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Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 9d

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal]

@MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

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Virgil Nolwen @vnolwenart.bsky.social · 2d

Life do be lifing and I'm only going back now to this AU, and it's more wild than just norse/celt lmao-
Now for the fun facts : Leshy is wearing lamb's fur on his shoulder, Shamura's outfit is inspired by the Sikhs and Heket is wearing a wig!
#CultOfTheLamb #cotl #cotlAU

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Virgil Nolwen @vnolwenart.bsky.social · 2d

Life do be lifing and I'm only going back now to this AU, and it's more wild than just norse/celt lmao-
Now for the fun facts : Leshy is wearing lamb's fur on his shoulder, Shamura's outfit is inspired by the Sikhs and Heket is wearing a wig!
#CultOfTheLamb #cotl #cotlAU

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Virgil Nolwen @vnolwenart.bsky.social · 2d

100% this, I've had a similar thought recently due to all the talk about kinktober happening. It's such a weird and difficult subject to balance and it suuuuucks to try to make everyone as safe as possible while allowing more unusual stuff 😅

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Lirhya 🎃 Gamma Freak @lirhyapetitpain.com · 2d

I often say we all have the power to impact someone's day, or life even, through words only. You can save a life with a simple compliment. You can save someone's passion with a kind word.
Being louder than hatred with what you love and kindness isn't silly nor weak, it's a needed strength.

Chloë Green @okaychloegreen.bsky.social · 3d

You know what I think we should all do? Just start reply to stuff with positive comments.

Dickheads are so quick to comment, how about we tell people they look good? Their art is cool? The event sounds excellent. Whatever. Fucking hell, let’s just be openly nice for once.

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Thumper Forge @fivefoldlaw.bsky.social · 3d

LOOK WHAT OFFICIALLY EXISTS. Splattering onto shelves November 8, currently available for pre-order. (Link in the comments.) 🎉 #TheChaosApple #DiscordianWitchcraft

A bearded person wearing a black kufi with thin gold stripes and a blue-and-white checkered button-down shirt holds up a copy of the book THE CHAOS APPLE: MAGIC AND DISCORDIANISM FOR THE POSTMODERN WITCH.

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 8d

"Newly diagnosed"

A mini comic about baby 18-year-old #Gabriel getting his ASPD diagnosis (after a chaotic childhood) and panicking about love, family, and being a decent person. Google didn't help—all that came up was stigma.

Close ups below!

#SaplingArt #ComicArt #OCLore #OCs #Watercolor #Art

A five panel comic of Gabriel, a skinny Filipino person with short curly dark brown hair and freckle-like pigmented skin, wearing a green shirt and probably no underwear. In the first panel, he's pacing with a frustrated expression in front of his bed, with a stuffed penguin on it. Inner monologue is behind him, drawn over a vibrant yellow and orange background, showing glimpses of his thoughts like "ASPD diagnosis...mean for me and my family? My baby sister... These episodes forever?? Now one will trust me...even Nico. Will my parents call the cops on me again?" Some Cebuano and Tagalog phrases are interwoven into it too. In the second panel, Gabriel is pacing the opposite direction, hands gripping his hair as his stress increases. The monologue includes "I blow up... Forbid from even having kids? They locked me in here...back in juvie. Fuck. I'm not a sociopath... Expected he would make me violent too. Be better than this, has to be something...help me not destroy my life." Then, the comic jumps to Gabriel sitting and googling "ASPD support." But the articles he scrolls through are about "What is a sociopath" and "7 ways to cope with someone who has ASPD." It doesn't get better as he googles ASPD and dating, with articles like "Living with a person with ASPD" and "Coping with Sociopaths" and "Dating a Sociopath: What to be aware of." Finally, a "People also ask" section shows defeating text like "Can people with ASPD feel joy?" and "Can people with ASPD love?". Finally, Gabriel gives up and flops dramatically, face first, onto his bed, throwing his phone to the side. A large angry and defeated UGHHH! effect his behind him.

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Veelpo | Comms open (waiting list) @veelpo.bsky.social · 6d

Patreon poll winner Medusa OC, Efthalia

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 9d

a flow-chart with 2 islands. "Do I need AI?" that flows into a final island saying "No"

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B. Dave Walters - Yes, it is I! @bdavewalters.bsky.social · Nov 30

Always repost

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Marko (Nerd and Jock Comics) @markoraassina.bsky.social · 7d

Hang in there, struggling artists

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Paradox 🫀🦐 @corrodedparadox.bsky.social · 8d

FUCK inktober I’m doing shrimptober #art

a design for shrimptober, listing the numbers one through 31. each number has the word shrimp next to it

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Inkgrid | Edel-Art @inkgrid.bsky.social · 8d

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bitch princess of everything (batty) @batshaped.bsky.social · 9d

tall mars isn't real she can't hurt you

(commission for @rezz.bsky.social!)

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 10d

If you're cancelling Game Pass today, grab a cheap indie game or two, and then put the rest of the money toward supporting indie games media by subscribing to your favourite podcasts/websites/etc.

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Yana (yonacreates) - team petal 🥀 @yana.draws.pics · 9d

New October challenge - survivetober

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Milk'n Cookies @milkncookies.bsky.social · 11d

I don’t think ppl understand the whole “who cares if nobody likes it! make content for yourself” is extremely dismissive
Bc we ARE making the content for ourselves but it feels /bad/ when people don’t engage or show interest. You can care about both at the same time

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Virgil Nolwen @vnolwenart.bsky.social · 10d

Honestly, you could try a mix of both?? Bc just black is very comic-vibe, while colored is much more illustration-vibe, y'know what I mean??

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H (エイチ) @therealhanamaru.bsky.social · 13d

Gotta participate in this year's -tober challenge

SLEEPTOBER 2025 COMING IN CINEMA NEAR YOU

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 11d

BLUEBIRD (2001)
Acrylic on Panel - 12” x 12”

I don’t know where this came from. It started out being part of my Faded Star series, but after painting the sky and distressed architectural details, I felt more inclined to “inhabit” the foreground space... 1/3

At the edge of a decaying concrete tunnel, a woman with shoulder length blonde hair holds out her hand to release a bluebird. It spreads its wings wide taking flight into warm placid skies. The view out of her aerie is from behind. She squats with knees out, comfortably balanced, but noticeably her body is bare. Her clothes lie in a pile beneath her as the sun cuts across the opening of her makeshift sanctuary.

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 11d

Here's how today's painting—with the briefest nudity—was self-labeled before posting (1) 🎨

And here's how Bluesky warned viewers of sexual content (2) 🫠

NUDITY IS NOT INHERENTLY SEXUAL! Clearly this platform cannot distinguish sensitive content. Nor should it.

WTF @moderation.bsky.app

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Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔪 @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 12d

Tell your favorite artists you love their work

Murlin @murlin.bsky.social · 12d

From bravewave.net/interviews/t...

Mo: Do you remember the first time you met someone who said they loved your work on Mega Man 2?

Tateishi: You’re the first, in 2013. No one else has.

Mo: Wow. I’m surprised. I don’t even have a follow-up question… how could no one come up and say something.

Tateishi: …

Mo: Now that you know how big Mega Man 2 is outside of Japan, do you look fondly back at the soundtrack?

Tateishi: Yeah, my thoughts have changed since I met you and became more aware of how people felt. But even when I was at Konami, I didn’t even bother telling anyone I did Mega Man 2. So the fact you came all the way to Japan to tell me these things makes me very happy I worked on the game all those years ago.

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CandiPhoenixesArt @candiphoenixesa.bsky.social · 14d

So, instead of “Inktober”, the community creates various monthly challenges with themes based on niche interests, hobbies and the communities within the arts community. There’s been a wide variety of monthly art challenges as a result, expanding out from the initial October time frame.

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CandiPhoenixesArt @candiphoenixesa.bsky.social · 14d

A bit of history of the infamous event called “Inktober” (thread of events ahoy! Plus a bit of a #PSA ):

John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · Oct 3

An important PSA from Batman

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David Amador @djlink.bsky.social · 14d

True!

plush.city/@JellyTBeagl...

@JellyTBeagle@plush.city
20 years ago, normal people avoided technology and techies would jump on the newest gadgets as soon as they could
now, normal people buy smart toasters & coffee mugs while every techie I know is on the verge of retreating to the forest

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