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jaya g

@ghostlysleuth.bsky.social

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rhymes w/ maya ✦ they/them ✦ 26 ✦ black/filipino butch comic artist & illustrator based in tx 🌿🔪 ⚢ ✦ patreon.com/ghostlysleuth ✦ sleuthy.carrd.co/

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jaya g @ghostlysleuth.bsky.social · Sep 2

📌 hi i'm jaya, i draw a bunch of queer dyke shit

💿http://sleuthy.carrd.co
💾see work early: patreon.com/ghostlysleuth
🫙tipjar: ko-fi.com/ghostlysleuth
🌿print shop: inprnt.com/gallery/ghos...

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🔻Dani M

@danidear.bsky.social

our old ass fridge is dying!!
I always feel weird promoting my kofi, and I can’t quite start up comms yet, but any help would be appreciated!!

ko-fi.com/danidear

I usually just post the same art on kofi that I post everywhere else but maybe I’ll post some kofi exclusives in the future??

January 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM

jaya g

@ghostlysleuth.bsky.social

dilf vi sketches (older vi + vi and baby) #caitvi

two drawings of an older vi, bigger, fatter, more mature. in one drawing, she's sitting with her legs spread, in jeans, a tank, and boots, and smoking a cigar. she's noticeably packing, smirking at the audience, or an unknown girl, and beckoning at them to come over.

in the other drawing, she's leant against a wall with her shirt off, smiling. her hair is shorter than her younger counterpart and but no less spiky. she's still muscular but added weight, her belly hanging over the waistband of her boxers. she's taped her chest and her body totes a considerable amount of hair on pecs and stomach and arms. she has snake bite piercings and more tattoos: on her right arm are clouds like jinx's tattoos, and the words "boytoy!" written underneath; on her other arm is a tattoo that says "zaun" in bold letters; and on her knuckles is each letter of "last drop".

a pair of sketches; in the first, vi, with a buzzcut, holds her new baby, peering down at them and smiling. she holds a finger out which the baby grasps in their tiny fingers.

in the second, vi is leaning down to caitlyn's level as caitlyn carefully passes her their baby. vi is saying, "giving mama trouble again, kiddo? you're taking after me already." caitlyn has a tired expression on her face and is giving vi a look. the baby wriggles in complaint and reaches for vi.

January 18, 2026 at 3:10 AM

jaya g

@ghostlysleuth.bsky.social

butch who gets on her femme's fuckin nerves #caitvi

illustration of caitlyn and vi from arcane; an angry caitlyn has vi pinned down by her biceps and is straddling her hips. vi holds her hands up in mock surrender while grinning up at caitlyn with her tongue out playfully.

January 18, 2026 at 3:05 AM

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) harriet (

@hattersarts.bsky.social

Hiya #portfolioday!
Im Harriet, comic artist, storyboarder and illustrator based in the UK

portfolio: hattersarts.co.uk

January 14, 2026 at 12:37 PM

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Stereogum

@stereogum.com

Bandcamp bans AI music

Bandcamp Bans AI Music

AI music has become a big problem on streaming services. Remember the Velvet Sundown, the AI-generated psych-rock band from last year with hundreds of thousands of Spotify streams? Remember bands gett...

stereogum.com

January 14, 2026 at 1:07 AM

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❄️Eski❄️

@eskiworks.bsky.social

Hi #PortfolioDay I'm Katie and I paint animals! #Art #AnimalArt

Website - www.eskiworks.art
Store - ko-fi.com/eskiworks/shop
Patreon - www.patreon.com/Eskiworks

Digitally painted illustration of two anthro winged fox-like creatures, one albino and one mostly black. The darker on is laying on his back with his wings spread, being cradled by the albino one who holds a golden arrow to his heart. The albino one has sis wings, eight hands, and a golden crescent halo.

Digitally painted portrait of a black big cat like creature with three heads, in a very dark grassy field. They have purple/blue iridescent scales, and each head holds a dark four pointed star in it's mouth.

Digitally painted portrait of two orange tabby cats cuddling amongst pink snapdragon blossoms.

Digital painting of a large cat-like creature with a long dragon tail, in tans and blues, running through shallow water and being followed by two terns.

January 13, 2026 at 7:44 PM

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Jeannette

@jeannettearroyo.bsky.social

Messing with some acrylic paint markers. Maybe one day I will be brave enough to make traditional art again

January 13, 2026 at 8:47 PM

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🐟 mars (he/him) 📌COMMS OPEN

@odvunir.bsky.social

hello #portfolioday my name is mars, i am trans and autistic and i just kinda draw whatever makes me happy these days

rendering of colorful cooking ingredients on a cutting board.

chill painting of a guy driving his old truck down a country road. three deer wait in a field in the distance, and a raven sits on top of the truck ominously.

illustration of a rainbow trout jumping out of the water to eat a dragonfly.

painting of a deer looking at the viewer through a basement shower window.

January 13, 2026 at 6:47 PM

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snooze 🌻 webcomic-brained

@justsnooze.bsky.social

[ 🌻 oc ] just some sketchy moody briars

Several messy sketches depicting Briar, a butch woman with short dark hair, in various kinds of moody lighting.

January 11, 2026 at 1:14 AM

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snooze 🌻 webcomic-brained

@justsnooze.bsky.social

[ 🌻 oc ] idk just wanted to draw her back tbh

A sketchy drawing of Briar, a fat, muscular butch woman. She's topless, with her back to the viewer. A thick rope is slung over her shoulder.

January 6, 2026 at 1:52 PM

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Cartoonist Cooperative

@cartoonist.coop

The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:

cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...

January 12, 2026 at 3:19 PM

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Krispy

@feathernotes.bsky.social

A lot of us have actually made a webcomic ring called Chimera Comics after we left hiveworks: chimeracomics.org

This isn't the full list as some artists want their hands completely washed of the situation, but this is a start!

Chimera Comics Collective

A webring, for webcomics

chimeracomics.org

January 12, 2026 at 5:48 PM

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🐟 mars (he/him) 📌COMMS OPEN

@odvunir.bsky.social

the ponderous butch
[ #art #furry ]

side bust drawing of a butch anthropomorphic badger in a flannel jacket looking bored or perhaps tired.

January 6, 2026 at 5:29 AM

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SaltPepperNSoul

@saltpeppernsoul.bsky.social

#BlackSky

This is Aniyah Porter. Her Father was killed by ICE.

💐🕊😭💔🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🖤✨️
🗣WE WILL SAY HIS NAME:
KEITH PORTER JR🙏🏽🖤❣️

January 11, 2026 at 10:08 AM

jaya g

@ghostlysleuth.bsky.social

i'm gonna be a cynic for a second and say absolutely no social media site is that great to post art on. not even here.

January 9, 2026 at 7:51 PM

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jaya g

@ghostlysleuth.bsky.social

September 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM

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c.e. chant/hades 💀🐊 💬 too many comics

@portaltohades.bsky.social

Im so so so sorry to be hounding for help over and over but this year is ending on a very rough note for me. Im short on bills, funds for transportation to doctor appt & a procedure next week, and grocery money. I know i keep asking for help. Im sorry, I really am. Things keep happening.

c.e. chant/hades 💀🐊 💬 too many comics @portaltohades.bsky.social · May 20

I have an art book for #tyreecomic ! It's 62 pages at $10! Not only does it have art but I have some brief guides into my page process as well. There is even stuff I havent released publicly in it! It's a great way to support me currently and get a glimpse into my obsession

ko-fi.com/s/f5c5cebbd6

December 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM

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ursiday

@ursiday.bsky.social

#furryart #oc

Digital bust drawing of two anthro cat women looking at each other closely

January 3, 2026 at 11:39 PM

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joe dáire

@saint-vagrant.bsky.social

america is no more rotten than it was at its founding, but it's festered into a platonic ideal. there's no good version of america that does not directly contradict this nature. anything else is revisionism and i'm fucking tired of the perpetual innocence of its most ardent and deluded supporters.

January 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM

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@hagofbolding.bsky.social

a WIP since this drawing/future risograph is taking me fuckin forever

a digital drawing of overlapping chickens and assorted bugs in a chaotic arrangement

January 3, 2026 at 5:28 AM

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michele abounader

@cerealpancake.bsky.social

one of my favorite things to do with extra cash around the holidays!

"Transanta is a mutual aid project that connects anonymous gift-givers with trans youth who are unhoused, in foster care, or otherwise without crucial support they need to thrive."

www.transanta.com