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kem! @aethermancy.bsky.social · 7d

It's a bit of a different vibe than I usually do, really want to make more green designs in the future!

[ #characterdesign #art #illustration]

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kem! @aethermancy.bsky.social · 7d

[ #characterdesign #art #illustration]

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Drieth @drieth.bsky.social · 14d

A little blinking animation of @zhemari.bsky.social's Nalani 🩷
I have a few commission slots open for headshots like this, both non-animated and animated!

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 15d

SFW crew, this one's for you!

Tell bsky you stand with NSFW creators and let us have creative freedom with a better labeling system, NOT censorship!

Use that feedback form! #bskycensorship

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ZheMari @zhemari.bsky.social · Sep 11

Astarion managing to catch himself just at the last second xD Aldiirn was READY

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Mr. Crowbar has Brainworms @mistercrowbar.art · Sep 11

Aldiirn can drop another sensitivity seminar at any time, do NOT test him on it because he will make sure everyone knows who is the reason they're sitting through another GalePoint. 🙂 #bg3 #art

🍄Comics: bg3.mrcrowb.art
☕️Support: ko-fi.com/mrcrowbar

Baldur's Gate 3 fan comic. The party of four walk through the ruined halls of Grymforge, debating the ongoing slavery of deep gnomes by the duergar clan.

"Why are we stopping to bother with saving gnomes!?" Astarion drawls, "Your people are an elevator away!"

Aldiirn responds, "explosive experts on our side will pay off if we need to cripple Moonrise, and we won't get there without the Moonlantern."

"What do you have against gnomes, anyway?" Aldiirn raises an eyebrow quizzically.

Astarion sneers, "they're just so shhhh---"

Astarion pauses and draws out the word "short" as long as possible as he's hit with the mistake he's about to make - Aldiirn's smile warning that he has another racial sensitivity seminar all prepped to go and Karlach and Shadowheart do not want to be forced to sit through it.

"--short on manners. Very rude." Astarion finishes in a huff.

"Anyone would be under forced labour, don't you think?" Aldiirn offers, sparkling like he wasn't just about to metaphorically wreck Astarion's day.

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RogueUzu @rogueuzu.bsky.social · Sep 11

At the moment I plan on writing out this story as a novel. But I still end up drawing out the character designs and everything gndfjkgnjkdf
Current name for this story is Wolfsbane
But that will most likely change since I'm sure that name is already used by multiple other stories

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Sygdom @sygdom.bsky.social · Sep 10

So ummm it's my birthday, and I heard you can ask for shares on your art during it, so >:3 behold, some 2025 art I'm pretty proud of!!

#dnd #dndart #dungeonsanddragons #art

A digital illustration featuring a fullbody character over an ornate background. The illustration is made in linearted style. The colors span from warm oranges, to reds, purples, blues and teals. There are multiple swirls framing the picture. The character is a blue-skinned, pointy-eared, purple-eyed genasi. He has crystals growing on his body, and has a mane made of smoke. He is wearing an ornate tunic that fades into swirls. He's holding a swirling orange heart that turns red on the edges.

This is a digital illustration depicting a fullbody character. They are an earth / air genasi, with bright blue skin with pinkish iridiscence, opalescent crystals across their limbs, horns, and smoky colorful hair. One of their arms and horn is made of iridescent black metal. They are wearing an iridescent dress, with a fluffy chal with tassels all over the place. They have a mantle wrapped around their arms, which cascades towards the floor.

A digital illustration featuring a thri-keen character (based on a spiny mantis) over a decorated scene. The character has the head of a bug and a humanoid bodytype, with four arms, with purple chitin and a fancy outfit in greens and browns. She is holding a bouquet of flowers with lilacs, zinnias, rhodo-somethings and orange lilies, amidst others. She is holding lavender in one arm, and lavender-filled teacups in two other arms. She has four large bug wings. The tea is being poured, generating misty shapes. The palette is warm, with mostly greens, oranges and purples.

A digital illustration featuring a fullbody character, standing in an ornated background with a flat perspective with an elaborate border in the form of two columns. The character is a drow (a type of elf) with dark purple skin and white hair, and light purple eyes. She has the hair arranged in a big ponytail, with bangs and sidebangs. She is wearing a full armor in a dark metallic color, and holding a stylized sword with a small skull and teal smoke wrapping it. She is holding a patterned cloth, that wraps around her. The entire drawing is rendered in a soft style and has warm tones, with ornate details both in the character and background.

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RogueUzu @rogueuzu.bsky.social · Sep 10

Chibis from yesterday's stream!

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Kousen @kousenzephyr.bsky.social · Sep 10

Oh, hey.

Visa and Mastercard now say you can't pay for WoW. Magic the Gathering. FFXIV. DnD. Lord of the Rings. Because they're all "adult" content against their ToS just for being "fantasy".

Let that sink in.

Spread this like wildfire and have people in those circles call them. No quarter.

DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · Sep 9

Woke up to quite the update on this. I had been in contact with Payment Cloud about getting their service and they waited until now to hit me with the image below. Again, stringing me along instead of being upfront. They had seen my website multiple times before this.

An image taken from an e-mail from Payment Cloud to me. They list prohibited adult work, one of which just includes "Fantasy" which is as wide as cat ears and fairies. We are so cooked.

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Spooky Saba 🏳️‍🌈 @ace-of-dragons.bsky.social · Sep 10

me, vaguely blocking the background colour: TRUST. THE. PROCESS

(Ridani; she/they)

#WIP #DnD #OCSky

digital art of a card with Ridani as both a child and an adult sitting beneath a huge moon

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🎃 Jask-o-Lantern 🎃 @buttercupbard.bsky.social · Sep 10

We said this was going to happen!!!

Call Visa and Mastercard! Escalate the call as high as you can go. Make sure to record the line if it's legal to in your area!

They will say they are international, so non USA folks please call too!

Calling costs these companies money when they answer

DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · Sep 9

Woke up to quite the update on this. I had been in contact with Payment Cloud about getting their service and they waited until now to hit me with the image below. Again, stringing me along instead of being upfront. They had seen my website multiple times before this.

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Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · Sep 10

Dieselbrain really stresses an important point here, and this is why you likely haven’t seen itch announce a high risk payment processor to work with yet

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Sep 10

These are the "high risk" payment processors actively advertising themselves as friendly towards adult content

There is no "oh just use [alternative]" to fall back on. There is no other service or platform to save us.

It is NOW. We either fend them off NOW or we are all fucked

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slugwurm 🌿🐝 big work hours @slugwurm.bsky.social · Apr 8

Fool's Gold ✨💖

[ #dnd #dndoc #art #tiefling #oc #ocart #fantasy ]

My oc Vherai, a red tiefling with dark raven hair and curved horns. He stands with a hand lifted to his mouth, smirking somewhat shyly at the camera. Orange light shines on him from behind and blue light hits the front of his face and his hair. He wears a few pieces of gold jewellery on his ears and horns, one of them is a sword.

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Sabrina ✦ ScissorsRunner ✧ @scissorsrunner.bsky.social · Sep 7

✦ VSS SUMMER GROUP ART ✦

Took me long to finish, uh?
The final redeem (not goal) for the VSS has been COMPLETED!
And aww, poor Mouse! Someone save her!!!

✧ #SogCatArt #Art #VtuberSummerSlam #VSS2025 #BeachVolley #BeachEpisode

A skaven, a coeurl, a half elf, an archmage, a fae, a white dragon, a coffee dragon and a soggy cat all playing beachball with eachother! The net is made of ice (probably conjured by the white dragon) and the coffee dragon is taking flight while biting the beachball as the coeurl tries to catch her panicking.

#Scissorsrunner #digital #art #digitalart #firealpaca #noAI #SogCatArt
#fantasy #roleplay #rpg #ttrpg #DnDcharacter #DnDOC #PathfinderCharacter #PathfinderOC #VtuberSummerSlam

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Mr. Crowbar has Brainworms @mistercrowbar.art · Sep 7

Aldiirn does NOT plan a concerning amount of self-worth on Good Boy Points awarded by his clan, it's perfectly reasonable to strive for more to improve one's standing. Aldiirn makes sure he gets the points he's worth after all, he's not like his mate who will bark for just one. #tavqotd

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Abi Stevens: MCM N16 @abistevensart.bsky.social · Sep 7

857 people arrested under the terrorism act for holding anti-genocide placards and to be investigated by anti-terrorism unit.
Such a massive waste of time and resources, all to suppress our right to protest!

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 7

Almost 900 people arrested at Palestine Action protest, Met police say

Demonstration in central London on Saturday led to 857 arrests under Terrorism Act A total of 890 arrests were made at a demonstration against the banning of Palestine Action as a terrorist group in central London on Saturday. Police arrested 857 people under the Terrorism Act for showing support for a proscribed group, while 33 people were arrested for other offences, including 17 for assaults on police officers, the Metropolitan police said. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Sailing Kobold 🦎 Askilian @sailingkobold.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hey if you want to support indie people making music, Zeni right there is a super cool and nice person and their music is GOOD!!
Their new album is inspired by video games and yes, there is a BG3-themed track 😂
(But also Celeste, Hades, Binding of Isaac, ...)

Zenibuka #ETC2025 @zenibuka.com · Sep 5

✨The Memory Hub✨ est maintenant disponible !

11 titres inspirés de jeux vidéos et une pochette sublime réalisée par @teolehog.bsky.social

C'est #BandcampFriday, le meilleur moment pour remplir votre bibliothèque !

zenibuka.bandcamp.com/album/the-me...

The Memory Hub, by Zenibuka

11 track album

zenibuka.bandcamp.com

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Fource 💚🌐 @e4-ce.bsky.social · Sep 6

His arms are empty yet feel so heavy.

#Ynche #OC #OCSky

Back view black and white drawing of Chasseur holding both of his young daughters in his arms. Their faces are scribbled out in red and written over the scribbles is "remember what they took from you" in Arabic.

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Toniko Pantoja @tonikopantoja.bsky.social · Jun 17

already getting comments asking what ai model and prompts I use for the dog shorts. whether they are sarcastic, bait or genuine, i will always respond those questions in character ;) #noai

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Toniko Pantoja @tonikopantoja.bsky.social · Jun 18

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDyZ...
I did a video talking about why artists pursue sexy NSFW art besides money. I had to re-edit this video numerous times because I do go overboard with the jokes, but wanted to have a good discussion about it.

Why artists pursue S*xy NSFW art besides MONEY

YouTube video by Toniko Pantoja

www.youtube.com

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Darkwitt @darkwitt.bsky.social · Sep 3

This sums up this payment NSFW fiasco pretty well.

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Epsee @epsee.bsky.social · Jun 29

once upon a time in Bohemia

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