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debbieohi.com
Does anyone know of illustrators on Bluesky who post photos of their physical (non-digital) art, whose photos ALSO incl:

- art tools (eg photo of a partly-finished painting surrounded by evidence of tools they used, like paints, messy palette etc)

- alt-text

- minimal hashtags

#CreatedWithoutAI
August 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
debbieohi.com
To creators out there who post art/things they've created without the aid of generative AI:

Is there a commonly used short hashtag that emphasizes positive, not negative?

I've seen #NoAI #CreatedWithoutAI but both focus on negative. Would love to find short tag that focuses on human aspect.
August 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
paperyjoey.bsky.social
Another city name linoprint done! The sharp carving knives force me to be careful and take my time so it feels like such an accomplishment when a piece is finished 😊

#CreatedWithoutAI
A lino stamp, two prints, and two Flexcut tools. The stamp is a carving of the word “London” with city-specific drawings surrounding it including Big Ben, the Tower of London, Tower Bridge, a lion, and a rose bush.
August 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
debbieohi.com
3/ I haven't found an easy to way to discover this kind of content on Bluesky. So many art posts are just of polished/finished art, or don't have alt-text.

If YOU are an artist who posts the kind of image I'm seeking (pls read full thread), I encourage you to post with #CreatedWithoutAI tag - thx!
August 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
purringtonthe2dcat.bsky.social
Oh, hi 🐾😺💕 and happy caturday.
#Purrington #cat #oc #art #cuteart #caturday #CreatedWithoutAI #Hi
Digital piece (light blue background) of Purrington (the 2D cat) sitting on a pink, purple, blue and white washi-tape-effect border- his legs are stretched out and he's waving hi. Text in pink with white outline says Oh, hi. There are 2 light blue hearts underneath the text.
September 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
purringtonthe2dcat.bsky.social
How about this? Happy Autumn 🍂😸🍁
#Purrington #oc #Floof #Autumn #Fall #Equinox #art #cuteart #CreatedWithoutAI #cat
Digital piece- background in blues with jeweled orangey-reds on the bottom and a little on the side edges. Several leaves are floating around. Purrington is wearing a red scarf with a purple pattern. He is sitting, smiling with one of his pals Floof (which Floof? Who knows) who is wearing a fancy top hat. Words say: Autumnal Happies in a deep warm red.
September 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
amygardnerartist.bsky.social
Testing out a limited palette for my next froggy comic and decided to riff on the comic’s title panel.

Really, it’s all an excuse to draw a frog with a silly perky little bum.

#CreatedWithoutAI #comics #childrensbooks
Hand painted gouache illustration of a frog sitting on a toilet looking threatening while a cartoon version of me as a child looks on in horror. The original title panel sketch for my upcoming short comic for my monthly letter on Substack, ‘Toilet Frog’.
April 18, 2026 at 1:04 AM
amygardnerartist.bsky.social
A quick finish for one of the spot illustrations that didn’t make it into the first edition of my comic, The wizard and the girl.

Not sure about this angle for process videos. What do you think?

#comics #kidlit #childrensbooks #watercolourillustration #dippen #watercolourcomic #CreatedWithoutAI
August 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
purringtonthe2dcat.bsky.social
JOIN US...
Hi Hi hi HI Hi hi Hi Hi Hi HI Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi HI hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi hi
#HappyCaturday #PurringtonThe2DCat #THEYFOLLOW #oc #cats #art #cuteart #digital #CreatedWithoutAI #Hi
A digital art piece. Background is cyan and white cloud-like, with an organic black (with fuchsia and green edges) swoopy-flowing uh, thing. In front is a collection of ocs THEY FOLLOW (wee black blob cats) that like to collect, with large round white eyes. In behind is a somewhat concerned Purrington (the 2D cat) peaking at the masses.
August 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
purringtonthe2dcat.bsky.social
Sunday morning... posted on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
#Purrington #Sunday #sleepy #Floofs #oc #cat #art #cuteart #CreatedWithoutAI
Digital piece with blues, greens, and fluffy clouds background. Purrington (the 2D cat) is happily sleeping on a fluffy pillow. He has a sleep mask on in pinks and rainbow sparkles that also reads SUNDAY in white. He is snuggled up with his friends the Floofs (fluzzy white creatures) both wearing similar sleep masks. Purrington has his arm around his favourite toy? a little pink critters with wee c shaped ears atop his head and spiral eyes. All are snuggled in a fuzzy pink blanket with red and orange hearts.
August 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
purringtonthe2dcat.bsky.social
It's that time again... 🎶
Do you remember the 21st night of September?
#Purrington #DoYouRememberThe21stNightOfSeptember #art #cuteart #CreatedWithoutAI #cat #oc #Floofs
Digital art piece- background is an autumnal mix of browns, oranges, (leaf bunches) with some cyan and pinkish-purple. Music notes and a few leaves are mixed throughout. Purrington (the 2D cat) is dancing with the Floofs (fluzzy white critters) to September by Earth, Wind and Fire. Do you remember the 21st night of September is written in purple.
September 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
amygardnerartist.bsky.social
The first page of an ongoing short comic titled ‘ Listening’, set in the world of my silent comic, ‘The wizard and the girl’.

I love stepping into this world of quiet magic and nature.

Here’s to handmade things and celebrating the real human artists who make them.

#CreatedWithoutAI #comics
An original illustrated comic page next to some of the traditional materials used to illustrate it. This comic is titled ‘Listening’ and it is ongoing. See more over on www.amygardner.com.au/
April 11, 2026 at 1:02 PM
purringtonthe2dcat.bsky.social
Sunflowers. Had the song stuck in my head again for days. Which is your favourite? 🌻🌻🌻
#Purrington #oc #sunflower #cat #art #cuteart #createdwithoutai
Digital piece (light blue background) of a bunch of sunflowers and music notes. The front, largest sunflower has Purrington's (the 2D cat) head, smiling and winking, as the centre. Digital piece (light blue background), with a bunch of sunflowers and music notes swirling in the background. In the front, Purrington (the 2D cat) is smiling and holding a larger sunflower in front of his face. The sunflower itself has a bright green smile :) and looks like it's wave hi Digital piece (light blue and white background) Sunflower is written at the top in black. A large sunflower is on the right with Purrington (the 2D cat) smiling and winking in the centre of it. A few yellow petals are floating and some light colour splashes in pinks and yellows encircle the happy cat sunflower
September 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
amygardnerartist.bsky.social
My comic ‘The wizard and the girl’ was made entirely by hand in traditional media using acrylic ink and watercolours.

Here is the hand painted wrap around cover I made during an art residency in Chiloé, where I also made the first hand bound print edition.

#comics #kidlit #CreatedWithoutAI
A photo of a finished hand made comic titled ‘The wizard and the girl’ by author and illustrator Amy Gardner. The comic is resting on top of the hand painted ink and watercolour illustration of the wrap around cover, which features the protagonist, a young girl with dark hair standing next to an old wizard which while hair and beard on a cloudy day, with blue sky showing through. Around these are the art materials the comic was made with, a set of watercolours and paint brushes, plus a black ink bottle and dip pen.
August 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
amygardnerartist.bsky.social
Here’s a nice photo of the finished illustration with the accompanying tools of the trade to really drum home that this was #CreatedWithoutAI

#comics #comicartist #comicwriter #watercolourillustration
A photo of a finished, hand paired and inked spot illustration of the protagonist from the recent comic, The wizard and the girl, by illustrator/ writer Amy Gardner. Around the illustration there is a watercolour box set that has each well in the palette with coloured blobs of paint. To the right of the paper there are several paintbrushes, a dip pen and a mechanical pencil, all of which were used to hand draw, paint and ink this illustration.
August 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM
amygardnerartist.bsky.social
I am a little obsessed with Toilet Frog, my latest froggy comic for this month’s letter on Substack.

#CreatedWithoutAI #comics
A photo of my desk with the finished Toilet Frog comic on paper, the cover illustration in my moleskin notebook for Substack and a few materials that I used to make both. Everything is hand made and illustrated in acrylic gouache and watercolour.
April 22, 2026 at 2:52 PM
amygardnerartist.bsky.social
After a nice rummage in my photo reel, here are the photos from my residency in May of me literally painting the cover illustration of my comic by hand. Taken in Ancud, Chiloé, Chile.

#CreatedWithoutAI #traditionalart #traditionalillustration #comics #kidlit #watercolourartist #illustrator
Top down view photo of the Amy Gardner illustrating the wrap around cover for ‘The wizard and the girl’ the silent comic she wrote and illustrated. The desk is covered in traditional art supplies including a holder for paint brushes, a well used watercolour palette of 12 colours and much more. The artist is brushing the paper she will paint on with a hand and looking at her iPad screen which had a reference image of a green landscape under a cloudy sky with a some blue poking through. A photo showing Amy Gardner hand painting the wrap around cover for her comic ‘The wizard and the girl’. Amy is wearing big over ear wireless headphones, an orange beanie and a green jumper. The painting is about 90%painted and the watercolour palette has green and blue paints in the wash dishes as she is painting the sky and grass in this photo. Her face has a look of concentration as she is painting. A view through a window, looking in at artist/ illustrator/ writer Amy Gardner who is putting the finishing touches of watercolours on her wrap around cover illustration for her comic, ‘The wizard and the girl’. We see Amy standing at a desk, bent over her painting with a brush in hand. She is wearing over ear headphones, an organise beanie, green jumper and long black leggings. We see the reflection of the photographer, Alison Ortiz, in the reflection of the windows. Above Amy we also see the reflection of the trees in front of the window reflected in the glass.
August 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
paperyjoey.bsky.social
2/2 #comics #createdwithoutai #art
Surrounded by a tartan scarf and pinecones is a square book opened to a page that shows a girl with a pet carrier talking on the phone. She is the one who spoke in the previous panel. Also on the page is the text, “I came because it might be a rescue. Wait! I hear it!” Artist name at the bottom right is @paperyjoey Surrounded by a tartan scarf and pinecones is a square book opened to a page that shows the girl’s hand reach through some bushes. She says, “It’s coming from some bushes. I think I found them!” Then, in a smaller panel it shows her stop in surprise and drop the phone. The person on the other end asks, “So, what is it?” She starts to answer, “Uhhh…” Artist name at the bottom right is @paperyjoey Surrounded by a tartan scarf and pinecones is a square book opened to a page that shows three kittens in a bush. The middle kitten is green and white with leaves for whiskers, and is yawning. The other two kittens, more tucked in behind the middle one, are normal colors: grey tabby and brown. The girl who found them says, “…kittens?” in response to the question from the previous panel. Artist name at the bottom right is @paperyjoey
September 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
amygardnerartist.bsky.social
Continuing the story.

Please increase the number of images in your posts @bsky.app

#comics #kidlit #thewizardandthegirl #CreatedWithoutAI
“Listening” replies the girl and the fae asks, “To what?”. The fae is now climbing onto the girl’s shoulder. A wide shot of the field. The girl has her arm outstretched and her speech bubble reads, “Everything.” Full comic page showing my characters talking, set in a windswept field on a sunny summers day. A photo of the original artwork on my desk with all the materials used to create it.
December 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
amygardnerartist.bsky.social
Does anyone else have someone in their life that always wants to steal the first bite of your food?

In our house, it’s me.

This is my sequential illustration for the theme “Nice to meet you” which I created a recent Picture Hooks prompt.

#kidlit #picturebooks #childrensbooks #CreatedWithoutAI
A view of the artists desk with two finished illustrations placed in sequence of a big red bear trying to eat their sandwich and a little blue perched on their shoulder, looking them in the eyes expectantly. There are coloured pencils on the desk, both in a roll case and loose on the desk. Above the finished illustrations are pieces of paper with coloured blogs of watercolour and coloured pencil linework, showing where the artists experimented with colour and line making before starting the illustrations. The first finished sequential illustration which shows a bear painted on red with blue coloured pencil lines about to eat a nice big sandwich. On their right arm, a blue bird is perched, exchanging eye contact with the bear, clearly asking for a taste of the sandwich. The second finished sequential illustration. Now the red bear is sitting down, legs in front of them and leaning backwards. A big paw is on their belly and they are relaxed. They are holding out their right hand in which they hold the sandwich. The bird is sitting on top of the sandwich, with big puffy cheeks and a smile as it eats some of the sandwich. They are looking each other in the eyes and smiling. A view of the desk, bow with the second illustration, currently unfinished, in the front. There is a paint brush to the right of the paper and the artist is clearly in the process of painting before starting the coloured pencil linework.
August 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
amygardnerartist.bsky.social
Listening [1 - part 2]

Some new short stories coming your way from the world and characters of “The wizard and the girl”.

#comics #thewizardandthegirl #CreatedWithoutAI
A comic panel, watercolour illustration depicting a fairy being blown across the waving green grass by a strong wind. By artist, illustrator and writer Amy Gardner. A comic panel, watercolour illustration depicting a fairy grabbing onto the person’s outstretched hands after being blown away by a strong wind. By artist, illustrator and writer Amy Gardner. A full comic page by artist, illustrator and writer Amy Gardner. The page is made of 5 panels telling the start of a story where a person is laying in long grass on a sunny windy day and a fairy, after being blown out of some trees by the wind, is thrown across the field and grabs onto the person’s hand. A photo of the original comic page by artist, illustrator and writer Amy Gardner which shows the artwork on paper next to a selection of the art materials used to mask the page. These include coloured pencils, a nib pen and black acrylic ink.
September 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
amygardnerartist.bsky.social
I love this shot of my desk after I finished the final artworks from my two part story, Cute meet.

You can see more of the final artworks and the process on my website here: www.amygardner.com.au/

#picturebooks #illustration #CreatedWithoutAI
Photo of my desk with the two finished artworks for my short sequential story, Cute meet. Around the artworks, the desk is covered in coloured pencils and above them is an iPad open on Pinterest with references for costumes.
October 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM