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@australisarts.bsky.social

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Fantasy/Fiction Writer & Artist | 27, she/they | ace-spec My action fantasy zodiac-themed comic can be found on Tapas! https://tapas.io/series/Finding-Balance/info Website: https://australisarts.carrd.co

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Austra - fantasy artist/writer @australisarts.bsky.social · 13d

Hi y'all, quick PSA that I've changed my user and display name from SpringRain to Austra! Haven't changed my pfp cause it's still on theme (Austra is an oc of mine that I'm turning into a persona), just wanted to give people a heads up regardless!

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Austra - fantasy artist/writer @australisarts.bsky.social · 8h

So cuteeee 😭💗

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DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · 8h

My books are still on sale for the rest of October! 🎃🦇

DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · 20d

My Trans Mothman comic is on sale for $5 as part of the October Sale over on @wechange.me!

There's lots of other comics that are on sale too, so if you've been meaning to dig into the back catalog of the site-- now is the perfect time!

BUY HERE: wechange.me/darkchibisha...

A comic cover for "Mothman is Trans and He's Going to Fuck Me!" which is tm/f and transhet

A tombstone declaring the Wechange.me sale! Highlighting creators: Bottled Sterlight, Dan Standing, BritneyTF, Dark Chibi Shadow, Gnome, Grumpy-TG, Jo Nothing, Madam Nibs, Monstrifex, SKS, Not Zack For Work and TriangleFour

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Mistrunner | M.I.A Remembrance @mistrunnerxp.bsky.social · 8h

Crona and Ragnarok 👄

#SoulEater #Crona #Art #Fanart #DigitalArt

Fanart of Crona and Ragnarok from Soul Eater

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Austra - fantasy artist/writer @australisarts.bsky.social · 13d

artists, how do you draw hair? show your arts! 💇

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Austra - fantasy artist/writer @australisarts.bsky.social · 7d

Happy #portfolioday! I'm Austra, a fantasy writer and artist who's currently making their own celestial-themed comic, Finding Balance!

Website: australisarts.carrd.co

#opentowork #illustration #digitalart #characterdesign

A character reference sheet for a character from my comic, Sagittarius!

Jack and Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas dancing in front of the hill and moon from the movie

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JENN! ✨ @thekeythief.bsky.social · 15d

Tl;dr: life comes at us fast & I’ve abruptly been displaced from my home & need $$$ to find immediate housing

@charcubed.bsky.social made me a gofundme to help 😭 I’m probably the worst person when it comes to asking for help but anything would be very appreciated 🫠❤️

www.gofundme.com/f/thekeythief

Donate to Help TheKeyThief Get Keys — Jenn's Housing Fund, organized by Char C

Hi everyone! My name's Char and Jenn is one of my best friends :) Jenn's i… Char C needs your support for Help TheKeyThief Get Keys — Jenn's Housing Fund

www.gofundme.com

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Adam 🪿 @vexnir.bsky.social · 7d

Hi #portfolioday ☀️

I’m a Polish illustrator & full-time 2D Game Artist. I love to create cozy art, usually celebrating nature or small moments of everyday life. I want to bring feelings of comfort to everyone and brighten their day with my work!

✸ Store: vexnir-shop.com ✸

Gouache illustration of a black cat wearing a scarf with various geometric patterns on it. The scarf is in warm shades with some green accents.

Watercolor illustration of a bunch of colorful pumpkins, with a beige striped cat sleeping on top of them curled up into a ball, slightly resembling the round pumpkins itself.

Traditional fan art in watercolor and colored pencil. It’s an illustration showing the Pokémon Ampharos, with a little Togepi in its arms, standing among bushes full of yellow flowers. A small house, trees and electrical poles can be seen in the background, with Mt. Fuji faintly hovering over them in the distance.

Traditional drawing in mixed media of a white cat with a yellow straw hat sitting inside a blue cardboard box. It’s surrounded with other boxes full of oranges.

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Requinoesis✨ @requinoesis.bsky.social · 7d

Hi hi #PortfolioDay! 🎨✨

I'm Requinoesis, someone who loves the ocean! I'm dedicated to creating a new insight into the imagery of sharks under pastel colors! 🌊🦈✨

You can see more of my art stuff here, if you want: linktr.ee/requinoesis

Roberto, the great hammerhead shark, explores the ruins of an ancient museum destroyed by Typhon's storm. He holds a flashlight and carries a mysterious human spirit in his backpack, who accompanies him in silence.

The place, shrouded by the phenomenon called “cursed salt mist”, is covered in a permanent fog. Salt crystals sprout everywhere and a supernatural presence seem to lurk among the rubble.

The spirit that accompanies Roberto is liquid and translucent. Sometimes little tropical fish of extinct species float around him, as if attracted by his presence.

The museum's architecture is full of organic curves and ornate tiles. Decorated columns show a crab with a human face holding the moon between its pincers, an ancient symbol of a historical figure revered by the sharkfolk.

A cozy little shark bistro nestled among lots of plants.

A little harbor village of Gourdlets among a cozy grove of trees, carrying out various cooperative activities related to fishing and recreation, there are little colorful fish and a shark swimming peacefully in the sea.

An allegory of the "Jaws" movie poster that caused damage and negative stereotypes to the image of sharks that persist to this day (I'm glad it's slowly changing, but it's still too slow to be considered forgivable). Now with a reversal of roles, with the human victim replaced by a simple wild shark and the terrible stereotyped shark replaced by a monstrous human skull seeming to want to devour the shark (this is the reality, we kill thousands of sharks every year, many of them killed for irrational reasons, who is the real cruel killer?)

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✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Update 10/25 @shop.zandraillustration.com · 1d

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a black cat sticker design. The black cat is smiling with slit pupils looking off to the side. a yellow ribbon is tied around its neck and yellow leaves adorn its body in an abstract design. The yellow of the eyes, ribbon, and leaves all have shiny glitter.

a black bat sticker design. The black bat is smiling with slit pupils looking off to the side. a purple ribbon is tied around its neck and purple leaves adorn its body and wings in an abstract design. The purple of the eyes, ribbon, and leaves all have shiny glitter.

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Dave Capdevielle @cadaverdave.com · 1d

Look at my son.

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CarsonDrewIt @carsondrewit.bsky.social · 7d

Hi #PortfolioDay
I'm Carson, a Chinese Canadian illustrator who's been working in freelance illustration since 2012
I've run my own t-shirt company, made emotes and overlays for twitch streamers, and also worked on a couple indie games.

I'm also a partnered twitch streamer - I stream 4 days a week!

A digital sketch of a woman-like shape made of gnarled wood, flesh, and flowers. The majority of the upper half of her head hollowed out and missing.
In a void in the figure's back, the face and hands of a woman peers out, cold eyes looking at the viewer.

A digital sketch of a nightmarish elk made of humans, bone, and gristle with its head raised toward the sky.
A four armed figure wearing a helmet holds up a small object that looks like a foetus.

A digital sketch of a person holding up a gnarled staff to ward against a large horned and feathered creature and several other humanoid creatures.

A digital sketch of a 3 armed woman. Between her palms is the brightly glowing form of a cat. Erupting out of the cat are various flowers and plants. The woman is a teal colour, and the flowers are a warm purple.

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official nikk account @nikk.ca · 1d

absolute workhorse of a reaction image from over 100 years ago

elegant woman blasting a suitor in the face with the NO gun

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M.A. Zavala 💖💜💙 @megzavala.bsky.social · 1d

Please please please do this. Companies absolutely will try to sneak it in if they can get away with it. Only enough public backlash and loss of revenue will deter them

Kelly McKernan is launching an oracle deck 10/31 🔮 @kellymckernan.bsky.social · 1d

“So you’re saying we should bully companies that use AI?”

“Yes absolutely.”

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Blair Fujin - webcomic artist/visual novel dev|commissions open @blairfujin.art · 1d

happy #aceWeek everyone, from this aroace potato, who locked in on his animation so hard yesterday that he missed it starting... 'xD
and special greetings to my fellow porn enjoying aces :P

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 1d

i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w

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Flossy🌺 @froflossy.bsky.social · Jan 22

Miku says!!!

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lisettebrodey @lisettebrodey.bsky.social · 2d

Green sea turtle no longer Endangered 🌊 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢

These gentle, 400-pound giants are splashing back from the brink of extinction.

bit.ly/4nfnrTw

Green sea turtle no longer Endangered

These gentle, 400-pound giants are splashing back from the brink of extinction.

bit.ly

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💫Allison Cassandra Ashtear🏳️‍⚧️🔞 @jayeallisonashtear.bsky.social · 1d

Morning!
I am working on art, comics, and more!
In the meantime, I still need to reach my goal, and am pretty close!
Please help out if you can~

ko-fi.com/dreamingnoct...

Support Jaye Allison Ashtear

ko-fi.com

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Steve Stark 🌕 @sstarkm.bsky.social · 2d

I think I finally am cracking the code on this 3D-Ghibli stuff. I watched an amazing tutorial on the trees from @AversionReality
that really helped me understand shader nodes way better.

I'm also using assets from @Reipart_
(The grass) and @FaruqTawsif
(The flowers).

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Austin Lee Matthews 🐭 @amtrax.bsky.social · Aug 29

I set up my Ko-Fi voice over commissions page! ko-fi.com/amtrax/commi...

I have options for per-line commissions (up to 15 lines) and hourly commissions. So if you want me to record a dumb meme for you, narration for your Youtube video, character shoutouts, etc, this is the place to do it!

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Orion Valiant 🧵 Cosplayer & MC @orionvaliant.bsky.social · 1d

Bluesky, please help this find its audience! I'm looking for contacts who are fellow insurance regulators, specifically in and around New York state. I am job hunting and wish to make connections! I've been in insurance since 2010 and in regulation since 2016.

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Lackadaisy Tracy @lackadaisy.bsky.social · 1d

Feast your eyes on Last Call's color script, a gorgeous and super helpful piece of production art!

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Bwillett Comics, Monster Boyfriend Specialist @bwillettcomics.bsky.social · 1d

Oh hey it's Asexual Awareness Week. Be aware of me and my work

Bwillett Comics, Monster Boyfriend Specialist @bwillettcomics.bsky.social · Mar 24

Bwillett, your favorite biroace, disabled comics gremlin. Fine provider of genre bending work that's bizarre but endearing like Midnight Menagerie & The Final Boss's Son Loves the Protagonist. Strong women, cute boys & monsters

www.ko-fi.com/bwillettcomics
bwillettcomics.itch.io
bwillettcomics.com

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 2d

I think its genuinely a virtue to accept that you could be wrong about anything and kill the part of yourself that needs to always be seen as correct and smarter than others on any given topic

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 5d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 15d

we are homeless and fundraising for survival and certificate of citizenship.

please share. please help.
gofund.me/deec2a49d

A human woman and her snoozing dog under tented cover. The text reads, “we keep us safe” and two pay handles for Venmo and Cash app, respectively, are at the bottom of the image in black font. Venmo SNDesiree; cash app $SNDesiree

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