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Maaria

@maariala.bsky.social

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🇫🇮 she/her I make (web)comics. Kids stay out 🔞 Read Phantomland on Webtoon https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/phantomland/list?title_no=218899 Read Phantomland on Tapas https://tapas.io/series/Phantomland/info Toss me a coin https://ko-fi.com/maaria

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Maaria @maariala.bsky.social · 24d

Hi new followers! I'm Maaria and I draw cute girls, hot guys, and comics about them

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 20h

"Niccolo", the 2nd 2025 graduation short film from french Gobelins school, is online.
Directed by Clémentine Di Prizio, David Florian, Axelle Granet, Sirui Liu, Hugo Michalet & Njolai Pachomius.
Full film >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=O515...

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Maaria @maariala.bsky.social · 1d

いってらっしゃい！

Maaria @maariala.bsky.social · 3d

Oh hell yeah what a great design

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 3d

Bluesky deleted my post complaining about the CEO lol. I did not delete it myself! Full on Lowtaxing from Jay here.

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Maaria @maariala.bsky.social · 4d

Saaame that game had many neat ideas that deserved to be in a better game

Maaria @maariala.bsky.social · 4d

Ohhh wow I didn't know letterers could do that

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Maaria @maariala.bsky.social · 5d

I will never understand the point of bolding every third word in a sentence, it hurts my brain so bad

Liam McGuire @liammcguire.bsky.social · 6d

Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?

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Maaria @maariala.bsky.social · 5d

Yeahhh... artists often end up in these creative circles and especially when you're young it can easily restrict your expression to a fucked up degree. Very familiar stuff

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Maaria @maariala.bsky.social · 6d

Huuuh you've read it?? 🤯 Holy crap that's so cool, thank you!! I need to start updating again

Maaria @maariala.bsky.social · 6d

Your character designs are sooo sick

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Maaria @maariala.bsky.social · 6d

Oooooh shit!

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Maaria @maariala.bsky.social · 8d

Hell yeah meilläki oli nää

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Maaria @maariala.bsky.social · 8d

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Maaria @maariala.bsky.social · 8d

Why do people nowadays keep calling drawings photos??? That's so bizarre. Pls don't tell me they don't even know the difference

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Maaria @maariala.bsky.social · 10d

Huh I thought Homestuck was one of those "impossible to adapt" dealies but the pilot works surprisingly well! Ngl the original is SO long I don't mind at all watching a more streamlined version

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🪱🃏 𝕱𝖆𝖌𝖌ø𝖙 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖁𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖓🦷🪳 @babettecirque.bsky.social · 15d

Apparently a lot of ppl needs to hear this

#bskycensorship

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Maaria @maariala.bsky.social · 14d

"But that one is clearly romanticizing/fetishizing abuuuuse" Yes, and? Sometimes people love their abusive ex. It happens. Shit can be complicated. We need that complicated art too. Even if it's dumb and poorly made. It'll still be more valuable than anything fucking midjourney can ever make

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Maaria @maariala.bsky.social · 14d

The particular irony people tend to miss is that the majority of artists making art about violence and abuse are former VICTIMS of said abuse, not the perpetrators. Art is a fundamental tool for humans to process and understand their lived reality. Yes it can be ugly. Because life is ugly

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Maaria @maariala.bsky.social · 14d

So disappointing to come across grown ass adults (even artists!) sincerely believing that some types of fiction/art are "too upsetting" to be allowed to exist. Please please please you can't afford to be this short sighted. Do 10 minutes of research about nazis and degenerate art or something

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Littleevil0ne *COMMS OPEN* @littleevil0ne.bsky.social · 18d

This platforms moderation is currently unable to tell the difference between artistic/non-sexual nudity and explicit pornography How do you expect them to be able to differentiate between consensual and non-consensual?

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Maaria @maariala.bsky.social · 18d

I'm so dumb I just figured out that hairdo is mickey mouse ears, bravo

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Maaria @maariala.bsky.social · 18d

Watch out for her

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Maaria @maariala.bsky.social · 19d

Ohhh ngl very fun to see how an ex disney creator does disney satire

Dana Terrace @danaterrace.bsky.social · 19d

Knights of Guinevere PILOT

youtu.be/MCAdbUaMlAE

KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE: PILOT

YouTube video by GLITCH

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Maaria @maariala.bsky.social · 19d

Olen huomenna Helsingin Zinefestin kunniavieraana! En ottanut pöytää mutta puhun lavalla vähäsen Phantomlandista 12:45 👍

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GigerPunk @gigerpunk.bsky.social · 21d

Fuck me this is bleak.
But please, do continue to use GenAI slop thumbnails for your YouTube videos, or your album art, or your book covers or whatever else. I'll continue to refuse to watch/listen/read any of them, knowing already they're not worth the time & that you're a disappointing lazy hack.

‘Children's book illustrator isn't a job anymore.’
I've been out of work for a while now. I made children's book illustrations, stock art, and took various art commissions.

Now I have several maxed out credit cards and use a donation bin for food. I haven't had a steady contract in over a year. two weeks ago, when a client who has switched to AI found out about this he gave me $50 out of "a sense of guilt." Basically pity for the fact that Illustrator, as a job, does not exist anymore.

It was my birthday recently and I sincerely considered not living anymore.
The worst part of all is that the parents who once supported me fully in being an artist sent me an AI generated picture of a caricature of themselves holding a birthday cake with my name spelled incorrectly.

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