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LK Blackham

@elkaby.bsky.social

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Illustrator, comics artist, and writer. Obsessed with webcomics and Dragon Age. Of course I have cats.

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LK Blackham @elkaby.bsky.social · 10d

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Commissions are open! It's not all EmmRook fanart, I promise.

(It's just MOSTLY EmmRook fanart.)

#commsopen #digitalart #dragonage

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LK Blackham @elkaby.bsky.social · 19h

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Why did I include my full name? Because I'm saying this with my whole chest.

(It's pronounced "Kare-ee", by the way.)

LK Blackham @elkaby.bsky.social · 19h

Okay, time for an Inflammatory (Not Really) Post: A Thread (shout-out to Sophie Labelle, go check out her work)🧵

LK Blackham @elkaby.bsky.social · 22h

The game, and the character, deserve every bit of love. 💚 Emmrich has inspired what is probably the most loving, supportive and kind community I have ever been a part of online, and I'm glad we can show that in the zine.

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LK Blackham @elkaby.bsky.social · 1d

The zine is themed on Emmrich Volkarin in alternate universes! Mine places him in a modern Thedas as a co-host on a BuzzFeed Unsolved-esque YouTube channel run by my Rook, Atash. 😊 #datv #veilguard #EmmrichVolkarin

LK Blackham @elkaby.bsky.social · 1d

Forgot to post here - I got to contribute to an awesome project, Unexpected SplendAUr: an Emmrich Volkarin Zine!
It's over on the @thefadeserver.bsky.social , PLEASE go check it out! #unexpectedsplendAUr

This here is my contribution:

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LK Blackham @elkaby.bsky.social · 4d

Just wanted to post the commission I did for Yomi (who you can find them at y00ms on Tumblr and phish_phood on AO3!) This is their gorgeous Rook, Loran (they/them)!

Man I love a warm color palette. ✨

Still have 2 comm slots open if anyone's interested! Link in the pin. ☝🏼
#commsopen #artcommsopen

LK Blackham @elkaby.bsky.social · 8d

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Our new pledge. And it's not one of allegiance.
#freepalestine #eattherich #nooneisillegalonstolenland

TikTok - Make Your Day

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 10d

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

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kara @karawra.bsky.social · 10d

everyone be quiet, my favorite K-drama is on

#dragonage #veilguardspoilers #emmrichvolkarin #emmrook

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LK Blackham @elkaby.bsky.social · 10d

ko-fi.com/elkaby/commi...

Commissions are open! It's not all EmmRook fanart, I promise.

(It's just MOSTLY EmmRook fanart.)

#commsopen #digitalart #dragonage

LK Blackham's Commissions

Commissions Open! Click to see LK Blackham's commission menu.

ko-fi.com

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LK Blackham @elkaby.bsky.social · 22d

I NEED to learn how to make stickers 😭 i am so old

LK Blackham @elkaby.bsky.social · 22d

When I say this game (and some good meds + therapy) got me through the last year, I really fucking mean it. 💚
#dragonage #dragonagetheveilguard
#emmrichvolkarin
#atashlaidir

LK Blackham @elkaby.bsky.social · 22d

I've been posting and consuming a lot of grim dystopian content lately, so I made myself a lil pick- me-up:

A cartoon Rook (from Dragon Age: The Veilguard) throws a heart also smack dab into Emmrich Volkarin's back, causing him to fall.

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LK Blackham @elkaby.bsky.social · 25d

I am still going strong with my Dragon Age obsession and this felt appropriate.
#dragonage #dragonagetheveilguard
#rookhateseverything

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LK Blackham @elkaby.bsky.social · 25d

If you're feeling incredibly ignorant because you didn't know what "Groypers" were, don't! My area of research is literally Internet subcultures and I had no idea either. The Internet is indeed vast and terrifying.

LK Blackham @elkaby.bsky.social · 25d

Meme not made by me but it might as well have been.
#Internethistory #ohmygod

It's a pic of Bernie Sanders talking, with subtitles. The subtitles have been altered to read "I am once again being forced to learn about extremely stupid right wing subcultures due to the unfolding of history."

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LK Blackham @elkaby.bsky.social · 29d

Maybe that's naive. Wishful thinking.

All I know is: I have witnessed the absolute worst of humanity, on a global and personal scale. I'm tired, battered and sore. I need kindness. I need love. Closeness. Empathy.

I'll keep wishing. And doing everything I can to make that wish come true. /🧵

LK Blackham @elkaby.bsky.social · 29d

I don't think 9/11 broke us. I think we were already broken. And today, on the 24th anniversary, I think we're more broken still. And there's no hope of putting ourselves back together. Not until we remember mercy. Love. Kindness. Community. Seeing one another for who we really are: human.

LK Blackham @elkaby.bsky.social · 29d

It really throws me to recall that 9/11 took place not long after the Columbine shooting. Politicians were publicly making statements about grief and to "never forget". But it's weird, how much we've actually forgotten about that day.

LK Blackham @elkaby.bsky.social · 29d

On this day, 24 years later, I look back at my 8 year old self bearing witness to one of the most traumatic events in US history, surrounded by adults trying to make sense of what happened while struggling to explain it to us, their children.