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emilydamstra.com
I rarely use traditional media anymore, but here is a just-completed painting of the Ordovician crinoid Konieckicrinus josephi. This was a challenge; like so many invertebrates, crinoids have numerous specialized anatomical terms to learn. Full story: www.emilydamstra.com/ordovician-c...
#paleoart
The watercolour and gouache painting shows the crinoid (sea lily) reconstructed, with its arms splayed and stem curved as if feeding in a current. Its stalk is attached to a bit of hardground on the sea floor, among some marine detritus including the remains of two different species of brachiopods and one edrioasteroid. The hardground is depicted as fossilized rather than reconstructed. In between the reconstructed crown of Konieckicrinus josephi and the hardground below is a painting of an unreconstructed fossil crown of the same crinoid species.
January 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
daydreamcomix.com
WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW?

Two content creators arrive in a small town intent on solving a 40 year old murder in a desperate bid to keep their show alive, but the residents of Hardground aren’t happy about strangers trying to dig up the past.

Support here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dau...
January 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
mariadoering.bsky.social
Did a 40 minute etch in our Edingburg etch with this BIG hardground as soft ground. May be in love with the results. Crisp!! #etching #printprof #intaglio #bighardground #softground
February 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
hattythefox.bsky.social
Learnt how to do hardground etching prints, made some with a little fox illustration #art #illustration #printmaking #etching #hardgroundetching #foxes #foxillustration
November 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
cartwheelcaff.bsky.social
Missed Crazy P last night so thought I’d torture myself playing their remixes 😄
#Raveyardshift

youtu.be/voHsFOnLjFs?...
Yesking - Hardground (Crazy P Remix)
YouTube video by televizor
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February 21, 2026 at 10:06 PM
carriescanga.bsky.social
I’m at @artprintresidence and in the etching flow. So happy to be back in my favorite creative place!
•reposting…
Welcome, @carrie.scanga, resident for the fifth time. We are in the process of creating an electroech hardground.
March 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
daydreamcomix.com
Adam doesn’t want to say goodbye to Hardground, and neither do I 😢
admancomics.bsky.social AdMan Markiewicz @admancomics.bsky.social · Apr 4
Am I subconsciously making myself take longer on these last Who Killed Sarah Shaw? pages to prolong the project’s end? That would be pretty stupid of me since I have Trench Coat Samurai to jump right into. My brain is stupid sometimes.
April 5, 2024 at 11:09 AM
daydreamcomix.com
#SequentialSaturdays
Post a cool/interesting/favoured comic page or sequence you’ve worked on before or read lately.

WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW?
Art/Letters by @admancomics.bsky.social
Script by @daydreamcomix.com

Currently in pre-launch on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dau...
Page of WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW? It shows two police officers arriving at Hardground High School. They enter the gymnasium as a coach and a few of his players practice. The coach is arrested and put in the back of their police car. The text reads: Hardground High. 1986. Two days after Sarah Shaw’s murder. COACH ISAAC: It was some bullshit. JES (off-panel): What was bullshit? JES: The murder of Sarah Shaw or the accusations that you were the one who did it? COACH ISAAC: Heh. I guess both.
December 21, 2024 at 4:32 PM
daydreamcomix.com
One of the landmark pages of WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW? the only time Sarah is on page and with a word balloon. A shade haunting her father and Hardground and finally having her voice be heard by Harold, Jes, and Dave. Adam did a great job framing and posing the last panel.
July 26, 2024 at 3:25 PM
obialik.bsky.social
We know nautiloids survived the K-Pg extinction (they are still around), but until now, we were sure ammonites didn't make it. New findings from Denmark show they did, only to die out later for unknown reason.
This finding really should be a bigger deal. 🧪⚒️

Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Geological setting of studied ammonite-bearing Danian deposits in Denmark. (a) Location of study area within Denmark (rectangled). (b) Southern portion of Stevns Klint cliff section with main sites having yielded Danian ammonite fossils. (c) Stratigraphical column of the Stevns Klint succession (d) Idealised section to show stratigraphy of the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary interval at Stevns Klint (based on Machalski et al.6). K – Cretaceous, Pg – Paleogene, hg. – hardground, Mb – Member.
January 3, 2026 at 2:59 PM
daydreamcomix.com
⭐️Comic creators⭐️ I’m looking to get some pull quotes for WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW? prior to us releasing a physical edition. Would anyone out there be willing to provide one for our comic in exchange for an advance PDF?
The cover of WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW? features Sarah a teenage girl with long dark hair and a haunted stare in front of twisted, gnarled tree branches imposed above the small town of Hardground.
July 31, 2024 at 6:20 PM
daydreamcomix.com
For fans of UNSOLVED MYSTERIES and THE KILLING.

WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW follows two content creators desperate to keep their show alive by investigating the murder of a teenage girl that has haunted a small town for 40 years.

Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dau...
The cover of WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW? Logo in large bold letters with briar thorns on either side. At the bottom of the page, the small downtown of Hardground, colored in deep purples, is in view and above the town is the haunting image of Sarah Shaw staring directly at the reader. Behind her are inky tree branches stretching across the sky. 1 - 1986. Winter. Establishing shot of the downtown of Hardground, Michigan. Snow blankets the buildings and roads while continuing to fall from the sky. A station wagon, wood paneling and all, drives through Main Street. TEXT: January, 1986. Hardground, Michigan. TIFFANY (off-panel): I’ll never forget the moment I found out for as long as I live. 2 - Wide shot. Bird’s eye (or close to). An isolated country road surrounded by dead forest on either side. The station wagon trudges through the snow. Slow zoom in over the three panels. TIFFANY (op): My mother, god rest her soul, came through that front door right there with tears in her eyes. 3 - Pull in a little closer on the station wagon as it passes by something on the side of the road. TIFFANY (op): Before I could even ask her what was wrong she said… 4 - The station wagon continues out of frame, but the camera continues to pull in on that spot. What appears to be the outline of a body and blood lightly covered in snow can faintly be seen. The body should be face down and head pointed towards the road. There is no briarpatch. TIFFANY (op): “Tiffany, baby. They found her all tangled up in a briarpatch.” 5 - The camera stops and now the body buried in the snow is apparent. It’s a 16 year old girl named Sarah Shaw. Her left arm is outstretched as if she was reaching for the road. TIFFANY (op): “Sweet Sarah Shaw is dead.” 1 - Present day. A 52 year old woman named Tiffany Gloucek sits directly facing POV. This should be framed as a TV interview, because it is. She’s seen better days. Not the youthful teen she is remembering. Her partying days and pack a day habit have put her body on the decline. She is slightly overweight and her face has lines across it that grow deeper and longer by the day. Her dyed blonde hair is showing gray at the roots. She holds a lit cigarette in her hand. She sits in her living room, which is a tchotchke paradise. TEXT: October, 2022. TEXT: TIFFANY GLOUCEK. SARAH SHAW’S BEST FRIEND. TIFFANY: The day I found out she died, a part of me died too. 2 - Cut to Jesenya Ruiz sitting in a dining room chair across Tiffany. She holds a pen and notebook. Standing next to her behind the camera is Dave, the Cameraman. JESENYA: What else do you remember about that day? 3 - Tiffany doesn’t respond at first. Instead she takes a drag of her cigarette. SFX: fhhh 4 - She coughs into her closed fist. TIFFANY: HACK HACK HACK TIFFANY (con’t): It was the last Saturday of Winter Break…which means she had to’ve been killed the night of our basketball game. 5 - Close-up of her putting her cigarette out in the ashtray. TIFFANY (op-con’t): We had a big match-up against the neighboring town’s school. Pretty much everybody was there. TIFFANY (op-con’t): The Hardground Hawks and Gentry Generals have been rivals for decades, and rivalries run deep ‘round here. 1 - A sedan, some shitty rental, nothing nice, drives along along a Highway road surrounded by trees on either side. TIFFANY (op): That’s what I remember being most scared about — it could’ve been anybody. TIFFANY (op - con’t): At the same time, you have to understand what happened to Sarah, that ain’t something we’re familiar with. 2 - Inside the car we see Jesenya in the passenger seat and Dave driving. TIFFANY (op): Who could even do something like that? Who could kill an innocent girl? JESENYA: It would not surprise me if she was the one who actually killed Sarah Shaw. DAVE: We already know it was her neighbor, Marvin Rainey. DAVE (con’t): And we’re not here to solve anything anyways, Jesenya. We’re just here to tell these peoples’ stories. DAVE (con’t): Same as it ever was. 3 - Jesenya presents her case, we can see a New England Aster bush planted on the side of the road. JESENYA: False, Dave. Rainey was her alleged killer. Just because he disappeared six months later doesn’t mean he did it. JESENYA (con’t): Only means he likes to travel. 4 - Tight on Jesenya persisting. JESENYA: Now the “best friend” who remembers exactly what her mom said but forgets to mention that Sarah was a starter while she was on the bench? JESENYA (con’t): That’s suspect. 5 - Dave counters. DAVE: Even if that headline would sell, it doesn’t add up. DAVE (con’t): Did you see how much she smoked during the interview? She’s been doing that forever. I doubt she considered basketball as her golden ticket. DAVE (con’t): Ergo, you’re full of shit. 6 - Ext. They approach the main street we saw on page one but it’s been almost 40 years. It’s much more rundown. Looks like most stores are closed besides the bar. Only a few cars are parked around. It’s becoming a ghost town. JESENYA: Whatever, man. JESENYA (con’t): This town is a total bummer. I don’t blame Marvin Rainey for leaving.
January 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
chlloroyote.bsky.social
State proof one of a plate I'm making in class next is aquatint and a vignette
A hardground etching of a crowd in candy that is encroaching upon my version of dorothy
April 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
daydreamcomix.com
WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW is coming to Kickstarter in less than 2 weeks! If you do comic reviews or coverage I would love to give you a PDF of our graphic novel 🙏

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dau...
The cover of WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW? Logo in large bold letters with briar thorns on either side. At the bottom of the page, the small downtown of Hardground, colored in deep purples, is in view and above the town is the haunting image of Sarah Shaw staring directly at the reader. Behind her are inky tree branches stretching across the sky. It’s a dark and quiet morning. Snow falls across the small town of Hardground, Michigan. A station wagon drives out of the downtown area and along a two lane highway. As it makes it way, it passes something in the snow. The panels begin to close in and we see the body of teenagers girl, Sarah Shaw, dead in the snow. TEXT: January, 1986. Hardground, Michigan. TIFFANY (off-panel): I’ll never forget the moment I found out for as long as I live. TIFFANY (op): My mother, god rest her soul, came through that front door right there with tears in her eyes. TIFFANY (op): Before I could even ask her what was wrong she said… TIFFANY (op): “Tiffany, baby. They found her all tangled up in a briarpatch.” TIFFANY (op): “Sweet Sarah Shaw is dead.” In the living room of Tiffany Gloucek, Sarah Shaw’s former best friend. Tiffany is in her 50s and time has made its mark on her. She’s being interviewed by two people, Jes & Dave, about Sarah’s murder. She takes a drag of her cigarette, coughs heavily, puts it out and continues talking. TEXT: October, 2022. TEXT: TIFFANY GLOUCEK. SARAH SHAW’S BEST FRIEND. TIFFANY: The day I found out she died, a part of me died too. JES: What else do you remember about that day? TIFFANY: It was the last Saturday of Winter Break…which means she had to’ve been killed the night of our basketball game. TIFFANY: We had a big match-up against the neighboring town’s school. Pretty much everybody was there. TIFFANY: The Hardground Hawks and Gentry Generals have been rivals for decades, and rivalries run deep ‘round here. A sedan, some shitty rental, nothing nice, drives along along a Highway road surrounded by trees on either side. Jes and Dave are inside the car driving into town having just finished their fairly routine interview of Tiffany. They discuss it with some suspicion, grasping at straws to make it more interesting than it was. They pull into town and already are over being here. TIFFANY: That’s what I remember being most scared about — it could’ve been anybody. TIFFANY: At the same time, you have to understand what happened to Sarah, that ain’t something we’re familiar with. TIFFANY: Who could even do something like that? Who could kill an innocent girl? JES: It would not surprise me if she was the one who actually killed Sarah Shaw. DAVE: We already know it was her neighbor, Marvin Rainey. DAVE: And we’re not here to solve anything anyways, Jesenya. We’re just here to tell these peoples’ stories. DAVE: Same as it ever was. JES: False, Dave. Rainey was her alleged killer. Just because he disappeared six months later doesn’t mean he did it. JES: Only means he likes to travel. JES: Now the “best friend” who remembers exactly what her mom said but forgets to mention that Sarah was a starter while she was on the bench? JES: That’s suspect. DAVE: Even if that headline would sell, it doesn’t add up. DAVE: Did you see how much she smoked during the interview? She’s been doing that forever. I doubt she considered basketball as her golden ticket. DAVE: Ergo, you’re full of shit. JES: Whatever, man. JES: This town is a total bummer. I don’t blame Marvin Rainey for leaving.
January 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
daydreamcomix.com
WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW follows Jes & Dave, two struggling true crime content creators who insert themselves into a 40 year old cold case. But secrets in the small town of Hardground like to stay buried. Can they solve Sarah Shaw’s murder or will they end up in an early grave like her?
Coming soon: Who Killed Sarah Shaw | A True Crime Inspired Graphic Novel
Two struggling true crime content creators insert themselves into a 40-year-old cold case. But secrets like to stay buried.
www.kickstarter.com
December 27, 2024 at 3:17 PM
chlloroyote.bsky.social
Head hurting from hardground fumes, Im making progress on my current aquatint but also I've made a few mistakes here and there arooroo but I got this >:>
February 4, 2026 at 4:59 PM
daydreamcomix.com
It’s #portfolioday! I’m Frankee White & I’m a comics writer/editor. I love genre & naturalistic dialogue. Previous works include EAT MY FLESH, DRINK MY BLOOD, 20 FISTS, & more. My latest book WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW goes live on Kickstarter next week!

Link: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dau...
Cover of Who Killed Sarah Shaw, it shows a teenage girl with long dark hair staring at the reader. She has a haunted look on her face. Below her is the small town of hardground and behind her are gnarled twisted dead branches. Cover of Eat My Flesh, Drink My Blood. A woman with a blood covered mouth holds a human heart on her hands. She’s just taken a bite from it. Two young women hold hands in front of a Ferris Wheel. It towers over them and lights up the whole area. A person walks holding a cigarette and a bag over their shoulder. Behind them is a giant mech.
January 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
daydreamcomix.com
WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW? Page 80 is live and its a splash! (kinda).

Josie dishes the dirt on all the rumors that spread through Hardground after Sarah’s murder.

Read more here: www.patreon.com/posts/100136...
Page 80 of Who Killed Sarah Shaw? Featuring various rumored scenarios regarding Sarah. Panel 1 shows Sarah and Matt doing lines of cocaine. Panel 2 shows a wild sex party. Panel 3 shows a pregnant Sarah in front of a cult leader version of Marvin Rainey. In front of all these images are Josie and Dave.
March 12, 2024 at 4:11 PM
steamgamefan.bsky.social
Zynthex #Windows (Hardground Games) が、2027年配信と発表されました。
Steam：Zynthex
Build an alien-drug business on a remote colony. Grow strange crops, experiment with mixtures and find customers while avoiding the police. Explore a hostile world for supplies, fight mutants and aliens. Play solo or team up with friends.
store.steampowered.com
September 28, 2026 at 6:35 AM
daydreamcomix.com
Bluesky’s open, quote one art to promote yourself!
A page from WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW? Jes, a reads aloud a passage from Sarah’s diary. She says, “With how Hardground is…I have to keep it a secret. It’s safer this way. Dad can’t find out until after I’ve left.” A shot of Sarah’s bedroom desk, untouched in 40 years. Jes continues, “He gets so…” Harold, Sarah’s father, a dying old man looks at Jes with horrified intrigue as he asks, “What…what did she say?” The ghastly apparition of Sarah appears on her bed, determined to finish her own thought: “He gets so angry. It scares me.”
October 17, 2024 at 6:25 PM
daydreamcomix.com
House roof replaced. Car battery replaced. Soul for sale. Please buy my comics!

Eat My Flesh, Drink My Blood: a.co/d/061vtQTN

Who Killed Sarah Shaw?: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/who-killed...

I Just Came From Hell: www.patreon.com/collection/1...
Eat My Flesh, Drink My Blood cover. It shows a woman with long dark hair and blood covered hands and mouth holding a human heart in front of large stained glass windows. Who Killed Sarah Shaw cover. It shows the titular Sarah Shaw with a haunted look on her face superimposed the small town of Hardground. I Just Came From Hell cover. It shows a pregnant woman hold her belly in a mindful pose as a pair of bloody hands reach out to grab her.
May 15, 2026 at 5:12 PM
sparkboxstudio.bsky.social
We have been deep into #etching lately.
This print is an oldie but a goodie—Kyle made it back when we were still using Future Floor Wax as our hardground (yes, the floor polish 😅). We actually loved this process - it was cost effective, easy to make and easy to clean-up.
April 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
dauntlessstories.bsky.social
The town of Hardground, Michigan thought Sarah Shaw's murder was solved in 1986.

They were wrong.

Next week marks a big milestone moment. If you grabbed a copy or left a review on Barnes & Noble - you're a legend. If you haven't read it yet: now's the time.

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/who-killed...
Black-and-white comic panel diptych showing a woman drinking from a bottle with the sound effect ‘GLUG GLUG GLUG,’ followed by a close-up of her staring forward with a determined expression and a speech bubble reading, ‘Let’s find out who killed Sarah Shaw.’
February 10, 2026 at 4:55 AM
mariadoering.bsky.social
After some serious testing I have learned a lot about using B.I.G hardground as a soft ground. First decent results and I have a clear path on how to teach this. #intaglio #bighardground #printmaking #tests #process
A zinc plate with etched textures from found materials. Printed soft ground plate printed on paper using textures like crinkled wax paper, netting, curtain, plastic mesh, a fern leaf that needed a bit more pressure, crinkled aluminum foil.
February 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
daydreamcomix.com
Happy Friday the 13th! Enjoy this poem about death 🥰

Art by @illaurastrates.bsky.social
Words by @daydreamcomix.com
A graveyard lit by lantern light. The poem reads: Lay your self down. Trace the hardground cradling you. Recall the ancient, unheard hymn of our abyssal history. Let the dahlia-coated dirt stick to the pads of your fingers. Wake within the lamplight's glow, pale as the plume moth's wing. Lo! Realize, quietly and finally, you are the road on which wanderers will tread—
December 13, 2024 at 6:08 PM