Astranded

@astranded.art

Thanks for checking me out! Call me Strand or Ande! Check out my website, ko-fi, and vgen! https://www.astranded.art/ https://ko-fi.com/astranded https://vgen.co/astranded They/them. Ace

This may be the prettiest ant I've seen in ages. Diacamma viridipurpureum, photographed in Germany from a captive colony collected in the Philippines. This species does not have distinct queens; egg-laying is done by mated workers.

Side view macro photograph of rather elongate huntress ant isolated on a white background, its surface textured in deep corduroy-like parallel grooves, reflecting a metallic purple/blue color.

Apologies for a new qrp already but here's an update on the situation at hand, after seeing a few out of the handful of doctors I have to see in the next two weeks alone ive been prescribed necessary expensive medications that my insurance doesn't cover, 2 types of PT, & essentially it's all...a lot

c.e. chant/hades 💀🐊 💬 too many comics@portaltohades.bsky.social · last yr.

The #tyreecomic art book is live! Since it is my birthday today [the 13th] I will be having it up for sale for $8! After sunday the 18th it will increase to $10. A 62 page PDF filled with 13 years of concept art, page process insights, and art I haven't released publicly! ko-fi.com/s/f5c5cebbd6

Cover for the Tyree art book pdf. 

Tyree's logo is top center ontop of a collage of drawings and sketches of the characters. 

"Concept art book [2012-2025]" reads underneath the logo

So if you're the judge who issues an order like this to a *baby*, or the government-funded USCRI attorney who doesn't speak up, what do you do next? Go home, have dinner with your spouse, go to bed, and get up for another perfectly normal workday? What kind of life is this?

NOTUS@notus.com · 4d ago

A 1-year-old baby appeared in immigration court without legal representation this week in Arizona and received an instruction: File an asylum application before the next hearing or face deportation. https://www.notus.org/immigration/baby-asylum-hearing

on a more serious note, holy shit the playbook for homophobes and TERFs is the most boring, replayed shit. you'd think a celebrated author might be able to come up with something new and exciting at least :^)

As a former PayPal employee, NEVER LEAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT ANYTHING IN PAYPAL. If they suspect even an inkling of an artist doing any lewd work they will investigate and hold the money up to 180 days. even after the hold the money becomes extremely hard to get back. NEVER LEAVE COMMENTS ON PAYPAL!

Kitsyna Tyakoto, Painted Jolteon@kitsyna.bsky.social · 9mo ago

As posted in a few servers and was alerted to this picture earlier today: What they said. DO NOT FILL IT OUT, it is there to fuck with your artist peers and yourself, they (paypal) can and will abuse this and steal your money by banning your account

My Saturday Sketch is several steps in the creation of a new cover for the Panthan's Journal. This features the start of a new novel from my colaborator on several previous projects for TV, Tom Simmons. Have a wild weekend!

Went on a rant last night but highlighting this. A lot of scammers are stealing real info from agencies to try to convince unrepped authors and artists that they are offering them a deal. Research isn’t just ‘is this agent a real person?’ but is your interaction with them legit. I know it sucks :(

Fiona Creates@fionacreates.bsky.social · 4d ago

I guess a PSA for newer creators, if you get what seems to be a legit offer, you are totally ok to go to the agency’s real site, and email them directly in a new email “hey i just got an offer from you? Is this real?” And they will answer yes or no. They are just as pissed by the scams, I imagine!