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Sar Cousins @6knifes.bsky.social · 7h

There's not a huge hubbub about Goblin Market (comics and zines) on bsky but I'll be there! and celebrating the launch of Down Down to Goblin Town! Come on down and get your hand on the book IN PERSON

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Sar Cousins @6knifes.bsky.social · 1d

TOY #objectober

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hi, I spent 10+ years researching all sorts of PC RPGs: AAAs, indies, RPG Maker, non-English, etc. Together with 167 volunteers, I created/edited The CRPG Book: crpgbook.wordpress.com

You can download it for free, or buy a hardcover edition from Bitmap Books - ALL author's revenue goes to charity!❤️

The CRPG Book Project

The CRPG Book Project is a collaborative, non-profit effort to create an ebook on the history of Computer Role-Playing Games.

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Sar Cousins @6knifes.bsky.social · 3d

CUTLERY #objectober

Illustration of a person being served a soup by a large chef. Along the table is laid a strange assortment of forks ala cow tools style

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SAJAN @planetsmudge.bsky.social · 3d

I'll make another post but reminder that I'm looking for work! I did pretty okay last year, but didn't really feel like it because a bunch of gigs paid late/barely on time which had a real knock-on effect, and this year's been very slow

SAJAN @planetsmudge.bsky.social · Oct 8

hi #PortfolioDay - available to make otherworldly work from 2025.
TTRPGs, board games, more vinyl covers and concept + visdev stuff for games/film/tv would be cool!

illustration for Haunted Table's Triangle Agency adventure 'rom dump' - of adventurers zapping out of a barn window - a horned cyclops witha book of spells, a protagonise-looking goblin girl, a blue demon with some kind of spirit mace. A grim reaper hovers in front of the crescent moon.

Illustrated cover to the monkey man soundtrack vinyl. The monkey god hanuman opens his ribcage out, behind Dev patel's head. Hanuman's tail is a flaming circle that frames the figures, which dev patel graps. There's flame, blood, fleshy vomit.

the busts of two figures, one looks in pain, as they're having their vocal cords yanked from a hole in their throat by the other, who clutches them in a bunch with their furthest hand. With their other hand they concentratedly use a stringed instrument bow on the vocal cords. A rainbow bridges the heads, and is dotted with fantastical music notation. Their busts rest above a small basin.

a dark starry background, and a blue room where a bed sit next to windows looking out to the night sky. Psyche lies naked on a patterned bedframe amongst plants, her white hair arching around to the foot of the bed. She looks in wonder at Cupid - who is illuminated by the three candles she holds up. Cupid appears as a fleshy mass, strung within a halo, from which arrows eminate haphazardly.

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Sar Cousins @6knifes.bsky.social · 3d

I feel this sentiment applies to a lot of folks I know, fill it in!

Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 3d

The question is, if you had the time, and the energy, *would* you still be making comics? If the answer is yes, you’re still one of us and I want to hear from you.

GET ON THAT SURVEY, [INSERT NAME HERE]!

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Sar Cousins @6knifes.bsky.social · 4d

I think I will share the whole thing eventually but only when it's in a readable state haha

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Sar Cousins @6knifes.bsky.social · 4d

I managed to get 24hr comic day DONE this year! Sketched up all the pages within 8 hrs, but I'm going to slowly get round to inking this I think. Ruining your sleep schedule to attempt this may not be worth it when you have a full time job

roughly sketched comic pages showing a conversation between a person dressed a bit like a jester, and a wizard

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Sar Cousins @6knifes.bsky.social · 4d

gorgeous colours, that teal/sepia combo is so nice

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Cee @ceedavies.bsky.social · 4d

Video process for my Heralds of the Sun.

#timelapse #process #procreate #wip #griffins #gryphons #fantasy #illustration #digitalart #fantasyart #creature #creaturedesign

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Sar Cousins @6knifes.bsky.social · 4d

ritually broken!!! so they can't be used! man... your brain Letty....

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a toad buried under the earth @toadlett.bsky.social · 4d

#Objectober 3: cutlery! love to draw some Implements

pencil sketches of two figurines and some pieces of cutlery, labelled 5 and 6 respectively. one of the figures is humanoid, and seated at a small table set for dinner. it has a mask attached to its otherwise featureless head, and the cutlery around its dish is broken - the tineso f the fork twisted into a spiral, and the spoon has holes punched in it. the other figure is a vulture with hands instead of wings, its beak gaping in a ferocious pose. in its hands it holds a knife and fork that have been twisted and broken.
text reads: 5. Ancestor idols such as this figure from the ruins of Milt were used as handy vessels for the spirits
of the deceased. At certain holidays the spirits were invited into the idols by hanging masks with the
likeness of the deceased upon them. Thus the spirit could take part in festivals such as the Night of
Salt Broth. For these meals, the spirit would be allowed special, ritually broken cutlery, so they could
not accidentally eat the food of the living and become a dangerous half-living monster.
Look at the holes in the spoon on the idol’s table. Have you ever been hungry and unable to eat?

6. The Gryphonne culture of the now-sunken Virid islands were the subject of many fearsome tales,
for their rumoured habit of ritual cannibalism. We now know that these tales were wildly exagerrated
by outsiders hungry for sensational tales of exotic lands, however the Gryphonne did practise a form of
symbolic consumption of the dead, highly sacred and restricted to only the most skilled
necromancers. After a small piece of the deceased was consumed, the tools used to cut and prepare
the flesh would be ceremonially broken, and placed in the grip of vulturine grave guardians such as this
one, to warn off anyone thinking of further disturbing the remains.
Look at the vulture’s hooked beak and sharp tongue. Do you think it needs a knife and fork for its dinner?

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Sar Cousins @6knifes.bsky.social · 5d

thank you!

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a toad buried under the earth @toadlett.bsky.social · 5d

#Objectober 2: Key! I have drawn several keys today.

pencil sketches of several figuines with attached keys. one, labelled 3, is a very tall figure with no arms, a long neck and small head, covered in nails with keys hung on them, and loops of rope with keys attached. the other figures are smaller figurines, each not much larger than the key they hold. they are labells 4a-4f.
3. A plague-marker from the streets of the Charnel Quarter, Iull City.
These ominous figures, some standing over a storey tall, were set to guard
areas of the city which had been struck by plague. Charnel-coroners would
take the keys to houses struck by the plague, after locking the building up
securely, and fix them to the plague-marker. The house woud then be
regarded as a tomb, and could not be disturbed or entered.
Look up at the tall plague-marker and its hundreds of keys. Could it fit
through your front door?

4. Various key-guardians associated with burial hoards of the Vellum Age.
These small figurines all have keys attached to them, and were beleived to
act as protectors of the treasures interred with the body. Though several of
the keys fit kists or reliquaries found nearby in the tomb, some have no
evident lock, and are beleived to have a more symbolic purpose, protecting
the riches buried alongside the deceased, as well as more generally protecting
the soul of the deceased themself. They were usually situated very close to the
body, often clasped in the hand.
What precious thing do you think these creatures are guarding? What
would you lock away?

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Sar Cousins @6knifes.bsky.social · 5d

ahh these are so good!! I love the imagery of the figure covered in keys, reminds me of those that are done with nails, I love that idea (text is really fun too, the museum is such a good take)

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garin 🌿 comms open @garin.bsky.social · 5d

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Sar Cousins @6knifes.bsky.social · 5d

(I do love a chunky key though) thank you!

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Sar Cousins @6knifes.bsky.social · 5d

for some reason I chose to do my art GCSE project about keys so I jave drawn WAY too many in my life lmao

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Sar Cousins @6knifes.bsky.social · 5d

KEY #objectober

isometric style illustration showing a small hooded person unlocking a door in an escher-like maze of staircases

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a toad buried under the earth @toadlett.bsky.social · 7d

My first #objectober ! A couple of cup guys!

pencil drawing of two figurines, labelled 1 and 2.
figure 1 is a kappa-like creature with a cup shape in the top of its head, holding a bowl in its hands. it has a grotesque face with bulging eyes and tusks.
figure 2 is a headless figure, squatting with elbows propped on its knees and holding a large basin where its head would be.
text under the drawings reads: 1. This grave Guardian from the Kapako region stood guard outside burial pools, in which the dead were
submerged. Mourners were expected to bring gifts of fod or money for the guardian spirit, and water,
to fill the secondary cup on its head. If either cup ran empty, the spirit would be too weak to protect
the dead from mischevious floods, which would sweep them away to the sea.
Look into the cup in the guardian’s head. Can you see if the stone is still wet?

2. This votive figure was excavated from the tunnels beneath the Great Spill. over 200 figures like it
were found, each positioned directly in the doorway of a burial chamber. Many contained offerings
of a variety of goods, including herbs, seashells, bones, coins and pieces of plastic.
What would you place in the bowl? Do you think it is a present for the dead, or for the thing that
guards it?

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Sar Cousins @6knifes.bsky.social · 7d

✨ Bonus CUP ✨ (because I'm indecisive and a sucker for vessels with faces and feet)

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Sar Cousins @6knifes.bsky.social · 7d

Having a go at @toadlett.bsky.social prompt list for this month, #objectober ✌️

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Sar Cousins @6knifes.bsky.social · 7d

CUP

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Drew Shields (commissions open) @gnarlyghost.bsky.social · 7d

If you see this, post a goth (or punk) girl 🖤

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 7d

If you’re involved with making comics in the UK, please, please, please take 10 mins to fill this out. It’s such vital information!

Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 7d

🚨FINAL FEW DAYS!🚨

The UK Comics Creator Survey will close forever at midnight on Monday 6th! Have you submitted your response yet? Or were you, like me*, waiting for the last minute? The last minute is now, lads! Get in there!

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*I thrive** on pressure
**Exist painfully

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