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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah! Each time I've taken it he's helped encourage me to experiment more with my art and dig a little deeper into what inspires me vs. just working what I feel like I *should* be doing (which is a constant challenge, haha)

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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · 7h

I'm taking another mentorship class with Sam Weber through SmArt School! (my third one with Sam since 2020, haha)

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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · 1d

I've been working in sketchbooks more as part of a class assignment; here are some of my recent sketches 👉👈 I've been trying to draw what comes to me in the moment, and not worry too much about the output or making everything perfect, but also put time into each to make it feel 'done' as a sketch.

Graphite and white charcoal sketch on toned paper of a woman with stylized hair

Graphite and white charcoal sketch on toned paper of a figure with a stylized owl headdress. The wings of the headdress cover the figure's eyes.

A graphite sketch of a a face surrounded by a sphere of churning, splashing water

A graphite sketch of a beared man with a sword plunging through his forehead and out his chin (in a stylized, non gory way).

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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · 14h

too real, lol 🙃

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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · 1d

aaaaaaaahhhhh it's so cute!!! 😍

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Christianne GG @christiannegg.bsky.social · 1d

Added the hiking cuties to a pre-existing illustration I did, at the advice of @juliedillon.bsky.social ! Trade dress was just for funsies ~

A wlw couple kisses in front of a wooden hut on the top of a mountain during sunset. A valley with a large body of water is below/behind them. The title says "Love Above the Clouds"

A larger version of the previous illustration with no title. A wlw couple kisses in front of a wooden hut on the top of a mountain during sunset. A valley with a large body of water is below/behind them.

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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · 1d

I've been working in sketchbooks more as part of a class assignment; here are some of my recent sketches 👉👈 I've been trying to draw what comes to me in the moment, and not worry too much about the output or making everything perfect, but also put time into each to make it feel 'done' as a sketch.

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✍️ Gabrielle Steele 🐉 Reborn in Ash out 23/10/25 @eldris.thellian.com · 1d

I completely miss that Windows 10 is getting extended security updates. Thanks to @vriccithode.bsky.social for pointing this out to me 🥰 Sharing in case anyone else is trying to avoid Windows 11!

www.microsoft.com/en-us/window...

Windows 10 Extended Security Updates | Microsoft Windows

Use Windows 10 securely with the Extended Security Updates program. See how it helps protect your PC and find out how to get it.

www.microsoft.com

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Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️‍🌈 🎨 @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social · 1d

My killed cover for The Wolf King, a dark romantasy book for Penguin Random House.

Thanks to my lovely AD Lydia Blagden 🐺

Illustrated cover for the dark YA romance The Wolf King with the title

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kej ✨✨✨ @kejart.bsky.social · 2d

you want a commission from me so much 👀✨

kej ✨✨✨ @kejart.bsky.social · 20d

updated my commission info

✨ kejartcommissions.carrd.co ✨
✨ kejartcommissions.carrd.co ✨
✨ kejartcommissions.carrd.co ✨

a collection of my art - mostly couples staring intensly at eachother or characters posing and staring at you; with a big caption that says COMMISSIONS on top

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Saimi Hanma ⚔️ @saimihanma.bsky.social · 2d

Is there anyone in the Seattle area who really wants to get into macro photography and has a Nikon? I'm giving up on heavy camera gear and I'm going to sell a ton of stuff including a barely used speedlight kit and commander, Laowa 100mm Macro, Nikkor 10-20mm, Manfrotto tripod with ball head...

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Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 6d

Celeste dos Cravos (2025), acrylic gouache (+ tiny bit of watercolour) on hot pressed paper (A3)

The traditional version of the illustration I painted digitally last year, now as I had first envisioned it :)

Illustration by Eleonor Piteira featuring a woman on a balcony, holding a bouquet of red carnations, giving one of them to a soldier passing below, placing it on the muzzle of his gun while he looks up at her. All around, other soldiers walk beside him, some wearing red carnations on the muzzles of their guns too, others waiting for their turn to get one. On the background, Portuguese tiles frame the woman, while the balcony's railing slowly transforms into a streetlamp typical of Lisbon (with a caravel and 2 ravens, the symbols of the city).

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ines 🧇 wristless @inesvisual.bsky.social · 2d

"my child could make this"

are they making it though? as in, do you let them? are they allowed to pursue art and the joy it provides? are they creating? its so hard to create nowadays. is your child given the abundance of freedom that creativity offers, or are they stifled by your judgemental mind?

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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · 7d

Crying was something I had to hide and only do in private, because family got upset with me instead of comforting me. It took a long time and lots of therapy to not have a panic response any time I started tearing up in front of people. 👍 ahhh, generational trauma 😅

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Anni Jyn @annijyn.com · Aug 18

black phillip black phillip

A green line drawing of a goat "Black Phillip" from The Witch with writing in his cheek that reads "what went we out into this wilderness to find?"

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caitliwinx ⚔️🍂🪾 @caitliwinx.bsky.social · Jun 27

Holy Pig 🐖✨(ca. 2014)
#artsky

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Duncan @goblinville.bsky.social · 8d

Anyone know any good books on modern Chinese history?

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Toby Fox @tobyfoxart.bsky.social · 12d

Couldn’t decide what October drawing challenge to do, or even if I wanted to do one…

✏️Introducing OCTOBY 2025🎨

#octoby2025 #octoby

OCTOBY 2025 - where I draw whatever I want (unless I don’t) and it’ll probably be an elf (unless it isn’t), for every day of October (unless it’s not)

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Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️‍🌈 🎨 @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social · 15d

Oh wow I just noticed I hit 9k!!

Thank you all so much for hanging out with me here. Let's do an art share! Post the piece(s) you're most proud of in the comments and link to your portfolio so folks can see more!

jwahlgren.com

A Black woman in a white gown holding a knife behind her back

A blonde woman with a white dog covering half her face

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🌿viktor aleksander🌿 @ commissions open! @nooskadraws.bsky.social · Aug 26

over the garden wall season is nearly here ✨🍂🎃

[ #otgw #overthegardenwall #art ]

Digital illustration of Enoch from Over the Garden Wall. Enoch is a pumpkin head with strips of brown cloth emerging from underneath him.

Digital illustration of Wirt from Over the Garden Wall. Wirt is a teenager who wears a red cone hat and a blue brass band cloak. He looks at the viewer in horror. Branches grow from his temples.

Digital illustration of Greg from Over the Garden Wall. Greg is a child who wears a metal teapot on his head and green dungarees. He smiles at the viewer.

Digital illustration of Jason Funderburker the frog from Over the Garden Wall. Jason Funderburker is a distinguished frog who wears a brass band cap and blue cloak.

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Chris Schweizer @ NYCC A-28 @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 15d

These books are GORGEOUS and I already thought Applegate was great but coming out of the gate on these rereleases by CREDITING THE COVER ARTIST IN THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT POST?! Top tier.
The movement in these morph drawings is just incredible. The youth are gonna eat this up.

Katherine Applegate @kaaauthor.bsky.social · 17d

#Animorphs fans, I'm very happy to share that the first three books in the series are being rereleased next May with brand new covers. 🧊🦎

You can learn more here: thenerddaily.com/animorphs-by...

Cover artist: @creepcaptain.bsky.social
Book design: Cassy Price and Christopher Stengel at Scholastic

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Pun @inkthatbinds.bsky.social · 16d

Once A-Morphing Time is hitting tables!

21 pages of campy, action-packed, saving-the-day fun is live right now on my Patreon!

I'm so excited, everyone who reposts this will get a FREE copy of the module.

Suit up, spread the word, and morph your next game night.

tinyurl.com/InkPatreon

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Tara Bush @tarabush.bsky.social · 16d

Owl Dreams
#birdart #art #sciart

Commissioned drawing of a barn owl. The owl is drawn from the side, it has a subtle crown made of decaying sunflower petals. The image is very low saturation. Background is black. Multimedia.

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The Art of Asty @theartofasty.bsky.social · 16d

Just got a call from the vet, she’s confirmed the intestinal blockage and is going into surgery between today and tomorrow, gave me an estimate cost of $600 on top of the hospitalization costs

We need all the help we can get

The Art of Asty @theartofasty.bsky.social · 17d

I HATE having to do this again, but emergencies dont care for timing

my oldest cat is currently hospitalized with a possible intestinal blockage, and is most likely going to need surgery

if you could spare a couple bucks to help me help her, I'd appreciate it a lot

paypal.me/TheArtOfAsty

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Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 17d

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

www.computerworld.com

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