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Aaron Radney Commissions Closed (For Now)
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He/Him. Illustrator at www.aaronradney.com No AI or NFT. Patreon: http://patreon.com/aaronradney. Open for Commissions: https://forms.gle/hLYEyfpqsN5EbkPe6. #Ha-Nahn
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Aaron Radney Commissions Closed (For Now) @aaronradney.bsky.social · 9d
I'm still getting vgen stuff set up but while I work that out I'm going to try managing this the way I have in the past but with a better, simplified price page and reduced prices.

I have 4 slots remaining for anyone who wants them. If this goes well more may open in the future.
Contact: commissions@aaronradney.com Flat drawings -Objects/environments: $30 per -Character Bust (chest up): $45 per -Full Body: $55 -Simple Backgrounds: Always included in these (simple backgrounds are a shape or a texture or a very quickly drawn indication of an environment) -Complex Backgrounds (anything extra I have to draw): +$20 to base line price Shaded Sketches Objects/environments: $50 per -Character Bust (chest up): $65 per -Full Body Character: $85 -Simple Backgrounds: + 25 on top of anything else (simple backgrounds are a shape or a texture or a very quickly drawn indication of an environment) -Complex Backgrounds (anything extra I have to draw): +$20 to base line price Cel-Shaded Drawing -Objects/environments: $65 per -Character Bust (chest up): $80 per -Full Body Character: $120 -Simple Backgrounds: +40 on top of anything else -Complex Backgrounds (anything extra I have to draw): +$60 to base line price Maps -Region/Sketch: $75 -Continent/Sketch: $100 -Region/Color: $85 -Continent/Color $125 Alt Text consultation/writing: $20/4 pieces
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danacorn.bsky.social
Why does no one talk about, like, athletics that way?

We need to democratize sports. The days of actual athletes hoarding athletic success are over! I should be able to compete in a marathon in my car.
February 6, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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danacorn.bsky.social
Why does art need to be democratized anyway? That’s such a strange worldview, to me. Viewing artists, people who have labored for years, often for little reward, as elitists who are “hoarding” the skills they’ve worked to develop.
scumbelievable.bsky.social Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 8h
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 6, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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scumbelievable.bsky.social
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
aaronradney.bsky.social
character designer brain activated for real!
songsforhorses.com Songs for Horses, about People @songsforhorses.com · 1d
Mongolia and Haiti correctly identified that the Winter Olympics are primarily a chance to design baller cold weather uniforms
Mongolian 2026 winter olympics uniforms Haitian 2026 Winter Olympics uniforms
February 6, 2026 at 8:39 PM
aaronradney.bsky.social
One of the fun things about working on #Ha-Nahn is that all the leaders of the major nations at this point in the story are female (this isn't usually the case for matrilineal societies and a lot of the time they have male figureheads with women power brokers in other ways). But...
February 6, 2026 at 7:03 PM
aaronradney.bsky.social
Hey artists! Quote with your women art.

Not a Ha-Nahn piece but still one of my favorites. This comes from my world of #Zastos. A patron asked me if I had any disabled characters and since I didn't at the time I decided to fix that. What came out was this fabulous lady and I love her!
Dramatic Entrance A beautiful plus sized Black woman descends stairs in a regal outfit, one hand on her hip, a cane at her side for balance and a massive grin on her face as she looks directly down at the viewer. Her dress is done up in reds, oranges and yellows and her hair is slightly curled trailing asymmetrically down the left side of her cheek. The emotion is that all eyes are on her and that’s how she likes it.
February 6, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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davis.social
Hi! I’m Davis 👋 I’m an artist and game dev (half of @twigbit.games)🙂 nice to meet you!
Digital illustration with a traditional appearance of purple and yellow-orange hues on canvas. The setting is Clocktown, from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. A low view of Link stepping away cautiously while looking up past the clocktower at the massive and menacing moon that will soon crash down on Termina. A drawing of a pug, standing on hind legs in a pikachu onesie. The pug's face is partly shadowed by the hood of the onesie and their expression is wide-eyed and askance. Digital drawing with traditional appearance. A woman in a loosely fitting dress that covers everything but her neck up and forearms to hands. Her hands are clasped. Her hair is blowing upward and entwined with planets and stars. Her head is upturned and peaceful. She's part of everything and distinct. Banjo-Kazooie fan art. A digital sketch with a traditional appearance and purple-ish to yellowish hues. It depicts Banjo and Kazooie in a reimagined design, as they scale up Spiral Mountain toward Grunty's Lair. Bottles the Mole looks over the top of Spiral Mountain down towards Banjo and Kazooie.
February 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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coveofmadness.bsky.social
Thanks for hosting, Davis!

I'm Michelle, and I paint TTRPG/ Fantasy!
Two spot illustrations side by side... A group of four Wild West bandits, "Black Hats". Left to right: A Baboon-based Simiah in a decorated military uniform, looking down the barrel of a sniper rifle. An androgynous Drakona, wearing a long black leather duster, holding two pistols across their chest. A Tricloptic Giant in tattered miners clothing, holding an unloaded shotgun in one hand and tossing two cartridges up in the air with the other. A gaunt human woman wearing a hiked up dress and ragged black straw hat. In one hand she aim's a pistol at the view, in the other she grips a small gardening rake. Text: Pistolheart A Western Campaign Supplement for Daggerheart by Carlos Cisco A crimson-skinned Inferni woman riding a dire javelina steed. She wears a black hat and leather chaps, a lasso draped around chest. With one hand she holds the reins, with the other she aims a revolver. Text: Pistolheart A Western Campaign Supplement for Daggerheart by Carlos Cisco My OC Eunice, riding her Palomino draft horse, Corn Puddin', in full adamantine plate armor (with cowboy-flavored kettle hat helm), with her Great Sword held high. She has a big smile on her face. The background is a simple center stripe of pink that fades away behind the horse. Text: "Chargin' Into The Year Of The Horse" TEXT: Pistolheart, A Western Campaign supplement for Daggerheart by Carlos Cisco A train with a big green crystal in the front is coming toward the viewer while two gunslingers, one a fungril and the other a clank, leap from their mounts (a roadrunner and a robot horse) onto the train. Bandits on top of the train fire at them with guns. A cleric astride a flying broom raises a glowing sword above a battle field. Golden, rays of bright light stream out from the sword. Her party members and herself are wrapped in golden glowing flowers and vines. They stare up at her in awe. The party members, counter clockwise from the top left are: A dwarven artificer wearing jeweltones and riding a magic carpet, the cleric wearing a gold breastplate and blue robes; a giant fighter in full adamantine plate and a dragon helm; a half-drow Psi-fighter in blues and purples, floating mid-air and holding her crossbow; and a tiefling ranger, arms stretched out in joy and relief. Behind the party members is a truly gargantuan giant, you can see him only up to his knees. He wears silver greaves and you can catch a glimpse of his great axe. Ruins of a city are in the distant background.
February 6, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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lespreuh.bsky.social
Thank you @davis.social for the art share ✨

Hi I'm Lëspreüh

I assembling small lines to create things with teeth, feathers & tentacles
Dessin noir et blanc d'un profil de femme à la coiffe phrygienne très ornementée Accueil Tendances 1 Notifications Listes Hashtags suivis Favoris Marque-pages Mention privée Préférences Tendance en ce moment #mediocremeals 127 pers. sur les 2 derniers jours #FensterFreitag 186 pers. sur les 2 derniers jours #リアクション履歴の5番目がお前の本性 69 pers. sur les 2 derniers jours Texte alternatif Dessin noir et blanc format A3 d'une reine crapaud portant de nombreux bijoux, une couronne, un sceptre et une cape. Un cœur blanc est visible sur sa poitrine. Elle semble gardé un tas de pièces sous ses pattes. Elle apparaît au milieu d'un cadre art nouveau circulaire. Au dessus un étang où flottent des nénuphars Dessin noir et blanc d'un corbeau de profil dont les ailes comportent des parties mécaniques. Des os, des plumes, des engrenages et des mécanismes d'horlogerie, des insectes et des racines composent l'arrière plan avec un cercle central Dessin d'un crâne d'oiseau d'où sortent des tentacules. En arrière plan des livres anciens sur des étagères, des plumes voletant et de petites clés flottant dans l'air
February 6, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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shiftypumpkin.com
Hey Davis, thanks for sharing! I make oil paintings of natural & fantasy landscapes #art #tradart #oilpainting

perceptivepumpkin.com/gallery/
shiftypumpkin.etsy.com
ko-fi.com/shiftypumpkin
twitch.tv/shiftypumpkin
“Misty Woods”, an 18”x24” oil painting of a dark, closed-in forest with breaks of sunlight and fog. Streaks of light shine through the dense canopy as a small, hidden feline watches the surroundings from a safe enclosure. “Bay Waves”, an 18”x24” oil painting of a bright, open seascape. A large wave crashes onto the shore, as cliffs and clouds sit in the background. “Autumn Stream”, an 18”x24” oil painting of a forest in autumn. A dramatic sunset and gathering clouds fill the sky, with rolling hills of colorful trees. A slightly rushing stream cuts through the clearing towards the viewer. 18”x24” oil painting of dark, jagged mountains amongst a cloudy, stormy sky. The clouds are sweeping across the largest mountain in the center of the painting. A break in the clouds from the upper-left casts a semi-golden light down on the landscape. Pine trees and a shallow pond sit in the foreground.
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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davis.social
ARTISTS! Let’s do an art share!

Life is heavy, but we need to also make room for joy and beauty.

Let’s share, support, and find each other!

Spread the post to reach the most! 💙
a digital illustration with a traditional appearance on yellowed paper, of a reimagined banjo-kazooie. kazooie has a speech bubble saying "art share!"
February 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM
aaronradney.bsky.social
I still have 4/5 slots available for commissions as I look for additional work this year.
Contact: commissions@aaronradney.com Flat drawings -Objects/environments: $30 per -Character Bust (chest up): $45 per -Full Body: $55 -Simple Backgrounds: Always included in these (simple backgrounds are a shape or a texture or a very quickly drawn indication of an environment) -Complex Backgrounds (anything extra I have to draw): +$20 to base line price Shaded Sketches Objects/environments: $50 per -Character Bust (chest up): $65 per -Full Body Character: $85 -Simple Backgrounds: + 25 on top of anything else (simple backgrounds are a shape or a texture or a very quickly drawn indication of an environment) -Complex Backgrounds (anything extra I have to draw): +$20 to base line price Cel-Shaded Drawing -Objects/environments: $65 per -Character Bust (chest up): $80 per -Full Body Character: $120 -Simple Backgrounds: +40 on top of anything else -Complex Backgrounds (anything extra I have to draw): +$60 to base line price Maps -Region/Sketch: $75 -Continent/Sketch: $100 -Region/Color: $85 -Continent/Color $125 Alt Text consultation/writing: $20/4 pieces
February 6, 2026 at 4:24 PM
aaronradney.bsky.social
Awesome to see this again! It's too early for me to resubmit (I just put in something 2 weeks ago) but I always like to share this around when the ADs drop these.
labillustration.bsky.social Evui @ Emerald City Comic Con F-25 @labillustration.bsky.social · 11h
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February 6, 2026 at 3:29 PM
aaronradney.bsky.social
Years ago for #Ha-Nahn I painted this piece called Borderland Scout. But the border scouts of Ha-Nahn are so markedly different from any border guards in our world. They're not there to keep people from moving across nations but rather aid travelers in need, alert about dangers/monsters etc.
Borderland Scout A dark skinned Black woman sitting atop an antelope of some sort outfitted with a saddle and riding harness. The creature is standing atop a rocky outcropping as the woman looks off into the distance. A vast sky surrounds her giving the piece a feeling of openness and majesty as birds circle high in the sky around her.
February 6, 2026 at 3:20 PM
aaronradney.bsky.social
I'm Aaron, a fantasy illustrator working on non-Eurocentric stories including my own Pan-African fantasy world of #Ha-Nahn. I've done work for the Wagadu Chronicles, Into the Motherlands, @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social and more.

Find me at www.aaronradney.com and patreon.com/aaronradney
Mwindaji, Remnant Leader Image of Mwindaji, a named Remnant (a type of living weapon in Ha-Nahn that is formed when a weapon absorbs so much hatred and malice from its owner that it tries to keep on fighting even after that person dies) stalking forward through an eerie yellow orange night with a full moon. She wears a purple torn and tattered garment with great blades for her arms and a masked, eyeless face. She leads a small troop of others behind her as though prepared to destroy an unsuspecting village. Her body is full of indications of damage from previous battles and yet she still exists. Nature’s Aegis An image of a Black non-binary person in a rainforest environment. They are a mage and the painting is done primarily in a green pallet. They’re channeling nature magic into a protective cloak that trails away from her shoulders and arcs gracefully across the page. They look over their shoulder at it serenely and is seen from a slightly raised angle. Small calligraphic symbols can be seen throughout the image. Borderland Scout A dark skinned Black woman sitting atop an antelope of some sort outfitted with a saddle and riding harness. The creature is standing atop a rocky outcropping as the woman looks off into the distance. A vast sky surrounds her giving the piece a feeling of openness and majesty as birds circle high in the sky around her. Oaths to keep Two figures stand on a rise overlooking a dense forest at sunset. The world is rendered in luscious oranges, pinks, reds and gold. The two figures, silhouetted in the foreground look into the distance where a large temple complex rises out of the forest canopy. They clearly have a distance to go but the destination is in sight.
February 6, 2026 at 3:10 PM
aaronradney.bsky.social
I'm reminded of two incidents immediately. one that happened to my mom and aunt, another that happened to me.

In the first case a woman came banging on my family's door (well before I was born). Torn clothes, disheveled and scared out of her mind. She'd narrowly escaped a kidnapping apparently.
johnbrownstan.bsky.social JB stan account @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · 20h
Just watched a video of two kids driving a car down the road at night and there's a woman clearly in distress in the road, all wet, up the hill from a lake.

Obviously because this is so super spooky THEY DON'T STOP FOR HER
February 6, 2026 at 5:47 AM
aaronradney.bsky.social
A bit of poetry to teach children about the dangers of remnants like Mwindaji.
This bit of dark poetry came up while I was working on a write up tonight. “Step by step they come. Through the trees and over the hills, like a wicked scythe they come. To cut the villages down. Mile by mile they come. Past the ruins and up to the walls, like a ruinous tide they come. To cut the villages down. Led by Mwindaji they come. Screaming bronze swords in living form. No lights and no sound, don’t want to be found. To keep from being cut down.” - - Khem children’s rhyme Mwindaji, Remnant Leader Image of Mwindaji, a named Remnant (a type of living weapon in Ha-Nahn that is formed when a weapon absorbs so much hatred and malice from its owner that it tries to keep on fighting even after that person dies) stalking forward through an eerie yellow orange night with a full moon. She wears a purple torn and tattered garment with great blades for her arms and a masked, eyeless face. She leads a small troop of others behind her as though prepared to destroy an unsuspecting village. Her body is full of indications of damage from previous battles and yet she still exists.
February 6, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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breeedo.bsky.social
Sharing again.

Thank you for the continued support 🖤
breeedo.bsky.social Breeedo🩸 @breeedo.bsky.social · 4d
Both accounts went negative today because I’m still catching up on everything. This is overwhelming. I keep hitting my goals, thank you to everyone, but I can’t hold onto anything for long cuz something always has to be paid.

I’m behind on so much. I’m trying.
Anything helps 🖤

ko-fi.com/breeedo
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
aaronradney.bsky.social
Excited to be doing commissions again but my reach is *so* much smaller due to the fragmentation of everything now than it used to be on Twitter. But I'm also a much better artist now so here's hoping that helps!
Contact: commissions@aaronradney.com Flat drawings -Objects/environments: $30 per -Character Bust (chest up): $45 per -Full Body: $55 -Simple Backgrounds: Always included in these (simple backgrounds are a shape or a texture or a very quickly drawn indication of an environment) -Complex Backgrounds (anything extra I have to draw): +$20 to base line price Shaded Sketches Objects/environments: $50 per -Character Bust (chest up): $65 per -Full Body Character: $85 -Simple Backgrounds: + 25 on top of anything else (simple backgrounds are a shape or a texture or a very quickly drawn indication of an environment) -Complex Backgrounds (anything extra I have to draw): +$20 to base line price Cel-Shaded Drawing -Objects/environments: $65 per -Character Bust (chest up): $80 per -Full Body Character: $120 -Simple Backgrounds: +40 on top of anything else -Complex Backgrounds (anything extra I have to draw): +$60 to base line price Maps -Region/Sketch: $75 -Continent/Sketch: $100 -Region/Color: $85 -Continent/Color $125 Alt Text consultation/writing: $20/4 pieces
February 5, 2026 at 1:31 AM
aaronradney.bsky.social
Reposting again. I've still got 4/5 slots available right now at these reduced prices.
aaronradney.bsky.social Aaron Radney Commissions Closed (For Now) @aaronradney.bsky.social · 9d
I'm still getting vgen stuff set up but while I work that out I'm going to try managing this the way I have in the past but with a better, simplified price page and reduced prices.

I have 4 slots remaining for anyone who wants them. If this goes well more may open in the future.
Contact: commissions@aaronradney.com Flat drawings -Objects/environments: $30 per -Character Bust (chest up): $45 per -Full Body: $55 -Simple Backgrounds: Always included in these (simple backgrounds are a shape or a texture or a very quickly drawn indication of an environment) -Complex Backgrounds (anything extra I have to draw): +$20 to base line price Shaded Sketches Objects/environments: $50 per -Character Bust (chest up): $65 per -Full Body Character: $85 -Simple Backgrounds: + 25 on top of anything else (simple backgrounds are a shape or a texture or a very quickly drawn indication of an environment) -Complex Backgrounds (anything extra I have to draw): +$20 to base line price Cel-Shaded Drawing -Objects/environments: $65 per -Character Bust (chest up): $80 per -Full Body Character: $120 -Simple Backgrounds: +40 on top of anything else -Complex Backgrounds (anything extra I have to draw): +$60 to base line price Maps -Region/Sketch: $75 -Continent/Sketch: $100 -Region/Color: $85 -Continent/Color $125 Alt Text consultation/writing: $20/4 pieces
February 5, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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breeedo.bsky.social
Mutual Aid request for Black, queer, disabled person and their pet. If they don’t make the deadline, they will be on the streets.

Please help Britt if you can 🖤
February 5, 2026 at 1:03 AM
aaronradney.bsky.social
Sarah is one of the more multi-skilled folks I know and definitely someone you should be supporting all year but especially throw a sister a bone in BHM. Come on!
killianfantasy.bsky.social Sarah IS LOOKING FOR WORK!!! @killianfantasy.bsky.social · 3d
I learned this morning that I'm furloughed again due to the partial government shutdown which means my check tomorrow might be my last one for a while. 🙃

So, with that in mind......
February 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
aaronradney.bsky.social
I have so much I could say on this and there's a lot of people I know who would not be happy about it.
jackmirkinson.bsky.social Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 3d
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.

We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
www.thenation.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM
aaronradney.bsky.social
I went back and forth about whether to post this or not but I don't know, maybe it helps someone else. One of my friends suggested some of these feelings of inadequacy come from fixating too much on what makes it socials.

But this question of "should I be doing more" keeps nagging me.
In the midst of all of this awful I think sometimes about whether I should be doing more. As an artist I think we all have these feelings at one level or another. I go through the list of things I do: I work in a library, I help unhoused people literally everyday, I help people get their material needs met. I connect people with social workers on site to help them navigate these fucked up systems. I get people forms and documents they need for a variety of things. I teach people about history and politics through the displays I make. I'm teaching people to question authority through the DnD games I run at work. I regularly educate people on line nad in person in my space about shit going on. I've taught people about how to parse information and sources. I routinely put together informational dossiers on politicians and issues every election so people in my circle and theirs can be informed voters and I haven't been silent about the various atrocities happening at any moment. So with all of that I wonder sometimes why it STILL doesn't feel like enough and if anything ever would be.
February 3, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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beavs.bsky.social
twitter must be dead dead cause someone posted a rat coin purse that would have 2019 twitter losing its collective mind and most of the top comments are bots saying random words or people not nearly amped enough about the rat coin purse
a glorious rat coin purse twitter comments that range from "oh! so contradictory - laugh & cringe" to "so curious to know who would want this - any ideas?"
February 3, 2026 at 5:39 AM