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ZoCola @zocola.bsky.social · 8d

my crooked moon goodies from @avantris.bsky.social came today!! :)

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ZoCola @zocola.bsky.social · 9d

Completing radiation therapy on National Coffee Day seems fitting for me

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Ruby 💕💜🩵 @fugitiverabbit.com · Jun 27

What up Blue Sky!?

✨PAINT MORE FAT FOLKS📷

FatPhotoRef is a free, volunteer-submitted resource meant to inspire the inclusion and non-fetishized depiction of fat people in art. Request access at fatphotoref.com

Responses may take a few days! (It's just me running things.)

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Sarah Forde 🌙🪡 @sailorastera.bsky.social · 16d

Hello! 👁️👄👁️

Do you pay people to make art for you?
Would you like to help me to help artists learn how to take commissions and do a great job?

Please fill out my form and help me help artists: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Commissioning Artists - Your Opinion Helps!

Do you commission artists to make things for you? Please fill out this brief survey to help me educate artists about taking and fulfilling custom orders for clients! Thanks for your time! ♥ Sarah...

docs.google.com

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Nathan Daniel Hernandez @natedhernandez.bsky.social · 19d

☆ MY SPOOKY ART SPOOKY ART SPOOKY ART ☆ #art

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 27d

Hello Friday.
🖼️ Arnold Lobel

Toad from the "Frog and Toad" series, performing on a stage. The character is illuminated by a spotlight, wearing an elaborate green costume with ruffles, a cape, and buckled shoes, and is striking a dramatic pose with arms raised. The stage has a wooden floor, and in the foreground, rows of empty theater seats are visible. Illustration.

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Queer Games Bundle live now! @queergamesbundle.bsky.social · 28d

Thank you for helping us bring in nearly $92,000 for queer artists this year. That brings QGB's five year total to over $730,000. If you'd like to receive an email when submissions open next year, sign up for this list.

QGB Submissions

This list is just for updates on the submission dates and guidelines for QGB. <strong>Please use an email address you check regularly. We won’t ever share your information.</strong> We’ll contact folk...

buttondown.com

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Queer Games Bundle live now! @queergamesbundle.bsky.social · 29d

🚨 6 hours left to get Queer Games Bundle 2025. We just passed $88,000 for queer artists.

itch.io/b/3062/

pixel art shows the numerals 1 through 88 over a background of lesbian pride flag colors. each number is on a section of a ribbon shape creating a woven appearance, with rainbow and transgender pride flag colors and various textures.

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Queer Games Bundle live now! @queergamesbundle.bsky.social · Sep 8

5️⃣2️⃣ You have 52 hours left to buy Queer Games Bundle 2025. Get over 600 games and projects for $60 (or $10+), less than the price of one AAA game.

itch.io/b/3062

Queer Games Bundle 2025 (with $10+ option!) by Queer Games Bundle and 318 others

Queer Games Bundle 2025 (with $10+ option!): 616 items for $60.00

itch.io

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ZoCola @zocola.bsky.social · Sep 4

👋 I know I've been kinda MIA on social media lately, just recovered from surgery & am undergoing radiation therapy. I'll be back to my normal self in no time ✨

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Queer Games Bundle live now! @queergamesbundle.bsky.social · Sep 2

7️⃣0️⃣ We've passed $70,000 as we approach our final stretch! Get over 600 radical, heartfelt games and projects by over 310 creators for $60 (or $10+).

itch.io/b/3062

pixel art shows the numerals 1 through 70 over a background of pansexual pride flag colors. each number is on a section of a rainbow striped snake shape. The shape spells out a large 70.

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Queer Games Bundle live now! @queergamesbundle.bsky.social · Aug 29

🌭 We've passed $65,000 for queer artists. Want to spend part of your U.S. holiday weekend with over 600 works by over 300 developers, writers, artists?

itch.io/b/3062

pixel art shows the numerals 1 through 66 over a background of transgender pride flag colors. each number is on a section of a spiraling, rainbow striped snake shape.

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🌱 MK/RET @retquits.art · Aug 15

character expression practice template! ✨

CSP / PSD / PNG versions available here:

drive.google.com/drive/folder...

A blank template, titled "character expression practice".

The expressions included are: poker-faced, smiling, enraged, sad, weeping, bashful, impatient, surprised, submissive, dominant, in front of something they like, and in front of something they hate.

On the bottom is written: "template remake by retquits".

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🌎HANENBOW🌦️ CHIBI COMMS OPEN @webparteez.bsky.social · Aug 27

and i can't stress it enough 🌈
#art #furry

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sole🍒 @soulayg.bsky.social · Aug 23

I need some money urgently so I’m lowering these to $10! Numbers 1-4-6 are available 🙏

sole🍒 @soulayg.bsky.social · Aug 5

Hi everyone! I made some angel and devil adoptables! If you're interested you can reply to this post :)
#adoptables #oc

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AdorkaStock - Pose Reference for Artists @adorkastock.com · Aug 26

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · Aug 20

My surgery recovery is going OK, all things considered, but I had to buy a bunch of stuff (and still need to buy more) and it's quite expensive 😭 😭so I'm opening sketch commissions to try and recoup some costs! Please share this around 😭🙏
Examples below!

forms.gle/pzkwQ2VTSVnT...

A drawing of Bex in surgery recovery mode. She's lay on her bed with a bunch of expensive recovery stuff she had to buy: a back pillow, an ankle elevation cushion, a water bottle, a heat pad, an ice pack, and crutch cushions.

The text reads, "September Surgery Recovery Sketches. I'm opening £30 Sketches commissions to buy surgery recovery equipment!"

Bonus fact: it's actually my right leg that's busted, I thought they were doing my left when I drew this and found out the day before that they were actually operating on my right OOPS. So the drawing is the wrong way around haha

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Queer Games Bundle live now! @queergamesbundle.bsky.social · Aug 20

💜 We've passed $58,000 for queer artists! Get over 600 games and projects for $60 (or $10+), less than the price of one AAA game . . . even adjusted for inflation from 1985.

itch.io/b/3062

pixel art shows the numerals 1 through 58 over a background of nonbinary pride flag colors. each number is on a section of a rainbow striped worm shape that connects in random ways.

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Jess/Fawn (they/them) 🍉 @faunandgames.bsky.social · Aug 18

Duolingo's CEO has been vocal about replacing human staff with trash AI that's more likely to get translations wrong and make your learning subpar.

Stop using Duolingo. Uninstall it. Leave comments and reviews that you'll come back once they put people first again.

Sherwood News @sherwood.news · Aug 18

Despite customer backlash to AI focus, analysts see Duolingo on track for steady growth as it rolls out new features and expands into music.
https://sherwood.news/markets/duolingo-rises-after-ceo-defends-ai-first-strategy-in-ny-times-interview/

Duolingo rises after CEO defends “AI-first” strategy in NY Times interview

Despite customer backlash to AI focus, analysts see Duolingo on track for steady growth as it rolls out new features and expands into music....

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Queer Games Bundle live now! @queergamesbundle.bsky.social · Aug 14

QGB also embodies the idea that there's no reason to separate "adult content" from "wholesome content" when it comes to advocacy for queer content. As @cyborgurl.bsky.social has argued recently, adult content is the trailblazer into new media a LOT of the time.

SuperBiasedGary @superbiasedgary.itch.io · Aug 14

If you are frustrated with queer devs on itch being affected by Recent Events, giving them your money is a way to offer meaningful support.

itch.io/b/3062/queer...

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Queer Games Bundle live now! @queergamesbundle.bsky.social · Aug 13

We've passed $47,000 for queer creatives! Check out some highlighted games at our carrd page, you can get to the purchase page there too:

queergamesbundle.carrd.co

pixel art shows the numerals 1 through 47 over a background of gay man pride flag colors. each number is on a section of a blobby, rainbow dotted worm shape that intersects in random ways.

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𝚂𝙾𝚉𝙾𝙼𝙰𝙸𝙺𝙰 @sozomaika.bsky.social · Jun 30

Rent free

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Queer Games Bundle live now! @queergamesbundle.bsky.social · Aug 1

Surreally, I talked with @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social, about QGB and how even a short period without one source of income can affect people really fast.

In Anti-Porn Group's Crusade on NSFW Games, LGBTQ+ Creators Are Being Hit Hardest

“Queer art has also long been artificially linked with adultness, by default, by the dominant cishet culture," games journalist Caroline Delbert told Jezebel.

www.jezebel.com

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Queer Games Bundle live now! @queergamesbundle.bsky.social · Jul 31

Feel this in my bones too. We're outside of U.S. Pride, under the shadow of an itchio news (and fear!) cycle, and the games media is shrinking more every day. If you want to cover the bundle, please get in touch, I'm happy to chat. If you stream games from the bundle, @ us so we can boost you!

Ashley is chugging along, but chronically ill @ashleymorgan.bsky.social · Jul 31

In case you are wondering, yes I have a game in the bundle and I will be insufferable promoting it, especially this year. I won't lie, with thing being tough for everyone, it is hard to see that the bundle isn't doing the numbers it used to

Queer Games Bundle live now! @queergamesbundle.bsky.social · Jul 31

👬 We've passed $11,000 for Queer Games Bundle's over 300 developers and artists. For less than the price of an AAA game (or just $10+!), check out over 600 games, stories, TTRPGs, assets, and more, and materially support the queer artists who make them. We can change lives together.

itch.io/b/3062

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ZoCola @zocola.bsky.social · Jul 30

I’m excited to announce that Be the Cowboy: A TTRPG is in this year’s Queer Games Bundle! Get it in either the $60 version or the $10 PWYW version :)

Queer Games Bundle live now! @queergamesbundle.bsky.social · Jul 30

✨ It's finally time. The fifth Queer Games Bundle is live now. For $60 (or $10+), get over 600 games, TTRPGs, zines, and more. Support over 300 queer artists for their survival and future art.

itch.io/b/3062/

illustration shows the outline of a soaring bird, filled in with the colors of the queer and trans pride flags. text over the top reads "QUEER GAMES BUNDLE."

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