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Sensay

@sensaytyon.bsky.social

beetle moses is nothing but bangers but this is by far my favourite, I feel that third panel on the depths of my soul.

beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · May 28

Three panel comic. Panel 1: a chimpanzee in an enclosure is sitting on the ground and painting abstract streaks of color on a canvas lying in the grass. Panel 2: a couple is standing outside the enclosure, looking in. The girl says about the painting chimpanzee, “aww, that’s cute.” Panel 3: the chimpanzee is alone in his dimly lit studio, head in hands, holding a lit cigarette. He looks completely dejected, feeling misunderstood. There is a pair of glasses, a glass of whisky, crumpled paper, and an unfinished painting laid out on the desk in front of him. The walls and floor space of his studio are covered in his abstract paintings on canvases and paper. There is also a marble sculpture of a banana beside him.

October 8, 2026 at 11:44 AM

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Max the comics guy who does comics about comics

@waitingforthetrade.bsky.social

A man discovers he emits a pheromone that makes him irresistible to werewolves in my new supernatural romance All Dogs Go To Kevin.

September 27, 2026 at 1:18 AM

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Clara Drake @ MFF

@drakenbyte.com

Still looking for a spooky home! :)

Clara Drake @ MFF @drakenbyte.com · Aug 31

Spooky season is quickly approaching and our pumpkin loving Dracatti is looking forward to spending it with a new friend! This dude is looking for a home for the season and beyond! Fully posable with light up eyes, they also have a saddle to go out to collect those PSLs! ko-fi.com/s/1d19315435

A handmade art doll that looks a mix between a cat and dragon puts its paw on a pumpkin.

October 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM

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Clara Drake @ MFF

@drakenbyte.com

Do you need a big boy in your life? Maybe one who’s forever green and long? This long noodle is looking for a home, can you be their chosen? They come with a few ancestors and a OOAK tag! ko-fi.com/s/bbd7149f73

September 19, 2026 at 7:57 PM

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Lizzi 🐦🌸

@spiritcrowart.bsky.social

🧵 A THREAD: Birds and avian creatures (i.e. gryphons) art tutorials and resources!

Includes various tutorials for drawing wings, claws, feathers, etc. Mostly for my own reference but feel free to pin this thread too 📌

April 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM

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Lizzi 🐦🌸

@spiritcrowart.bsky.social

Some wonderful observational notes by shinerai !

bsky.app/profile/shin...

shinerai @shinerai.bsky.social · 6d

I wouldn't call myself an expert, but I made some notes to process some observations of feathered wings and thought I'd share. If it's useful to you too, I'd be glad. Not intended to be scientific or precise so take it with a grain of salt!

October 2, 2026 at 3:29 PM

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K.B. Spangler

@kbspangler.com

Entire blog post is three words long saying “Just fuck already!”

Adrienne @adrienneleigh.bsky.social · 8d

i just saw an overwrought blog post called, and i am not kidding, "The Literary Sex Crimes of T. Kingfisher"

@tkingfisher.com

October 1, 2026 at 11:01 AM

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Lamblimped Cryo (35 days)

@cryolithius.bsky.social

FA regardless of your personal feelings, is the core of the fandom and losing it would mean YEARS AND YEARS of art, messages, pages, and memorials for people that have passed, would be gone.

We CANNOT allow ourselves to rely simply on sites like bsky, twitter, insta, etc. etc. to be our defaults.

Momma Sciggles @sciggles.com · 8d

A lot of people assume FA is profitable. If that were the case we wouldn't have needed a GFM when Neer passed to keep it out of probate.

It's been two years. The funds were used. FA is struggling financially. And I am 🌟s t r e s s e d🌟

I'm scared to ask for help, I feel like no matter how much-

September 30, 2026 at 5:49 PM

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the babahuck

@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social

rip annie dillard

One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.

September 16, 2026 at 3:29 PM

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Darien

@darien.ink

Pac-Man as a modern AAA game

#gamedev #indiedev #gaming #indiegames #godot #voiceover #parody

September 19, 2026 at 7:10 PM

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Emily✨

@emilyoram.bsky.social

Always a treat to be reminded of an old friend

September 23, 2026 at 9:00 AM

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c3rmen

@c3rmen.bsky.social

Losing my mind while doing some research for my creature design lecture that the closest relative to the maned wolf is the bush dog. Like there has gotta be a fable where the maned wolf took all the leggie from its cousin

September 20, 2026 at 2:14 AM

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nico

@nicodelort.bsky.social

randomly remembered art student owl (and these types of memes generally).. and this feels like not only from like a whole different era of the internet (it *was* 15 years ago) but from a whole different era of humanity altogether

September 18, 2026 at 6:42 AM

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Rosemary Mosco

@rosemarymosco.com

Humaning.

A four-panel comic. In panel 1, a Northern Cardinal and American Goldfinch perch above a busy crowd in a city, looking down. The cardinal says "It's a nice day to go humaning." The goldfinch says "Just look at them. Majestic." In panel 2, a close-up of the two birds. The cardinal says "Nobody tells you that you'll reach a certain age and suddenly get into humaning. I hit 3 years old, and then bam."The birds are looking out over the crowd scene. In panel 3, the cardinal says "Their calls sound funny to us, but each one has a unique meaning." Below, people are saying various things: "I'm tired." "Where's my phone?" "I'd murder a burrito." In panel 4, the birds look down excitedly at a man walking by. The cardinal says "Wait, is that a guy who got dressed in the dark and put his shirt on inside out and backwards?" And the goldfinch exclaims, "Holy... that's a lifer!"

September 18, 2026 at 12:39 PM

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Nothings Monstered

@nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social

How to visit an art museum with someone who isn't used to visiting art museums:

Two social media posts by @pan_juho (Translated from Japanese):

"I love going to art museums, but when I go with someone who's not used to them, if I say, 'If you were a great thief, tell me later which one you'd steal,' they end up looking the exhibits pretty seriously, and that makes me happy.

"Whether you steal something you like or something that seems valuable -> it opens up endless conversation based on what vou liked about it or where you saw value in it, so it's also great as an easy icebreaker for chats after visiting the museum."

September 2, 2026 at 10:48 AM

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pumpkin spice doodlemancy 🎃

@doodlemancy.com

'tis the season of art prompt lists. i made my own list for OC-tober this year! 🎨 have fun with it. feel free to do as much or as little as you want, repeat the same prompts multiple times, combine with other lists, whatever is fun for you!

#OC-tober #OC-tober2026 #OCsky

TITLE: OC-Tober Art Prompts
Description: it's OC-tober, the perfect excuse to spend the whole month drawing your
original characters. you can approach these prompts with whatever degree
of seriousness and effort you want. this isn't a legally binding list of obligations,
it's just ideas to get the gears turning!
the list: • finish an unfinished piece (maybe even more than one)
• design a new character, or finish an unfinished design
• rework a character design that needs some polish
• design a movie poster or a magazine cover
• draw a single-page comic or short storyboard
• draw your OCs in an alternate universe
• draw your OCs in another art style
• find a blank art meme/challenge to do
• draw something you find difficult, using your OC
• draw an OC at a different age than you usually do
• redraw a scene from a movie or TV show with OCs
• draw an OC cosplaying one of the characters that
inspired their design
• redraw a childhood drawing of an OC
• draw two OCs interacting who you haven't before
• play with alternate color palettes
Footnote: re-interpret however you want or combine with other lists! the only
rules are have fun, take care of your wrists, and don't use AI.

September 17, 2026 at 3:21 AM

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Melociraptor

@likeshine.bsky.social

Everything is piling up and I am feeling more defeated than usual. Commissions are open. If you're down you can DM me, or fill out the form linked on my profile. Thanks!

September 17, 2026 at 10:23 PM

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Ben Paddon 🎃

@benpaddon.net

An AI flyer is a brown M&M test. If your event or business is cutting corners by using an AI flyer, where else are you cutting corners? What else are you cheating out on? Why should I be bothered to go somewhere you couldn't be bothered to promote with a little of your own personality?

September 13, 2026 at 12:30 AM

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CadmiumTea

@cadmiumtea.bsky.social

So this is a weird one, but I have an offer for ya'll!

Today only -
Donate to my friends here for at least 50$ and give me a nudge, and I'll make you either a basic wooden badge (normally 90$), or one of my discontinued 3x4 paper ones
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September 11, 2026 at 5:47 PM

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John Scalzi

@scalzi.com

You know, when you find out that the art you like is made by people you've learned hold views you find wholly repugnant, I don't think you need to disavow ever having enjoyed the art. It's okay to acknowledge you liked or loved that art, but are now putting it aside. That was then, this is now.

September 10, 2026 at 10:36 PM