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Riley

@rileyisokay.bsky.social

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36 | gay disaster and professional nerd artist. Art direction/graphic design/occasional silly drawings. (She/her)

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Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 20d

Newest art. Because we need to turn poison into positivity. And these guys make me happy. (They should have danced. We should have gotten to see them dance.) 💔🧡💜 #OFMD

A digital painting of a scene from season 2 episode 6 of Our Flag Means Death. Stede and Ed face each other in purple-pink glowing light lit from behind by indistinct colored lanterns.

Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 1d

Just a random guy being gross and telling people to grow up and stop being in fandom 🙃

Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 1d

Apropos of nothing at all, but I've met some of my very best friends through fandom, built a career because of fandom, have spoken on many a comic con panel because of fandom... I could go on. Anyway. I'm glad to be able to enjoy my very cool grownup hobbies and career that all center around fandom.

A picture of me and three other panelists on stage at New York Comic Con's "Fandom For Humankind" panel. We are sitting behind a table draped in New York Comic Con logos with a step-and-repeat banner behind us showing the Reed pop and NYCC logos.

Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 1d

Oh god, that makes me want to cry, too. Imagine just being able to live and make art?? 😭

Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 1d

He's just... the absolute best and brightest and most lovely human being.

Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 1d

Nooo 😭 It was so cute.

Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 1d

18?

Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 1d

I'm excited to order mine! That story is so perfect (imagine the pinched fingers emoji here)

Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 2d

I still haven't seen any of the MCU movies (apart from the very very first Iron Man that came out like 20 years ago because my college bros dragged me along to see it) 👀 I feel like a leper but it's very much too many things. Too much.

Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 2d

😭 thank youuu, I love how it turned out.

Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you! 💙💙

Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 3d

That set is definitely my favorite I've ever done. I feel like I moved up to a whole other level with those. Thank you so much 💙

Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 3d

Tried to do one of those color wheel things for my OFMD art. What I'm seeing is I need more purple and yellow in my art 👀 Also I love being able to see where my digital art has improved after drawing these fools over and over again during the last several years.

A sectioned image of nine pieces of my art, including digital paintings of Jim Jimenez, Stede Bonnet, Izzy Hands, and several pieces of Edward Teach, all from Our Flag Means Death.

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Mr Buttons 🏴‍☠️🤡 oops I asked for a reason to clown 🥰💜🦄 @mrbuttons284266.bsky.social · 3d

Inspiring words from the incomparable Jane Goodall.

Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 4d

The system is so broken.

Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 4d

Dreamt that I followed some ICE agents and shouted at them that they were Total F*cking Losers (I don't even swear in real life, dream-me is way cooler than I am) but if I ever get the opportunity, I'm going to do just that. They should never feel safe or comfortable doing what they're doing.

Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 4d

That's just ludicrous 😩 But I get it. My sister tried for years and years to get disability benefits and was turned down repeatedly for the dumbest reasons.

Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 4d

Ugh god, I'm so sorry 😩 I wish you could get some at-home care.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 5d

Oh yes, I'm definitely reading Stede as demi in The Body Kinetic. It's so perfect and sad and I want him to understand himself so badlyyyy (I know it's coming.)

Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 5d

I loved this one (and I loved that there was a spice level option!)

John T. Fuller 🏳️‍🌈 romance author @johntfuller.bsky.social · 5d

The perfect Halloween read, Fresh Ink is available in both high and low spice versions for as little as £2.99! 🦇🎃🧹

bio.site/johntfuller

#gayromance #mmromance #halloweenreads #romancebooks #paranormalromance #lgbtqiabooks #queerwriters

Two copies of Fresh Ink by John T Fuller show high spice version with red cover and low spice version with pink cover, both covers have black and white illustrations of tattoo flash. The books are surrounded by Halloween items like small plastic skulls, a rubber bat, and a lollipop

Infographic for Fresh Ink (high spice) reads 1. Golden retriever vibes!
2. Urban fantasy spooky romance
3. (Undead, secretly traumatised) sunshine meets (alive, secretly emotionally intelligent bruja) sunshine
4. Intense, intimate sex
5. Slow burn friends to fast burn (optional!) spice
6. Mysterious catacombs and dire peril!
7. They rescue one another
8. Tattoos and Polaroids
9. ‘90s Brit tourist in California
10. Eternal wanderer finds a family

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 6d

ICE is buying a location tracking tool that harvests data from hundreds of millions of phones a day. Protect your location data by updating a few settings on your phone 🧵 (1/4): www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-...

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

www.404media.co

Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 6d

This is a het pairing I could get behind.

Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 7d

Only, like, all the time

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Riley @rileyisokay.bsky.social · 8d

I was very briefly a cowpoke.