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Zel Howland

@deathbycoldopen.bsky.social

They/them. Posting my horror and fantasy art, fiction, and embroidery. Chronically ill and grumpy about it. Find my published short stories here: https://duckprintspress.com/about-duck-prints-press/creators-we-work-with/author-zel-howland/

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unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press @duckprintspress.com · 4mo ago

We’ve raised $100 to split between the Queer Liberation Library and Transgender Law Center. We’ve got 10 days til the end of June to up that amount so you can help us help others even more. Have you heard about our Pride Bundles for Charity yet? LEARN MORE: duckprintspress.com/2026/06/20/h...

A graphic over a background of a rainbow gradient. Text reads, Buy Queer Creations! Support Queer Causes! with Duck Prints Press's 4th Annual Bundles for Charity Drive June 1 - 30th. At the bottom are three "categories" of thing, one a couple book covers in shades of blue and text that reads "25 general imprint stories," one a pile of book covers in shades of red and text that reads 15 explicit imprint stories, and the last artwork of two women, one a monster, touching noses, and text that reads 10 digital artworks. Two stars have been added, stark black and red against the gradient background. One has text that says ENDING SOON, the other reads 10 DAYS LEFT!

A graphic on a rainbow gradient background. Text reads: Buy Queer Creations! Support Queer Causes! a share of the profits from the bundles will be donated to the Queer Liberation Library and the Transgender Law Center. duckprintspress.com/shop

Lichelet! 𓆩❤︎𓆪 in my pokemon era @lichelet.bsky.social · 5mo ago

reborn #pride 🏳️‍🌈

Soma @somartist.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A new early version of my perspective grid tool is online for preview and testing. It allows to solve the camera for a reference image by drawing the vanish point lines. Then create simple 3D mockups in the space for ref. You can try it now, it works in the browser > artbuddy.urlich.ch/vpoint/

VanishPoint tool early version

YouTube video by Art of Ph. A. Urlich

youtu.be

Sasha Tudvaseva @tudvaseva.bsky.social · 10mo ago

#hannibal

Annet 🍑@anysunart.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Beefleaf.. ✨ #tgcf

Zel Howland @deathbycoldopen.bsky.social · 6mo ago

WIP Wednesday because I finally started working on this again and actually made progress on the sky and mountains #embroidery

Photo of an in-progress embroidery thread painting of a dragon destroying a castle. Most of the piece is stitched with simple, patchy colors, but the sky and mountains in the background are filled out with detail.

unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press @duckprintspress.com · 6mo ago

We'll be launching the crowdfunding campaign for our next anthology WILD AND FULL OF MARVELS: QUEER FANWORKS INSPIRED BY FOLKLORE AND FAIRY TALES in May! Today, meet the contributors - duckprintspress.com/2026/04/18/m... and follow the pre-launch page - www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc... 🌈📚

Crop of a larger artwork, showing a light-skinned merperson adjusting her hair and waving toward a fisherwoman in the foreground, who has darker skin and black hair pulled back with a bandana.

Zel Howland @deathbycoldopen.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Two whole bingos, oops

A bingo sheet labeled “Bad Habit Artist Bingo” with the following squares:
1. alskdjflk.png
2. Thinks using references is cheating
3. One million WIPs
4. Comes up with ideas, does nothing
5. Forgot to sleep/eat/etc
6. The urge to draw in the most inconvenient times
7. Hunched over desk like a gremlin
8. Forgets own art style
9. Nearly finishes piece, hasn't saved the entire time
10. Fuck, wrong layer
11. Doesn't name layers
12. Too hard on self
13. FREE SPACE
14. Saves 100 tutorials, uses none
15. Backgrounds? Don't know em.
16. Where's my pen/stylus?
17. 100 empty sketchbooks
18. Forgot tosign/watermark piece
19. Stylus/pen death grip.
20. Zooms in focuses on details no one will see.
21. Gets distracted in the middle of drawing with another idea
22. Hides hands to avoid drawing them.
23. Delicious anatomy, doesn't want to give character clothes
24. Same face syndrome.
25. Forgot to flip the canvas.

In this version, boxes number 1, 4-6, 10-20, and 24 are highlighted, forming a bingo in both the third and fourth rows.

Simi draws things@simiofdoom.bsky.social · 7mo ago

2 BINGOs with the Free Space, even

MeltedMush @meltedmush.bsky.social · 2y ago

#svsss #人渣反派自救系统第七十三章 [2/2]

MeltedMush @meltedmush.bsky.social · 2y ago

#svsss #人渣反派自救系统第七十三章 [1/2]

RAPIDPUNCHES 🍉🫒🕊️@rapidpunches.itch.io · 7mo ago

A hair style photo reference library 🙂‍↕️🙏 afroindex.org

Afro Index – Black Hairstyle Reference Library

A reference library for Black hairstyles with accurate naming, structured filtering, and curated reference images.

afroindex.org

Rovina Cai @rovinacai.bsky.social · 3y ago

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Rovina and I like poetic imagery and swishy lines. ✨ Portfolio: rovinacai.com Instagram: instagram.com/rovinacai

✨André moraph✨@andre.moraph.art · 7mo ago

Hungry...

Eva Eskelinen @evelmiina.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Sylph songstress

Annet 🍑@anysunart.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Spring 🌸 #tgcf #hualian

Annet 🍑@anysunart.bsky.social · 11mo ago

💮 #tgcf #hualian

Skia @rfskia.bsky.social · 7mo ago

A. Faë @anaisfae.art · 8mo ago

Borb wip

bird watercolor painting in progress. the birb is fluffy and round.

BlindCoyote 🔜 IX @blindcoyote.com · 8mo ago

A few lil oil color studies done in stream.

Mircha @themircha.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I've also sketched this serious guy today #seal #animals #animal #sketch #dailysketch #digitalsketch #art #comission

Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 8mo ago

In the Arrival Before Spring 8x22in, watercolor, bit of gouache fallenlights.net <-prints #bsnm

Watercolor painting of a green deer with green cloth floating down between orange and pink roots.

Zel Howland @deathbycoldopen.bsky.social · 8mo ago

if you see this post a monster

A digital painting of a skeletal monster with far too many teeth and disproportionately long fingers. The monster’s skull is eyeless, but a collection of green eyes swirls around the monster’s whole body, most of them fixed on the viewer.

E. M. Fields (COMMS CLOSED)@emfields.bsky.social · 8mo ago

if you see this post a monster

unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press @duckprintspress.com · 11mo ago

Y'all know what weekend it is. We've got three sales! One: use code 25holidayducksfor2025 to save 25% on our webstore. Two: this Creator's Day itch bundle (itch.io/b/3410/creat...)! Three: 30% off to get Monsterotica AND our back catalogue! Deets on all 3: duckprintspress.com/2025/11/25/b...

Blue background with black text that reads: Black Friday Sale. Nov. 28th - Dec. 2nd. use the code: 25holidayducksfor2025 for 25% off one entire purchase in the Duck Prints Press Website.

Zel Howland @deathbycoldopen.bsky.social · last yr.

The Cave of Ten Thousand Gods #art #tgcf #HeavenOfficial’sBlessing #HuaCheng #hualian

A digital painting of Hua Cheng from Heaven Official’s Blessing, during his time carving statues in the cave of the 10,000 gods in Mount Tonglu. He sits in the lap of one of his statues, a noble-looking Xie Lian holding a sword and looking off into the distance, at ease. Hua Cheng leans back against the statue’s arm with his face turned longingly toward Xie Lian’s. Hua Cheng’s empty right eye socket is on full display, bruised and still bleeding. The statue is slightly larger than life, making Hua Cheng look young and small in its cold embrace.

Zel Howland @deathbycoldopen.bsky.social · last yr.

The Cave of Ten Thousand Gods #art #tgcf #HeavenOfficial’sBlessing #HuaCheng #hualian

Aimee CoooooOoooOoozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · last yr.

Just a couple of drawings of dancing men #Art #Ballet #Ballerino #Dance

Black and white charcoal and graphite sketch of a chiseled man wearing black pants leaping and bending over backwards as he dances.

Black and white pencil drawing of a topless man leaning against a wall, one leg extended outward.

Zel Howland @deathbycoldopen.bsky.social · last yr.

A coin for the ferryman. #embroidery #threadpainting

A photo of a small embroidery hoop with a thread painting depicting a close up of a person’s right eye and eyebrow with a large gold coin in place of an iris and pupil.

Shade of Stars @shade-of-stars.bsky.social · last yr.

Some day we'll become just another layer of fossils

Digital painting. An old human skeleton lying on the ground, some parts of it are buried or broken, it resembles a fossil. The ground under it is a stone with a lot of ammonites in it, they are different in size and color, some are iridescent.