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@mapleblackoak.bsky.social

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☘️OPEN COMMISSIONS! Check my Caard for details!☘️ 🌱23 & I can feel it in my knees🌱 ☆They/Them☆ 🌸Mostly D&D🌸 🍃I'm stuck in a tree🍃 ❌️AI users DNI❌️ https://mapleblackoak.carrd.co/

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Maple / Sycamore @mapleblackoak.bsky.social · 14d

✨️COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN!✨️
Check the below thread & my Caard for details!
#opencommissions #digitalart
#dndcharacters

Square image with the text "Open Commissions" with circular cropped images of examples. Two images are fully rendered busts, two images are drawn character plushies.

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Maple / Sycamore @mapleblackoak.bsky.social · 6h

Two Drawn Plushies for @liqcran.bsky.social 💞❤️
Love this lil fella! 🥰

#dndart #drawnplushie #opencommissions #d&dart

A drawn plushie of a snowy owl man dressed in red medieval garb

A drawn plushie of a snowy owl man dressed in blue, orange, green, and brown pirate garb with a feathered pirate hat tilting on his head

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Maple / Sycamore @mapleblackoak.bsky.social · 14d

🧸Drawn Plushie Commissions are also available!🧸
If you've ever wanted to see your precious character drawn as a marketable plushie, now's your chance!

A drawn stall depicting 3 types of drawn plushies. Doll body for $20.00, Bear for $25.00, and Small for $17.00

A Pros and Cons list of the 3 body types with examples next to each

Maple / Sycamore @mapleblackoak.bsky.social · 14d

3 options are offered for full standard commissions! The below images list prices along with examples of what to expect!

Lined commission reference sheet depicting 2 options. One has the character blankly filled in, the other is only lined. Prices vary from $25.00 for Bust, $35.00 for Half-Body, and $85.00 for Full-Body

Colored commission reference sheet depicting 2 examples of what to expect. Prices vary from $35.00 for Bust, $55.00 for Half-Body, and $115.00 for Full-Body

Rendered commission reference sheet depicting 2 examples of what to expect. Prices vary from $55.00 for Bust, $85.00 for Half-Body, and $155.00 for Full-Body

Maple / Sycamore @mapleblackoak.bsky.social · 14d

✨️COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN!✨️
Check the below thread & my Caard for details!
#opencommissions #digitalart
#dndcharacters

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Maple / Sycamore @mapleblackoak.bsky.social · 14d

YIPPEE!!!! I love her sm thank you!!!💞💕🩷💕💞❤️

a picture of a cat with the word yippee written below it

Alt: a gif of a cat dancing with the word yippee written below it

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Sygdom @sygdom.bsky.social · Sep 2

Here's my piece for the #faeandelvensecretsatan2025 for Lyn, featuring Odan, an undead drow! I love doll and puppet motifs, I love drow, I love undead blorbos- This was the perfect choice~
#dnd #dndart #art #dungeonsanddragons

A digital illustration featuring a fullbody character with a decorated background. The character is a grey skinned drow, with pointed ears, empty eye sockets, and long white hair with wavy ends. They are wearing black clothes with a blue one dragging to the side and turning into waves. There are many needles and they have stiches in their body. The floor is made of waves. Demonic hands are holding the hair.

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The Cuix (sketch comms open) @thecuix.bsky.social · Aug 29

you're the main reason to keep on going

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Maple / Sycamore @mapleblackoak.bsky.social · Sep 3

My #faeandelvensecretsatan2025
Attack and Bonus attack for @matrinki.bsky.social !
A fully rendered piece... and a marketable plushie! 💗❤️🩷
| #DNDart #dndfae #d&dart #Secretsatanart |

A drawn art piece of a fae individual clad in leaf and insect-like armor. A intricate headpiece sits on their temples, framing their bright eyes. Insect wings hang down, partially covering a spattering of eyes behind them

A drawn doll of a fish fae creature with large droopy eyes, flopped into a sitting position

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · Aug 20

If the AI bubble really is bursting, please take this lesson from it:

Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.

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Maple / Sycamore @mapleblackoak.bsky.social · Aug 6

Attack on Zeldove for @ninetybats.bsky.social on Bluesky and ninetybats on AF

#artfight | #artfight2025 | #TeamFossils | #dnd | #dndart
(Maple_Blackoak on AF)

A drawing of a elven woman beckoning someone off screen with a intense expression. She holds a scythe behind her with the letter G painted on the blade of her scythe in blood. The ground at her feet is smeared with blood as she stands under a spotlight

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Maple / Sycamore @mapleblackoak.bsky.social · Aug 6

A meme drawing of a cat standing on its hind legs staring at the pov with big, begging eyes

Maple / Sycamore @mapleblackoak.bsky.social · Aug 6

A drawing of a naga snake woman standing in front of her ship's navigation system, hissing with her hands on her hips

Maple / Sycamore @mapleblackoak.bsky.social · Aug 6

A drawing of a cat lying in some grass in a forest, sunlight filters thru the trees above

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🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · Aug 4

Just a reminder and warning if some of you never got DMs like this:

It's a famous scam tactic to gather infos from you. Saddly those DMs comes from people you follow that got hacked.
Best is to report those.

I checked my Twitter fast and got like 20+ of those, they really want to hack me too.

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Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · Jul 30

The Cartoonist Co-op stands against the censorship and pay discrimination of 18+, erotic, and NSFW artists.

Check the link below for our official statement, ways to take action, and resources.
cartoonist.coop/censorship-p...

Art by @greedygulo.bsky.social

Anthropomorphic dip-pen and inkwell stand infront of a table stacked with books. Pen holds a sign with '18+' drawn on the center, with a heart around it. Inkwell is holding a paper colored rainbow with 'LGBTQA' upon it. Inkwell is holding a hand up in a 'stop' motion. Behind the table is the vague sense of a crowd also holding signs. Above image it reads: "CARTOONISTS Against Adult Content CENSORSHIP"

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Ghostly Homos 👻 @hexhomos.bsky.social · Jul 29

Apparently google enforces a clause (has been for a while now) where you cannot distribute NSFW via docs, i.e. if you set your NSFW sample to "share" it is vulnerable to be claimed. Whatever system they use to flag this is probably getting a lot more use after they implemented AI

🌊 Ell 🌊 @elljwalker.bsky.social · Jul 28

⚠️BATCH DOWNLOAD YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE NOW⚠️

👉 takeout.google.com/manage

I did this last night, and literally this morning a friend who writes fic has had her whole account restricted, and when I try to access writing that I've edited/collaborated on, this is what I get:

A screencap of a google doc. It reads: "We're sorry. You can't access this item because it is in violation of our Terms of Service."

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yammu @yawningyawns.bsky.social · Jul 29

i am once again asking for your patronage... delays due to life stuff, but i'm catching up slowly! turnaround time should be around two months with some wiggle room. link pinned in my profile!

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naylandblake @naylandblake.bsky.social · Jul 24

Just to make it clear: the rejection of depictions of trans people at the National Portrait Gallery and the rejection of trans content at itch.io are part of the same attack: first they ban obscenity, then they define your existence as obscene.

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c.e. chant/hades 💀🐊 💬 too many comics @portaltohades.bsky.social · Jul 23

I recently had to go to the hospital and then caught covid after being discharged [bad luck, huh?]. Things are a mess and I admittedly need help

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

Hey guys. Im sorry to do this but I cant currently afford medical expenses & treatment. I've been unable to properly work & im struggling just to get by. My neurologist has recently set up a treatment plan & I can't afford injection supplies, copays, or transportation. Thank you

gofund.me/18405ce8

Donate to Chris Needs Your Help for Medical Care, organized by Chris Chant

Hello, I am Chris Chant, best known under the moniker "Hades". I've been dealing wi… Chris Chant needs your support for Chris Needs Your Help for Medical Care

gofund.me

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Maple / Sycamore @mapleblackoak.bsky.social · Jul 21

A full body drawing of a dragonborn staring down the pov holding a skull. The dragonborn is clad in armor with a intimidating stature

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Maple / Sycamore @mapleblackoak.bsky.social · Jul 21

Attack on Reiko for BackwardZ on AF and DeviantArt

#artfight | #artfight2025 | #TeamFossils
(Maple_Blackoak on AF)

A bust drawing of a Manokit laughing happily

Maple / Sycamore @mapleblackoak.bsky.social · Jul 21

Attack on Bendi for @theomnicent.bsky.social on AF and Bluesky!

#artfight | #artfight2025 | #TeamFossils
(Maple_Blackoak on AF)

A bust drawing of a fan made Five Nights At Freddy's animatronic. The Owl animatronic looks at the camera with a smile sporting a colorful outer shell

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Maple / Sycamore @mapleblackoak.bsky.social · Jul 21

Attack on Bean for Bugbeans on AF and Instagram

#artfight | #artfight2025 | #TeamFossils
(Maple_Blackoak on AF)

A bust drawing of a fluffy, cat like creature with antenna and wings

Maple / Sycamore @mapleblackoak.bsky.social · Jul 20

Welp, might as well toss my hat into the ring!
If you enjoy any of these attacks or love D&D/Fantasy characters: I'm Maple_Blackoak on AF, #TeamFossil REPRESENT! 🤺🤺❤️💕
#Artfight2025

A image of a cat drawn stretching amongst grass in dappled sunlight

A fullbody drawing of a humanoid creature with clouds for a face

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