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✦ illustrator & zinemaker with silly typos | he/them | Anti-AI ✦ #art #zines #ocs where to find me: https://ghostlymatte.weebly.com/places_to_find_me.html email: [email protected]

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✦✦ sighstober & comms ✦✦ @ghostlymatte.bsky.social · May 30

✏️Personal commissions: OPEN! ✏️

Treat yourself or gift this to those you love as a surprise! I will gladly draw your faves, and I WILL abstract
and cute-ify them. >: )
#commissionsopen #commsopen #artistforhire #digitalart

✏️ Request form: forms.gle/4kUMqGChQNJc...

A digital commission sheet, part 1. Demonstrating various prices and options for people to pick and buy for their personal wishes.
Chibis are $30 USD, with $20 additional fee per added character. Character art, for half-bodies are $30 USD and full bodies for $40 USD. Additional character fees for character art is $20 per added character.

A digital commission sheet, part 2.

Explaining what is allowed and was is not. Payment is either 50% from the start and 50% at the end, or full pay via paypal or ko-fi donation. Turnaround time can vary between 15 to 30 week days, no weekends, depending on the queue and the complexity of the commission request.

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gingerbread @gingerbarts.bsky.social · 3h

you won't play with us?

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✦✦ sighstober & comms ✦✦ @ghostlymatte.bsky.social · 15h

i go by a few different internet names online, but it feels strange to just pick a name to put here -- since ppl may know me by something different.

i honestly really enjoy when ppl call me by the name they know me by rather than the name i may place, since theyre all me in the end :3c

✦✦ sighstober & comms ✦✦ @ghostlymatte.bsky.social · 15h

Sighstober 5: Listening + Bug
Caught in an auditory web of sounds!

#sighstober #sighstober25 #art #halloween #characterart #artsky #oc #ocs #ocsky

warning: bright colors

A digital illustration of a bug character with big bright eyes and spider-web pattern design headphones. A spider web pattern is behind her.

✦✦ sighstober & comms ✦✦ @ghostlymatte.bsky.social · 16h

Hi again #DVart!!
I am a freelance illustrator looking for art representation in children books! >:3c

I focus mainly on silly spooky characters, queer themes & romantic moments, & chaotic wholesome vibes

✏️ mattymedallaportfolio.weebly.com
💌 [email protected]

#illustrator #POC #LGBTW #CB #MG

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✦✦ sighstober & comms ✦✦ @ghostlymatte.bsky.social · 21h

Thanks! :,)

✦✦ sighstober & comms ✦✦ @ghostlymatte.bsky.social · 21h

Hi I am a freelance illustrator looking for art representation.

I focus mainly on silly spooky characters, queer themes & romantic scenes, & chaotic wholesome vibes.

✏️ mattymedallaportfolio.weebly.com
💌 [email protected]

#DVArt #illustrator #WFH #POC #LGBT #CB #MG

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 1d

TOMORROW (Oct 8th) is #DVpit! Any unagented Marginalized writer or artist seeking out representation is invited to participate from 8AM - 8PM ET!
Please make sure you review our rules & guidelines before the event: dvpit.carrd.co#faq

#writersky #booksky #artistsky #weneeddiversebooks

#DVPit Rules
-#DVpit (Diverse Voices Pitch) is a Bluesky event for marginalized creators that have been historically underrepresented in publishing to pitch their work to agents & editors
-Post your pitch on Bluesky on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025
between 8AM ET - 8PM ET
-Only post once per hour (6 max pitches per project)
-Must have a polished, query ready manuscript or art portfolio.
-Pitch must include the #DVpit hashtag (illustrators pitching their art must use the #DVArt hashtag)
-A like from an agent = a query request
-A repost from an editor = interest in submission once you've signed with an agent
-A like from an editor = editor who takes unagented submissions
-Please do not like or repost a pitch if you are not an agent or an editor. Support other creators by replying to their pitch or
quote-reposting their pitches
-Visit dvpit.carrd.co for more detailed guidelines.

#DVpit 2025 has 70+ Agents & Editors committed to participate & boost marginalized creators from the following literary agencies and publishers:
Andrea Brown Lit
Ash Literary
Azantian Literary Agency
Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
Folio Literary Management
Gallt & Zacker Literary
Gelfman Schneider Literary
Hachette
Grand Central Publishing
Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Harper Collins
Harlequin
Hanover Square
HG Literary
Inked in Gray Press
Jill Grinberg Literary
Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency
Macmillan
Feiwel & Friends
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Roaring Brook Press
Saturday books
Wednesday books
Mad Woman Literary
Neighborhood Literary
New Leaf Literary & Media
Open Book Literary
Page Street Publishing
Park, Fine & Brower
Penguin Random House
Ballantine
Berkley
Delacorte
Labyrinth Road
Penguin Workshop
Viking
Root Literary
Simon & Schuster
Aladdin
Atheneum
Atria
McElderry
Sheldon Fogelman Agency
Sourcebooks
Stonefruit Studio
Triada US
Writers House
Zando

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Daz @dazmethat.bsky.social · 2d

Fortune/misfortune siblings. With coins! #art #oc #illustration

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sara .) @sighsra.bsky.social · 2d

day 7: mythical whimsical
#sighstober25

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ande ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ @andewitt.bsky.social · 2d

awoooo

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alivia h. @slugspoon.bsky.social · 2d

love bugs

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✦✦ sighstober & comms ✦✦ @ghostlymatte.bsky.social · 2d

Sighstober 4: movie you like >:)

#crimsonpeak #thecrimsonpeak #fanart #digitalart #illustration #art #sighstober25 #inktober #halloween #skeletons

A digital illustration portrait of the main protagonist from the movie, "Crimson Peak". She is looking over her shoulder at the audience, while red ghostly skeleton hands are reaching to embrace her at the very top of the artwork. The protagonist is dressed in her shimmery mustard dress with big puffy sleeves and a elegant giant black bow.

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✦✦ sighstober & comms ✦✦ @ghostlymatte.bsky.social · 2d

He looks so cute!!!

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飛鳥/Asuka @yume100asu.bsky.social · 2d

オシャレさんでかわいいねぇ

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Doki Rosi 🌷🌷🌷 @dokirosi.bsky.social · 3d

Viola Tricolor 🌷 Amor-Perfeito #art #BRart

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Casper Pham @ Shortbox Comics Fair (The Luminary Lark-Mirror) @marcheriest.bsky.social · 3d

guinevere

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💜 Bene 💜 @beneceadraws.bsky.social · Nov 18

100% true. My life got infinitely better as an artist once people started leaving more comments. It's SO encouraging, you all LITERALLY kept me going.

Like > Share > Comment. Even if it's just a heart emoji, a heart eye emoji, or one word replies.

It. Means. So. Friggin. Much!

luc @freakphone.net · Nov 17

replies felt weirdly discouraged on twitter (at least to me) but I really recommend getting back into the habit of telling artists directly when you like their stuff. not even in an engagement farming way, it just feels nice. nobody's day is going to be worse hearing that you like their work

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Mike Maihack @mikemaihack.com · 3d

Day 5: CRUSH ❤️🪨

#SuperBatober #Inktober #inktober2025

SUPERBATOBER 05: CRUSH -- Batgirl and Nightwing are getting toppled on by a bunch of rubble! Well if there's anyone Batgirl is about to get toppled by rubble with, at least it's Nightwing. Or so it seems by her blushing expression. Maybe things will work out after all.

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Viv 🌲 @vivtanner.bsky.social · 4d

Buckrams.

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sara .) @sighsra.bsky.social · 6d

day 3: dolphin
#sighstober25

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Lio 🌿 Gravehears October 10th @kroovv.bsky.social · 5d

Cecil Sprites ✨

#Art | #Gravehearts

Sprites of a little clown cat doll with a pink white and blue colour pallet. First pose is just neutral standing with arms by his side, second he looks grumpy with his arms crossed, third arms up, fourth hands on cheeks, fifth head in hands and sixth shrugging.

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Mike Maihack @mikemaihack.com · Aug 16

Have a SPECTACULAR weekend! ❤️🕸️

Drawing of everyone's friendly neighborhood (and often noted as spectacular) Spider-Man! Plus his equally friendly and neighborly pigeon pal Mark. They're both slinging over the city, pausing only briefly in front of your window to say, "Hi! You're amazing."

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Mike Maihack @mikemaihack.com · 7d

Day 1: SHADOW 🔦

#SuperBatober #Inktober #inktober2025

SUPERBATOBER 01: SHADOW -- The Bat-Signal is now a Super-Signal! Supergirl looks pleased. Batgirl looks confused. Streaky looks cute (as usual)

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Mike Maihack @mikemaihack.com · 5d

Day 3: YO-YO 🪀

#SuperBatober #Inktober #inktober2025

SUPERBATOBER 03: YO-YO -- An annoyed Batgirl's got Harley Quinn tied and strung up, who's laughing while bouncing off a construction beam. Good news: Babs has Harley captured. Bad news: I don't think she's going to get any answers from her. What a day of ups and downs.

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Pauline @paulinedrawsbears.bsky.social · 4d

This autumn rat likes to dream while watching leaves drift along the lake 🍂

#art #cuteart #artyear #mammals #rattober #peachtober #blueskyartshow #relax

A digital drawing of a red sitting on a wooden bridge at the short of a lake. The rat is wearing a green jacket with yellow and green gingham sleeves and mushrooms stitched onto the pocket, a yellow scarf and brown pants with patches on them. Its feet are bare and one of them is barely dipping into the lake. next to the rat there are a cup filled with a dark brown liquid and a sketchbook with a pencil. yellow oak leaves swirling around the rat and resting in the lake - two of them boats for a barely discernable tiny brown bug and a similarly tiny red bug, floating towards each other.

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