Austra - fantasy artist/writer
@australisarts.bsky.social
Fantasy/Fiction Writer & Artist | 27, she/they | ace-spec
My action fantasy zodiac-themed comic can be found on Tapas! https://tapas.io/series/Finding-Balance/info
Website: https://australisarts.carrd.co
My action fantasy zodiac-themed comic can be found on Tapas! https://tapas.io/series/Finding-Balance/info
Website: https://australisarts.carrd.co
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Hi y'all, quick PSA that I've changed my user and display name from SpringRain to Austra! Haven't changed my pfp cause it's still on theme (Austra is an oc of mine that I'm turning into a persona), just wanted to give people a heads up regardless!
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VN devs, let's share our works together! quote this with 4 screenshots from your game and a link to it ❄️
Made Marion is an action-adventure romance VN inspired by the Robin Hood Legends. Fight for freedom and fall in love!
store.steampowered.com/app/1482150/...
Made Marion is an action-adventure romance VN inspired by the Robin Hood Legends. Fight for freedom and fall in love!
store.steampowered.com/app/1482150/...
December 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
VN devs, let's share our works together! quote this with 4 screenshots from your game and a link to it ❄️
Made Marion is an action-adventure romance VN inspired by the Robin Hood Legends. Fight for freedom and fall in love!
store.steampowered.com/app/1482150/...
Made Marion is an action-adventure romance VN inspired by the Robin Hood Legends. Fight for freedom and fall in love!
store.steampowered.com/app/1482150/...
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On socials Webtoons is doing this OCtober thing and today's prompt was apple picking, and I actually had time to participate this time! Oz loves living on a farm, actually #art #originalcharacters #comics #fantasy
October 16, 2023 at 2:29 PM
On socials Webtoons is doing this OCtober thing and today's prompt was apple picking, and I actually had time to participate this time! Oz loves living on a farm, actually #art #originalcharacters #comics #fantasy
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Also we need more alt/small press/self-published comics from outside the UK submitted for review at @brokenfrontier.bsky.social PDFs are fine (and those of you who sent us stuff post-Thought Bubble may well be on the list for early 2026 coverage.) www.brokenfrontier.com/contact-us/
Contact us – Broken Frontier
Want to contact the Broken Frontier team? Read our staff bios and find the relevant e-mail addresses for your needs here.
www.brokenfrontier.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Also we need more alt/small press/self-published comics from outside the UK submitted for review at @brokenfrontier.bsky.social PDFs are fine (and those of you who sent us stuff post-Thought Bubble may well be on the list for early 2026 coverage.) www.brokenfrontier.com/contact-us/
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If you're a U.S citizen who uses the current internet in any way, defend this please
Because I can sure as hell bet this will impact the internet on an international scale
bsky.app/profile/dies...
Because I can sure as hell bet this will impact the internet on an international scale
bsky.app/profile/dies...
You need to contact your representative and demand that Section 230 be protected, not repealed, NOW.
www.congress.gov/members/find...
www.congress.gov/members/find...
December 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
If you're a U.S citizen who uses the current internet in any way, defend this please
Because I can sure as hell bet this will impact the internet on an international scale
bsky.app/profile/dies...
Because I can sure as hell bet this will impact the internet on an international scale
bsky.app/profile/dies...
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I’m sure other people will post it but hey
December 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I’m sure other people will post it but hey
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I have no idea how I missed uploading this stinker here! 🍹
Xan just having a nice, sparkly drink ✨
#art #bskyart #artsky #illustration #digitalart #artist #supportartists #xan #demon #oc #ocsky #ocart #skyoc #originalcharacter #digital #humanoid #iridescent #holo #bskyartist #bskyartists
Xan just having a nice, sparkly drink ✨
#art #bskyart #artsky #illustration #digitalart #artist #supportartists #xan #demon #oc #ocsky #ocart #skyoc #originalcharacter #digital #humanoid #iridescent #holo #bskyartist #bskyartists
April 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I have no idea how I missed uploading this stinker here! 🍹
Xan just having a nice, sparkly drink ✨
#art #bskyart #artsky #illustration #digitalart #artist #supportartists #xan #demon #oc #ocsky #ocart #skyoc #originalcharacter #digital #humanoid #iridescent #holo #bskyartist #bskyartists
Xan just having a nice, sparkly drink ✨
#art #bskyart #artsky #illustration #digitalart #artist #supportartists #xan #demon #oc #ocsky #ocart #skyoc #originalcharacter #digital #humanoid #iridescent #holo #bskyartist #bskyartists
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Happy #MeetTheWebcomic Day!
A vampire sorceress takes a bride who is not what she seems.
Bride of the vampiress is a magical sapphic horror romance. Available in both vertical and page by page formats. Second episode is nearly complete so catch up on episode one now 💕
A vampire sorceress takes a bride who is not what she seems.
Bride of the vampiress is a magical sapphic horror romance. Available in both vertical and page by page formats. Second episode is nearly complete so catch up on episode one now 💕
Bride of the Vampiress is out now!! See below for links 💕
December 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Happy #MeetTheWebcomic Day!
A vampire sorceress takes a bride who is not what she seems.
Bride of the vampiress is a magical sapphic horror romance. Available in both vertical and page by page formats. Second episode is nearly complete so catch up on episode one now 💕
A vampire sorceress takes a bride who is not what she seems.
Bride of the vampiress is a magical sapphic horror romance. Available in both vertical and page by page formats. Second episode is nearly complete so catch up on episode one now 💕
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Happy Holidays, @asammich.bsky.social !
I've always wanted to draw Ciel 😭!! This was the perfect excuse for me to go all out with my biggest piece this year 💙
Thank you so much for your letter @santas-studio.bsky.social 🎅
#Art #Gift #SantasStudio #SantasStudio2025 #fanart
I've always wanted to draw Ciel 😭!! This was the perfect excuse for me to go all out with my biggest piece this year 💙
Thank you so much for your letter @santas-studio.bsky.social 🎅
#Art #Gift #SantasStudio #SantasStudio2025 #fanart
December 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Happy Holidays, @asammich.bsky.social !
I've always wanted to draw Ciel 😭!! This was the perfect excuse for me to go all out with my biggest piece this year 💙
Thank you so much for your letter @santas-studio.bsky.social 🎅
#Art #Gift #SantasStudio #SantasStudio2025 #fanart
I've always wanted to draw Ciel 😭!! This was the perfect excuse for me to go all out with my biggest piece this year 💙
Thank you so much for your letter @santas-studio.bsky.social 🎅
#Art #Gift #SantasStudio #SantasStudio2025 #fanart
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Obviously, this is amazing BUT the thing I love most, is that it's directly poking fun at the desire/fetish to overanimate overlapping action & smears.
Asking someone of James Baxter's calibre to *intentionally* do this (as well as mess up the spacing on a bounce) is funny in the nerdiest way.
Asking someone of James Baxter's calibre to *intentionally* do this (as well as mess up the spacing on a bounce) is funny in the nerdiest way.
James Baxter’s 2D animation in ‘The Wonderfully Weird World Of Gumball’ new episode.
December 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Obviously, this is amazing BUT the thing I love most, is that it's directly poking fun at the desire/fetish to overanimate overlapping action & smears.
Asking someone of James Baxter's calibre to *intentionally* do this (as well as mess up the spacing on a bounce) is funny in the nerdiest way.
Asking someone of James Baxter's calibre to *intentionally* do this (as well as mess up the spacing on a bounce) is funny in the nerdiest way.
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You don't need to think about what is "normal."
You are you.
One day, the world will come where there is no need to categorize people as LGBT🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Until that day arrives, I will continue to send out this message.
Your soul is beautiful.
You are you.
One day, the world will come where there is no need to categorize people as LGBT🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Until that day arrives, I will continue to send out this message.
Your soul is beautiful.
December 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
You don't need to think about what is "normal."
You are you.
One day, the world will come where there is no need to categorize people as LGBT🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Until that day arrives, I will continue to send out this message.
Your soul is beautiful.
You are you.
One day, the world will come where there is no need to categorize people as LGBT🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Until that day arrives, I will continue to send out this message.
Your soul is beautiful.
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Perform empathy. Please. Perform the fuck out of it. It's so good to act with kindness. I hope it penetrates to a place where you feel it, too, but if you must act some way, act the right way. I'm not here to judge your authenticity, I just want you to be kind, thoughtful, and mortified by meanness.
December 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Perform empathy. Please. Perform the fuck out of it. It's so good to act with kindness. I hope it penetrates to a place where you feel it, too, but if you must act some way, act the right way. I'm not here to judge your authenticity, I just want you to be kind, thoughtful, and mortified by meanness.
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It's backup day! 📂🎉 Back up your art, your writing... everything! Repost to remind a friend!
December 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It's backup day! 📂🎉 Back up your art, your writing... everything! Repost to remind a friend!
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I LOVE our new website for the Minicomic Awards (thanks @itsnero.com !!) and our lovely new logo (thanks Kyle Torneby)!! Can’t wait to read some minicomicssss
ATTENTION CARTOONISTS! 📢
Submissions open Jan. 1st, 2026 for the Minicomic Awards, part of the Cartoonist Co-op’s annual Nib and Ink Festival!
Comics 32 pages or fewer published in 2025 will be eligible.
See mca.cartoonist.coop/submission-g... for full eligibility requirements and FAQs.
Submissions open Jan. 1st, 2026 for the Minicomic Awards, part of the Cartoonist Co-op’s annual Nib and Ink Festival!
Comics 32 pages or fewer published in 2025 will be eligible.
See mca.cartoonist.coop/submission-g... for full eligibility requirements and FAQs.
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I LOVE our new website for the Minicomic Awards (thanks @itsnero.com !!) and our lovely new logo (thanks Kyle Torneby)!! Can’t wait to read some minicomicssss
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This is a watercolour painting of my cat Mia which I did on a postcard for a competition a few years ago. I didn't win! 😐
#cats #kittens #competition #art #watercolours #painting
#cats #kittens #competition #art #watercolours #painting
December 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is a watercolour painting of my cat Mia which I did on a postcard for a competition a few years ago. I didn't win! 😐
#cats #kittens #competition #art #watercolours #painting
#cats #kittens #competition #art #watercolours #painting
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"you're not a monster," i said. but i lied. what i really wanted to say was that a monster is not such a terrible thing to be.
December 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"you're not a monster," i said. but i lied. what i really wanted to say was that a monster is not such a terrible thing to be.
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For no reason whatsoever, this post from the depths of my tumblr favorites archive feels relevant today.
December 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
For no reason whatsoever, this post from the depths of my tumblr favorites archive feels relevant today.
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Ask and you shall receive
October 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Ask and you shall receive
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one of the funnier aspects to the AI backlash is the fact that they're negatively polarizing much of the tech enthusiast demographic against them by making hobbyist PC building functionally unaffordable
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
one of the funnier aspects to the AI backlash is the fact that they're negatively polarizing much of the tech enthusiast demographic against them by making hobbyist PC building functionally unaffordable
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And now, a new FFVII Roche Keychain for you!
Yes, it costs only 13 Gil. YOU EARNED IT BIG BOY.
acggoods.com/product/you-...
Yes, it costs only 13 Gil. YOU EARNED IT BIG BOY.
acggoods.com/product/you-...
December 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
And now, a new FFVII Roche Keychain for you!
Yes, it costs only 13 Gil. YOU EARNED IT BIG BOY.
acggoods.com/product/you-...
Yes, it costs only 13 Gil. YOU EARNED IT BIG BOY.
acggoods.com/product/you-...
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Made some gift art for @somniawinter.bsky.social for Lucky Dip Winter 25! Their character, Caspia in a pretty dress! Do you know how awesome it is to look up pretty dresses for gift art??? DO YOU???
#brideofthevampiress #fanart
#brideofthevampiress #fanart
December 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Made some gift art for @somniawinter.bsky.social for Lucky Dip Winter 25! Their character, Caspia in a pretty dress! Do you know how awesome it is to look up pretty dresses for gift art??? DO YOU???
#brideofthevampiress #fanart
#brideofthevampiress #fanart
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Up. Hoping to make this project come to life.
Hello! Before the year ends, I wanna say thank you for supporting me and my art journey. This time, I'll work on an animated short film (capstone project).
My comms are also open!
PayPal: www.paypal.me/shanemagtoto
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/shanemagtoto
Alt Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/keycheyn
VGen: vgen.co/KCheyn
My comms are also open!
PayPal: www.paypal.me/shanemagtoto
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/shanemagtoto
Alt Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/keycheyn
VGen: vgen.co/KCheyn
December 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Up. Hoping to make this project come to life.
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Sometimes I marvel at the miracle that is webcomics, every page update someone manages to put up is a gift considering The State Of Things in this world🤌💖
December 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Sometimes I marvel at the miracle that is webcomics, every page update someone manages to put up is a gift considering The State Of Things in this world🤌💖
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I’m still so proud of this. Man. The team did such a good job. I really wish their work got the praise they deserve
Megaton Girl - Leap of Faith
A test scene for the Megaton Girl animated comic! Check it out and share it with your friends!
It feels so good to finally get this out. Happy #IndieAnimationDay !
youtu.be/9TNVqN8RZ6s?...
A test scene for the Megaton Girl animated comic! Check it out and share it with your friends!
It feels so good to finally get this out. Happy #IndieAnimationDay !
youtu.be/9TNVqN8RZ6s?...
Leap of Faith - Megaton Girl Motion Comic Teaser
YouTube video by Austin Lee Matthews (Maus)
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I’m still so proud of this. Man. The team did such a good job. I really wish their work got the praise they deserve
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If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.