Storm Season (2024) - Inner J-Card - Shatterfoil Industries
Logo - 2023 - Turn Undead
Mintreverie (2022) - Cover Layout + Typography - VCRSLOT
July by Syllabus (8th Anniversary Edition, 2024)
J-Card Front - Shatterfoil IndustriesJuly by Syllabus (8th Anniversary Edition, 2024)
Inner J-Card - Shatterfoil Industries101.7 Wave I (2021) by Luxury Elite - Inner J-Card
Shatterfoil Industries (CRT photo by Miles Lundin)Fuji Grid TV EX by Vektroid (Unofficial cassette release, 2021)
Inner J-Card - Unsilica Tapes101.7 Wave II (2021) by Luxury Elite - Inner J-Card - Shatterfoil Industries
Wordmark - 2024 - Clarity Sines
Wordmark - 2023 - 5thwrld
Let Us Go Forward Together - Wallpaper
Custom Typography - 2022 - Angelearth.net
projects
projects, both for profit and for fun, that i've been contributed to.
book covers, mascot design, video game soundtrack releases, video game fan-mod key art, and more!
Slime Time (2022) by Mackenzie Rice - Cover
Mascot - 2025 - Unaffiliated X
Polyflora (remix of Dawn by Ceael, 2022) - Cover Design
Polyflora (remix of Dawn by Ceael, 2022) - Wordmarks
Plok OST by Tim & Geoff Follin (2019 cassette release) - Cover/Key Art
Canvas Ltd. (Credited as Finley Michaels)Mighty the Armadillo in Sonic CD (with CrappyBlue & Amy Farbright) - Official "Boxart"
Mighty the Armadillo in Sonic CD (with CrappyBlue & Amy Farbright) - Promotional art
concept art/visual development
explorations and concept art i've contributed for personal projects and for clients.
drafted traditionally and digitally!
music and audio
albums i've released under my electronic music alias VCRSLOT alongside commissioned audio work i've done.
commissions are currently open, have a listen and contact me if you're interested!
Mintreverie - VCRSLOT (2022)
As of 2025, this is my most recent album. Released in late 2022, the album is an exploration of various electronic music genres and feelings I had confronted in my dreams.
Keep it Animated for ToonrificTariq (2021)
A mid-90s inspired sample-heavy instrumental originally made as fan-art but later utilized (with compensation) for the ad breaks of video essays by animator and essayist Al-Tariq Harris.
Hold On! for ToonrificTariq (2022)
8 second hip-hop piece commissioned by Tariq, utilized as the intro theme for his shortform essay series - Loosies and In Real Life.
All About U for ToonrificTariq (2022)
8 second jazz piece commissioned by Tariq, utilized as the intro theme for his interview series All About U.
You Laughed! Intro for ToonrificTariq (2024)
Commissioned intro for a collaborative gaming channel featuring Tariq and fellow animator/video essayist DeAngelo Edwards, styled after early 2000's ringtones.
My Kind of Woman (Cover) - Clarity Sines (2024)
Electronic cover of the Mac DeMarco song of the same name released under my alternate alias Clarity Sines. Much as I love the original, this cover was also written to showcase a new vocal processing chain.
about finley!

finley sinclaire is a multidisciplinary artist based in southern california. her lifelong fascination with logos and the stylized worlds portrayed on television, in video games, and in print lead her toward a career path in illustration.finley's specialties include 2D character art and logo design with emphases on heavy stylization and unique typography respectively. her frequent use of decidedly retro-futuristic aesthetics and design languages seek to convey a melding between tried-and-true comforts from the past and the exciting possibilities of the future. her art is a method of communication for her, a way to share how she sees the world.her art is featured on album covers, others' personal websites, book covers, official releases, fan-made projects, and merchandise.she is also known as cathodegaytube, the artist who revived xenia, an anthropomorphic red fox and long-forgotten finalist for the Linux operating system's logo contest designed by alan mackey in 1996. more information about xenia can be found at this link.if you're interested in working with finley, contact her via email here! thank you for your time!