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Liam W.

@v762cas.bsky.social

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California based freelance artist, creator of The Errant Wraith webcomic (he/him) Portfolio: v762cas.wordpress.com Contact: [email protected]

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Liam W. @v762cas.bsky.social · Jan 16

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I’m Liam, an illustrator, comic artist, and character designer.

Portfolio: v762cas.wordpress.com
Contact: [email protected]

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Liam W. @v762cas.bsky.social · Sep 3

Test pages for The Abyssal Well, story and script by my dear friend @eyeballplanets.bsky.social
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

Ireland has approved plans to permanently implement a basic income program that will support up to 2,200 artists.

A cost-benefit analysis found that for every €1 invested, society receives €1.39 back.

Officials from other countries are now expressing interest in the program.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2d

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

www.jsonline.com

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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 4d

Greta Thunberg releases a video describing the conditions faced by Palestinian adults and children in Israeli custody after her release.

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SAJAN @planetsmudge.bsky.social · Oct 8

hi #PortfolioDay - available to make otherworldly work from 2025.
TTRPGs, board games, more vinyl covers and concept + visdev stuff for games/film/tv would be cool!

illustration for Haunted Table's Triangle Agency adventure 'rom dump' - of adventurers zapping out of a barn window - a horned cyclops witha book of spells, a protagonise-looking goblin girl, a blue demon with some kind of spirit mace. A grim reaper hovers in front of the crescent moon.

Illustrated cover to the monkey man soundtrack vinyl. The monkey god hanuman opens his ribcage out, behind Dev patel's head. Hanuman's tail is a flaming circle that frames the figures, which dev patel graps. There's flame, blood, fleshy vomit.

the busts of two figures, one looks in pain, as they're having their vocal cords yanked from a hole in their throat by the other, who clutches them in a bunch with their furthest hand. With their other hand they concentratedly use a stringed instrument bow on the vocal cords. A rainbow bridges the heads, and is dotted with fantastical music notation. Their busts rest above a small basin.

a dark starry background, and a blue room where a bed sit next to windows looking out to the night sky. Psyche lies naked on a patterned bedframe amongst plants, her white hair arching around to the foot of the bed. She looks in wonder at Cupid - who is illuminated by the three candles she holds up. Cupid appears as a fleshy mass, strung within a halo, from which arrows eminate haphazardly.

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juuni @juunipupu.bsky.social · 5d

Show me how you draw armor! 🛡️

(ignore the half-dressed handsome guys accompanying the armor)

knight oc Wreg sitting down looking sad. He's wearing a chainmail armor with leather mittens, but is missing lower half of his armor. In the background are illustrated a black wolf and lilac flowers.

digital painting of knight oc Wreg unbuckling another knight's cuisses. He looking up at the other knight, whose face is not visible, and cries silently. The other knight is gripping into a bright red curtain, pulling it to hide them from a passerby knight.

knight oc Wreg in his armor kneeling down before another knight. The other knight has taken off his helmet, but his face is not showing. Rather, he has lowered his helmet to 'kiss' Wreg's brow and his helmet's pink feathers touch his hair. Wreg's hands are in the other knight's cape.

digital painting of burly knight oc being kissed by an angel. The angel is flying towards him, and is fully armored and holding a red banner. Wreg on the other hand is facing his back at the viewer and is very much naked and gripping the banner.

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Liam W. @v762cas.bsky.social · 6d

Art vs Artist

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 10d

KOSA is now in red alert priority.

Please contact your representatives, dem and gop alike, and demand they oppose KOSA

We need to turn out in numbers against this!

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 17d

#SaveSpeech

Ive updated this infographic with additional bill info, issues, etc

Find your federal and state reps below and make your voices heard!

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

www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10d

Today your voices were heard. We will need to be loud throughout the shutdown and continue to put pressure: No anti-LGBTQ+ provisions in the final negotiated bill. Only clean bills that don't throw trans and queer people under the bus.

Kicked butt today y'all. Good work.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 11d

These scripts are GREAT and these calls are EASY and ESSENTIAL. Call your senators and reps today and tell them to vote against ANY bill that contains cuts to trans health care.

#DidThisToday

emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 24d

so: what do we need you to do? two things.

1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi

what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵

Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I'm one of Senator [THEIR NAME]'s constituents. House Republicans are trying to insert a multiple articles of anti-trans legislation, including a full transgender healthcare funding ban, into the F-Y '26 budget. I'm calling to tell the Senator to stand up for trans Americans and vote NO on any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown.

[you can stop here at 0:20 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]

This care funding ban follows the map the G-O-P charted while attacking abortion. Democrats lost that fight by giving in to the G-O-P an inch at a time. Giving an inch at a time on trans care will devastate trans Americans and it'll get Democrats nothing in return but contempt.

[you can stop here at 0:40 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]

Right now, the most popular Democrat in the U-S, [Zo-RAHN Mom-DA-nee], is campaigning on making trans healthcare cheaper and easier to access, and he's only got more good will because of it.

[you can stop here at 0:50 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]

I'm asking the Senator to refuse to allow any anti-trans language including a healthcare ban in the F-Y '26 bill. Do not vote for any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown. Standing with trans people is the right thing to do and it's politically smart. Voters and donors show up for Democrats who fight.

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 24d

hi, cis folks!

trans people need your help! the FY26 budget gets a vote by 9/30. GOP wants a ban on funds for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE. they're trying for other bans, too.

we need you to call senators like chuck who don't get it: reps.fyi

info & script in the🧵⬇️

SEC. 243. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce Executive Order 13988, entitled ‘‘Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation’’, published by the Executive Office of the President on January 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7023).

SEC. 244. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for any social, psychological, behavioral,or medical intervention performed for the purposes of in16 tentionally changing the body of an individual (including by disrupting the body’s development, inhibiting its natural functions, or modifying its appearance) to no longer correspond to the individual’s biological sex.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 13d

Call Gavin Newsom's office like you called ABC/Disney/Sinclair/Nexstar

South Bay Queer Solidarity @sbqsolidarity.bsky.social · 14d

A huge win for trans people in California: the state legislature passed five bills protecting our rights!

Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...

#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia

Action Needed: Urge Governor Newsom to Sign Five Critical Trans Rights Bills

TransFamily Support Services is proud to co-sponsor five critical trans rights bills that have officially passed the California Legislature. This is a major victory—one made possible through a powerfu...

transfamilysos.org

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Morgan Dawn @morgandawn.bsky.social · 12d

Californians! Governor #GavinNewsom has 3 pro-trans bills on his desk right now waiting for him to sign. Call during business hours (9am- 5pm) urging him to sign this critical legislation: (916) 445-2841

If you don't want to call, use @resist.bot to text or email

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Phoning is best but for those who are shy you could also email or Resistbot the following text to him:

Greetings. You have three pro-trans bills on your desk right now waiting for you to sign: SB 418, SB 497, and SB 59. One allows hormone scripts for a year's supply. The second bill protects medical records from subpoena and doxxing. The third bill would seal trans people's legal name and gender changes, preventing the release of deadnames and other transition details to the public. Please sign these critical pieces of legislation. Thank you.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 14d

"I believe in living.
I believe in birth.
I believe in the sweat of love
and in the fire of truth.

And i believe that a lost ship,
steered by tired, seasick sailors,
can still be guided home
to port.”

― Assata Shakur

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 16d

We have 10 hours left; please share‼️ You’ve heard from me a lot that EIGHT families are reliant on our help to flee Gaza City, which the occupation is invading.

Six evacuated, two to go. No time for despair. Bet on life. Believe in their tomorrow. 361/1000

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…

chuffed.org

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 15d

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

www.theguardian.com

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 18d

🇮🇹BREAKING: Italy Sees Massive General Strike in Solidarity With Gaza

Italy is seeing a powerful 24-hr general strike today, Sept. 22, as millions of workers across transport, education, logistics, and other sectors are expected to join protests for Gaza. The strike has...

@ryangrim.bsky.social

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krumm @entzuendung.bsky.social · Sep 6

passionless figure

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Anthony Hurd @anthonyhurd.bsky.social · 18d

Something Worth Fighting For - 18x24” acrylic on wood. Available.

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kieu @ we must not stop living @leslekieuart.bsky.social · 19d

I'm being so real right now, learn how to engage in media as art and not a reflection of your own real life morals. consume things that make you uncomfortable and understand why it makes you uncomfortable. Don't just base yours and others morals standings on the media you consume.

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Liam W. @v762cas.bsky.social · 21d

Hey has anyone here used CSP for animation and if so how do you feel about the functionality (especially in comparison to procreate dreams if you’ve used both)

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Liam W. @v762cas.bsky.social · Apr 9

A collection of character designs for The Iridescence Cycle, a 2D animated sci-fi fantasy concept spanning three eras written by one of my very best friends Ella

A lineup of digitally illustrated 2D animation character designs for a sci-fi fantasy concept

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𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 23d

Praise be Hesukristos! He is risen, hallelujah!

My tiny contribution to SHARP EYE, which you can back on Kickstarter right now

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sha...

A one-eyed stone idol handling some skulls.

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Liam W. @v762cas.bsky.social · 24d

Trail report: saw the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen in my life