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Louisa D
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Louisa D. - comic creator || Ghanaian-British|| Fae/Faer/any pronouns

Winner, Changemaker Choice Awards - Best Original Concept Category 2025 run by Comics Youth CIC

Also @pynklaady on Instagram
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Louisa D @pynklaady.bsky.social · Sep 28
Truly amazed and grateful to find out that my comic ‘Tobii the Magical Make Up Wizard’ has WON the Best Original Concept category in @comicsyouth.bsky.social Changemakers Choice Awards!🥳

Thanks so much to everyone that voted for Tobii ✨✨
Artwork Tobii Lightbreaks
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evegwood.com
Artists Now have opened bursaries for UK artists to put towards their professional development. If you're not already a member of Artists Now you can sign up and apply for the bursary.

➡️ More info: www.artistsnow.com/resource/art...
Artists Now Bursaries support visual artists at every stage of their career to develop their artistic practice and professional development. You can apply for between £500 and £1,500 towards a tailored programme of activities that will help you develop your skills, knowledge, networks, opportunities or professional profile. We’re looking for applications that demonstrate a clear opportunity for development and explain how the proposed activities will have a meaningful impact on your practice. The bursary can support a range of activities, from professional training, mentoring and research to residencies, networking and specialist advice. It can also contribute towards some of the costs associated with developing your practice. Key information Who can apply: Current Artist members of Artists Now Bursary amount: £500 to £1,500 Applications open: Thursday 17 September 2026, 12pm (midday) Application deadline: Thursday 15 October 2026, 12pm (midday) Your application should describe a plan of activities that is tailored to your development. There's no set format, but you should explain how your proposed activities will help you develop your practice, skills, opportunities or professional profile. Your plan might include: Learning new skills through professional training, courses, mentoring, coaching or peer learning Research and development, experimentation or collaboration Residencies tailored to your practice Networking with artists, galleries, organisations and other relevant partners Visiting exhibitions, events or locations relevant to your work, including travel, accommodation and subsistence Developing new audiences or markets for your work Portfolio development Professional memberships Business development activities or specialist advice to support your practice
September 18, 2026 at 8:56 AM
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jpawlik.com
I was commissioned by @filthyfigments.bsky.social to draw up a BRAND NEW RSS COMIC!

With all the Tapas news, I thought this would be the perfect time to post the full comic. This is an up-to-date comic with what I'm using, how I'm using it, and how you can too!
#Comic #RSS #Webcomic #Art
Digitally drawn comic with black choppy lines and a purple tone over the colours. The comic is set in space with Jey, a white nonbinary person with short black hair and a chubby build; Ember, a chubby blond white woman with goggles on her head and two heart shaped pigtails; Pomona, a thin black woman with dark purple hair wrapped up in a heart-shaped bun and then in a braid from that. The three of them are sitting in a space ship, all looking at their hologram tablets. Jey says "Hell yeah, that new comic on Filthy Figments" just updated!" Ember looks surprised and asks "WHAA?! How'd you know that? I didn't see it yet!" Pomona responds "Yeah, what's up? I don't see any posts about it on socials." Jey points to their hologram tablet and says "Oh I got the notification on my RSS reader as soon as the page went up!" Ember looks confused and asks "R-what-what?" and Pomona says "Sounds sexy, do tell~" Jey explains "RSS, or Really Simple Syndication", is an update feed for a website. Every time the site publishes a blog post, comic page, or anything else, that feed is updated. Pomona and Ember then ask "Okay cool, but how do we access that feed? I'm no hacker or anything!" Jey points up to the URL of the feed and says "It's really simple~ heh" All you need is: the feed url from the site, usually a button or a link (ie. filthyfigments.com/comic/feed) and a feed reader! Pomona asks "Do you have any sexy ready recs, Jey? ❤️" Jey responds excitedly with "Oh, I sure do! I've tried a whole bunch out, and every reader is a little different so try out a few to see what fits you best." Here's a few I've tried: Feedbro Feedbin (paid, but worth it) Feedly (was good but got into AI) Thunderbird Ukagaka Ghosts (the most fun) Jey presents these to Ember and Pomona and says "I like Feedbro the best for my needs~" Copy the link and add it to your reader of choice: The image shows a mouse copying the url filthyfigments.com/comic/feed and pasting it into the feed reader, which then turns in to a feed of posts and images for the user. The feed shows blog posts, subscription posts, and image posts by people on their own websites, blogs and a tumblr. Jey shows the finished feed off and says "And VOILA! You've got a feed of JUST the sites you add." Pomona grins and says "Ohh, it looks just like a social media feed~" Ember excitedly clasps her hands together and asks "But-- without algorithms?!" Jey replies with a cheeky little grin "You got it! Your feed reader wont' ever give you posts from sites you don't follow, it'll always be in chronological order and WITHOUT ADS!" Ember throws her arms up in complete shock saying "NO ADS?! Are you serious? SIGN ME UP!" The three are sitting together on the space ship again with their hologram tablets. Ember excitedly says "Hey, I got the update ❤️" Pomona sits back satisfied saying "Ahh RSS is bliss~" A comic by Jey Pawlik jpawlik.com for filthyfigments.com using the site's mascots Ember and Pomona.
September 23, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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twesq.bsky.social
this is fantastic and I learned something new
September 20, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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notalawyer.bsky.social
a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever
September 20, 2026 at 12:57 AM
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cypheroftyr.bsky.social
Things are getting bleaker with each rejection. So once more I'm throwing my Patreon link out to the void. It pays faster than Twitch and you can get in on it for just $1 a month.

patreon.com/cypheroftyr
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August 26, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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breanimator.bsky.social
It's Bisexual visbility month.

Indie Animation with a Bi black lead in a bi4bi romance?

The Three Tomes. a Queer YA coming of age romantasy about a bi black magical girl teen witch, fighting monsters and falling in love with vampires. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fXF...

#indieanimation #ocsky
September 1, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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kekeflipnote.bsky.social
In this period of time filled with AI stupidity, let's celebrate those we are not celebrating enough:

Art supporters, Art commissioners

THANK YOU!

Thanks to YOU, many artists can do what they do the best and keep being productive but most importantly

Artists can LIVE!
September 10, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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cjterry.bsky.social
Truly wild to have lived through moral panics about teenagers wearing hoodies and Muslim women wearing the head dress to now experience 'but is a large group of organised far right activists in balaclavas really that scary'
paulhebden.bsky.social Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 27d
What a ridiculous question. Once again the BBC drives a nail into it's own coffin.
September 8, 2026 at 9:07 AM
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whippoorwont.bsky.social
"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.
chair with a "face"
September 7, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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dinesvisual.bsky.social
🚨 THE GOAL WAS NEVER MET & TATI'S HEALTH IS WORSENING
Days without food and losing shelter are triggering severe health flare ups, risking hospitalization. She urgently needs a room and meals. $70 secures a stay now ($150 for 2 day room/ food)

Donate here to help!
PP: shockofthequeen16

#MutualAid
dinesvisual.bsky.social Chris the Legendary (🚨SHARE PINNED THREAD- EMERGENCY) @dinesvisual.bsky.social · 27d
🚨EMERGENCY

Hotel card issues may double charge for a room, risking immediate displacement! She hasn't eaten a real meal in days, severe health symptoms are hitting, and she has 0 funds left
$70 secures a room now ($120 total for 2 day safety & food)

PP: shockofthequeen16
#mutualaid #helpsky 🏠 💕💸
September 8, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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wejustinnocentmen.bsky.social
We’re just innocent men
September 7, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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aftermath.site
Money spent on South of Midnight now supports its developers, not Microsoft

aftermath.site/compulsion-sou...
the main character of south of midnight wielding cool magic
August 20, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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jongraywb.blacksky.app
I’m so tired of this

Not only is it trans erasure, they’re all black related too
toonhive.bsky.social ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · Aug 8
Disney has now shelved three episodes featuring storylines centered on transgender characters and gender identity.

The episodes, from ‘Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,’ ‘The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder,’ and ‘Win or Lose,’ were either cut from release or have since leaked online.
August 8, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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bluepit.bsky.social
#BluePit is here for summer! Creators in the #WritingCommunity, #GameDev & #IndieDev, #TTRPG, and #Comic communities get ready to pitch or promote your projects!

#BluePit will be taking place on July 13th, 2026!

#BluePitHype starts July 8th! (TOMORROW!)

#WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents
#BluePit A STORYTELLING HYPE/PITCH EVENT An event designed to uplift storytellers of any media. All works are welcome, regardless of the stage (e.g., Drafting, Editing, Querying, On Submission, or Published). #BluePitHype Q&A Schedule Limit 3 posts per WIP/Published work Use appropriate tags (see Tag list) No AI. images must include ALT text. Everyone is encouraged to like and repost Agents, editors, and publishers welcome! Use #BluePit feeds to find pitches to support! Questions? BluePit.Carrd.Co @zprospero.bsky.social Join us starting July 8th! JOIN US JULY 13th 12-12 EST! @bluepit.bsky.social #BluePit TAGS MEDIA #💥 - Comics #🎮 - Game Dev #🎲 - TTRPGs #📖 - Writers STAGE #W - Work In Progress #Q - Querying #OS - On Submission #P - Published AUDIENCE #PB - Picture Book #MG - Middle Grade #YA - Young Adult #A - Adult #NA - New Adult GENRE #F - Fantasy #R - Romance #H - Horror #SF - Sci-Fi #M - Mystery #PN - Paranormal #C - Crime #HS - Historical #SP - Speculative #PO - Poetry #NF - Non-Fiction REPRESENTATION #OV - Own Voices #LGBT- LGBTQIA+ #DIS - Disabled Creators #WF - Women's Fiction #POC - Person of Color #ND - Neurodivergent #TR - Transgender GAME SYSTEM #D20 - D20 based #D6 - D6 based #D100 -D100 based #NAR - Narrative based #DUN - Dungeon Crawler #RO - Rogue-Like
July 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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oheysteenz.bsky.social
It gets worse when you find out that Black cartoonists were used *specifically* for parts of the constitution that referred to our rights (emancipation proclamation, etc). It's ICKY and it makes it feel like I'm saying "I'm black and I support whatever the founding fathers were thinking about me👌🏾"
June 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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oheysteenz.bsky.social
I really am not surprised if D&Q would turn the other way wrt stealing other people's works (LRT) since they did it to me for Constitution Illustrated. "Fair use" was their excuse for tracing wholesale.
The interior of Drawn & Quarterly's Constitution Illustrated of the kids of Heart of the City in a wooden wagon. The kids of Heart of the City in a shopping cart with the Philadelphia skyline behind them.
June 30, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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aguichart.bsky.social
If buying isn’t ownership, piracy isn’t theft
July 1, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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kelseeeeeeeeeeeeey.bsky.social
Free link to the online version of Morpho.
Gives artist tutorials and directions on drawing fat and skin folds for fat bodies.

Now you don't have an excuse to not draw fat bodies.
#fatisfine #fatart #plussizeart

www.scribd.com/document/616...
Book cover for Morpho Anatomy for Artists featuring Fat and Skin Folds. Image shows a fat person standing in profile woth their arms stretched out one arm above their head one arm stretching downward.
April 7, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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jessothomson.co.uk
Given trans people are less than 1% of the population, getting it wrong 4% of the time means you are 4x as likely to misgender a cis woman than spot someone is trans.

This is without accounting for the effects of hormones, surgery etc.

Absolute madness from the EHRC chair. A "human rights" body.
elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · Jul 2
Stop looking at random womens ’height and gait’ you perverted freaks!

Reminder - the Labour government *insisted* that this person be appointed as chair of the EHRC against recommendations of 2 parliamentary select committees.
July 2, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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clarkishakent.blacksky.app
GOOD NEWS: We won our landlord case!!!

BAD NEWS: The Clerk’s office is holding our money hostage 😭! Please read my thread for more.
clarkishakent.blacksky.app Clarkisha Kent @clarkishakent.blacksky.app · Jun 9
—despite our attorney’s understanding nature.

To stay afloat during this weird tug-of-war with the court clerk, our goal is to raise $2,500 to help cover hotel expenses, food, medication, attorney fees, & other essentials while we continue fighting to recover these funds.

cash.app/$ClarkishaKent
picture of my c@sh @pp t@g - (dollar sign) ClarkishaKent a picture of me and my sister
June 9, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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msbeaeli.bsky.social
✨JUNETEENTH MUTUAL AID THREAD ✨

Here’s a thread with Black folks you can support in celebration of #Juneteenth.

Do some good - even if you’re sending $3 to a Black person to treat themselves to a dessert or a coffee!

Circulate & give to at least one person in the thread if you have the means 💜
Image colours: Orange, green, yellow with some black text and white background reads: “JUNETEENTH” “MUTUAL AID THREAD” Date : “06.19.2026” “In celebration of Juneteenth, give to / tip / support Black Americans!” Illustration: Hand holding up a ribbon with the following colours: orange, yellow and green
June 18, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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mattcaulder.com
A reminder with #SteamNextFest starting: You SHOULD install the extensions that pop up the AI Disclosure in Steam and ignore any game with it.
A screenshot of the AI Disclosures extension in effect: A pop-up with the AI Generated Content Disclosure from "The Unclosed Case"
June 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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panelparty.net
It's Time!
BETA IS HERE!
Update 19: Beta Access Instructions · Comix Cleric - The Indie Way to Host Indie Comics!
This update is only viewable by backers of this project
www.kickstarter.com
June 15, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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itsmechriswade.com
THE THREE TOMES will finally launch on KICKSTARTER to fund another episode about a Witch, two cute vampire boyfriends and more magical teenage romance!

Come support a unique, relatable fantasy show filled with heart and yearning, this Friday, June 19! 💖🔥

www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
Coming soon: The Three Tomes: Episode 2 - A Vampire Romantasy Animatic
A queer YA coming-of-age story about a black teen witch girl in the 2010s, fighting monsters and falling in love with vampires.
www.kickstarter.com
June 14, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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aimeecozza.com
Y'all. Please remember the artists that drew these things when sending around memes. I feel for these artists who NEVER get credited for these (and some, nowadays, are even being accused of being AI!) Here's a few common ones I see (feel free to add others, I want this to be a living thread): 🧵
June 3, 2026 at 4:04 PM