#but-is-it-art
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kisopadnsfw.bsky.social
so.
I think I'll make plumm just the slightest bit toned
I've been avoiding to make muscles apparent in my art, I prefer simpler shapes.
But w/o that poses had been hard to make readable, and some of them impossible. Also don't like ppl categorizing my art as 4 legged anatomy when it is not anymore.
February 16, 2026 at 1:08 PM
kynipepper.bsky.social
Your art is very good and I enjoy it but your mental health must come first so if you feel like you need a break from social media, it's probably a signal from your brain sayin "need a holiday, pal." Especially if you feel like your art isn't good enough, you need a break 💖 take care of yourself 💕
February 16, 2026 at 1:06 PM
cgd-2.bsky.social
They do the same thing with masterwork paintings and other pieces of art. - Some of it is justifiably worth a lot because it is unique and well crafted. But, much of it is just laundering money. - Even art historians recognize this and fucking hate it.
February 16, 2026 at 1:06 PM
dontevenask.me
I'm fine with that. Tech progress is alright but the costs of development have risen up so much I wonder if it was worth it. Smaller games, focus on art style not billions of rays and polygons, smarter game design, etc. To heck with generations.

(also my 4080 Super will serve me longer aaahahaha)
February 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM
evelynkoch.bsky.social
Small Prophets doesn't go for sperm and blood, for obvious reasons, but maybe we see the hatching of eggs in season 2, as described by Agrippa von Nettesheim (1486-1535), who knows?
"And there is an art wherewith by a Hen sitting upon Eggs may be generated a form like to a man, which I have seen & knew how to make, which Magicians say hath in it wonderfull vertues, and this they call the true Mandrake." (Book I, p. 73) Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim. Three Books of Occult Philosophy. Translated out of the Latin into the English tongue, by J.F. London: Printed by R.W. for Gregory Moule, and are to be sold at the sign of the three Bibles neer the west-end of Pauls, 1650.
February 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM
nihehmenh.bsky.social
Terra and I went to the Cincinnati Art museum for Valentine's Day to see a MAD Magazine exhibit. I saw some amazing things but one submission made me do a double take.
Four comic style. First: a lone flower. Second: a leaf falls into frame. Third: the leaf is on the ground and says *Sigh* as the flower looks on. Fourth: the flower thinks "Stupid leaf!" Text reads: Charles Schulz American, 1923-2000. Stupid Leaf, 1964. Illustraikn for "Comic Strips They's Really Like To Do" MAD #89 September 1964. Ink on paper. James Halperin Collection, courtesy of Heritage Auctions HA.com. Charles Schultz's belived Peanuts cokicnstrip was an ongojng source of inspriation for MAD artists, writers, and staff and the feeling was mutual. In 1972, Schultz wrote a letter to the magazine from World War I Flying Ace Snoopy, which reads, "We flying aces like your magazine. I find it in all the trenches." A close friend for nearly 3 decades, MAD art Sergio Aragonès said of Schultz, "In a couple centuries, when people talk of American artists, he will be one of the few remebered. And when they talk of comic strips his will probably be the only name mentioned."
February 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
alisakmichaels.bsky.social
I didn't think this #book preface could be better than the last, but it is! It's a mini #movie w/ beautiful #music & stunning visuals. Enjoy!

#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #author #reading #art #MusicChallenge #MomLife #BookSky #BlueSky #MomSky #readers #music #teen

youtu.be/sdFdInTKz8U?...
Acapella: Book III of The Siren Series - Full Preface
YouTube video by Belen Books Publishing
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 12:52 PM
lemonylepid.bsky.social
Tenno Rosex, Third Floret, they/them
Day 2, First outfit

HDG continues to be fun af and this adorable floret is Auret's

(not my OC but my art!! Really proud of how it turned out!!)
Auret wandered to a closet, going through a few containers. "I think I have something you'd like then~!" She grabbed several articles, humming about needing one thing or another. Upon returning she very carefully began, making sure to show each piece. First was embroidered thigh high leggings, made out of some tightly spun clear material. It slipped on with ease, showing the skin beneath but covering it in lovely vines, accentuated thorns poking down the seamlines and a pretty orange ribbon tying the stocking to their thigh. Another slipped on, and the compression was quite comfy. Next was a ribbon around the waist, a tulip in front covering their naval and two light false leaves patterned just like Auret's dangled behind them from the base of their spine. Lastly, something akin to a suit jacket, but made out of the same clear thread as the stockings, and it only came down just above the rib cage. The arms were full, and each button was accentuated with similar tulips. Once again embroidered vines and thorns blessed the lengths of fabric, and the back had two more large reddish leaves attached like wings. Auret was extremely careful in handling her little pet, and as soon as she fixed Tenno's hair behind, the color complimenting, she clapped her fronds together and took a picture with her tablet. Tenno assumed the articles were *accessories*, considering how little they covered, and awaited something like a dress or a jumpsuit to go underneath. But once Mother Auret leaned back and snapped a quick picture, the reality set in. ‘*Oh stars, She’s really gonna take me out in public like this*’ Tenno thought. An exhibitionist thought brushed over their mind just enough for them to absentmindedly clench their thighs together. Once they willed it away, and reasoned that the ensemble *was* beautiful…
February 16, 2026 at 12:52 PM
punklinux.bsky.social
It is a bonus deal, to scroll and find both Linux and some NSFW enby art. Oh, but what are you gonna do after you find Bluefin, or Origami Linux 😁
February 16, 2026 at 12:50 PM
mdanno.bsky.social
Really cannot stress enough how Gavin Newsom is a Getty in all but name.

www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
He portrays himself as a self-made businessman, but Newsom has reaped huge financial benefits from his ties to old money and power in San Francisco, particularly with his lifelong association with Gordon P. Getty, one of the nation's richest men. Getty, 69, billionaire heir to an oil fortune and friend of Newsom's family for 50 years, helped Newsom become a millionaire by investing in every important venture of the supervisor's business career. According to public records and documents Newsom himself provided: -- Getty, or trusts and firms he controls, is lead investor on 10 of Newsom's 11 businesses, including his PlumpJack group of wine, restaurant, resort and real estate ventures. "Plump Jack" is the name of an opera Getty wrote. His father, retired state appellate Justice William Newsom, is a longtime friend of Edmund "Jerry" Brown, also a former governor and now Oakland mayor; John Burton, the powerful state senator from San Francisco; and especially Getty—son of legendary oilman J. Paul Getty—his friend since they were classmates at St. Ignatius High School in the 1940s. As a youth, Getty kept a room at the Newsom family's Marina District home, and later Justice Newsom served as a Getty lawyer and trusted family adviser, Justice Newsom recalled in an interview. In 1973, the abduction of a grandson of J. Paul Getty made international headlines when the kidnappers severed the victim's ear and mailed it to his mother. To win the youth's freedom, Justice Newsom and others traveled to southern Italy to deliver the $2.7 million ransom to intermediaries dressed as priests, he said. And while Newsom contended that Gordon Getty is only one financial backer of many, records show the billionaire is Newsom's top outside investor, either individually or through his firms and family trusts. Getty owns 49 percent of the concern that manages all the PlumpJack businesses; 96 percent of the winery; 96 percent of the partnership that runs the Squaw Valley Inn; and more than 80 percent of Newsom's real estate development firm (recently, Getty and Judge Newsom bought him out, Newsom says). Getty has a smaller stake in the other businesses, but he's still the lead outside investor in most. Getty declined to be interviewed for this story. In response to written questions, he said he treats Newsom like a son and invested in Newsom's first business because of that relationship. "After that," he said, "the reason for my further investments was the success of the first."
February 16, 2026 at 12:48 PM
endsel.bsky.social
I absolutely love when artists combine 2D art with 3D backgrounds. But if there is something that I love even more it is when they use GMOD maps as backgrounds.
You gotta follow them NOW NOW NOW! Their artworks are super awesome!!!
February 16, 2026 at 12:46 PM
maddogwolfus.bsky.social
The Demo for Replaced is up for viewing. Now I am not a real lover of Pixel Art games but this one I loved and I will be playing this when it launches.
Replaced - The Demo.
YouTube video by Maddog Wolfus
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 12:42 PM
sparseyarty.bsky.social
Something I drew in 2025! I need to redraw it sometime now that I redesigned him and have a new art style.

I really like how clean it is. But it took so long because I am a perfectionist...😭

#Sonic #Sonicthehedgehog #Sonicfandom #Sonicoc #Sonicfc #Sonicfancharacter #art #digitalart
February 16, 2026 at 12:39 PM
linaworker.bsky.social
Okay so #SmileError is a #ErrorSansAU that's plays after the war basically. I though I knew how to explain it but I do not qwp
#ErrorSans #SansAU #UndertaleAU #FanArt #Art #TraditionalArt #TraditionalDrawing #Sketchbook #Doodle #Sketch
February 16, 2026 at 12:37 PM
kbug02.bsky.social
Just putting it out there that if y'all wanna see even more of the stuff I make + OC lore, then you should consider following me on Toyhouse 😊 There is a lot of art I post there but don't post on here 🥳 !! I'm planning to fix my watermark as well so my stuff is protected but clearer to see 💖💕💗
February 16, 2026 at 12:34 PM
mixolydianmode.bsky.social
this is why I can't find it in me to clown TOO much on that "witch in the alps" post. yeah it's laughably liberal, but also...DE *is* yet another Poignant Art Piece about The Way The World Works told through the eyes of Complicated, Abusive Men. fantastic and moving, but...
February 16, 2026 at 12:30 PM
linnaealyn.bsky.social
I always feel sad whenever I see art w 1000s of Likes & 0 comments; or the few times where there are any the artist never replies. Its sad, like what is it doing for you/them if all you both get out of it is seeing a number go up/seeing cool art, *consuming* it, but having no further interaction?
February 16, 2026 at 12:24 PM
samwho.dev
Oh Richard, if only you knew what would become of virtual reality.
An excerpt from “The Art of Doing Science and Engineering” by Richard W. Hamming. It reads: What will come along to sustain this straight line logarithmic growth curve and prevent the inevitable flattening out of the S-curve of applications? The next big area is, I believe, pattern recognition. I doubt our ability to cope with the most general problem of pattern recognition, because for one thing it implies too much, but in areas like speech recognition, radar pattern recognition, picture analysis and redrawing, workload scheduling in factories and offices, analysis of data for statisticians, creation of virtual images, and such, we can consume a very large amount of computer power. Virtual reality computing will become a large consumer of computing power, and its obvious economic value assures us this will happen, both in the practical needs and in amusement areas. Beyond these is, I believe, artificial intelligence, which will finally get to the point where the delivery of what they have to offer will justify the price in computing effort, and will hence be another source of problem solving.
February 16, 2026 at 12:20 PM
bleedingsubject.bsky.social
Mindfulness is not the art of escaping pain, but the courage to stay present with it long enough for care to become possible.

#MindfulnessAsEthics #PhilosophyOfCare #SharedVulnerability #RelationalBeing
February 16, 2026 at 12:19 PM
garuthegiant.bsky.social
See this is why we should lessen drawing popular strangers, and draw your friends more instead uwu [half-joking]

it's not wrong to draw fan art (I save lovely fan art I receive),

But I discourage treating another person's fursona as your own OC (or personal sex toy) *unless the owner encourages it
daeltitan.bsky.social Dael the Dad God 🔞 @daeltitan.bsky.social · 3h
It creeped me out seeing random porn of this person's fursona in my usual browsing spots, because I realized it wasn't a character from a game,

it was literally the fusona of someone that Twitter decided was the best (for whatever reason; I don't post there enough to understand)

and now, well
February 16, 2026 at 12:16 PM
bidexualenby.bsky.social
Mobile Artstuff :3 :3 (8)

(Forgot to :3 at the last artstuff, so now you get two <3)

Did this at 3:30am after BEATING 100% STEELSOUL SILKSONG!!! WOOOOO!!!! 🕷🕷👩‍❤️‍👩👩‍❤️‍👩🗣🗣

Sadly one of our fingers is in alot of pain, and it wasn't even our drawing finger lol. Going to the doctors soon today!
Some cube/box drawing. Sadly we still really struggle with this, but like any skill it'll take time to develop! Atleast it's helped us pay more attention to the "you can draw in 3d" aspect of art, which is pretty cool :3 Some Hornet sketches, trying to think of some good posing ideas A rough sketch of Hornet, with the goal of drawing her facing her side. The first drawing is slightly isometric so that we can try to comprehend the whole "art in 3d" aspect. We then reiterated on how Hornet's head should look like if she is tilting it to her side 3 times, with the 4th attempt feeling more successful than before. Overall we've found out that we're not very good at visualising 3d space in our head. But that too can develop with time and practice!
February 16, 2026 at 12:15 PM
toyo-illust.bsky.social
Delete later but: My current serotonin boost is looking at unboxing videos and seeing people react to my art.
This gotta be the cutest reaction ever!! 🥺 I can't put into words how happy it makes me to know that someone out there is genuinely excited about my humble baby art!!
February 16, 2026 at 12:12 PM
cmamedieval.bsky.social
Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 121v https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.256.121.b
This manuscript was illuminated by a circle of at least five highly organized manuscript painters active in the Flemish cities of Ghent and Bruges. The principal illuminator was Alexander Bening, who painted the majority of the book's miniatures. Manuscripts produced by this circle of artists are renowned for the decoration of their borders, which typically feature a rich variety of realistically-painted flowers, birds, and butterflies. This prayer book, called a book of hours, was intended not for a cleric, but for the private devotions of a lay person-in this case, Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain (1451-1504). Isabella's coat of arms embellishes the book's frontispiece. It is unlikely that the book was commissioned by the Queen herself; rather, she probably received it as a diplomatic gift from someone courting her patronage, perhaps Cardinal Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros. A Franciscan friar, Jimenez was dependent upon Isabella for his advancement, first to the post of Queen's confessor in 1492, and then to Archbishop of Toledo in 1495.
February 16, 2026 at 12:11 PM
archiethemonkey.bsky.social
Looking forward to it! .hack// is in the same vein as F-Zero and Suikoden for me where it's an IP that's not nearly as big and explosive as Sword Art Online or Mario or Final Fantasy, respectfully, but are very close to my heart on a nostalgic level.
February 16, 2026 at 12:09 PM
piratedirk5.bsky.social
By the way, I don't know if I asked already, but I've been looking for more Megaman fans to do this with. SO, are you open to doing any art trades at this time? If not, it's cool. But if you are, is it with:
February 16, 2026 at 12:07 PM