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Jestprest
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a queer gargoyle makin' art ✏️✨️🌹🌿
26 • they/them • https://jestprest.carrd.co
comic: https://aroseandhisthorn-info.carrd.co/
ask box: https://jestprest.straw.page/askbox
tags: #araht #blog
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Jestprest @jestprest.bsky.social · Jul 21
Hey, I'm Jest! I'm a maker of art, animations, and the webcomic series "A Rose and His Thorn.” Feel free to say hi and thanks for stopping by!

#MeetTheArtist #ArtistsOnBluesky
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minnmax.com
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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landeg.world
Drawing comics is like (starts the next page) OHH GOOODDDDD I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRAW THISSSSS (draws it anyway)
December 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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riansygh.bsky.social
Surely I’m the only person experiencing this currently
Cartoon of me, unfocused I pick up my phone and am immediately immolated by the worst news in the whole world Anxiously, I attempt to work. Alas, this cycle will repeat and I will not escape samsara.
January 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
jestprest.bsky.social
After a manic digital file organizational bender, I can say my files have never been more managed in my entire life.

I'm simultaneously feeling immense satisfaction and a profound level of eye pain. #blog
January 4, 2026 at 5:55 AM
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panelparty.net
IT'S THE LAST WEEK to back Comix Cleric, the web framework that makes it easier than ever to make and host your webcomic YOUR way!

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#comic #webcomic #webcomics #kickstarter
January 2, 2026 at 6:55 PM
jestprest.bsky.social
I didn't get the hang of managing my social media consistently for 2025, so that's one resolution for next year locked and loaded. #blog
December 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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troubledminnesotan.bsky.social
2026 is going to be my year and that is a threat

(I listened to Hopes and Dreams on repeat making this)
Panel 1: A collage of a sketchbook, an ink bottle, ruler, eraser, pencil, nib pen and iPad with an pencil Caption: You have what it takes Panel 2: Character holds a spark to their chest, bursting with pink purple and light blue smaller sparkles Caption: your fear of failure can not stop you
December 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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shop.zandraillustration.com
don't forget 🤖🚫
a stylized illustration with the text "generative AI was never ethical". The piece features a black cat pulling cables out of the back of a robot. The robot has a conveyor belt attached to it that is pulling in packages that read "stolen art, stolen writing, stolen voices, stolen videos, stolen likeness, stolen photos, stolen books, stolen code, and stolen ideas." The piece is a reminder that generative ai was built on the backs of real artists, photographers, writers, and everyone else's creative expressions as humans in order to churn out slop to feed back to us.
July 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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heirakka.bsky.social
EVERYONE GET MORE PASSIONATE AND SELF INDULGENT ABOUT CREATIVITY AND BEING HUMAN NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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panelparty.net
Introducing Comix Cleric, a web framework that makes it easier than ever to make and host your webcomic YOUR way! Crafted BY comic creators FOR comic creators and jam packed with features, you can learn more by checking out the Kickstarter NOW!

#comic #webcomic #webcomics #kickstarter
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A web framework that makes it easier than ever to make and host your webcomic YOUR way! Crafted BY comic creators FOR comic creators!
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December 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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eveharms.com
It's time for slower art. The constant churn and grind pushed by techno capitalism has reached its inevitable conclusion with AI slop. Let's make our best work and be patient with our process. Let's release art that's worth stopping for and savoring. Let's show each other what humans can do
December 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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slowedmountains.bsky.social
Nothin else for it
Two panel comic of a person with glasses looking down at an open book. First panel reads: I think I might be bad at this. In the second panel they are scribbling in the book with a pencil. Text reads: I’m gonna do it anyway
October 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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orbitaldropkick.bsky.social
drawing comics? you will perish, unfortunately
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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robertgenaille.bsky.social
This. Always this.
“The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.” -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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puffilee.com
please support ur friends making creative shit in this cruel world. u have no idea how much a kind comment can mean to an artist when every website just tries to make you focus on the numbers
April 27, 2025 at 5:08 AM
jestprest.bsky.social
They may be late, but looks like there's still something cooking...

Read from the start: aroseandhisthorn.thecomicseries.com

#ARAHT #Webcomic #QueerComics #Fantasy #OCs
[Image ID: A multi-panel comic page beginning with Winny laying in her bedroll and slowly waking up as Grek nudges her arm with a closed fist. "Wins..." he says gently. Winny rouses and sits up. "Grek...? Wahsa mahter?" she asks, one eye cracked open blearily to look at him. "You slept through the bell again." Grek replies. Grek begins to try and haul Winny to her feet. "Mmnghm...five more minutes?" she pleaded. "Up." Grek continues to try and pull her up by her arms as she groans tiredly. Grek leads Winny out of the tent as she yawns loudly. They walk toward a small gathering at the center of their encampment in the woods. End ID.]
October 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social
It's that time: ShortBox Comics Fair is here!

Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!

And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
jestprest.bsky.social
someone has been letting their dog out on their balcony to howl at the sky in my apartment complex at 5AM every morning for the past few days.

I love a good awooo from dogs, but I'm starting to feel like a cartoon farmer with a rooster crowing as the sun rises. #blog
September 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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soupsandstars.bsky.social
She goes through life events while the frog looks on She decides she wants to wake up as she was slowly transforming into a frog She crawls up the hole and back to the surface The young woman trudges home
September 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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soupsandstars.bsky.social
A very stream of consciousness comic about the trappings of nostalgia
comic page of a young woman walking down an apartment hallway. She drops some of her papers in front of a sleeping frog who wakes up with a yawn The frog puts on a coat and takes one of her papers in a hurry, she follows him while following the frog her shoe heel breaks in the snow and she falls in a hole She wakes up in a memory of her friends enjoying a time when they were younger
September 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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ultimashadow.bsky.social
Genuinely powerful words to live by.
September 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
jestprest.bsky.social
sketchbook snippets!
(pt. 1/2)

we're a bit far from seeing Cassander appear in the comic currently, but I need to sketch these two having cute moments together at least once a week or I will turn to dust.

#araht #ocs #sketches #romantasy #webcomic
[Image ID: A colored sketch of Grek, a young goblin man with glasses, excitedly listens to footsteps approach from off-screen with wide eyes. He's grinning as he says "It's Cassander!" while his left ear flicks up and down. End ID.] [Image ID: A colored sketch of Grek energetically jumping up to tackle Cassander in a hug while saying "You're back!!" Cassander's eyes are wide with surprised. End ID.] [Image ID: A colored sketch of Cassander standing with his back to us while Grek has him in a tight embrace. Grek's eyes are scrunched shut as he smiles, wrapping his tail around Cassander's waist. Cassander thinks, "He's purring so loud!" as the sound effect of purrs echos around them. Cassander's ears and Grek's cheeks are flushed. End ID.]
September 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
jestprest.bsky.social
I don't know how many times I've watched the KOG pilot, but the number is only gonna grow until it's greenlit for full series production. so SO hype for this show
September 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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leftistlawyer.com
Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.

We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.

That's the revolution.
September 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
jestprest.bsky.social
Yeah, they are definitely gonna be late.
(Oh Winny "snores-like-a-chainsaw" Colward, the woman that you are.)

Read from the start: aroseandhisthorn.thecomicseries.com
#ARAHT #Webcomic #QueerComics #Fantasy #OCs
[Image ID: A multi-panel comic page beginning with Grek standing in the background while he holds a tent flap out of his face with one arm. Surprised, he peers down at a young, blond woman with slightly pointed ears lying on a bedroll. The capitalized text indicating her snoring comically fills the panels to indicate how loud it is, and Grek is framed in the center of the "o" for the first panel specifically. The young woman looks utterly peaceful, one arm thrown above her head and the other resting on her stomach. Grek's ears tip downwards as he closes his eyes and smiles to himself, thinking "Ah." The sound effect text of "Snore" fills the background of the panels. He walks swiftly into the tent to crouch down beside the young woman, his tail coming around lightly smack her blanketed legs as he rests his arms on his knees. One of the young woman's feet is poking out from under the covers. "Winny-" Grek says to here, trying to cut through her loud snoring to wake her. End ID.]
September 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM