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✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 14h

And if you are interested in seeing wips and projects I'm working on, I do still post on my patreon. I couldn't share much the last few months but I'm getting back to making things for me so wips will be posted again.

www.patreon.com/Nesstolgia?u...

Get more from Nesstolgia on Patreon

creating fantasy art and yapping about my OCs

www.patreon.com

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✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · Sep 9

Hey guys! Just letting yall know I finally put my lil zine in my shops. Its about finding hope in community.

Its on my ko-fi as a physical item and a digital download. And its also on my etsy. So feel free to check out the one you like most.

ko-fi.com/nesstolgia/s...

www.etsy.com/listing/4365...

A photo of a small mini zine held up against a plant. It reads "Be The Knight. A zine by Nesstolgia". The image is a black and white comic illustration of a sword stuck in a stone with a banner floating around it.

A photo of a black and white mini zine held against a plant. It reads "Fight for what's right! Be the KNIGHT!" with a comic illustration of a knight holding a sword, ready to fight.

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✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 8d

Hi yall! Its time for my October Shop Update 🎃

I have lots of new stickers, some handmade journals, and even my new linocut print all in my shop! So feel free to check it all out 🥳🎃

nesstolgia.etsy.com

[ #shopupdate #blackartist #bsnm #fantasyart #Halloween #etsy]

A photo of a hand holding a small journal over a peace lily. The journal has an illustration of many pumpkins on a vine and the packaging reads: The Pumpkin Patch. Handmade Pocket Journal

A photo of a hand holding a sticker above many of the same sticker. Its of a jack-o-lantern shaped and carved as a cat

A photo of a hand holding a sticker above a peace lily. The sticker is of a black vampires wearing a red bonnet while drinking blood from a juice box.

A photo of a linocut print with colored pencils, an ink pad, and a roller around it. The print has a blue watercolor background and the inked image on top is of two fairies playing around on a flower

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R. Riekkinen ✦ @artvaris.bsky.social · 23h

Sketches🖤

4 black and white portraits of fantasy characters, all of which have long hair and pointy ears

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✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 14h

I appreciate this!

✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 14h

And if you are interested in seeing wips and projects I'm working on, I do still post on my patreon. I couldn't share much the last few months but I'm getting back to making things for me so wips will be posted again.

www.patreon.com/Nesstolgia?u...

Get more from Nesstolgia on Patreon

creating fantasy art and yapping about my OCs

www.patreon.com

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✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 14h

Sometimes I am very surprised to still have so many followers on here. But I really appreciate you all staying and even the new people who find me during this quiet period. I am still working on art, I just haven't had much to say lately on socials

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✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 4d

WE FINISHED IT!! Thanks to everyone who came by and hung out with us. It was so much fun and I'm so glad I got to play it.

We sent the love over to @kuyucosmic.bsky.social who's playing Deltarune. So be sure to check them out! 🥳

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✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 4d

Hey yall! I'm LIVE with my friend playing Split Fiction! So feel free to stop by and hang out with us. Maybe we'll even finish the game 👀

twitch.tv/monotoned_en...

monotoned_enthusiasm - Twitch

It's The Epilogue...Maybe??? lol | !patreon !clip !art !links

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✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks to everyone who came by and hung out! Im still having so much fun with this game and cant wait to play more 🥳💕

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✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 7d

Hey yall! I'm LIVE with more South of Midnight for anyone who'd like to hang out with me 🥳

twitch.tv/monotoned_en...

monotoned_enthusiasm - Twitch

Jumping back into the Grand Tapestry | !patreon !clip !art !links

twitch.tv

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✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 8d

Awww Thanks Lonzo 🥹💕

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✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 8d

Hi yall! Its time for my October Shop Update 🎃

I have lots of new stickers, some handmade journals, and even my new linocut print all in my shop! So feel free to check it all out 🥳🎃

nesstolgia.etsy.com

[ #shopupdate #blackartist #bsnm #fantasyart #Halloween #etsy]

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Hiimeyu @hiimeyu.bsky.social · 9d

Neriah the Sunseeker - I wanted to try to draw my character in a Hades style!! Background and textbox are yoinked from the game hehehe.

I think she’d have amazing duo boons with either Apollo or Ares!!

[ #ttrpg #hades #dnd #Neriah ]

A fake screenshot of the hades game with my character Neriah pictured in it in a red armor with golden accents and her Sun-embroidered sash. She smiles at the viewer while shouldering a red crystalline longsword that glows with cyan/green energy.

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ida ✸ blueguy brainrot 💎✸ @tujiux.bsky.social · 9d

The Littlest Sister. 🎨⭐️

[ #dnd #art #ocsky #oc #hades]

hades 2 screenshot of my character Leora. her text reads: okay! I’ll help but you can’t lose because if you do that’s just embarassing for the both of us and we can’t have that

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 11d

This , this, 1000% this!

GenAi companies, wether they be OpenAi, Meta, Google and so on, are absolutely out of control.

However, WE have so much power in our hands if we just pay attention, call, send letters, and vote! Yes, even in this messed up era.

New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 12d

Mark Zuckerberg has a vision for how A.I. could be used in Meta's universe.

But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrails around how the company's chatbot interacts with underage users. nyti.ms/3ILwCNo

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 13d

Don’t automatically assume that your elected officials will do the right thing because we know that half of them won’t and may try to capitulate under pressure. Call your elected officials and be a constant, unceasing pain in their ass. You elected them to work for you not the other way around.

Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 13d

hey, cis people. we need you to call every single elected official you've got, now.

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 13d

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

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Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔪 @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 12d

Tell your favorite artists you love their work

Murlin @murlin.bsky.social · 13d

From bravewave.net/interviews/t...

Mo: Do you remember the first time you met someone who said they loved your work on Mega Man 2?

Tateishi: You’re the first, in 2013. No one else has.

Mo: Wow. I’m surprised. I don’t even have a follow-up question… how could no one come up and say something.

Tateishi: …

Mo: Now that you know how big Mega Man 2 is outside of Japan, do you look fondly back at the soundtrack?

Tateishi: Yeah, my thoughts have changed since I met you and became more aware of how people felt. But even when I was at Konami, I didn’t even bother telling anyone I did Mega Man 2. So the fact you came all the way to Japan to tell me these things makes me very happy I worked on the game all those years ago.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 12d

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!

reactormag.com/reading-rain...

Reading Rainbow Is Back, With Mychal the Librarian Hosting! - Reactor

The butterfly is back in the sky; can’t wait to fly twice as high.

reactormag.com

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H (エイチ) @therealhanamaru.bsky.social · 14d

Gotta participate in this year's -tober challenge

SLEEPTOBER 2025 COMING IN CINEMA NEAR YOU

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 12d

true for artists as well. always keep the rights to your work and limit the scope of use

🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 12d

I try to focus this account so it's for my readers, but hey writers:

NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints.

and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 13d

Someone who's followed me on Instagram for 2.5 years didn't know I'd done a full tarot deck even though they followed me when I started drawing the cards.
However annoying you think you're being about your work - triple that and it still won't be even close. ✨Repost your work right the fuck now.✨

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Miyanda Nehwati 🇿🇼 @emmessenn.com · Jul 16

Ohhh Andrea Gibson ;(

Text: poem by Andrea Gibson :every time i ever said i want to die
By Andrea Gibson

A difficult life is not less worth living than a gentle one.
Joy is simply easier to carry than sorrow. And your heart could lift a city from how long you've spent holding what's been nearly impossible to hold.
This world needs those who know how to do that.
Those who could find a tunnel that has no light at the end of it, and hold it up like a telescope to know the darkness also contains truths that could bring the light to its knees.
Grief astronomer, adjust the lens, look close, tell us what you see.

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✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 16d

Hi fellow New Yorkers! I'll be at the Magical Girl Festival this Saturday in Japan Village! The artist alley is open from 11am- 6:30pm and I'll have new stickers and journals with me!

Its free to attend but feel free to RSVP!

www.eventbrite.com/e/magical-gi...

An illustrated promo poster with my cartoon persona as a fairy. It reads:
Find Me At...Magical Girl Festival!!

Saturday, September 27th, 11am to 8pm
At Japan Village in Industry City
Building 3 and 4, between 35th and 36th street
Brooklyn, NY

An illustrated promo poster with my cartoon persona above a map. It reads:
Come Find Me At Table B5

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✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 16d

Hi fellow New Yorkers! I'll be at the Magical Girl Festival this Saturday in Japan Village! The artist alley is open from 11am- 6:30pm and I'll have new stickers and journals with me!

Its free to attend but feel free to RSVP!

www.eventbrite.com/e/magical-gi...

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