what are you trying to say, exactly?

i see a lot of people out there doing vtm campaigns and let me just tell you, if you happen to need or want a loser-ass path of ecstasy setite to join as a rogue element i have just the guy for you

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fun time with artfight this year!! everyone who participated helped to make it enjoyable by sharing their art and characters!

hieronymus bosch's blackberry butt song@dorkbait.bsky.social · 6d ago

#artfight attacks from this year! these are a fun opportunity to draw characters i might not normally, and also to practice techniques with media! this year's theme was "weird ink effects," obviously

Last day to apply! ALOCASIA is now open for applications for the 2026 ALOCASIA Microgrant for Queer Nature Writers! Two recipients will receive $500 each to help incubate their future creative endeavors. Deadline: July 31st, 2026. alocasia.org/alocasias-mi...

there has been one giant worker carpenter ant wandering around in our house for the past three days. sweetie are you lost

#artfight attacks from this year! these are a fun opportunity to draw characters i might not normally, and also to practice techniques with media! this year's theme was "weird ink effects," obviously

needs to be blocked but here is a newly-finished Alpine Aster shawlette! #knitting #myknits

RUFFIAN MEAT UPDATE KLAXON! This is a good news/bad news situation: www.kickstarter.com/projects/aar... Only good news in this post thou! RM has gained a new artist: @llewellynrose.bsky.social Feast your eyes on the first page of Cellulite! by @scumbelievable.bsky.social & Megan!!!!

Losty@aaronlosty.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🔸Ruffian Meat is now live on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/aar... 🔸art by: @soengery.bsky.social @michaelwalsh.bsky.social @plaest2k.bsky.social @planetsmudge.bsky.social @vor-bokor.bsky.social @connormakescomics.bsky.social 🔸Guest Writer @scumbelievable.bsky.social

go watch immediately if you want to be emotionally damaged

Catsuka@catsuka.bsky.social · last wk.

"Millennium Actress" by Satoshi Kon is available for free on YouTube (in North America only). >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMqg...

Nanjing Paleontological Museum has an in-house traditional Chinese artist, Li Chen, creating paintings of famous Chinese dinosaurs. These are from 2022 exhibition "From Dragon to Bird" and can be purchased in the museum as postcards or book《从龙到鸟系列 科学艺术化石复原图》

i'm convinced that takehiro hira and hiroyuki sanada might be like the two hardest-working actors in the world because these two men are everywhere

there is a very beautiful orb weaver who has decided to make her web between the mirror and the window on the passenger side of my car and i only see her when she's frantically reeling her silk in and hiding in the mirror as i'm on the highway, and am immediately like OH NO

i'm katie, a multidisciplinary mixed media painter. my work focuses on identity explored through evocative portraiture. commission info: ko-fi.com/dorkbait/com...

Loot drop after defeating me: - Keychain Of Infinite Interests: -2 to all stealth checks, +2 to charisma checks on NPCs with related interests - Hat: Form and color varies. Often garish. - Cool Rock: Functionally useless except as a distraction. - Catastrophe of lipcolors: +1 to fortitude.

AK Faulkner 🔜 MCM Birmingham@ravenswordpress.com · 2w ago

Loot drop after defeating me: - At least one live Corgi (not a mount, no matter how small you are) - The 'Tism: Disadvantage on all charisma checks with neurotypicals, this curse cannot be removed - Bag of Infinite Fountain Pens: Roll a d10 to determine scarcity of any pen pulled from the bag

this is actually offensive, i feel like i've been called a slur lmao

Francesca Resta@niji707.bsky.social · 3w ago

I like mine! All colours I would wear!! 😂 maybe not all together tho!

hittin y'all with some VERY old art in honor of Harrison Ford's 84th birthday. i jokingly call him my spiritual father but honestly his body of work as an actor has had an unquantifiable impact on me as a person and i admire him so much.

nothing good happens after 2am, mixed media on gessoboard, 9x12, 2026 this scanned pretty badly. i used a lot of sennelier neutral tint in it, which is a very transparent deep purple-brown-grey tone, and it's also very reflective. it has a ton of depth to it, and the scanner just doesn't pick it up

"Five living writers you've read (at least) five books by each" 🖋️ Mary Roach 🖋️ Amy Tan 🖋️@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social 🖋️ William Gibson 🖋️ David Mitchell

Frankles@franklesconina.bsky.social · 4w ago

"Five living writers you've read (at least) five books by each" - A K Faulkner - T Kingfisher - Seanan McGuire - K B Spangler - John Scalzi Found a few more as well...

painted desert, mixed media on gessoboard, 11x14" 2026

high desert color, mixed media, 8x8" 2026 #sciart #birdart

hello everyone! i have not had a commission since last november. at the end of may i will be finished creating the work for the gallery show i am participating in and i would really like to make some money!!! ko-fi.com/dorkbait/com...

worst time to ask but anyone got a spare job and stable income lying around now that i'm moving to the seattle area (clueless)

mirna@neo.yokohama · 2mo ago

Pin post. Hi, I'm Mirna. I am a visual designer. You can find my email and portfolio at this link: goodbye.computer. Thank you.

i think one of the sins of the digital era is that a lot of digital reproductions of paintings create the illusion that the surface is smooth and rendered without brushstrokes which lends itself to that hyper-blended digital painting style that is often touted as being the pinnacle of skill

septum ring or no septum ring?

Rest in peace, Akihiro Miwa, the original Moro in Studio Ghibli's Mononoke Hime, died aged 91. Miwa was a Nagasaki bombing survivor, singer-songwriter, actor and author, who made his debut singing in a Ginza cafe aged 16 and went on working even after a stroke in 2019.

Anime News Network@animenewsnetwork.com · last mo.

Actor and singer Akihiro Miwa, known for his roles in Princess Mononoke and Howl's Moving Castle, has died at 91.

i need someone to stop me from going on reddit

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i am baffled by the confidence with which people are now insisting that art, even art which is very obviously real traditional art made using time-honored techniques like underpainting, is AI.

adding grids to your reference image and your painting surface is a great way to break down the proportions and recognize shapes beyond the whole you see them as, as well as give different context to negative space! shadows are almost never grey.

Katie Croonenberghs Art@kamakru.bsky.social · last mo.

Hey artists, let's share some helpful things in the community :) 🎨 What's one tip or trick you would give a new artist in your chosen medium? (Or just in general!)