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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 17h

Happy #BookshopDay! Why not get some of your holiday shopping done early? Order or pre-order books from your local indie before the busy rush?

Psst: you can include this animated gif in your own Bluesky posts - when searching for a gif, look for [at-sign]debbieohi + keyword (like bookstore)

a blue sign that says shop from your local indie bookshop now

Alt: Shop from your local indie bookshop now so you can shop from them later

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Julia Griffin @juliagriffinart.com · 2d

I’ll be in the weekend showcase, come say hi!

Illustration of happy otter leaping out of a river, holding a blue orb. Text says “IX art show, October 22-26, Reading PA”

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Hope Doe @flyapples.bsky.social · 6d

#inktober day 4 deer

I die to give life
命をあげるため、死ぬ

#inktober2025 #inktoberday5 #deer

A watercolor painting of a deer with two spirit arrows and from its blood, red saplings begin to grow

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 12d

I hear *someone* is having a sale next week.

I guess they have to try and recoup some of that $2.5 billion they’re forking over for *checks notes* being deceptive? Who would’ve thought?

Feels like Oct 7 & 8 will be prime days to support independent bookstores. 😌

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Julia Griffin @juliagriffinart.com · 12d

Bringing this friend with me to the IX showcase, hopefully along with some other APs. Toof! #artistproof #mtg

A Magic: The Gathering artist proof with a colored pencil drawing of an otter with his paws on his cheeks, eyes closed.

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 17d

In honour of #FatBearWeek.

Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · May 6

#RowndBear approves your choice.

Brown pencil drawing of an especially rotund bear, sitting with one paw placed on the ground between its hind legs, its head tilted, looking directly at the viewer with a plaintive, winsome expression.

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.co.uk · 20d

A little close up of a Noggit from the eastern plains of Strangehollow. A voracious and very effective predator, despite its small size. They work in groups and can take down much larger prey. Learn more in my book here: buff.ly/MtZUyIc
#artbook #kickstarter #creatureart #watercolour

a small mottled brown four legged dragon-like creature with a short tail and a toothy face with black beady eyes. Text says 'savage strangehollow, now live on kickstarter'

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Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️‍🌈 🎨 @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social · 20d

Trans people are under attack by an administration looking for scapegoats.

Besides this list of organizations, donate to individual trans folks asking for help and contact your reps to tell them you won't support anyone who doesn't support trans rights.
www.them.us/story/orgs-f...

How to Support Trans People in All 50 States

A curated list of 100 organizations supporting trans rights and livelihood to which you can donate.

www.them.us

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Julia Griffin @juliagriffinart.com · 22d

Ooh! Sounds right up my alley! Juliagriffinart.com/childrens

Young Medusa stands on fallen stone soldier, wielding a stick sword while a seagull gazes up at her

Young Medusa and her mother sit by a fire, her mother telling her a story. On the cave wall behind them is a painting of Athena cursing Arachne.

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Julia Griffin @juliagriffinart.com · 25d

Thank you! I hope the release party goes great!

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Julia Griffin @juliagriffinart.com · 25d

Happy book birthday to @winonanelson.com and @artcoulson.com !

Winona Nelson @winonanelson.com · 25d

It's up! Me on tee-vee taking about @artcoulson.com and my book! Launch is in just a few hours now at The End Bookstore in Allentown PA. @simonkids.bsky.social @thetobiasagency.bsky.social @jacquilipton.bsky.social

Philadelphia-area illustrator talks new children's book ‘All the Stars in the Sky'

A brand new children’s book guarantees to inspire little ones that we all have a place in this world. Philly Live’s Aunyea Lachelle chats with the Philadelphia-area illustrator of “All the Stars in th...

www.nbcphiladelphia.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 8

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

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Rebecca Yanovskaya @rebeccayanovskaya.bsky.social · Sep 2

Crop of "Training Break"! She is available now on @everydayoriginal.bsky.social

#fighter #artwork #flowers #training #artistsoninstagram #takeabreak #fantasy #illustration

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.co.uk · Aug 24

Savage Strangehollow launches next month! It's a book filled with strange beasts and magical beings, living in a vast enchanted forest that stretches to rugged coasts and enormous mountains in the north. Get notified on launch in my newsletter here: buff.ly/rg2Y1lw
#artbook #watercolour #creatures

mockup of a book cover with 'savage strangehollow' written on the front and the texture of the cover is pink and purple blotches at the top merging to green ones below. The hide of some exotic creature.

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Winona Nelson @winonanelson.com · Aug 24

They're here! My contributor copies of "All the Stars in the Sky" (written by @artcoulson.com )! It officially comes out September 16! You can preorder from your favorite book source and it should be widely available in stores.

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Eli Minaya @badking.bsky.social · Jul 3

One of my favorite Tor.com/Reactor.com commissions

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Julia Griffin @juliagriffinart.com · Jul 3

Hi #kidlitartpostcard !

My name is Julia, I’m available for picture book and middle grade projects. I’m currently drawing a book about Medusa!

Medusa’s mother tells her a story while they sit by a fire in a cave, a painting on the wall behind them shows Athena cursing Arachne to be a spider.

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Serena Malyon 🌞🌛 @serenamalyon.bsky.social · Jul 3

------WIP-----
Finally some personal work on the go.

Holbien acryla gouache on Raymar cotton panel. Idk if I recommend this surface for this medium tbh, but it's got an interesting texture, and I can varnish it when it's done.

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · Jul 3

It's #KidLitArtPostcard again!

Here's some artwork from Choose Your Own Evolution

Hi my name is Gordy. I'm an illustrator from Scotland painting in gouache, acrylic and inks 🎨

🌐 gordywright.com
📚 Rep’d by The Bright Agency

#kidlitart #illustration #childrensbooks

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Matt 🏳️‍🌈 @mspencerdraws.bsky.social · Jun 26

(Head's up, this lil' guy is still available)

Matt 🏳️‍🌈 @mspencerdraws.bsky.social · Jun 16

"Gilded Devotion"
-Companion piece to Velvet Longing-

Painted in watercolor, and gouache on 140lb Arches hot press paper. Accented with genuine gold leaf.

(available on EDO)
everydayoriginal.com/product/gild...

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ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · Jun 19

Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting

Colorful quilt of a nighttime scene with Harriet Tubman in an orange jacket and purple dress carrying a rifle. She is leading other figures who walk behind her.

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conner fawcett @badbucket.bsky.social · Jun 18

First of five of my chapter illustrations for @possumcreekgames.com upcoming release of Last Train to Bremen by @seaexcursion.itch.io The game’s backerkit launches in 6 days - go sign up and see the devil

An etching style illustration of an elongated horned figure carrying a briefcase emerging through a doorway with its back to the viewer. Four animal masked figures sit at a table under a single lightbulb. The table is lined with ritualistic candles. instrument cases are scattered on the floor

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Julia Griffin @juliagriffinart.com · Jun 18

In Reykjavik, across from Iceland’s parliament building: The Black Cone, Monument to Civil Disobedience.

“When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties.”

Photo of a large stone, splitting down the middle, a black cone is wedged in the crack. A plaque on the rock gives the title and inscription of the piece.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jun 10

This election is in your hands. But only if you’re registered to vote in New York City.

The deadline is Saturday. zohranfornyc.com/vote

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Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️‍🌈 🎨 @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social · Jun 9

Self directed cover for @robinmckinley.bsky.social 's amazing book Deerskin

Surreal portrait painting for the book cover of Deerskin, blonde girl with a white dog

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