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@paragonraptors.bsky.social
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30 || he/him || Artist on VOX MACHINA: ORIGINS IV, GOLDIE VANCE, WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER, THE AVANT-GUARDS || For work inquiries contact [email protected]
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thisweekinvideogames.com
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.

Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.

thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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sketchesbyboze.bsky.social
People say AI is a magic shortcut to creativity & success. I’ll tell you the real secret and it’s voraciously reading, being interested in everything, being diligent in the pursuit of learning, paying attention to the interior lives of others & keeping a heart open to the world.
December 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
paragonraptors.bsky.social
we have a whole ass big beautiful real life world to draw inspiration from and we’re destroying it for the hallucinogenic plagiarisms and false facsimiles of a machine
December 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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dieselbrain.bsky.social
while KOSA passed the subcommittee, there is still the full committee meeting it needs to go through before being voted on by the Senate/House

support is more split on it than you'd think, we just need to pull away enough votes to block it. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!

www.badinternetbills.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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dieselbrain.bsky.social
Today is the day! Make some phone calls to Visa and Mastercard if youre able to and keep it going as much as you can muster until monday!
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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lord0f.bsky.social
YCH CHIBI COMMS OPEN!!

For the foreseeable future I will be closing full illustration comms and replacing them with THESE!!

Instructions in images

Catalog in replies

Pose library: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
November 19, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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romgothsam.bsky.social
Almost all of the revenue I get from things I have written (non-fiction or academic) comes from libraries. I always say 'get your library to order it' because that is literally the best way to support me and make work like mine available to a wider audience
darrylayo.bsky.social Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · Nov 15
Libraries purchase books. When you see a book at the library, it isn’t “free”

the library bought it.

which in turn means that the community bought it.

In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
November 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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darkhorse.com
ICYMI: The Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins IV collection is now available in both a paperback and a Deluxe Edition hardcover! Details: bit.ly/3PTsoDx

With @criticalrole.bsky.social, by @matthewmercer.bsky.social, @jodyhouser.bsky.social, @paragonraptors.bsky.social, more
Page from Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Volume IV
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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arlohawthorne.bsky.social
Rime of the Friendships We Made Along The Way
Was pocessed by the gales of Novemeber to draw the ol' Icewind Dale group from a few years ago ❄️

#art #dnd #dndart
Group illustration of a dungeons and dragons party, left to right: A half orc, Brom, smiling and pushing hair out of his face while his arm is across two other characters (Quinten and Roan), a wood elf, Quinten, who is staring lovingly at the person to his right, he's balancing back on a foot with both arms around the people next to him, a air genasi, Roan, grins back at Quinten, one of his arms is up on Quinten's hsoulders lifting Quinten's cowboy hat off his head, Next is a Aasimar named Cornelius he's got his arms practically around everyone, but one is pulling a wizard to his right into a friendly headlock as he grins down at him. Last is a warforge wizard named Willie who is leaning back into Cornelius and is holding a black cat that is trying to get out of his arms. These scene is set in a snowy landscape.
November 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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onlyhalfpigeon.bsky.social
The sunshine man in question

(Art by @paragonraptors.bsky.social)
A man swinging his arms and singing while walking and holding a frozen coffee drink.
October 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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dogbarkingbees.bsky.social
So I have used this in a pinch, and I can 100% vouch for it.
It's not garbage food or forgotten orders, it's always fresh same-day food.
Most of the restaurants in my area make extra specifically for TGTG, and add coupons on full priced orders.

It's a great resource, and it cuts down on food waste.
zheida.bsky.social zheida @zheida.bsky.social · Oct 27
Adding another cheap food resource via Tumblr

www.toogoodtogo.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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criticalrole.bsky.social
COMICS FOR A CAUSE 📚

Explore the origins of Exandria's heroes and make the world a better place with the Critical Role Comic Collection from Dark Horse Comics - each purchase at the price of your choice directly supports our work at the Critical Role Foundation!

LEARN MORE ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4oIJROh
October 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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dieselbrain.bsky.social
#SaveSpeech
its the work week, so remember to contact your US representatives! Tell them to OPPOSE the following bills:

Kids Online Safety Act (s.1748)
Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (s.1671)
SCREEN Act (s.737)
FADPA (H.R.791)
ACPA
Block BEARD Act

www.congress.gov/members/find...
August 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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dieselbrain.bsky.social
#SaveSpeech

Updated list of major US bills ya'll need to yell at your congressmen about, w/ talking points.

Tell em to say NO to:

SCREEN ACT
KOSA
IODA

www.congress.gov/members/find...

CALL EM. MAIL EM. EMAIL EM. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.
August 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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ev-illust.bsky.social
#artfight attack for @paragonraptors.bsky.social of iianka ✨
August 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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pinayelf.bsky.social
Art Fight 2025 Compilation
Really enjoyed doing it, def doing it again next year ❤️ I wish I had more time to revenge people
#artfight2025 #pinayelfart
Top left to right: A Sinhalese in blue clothes and blue gradient background, A black Aasimar in golden clothes with a blue/gold gradient background, a half-elf Greek/Arab Rogue with long wavy blonde hair, heterochromic eyes and maroon vest against a yellow textured background. Bottom left to right: A Filipino elf with long dark brown hair, and white tunic against a muted light blue background with patterns, A white elf with shaggy blonde hair and blue light armor against a black background with a red spotlight, an Indian half-elf with shaggy black hair, gold earring and heavy armor against a blue background with a light halo
August 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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darkhorse.com
The Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins IV collection will be available in both a paperback and a Deluxe Edition hardcover with bonus materials this month! Details and pre-order: bit.ly/3PTsoDx

With @CriticalRole.bsky.social, by @jodyhouser.bsky.social, @paragonraptors.bsky.social, and more
Pre-order graphic for The Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins IV collection. Featuring both the paperback edition cover, illustrated by Alisvart, as well as the cover for the Deluxe Edition Photo of the Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins IV collection deluxe edition
August 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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cartoonist.coop
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"
July 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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pocketoon.bsky.social
attack #7 for @paragonraptors.bsky.social hehehehe shoots your all dragon age characters with my ponyfication beam >:)

#artfright #mlp #art #dragonage
a digital illustration of 3 ponies done in the mlp:fim style. the far left is a brown unicorn with a long reddish brown braided mane. His unicorn horn is long and curved and he has a tail more like the last unicorn style unicorn tails. he has green hooves and eyes and is missing his front left leg. his cutie mark is dragon age inquisition sigil. the middle pony is a purple bat pony with a short dark mane and frosted over light blue eyes (they are blind) they are covered head to hoof in jagged pink scars. their hooves are a darker purple than their tail. their cutie mark is a violin with music notes that are made of little skulls. the right pony is a big dark blue earth pony with a short blonde mane and tail. he also has a little bit of blonde facial scruff. he has a lighter blue blaze on his face and light blue fur around his hooves which are gold like his eyes. he has the red pain across his nose of the dragon age Hawke. his cutie mark is the king and queen of hearts
July 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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spookalucca.tv
KOSA is back. This is the internet censorship bill!

And it's not just coming for SWers, it'll be coming for all LGBTQ content, because the people in charge view LGBTQ people as inherently pornagraphic!

We must push back even harder than we did last time we killed this bill 🔥
July 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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lioncasey.bsky.social
i drew her Maneuvering my eldritch knight also. for me :)
July 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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lioncasey.bsky.social
another artfight attack, this time of Princess Kaelynn Aelrindel Fildae va Cormanthyr, whom i love, by @paragonraptors.bsky.social. i don't think she's a fencer based on that blade, but she looks cool doing it! :)
#artfight #teamcrystals #kcart
July 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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bugsfromhell.bsky.social
DON'T STOP CALLING.

email them if you want, sure, but the fact that they are requesting people to *email them instead* (presumably because emails are much easier to ignore) means that the calls are WORKING, i.e. becoming a massive nuisance and interrupting workflow.

once again, DON'T STOP CALLING.
July 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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comicsbeat.bsky.social
SDCC ‘25: What to do if ICE crashes the con

If you see ICE or Border Patrol agents while attending San Diego Comic-Con, know your rights and exercise them.
SDCC ‘25: What to do if ICE crashes the con
If you see ICE or Border Patrol agents while attending San Diego Comic-Con, know your rights and exercise them.
www.comicsbeat.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM