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nesstolgia.bsky.social
✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️
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Ness or Mono | NYC | 30 | She/Her Freelance Artist OPEN FOR WORK Twitch Black Guild | Twitch Women's Guild | BGGC Member Comms: https://vgen.co/Nesstolgia ✉️ [email protected] 🛒 https://nesstolgia.etsy.com 🔗 https://nesstolgia.carrd.co/
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✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · Apr 8
Hi #PortfolioDay 🥳💕

I'm Ness and I'm a Black freelance illustrator in NYC who loves fantasy! I especially love bringing Black and Brown representation into the space.

Portfolio: nesstolgia.portfoliobox.net
Comms: vgen.co/Nesstolgia
Carrd: nesstolgia.carrd.co

[ #art #fantasyart ]
A digital illustration of a fairy smelling a flower. The fairy has tan skin and a periwinkle afro. Her dress is made of purple petals and her corset, headband, and foot wraps are made of blades of grass. She has burgundy wings and a lady bug crawls on a leaf near her. A digital illustration of a fairy wearing a mushroom hat while sitting on a mushroom. She has brown skin, purple hair, and wings that go from teal to deep magenta. Her red mushroom hat ties at her chin and has white dots. The mushroom she's sitting on has a small snail on it. And she's amongst a bed of mushrooms with two other fairies hiding in the background. There's also a rainbow in the sky amongst far off mountains. Two characters embracing. Yonas, on the left is a dark skin human. He has dark brown locs with strands of grey. He's wearing a cream colored flowy top and is holding the face of a teal skinned sea elf and kissing his cheek. The sea elf, Taegan, has blue locs with thin ropes tied throughout. He has blue Gills on his cheeks. He is wearing a pale purple blouse and has earrings in his long pointy ear. One is a long feather and he's looking straight at us with a smirk. An acrylic painting of a self portrait of myself as an elf. The background is blue with light blue hearts. I am sitting on a wooden chair while holding up a blue and white teacup. I'm wearing classes with gold jewelry and a gold eyeglass chain. My hair is black and in a curly afro while I'm wearing a teal dress. I'm a light-skinned black woman.
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nesstolgia.bsky.social
✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 5d
Hi yall! Its time for my October Shop Update 🎃

I have lots of new stickers, some handmade journals, and even my new linocut print all in my shop! So feel free to check it all out 🥳🎃

nesstolgia.etsy.com

[ #shopupdate #blackartist #bsnm #fantasyart #Halloween #etsy]
A photo of a hand holding a small journal over a peace lily. The journal has an illustration of many pumpkins on a vine and the packaging reads: The Pumpkin Patch. Handmade Pocket Journal A photo of a hand holding a sticker above many of the same sticker. Its of a jack-o-lantern shaped and carved as a cat A photo of a hand holding a sticker above a peace lily. The sticker is of a black vampires wearing a red bonnet while drinking blood from a juice box. A photo of a linocut print with colored pencils, an ink pad, and a roller around it. The print has a blue watercolor background and the inked image on top is of two fairies playing around on a flower
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nesstolgia.bsky.social
✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 1d
WE FINISHED IT!! Thanks to everyone who came by and hung out with us. It was so much fun and I'm so glad I got to play it.

We sent the love over to @kuyucosmic.bsky.social who's playing Deltarune. So be sure to check them out! 🥳
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✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 1d
Hey yall! I'm LIVE with my friend playing Split Fiction! So feel free to stop by and hang out with us. Maybe we'll even finish the game 👀

twitch.tv/monotoned_en...
monotoned_enthusiasm - Twitch
It's The Epilogue...Maybe??? lol | !patreon !clip !art !links
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✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 4d
Thanks to everyone who came by and hung out! Im still having so much fun with this game and cant wait to play more 🥳💕
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✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 4d
Hey yall! I'm LIVE with more South of Midnight for anyone who'd like to hang out with me 🥳

twitch.tv/monotoned_en...
monotoned_enthusiasm - Twitch
Jumping back into the Grand Tapestry | !patreon !clip !art !links
twitch.tv
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✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 5d
Awww Thanks Lonzo 🥹💕
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✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 5d
Hi yall! Its time for my October Shop Update 🎃

I have lots of new stickers, some handmade journals, and even my new linocut print all in my shop! So feel free to check it all out 🥳🎃

nesstolgia.etsy.com

[ #shopupdate #blackartist #bsnm #fantasyart #Halloween #etsy]
A photo of a hand holding a small journal over a peace lily. The journal has an illustration of many pumpkins on a vine and the packaging reads: The Pumpkin Patch. Handmade Pocket Journal A photo of a hand holding a sticker above many of the same sticker. Its of a jack-o-lantern shaped and carved as a cat A photo of a hand holding a sticker above a peace lily. The sticker is of a black vampires wearing a red bonnet while drinking blood from a juice box. A photo of a linocut print with colored pencils, an ink pad, and a roller around it. The print has a blue watercolor background and the inked image on top is of two fairies playing around on a flower
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Hiimeyu @hiimeyu.bsky.social · 6d
Neriah the Sunseeker - I wanted to try to draw my character in a Hades style!! Background and textbox are yoinked from the game hehehe.

I think she’d have amazing duo boons with either Apollo or Ares!!

[ #ttrpg #hades #dnd #Neriah ]
A fake screenshot of the hades game with my character Neriah pictured in it in a red armor with golden accents and her Sun-embroidered sash. She smiles at the viewer while shouldering a red crystalline longsword that glows with cyan/green energy.
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tujiux.bsky.social
ida ✸ blueguy brainrot 💎✸ @tujiux.bsky.social · 6d
The Littlest Sister. 🎨⭐️

[ #dnd #art #ocsky #oc #hades]
hades 2 screenshot of my character Leora. her text reads: okay! I’ll help but you can’t lose because if you do that’s just embarassing for the both of us and we can’t have that
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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 8d
This , this, 1000% this!

GenAi companies, wether they be OpenAi, Meta, Google and so on, are absolutely out of control.

However, WE have so much power in our hands if we just pay attention, call, send letters, and vote! Yes, even in this messed up era.
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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 8d
Mark Zuckerberg has a vision for how A.I. could be used in Meta's universe.

But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrails around how the company's chatbot interacts with underage users. nyti.ms/3ILwCNo
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jongraywb.bsky.social
✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 9d
Don’t automatically assume that your elected officials will do the right thing because we know that half of them won’t and may try to capitulate under pressure. Call your elected officials and be a constant, unceasing pain in their ass. You elected them to work for you not the other way around.
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 9d
hey, cis people. we need you to call every single elected official you've got, now.
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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 9d
Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔪 @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 9d
Tell your favorite artists you love their work
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Murlin @murlin.bsky.social · 9d
From bravewave.net/interviews/t...
Mo: Do you remember the first time you met someone who said they loved your work on Mega Man 2? Tateishi: You’re the first, in 2013. No one else has. Mo: Wow. I’m surprised. I don’t even have a follow-up question… how could no one come up and say something. Tateishi: … Mo: Now that you know how big Mega Man 2 is outside of Japan, do you look fondly back at the soundtrack? Tateishi: Yeah, my thoughts have changed since I met you and became more aware of how people felt. But even when I was at Konami, I didn’t even bother telling anyone I did Mega Man 2. So the fact you came all the way to Japan to tell me these things makes me very happy I worked on the game all those years ago.
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 9d
EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!

reactormag.com/reading-rain...
Reading Rainbow Is Back, With Mychal the Librarian Hosting! - Reactor
The butterfly is back in the sky; can’t wait to fly twice as high.
reactormag.com
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H (エイチ) @therealhanamaru.bsky.social · 10d
Gotta participate in this year's -tober challenge
SLEEPTOBER 2025 COMING IN CINEMA NEAR YOU
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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 9d
true for artists as well. always keep the rights to your work and limit the scope of use
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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 9d
I try to focus this account so it's for my readers, but hey writers:

NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints.

and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.
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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 9d
Someone who's followed me on Instagram for 2.5 years didn't know I'd done a full tarot deck even though they followed me when I started drawing the cards.
However annoying you think you're being about your work - triple that and it still won't be even close. ✨Repost your work right the fuck now.✨
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Miyanda Nehwati 🇿🇼 @emmessenn.com · Jul 16
Ohhh Andrea Gibson ;(
Text: poem by Andrea Gibson :every time i ever said i want to die By Andrea Gibson A difficult life is not less worth living than a gentle one. Joy is simply easier to carry than sorrow. And your heart could lift a city from how long you've spent holding what's been nearly impossible to hold. This world needs those who know how to do that. Those who could find a tunnel that has no light at the end of it, and hold it up like a telescope to know the darkness also contains truths that could bring the light to its knees. Grief astronomer, adjust the lens, look close, tell us what you see.
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nesstolgia.bsky.social
✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 13d
Hi fellow New Yorkers! I'll be at the Magical Girl Festival this Saturday in Japan Village! The artist alley is open from 11am- 6:30pm and I'll have new stickers and journals with me!

Its free to attend but feel free to RSVP!

www.eventbrite.com/e/magical-gi...
An illustrated promo poster with my cartoon persona as a fairy. It reads: Find Me At...Magical Girl Festival!! Saturday, September 27th, 11am to 8pm At Japan Village in Industry City Building 3 and 4, between 35th and 36th street Brooklyn, NY An illustrated promo poster with my cartoon persona above a map. It reads: Come Find Me At Table B5
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✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 13d
Hi fellow New Yorkers! I'll be at the Magical Girl Festival this Saturday in Japan Village! The artist alley is open from 11am- 6:30pm and I'll have new stickers and journals with me!

Its free to attend but feel free to RSVP!

www.eventbrite.com/e/magical-gi...
An illustrated promo poster with my cartoon persona as a fairy. It reads: Find Me At...Magical Girl Festival!! Saturday, September 27th, 11am to 8pm At Japan Village in Industry City Building 3 and 4, between 35th and 36th street Brooklyn, NY An illustrated promo poster with my cartoon persona above a map. It reads: Come Find Me At Table B5
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14d
Last week, thousands of volunteers knocked on more than 100,000 doors across the five boroughs — the first time we've crossed that single week milestone since June.

We can't stop now: zohranfornyc.com/sixweeks
A collage of hundreds of canvassers from dozens of canvass launches.
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michiums @ nycc thursday! @michiums.bsky.social · 16d
4 DAYS LEFT TO GET “HOW TO TOUCH GRASS” FUNDED!!!!

300+ PAGES, SO MANY CREATIVES + comics about finding that spark of hope even when times are rough, help us reach the finish line, we really need your support !!!!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...
How To Touch Grass
A comics anthology about "touching grass", because it's a lot harder than it looks.
www.kickstarter.com
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Jonathan Hill @oneofthejohns.bsky.social · 16d
This!!! Don't resign up for Disney+. Let them keep feeling it in their pocketbooks.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16d
We should not care or reward Disney for this. We must make their bottom line hurt for even considering doing something like this. Don't let up. Other companies need to see that bowing to fascism is not something you can do without consequence.
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 16d
!!!

*DISNEY SAYS JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE SHOW TO RETURN ON TUESDAY
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Gracu ✨🌈 @prismagic.bsky.social · 17d
I don't have anything profound to say. Censorship is bad. Tag and spoiler your NSFW art. Informed consent is more important than smothering voices.
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Spooky Saba 🏳️‍🌈 @ace-of-dragons.bsky.social · 17d
damn okay since I'm seeing stuff about this blackout:

✅ YES post your (LABELLED) NSFW artwork!
✅ YES share and support NSFW creators!
✅ YES submit your feedback and make your voice heard!

❌ NO don't go blackout! BSKY is banking on a lack of support for NSFW creators!

✅ YES be loud!
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taletellhearts.bsky.social
Taletell Hearts 📚 🔜 Pax Unplugged @taletellhearts.bsky.social · 17d
Hey yall! We've made the decision to postpone this game to next weekend due to some unexpected issues! We're so excited to still support #BIPOCVampDay, so make sure that you head over to their Twitch account for the streams they're running today: twitch.tv/bipocvampires!!
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