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zambicarts.bsky.social
Zambi
@zambicarts.bsky.social
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🐉 30's - they/she - Professional digital artist and comic author - no AI can best me 🐉

Obsessed with TTRPGs and my cats.

For professional inquiries: [email protected]

https://zambic-arts.carrd.co/
https://httbcomic.com/
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zambicarts.bsky.social
My friend and I found out we used the same character for design inspiration, so we're making stickers
Kanamori from Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken in an MGM-style logo -surrounded by gold ribbons and bottles of milk - demands money from you with a neutral expression. It reads "Kanamori Fan Club (Cash Up Front)"
September 18, 2026 at 8:01 PM
zambicarts.bsky.social
Don't meet with a terrible fate - always ensure proper ventilation when working with contact cement!

I need to get back into posting, I keep having long-term projects and commissions. Hoping to have some more cool stuff to show you soon!
Photo of an unruly pile of black craft foam and scraps, with a Majora's Mask pattern document in the background The assembled black craft foam Majora's Mask, currently unpainted and no eyes yet but its coming together!
September 15, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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ironcircuscomics.bsky.social
Happy Labor Day!

Today we're bringing you The First Union, as told by HBomberguy (@hbomberguy.bsky.social) and illustrated by Skutch (@skutchdraws.bsky.social) It's the dawn of the industrial revolution, and of the way many of us work...

Have you ever heard of the term "Luddite" from an elder?
Stanhill, Lancashire, 1764. Wear and carpenter James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny, the first practical spinning-frame, to make the tedious task of producing cloth a little bit faster. He doesn't know it yet, but this will destroy the world. Spurred by inventions like his, the industrial revolution will transform everything -- work power, the wealth of nations. Society as we know it began here, and it wasn't great for everyone. But a group of weavers and textile workers saw this future coming. And did their best to prevent it. "Curse you spinning jenny, you ruined everything!" The standard narrative does that LUDDITES were foolish lunatics who, in fear of technology, decided progress was bad, and started hitting it with sticks. But the truth is entire ways of life were being destroyed. Previously, skilled craftsmen were respected for the time and effort it took to do their work. The entire family usit would form a cottage industry - creating something valuable, and command a decent living. But when a machine can work 10 times faster its owner can charge less for the prodcts- craftsmen couldn't compete and were left out of work almost overnight. And as factories became a fixture of the british landscape, these now unemployed labourers often ended up working the factories that had just destroyed their way of life. Britain was the most prosperous nation in history, factory owners became extremely wealthy and influential. But the people doing the actual work saw almost none of it. Factory work paid little, since "the machines" did "the real work" human labourers were deemed unimportant and replaceable. FUN FACT!: Factory owners preferred to hire ORPHANS since less people would notice if they were maimed or killed on the job! Now the owners quickly realized the workers might notice they did all the work for almost no pay. If they went on STRIKE or ARGUED FOR HGHER WAGES, this would threaten their tremendous wealth. In 1799, Parliament passed the Combination Act, which made FORMING TRADE UNIONS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, AND GOING ON STRIKE ILLEGAL. Organizing against the rich became a crime. If you were living through it, opposing the industrial revolution wasn't techno-phobia. It was SELF-DEFENSE. The combination act forced unions underground into secret societies. And the greatest secret of all was their leader - Ned Ludd. Ned had been a folk character for years. In one version after being whipped by his master, he smashed two knitting frames in a rage. In more fanciful versions, he then escaped to the Sherwood forest, here he lived among the animals as their king. Some versions specifically call him 'Much Better Than Robin Hood'.
September 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
Some people might not be aware, but it is entirely possible that without Dolly Parton we wouldn’t have had a COVID vaccine. She partly funded Moderna’s research and gave the largest individual contribution to make it all happen.

Just gives you an idea of the kind of person she was.
August 25, 2026 at 6:44 PM
zambicarts.bsky.social
I keep forgetting to post my ArtFight stuff for this year! It was a very busy July so there wasn't as much as usual, but I hit 100 and that's what counts.
A cool pirate lady with a single glowing eye wields a cutlass and looks at the viewer. She has a muted purple short-sleeved outfit, poofy hair tied back in a ponytail, and is wearing gloves. A skeletal man in a traditional grim reaper outfit and scythe looks back at you, car keys in hand, in the gray nighttime rain... illuminated only by headlights. He'll be back though. Right? Right?! A gray-haired werewolf man sits at a diner having an existential crisis, an ill-advised midnight cup of coffee next to him. Yuusuke: "At what age do I go from liking Ojisans to just... regular gay old man? What if I'm that old already?" Off-screen wait staff: "Sir, are you gonna order?" A green angel made almost entirely of plants with a simple face and a halo made of thorns poses in a stained glass window style. The caption on the ornate ribbon reads "COULD U NOT"
August 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
zambicarts.bsky.social
I don't even care if I win ArtFight I'm high on human connection babyyyy
August 1, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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kianthia.bsky.social
Art Fight || Completely forgot to mention I’m participating again! I’m only doing sketches (here’s OCs from @ampersandqueen.bsky.social and @zambicarts.bsky.social as examples), but definitely trying to do more than I did last year! Bring it on 💚

I’m on Team Hehe Hahas! artfight.net/~Kianthia
July 14, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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paulaxel.bsky.social
Good morning! We are still working towards 2/3rds full funding. Friends, I could really use your help in both pledges and spreading the word. Time is starting to run out, and we want to make this comic happen! The link to the project is pinned to my profile, but I've also linked it in this thread.
A screenshot from a BackerKit project: The New Amsterdam Game: Gooseberry's Counterfeit Caper, an indie comic about a masked vigilante taking on the British occupying New York City during the American Revolution. It currently has 29 backers raising $2,031 with 9 days left to support.
July 8, 2026 at 1:22 PM
zambicarts.bsky.social
Comin' in hot with some last-minute OC yuri to finish out the month!

(Shoutout to @trueref.bsky.social for the pose)
A sepia-toned digital drawing. A tall, thin fallout ghoul is sitting in a chair holding a cigarette. She looks surprised as her partner - a short, muscular person will long brown and white hair - is sitting on the edge of the chair, cupping her face in a romantic gesture. They're sort of dressed like semi-formal cowboys.
June 30, 2026 at 6:09 PM
zambicarts.bsky.social
QRP your OCs for art fight!!

I have a wide assortment of freaks for your perusal
artfight.net/~ZambiCrackers
a PC screenshot of all my characters from ArtFight (2026)
June 27, 2026 at 5:41 PM
zambicarts.bsky.social
Whiskey and Absinthe

(Trying to do more personal art lately to get my mojo back. Is it working? Too early to say.)
An anthropomorphic long-haired cat with a long nose and big ears holds a martini glass in front of an art deco bar, in shades of reds and oranges. The same thing but in contrasting blues and greens
June 26, 2026 at 6:40 PM
zambicarts.bsky.social
A sketch of my two fallout OCs, sitting at a bar surrounded by various drugs, answering the question with a unanimous lie (no.)
June 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
zambicarts.bsky.social
Happy #makeaterriblecomicday2026 ! Here's our summer band crunch time as a victorian period drama, complete with anachronistic hairstyles:
June 24, 2026 at 6:04 PM
zambicarts.bsky.social
Saint George and the Dragon (now with bisexual lighting.)
A digital painting in blues and purples of my Stardew OC fighting a dragon on a horse, just like old paintings of St. George. (The frame is a modified stock photo I forgot to credit, sorry)
June 18, 2026 at 5:34 PM
zambicarts.bsky.social
“Too often these days, I find myself in the position of defending someone I think is annoying from someone I know is dangerous.” - Brandy Jensen

You want to ban people for... annoying you personally? I can help you find the block button if you need assistance.
duncanweldon.bsky.social Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · Jun 16
I’m open minded on real names. We should definitely ban “cartoon avatar coupled with cutesy or “funny” name and behaves like an absolute tool” though.
June 17, 2026 at 3:51 PM
zambicarts.bsky.social
Go team Mystery!! artfight.net/~ZambiCrackers
A red and black 2026 ArtFight profile card that I've added a bit of noir flair to. Features headshots of 5 of my OCs, all done up in red and black.
June 15, 2026 at 4:54 PM
zambicarts.bsky.social
I'm doing artfight again this year, here's my profile if you want to join in: artfight.net/~ZambiCrackers

Very little has been said about the team reveal this year, curious what we're gonna get!
Art Fight
An art gifting game
artfight.net
June 10, 2026 at 4:23 PM
zambicarts.bsky.social
Warming up my drawing skills (after being out of town for a week) with some pride-flag-themed dragonborn characters!

Any other flag suggestions?
Two drawings of D&D dragonborn characters: a black dragon fighter in the aromantic flag colors, and a white dragon barbarian in nonbinary flag colors. Two drawings of D&D dragonborn characters: a red dragon bard in lesbian flag colors, and a blue dragon sorcerer in trans flag colors.
June 4, 2026 at 3:54 PM
zambicarts.bsky.social
If you were a video game character, what would your health pickup be?

(HP/MP)
A photo of the Kwik Trip bacon-egg-and-cheese croissant breakfast sandwiches that make up an irresponsible amount of my diet. A photo of the Voodoo Ranger IPA that makes up an irresponsible amount of my diet.
May 18, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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paulaxel.bsky.social
Good morning, Bluesky! We’re at 32 followers, and I’m 18 away from revealing the "Secret History" of Lt. Percy Blakeney. It costs $0 to follow, but it helps the algorithm find us. Can you help me hit 50 and "Join the Revolution"?

tinyurl.com/NewAmsterdam...

#IndieComics #ArtShare #HistorySky
May 11, 2026 at 3:13 PM
zambicarts.bsky.social
You can tell mine is done by a human cause it's messy af 😂
a digital drawing of a green olive in bright, blocky colors and shadows.
May 11, 2026 at 7:10 PM
zambicarts.bsky.social
Happy #webcomicday!

Heir to the Bones is my first long-form story of 5+ years: about a young fantasy wizard navigating their parents divorce/necromancy allegations, and the queer found family they meet along the way. Read it at httbcomic.com
May 11, 2026 at 5:57 PM
zambicarts.bsky.social
I'm still updating my comic! Somewhat more irregularly nowadays, but the goal is still a page per week. Enjoy!

httbcomic.com/2026/05/11/c...
Chapter 5, Page 23
Visit the post for more.
httbcomic.com
May 11, 2026 at 3:22 PM
zambicarts.bsky.social
Oh hey I remember making this! I'm also on bsky nowadays. ^_^
leethehyena.bsky.social Lee the Hyena @leethehyena.bsky.social · May 3
I alone am the clean hyena >:3

Art by @clairesdrawings on twitter
May 3, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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voicesbyzane.bsky.social
Dont give up
April 29, 2026 at 9:22 PM