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Freelance illustrator ✦ Professional house ghost ✦ she/her I paint witches on a regular basis 🦉 ❌ No AI 📩 [email protected] ✦ Portfolio: merhelv.carrd.co ✦ Commission info: https://merhelvcomms.carrd.co/

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mer ✦ comms open @merhelv.bsky.social · May 27

I'm opening more commission slots! Feel free to email me ([email protected]) if interested, and you can also check my Carrd for more detailed info and my TOS 🖤
merhelvcomms.carrd.co

Post detailing my sketch commission prices with art examples.

Post detailing my painted commission prices with examples.

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mer ✦ comms open @merhelv.bsky.social · 6d

Your hairstyle is so cool!! You look just like your art

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✧ Yuks ✧ @yuksiiis.bsky.social · 10d

oc | Leona

The Secret Garden ☀️

A character named Leona sits on a rock and looks at the water. Pink eyes, brown hair, a white dress, surrounded by a forest.

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Kova𓍊☽𓋼semi-hiatus @twoshortswords.bsky.social · Jul 24

Decay🌿

#oc #ocsky #art

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mer ✦ comms open @merhelv.bsky.social · 19d

I've been taking a social media break so I haven't been around recently but just in case: I'm not moving to another platform again, and if you would like to follow me in other places I'm also merhelv on both tumblr and twitter (though my twitter has been pretty much abandoned for a while now)

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Ashley Hankinstein Illustration 🌙 @ashleydoesartstuff.com · 19d

The upcoming proposed rules surrounding NSFW art are bad and the Bsky mod team should feel bad.

Fellow artists: Remember that even if you don't make NSFW art, rules like these eventually come back to bite us all, especially if we make works about queerness.

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Littleevil0ne *COMMS OPEN* @littleevil0ne.bsky.social · 19d

This platforms moderation is currently unable to tell the difference between artistic/non-sexual nudity and explicit pornography How do you expect them to be able to differentiate between consensual and non-consensual?

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🍂 deli 🍂 @deliciest.bsky.social · 19d

The solution right now is not saying “move to Mastodon, to Pillowfort, use Picarto galleries” etc, bc that won't stop this silent escalation of censorship and sexual repression on the internet. The issue is not which platform we choose, but rather raising our voices against what is happening.

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💄DREII - COMMS OPEN @dreiidrie.bsky.social · Sep 4

✨ Helloo!

I still have 7 Slots left for Sketch Cms Sale~ 🌵

💄DREII - COMMS OPEN @dreiidrie.bsky.social · Aug 5

🌵『 Art Cms OPEN 』🌵

Hi ⋆˚✿˖°

Here's a newly updated CM Info~ 💖

🔗:
🍏- vgen.co/dreiidrie
✉️- [email protected]

🔁's and 💜's are much appreciated!

#DREIIComms

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Bambina 🔞 40k labubu @veneratedrot.bsky.social · Aug 31

Growing very attached to her

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mer ✦ comms open @merhelv.bsky.social · Jul 21

Portrait commission for @witchesgonewild.bsky.social 💜🌙 #art

Portrait of an androgynous oc. He has long, curly silver hair styled in a half updo and two front braids. He's wearing glasses, a pearl necklace and an orchid earring. There are three damselflies around him, one landed on his hand.

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mer ✦ comms open @merhelv.bsky.social · May 20

Sketch commission for @hathe.bsky.social!
#art #dragonage

Digital art portrait of a Dragon Age Hawke oc. She has messy dark red hair with black highlights running through it. She has rich dark brown eyes and she's also wearing red lipstick and red eyeshadow. She has the characteristic Hawke smear across her face.

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mer ✦ comms open @merhelv.bsky.social · Aug 17

Sketch portrait comm for @outsidemyframe.bsky.social ✨
#art #dnd

Digital art portrait of a D&D oc. She has deep purple eyes and long peachy pink hair. She's wearing a white top and is smiling softly at the viewer.

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mer ✦ comms open @merhelv.bsky.social · Sep 2

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fannd ✧ comms closed @fannd.bsky.social · Aug 6

I have drawn the most works with this couple, I love them so much. Their art since 2022 shows how my style has changed✨

#oc #art

gay couple, oc, original character, couple romance, pose reference, background art, lgbt characters, fantasy art, dnd

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M.E. Morgan @morlevart.bsky.social · Aug 28

They turned out soo cute 🐐 #art

A digital illustration of a satyr character on a flat black background. They have light tan skin, pale ash blonde hair and fur, digitigrade furry legs and split hooves, curled horns, deer ears, and a long tufted tail. they are androgynous, wearing a cream blouse and green pleated skirt; and carrying a red hardcover book.

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mer ✦ comms open @merhelv.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thank you so much for sharing, this was so helpful!! 💜

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꒰ᐢ..ᐢ꒱颖琦Gwyn @gravenmyth.com · Aug 19

「 Twinbird x Abyssal Serpent 」🕊️🐍

#eldenring #エルデンリング #oc #art #illustration

Art of Messmer the Impaler in a semi-serpentine form and my original character Megaera from Elden Ring. His serpent form is coiled around her as she's reaching down to grasp his chin. There are Grave Violet flowers around them and a black pyrefly floats above one of his hands.

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mer ✦ comms open @merhelv.bsky.social · Aug 27

happy bday!! 🎉🎊

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marina 🌊 waitlist open @leviahthanart.bsky.social · Aug 27

Today is my 🥳✨birthday✨🥳

I would be eternally grateful if you could share my work ❤️

Who could’ve thought that at this point of my life I’d be able to do what I love best and have such amazing support 🥹❤️🙏

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bram | cody 🌱 @bramblebug.bsky.social · Aug 26

same for artists. no artist is burnt out because their workload would be less with AI or their project managing software could be assisted by AI.

we’re burnt out because our work is not respected enough. what we do is seen as disposable and replaceable, rather than valuable.

Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · Aug 26

No, authors aren't burnt out because "writing without AI is slow"

We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive

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mer ✦ comms open @merhelv.bsky.social · Aug 25

The colors!!! 😭💙

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ines 🧇 wristless @inesvisual.bsky.social · Aug 19

help needed 🙏 i'm unable to properly work due to wrist strain (possibly the entire arm's out?)

diagnosis + treatment are proving to be costly so to cover it + rest time, i'd appreciate any support. holding anything is difficult; it was already hard writing this ;; thank you

ko-fi.com/inesvisual

a wonkly doodle of me saying "owie", with text around saying "help me recover my fcked up wrists. i need them to make money (or a sandwich). and a link to my donation page

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · Aug 24

Want some variety in what you call Visa and Mastercard for? Pick a movie with any sort of violent or sexual theme and say you want to buy it, but make sure to tell them about the themes their TOS doesn't allow. Ask them if it's ok bc their own rules sure don't say so and oh man it's just such a mess

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mer ✦ comms open @merhelv.bsky.social · Aug 24

✨ yuri ✨

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kate 🐛 comms open! @witchesgonewild.bsky.social · Jul 27

just you and me, both damned to be

#madhel #deathbecomesher #dbh #art #illustration

a painting, candlelit and rose-toned, of (musicalverse’s) Death Becomes Her characters Madeline Ashton (L) and Helen Sharp (R). The illustration is a fairly close-cropped shot of both of them, Madeline with prominent vampire teeth, satisfied and heavy-lidded as she nestles her chin against Helen’s shoulder, one hand curling around to gently pull Helen’s shrug-robe away from her shoulder, exposing bare skin. Helen, featuring a few bloody bite marks on the top of her breast, neck, and shoulder, is leaning back into Madeline’s embrace, their cheeks touching as Helen turns to look at Madeline, expression darkened and a bit slack. Behind them is a window, dark and blue, speckled with rain. No one will disturb them tonight

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