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ninjamonkey.bsky.social
The_Z
@ninjamonkey.bsky.social
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Comic artist/illustrator in KCMO area.
🧑‍🎨Commissions: inquire via DM
💵Support/Shop/Commish: https://ko-fi.com/TheDashZ , patreon.com/NinjaMonkey
🛒PoD Smerch: redbubble.com/people/NinjaMonkeyZ
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The_Z @ninjamonkey.bsky.social · Aug 13
Simplified my commish sheet and got to do some guache of my OC Orange in the process. Win win.

With monthly support, you can get free sketches or a commission discount. Links in profile.

#artistsupport #artistforhire #NoAI #digitalart #analogart #characterportrait
A commission price sheet featuring four styles of commission (sketch, lineart, digital color, and analog color) each with a price next to them ( $30 / 50 / $80 / $160 ). The character portraits feature a young woman with orange hair in a yellow outfit. She's poised on one foot with a staff above her head. Her tail swishes behind in an "s" shape. Above the portraits is the headline "Choose your commission style!" and below is additional information that reads: Above are starting prices for single character commissions with no or simple background. Complicated details (armor, intracate or patterned clothing, unusual anatomy) may cost extra. More characters and backgrounds may be added for an additional charge. Most subjects are accepted, but no loli, shota, gore, vore, hate or harmful subjects directed toward racial, religious, or sexual minorities. NO HARRY POTTER. Contact the artist (The-Z) for additional info and a more accurate price quote. Physical art may be purchased for an additional fee (often comes with gifts).
ninjamonkey.bsky.social
I think it was something I picked up in the pandemic. For the last several years, I had been doing entertainment Year in Review fanart. Here’s one entry from 2021.
Was that really 5 years ago? ☠️
#aggretsuko #netflix #streaming #fanart
A photo of a pencil portraits of six anthropomorphic characters represented in various sizes. From top left, spiraling clockwise, an intense bespectacled long-haired hound, a glowering bulky hog, a hyena with a dopey but intrigued expression, a gloomy red panda and her annoyingly positive deer friend, and in the center, a fennec fox sipping tea unaffected. Ninja-Monkey.com is the artist homepage
January 23, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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beautifulsausage.bsky.social
A cartoon by
Guy Richards Smit
guyrichardssmit.bsky.social Guy Richards Smit @guyrichardssmit.bsky.social · 13d
What’s the protocol?
January 18, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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ragadollite.bsky.social
Some visual development work from when I was still trying to figure out what these 5 cats' story should be! For a while it was about going to art university, and for a short while was even a sports comic! The only thing that stuck was that I wanted them to feel like people i could be friends with :3
A comic page made entirely digital. In this version all five cats were art students. A fully traditional comic page. In this version the interpersonal relationships between the characters were the crux of the story. A more sketchy version of the fully digital style, in this version the point of the comic was talking about different forms of print. A particularly old version of the comic, long before the designs were solidified.
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
ninjamonkey.bsky.social
Morning routine feels like everything and nothing right now. Took care of myself, the dog, saw my kid to school, and now I have my herbal tea, animal crackers, and some pumpkin seeds to nibble on and keep my focus. Here I sit at my desk with 3 unfinished projects and think "just keep swimming."
January 22, 2026 at 2:42 PM
ninjamonkey.bsky.social
My children are horrified with me because I think rabbits look food shaped.
Not like haha catloaf— more like haha meatloaf.
January 22, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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aluino.blacksky.app
I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there.

I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
January 20, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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theinnerobserver.bsky.social
Feeling a little spicy this morning ~ This is my latest #watercolor painting I titled, Overconsumption" and some of my thoughts I had when making this new piece. Sound on 🔊#surrealism
January 20, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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wintersound.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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generalwitch.bsky.social
Please get in touch if you are an illustrator who wants to get involved with our next zine - submission details all here - general-witchfinders.teemill.com/blog/call-fo...
generalwitch.bsky.social General Witchfinders - The British Horror Podcast (and Zine) @generalwitch.bsky.social · Dec 1
A thread - 1 of 4

🧵 We make a twice yearly British horror zine and our next edition is the Beltane 2026 issue. General submissions will open after Christmas, but we are starting this thread now to connect with illustrators, ideally UK based, who might want to be part of it.
A poster with the heading Illustrators Wanted above the General Witchfinders logo. Around the text are nine illustrations from past contributors. They include a pointillist table and chairs, a witch holding a skull, a woman with dark hair in a red top, a purple haired woman holding a curved blade, a horned helmet, an old king with a crown, a skeletal figure in a cloak, a night scene of a lone house on a cliff, and a yellow Dalek. Art by @scoobtoobins @from_the_dark_water @longdencalling @thisnorthernboy @annijyn @jonpountney1 @scragend
January 19, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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britmycolsoc.org.uk
Open for applications: Massee Arts Grant: up to £5000 to support novel arts projects focused on fungi. For artists from all disciplines & all geographic locations who can help us encourage engagement and learning about mycology. Find out more & apply here: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/massee-arts-...
Black and white photo of an actor in the centre of a woodland of tall tree trunks, accompanied by a musician in a long coat playing a violin. Credit: Jack Parris, 2025 Massee Arts Grant awardee. https://www.instagram.com/jackparrisd/
January 16, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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solrad.bsky.social
SOLRAD Presents exists to serve cartoonists looking for a permanent digital home for comics.
We accept comics that had previously been published on social media, unpublished comics, or comics published in other places or ways that no longer serve their maker’s needs.
solrad.co/solrad-prese...
January 18, 2026 at 3:50 PM
ninjamonkey.bsky.social
But these are a couple favorite recent Valentines’s he’s given me! We have a long history of nerding out together but I swear we have been so terribly spoiled the past few years with outstanding anime!
#anime #valentinescards #frieren #zenshu #finalfantasy9
Two handmade cards. The one on top is simply a white background with text that reads, “I have been trying… and trying… to figure out what to put on a Valentine …but I keep drawing a Blank” The card below that has a petite elf woman in fantasy clothes being bestowed with a ring by a kneeling man in a flowing cape. “I’m so happy to have found someone who loves me more…” A photo of the interior of the two cards. The one on top has a montage of screenshots from the anime Zenshu in which the protagonist, a young woman with long black hair focuses intently while sitting down to draw. On the opposing side, some character art of Blank from the video game Final Fantasy 9 is framed by text that reads “So I got some help to deal with The Void… and she still drew a Blank. Happy Valentine’s Day!” The card underneath has interior art of the small elf woman’s posterior as she kicks, trapped inside the hungry maw of a mimic monster disguised as a treasure chest. The text says, “Than mimics love Frieren. Happy Valentine’s day!”
January 18, 2026 at 12:35 PM
ninjamonkey.bsky.social
More nerdy Valentine’s we’ve exchanged from the past few years.
#valentines #diygifts #startrek #zelda #starwars
A heart shaped box modified with a textured painting of a catoon-style Ferengi from Star Trek. He smiles with sharp, pointed teeth and has a bulging forehead over a pair of ludicrously large ears, characteristic of his alien race. Under the portrait is painted “I lobe you”. A photo of a greeting card printed with an old, beared man rendered in pixels. He is captioned with the famous quote from the original Legend of Xelda game, “It’s dangerous to go alone…” In front of the card rests a boxed Game and Watch handheld video game of The Legend of Zelda in a gold box. A photo of a large corgi plush holding a heart between its paws. In front of it is a handmade card proclaiming “Baby Yoda one for me.” Grogu from The Mandalorian is forming a heart with his little hands.
January 18, 2026 at 12:21 PM
ninjamonkey.bsky.social
Thinking back to that Valentine’s Day we gave each other nearly identical cards!
I have an idea for this year’s card. Still thinking about how much work I want to put into it.
#valentinescard #valentines #handmade #couplegoals #lobelocked
A photo of two cards, one of which is hand made and says “We can still do it all night long!” In white text on a red background colored with streaky marker. The other card is printed with a light pink couch on a slightly richer pink background. The text says, “We can order pizza, snuggle on the couch, watch our favorite show. I don’t care what we do as long as we do it together.” A photo of two open cards. One is hand drawn with an illustration of two people and a dog cuddled up on a loveseat under a blanket. Word balloons over their heads say, “Another episode?” “Uh, YEAH!” The opposing page proclaims, “Happy Valentine’s Day! -Love Z” The other card’s interior is printed with “And not wearing pants. Happy Valentine’s Day!” Handwritten it says, “Well maybe not this week, but that’s what electric blankets are for, right? -Love Bo” A photo of two overlapping Valentine’s cards. One is open to the interior with a couple on s loveseat watching TV. The other is a printed card that mentions ordering a pizza, snuggling on the couch, and watching favorite shows.”
January 17, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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jordanwthatcher.bsky.social
I've long had the idea of creating themed sets in my shop using my various artistic skills, and this is my first set! Polymer clay earring sets and embroidered beanies 😊

With Valentine's Day and LoZ's 40th anniversary next month, I was really excited both planning and putting these together ❤️ #bsnm
A set of handmade polymer clay Heart Container earrings inspired by the Legend of Zelda series, hanging on the end of an orange paint brush handle. The earrings are made with metallic red and white clay, and coated with a gloss glaze making them super shiny. The fish hooks are gold, to match the theme of the series. A stack of three cuffed beanies in heather red, heather grey and white embroidered with a 16-bit Heart Container as seen in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. The embroidery is 1.75" tall, and was embroidered on a Barudan embroidery machine. A set of handmade polymer clay Heart Piece earrings inspired by the Legend of Zelda series, hanging on the end of an orange paint brush handle. The earrings are made with metallic red, black and white clay, and coated with a gloss glaze making them super shiny. The fish hooks are gold, to match the theme of the series. A stack of three cuffed beanies in pink, heather grey and cardinal embroidered with a 16-bit Heart Piece as seen in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. The embroidery is 1.75" tall and was embroidered on a Barudan embroidery machine.
January 16, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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roricomics.bsky.social
Hope everyone is getting by 💜
drawing with a larg boot and many small people running to and under it to plant spears tied with red and black flags. the text says: though small we are many and very sharp.
January 15, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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trungles.com
Cartoonists, I’d love to hear your stories! For local resources, please check out @defend612.bsky.social
defend612.com
ICE OUT Cartoonists against ICE Calling on cartoonists and artists to tell your stories about the ICE occupation of your towns and cities! *4-panel comics* *3:4 Instagram format* Use this Blue: *There is a color drop block of blue to copy * Use these hashtags: #iceout[your city] #iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics
January 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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newlevant.bsky.social
What's Up With COVID and What We Can Do About It: 2026 Edition

I've thoroughly updated this public health propaganda zine! With new information about:

Adjusting mask fit
CO2 monitoring
Improving ventilation for infection control

Read at newlevant.com/COVIDzine or in the thread below 👇
[COVID zine front cover] [bold, handwritten] What’s Up With COVID and What We Can Do About It: 2026 Edition [Drawing of a person (me) with a shoulder-length shag haircut, wearing head-strap respirator mask a sweatshirt, carrying a Corsi-Rosenthal box (a DIY air purifier made with a box fan and furnace filters)] [word balloon] clean the air, basically! By Hazel Newlevant [COVID zine back cover] [handwritten text, circled by a chain which is breaking on the bottom] “Every chain of transmission that is broken is VALUABLE. Every person that doesn’t GET SICK, that doesn’t lose that WEEK OF WORK, that doesn’t become DISABLED or DIE, from the minorest of inconveniences, to the GREATEST of losses: every single one of those things is VALUABLE.” -Becca on DEATH PANEL podcast 2/16/23. Print and distribute this zine yourself! Download a PDF here. [arrow pointing to the citations QR code] [drawing of this zine, getting stapled with a long-arm stapler] [Creative Commons license logo] CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Citations: [QR code] newlevant.com/COVIDzine [bold, handwritten] ALWAYS FREE
January 16, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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shiftypumpkin.com
Yep
The "This Is Fine" meme of a dog in a house on fire, but the dog says "So I have a new painting for sale"
January 16, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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kortizart.bsky.social
HELL YEAH!!

Look at what we did TOGETHER! Comic-con has quietly changed their language and will NOT allow GenAi imagery in their art show!

And this happened because you all wrote letters, and shared your concerns! Speaking up works EVERY time!

So congrats friends! We did this together!!!
🙌🙌💖💖💖
culturecrave.co Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 9d
San Diego Comic-Con will no longer allow AI 'art' to be displayed at their event

"Material created by AI either partially or wholly, is not allowed in the art show"

This follows backlash from artists after SDCC initially indicated AI-generated work would be permitted
January 14, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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jameelawahlgren.bsky.social
ARTISTS! It's a grim time so let's support each other!

If you are open for private commissions post your work and your rates here! I want to boost you and get you some work!

Anyone feel free to share this thread!
January 14, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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dianedarrow.bsky.social
Don’t shop at Target either. Don’t rent enterprise cars. Don’t shop at Home Depot or Lowe’s. Crap … let’s just have a national strike
January 16, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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isaiahmn.org
🚨 BREAKING: Over 100 clergy at Target HQ in Downtown Minneapolis demanding justice #ICEOutOfMN #ICEOutForGood #ReneeGood

🎶 “We can stay here all day, we shall not be moved. We are shopping elsewhere, we shall not be moved.”

🔗 Watch live: www.facebook.com/share/v/1ALf...
January 15, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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nickjbrumfield.bsky.social
They're literally taking hostages
archhelmer.bsky.social Dr. Angry Anarchist (Free 🇵🇸) @archhelmer.bsky.social · 8d
"Homeland Security refused to release more information, unless the tribe 'entered into an immigration agreement with ICE.'"
I don't even know what to say at this point except fuck ICE and fuck the settler colonial government of the so-called united states
apnews.com/article/ice-...
Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention
The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota said three of the four tribal members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis last week have been transferred to an ICE facility and called for th...
apnews.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:36 AM
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smoothdunk2.bsky.social
typical ai use case
4 panel comic Panel 1: Blue Guy is at a restaurant. Pink Guy is the waiter serving him. Blue Guy is holding his phone up to his face and shouting obnoxiously, “Gemini, what food does this place have?” Waiter: “Sir, we have a menu” Panel 2: Blue Guy continues into phone: “Gemini, what burgers do they do?” Waiter: “You can check the menu” Panel 3: Blue Guy: “Gemini, pizza options?” Waiter, looking at the menu on the table in front of the Blue Guy: “It’s literally right there” Panel 4: Blue Guy: “Gemini, spaghetti, yes or no?” Waiter: Rotate your eyeballs 45 degrees downward
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM