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Hi, my name is Mackenzie! I'm a 2d artist. She/they | 24 | Autistic https://linktr.ee/mackenziespurlock Commission form: https://forms.gle/Y321h27SCn1q5pR68

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blackcherri (comms open, looking for work) @blackcherri.bsky.social · Nov 5

Check out my commissions! Link to form in replies or in my linktree.

I can do character art/illustrations, fanart, pixel art, and turnaround sheets

#art #commissions #artist #artistonbluesky #artistonbsky

Left: Commissions, character art; Base prices (simple background included): Flat color $20, shading $40, lineless $60; Extras: $10 per extra character, detailed background = plus 50% of base price.

Right: four images Left to right top to bottom:
1. Scandinavian shaman (female) with red hair in a braid, gold headband with deer antlers, green dress, and holding a staff with yggdrasil tree symbol glowing and summoning an eagle. Background is a snowy landscape with mountains.
2. Marinette/Miraculous Ladybug in a "leaning against a wall with one foot on the wall" pose while slinging her yo-yo upward.
3. Blue cat demon with one eye, sharp teeth, and sticking its tongue out while smiling.
4. Biped lizard monster with green skin, smiling orange lips with sharp teeth, no arms, red eyes, and spikes going down its back and tail.

Animated Sprites.
$30 base price.
64 by 64, includes walk/run cycle, jump, 1 attack, and death animations; delivered as a zip folder containing frames and GIF animations
+$10 per extra animation
+$15 to increase sprite size to 128x128

Right: 4 examples, clockwise starting from the top:
1. Slime monster, green; idle, moving, attack, death animations, and alt colors.
2. elf character wearing grey clothes with pointy hat; has crouch and jump sprite, death animation, walking animation, and idle animation.
3. Rolling ball robot enemy with rolling animation and open/close animation.
4. Robot player with light grey head and body, and dark grey limbs; has idle animation, walk/run cycle, jump and crouch sprites, and death animation where the head explodes and player falls apart.

Left: Commissions, Turnaround sheets.
Character Design Turnaround Sheet.
$30 base price.
In color; includes front, side, and back views.
+$15 for 3/4 views
+$15 for prop close-ups
+$5 for 5 expressions (no color)

Right: examples, top to bottom left to right
1. Skully (they/them); dark purple biped cat with face markings resembling a skull.
2. Jack the giant killer; red pointy hat, red shirt with a brown belt that has a gold rhombus buckle, brown pants with pockets, and light brown shoes.
3. The Prince; blond hair, silver crown with blue gems, dark purple shirt with black belt, black pants, and brown shoes.

Top: commissions

Left:
Guidelines:
Be specific on what you want.
Send references (ex: images and color palettes).
I work on commissions in the order I get them, so please be patient.
PayPal only, prices are in USD.
Must pay upfront before I start.
Will show progress for each stage (lineart, color, shading, lineless).
Three (3) free revisions; +$5 per extra revision afterwards.
Add note with “commission” or “gift” and the date you sent it. Don’t be funny and write something inappropriate or else I’ll get banned.
Refunds only offered under extenuating circumstances.
Don’t hesitate to ask me questions.

Right: Do's and don'ts:

I will do:
Humans/humanoids,
Animals,
Fanart,
Creatures,
OCs,
Ship art,
Crossovers,
and Mild blood/gore.

I will not do:
NSFW/explicit content,
Incest,
Pedophilia/underage,
Zoophilia,
Fetishes,
NFTs,
Bigotry/Hate art,
and Realism/super complex.

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Your Left Pocket @yourleftpocket.bsky.social · 7h

$0/$15

@AmandaK6 PayPal
@Amanda-Keene-14 Venmo

for some help with getting some baby wipes and some jar baby food until I get paid. If anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it; thank you so much

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Your Left Pocket @yourleftpocket.bsky.social · 7h

0/50

Been out of work the past two weeks due to kidney stones, and really trying to get gas money to get to and from work. . Anything helps

cashtag
$0oskao0

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Your Left Pocket @yourleftpocket.bsky.social · 7h

0/10

to get a couple of gallons of milk for my 2yr old We have enough to last until tonight. I will be able to walk and get some please. Some mamas will understand what it's like to have a toddler without their milk. Thank you in advance

Cashapp $turnerfamily1317
Venmo @brittanyturner1317

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Your Left Pocket @yourleftpocket.bsky.social · 7h

hours being cut & having to secure a lawyer, late fees on rent & basic survival we have like .60 to our name

I really need to get groceries, gas & diapers 😭

the gas can help me try to doordash for the rest

Any help would be great 😭
20/50

$StevieMarie98 is my cashapp 💗
TIA for any help

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Your Left Pocket @yourleftpocket.bsky.social · 7h

Can you make a post for me for a hundred my phone is off in two days and I really need help anything helps the more I get it paid down the better

PayPal [email protected]

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X-Men Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · 7h

Shouldn't have cackled as hard as I did at this, but here we are...

By Ed Harrington

Storm trooper giving candy to a Halloween jawa trick or treating and missing the bag completely

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Just a girl and her books @thebookwyrmshoard2.bsky.social · 7h

🤣

Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social · 10h

It’s time to break out the pumpkin spice antacids.

You know, the auTums.

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Chris Berube @chrisberube.bsky.social · 7h

"Oh yeah? You like baseball? What if I make you smoke *an entire pack* of baseball?"

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 17h

Billionaire Peter Thiel believes Greta Thunberg works for the Antichrist.

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 7h

Basically

Creature is to Creator

Kind of As

Art is to Artist

Composition is to Composer

Photo is to Photographer

Etc …

Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 7h

Word Facts

Creature

Some people assume that “Creature” has an intrinsically negative commotion but it literally means a begin that was created by a creator … with implication of the creator being a god …

Such as “all creatures great and small”

Anyway …

super cool clip of Alex Trebek:

CC Kirby @cckirby.bsky.social · 7h

Alex Trebek saying "the creature" on this episode of Jeopardy! from Halloween 1997

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Samir Barrett @sketchmasterskillz.bsky.social · 7h

all these cool animation announcements, waiting on the animation job announcements next

a cartoon penguin is standing on top of a snow covered hill .

ALT: a cartoon penguin is standing on top of a snow covered hill .

media.tenor.com

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Miji 🔞· ʀᴇɴᴍᴇɪ ʙʀᴀɪɴʀᴏᴛ ᴇʀᴀ @mijikaaitan.bsky.social · 14h

Yall have got to start spreading this like wildfire and start locking in

Otherwise if not, it will be too late and it’s goodbye to our internet safety and privacy forever

I am dead serious, please please PLEASE raise hell and spread awareness on this. Please don’t ignore this

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 18h

#SaveSpeech

KOSA has amassed more cosponsors recently, jumping from 42 to 60 total

You need to call your reps and DEMAND that they oppose this legislation ASAP

The link below contains more info about KOSA and an easy way to contact your reps
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

Please call DAILY

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James Gunn @jamesgunn.bsky.social · 9h

Superman won a Harvey Award for best comic adaptation at New York Comic Con! The award is named after and inspired by the great Harvey Kurtzman, who revolutionized comics and left the world a better – and much wittier place than he found it. Thanks to everyone at the Harvey Awards for this honor!

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Corodon @thecorodon.bsky.social · 11h

Exodus 8:2
"If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country."

Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 22h

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Bobby Schroeder @ponett.dog · 3h

only just realized the wikipedia article still calls it twitter. truly the worst rebrand of all time

A screenshot of the top of the Wikipedia page for Twitter. The first paragraph begins with "Twitter, officially known as X since 2023, is an"

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Satan @thedevil.bsky.social · 13h

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 3d

friends, unfortunately I am in need of some help again to keep a roof over my head

we are moving out of this flat on the 17th (in 10 days) we got for the month, and nowhere to go with very little funds so far

I am trying to raise about 1500 Euros while I am interviewing and applying to grants

Pay Berrak Nil Boya using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/berrakn and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

paypal.me

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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 1h

Beauty advisor.

A brown and white cat sitting in a white chair in a beauty shop.

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Your Left Pocket @yourleftpocket.bsky.social · 55m

0/40

Could use some urgent help with gas since we have to drive places to find parking, it took awhile for our car to turn on

Venmo maria-Bauer-27

Cash app is $HavenBauer123

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Your Left Pocket @yourleftpocket.bsky.social · 54m

0/107 by 11 am

Shelter for Dolly, newborn, and 8yo. Single blk parent with PPD, POTS, Ehlers-Danos, etc in absolutely CRITICAL need of financial support and in-person accommodation.

Cashapp: $BabyMamaShark
Venmo: @f0rbidden_pets
(Please Note The Zero)
PayPal: DollylsDed

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 7h

I can only assume the name of the company is

Peg-asus Trans-port?

Elliot 🥕 @nameoftheyear.bsky.social · 11h

LOSING MY MIND AT THE PHONE NUMBER ON THIS BUS IN FRONT OF ME

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 7h

Alt text:

Post from girliesinnermonologue

Assumes to be girlies inner monologue

•••
Did the name odysseus already exist before the odyssey?
or was Homer just like "This is my new book 'The Journey' and our hero's name... Journathan"

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Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 7h

Unclench your jaw.

Relax your brow.

Go get a drink of water.

See if you've taken your meds

Eat something.

Doesn't matter what you look like right now, i think you look amazing.

Because you do.

You're a wonderful person.

And have this. 🫂🖤 you did great today. You made it through

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Rosegarden54 @rosegarden54.bsky.social · 1d

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Despoina She/They [Commissions Open] @desdarkdesigns.bsky.social · 1d

This is the end result of any age verification law that is passed and you have to show it to everyone around you so that they understand the risk of these laws.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
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The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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