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Hokuto
@gloomdweller.bsky.social
Time waster, gamer; destroyer, creator. Cringe is dead and I am free. My friends will keep me honest.
HAST (GMT−10). In order of preference: they/he/ze.
I've been in a creative slump lately, so forgive the halfassiness of my #brushweek2025 contributions. I polled for which character I should draw, then had to break a three-way tie. (Lettusu is a brand new joke OC.)
December 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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The only silver lining to AI poisoning everything is that shitty drawings like mine, which were already charming in their shitty way, are now even more charming because obviously some ding dong made them, NOT a computer.
December 24, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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In case you missed this on Friday, at @unbreaking.org we updated our trans healthcare explainer with a timeline (100+ events) and a totally rewritten explainer (20k words, 150+ footnotes) to help people understand the many diverse attacks on gender affirming care, and where they currently stand:
Transgender Healthcare: Explainer — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Over on Animation Obsessive, Jules and John are signing off for a well deserved break and gifting several paywalled and free articles like this one for anyone to read for free over the holidays. Thank you both!
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-pressu...
The Pressure That Made Miyazaki and Takahata
Plus: news.
animationobsessive.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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The science behind gender-affirming care has been endorsed by every major medical organization. This isn't about science or medicine. It's about the discomfort many non-trans people feel over the *existence* of trans people.
December 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just tap the link in the bio HERE: @etheringtonbros.bsky.social
PLUS! Tutorials BOOKS on KICKSTARTER in EARLY 2026!
#anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev
December 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Indie Dev discovers the game they're making basically already exists, worried of being deemed a ripoff. Original dev responds.
December 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing

these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous

this is worth sharing and educating people about
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Broke: being mad at the Trader Joe’s “Trader Ming’s” branding because it’s racist cultural appropriation

Woke: being mad at that branding because it should be Trader Zhou’s
December 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.

scz.org/blog/the-rea...
The Reality of AI Animal Content – Sedgwick County Zoo
If you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably seen them – bears bouncing on trampolines, apes caught on doorbell cameras, or “rescued” wild animals acting in ways that seem too good to be…
scz.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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This one's one to read, this part in particular really hit me
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Sketchbook page of pine martens!
#art
December 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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We deserve a Disney princess driven by an unnatural hunger
December 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Today's Splatoon artist of the day is... @sevenleaf.bsky.social !

Who the heck is Sevenleaf? Why, they're an artist who uses their pen on the screen and on a piece of paper to bring their lovely OC's and Agents to life!

As always, check out their art in the thread below!
#splatoon #splatoonaotd
December 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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NO BUT SERIOUSLY THIS IS HOW I DO IT. I SEPARATE THEM INTO 3 DIFFERENT PARTS AND IT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER
October 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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August 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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August 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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i need to do better at showcasing on my profile here that i draw sometimes. people come to my profile and just think im a normal weirdo they dont even know im a weirdo who draws other weirdos who live in my brain
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Are you looking to join some art exchanges this season? Get excited— The invitational period for Secret Squiddy 2025 is here!

Join the server: discord.gg/c9eEtVz49S
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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fisherman / splatoon
September 27, 2023 at 7:01 AM
Woke up an hour and a half ago on a futon on the wrong side of the International Date Line, back sore, mildly hungover, then blew the time until now on Telegram and TV Tropes. I ate today's breakfast yesterday. So begins the longest birthday I'll ever have, the precursor to my age of calamity.
November 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Big announcement! I am teaching my DREAM furry comics making class, Furry Cartooning for Amateurs, featuring a guest lecture from the ICONIC @outsidewolves.bsky.social! 📓✍🐶

Registration is now OPEN! More information in the link below! Shares appreciated! Thanks!!!! 💙

furrycartooning.carrd.co
November 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM