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blueviola.bsky.social
@blueviola.bsky.social
20 followers 48 following 54 posts
Writer, artist, and all-around creative
Queer to the bones (bi & nb, they/them pronouns preferred)
Some flavour of neurodivergent

Genre/trope subversive media ftw
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aishaincolor.com
Hey folks! My partner was laid off recently and I don't have steady work, so this month's bills are a real concern right now.

So I'm taking emergency commissions, all 26% OFF until the end of February. OCs and fanart are very welcome! Check out my rates below!

aishacommissions.carrd.co
AISHA'S COMMISSION RATES
Interested in a commission? Check my rates!
aishacommissions.carrd.co
January 31, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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aimeecozza.com
Hey #PortfolioDay! Nice to see you again. My name is Aimee, and I'm a dark-beautiful #DarkArt freelance #illustrator. My current wishlist for projects is: 📚 Book covers and 🃏Trading/Playing card games, but I'm open to anything!
💼: AimeeCozza.com
✉️: [email protected]
An oil painting of a foggy, monochrome forest with a singular man with glowing eyes standing in front of it. Before him are multiple shadows of wolves, their eyes glowing in the darkness as well. Drawing of R. Daneel Olivaw, cut in half down the center, revealing cybernetics on the right side. He is holding his hands out and standing like an Alex Grey Chapel of Sacred Mirrors artwork, the background radiating gold from his head. An illustration of a person from the chin down. They have both their arms around black wolves, which are asleep and cuddled against the person. Two more wolves are asleep and piled on top. The person and the animals are all smeared and smattered with blood, indicating they had a great meal together. Ten winged people in a baroque style drawing. There is one man in the middle with long dark hair grabbing another by his scalp and punching him in the side of the head, while the rest try to pry him off. Feathers and wings are flying everywhere.
January 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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ansitru.bsky.social
It's giving Lisa Frank, but I also snuck in geraniums because they stand for stupidity 😌

#WIP #pixelart
A photo of an ipad showing a WIP art piece with pixeled beads, and geranium flowers. The text in the middle reads "genAI is for losers".
January 12, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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sigistardust.bsky.social
Comissions open! Will do your OCs, fan art, NSFW (vanilla and light kink/bdsm). Won't do likeness of actual people or animals, gore, suggestive art of underage characters, whitewashing or "curing" a disabled character
Prices shown are for upwards of 3 characters with no background. Ask for add ons
Comissions sheet (6 drawings of a woman in different stages of completion): line art $30, black/white shaded $40, flat color $45, cel shaded color $50, soft shaded color $60, line less color $70
December 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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pavlovforgoths.com
the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best. It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence lies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't. By magicmosshka, yesterday's
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
blueviola.bsky.social
I'd be the 2nd kind
Unhinged shitposting ftw
spavel.bsky.social Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · Dec 27
There is another way: I successfully connected with a bunch of well known people from my industry through the medium of unhinged shitposting.
tobiasbuckell.bsky.social Tobias S. Buckell @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social · Dec 26
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
December 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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spavel.bsky.social
Happy 20th anniversary to "Samoyed and teddy bear" on Wikimedia Commons.

"This is a picture of my samoyed with a teddy bear. I release all rights to it, it would just be nice if her image could survive forever."

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sa...
A white samoyed dog is sleeping in the lap of a large teddy bear, easily three times the size of the dog. The bear's paw is placed on the dog's back and its face is arranged looking down onto the dog.
December 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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aimeecozza.com
For new and returning users :D
aimeecozza.com Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · Jan 5
I know that usually if you hang around long enough you "get it" eventually, but here's some quick explainers about different types of posts going around for art. A lot of new people reply to art trains or halt the train by not copying text, so here's the difference!
Art train vs art share for now Bluesky users with visual aids. The left has an "art train" post that says "You are “putting a train car” on the train. Do not reply. Instead, use the quote repost to keep the train moving! Copy the last person’s text." The center reads "You are “putting a train car” on the train. Do not reply. Instead, use the quote repost to keep the train moving! Copy the last person’s text. TAG SOMEONE if the train calls for it or else you will end the train! “Tag yourself if you want” won’t cut it." the last reads "You are sharing your art. Following the rules of the art share (read them all!), reply with your art and comment/repost other’s art." It gives notes in the posts as well such as noting similar text for the art train, and then the specific set of rules for an art train with tags and art share.
December 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
blueviola.bsky.social
louistonehill.bsky.social Loui Stonehill @louistonehill.bsky.social · Dec 25
✨🦋BLUESKY HOT TIPS🦋✨

Hi all lovely new people. Here are some awesome features on Bsky:
- the Block function WORKS
- you can detatch quotes
- you can hide replies from everyone

You have Full control and you are so encouraged to use it here!
December 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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fannd.bsky.social
✨I put together a pack of wonderful LGBTQ+ artists open for commissions! ✨ Drop a comment here if you'd like to be added 🖤

go.bsky.app/Pr3CVHV
December 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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khonri.com
Helpful reference for doing it.

It doesn't have to be lengthy, just enough for someone to get the jist in whatever situation they need alt text for.

(Having your posts be readily searchable is SO HELPFUL.)
A primer on writing Alt Text, in five color-coded categories of things to include. Green = Identify Who Pink = Expression Blue = Description Yellow = Colour Orange = Interesting Feature The sample Alt Text here reads: "A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara's head."
December 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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theglazeproject.bsky.social
For better or (mostly) for worse, 2025 is almost over.
For all the human creatives out there, artists, writers, musicians, dancers, choreographers, and so many more, thank you for your perseverance and courage.

Happy to announce: ETCH (Ethnical Technology and Computing for Humanity), a nonprofit.
December 25, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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in-otter-news.bsky.social
Good morning everyone, even Steve, who has just stumbled back from the pub and is pretending it’s “very early” rather than “very late.” He's currently talking to the toaster. I'm keeping out of it.
November 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
blueviola.bsky.social
Please help, they're such good eggs Q_Q
rhazberriquartz.bsky.social Rhazberriquartz @rhazberriquartz.bsky.social · Nov 20
Tldr my aunt sold the property after being told we'd have time to move out & we were only given a month to leave. We need help to raise money if the worse happens & we end up homeless. This comes after a cancer battle & major surgery. We need a Christmas miracle.

#fundraiser

gofund.me/80669a629
Donate to Support Jamie's Cancer Battle!, organized by Brianna Wainright
TLDR: Hi, my name is Brianna and my wife is suffering from Metastatic Squamous Cell C… Brianna Wainright needs your support for Support Jamie's Cancer Battle!
gofund.me
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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rhazberriquartz.bsky.social
Tldr my aunt sold the property after being told we'd have time to move out & we were only given a month to leave. We need help to raise money if the worse happens & we end up homeless. This comes after a cancer battle & major surgery. We need a Christmas miracle.

#fundraiser

gofund.me/80669a629
Donate to Support Jamie's Cancer Battle!, organized by Brianna Wainright
TLDR: Hi, my name is Brianna and my wife is suffering from Metastatic Squamous Cell C… Brianna Wainright needs your support for Support Jamie's Cancer Battle!
gofund.me
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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in-otter-news.bsky.social
Otters + Snow =
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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angels-punkyheart.bsky.social
Please help out
@jeweltonejules.bsky.social !

www.gofundme.com/f/Cancer-Bat...

www.tumblr.com/jeweltonejul...
Donate to Support Jamie's Cancer Battle!, organized by Brianna Wainright
TLDR: Hi, my name is Brianna and my wife is suffering from Metastatic Squamous Cell C… Brianna Wainright needs your support for Support Jamie's Cancer Battle!
www.gofundme.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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loadofolbobbins.bsky.social
Lovely selection of goodies folks bought during my sale... which is still going on, just in case these entice you to check out what I've got..

www.loadofolbobbins.com

15% OFF full price goods with code SUPERSECONDS too, just saying 😉

#BirdArt #SciArt #Illustration #PigeonSky #ArtShop #NatureArt
A collection of items created and sold by Loadofolbobbins. Clockwise from top left an illustrated 100% organic cotton tea towel of a robin on perched on a branch with mistletoe, a laser cut wooden statement nekclace also of a robin on perched on a branch with mistletoe, the berries are standing proud of the necklace which is in a lovely gift box, a shrink plastic brooch showing a pigeon cosplaying as princess leia, a pair of wooden pigeon stud earrings, a pair of wooden classic literature stud earrings inspired by Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. They show a small silhouette scene of Mr Rochester galloping towards Jane.
October 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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minouette.bsky.social
For day 9 #spacetober_challenge nebula: Caroline Herschel (1750 – 1848) a trail blazing woman in #astronomy. 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬🔭 #histsci Hers was a real life Cinderella story, where rather than marrying a prince, she made a life & career for herself. Marriage her expected role but she was deemed unmarriageable, 🧵
My Linocut portrait of Caroline Herschel against a starry sky with comet and 5 inset diagrams of her observations
October 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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neongrey.bsky.social
all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.
October 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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spavel.bsky.social
Friendly reminder
Cautious reminder
Annoyed reminder
Furious reminder
WAR DECLARED
October 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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chronicleflask.katday.com
“One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient. In fact, a man convinced of his virtue even in the midst of his vice is the worst kind of man.”

—Charles M. Blow, journalist and political analyst
October 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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kelheor.bsky.social
This year I want to try #Fantober instead of Inktober again!

Starting with Maomao, because The Apothecary Diaries was the last anime I enjoyed this year ^^

#theapothecarydiaries #maomao #apothecarydiaries #kusuriyanohitorigoto #fanart #inktober #薬屋のひとりごと #イラスト
October 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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kelheor.bsky.social
My first girlfriend turned into the Moon... 🌙
Princess Yue is a perfect fit for this #Fantober day and Mid-Autumn Festival art 😌

#atla #avatarthelastairbender #princessyue #atlafanart #fanart #drawtober #midautumnfestival #中秋节 #inktober #avatar #イラスト
October 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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angels-punkyheart.bsky.social
The coolest demons come out during the fall y’know?

✨[ #art #oc #ocsky ]✨
Fall themed drawing of Segesta Atlas outdoors. Segesta smiles at a fire demon who has a head made of flames , as it sits cross-legged , staring up at Segesta with great interest. The overall colors are warm , with reds and yellows that fill in the autumn colors.
September 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM