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Buddy-O Baker @buddyfromearth.bsky.social · 4d

Trying to make more finished work, so here’s a peek of what I’m going to have ready this week for y’all! He might be blowing this job interview…

#art #drawing #comics #CharacterArt #ComicArt #ComicPanel #WIPArt

A full-color comic panel of a ghostly older white man with a prosthetic claw arm in a lab coat and red cat’s-eye glasses sweating and eyes beady as he dodges a question while mumbling “Ah… Yes, well…”.

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 3h

If you can't come out right now, please don't hate yourself.
One day, the meaning of labels will disappear.

Please love yourself as you are.
The one who can cherish yourself the most is yourself.
Because that is your strength and beauty.
Chiitan loves you

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 19h

No. This is somewhere to be. This is all you have, but it's still something. Streets and sodium lights. The sky, the world. You're still alive.

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

#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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jade 🫀 comms closed @yellghoul.bsky.social · 1d

yeah ! i made a custom brush tip of two dots with my regular inking brush. then in the brush tip section for angle, i turned on direction of line so the brush tip stamp rotates with my line however i draw it. i used it to draw things like the chain link fence so i can get a consistent wire

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𝕾𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖊 𝕳𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊 @strangehouse.bsky.social · 12d

Jester

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c.e. chant/hades 💀🐊 💬 too many comics @portaltohades.bsky.social · 2d

I'll do my best to update the gfm this week but tldr;
Had hospitalization #4. Diagnosed with IIH after a lumbar puncture. Gotta do a whole other type of imaging since my colon is weird & im still bleeding & got pain and other issues. Struggling to afford transportation.

gofund.me/6c303da8f

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Fishtopher and Friends @fishtopher.bsky.social · 3d

big burger head

Fishtopher, a classic brown tabby cat, getting chin rubs by the cameraperson. His eyes are closed, and his face is relaxed as he enjoys being pet. His left canine tooth points out from behind his cheeks.

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Ren @rendoas.com · 3d

0 issues in 12 years:

- Make sure your Paypal is a business account
- USE INVOICES
- call it "digital commission"
- include product use, turnaround time, and refund policies in ToS field
- uncheck "ship items to address"
- DON'T write NSFW/adult

Don't get owned for negligence & rulebreaking.

Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 8d

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal]

@MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

Mastercard

Phone (US): 1-800-627-8372
1-800-307-7309
US option selection: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1
Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111
Aus: +61 1800 120 113
UK: 0-800-96-4767
All region numbers here (and here )

Stripe

California: 888-926-2289
US: 877-887-7815
France: +33 805-11-19-67

Paypal

Phone (US): 1-888-221-1161
Phone (outside US): 1-402-935-2050
UK: +44 (0203)-901-7000

Visa

Phone (US): 1-800-847-2911
US option selection: 1, 1, 2 or 1, 1, 3
Headquarters: +1 (650)-432-3200
Aus: +61 1800 125 440
Phone (outside US): click here

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tatiana 🌈 @caterwaul.bsky.social · 3d

this is the time for would-be patrons to shine tbh. get small, get local. a new favorite piece of art or writing or music is in your area, i promise.

Grunkle Harm @harmcox.bsky.social · 4d

pov: every artist and writer you know realizing that social media is collapsing into a bog of rich arrogant dumb-dumbs, leaving us the option of continuing to exploit ourselves on the extremely off-chance we go "viral" OR opting out and resigning ourselves to regional lit mag poverty and obscurity

sally in the back of the truck at the end of TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. a bloody woman laughing and screaming at the same time. sally never had to learn how discord works, so who is the victim here exactly?

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Buddy-O Baker @buddyfromearth.bsky.social · 4d

Trying to make more finished work, so here’s a peek of what I’m going to have ready this week for y’all! He might be blowing this job interview…

#art #drawing #comics #CharacterArt #ComicArt #ComicPanel #WIPArt

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Aimee Steinberger @aimeekitty.bsky.social · 4d

Relevant to some things I’ve said recently. I may do something adjacent to this at some point. I think trying to make -something- yourself and then treating it like a job in a way that is mentally and physically ok for you makes a huge difference. youtu.be/imhIDyQisYU?...

How to make your own animated TV show

YouTube video by Gabby Caldera

youtu.be

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 4d

lots of people know Łink from what he did to promote alt text usage here. this tip about pretending you’re describing an image over the phone has been burned in my brain since i saw it

bluesky post from
@knilirabaj.bsky.social that says

It's pretty cool you're using that alt text accessibility feature. It's not cool that you're not really describing the image though. Nice and simple is a good start. Descriptive and accurate is the way to go. You'll get the hang of it. Try pretending you're describing the picture over the phone.

July 1, 2023 at 10:33 PM Everybody can reply

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Brian Clevinger @bclev.bsky.social · 4d

This would single-handedly transform the lives of everyone I know in such profound ways it is difficult to fully articulate, but it would also let us actually make more and different and crazy things

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 4d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Up On Goblin Hill @upongoblinhill.bsky.social · 5d

As much as folks might not want to believe it, artists who sell their work cannot survive exclusively on platforms that cater to primarily other artists. The Circulating The Same Five Dollars™️ model can't feed us or pay bills for long. We need places where we can be seen and discovered.

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 7d

just passing through

illustration showing a room with a shadowy ghost hiding behind open double doors that lead to a gloomy hallway and staircase. A small grey cat looks up at the ghost.

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Marko (Nerd and Jock Comics) @markoraassina.bsky.social · 7d

Hang in there, struggling artists

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Milk'n Cookies @milkncookies.bsky.social · 11d

I don’t think ppl understand the whole “who cares if nobody likes it! make content for yourself” is extremely dismissive
Bc we ARE making the content for ourselves but it feels /bad/ when people don’t engage or show interest. You can care about both at the same time

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 7d

and hey on the topic of ID laws

do you really trust Bluesky, whose admin and c-suites physically cannot stop themselves from posting-through-it, to be able to hold onto your fucking govt ID and not leak it in a data breach like Discord?

these policies suck, they are dangerous, call your reps

Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 13d

In Ohio, starting on Monday 9/29, we'll be implementing an age assurance solution similar to what we're doing in South Dakota and Wyoming. Read more here: bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Our Approach to Age Assurance - Bluesky

We’re committed to keeping our community informed as we navigate new regional regulations.

bsky.social

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Matt Aytch Taylor @matthtaylor.com · 7d

I don't have a hot comics take.

Uplift your peers, celebrate your friends.

that's it.

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Leo Fox @leoofox.bsky.social · 7d

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Buddy-O Baker @buddyfromearth.bsky.social · 7d

sorry for mostly reposts today! I had a small operation today and don’t have anything else to share in the meantime… but I do have some drawings that should be ready this week

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Little Tunny 🐌🤝🧂 @littletunny.bsky.social · 8d

as a neurodivergent & also weird kid school was hell for me, though these days I struggle to remember the names of all the teachers who bullied me. But the three that treated me like a person have never left me. Now more than ever, I hope you all try your best to stay unsquishable!

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Fishtopher and Friends @fishtopher.bsky.social · 7d

may Mr Lover light your path

Mr Lover, an orange and white tabby cat, sitting in a sunbeam. He is very brightly lit, and he appears almost to be illuminating. His eyes are closed, but his nose looks very pink. Stormy, a black cat with green eyes, sits in the background under normal lighting.

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¿Mr.Whatshisname? (COMMISSIONS OPEN) @bridgeoffaust.bsky.social · 7d

Undead 3

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