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Matt Aytch Taylor @matthtaylor.com · May 8
Hey! I'm Matt Aytch Taylor!
I'm an illustrator and comics maker that love old boats, weird history, cowboys, space, oceans & beaches, and witches!

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A two story building, painted off-white with navy blue trim stands to the left of a one-story stucco-covered shop that once appeared to have been a convenience store and deli, but is now directing patrons to the "Surf Hut" Surfing Supplies and rental store next door. AT the front door of the two-story a wizard, happy and waving appears to in high spirits for his surf-shop. A couple of palm trees frame the taller building, as well as a large leafed plant. There's an ice machine in front of the one-story building and next to it is a drinks vending machine advertising "WIZ COLA" and the machine is filled with various bottles, drinks, and elixirs. To the right of the machine is a trash can and next to that is a board with information about the beach down below the berm that makes up this shop's location. To the right of the board is a souple of signs indicating that swimming is permittable at the beach far below. A handful of beach umbrellas can be seen far below. The water is blue and welcoming with waves rolling into shore. Behind the Buildings is a parking lot which currently holds a small yellow car and an older looking camper van from which two bikini-clad witches had hopped onto their brooms. The first witch holds her broom parallel to her body, gently lifting off in her pink and periwinkle swim attire, her matching sandals and hat are stark against the billowing clouds in the sky. The second witch has a surfboard (a rather small one) tucker under her right arm. She appears to have landed on her broom, ready to zoom down to the water. A vivid Blue horizontal landscape, for Sci-fi TTRPG "Stations and Starships" by Frigid Pigeon Inc. The central focus of the piece is a tall wedge'shaped ship half in the water and half above. On its large dorsal wing are two smaller "fin" wings to which sails are attached - one in full sheet to the wind. Around this ship in the distance are other ships, similarly designed all with different configurations of wings and fins and flying flags of all colors. Further back a sort of docking station above the roiling ocean below, from which a distant ship is leaving. In the sky far above another planet and its moon can be seen through partial cloud cover. Below the waves of the planetary ocean is teeming with all manner of life -- most notably large deep blue/purple whale like creatures that swim along side the starships floating in the water. There are also schools of fish and smatterings of jelly-fish-like creatures stretching into the far distance of the sea. A spread from my fantasy western, Hexslingers. On the left main character Katie nervously exits the scene of and an onlooking crowd. She grabs her pointed tan-colored witches hat from the ground, knocked off her head by a spell - which as also left a hole in the main body of the hat. She stuffs it onto her head and mounts her blue spectral horse, telling another figure "Doc" Thorn Willoughby, that it's "time to go." He agrees with an "mmhmm" On the right a splash page featuring a large wooden trestle attached to a cliff upon which sits a western style town. at the tip a crowd is hustlin and bustlin, all while screaming, "We're free! Justus [an evil deputy] is dead! Down with Mancers!" below heading down the path we see Katie and Doc making their escape. With three inset panels we see Katie speaking to Doc. She says, " Doc... frightful sorry 'bout yer arm" to which doc replies, "Don't fret. When we make camp I'll give it a look" Full Candlenights 2024 Poster by Matt Aytch Taylor (that's me) From left to right: Justin McElroy, Clint McElroy, Travis McElroy, and Griffin Mcelroy having a cozy rest beneath a heatlamp-esque wing of Terry the Nondenominational Gift Delovery Dragon. The boys are enclosed in the dragon, who is curled up like a cat in a dug-out snow-bank. Justin, Travis, and Griffin and all holding steaming mugs of tea or cocoa. The snow around them has a purplish glow from the orange of Terry, while off in the distance the blue of a winter's night settles over downtown Huntington, West Virginia. Art by Matt Aytch Taylor The stars in the sky and blocky 5 point stars and a few 4 point diamonds. Above the guys and Terry are the words, "JOYOUS CANDLENIGHTS 2024" The image is watermarked with the McElroy family Logo - don't download it and print your own go buy it from the link in the post, it benefits the Harmony House which is a great cause!
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bojak4assembly.bsky.social
Last night, I took a shift in the @buffalodsa.bsky.social Strike Kitchen. Until demands are won, we’ll be cooking for Starbucks workers so they don’t have to worry about food while they’re on the picket line. Solidarity forever!
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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sarahmargs.bsky.social
Pages 4 and 5 of Into the Bladelands are here! Please enjoy & share ur thoughts and feelings
Five years after Sky disappeared, Ari is walking into the woods behind his childhood home. He's on the phone with his mom, and it's nighttime. Ari (on phone): No, I told you, Ma. I can't make it to dinner. It's the anniversary. ... What I always do. I need this, okay? I'll see you guys next week. He opens one of the two cans he brought with him and puts it in the grass on the hill beside him. Ari, sighing: Hey, Sky. It's Ari again. Been a while. Some time passes. Ari: So, remember how last year I said I was sure the new Game of Thrones book was gonna come out? Guess who looks like a big idiot now? I dunno, I sort of hope he doesn't ever finish the series at this point. Some things are better when they don't have a real ending. Like you. Cheers, Sky. He clinks the cans together, but the can set aside for Sky starts rolling down the hill, spilling beer everywhere. Ari: Aw, shit. He chases it to the base of the hill and sees something sparkling behind a tree. Ari: What... what the hell? He reaches behind the same tree Sky reached behind five years ago. He emerges into a forest in midday. Ari: Hel... Hello? Hello? Hell-- He's interrupted by an arrow thrumming straight past his head. Ari: Ah! Elf: Halt! State your business, stranger. We see an elf woman with red hair and a bow and arrow. She's in front of a sprawling landscape that includes a forest, a camp and a castle in the distance. Elf: Poaching in the Princewood is punishable by death.
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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instantsunrise.bsky.social
• Nvidia calls it DLSS Frame Generation
• AMD calls it fluid motion frames or HYPR-RX
instantsunrise.bsky.social Elizabeth Smith @instantsunrise.bsky.social · Nov 25
For those going home to visit family this weekend:

• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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instantsunrise.bsky.social
For those going home to visit family this weekend:

• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
November 25, 2024 at 11:31 PM
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sierrabravoart.bsky.social
we have 9 days left to go on the @verybigcomics.com LOBSTAR kickstarter, and we're still gunning for that chapter 2 stretch goal! did you know you can support a great lobster-related charity with one of our special tiers?

Check it out!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ver...
LobStar
The origin story of a true New England superhero!
www.kickstarter.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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rowennam.bsky.social
People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”

Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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comicuno.bsky.social
SURPRISE! Lifeline Comics Holiday Bash 2025!

"Support a Queer-Owned Small Business! Get PRE-WRAPPED comics/pins as a holiday gift, including a BRAND NEW "Slice of Life" METAL COVER!"

www.kickstarter.com/projects/lif...
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
matthtaylor.com
sometimes you work on and create and do comics for something close to a decade and only realise at the end of the 9th year what your comics actually look like
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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kodyisover.com
For folks who are newer around here, thanks for following! This is my deal; I make a free to read webcomic about love and grief and cultural expectations of masculinity through my transmasc lens ✌️

#KeepingTime
kodyisover.com Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · Aug 27
There are now 3 full chapters (that's 106 pages!!) of completely free-to-read KEEPING TIME, the queer, slow burn between two former friends and now current bandmates who - for better or worse - fall in love.

#KeepingTime #webcomics

🎸 keepingtimecomic.com
A comic page from KEEPING TIME. Daniel, a Japanese American man, sits on stage at a grand piano and stares out in disbelief at Denver, a blond punk with a neck tattoo who looks equally stunned. A caption title says, "CHAPTER 1: 2:45 AM" A second panel. Denver llifts the lid of a dumpster, while two figures stand behind him in a dark alleyway. A third panel. Denver lights both his cigarette and that of Daniel's. Denver says, "I'm impressed, y'know," while Daniel answers with a, "Hmm?" A final panel. Denver motions towards Daniel with his lit cigarette while Daniel smiles gently.
November 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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geohen17.bsky.social
🌻SUN PRINCESS SUNDAY☀️
$26.17 || Part III || pg. 27-28

#sunprincess #webcomic #comics
$26.17 || Part III || pg. 27-28
sunprincesscomic.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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loremistress93.bsky.social
I'm on the hunt for artists/illustrators that specialise in landscapes and scenery, or who love drawing nature! 🌷🏞️🌳

I'd especially love to hear from BIPOC artists, but this is an open call! Self promo welcome, please comment with examples/portfolio links if possible ☺️

#art #illustration
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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darrylayo.bsky.social
NO ONE CAN CONTAIN THE FUN-LOVING SPIRIT OF AN ARTIST.
November 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
matthtaylor.com
im doing really fucking cool comics work right now
November 23, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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marclaming.bsky.social
This is one is for my Dad.

Dan Dare is back in what we hope will be a series of oversized graphic novels by @alexdecampi.bsky.social myself and the good folks at @b7media.bsky.social. The Kickstarter launches in February 2026 - go here to register your interest www.kickstarter.com/projects/798...
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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admancomics.bsky.social
Hey, it’s #PortfolioDay! I’m always available for some cover work! More samples can be found here: admancartoonist.com/covers-splas...
October 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
matthtaylor.com
ive just got drag on the brain right now and im sure someone's already done it and i can't because the psoriasis makes wigs and make-up a little prohibitive

but BUT

Mari Lwyd drag??
what if Mari Lwyd Drag concept????
November 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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sarahmargs.bsky.social
Bladelands has landed
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sarahmargs.bsky.social sarah margaret 🍂 @sarahmargs.bsky.social · 3d
This is the thread for my minicomic, Into the Bladelands! I will be posting updates of anywhere from 2-4 pages here, hopefully to be finished before the end of the year.

Sky disappears. Ari gets left behind. Five years later, the door to the Bladelands opens again.
Into the Bladelans cover Ari (vo): When I was sixteen, my best friend disappeared. We grew up together in the woods between our houses. Sky could have fun no matter what. Sky: Pick up your sword and fith me like a man! Ari: Wait for me! Ari (vo): My favorite thing to do was just live in his world. Bully: Whatcha drawin, faggots? The map to your honeymoon? Sky punches him. Later, Ari tends to his wounds. Sky: You probably think I'm really stupid. Ari: I just think you're really brave. They kiss. Sky: We can't tell anyone about this, okay? Ari: Yeah, of course. A couple years pass. Sky and Ari are looking at the stars. Sky: Y'know, I think about it all the time. Ari: What we've been doing? Sky: No, man, the Bladelands! We'd run shit over there. Be warriors or kings or whatever. Ari: Heh, too bad it's not real. Sky: well, it could be. Ari: Dude. Sky: I'm just saying! Maybe we were picking up a signal or something. Like a radio station from another state, but with dragons. It feels like that sometimes. Y'know, I turn 17 tomorrow. And I'm starting to freak out a little because, like, this is it? I thought I could be more than this. Ari: Hey, you can be! When we're 18, we can get out of here. We'll move to the city. Together. Sky: I guess... it still just all feels so small. At least in the Bladelands, there's magic. And prophecy, and swords, and danger. You can be an adventurer. You can at least be, like, an important person. Ari: You're important, Sky. You're important to me. Sky: Heh. Gayyy. Ari: Shut up. Ari (VO): That was the last night I ever saw him. Ari walks away. Sky spots a mysterious portal behind a tree and reaches out to it. Ari (Vo): The next day, he was gone. We see a montage of Ari's lonely life. Sky's parents mourn and move away. Ari graduates. Gets a job working at a bookstore. The impromptu memorial for Sky rots. Ari (VO): And the next. And the next. And the next. And the next. And the next. And then five years were gone.
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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sarahmargs.bsky.social
I made a cover for my minicomic! I think I’ll start posting pages from it tomorrow :)
Blue, green and yellow cover of something called “into the bladelands” by sarah margaret. It features a taped-together map, a forest and a castle in the distance
November 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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sarahmargs.bsky.social
This is the thread for my minicomic, Into the Bladelands! I will be posting updates of anywhere from 2-4 pages here, hopefully to be finished before the end of the year.

Sky disappears. Ari gets left behind. Five years later, the door to the Bladelands opens again.
Into the Bladelans cover Ari (vo): When I was sixteen, my best friend disappeared. We grew up together in the woods between our houses. Sky could have fun no matter what. Sky: Pick up your sword and fith me like a man! Ari: Wait for me! Ari (vo): My favorite thing to do was just live in his world. Bully: Whatcha drawin, faggots? The map to your honeymoon? Sky punches him. Later, Ari tends to his wounds. Sky: You probably think I'm really stupid. Ari: I just think you're really brave. They kiss. Sky: We can't tell anyone about this, okay? Ari: Yeah, of course. A couple years pass. Sky and Ari are looking at the stars. Sky: Y'know, I think about it all the time. Ari: What we've been doing? Sky: No, man, the Bladelands! We'd run shit over there. Be warriors or kings or whatever. Ari: Heh, too bad it's not real. Sky: well, it could be. Ari: Dude. Sky: I'm just saying! Maybe we were picking up a signal or something. Like a radio station from another state, but with dragons. It feels like that sometimes. Y'know, I turn 17 tomorrow. And I'm starting to freak out a little because, like, this is it? I thought I could be more than this. Ari: Hey, you can be! When we're 18, we can get out of here. We'll move to the city. Together. Sky: I guess... it still just all feels so small. At least in the Bladelands, there's magic. And prophecy, and swords, and danger. You can be an adventurer. You can at least be, like, an important person. Ari: You're important, Sky. You're important to me. Sky: Heh. Gayyy. Ari: Shut up. Ari (VO): That was the last night I ever saw him. Ari walks away. Sky spots a mysterious portal behind a tree and reaches out to it. Ari (Vo): The next day, he was gone. We see a montage of Ari's lonely life. Sky's parents mourn and move away. Ari graduates. Gets a job working at a bookstore. The impromptu memorial for Sky rots. Ari (VO): And the next. And the next. And the next. And the next. And the next. And then five years were gone.
November 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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dominiqueramseyart.bsky.social
Fantasy
Illustration of a blue falcon blowing into a flower trumpet, while a bumble bee buzzes around the falcon to the rhythm of the music.
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
matthtaylor.com
you what was a really good game?

Star Wars Outlaws
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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animenewsnetwork.com
The "Frieren Looking Up" Art Trend attracted some Big Names in Animation! Excited for Season 2?
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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nooskadraws.bsky.social
ye olde trans rights. now and forever. 🏳️‍⚧️✨

#TDOR #TransDayofRemembrance
A digital illustration of a medieval banner. It says in medieval inspired script "ye olde trans rights". It is decorated with plants and blue, pink, and white flowers.
November 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
ARTISTS!
I need your help!

In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.

Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
A picture of a frog on a leaf with the SICB and Skype a Scientist logos on the bottom right with the following words on top: "Call for Artists!" Learn about the latest animal research adn create art inspired by the science at the SICB meeting in Portland, OR. Deadline to apply: dec 12, Project dates Jan 3-7, Stipend $1000"
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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alexandragallant.com
The print versions just arrived!
Two pages from a comic First page: "How do we choose to depict history? How do we reflect on it?" Art: Sad eyes and a nose with a streak painted over it to look like the stars and stripes of the American flag, with a paint brush Second page: "When do we Commercialize it?" (Commercialize is in the Coca-Cola font) Art: The Statue of Liberty is smoking a cigarette. Multiple copies of my new zine 'This Place is a Prison, These People Aren't Your Friends' about how we engage with places that have been used for the incarceration and how they have been transformed, and whether it is possible to do so ethically or not.
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM