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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 4d

The Auction is TOMORROW! Check out the auction’s Bluesky feed for links and bid to tell me to draw something Final Fantasy! Creatures and beasties, Warriors of Light and Scourge Abominations… and all funds go to support Doctors Without Borders!

FF Charity Art Auction & Raffle 2025 @charityartauction.bsky.social · Jul 22

✨2025 AUCTION✨

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Bids start on the night at $25 for a digital sketch or cartoon!

Don't forget to tune in on the event to bid, all proceeds go to MSF

Please see Discord for Participant's T&Cs

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you 😭

I was a slug all weekend because I couldn’t be anything else, and I’m tired of being a slug but also I want to get better…

I’m gonna sit here and drink my mug of hot broth and play my vidya game…

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 16d

I called in sick to work today because I’m still hacking up a lung even though I’m feeling a little better—but because I’m feeling a little better, my brain is telling me “hey! since we’re home, we should Get Stuff Done around the house!” Please help me tell it to Shut Up

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 22d

Day 11 of art show prep… the one that was done in the beginning is still the only one done, but I have made progress! Two in good shape, and two prepped boards waiting in the wings.

A painting of a leafless tree silhouette against a sunset. Seven black birds sit in the branches, spread out, all looking to the left.

An unfinished painting; the drawing depicts a woman leaning to the side, her hands nearly cupping her face. Two ghastly arms with long, clawed fingers ominously reach for her.

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · Sep 4

Molding paste applied to one canvas 💪 and now it’s time to get ready for the day job 😂

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you!! I am… more than a little stunned…

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kanda @kandaem.bsky.social · Sep 4

i don't usually work with a lot of green so this was actually a lot of fun 💚✨ time to start something new! twitch.tv/kandaem #art #oc

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · Sep 4

I wasn’t expecting anything to come of it so it came as a huge surprise..! I definitely have my work cut out for me 😅

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · Sep 4

THANK YOU 😭

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · Sep 4

I think today I’m going to make do—I have two blank (or essentially blank) canvases that I can start with, and if I get those done in a reasonable time, I’ll consider getting more.

It’ll give me time to make more thumbnails, too. Of the 10 thumbnails I made last night, one has promise.

Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · Sep 4

(Basically, “do I need to go shopping for canvases?” The answer is, naturally, “YES, you imbecile! You ALWAYS need more canvases!” Unless I’m talking to my business budget self, who looks at all this and says “You can make do.”)

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · Sep 4

Day one of art show prep: Inventory.

What do I have? What’s finished, what’s not? Of the finished stuff, what’s appropriate to the show’s theme? Of the unfinished stuff, what will work and what won’t? What materials do I have and what can be repurposed?

A butcher-block table with a bunch of painting canvases and boards laid out on it—all in various sizes and various stages of completion, from still wrapped in shrink wrap to finished.

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · Sep 4

Right now I have maybe an hour a day that I can spend on art, so I’ve gotta be somewhat methodical about this so I can accomplish everything while not panicking…

Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you; I’m gonna need it!!

Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · Sep 4

[furiously drafting up thumbnails]

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · Sep 4

I 100% thought, from the submission guidelines, that it was a “submit the one you want to show” type of submission but hey

I work better with deadlines

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · Sep 4

I can do this 💪

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · Sep 4

WELP

I had one painting ready and it was perfect for an upcoming show so I submitted it at the last minute

The gallery emailed today to tell me I’m accepted to the show

They’re asking for UP TO NINE PAINTINGS

So I guess I know what I’m doing this month

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thank you!! ☺️

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · Jun 11

The trick is finding a job that lets you create when you’re off the clock. If you can find one that fulfills you without draining your creative energy, all the better.

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · Jun 11

The thing about being an artist is that you have to recognize when your art isn’t earning enough for you to live, and then do something about it—but that doesn’t make you any less an artist. There’s no shame in a day job. You can always revisit that decision when your art earns its keep.

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · Jun 11

Anyway, I’m working now. Not sure how that’s going to affect my art workflow but I’ve done this before and I’m sure I’ll manage! 💪

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · Jun 11

I managed to land a job a week after I decided I needed one. In this economy. Not sure how to advise people on how to duplicate my success; pretty much every job I’ve gotten, I heard about from friends/neighbors and therefore had someone to vouch for me before I interviewed.

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · Jun 4

Basically, they wanted to make sure people on Medicaid “deserved” to be there. But the measures they were using don’t account for all the ways in which people suffer.

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · Jun 4

To clarify, in our state, while on Medicaid, we could not hold assets (bank accounts, extra cars, property) in excess of $2,000. So, want to save up for a down payment on a house? NOPE.

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