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Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell

@4tarobyte.bsky.social

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▞▞▞▞ making merch with @carriondesigns.bsky.social ▞▞▞▞ digital/pixel artist, gaymer, & tired possum (he/they) 🏳️‍⚧️ support real artists! (❌AI)

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Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 16d

Hi! I’m Taro, a digital and pixel artist who likes drawing portraits, sprites/assets, and little buddies! Working on selling handmade merch with @carriondesigns.bsky.social, more details soon! :D

⬛ About: 4tarobyte.carrd.co
⬛ Support/shop: ko-fi.com/4tarobyte
⬛ Comms: vgen.co/4tarobyte/

digital illustration of several Pokemon (Pikachu, Clefairy, Caterpie, Bonsly) and berries falling from the sky onto a sleeping Snorlax, drawn in a cute style and colored pencil-like texture

digital art portrait of Taro Byte with head tilted down, looking off the side over pink heart-shaped glasses. the art has a scratchy, rough texture, as if drawn with pastels on bumpy paper

pixel art illustration of a bowl of Vietnamese phở with beef slices, green onions, and leafy herbs in it. a glass of Thai tea with boba sits to the left, while a plate with more herbs and a slice of lime sit to the right. the bowl has "4TB" on it.

pixel art illustration of Taro Byte looking off to the side. they have tri-colored off-white, pale purple, and dark desaturated purple hair going in steps from lightest to darkest away from their face; pierced purple and pink opossum ears poke out of their hair. they wear pink heart glasses and a casual white, black, and purple outfit.

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Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 4m

Catch us at Parkway Plaza every Fri-Sun!

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Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 4m

story goes, every like makes this opossum side-eye you 1% less

helping @carriondesigns.bsky.social open up her art booth at Stacked Xchange in San Diego today!! shares appreciated 🍀✨

#stickers #stickershop #art

a hand holds an opossum with a knife sticker while cutting the border out with rainbow scissors. an array of similarly quirky and fun cat and cryptid stickers are strewn in the background.

Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 20m

okay first 1) by HAND?? my condolences
2) these look great!! how the heck did you get white onto holographic stuff though?

Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 22m

the GITD ones look soo good?? love the texture on the keychain!

Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 24m

YOU are living the dream!! what a clean yet still visually interesting display!

Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 26m

this speaks to me lmao
Steve is living the dream!!

Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 27m

SO CUTE. are the teeth going to be slightly cut out so they can hold the cards??

Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 28m

these are adorable!! the holo looks great too!

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Nekouhai @nekouhai.bsky.social · 3d

Been working on my kitty wizard sticker series, and I'm LOVING how this one is working out
Steve is trying his best and so will you!!

#art | #kitty | #sticker | #wizard

A picture of my iPad. On it is a drawing of a kitty in wizard attire with the quote "dress for the job you want" above it. It's a calico kitty, holding a wand with a gold star, dressed in a purple robe and hat, the latter also having stars on it. Aside from that he's also wearing a little yellow tie, and a lanyard with a badge on it that says his name is Steve

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JoyousJoyfulJoyness @joyousjoyness.com · 2d

Sticker of the Day!

This is my sticker based on my painting, "Blep"!

www.joyousjoyness.com/collections/...

#art #sticker #cat #blep

Photo of a left hand holding a square sticker. The sticker is a matte painting of a cat with a blep.

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Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 30m

this IS joyous. very fun colors!!

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Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 23h

full moon astigmatism cryptidposting 🌕✨
gn!

#pokemonsleep #pokemon #art #clefairy

darkly lit, predominantly blue and black artwork of a park at night with a Clefairy and Cleffa walking along a sidewalk. the details are barely discernible and there's heavy distortion as if it's a low-light photo, putting emphasis on the streaks of light streaming from the full moon

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Neoriceisgood @neoriceisgood.bsky.social · 14d

Anyone got any more suggestions for chicken breeds for me to pixel? #pixelart

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Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 10h

omg California poppies!! all of these are so cute vibrant. the tiny yet so legible candytufts and forget-me-nots are so good!

how about nasturtiums?

Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 10h

the animation and colors are awesome!! love the way you handled that staircase, the gradient's great

Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 11h

these are so cute
love your colors!!

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meow-lissa capriglione @ NYCC A21 @mcapriglioneart.bsky.social · Jul 22

New sticker 🩷

Get it here: mcapriglione.art

Preview of a sticker of a cat with spots and stripes surrounded by blue flowers and wearing a blue ribbon. The caption reads generative ai is shit

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Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 11h

THANK YOU HOMIE
clapback from when i used to draw at the park at night

Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 11h

"please design a normal postcard"
no.

soon you can send a bit of brightness to the mentally ill sillies (affectionate) in your life 💌🫶
#art #neurodivergent

image of two postcards, front and back, with the handwritten word "neurosilly" and flowers on the front in bright orange on a blue background, with the back similarly colorful. the back says "thrive outta spite" with hearts around it in cute handwriting.

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Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 14h

the lighting on the pins and power switch look so realistic :0

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Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 23h

fun fact: I've forgotten to post this every full moon for over a year, despite spending each Pokemon Sleep's full moon event hoping to find a +skill trigger Cleffa 💀

Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 23h

full moon astigmatism cryptidposting 🌕✨
gn!

#pokemonsleep #pokemon #art #clefairy

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Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 1d

I thought it was just a random frog, but to find out it's a mascot of the lay flat movement is INCREDIBLE. it's so refreshingly, fittingly whimsical and ridiculous. hope this person's okay, what an icon

Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 1d

it's so sad how these older electronics we once cherished sit dead or get treated as nigh near trash. maybe they're sluggish and incapable for some things or need some TLC, but they can still be useful!!

hadn't heard of Pop OS, thanks!

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Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · 1d

YES you understand!!