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Zach Hazard Vaupen @emo-sludge.com · 12h

Hi #PortfolioDay!

I’m Zach and I’m available for work starting in December (so get in touch now).

TTRPGs, Video Games, Books, Comics, Albums, Whatever!

🕸️https://emo-sludge.com/ for full portfolio and contact info

Djinn coming out of broken vase with 3 characters looking up at it

Sunflower with teeth and a bite taken out of it

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Nush @nushdeco.bsky.social · 15h

Hello #PortfolioDay !

I'm Nush, I love doing character art and illustration!

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toad @toadley.bsky.social · 15h

i love every aspect of your art, but i especially love how you draw faces! 💚

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toad @toadley.bsky.social · 2d

bought an alarm clock because im sick of getting stuck scrolling on my phone after silencing my wakeup alarm!

its been so nice, and has really been working 💚 (it also has a radio inside it and the classical music station plays calm songs at night!)

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toad @toadley.bsky.social · 5d

thank you nina!! 💚

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toad @toadley.bsky.social · 5d

simple and minimal artwork depicting a green eye crying into a gray line. after passing the gray line, the water becomes a beautiful rainbow, and is finally absorbed by pink waves.

on the gray line are the words "doesn't it feel great" in a fancy italic font.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 5d

I'm giving it a 50/50 on this being Affinity going AI because what the fuck does this even mean. Might as well start looking around for a replacement.

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GreenMan @greenman891.bsky.social · 7d

Got @rae.wtf 's HEXA running on switch thanks to love-nx! Löve2D is so easy to port it's the best.

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Gritmonger 🔵 @gritmonger.bsky.social · 11d

The actress breathed in, and a thousand forests died.

Her eyebrow arched, and rivers emptied from bank to bed.

She was death and destruction made manifest and her dance summoned the end of the world.

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Eden 🌸 @anchimayen.com · 11d

I couldn't get certain art projects working the way I wanted. So I decided to do a bit of a reset and do a complete different style and feel for this piece. And I'm so glad I did because I got some good fun practice in for the flowers, colours and composition ^^

#art #occultart #occult #illust

A hand with green fingers reaching out for a stylished moon. The moon has elegant chains hung onto it and around the hand are some lovely flowers. The general atmosphere is kinda mystical

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kuraine @lena.fyi · 11d

just a reminder that bandcamp friday is tomorrow & streaming services are interrupting music streams with ai generated shit, flooding the database with artists that don't exist in any way other than profiting the platform owners

so instead of paying a monthly fee, buy an album or two each month ok

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toad @toadley.bsky.social · 12d

it does not :(

i just have it hooked up to my computer, and i listen with headphones. i wish i knew more about speakers to recommend something!

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toad @toadley.bsky.social · 12d

i have an AT-LP60XBT and i really love it 💚 ($300, but i think i got it on sale)

before that, i borrowed my brother's Victrola suitcase player. occasionally it would sound pretty rough, but it worked to get me interested in vinyls <3

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toad @toadley.bsky.social · 13d

double digit vocabulary

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toad @toadley.bsky.social · 16d

i feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to draw some background art for this zine!! everyone involved in this is unbelievably talented 💚

go buy a copy and look at some cute collectible creatures, and support an amazing cause 🏳️‍⚧️

#Zine #Charity #TransRights

Logan S [Gachapon Zine Available Now!] @megazumi-world.bsky.social · 16d

Gachapon Collectible Creature Catalog is now available for $7+ 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

18 page digital zine featuring over 30 artists with 100+ creature designs! All of the proceeds will be donated to Trans Lifeline

🔗 megazumi-world.itch.io/gachapon-col...
🔗 ko-fi.com/s/6dec2e4009

#gachaponzine #zine #charityzine

Page cover with the text that reads, "Gachapon Collectible Creature Catalog, A zine!". A dog with a blue hat and satchel is jumping out of a gachapon capsule in front of a background filled with gachapon capsules of various colors with characters inside.

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toad @toadley.bsky.social · 16d

ill trade you!

photo of a bee that landed on a yellow flower. the petals are long and thin, with a core cluster of green and yellow buds. the flower is possibly a Cup Plant

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toad @toadley.bsky.social · 17d

no no, nothing that severe for socks! there's a rhyme that helps me remember:

"to the stocks if you lost the socks"
"a beheading if you lose the bedding"

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Logan S [Gachapon Zine Available Now!] @megazumi-world.bsky.social · 17d

Gachapon Zine Releases Tomorrow📢‼️

Artwork from @onebug.bsky.social & @cosmopoliturtle.bsky.social

A silhouette of a strange creature next to a crescent head horselike critter with a spiky tail and red and yellow cover on its back.

A crescent headed pterodactyl with a blue body and star motifs throughout the design.

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laryssa 🎶 @laryssaokada.bsky.social · 18d

　 . ★⋆. ALBUM RELEASE . ★⋆.

stutter is out now ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و ♡

🖇️ ⋆｡「 linktr.ee/laryssaokada 」

this record is a reflection of my innermost thoughts & pains over this past year. my god it's been a long one. but despite the world's horrors, we must persevere & create art. we must maintain our whimsy!

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toad @toadley.bsky.social · 20d

janus jilms

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Mouflon Cloud @mouflon.cloud · 20d

Above the Rubble makes you to go through a list of people killed in Gaza since October 7th, 2023. One revolution of a crank on Playdate, one person.

mouflon-cloud.itch.io/above-the-ru...

I’ll share a bit dev-loggy info about it here in the thread 🧵

Above the Rubble by Mouflon Cloud

Each revolution of a crank marks a life violently taken in Gaza.

mouflon-cloud.itch.io

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Orange Thief @orangethief.bsky.social · 20d

Conquer the world of Lolife with this crafty map, lovingly created in papercraft style by the incredibly talented @toadley.bsky.social! #Playdate #indiegame

A papercraft style map of the overworld from Lolife on Playdate. The four main regions visible are woods, fields, plains and a castle. The map is divided into individual screens with layouts matching the game.

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silas denver 🛸 @sweatermuppet.bsky.social · 20d

repost 🖍️🖌️✂️

a black and white typography edit that reads "i am gay and i must create". around the text are many arts and crafts supplies such as a glue gun, spools of thread, scissors, a linocut carver, tunes of paint, crayons, buttons, pins, a ball of yarn, paint brushes, pens, and pencils, and other things of that nature. the entire image is textured to look photocopied.

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toad @toadley.bsky.social · 22d

there is something very deep in my soul that rejects calendars, but for the zine i prevail

screenshot of a calendar app. on the 28th of september is an event named "Gacha Zine Release"

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toad @toadley.bsky.social · 22d

put it on your calendar *now*!!!!

this zine has incredible artwork in it and it's so much fun to look through 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

open your calendar app!!!!

Logan S [Gachapon Zine Available Now!] @megazumi-world.bsky.social · 22d

Our Gachapon zine's official release date is Sunday September 28th!

The digital zine will be available on itch and Ko-fi for $7, with a bonus concept art PDF available if you purchase the zine for $10+

All of the proceeds will be donated to Trans Lifeline #gachaponzine #charityzine #zine

A cartoon dog with a blue hat holding a trans flag.

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