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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 5d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Tungsten Hale @tungstenhale.bsky.social · Oct 24

Nother thing I wanna pick up

More Ironman fanart

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bly @shiipl.bsky.social · 15d

#ironman #marvel #fanart

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🪱🃏 𝕱𝖆𝖌𝖌ø𝖙 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖁𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖓🦷🪳 @babettecirque.bsky.social · 17d

Apparently a lot of ppl needs to hear this

#bskycensorship

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 20d

bsky is silencing free expression and doesn't understand its own audience. #bskycensorship

Post the image, change your pfp, use the tag to flood the Discover feed!

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nonetoon.bsky.social @nonetoon.bsky.social · 21d

Art motivation 💪

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Shen Comix @shenanigansen.bsky.social · 24d

Panel 1: Shen is standing between 2 artists is red French berets on. The artists don't have any detail, they are just generic smiling figures. Shen is look nervously to his right and sweating, his hands up a bit. He thinks "I don't belong here with these legit artists!"

Panel 2: Shen tightly closes his eyes and clenches his fists, looking down a bit. The background turns a wavy purple and magenta. He thinks "NO. RELAX. It's just IMPOSTER SYNDROME."

Panel 3: Shen looks up triumphantly, blowing steam from his nose, sparkles in his eyes. The background turns a bright yellow with sharp orange sparkles emanating from the center. He thinks "YEAH! THEY >>ALL<< PROBABLY FEEL >>JUST LIKE I DO!!<<"

Panel 4: We return to Shen standing between the two other artists with a determined expression and his fists clenched. One of the artists looks at the other while pointing at Shen and says "We should kill this imposter."

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S ∆ R E N ✦ 杰敏 @sarenstone.com · Aug 16

Just your local gang of perfectly well-intentioned robots.

$An illustration of a gathering of snappily dressed robots on a bold yellow background. In the front is a bot in a hooded suit and horns, flanked by various bots wearing identical owl masks and armed with various weapons. In the back is a silhouetted figure, obscured by the lighting. NINOX is printed in fractured and embellished sans-serif.$

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やしろ学/Manabu YASHIRO @yashiro-manabu.bsky.social · 25d

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bly @shiipl.bsky.social · Sep 7

:) filling them prompts for @starvels.bsky.social

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oluka @olukaa.bsky.social · Sep 6

I extremis'd her

The Iron Man Extremis (model 29) armour but drawn more femininely. Snatched waist, wide hips, thick thighs. She will step on you.

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✿emily✿ @gentlyburns.bsky.social · Mar 14

👉🏻👈🏻

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oluka @olukaa.bsky.social · Aug 25

One of the arts I did for the transistor-powered heart zine! It's a zine about comics Tony Stark. This Tony here is from Iron Man Noir!
If you're interested, leftover sales are open :)
transistorpoweredheartzine.bigcartel.com
#TonyStark #IronMan

a greyscale digital illustration of Tony Stark and his armour from the Marvel Noir universe. The entire image is in the style of the Noir genre: stark contrasts, few differences in shades, and dramatic shadows and lighting. Tony is wearing an elegant suit and standing nonchalantly in front of his armour, one hand is his pocket and one hand spread out to show off his armour. Behind him, the armour looms overhead, dark, tall and imposing, stance ready.
The source of light is unseen, only the square patches of it going through a wide window are painted on Tony, the armour, and the wall behind them.

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fenny 🦇 @fennelsoup.bsky.social · Aug 19

yeah

text post saying: apologies to anyone who ever thought i was cool and reached out to me only to discover i am just a weird little hermit who can't carry on a conversation to save my life

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Orientalld @orntlld.bsky.social · Aug 18

Today, I brought you some ancient yaoi😌🫴

I couldn't draw a single straight line, but my shipping content was🔥from day one
#stony

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S ∆ R E N ✦ 杰敏 @sarenstone.com · Aug 17

Deeply recommend getting absolutely brainrotted about a pairing/oc/concept that no one else is making food for so you have to cook for yourself. Not only is making what you want to see deeply rewarding, you will improve and it will not even be on purpose it will just be the inevitable byproduct.

guttertongue @guttertongue.bsky.social · Aug 17

Once again I will always recommend getting totally obsessed with something you want to see more of as motivation for getting good at creative stuff.

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oluka @olukaa.bsky.social · Aug 5

My art for @amar88.bsky.social's @superbatbigbang25.bsky.social fic!
Fic link: archiveofourown.org/works/686970...
#sbbb #superbat #batman

Batman stands weary in front of his many screens in the batcave. Each screen is about Superman in some way. He's sick, but Batman doesn't know what the illness is. He's coughing up bloody petals, scars shaped in the form of a bat have appeared on his chest, there is something wrong with his lungs. Superman hasn't been sighted in days. What will Batman do?
The painting is moody, with dark dramatic shadows and stark light blue lighting. Some details are highlighted in an ominous red.

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ceej @ceej.online · Oct 14

hey dude, I noticed you attempting to carve a small space for joy in the face of overwhelming sadness. kind of problematic considering all the horrors