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A.C. Esguerra
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comics artist + writer in LA. probably inkstained. EIGHTY DAYS (GLAAD nominated, YALSA listed). they/them. blueludebar.com
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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 4d
cemetery drive ♦️ concept art from a comic i may or may not draw, about a reckless punk and the lolita-fashion seamstress who loves them. enjoy
an illustration of an androgynous anime youth with a disaffected expression, dressed in an elaborate beribboned top over baggy, slit pants and combat boots. they hold a dagger and lean on a white marble tomb in a Romantic or gothic style that's been broken into halves; a bright red light is shining through the crack behind them. one of their shoes rests on a carving of a cartoony snake coming out of a skull crowned with roses. other imagery on the tomb include more skulls, a transgender symbol and a partially eroded crown that looks suspiciously similar to a certain fashion designer's logo. there is also text etched into the tomb, i wont type it out here but suffice it to say that the bulk of it is a German translation (accuracy not guaranteed) of the lyrics to Famous Last Words by My Chemical Romance. framing the piece is a border of stained glass, its complex panels shining with the colors of many jewels.
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📖 Bytes of Game Ads 📺

"Finally, Prince enters the world of X68000..."

Leaping out of you from the pages of LOGIN Magazine's Feb 1991 issue: one of the coolest ads I've ever seen for the original Prince of Persia.
A horizontal ad for the X68000 version of Prince of Persia, with a frame-by-frame arc of lthe amimation frames of the leaping Prince, seen in profile, arcing between the monitors of a beige PC and a Sharp X68000. The logo and further deets can be seen below the X68000.
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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From the C.P. Garlic (Captain Garlic) sale, here is a piece of the mangaka's personal letterhead paper, circa 1981 - 1982 at best. This is relatively thin and yet printed with a very vibrant cyan. 8 x 11 Inches (21.59 x 27.94 cm)
A piece of letterhead paper by the mangaka C.P. Garlic (Captain Garlic) featuring Char and Garma (Charma) as gangsters with chibi police officers about them. This paper is bright cyan with white details. Gundam doujinshi, circa 1981 to 1982.
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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at 17 i got a scholarship to a design program at a top university where the dominant attitude was that traditional/narrative art was obsolete. my partner convinced me that i'd destroy myself if i stayed there. i left for art school and decided to specialize in traditional ink, watercolor and comics.
recursecenter.bsky.social Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · 14d
What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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painting days
an almost-finished watercolor illustration on bristol paper of an androgynous figure whose body is half-transformed into a crustacean, shrimp-like form, standing in a hot springs. bat-like wings emerge from the shoulder blades and the curve of his spine extends into large segmented tail. in one hand, he draws apart a veil covered in droplets of water. his curly hair cascades into his face and down his back as he regards a second figure in the water who is looking up at him. the color scheme is mainly mottled red-purples and dark green in the background, shimmery fuchsias in the veil, and fluorescent green in the water and reflections. the first wash of an in-progress watercolor illustration on bristol paper of a young woman in a puff-sleeved dress trimmed with lace sitting with Bruno from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, in a field of flowers. the color scheme is mainly bright, warm yellow-tinged tones in the upper half of the painting and cool violets and blue-greens where the shadows of the plants are falling in the lower half.
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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my comic i drew for myself
September 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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i love writing whole ass soliloquies in the alt text. i don't know if anyone actually reads them but i am describing the shit out of my chronically overcomplicated art for YOU
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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cemetery drive ♦️ concept art from a comic i may or may not draw, about a reckless punk and the lolita-fashion seamstress who loves them. enjoy
an illustration of an androgynous anime youth with a disaffected expression, dressed in an elaborate beribboned top over baggy, slit pants and combat boots. they hold a dagger and lean on a white marble tomb in a Romantic or gothic style that's been broken into halves; a bright red light is shining through the crack behind them. one of their shoes rests on a carving of a cartoony snake coming out of a skull crowned with roses. other imagery on the tomb include more skulls, a transgender symbol and a partially eroded crown that looks suspiciously similar to a certain fashion designer's logo. there is also text etched into the tomb, i wont type it out here but suffice it to say that the bulk of it is a German translation (accuracy not guaranteed) of the lyrics to Famous Last Words by My Chemical Romance. framing the piece is a border of stained glass, its complex panels shining with the colors of many jewels.
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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for my birthday i took a stained glass workshop. made an abstract scorpion!! 🦂♦️✨
my hand holds a metal chain attached to a square/diamond-shaped stained glass piece in front of sunlight coming in from a window. the diamond is divided by black curving metal lines into sections resembling a scorpion. its body is a blue-purple swirl piece of glass while its tail and pincers are a purpley burgundy. smaller, surrounding pieces of glass alternate between clear, a lighter purple-grey and red. a round central piece encircled by the stinger is a focal point, in bright red.
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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archway comic panels from THE PRINCE (2025)
a pencil drawing in a sketchbook of an elaborately carved archway. the pillars have leaf and diamond motifs and the top has three curves. a pencil drawing in a sketchbook of an elaborately carved double archway. the twin gothic arches come to a point and are supported by slender, scrolled pillars around which messy ivy is growing.
October 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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sympathy is a knife #capri #captiveprince #caprisky
an extremely tilted black and white illustration of Damen of Akielos and Laurent of Vere (from Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat) facing each ither in profile against a stark white background. Laurent's hands guide Damen's, holding a dagger, to just under his own ribcage. drawn in traditional ink and painted in Clip Studio. slightly disjointed text clipped from the printed book reads: "'I'm not going to use the knife', said Damen, 'but if you're willing to put it in my hand, you underestimate how much I want to.'"
August 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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approach the throne
a cropped, slightly tilted black-and-white image of Laurent of Vere from CAPTIVE PRINCE by C.S. Pacat. dressed in an off-shoulder cape, a dark form-fitting doublet and pants both fastened with intricate laces, gloves and leather riding boots, he sits on a gilded throne in a relaxed pose with one leg crossed over the other, his wrist resting on the knee. the linework is traditionally inked with a sable brush; the grayscale painting was done in Clip Studio Paint.
July 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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soooooo.... just wanted to let all you know that amerifujo pdf is dropping in a week or so...... the print version won't be ready for fulfillment for a little longer. but the pdf is like. done. so we're going to release it a little early. get hyped :D
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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i keep having nightmares where i'm just about to leave for the airport and a long international trip, only to find that my suitcase is empty. after doing conventions for 10+ years...i would NEVER DO THIS. why, brain???
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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done 🔏🤘🏽
an ink and watercolor illustration on bristol paper of an elegant, anthropomorphic deer in a princely cloak looming smugly over a white-haired woman in an elaborate ribbon-trimmed dress. delicate rose-like flowers decorate the deer's antlers and frame the composition. more of the same flowers, with sharp thorns, pierce the cloth of the dress around the other figure, pinning her to the ground; she looks annoyed rather than distressed, however. the color scheme is black, muted greys and soft lavender-pinks shot through with accents of bright, saturated blue around the flowers. scattered papers in the background show the thumbnail sketches and color tests for the piece.
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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[commission wip] the first wash of a watercolor painting is always so loose and freeing. i missed this feeling. 🦋
the corner of a watercolor painting commission in progress. the ink linework describes an elaborate, ribbon-trimmed dress framed by a tangle of delicate rose-like flowers. an initial wash of watercolor has been painted over the lines: muted greys and soft lavender-pinks shot through with accents of bright, saturated blue around the flowers.
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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here's the 45 cards i illustrated for @macarrick.bsky.social's official ROOK & ROSE fantasy oracle deck 🃏✨ first, the fire/red cards [1/4]
twelve cards from the official oracle card deck based on the world of fantasy novel trilogy ROOK AND ROSE by M.A. Carrick. this batch is mostly red, orange and gold cards. some of the imagery includes: floating lanterns in a night sky, intertwined hands with a lavishly embroidered cloth ribbon wound between their fingers, two sisters with dark hair holding swords, a woman with braided hair standing in a reed-edged river pushing a sleeve of her dress down her shoulder to reveal a fire burning from her heart, a traveler's wagon crossing a golden field towards a sunset.
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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inking day 🔏
an ink illustration on bristol paper of an elegant, anthropomorphic deer in a princely cloak looming smugly over a white-haired woman in a heavy, elaborate dress. round flowers decorate the deer's antlers and frame the composition. more of the same flowers, with sharp thorns, pierce the cloth of the dress around the other figure, pinning her to the ground; she looks annoyed rather than distressed, however. an ink illustration on bristol paper of a young woman in a puff-sleeved dress trimmed with lace sitting with Bruno from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, in a field of flowers.
November 5, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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🐁🍀
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Happy Halloween! Art by @blueludebar.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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i guess i'll post these here too. my hobby is shooting polaroid 600 instant film. tried some fun filters recently
a square polaroid film photo in a black paper notebook depicting palm trees against an afternoon sky. the photo was taken with a mirror filter on the lens so there are actually three sets of palm trees in the frame, divided by hazy blue transitions. the mirror filter, along with red, blue and yellow color ones, is scattered to the right, along with a tiny stamp of an ace of spades card. two square polaroid film photos in a black paper notebook. the left photo shows a mysterious bluish light as seen shining through thickly clustered, dark tree branches. it was taken with a mirror filter, which is resting on a piece of paper next to it. the right shows clusters of small red flowers draping in curves from a tree against a black background. the red filter used to take it is also on a piece of paper to the right. two square polaroid film photos in a black paper notebook. the left photo is a closeup of a young gingko tree branch, covered with fan-shaped leaves against a dark background. it was taken with a yellow filter, which is resting on a piece of paper next to it. the right shows a large forget-me-not bush at dusk, with a a strip of sunlight catching the tips of the highest flowers. the blue filter used to take it is also on a piece of paper to the right. two square polaroid film photos in a black paper notebook. the left photo shows dappled light and the shadows of a large tree cast upon a large-gridded concrete wall. the right is a picture of a row of massive rectangular floor-to-ceiling windows and round, tiered chandeliers in a dim hall in Union Station, Los Angeles.
October 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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lawful plantser with chaotic tendencies. the amount of quizzes and Meyers-Briggs variations that i took "as" Jay Corvidae and Fix Vulpes, let me tell you.
weeknightwriters.bsky.social Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · Oct 23
Q1: Since we're talking about plot, we figured it would be fun to see how you plot! Based on this nifty chart, what is your plotting/writing style alignment? #WeeknightWriters
A white tic-tac-toe graphic entitled "Writing Style Alignment" with 9 categories: Lawful Pantser, Neutral Pantser, Chaotic Pantser, Lawful Plantser, True Plantser, Chaotic Plantser, Lawful Plotter, Neutral Plotter, and Chaotic Plotter
October 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Some ink-only pages from ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #13 for you keen observers of lines and strokes.
October 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM