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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 10h

This crow-witch is considering adding another trinket to their magical brew. ✨

#Mashaween25 day 8 - witch.

Digital illustration of a mysterious figure cloaked in feathers and wearing a wide-brimmed witch hat that is part crow‘s head. The figure is stirring a magical brew in a cauldron while examining a shiny trinket.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 1d

One week into the big art challenge month, how are we all doing? 😁
#Mashaween25 day 7 - bat.

Digital illustration of a bat-crow creature. It has the overall body shape of a crow, but its webbed feet cling to the ceiling of a cave to hang the creature upside down. The crow wings are instead two large bat ears, and the tip of the crow‘s beak flares up like a bat nose.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 2d

Kept it quick and easy today with help from the symmetry tool, but I’d love to revisit this concept!

#Mashaween25 day 6 - cemetery 🪦

Digital illustration of a crow combined with the art prompt “cemetery.” The body is a stone urn topped with a crow head partially covered with a cloth. The outstretched wings and tail are made from ornate iron fencing.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 3d

This crow aspires to fly to greater heights now that it has outgrown the pumpkin patch.

#Mashaween25 day 5 - pumpkin. 🎃

Digital illustration of a crow that has mutated into a pumpkin. It has long curling green legs, green leafy wings, round orange pumpkin body covered in bumps that are eyes, and a beak emerges from where the stem would be on top.

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Die Laughing Magazine @dielaughingmag.bsky.social · 3d

Hey! Are you an artist? Is your work scary AND funny? Do you want to have your art on the cover of the most prestigious horror comedy publication we know of?

Great news! Die Laughing is accepting cover art submissions on an ongoing basis. Send us your art! dielaughingmag.com/c...

Composite mage of the covers of the first four issues of Die Laughing Magazine.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 4d

Combined a crow with a crow, is it Mutation March already? Nah, it’s #Mashaween25 day 4 - crow 😋

Digital illustration of a crow in flight, but the head is a crow’s foot, the feet are a pair of wings, the wings are a series of crows’ heads nested together, and the tail is a tail.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 5d

Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew… the Candy Crow can!

#Mashaween25, day 3 - candy. 🍭 I was a little stumped on this one, so I made a crow styled as Willy Wonka and perhaps made out of sour gummies.

Digital Illustration of a purple crow styled like Willy Wonka—brown top hat, patterned purple vest, and a cane. The crow looks delighted as it tips back its hat, taking a step forward under a rainbow.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 6d

Caw caw, it’s Mashaween day 2 - skeleton 🖤💀🖤
#spookyseason #artchallenge #mashaween25

Digital illustration of a crow, but its body and head is a stretched out human skull, set against a vibrant orange sun or full moon.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 7d

Happy infamous art challenge month! I’ll be participating in Mashaween by Meg’s Mashables, combining each seasonal prompt with… a crow!
#artchallenge #mashaween25 #halloweenart

Digital illustration of a crow-cat creature. It is styled like vintage Halloween art, in sold black with orange and cream accents. The crow beast has a large toothy grin and is wearing a top hat, large orange bow tie, and spats and all four legs.

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Die Laughing Magazine @dielaughingmag.bsky.social · Jul 18

Finally, the moment you've been waiting for, Die Laughing Issue 4 has arrived! You can get all 6 of these amazing, hilarifying stories for the low price of $5 right here!

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The cover for Die Laughing Magazine Issue 4! The image is of a room with pale, yellow walls, with a framed photo on the wall of a vase of flowers in the back. On a table in the foreground, a slice of furry looking fruit pie with stubby paws and a tail (appearing to be somehow both pie and also a star-nosed mole) sits on a light blue plate. Many of their distinctive noses are visible amongst the pinkish berries. To the left of the plate is a fork, also slightly furry and with tines that look like the claws of the mole.

Cover text follows.
Issue No. 4, July 2025.
Die Laughing Magazine.

A.C. Bauer
Lillie E. Franks
Joelle Killian
Randall Madden
SJ Townend
Rob Walker

Edited by Theodore Hill and Cassandra Daucus
Cover art by Teresa Galusaurus
Interior art by Iseult Murphy.

On a black background, on the left, Screwball the dead clown reclines in a coffin shaped frame. His bright red smile is stitched shut, his white gloves hands are crossed over his chest, and he has silver coins over his eyes. On his black shirt, in white text, the words "Die Laughing" are printed.

Image text:
Die Laughing Magazine, Issue 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS
“Cattus Malus” by A.C. Bauer

“The Tunnel People” by Lillie E. Franks

“I’m Entering My Apocalyptic Era” by Joelle Killian

“Inescapable” by Randall Madden

“You always drive too fast” by SJ Townend

“Are You there, Dagon? It's Me Kevin” by Rob Walker.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · Jul 10

I am thrilled and honored that my star-nosed mole pie gets a second life as cover art for a horror lit magazine! Little guy has grown so much 🥹

Die Laughing Magazine @dielaughingmag.bsky.social · Jul 9

Come on in! Take a seat! Can we interest you in a slice of pie?

No?

Fair enough. How about the shiny new cover for Die Laughing Issue 4, with art by the inimitable @galusaurus.bsky.social? Seems like a sweet deal to us.

The full PDF of the issue will be available 7/15, $5 for a download! Yum!

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · Apr 24

The Orbs, they soothe me with their song. 🥰

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · Apr 20

Digital collage of an egg-shaped needle felted object sitting atop a mound of green felt stitched leaves. The mysterious egg is radiating light, and above it, the text reads “HAPPY EGG.”

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · Apr 15

Yesss, more funky teeth!

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · Apr 15

New batch of “Botanical Beasts” mini art prints available now!

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Digital collage of the artist dressed in clown inspired attire, magically holding aloft four art prints of mutant plant animals, framed by stitched felt eye orbs.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · Apr 15

I wanted to match 🥰

Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · Apr 15

Choo Choo! Thank you, @bravobenjiart.bsky.social, for the invite onto the art train!

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@whatstheirface.bsky.social

Marker and watercolor illustration of a surreal and fleshy collection of teeth. In the center is a skull of unknown origin, teeth lining the eye sockets, and the upper jaw extending out to the sides with more teeth. A mass of wriggling tongue flesh sits below it, and disconnected from it sits the lower jaw, also containing too many teeth, disappearing into the darkness. Above this form, framing the image, is another exaggerated row of teeth.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · Apr 12

Rowyn is an absolute rockstar who has been joining me for Mutation March since Year One in 2018. Highly recommend checking out the weirdos she made last month! 💚💜

TeamManticore.com @teammanticore.bsky.social · Apr 12

Miss any of #MutationMarch ? Here's my round up of what I did during the yearly challenge that @galusaurus.bsky.social hosts!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pFV...

Mutation March Parade 2025

YouTube video by Art of Team Manticore

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · Apr 8

Thank you! 🥰

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · Apr 8

I sold my first art prints today!! 🥳✨ Every little sale is so exciting. I love to write a little thank you note and include a few freebie stickers with each order. 💚

You can help keep the momentum going here:
galusaurus.etsy.com

Photo of a mini art print of an illustrated monstera squid creature, posed atop a fake bird’s foot, surrounded by flowers.

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · Apr 7

✨ Here is a video tour speedrunning all the art I made for #MutationMarch2025! Or if you prefer to mosey through a slideshow, visit my website 🤓
www.galusaurus.com/mutationmarc...

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · Apr 7

Early bird return to bed and become worm 🪱✨

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · Apr 7

Good morning! Don’t forget… ⬇️

Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · Apr 7

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · Apr 7

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · Jan 20

Stitched up a little Orb heart today as a reminder for the importance of love, creating art, and forming connections.
💜🩷💛⚫️💛🩷💜

#fiberart

A long-limbed needlefelted art doll, floating among some surreal digital clouds, holds up a hand-stitched felt heart.

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