Aaron Radney Commissions Closed (For Now)
LightNews LightNews
banner
aaronradney.bsky.social
Aaron Radney Commissions Closed (For Now)
@aaronradney.bsky.social
4.8K followers 500 following 9.6K posts
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
Email: [email protected]
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
aaronradney.bsky.social
Aaron Radney Commissions Closed (For Now) @aaronradney.bsky.social · 8d
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
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 · 53m
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
Reposted by Aaron Radney Commissions Closed (For Now)
breeedo.bsky.social
Sharing again.

Thank you for the continued support 🖤
breeedo.bsky.social Breeedo🩸 @breeedo.bsky.social · 3d
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 · 8d
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
Reposted by Aaron Radney Commissions Closed (For Now)
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 · 2d
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 · 2d
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
Reposted by Aaron Radney Commissions Closed (For Now)
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
aaronradney.bsky.social
This is why I couldn't run for anything in Missouri. I hate it here.
rincewind.run Micah @rincewind.run · 3d
this is a very cool thing to do and also highlights one of the biggest keys to Zohran's appeal: he just thinks New York City is really neat

people who live somewhere want to vote for someone who likes it there and wants to make it better, not someone who wants to use it as a springboard
mayor.nyc.gov Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 3d
It’s your city, from the sidewalk to the skyline. The David Dinkins Municipal Building’s rooftop is open & free to everyone, starting this June.
February 3, 2026 at 3:44 AM
aaronradney.bsky.social
Man, today has been real productive. I got up, read the news, cleaned my bathroom, did dishes, went grocery shopping and am currently folding and putting away laundry... and I still feel like I haven't done enough with my day (I do still have some art to finish).

That feeling is bullshit! lol.
February 2, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Reposted by Aaron Radney Commissions Closed (For Now)
rsagarcia.bsky.social
Everyone's struggling & the world's on fire so I'm sorry to ask, but I need your help again.

If you could donate and/or share my Go Fund Me campaign, it would go a long way to helping me pay for increased costs for my breast cancer treatment. Details in my update.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...
Donate to Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses, organized by Arula Ratnakar
Hi everyone, I'm Rhonda, also known as R. S. A. Garcia, a speculative … Arula Ratnakar needs your support for Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses
www.gofundme.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Reposted by Aaron Radney Commissions Closed (For Now)
michaelwhelan.bsky.social
Completely lost on the 77M Americans who voted for this nightmare is that Habeas Corpus is a critical underpinning of our legal system.

We don't exist as a free society without the right to challenge unlawful imprisonment. It's crazy that 41% of Americans approve of this unlawful presidency.
jonathanmladd.com Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 4d
Beyond your 6th Amendment right to an attorney, this seems like a violation of Article 1 protected Habeas Corpus rights. How can you file a Habeas petition if you’re held incommunicado?
adamrose.bsky.social Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 5d
Lawyers can't reach clients in ICE detention. I've heard it anecdotally, but scale of issue is horrifying.

Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.

news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
February 1, 2026 at 2:21 PM
aaronradney.bsky.social
This is unequivocally good. It should've never happened in the first place and we shouldn't stop until these concentration camps are demolished and all their people freed.

Everyone has to understand the republicans are utter ghouls and must be electorally punished for this.
joaquincastrotx.bsky.social Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 4d
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Reposted by Aaron Radney Commissions Closed (For Now)
fiyahlitmag.bsky.social
Proud to be here for another Black History Month! Show some love to the Black creators who've been a part of FIYAH for the past decade:
go.bsky.app/VSHmC2p
February 1, 2026 at 4:56 PM
aaronradney.bsky.social
To celebrate @michaelwhelan.bsky.social following me back O.O

Here's some dragons!

Also, I didn't realize it... but you can see the influence from his Pern dragons in the eyes of almost all of these guys!
Ayrmael, God of Creation A digital illustration of a massive divine dragon with purple and gold coloration. The massive beast flies over a mountain city with floating islands all around. As it turns in the sky its wings trail through clouds. The creature has a thick almost gorilla like body and stripes like a tiger but made of something like gold that seems to flow beneath its skin. Draconic Researcher A digital painting of a heavy set Black man seen from behind looking into a morning sky of pinks, purples and oranges across a vast open plain. Strange mountains that float and are broken in places with a clear magical feel are seen far in the distance ringing part of the bottom edge of the page. The figure is shirtless and holding a book with glowing blue writing in his right hand as his left is raised, shielding his eyes. Above him, centered in the frame a massive orange dragon, sleek with long straight wings dominates the image, its wings outstretched as it soars down and its sinuous body blends elements of eastern and western dragon designs A classic western/DnD style young red dragon posing! he wears a blue scarf and many rings while standing vainly and proudly. He has jet black eyes that are similar to the pupiless alien eyes of Michael Whelan's dragons.
February 1, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Reposted by Aaron Radney Commissions Closed (For Now)
devenrue.com
Use code "H52BD" for 50% off monthly/annual subscription! www.patreon.com/c/DevenRue
Deven Rue | Patreon
helping you map your imagination
www.patreon.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:24 PM
aaronradney.bsky.social
Happy birthday Deven! It's been a joy to get to know you continue to pick up tips from you and to have you as a friend. :D

I know you know it already but I'm going to say it directly, you're awesome! Thanks for making such great stuff for me to learn from too.
devenrue.com Deven Rue 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @devenrue.com · 5d
Tomorrow is my birthday & the anniversary of my Dwendalian Empire map appearing on Critical Role back in 2018! Wish me happy birthday by joining my Patreon to learn how I create maps, access my art & maps archives, and now Fantastical Geographic issues & Explorer Packs!
A vintage looking photo of a map of the Dwendalian Empire surrounded by coins, gems, and navigation tools. The Dwendalian Empire is a part of the fictional world of Exandria from Critical Role.
February 1, 2026 at 4:40 PM
aaronradney.bsky.social
It's funny to think about how growing up my mom had so many of these on her bookshelf. I didn't realize it at the time but these covers, even before I read the books would set the groundwork for me becoming an illustrator.

It'd be a long time before I realized who Michael Whelan was...
michaelwhelan.bsky.social Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 4d
Taking a look back at The White Dragon, the Anne McCaffrey book that changed everything, as we review the 20 covers published in the year 1978 in this week's newsletter:

theartofmichaelwhelan.substack.com/p/1978-year-...
Ruth, a pearl white dragon with green eyes, poses regally with wings spread against a cliff face. Her rider Jaxom rears back, saddle-mounted just above her wings. A foreclaw grips rock as the other releases, flexing like fingers. Ruth's tail, marked with a parallel ridges of short spikes and ending in a spade-shaped tip, curls forward around her back leg. A tiny dragon grasps Jaxom's finger, perching like a bird. Across the misty valley, a group of dragons take flight, soaring past the Red Star which hangs in deep blue sky like a bloody moon just above the jagged spine of mountains.
February 1, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Reposted by Aaron Radney Commissions Closed (For Now)
evynfong.bsky.social
Hi guys! There was confusion about the blind auction, so I'll be doing this as a live auction instead. Bidding has opened at 1000 USD; please contact me to place a bid.

The auction will end on 1/31 10pm PST. Bids placed in the last 10 mins will extend the time by 10 mins.
evynfong.bsky.social Evyn Fong @evynfong.bsky.social · 19d
Hello!! To kick off the Lorwyn release, I'll be doing a blind auction for this process sketch for Dawnhand Eulogist. This is a sketch I did for the final painting to scan and paint over, touched up to make it look nice : ) It is graphite on masonite board.
January 18, 2026 at 8:56 PM
aaronradney.bsky.social
A good thread and it ties to a thing Syn and I talked about recently that I'm still noodling on.

There's a phrase that "laws are threats" that I think got popular in a lot of nerd spaces thanks to Brennan Lee Mulligan and I think, idea wise comes from Foucalt.

But I don't think they have to be.
synxiec.blacksky.app スキタダキマ〜ス🌻 @synxiec.blacksky.app · 5d
I want to take a moment to talk us through this thought and the term "politics" for a moment.

First let me say, this comment is part of a larger thread discussion. This comment is fine. This person is okay. Nothing bad there.

HOWEVER, "I don't consider [thing] political..." needs clarification. /1
akesslerrpg.bsky.social PsiPrimeProductions @akesslerrpg.bsky.social · 5d
And I will absolutely defend anyone's right to be in my space as long as they aren't being bigoted towards others. I don't consider that political. Just basic human decency.
February 1, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Reposted by Aaron Radney Commissions Closed (For Now)
richardkadrey.bsky.social
Okay troublemakers, punks, antifa supervillains, and anyone who just enjoys being a petty little shitbird while they fuck up the algorithm of a massive media corp. Here's your assignment for the weekend. Get on it and spread the word.
Get in. We're messing up Melania's Amazon search results. This weekend, Amazon is premiering it's $40 million Melania Trump documentary. It already seems to be a flop. But we're going to take it one step further by messing up Melania's Amazon search results. Specifically, we're going to amplify the paranormal erotic thriller, Melania: Devourer of Men so it ranks higher than her movie. The book is perfect: it's absurd, the cover is ridiculous, and it's free, so we're not giving Amazon any money. We need people to: 1. "buy" the book (it's free) 2. Share this post and get other people to buy the book. That's it. Then we can celebrate as an erotic novel about a bat monster Melania Trump becomes a higher and higher search result on Amazon.
January 31, 2026 at 9:05 PM
aaronradney.bsky.social
This compliment was incredibly kind and since I'm in a bad mood today I definitely needed it to put a smile on my face.

With that said, I do want to talk a bit about this because the two anthropology classes did *so* much for the worldbuilding of #Ha-Nahn.
queentashie.bsky.social QueenTashie 🐀 @queentashie.bsky.social · 6d
Literally I was just thinking how the depth of your art makes so much more sense because you took anthropology
February 1, 2026 at 12:03 AM
aaronradney.bsky.social
Using a gif or video, give everyone a sneak peek at your flirting technique.

Meanwhile, my demisexual ass...
January 31, 2026 at 4:59 AM