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Oni @onidraws.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sad to see a lot of artists I know saying it's super hard to get sales. And it really is. So I wanna promote them here again.

Go check them out and buy or tip them if you can. This is the non-US shops list but I'll post other lists as well.

Oni @onidraws.bsky.social · Sep 11

I made a pack for non-US artists shops!
Let me know if you want to be added (with a shop link) or removed!

go.bsky.app/KgkXQns

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Inky @inkythoughts.bsky.social · 11d

it's Endres' birthday so I wanted to draw him quite self-indulgently.

Discord wanted to see him in commoner clothes so here is a sketchy drawing of him as a teen when he lived in Jeonwon-Do.

#OCSky #MyArt #HttC

Pencil drawing of teenage Endres in commoner clothes running happily with a carp windbag in his right hand.

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Oliver 💙 @oliverniko.bsky.social · 4d

🐾 Mutual aid pet commissions 🐾

Would you like a digital graphite-like drawing of your pet, or that of a loved one? I'm offering £60 commissions to raise money for a community member!

Please DM if interested. Reposts appreciated.

#ArtCommissions #ArtSky #AnimalArt #MutualAid

A graphite like digital drawing of a jaguar, dropping down from a ledge. Text reads, "60 pet commission for mutual aid. Any animal welcome. Style example above. One slot available at a time." Background is an orange, yellow and turquoise gradient.

The previous drawing faded. Text reads, "Commissions are digital art, a high resolution file will be sent. (300DPI for personal printing)

No commercial use. No permission for use to train AI or make an NFT.

Commissions are to raise money for Mari, a multiply marginalised person with severe ME suffering caregiver abuse. I will send the donation info once commission is confirmed and will begin after proof of at least £60 has been shown."

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Inky @inkythoughts.bsky.social · 3d

I need to get better at promoting myself or my friends will start yelling at me again so I share this once again.

currently it is only a tip jar but I want to at least have a little thank you for everyone joining the seedling tier in the near future 🌱
also thank you to everyone who joined so far!

Inky @inkythoughts.bsky.social · 12d

I know I am not super vocal about my ko-fi page but if you like what I do and want to lessen my financial strain, you can tip me a coffee there!

I also added a recurring tip membership in case you are interested in that (one-off donations are still available, don't worry!)
ko-fi.com/inkythoughts...

Join Inky's Membership

If you want to support me and my work, please consider tossing a coin so your local artist can stay caffeinated ❤️

ko-fi.com

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Inky @inkythoughts.bsky.social · 12d

I know I am not super vocal about my ko-fi page but if you like what I do and want to lessen my financial strain, you can tip me a coffee there!

I also added a recurring tip membership in case you are interested in that (one-off donations are still available, don't worry!)
ko-fi.com/inkythoughts...

Join Inky's Membership

If you want to support me and my work, please consider tossing a coin so your local artist can stay caffeinated ❤️

ko-fi.com

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Olaf G. Hilscher @ogh75.bsky.social · 3d

Bald könnten ALLE Chat-Nachrichten von den Behörden durchsucht werden – selbst ohne Verdacht! Das entscheiden *heute* die Minister*innen. Sag Nein zur Chatkontrolle! Jetzt unterzeichnen ✍️ weact.campact.de/petitions/ch...

Chatkontrolle stoppen!

Die EU-Kommission will Messenger-Dienste wie WhatsApp und Signal zwingen, alle privaten Nachrichten und Fotos in Echtzeit zu scannen. Angeblich zum Kinderschutz. In Wahrheit bedeutet die Chatkontrolle...

weact.campact.de

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Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · 3d

Chat Control is about to be voted on, but they might postpone the vote due to public pressure. Now's the time to write and call again, to reiterate that you DO NOT want this massive overreach to be made law!

Go write some ~scathingly polite emails~, it takes just a few minutes and it's working!

Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU

Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.

fightchatcontrol.eu

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Wendy Reynolds @wendles1967.bsky.social · 7d

UK cis women, please sign this to acknowledge that trans people are not a threat. (Unless you think they are, in which case you're awful so please fuck off and never come back.) Everybody else, please circulate. 💜

Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 9d

We expect to hit 55k signatures in support of our open letter this week, perhaps even today. Thank you to everyone who has signed or shared. Let’s keep this going:

notinourname.org.uk

Home - Not in our name

As women we reject the narrative that trans+ people are a threat.

notinourname.org.uk

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ines 🧇 wristless @inesvisual.bsky.social · 5d

"my child could make this"

are they making it though? as in, do you let them? are they allowed to pursue art and the joy it provides? are they creating? its so hard to create nowadays. is your child given the abundance of freedom that creativity offers, or are they stifled by your judgemental mind?

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deeg 🤍 @deegoo.bsky.social · 8d

Pyaari is so decent 🥺

Two drawings and two small photos of the cat, Pyaari. The drawing on the left is wearing a blue dupatta. The drawing on the right is in a gold sari with a dupatta on the head.

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Medusa’s Łink (Allegedly Unplugged) @medusaswink.bsky.social · Jul 11

Me: i’m Autistic

Them: Oh you take things literally

Me: No that’s kleptomania

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Jaws Stone - indefinite hiatus @jaws-stone.bsky.social · 10d

Apologies for this post, but I've more or less hit rock bottom. I am emotionally exhausted and burnt out. I've not drawn for weeks and by now it does not feel like an easy fix. If you have any desire to support me, it'd mean more than ever as I physically can't work atm.
www.patreon.com/only_jaws

Get more from Jaws on Patreon

Patreon is empowering a new generation of creators. Support and engage with artists and creators as they live out their passions!

www.patreon.com

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Inky @inkythoughts.bsky.social · 10d

like I could imagine mum to read my comic bc she'd be so proud, but since it's still in the making, she knows nothing really at the moment

Inky @inkythoughts.bsky.social · 10d

nope 😂

my mum is very overwhelmed every time I start talking about HttC bc there's A LOT going on especially if you get into the nitty-gritty, I doubt she remembers my protag's name

dad doesn't know shit but I haven't tried talking about my own creations since elementary school so eh 🤷

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Lyanna 🌙 comms open @lyannatropes.bsky.social · 10d

It is OCtober, and you can support me making more blorbo art on ko-fi ✨

ko-fi.com/lyannatropes

A portrait of Ipomoea resting against a bush of ipomoea flowers. Her hair is spread across the blooms and the leaves, and her left hand gently touches a flower close to the shoulder.

Ipomoea is a blue tiefling with gem horns, and long, wavy white hair that sparkles in the shadow. Her eyes have a dark sclera with a white iris. Three small stars shine between the horns.

Thalia is standing with her hand lifted, waiting for Blossom to land on it. Blossom is a fey bird whose feathers are petals, their colours shifting from light to hot pink. He carries a small orange flower in his beak, scattering petals behind him. Thalia is a satyr/eladrin with cherry blossom-like wooden antlers, long pink hair and fawn-like ears and spots across the body. She wears a long orange dress that flutters in the gust of wind.

In the middle, Elaine is standing while holding her sword, while the personification of the moon is sitting behind her and almost embracing her gently. On the left, Elaine is holding a white lily, the bottom decorated with more white lilies and ipomoeas. On the right, Elaine's hand is showing holding her sword. The same flowers decorate the bottom of the scene.
The phases of the moon are shown across different parts of the artwork (crescent/waning moons at the bottom, half moons on the sides, full moon in the middle scene).

Camellia is holding Ametista in her arms as she pierces her heart with her sword. Ametista looks peaceful, her arms wrapped around Camellia's shoulders.

In the background there is a scene from their past. Camellia and Ametista are kissing in the gardens, a warm light pouring over the scenery.

The artwork has a golden frame with ornamental swords at the bottom.

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Micah Seacole @micahseacole.bsky.social · Jul 31

Doing this again!
If you donate 20$ or more to Hades and send me a screenshot of your receipt + a sfw reference picture of your OC I'll draw a sketch like this for you.

▸[email protected]

Beware of scammers, only contact me via the mail shown above.

a long limbed angel with large wings and a masked face crouching and staring down the viewer.

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Inky @inkythoughts.bsky.social · 10d

ailments, and for others it is to find peace so they can welcome Death without fear.

Happy Ever Afters can be so multifaceted.

Inky @inkythoughts.bsky.social · 10d

their niblings and grieving the loss of a beloved family member together with them. For some it is the financial security of becoming a princess and living in a palace. For some it's leaving behind the corrupt palace life and retreat into a simple cottage. For some it is finding the cure to their

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Inky @inkythoughts.bsky.social · 10d

dislike for marrying, and a marriage would mean they would have to leave their job? Even if they found a romantic partner, it'd be OOC for them to marry! That wouldn't be a HEA for them!
For some, a successful divorce is a HEA. Some have transitioning as their HEA. For some, their HEA is raising

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Inky @inkythoughts.bsky.social · 10d

it'd be weird for their HEA to "settle down". They want to travel! Let them see the world! Yes they can do it with their partner if they don't have conflicting goals, but let the first character travel first and foremost!

If a character finds self-fulfillment in their work, always expressed their

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Inky @inkythoughts.bsky.social · 10d

partner with a wedding on the horizon" if that just isn't in the cards for the character, they have other priorities and/or a completely different character arc.
If the character was cooped up in their parents' home all their life, forbidden to leave it, and they dreamt of travelling the world,

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Inky @inkythoughts.bsky.social · 10d

of losing the love of your life. Make it the half-way point instead of the last frame of the movie and let us the protagonist see how they cope and find meaning in life again. There's beauty in that journey.

I also don't like it if the HEA is cookie-cutter "everyone wants to end up with a romantic

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Inky @inkythoughts.bsky.social · 10d

I think it really depends on what is more satisfactory to me as a writer and what the point of the whole story is. I also don't believe in robbing the audience of a HEA just to somehow get a twist in the last minute. If the point of the story is "fragility of life" then also let us see the aftermath

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Inky @inkythoughts.bsky.social · 10d

I like HEA but I don't think it suits every story. some of my favourite stories are in fact tragedies. Still love HEA if it feels like a natural progression of the story and works with the characters.

I personally write more of "neutral" endings or "seemingly HEA, but at what price?"

Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 11d

Happy #tuesday! Today's #writingq and #trope for discussion is: Happily ever afters!!

Do you enjoy this type of ending? Have you written it? When was it done well vs bad?

#writesky #booksky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity 📚🪐💙

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Inky @inkythoughts.bsky.social · 10d

I would try to see if you can get into a domestic violence shelter. women's shelters are more common but if you dig a little you might find one that takes everyone in. they usually have resources to support victims and probably can help you suss out your options.
stay safe!

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