iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Arthur Riel @artiodaktyl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

son of hades [v2]

Digital artwork of transmasc OC Lance as his younger femme-presenting teen self, wearing a white dress over ripped jeans and boots. He holds a black electric guitar and looks over his shoulder as the three heads of Cerberus snarl behind him.

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Tapling: Queer Zines 🏳️‍🌈 @taplingzines.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Here it is: The cover art for Moments of Euphoria, our upcoming trans joy zine, illustrated by the incredible @artiodaktyl.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️💕 Launching next week on September 1! 💫 Make sure to click 'notify me' for a chance at early bird tiers: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

The cover for the Moments of Euphoria art book, a digital illustration with a scrapbook style. The title is made of various sticky notes and paper scraps, with 'Euphoria' on washi tape in the colors of the trans flag. Below, a group of five friends with varying gender identities and presentations pose together, one holding up the trans flag around them while one in the middle takes a group selfie. Other assorted elements include two polaroid photos of some of these characters, a flattened Testosterone box, flowers, the end of a guitar, and a 'Hello my name is' sticker. The colors are bold and saturated, with a soft, painterly effect.

A digital mockup of the book's front and back covers on a bright green background. The text reads, "Digital mockup of full cover design. Fun scrapbook theme! Bright, gorgeous colors! Filipino cultural details!" The back cover is also now visible which shows more polaroid designs, a guitar stretching across the bottom of the back cover with text that says "Protect trans kids", and various stickers and other scrapbook memorabilia.

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Shifter @shifter-komiks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Guess who’s back! Despite my first Kickstarter not getting the funds, I’m too stubborn to give up just yet! With the help of @diwatakomiks.bsky.social, we’re relaunching Shifter’s Protocol! Sign up with link in bio for future updates! Help me and @artiodaktyl.bsky.social bring this series to life!

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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Just 🔸2 days🔸 left to snag this TTRPG bundle and help designer Rae Nedjadi pay down the expenses incurred by a long hospital stay. Over $285 worth of games for just 25 bucks, and 98% of your donation goes directly to Rae. Act now, the bundle vanishes on Aug 1st! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

On the left, an illustration of Rae Nedjadi with short curly black hair and horn-rim glasses, wearing a purple and pink striped robe. Next to that, the covers of the games in the Rae Nedjadi Recovery Bundle: Our Haunt, Apocalypse Keys, Doomsday Delights, Brindlewood Bay, Defy the Gods, Once More Into the Void, Blue Rose, Raccoon Sky Pirates, Glow, The Love Balloon, The Wildsea: Ships Gardens, Paragons, Gingerbread Kaiju, The Hunger in the Void, Space Post, Seers & Roebuck, For Coin & Blood, Dynasties & Demagogues, Party Beach Creature Feature, Heroic Maps - Villages (Summer), Quantum Entanglement, and Infestation at Devil's Glade.

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Arthur Riel @artiodaktyl.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

WHOA WHAT our anthology unSEEN/unHEARD is nominated for a Ringo!! So honored to have contributed one of the cover artworks for it! go vote ringoawards.com

Comic cover of two disabled fantasy characters, one in a wheelchair, levitating books with magic; the other an arm amputee seated reading a book.

Cover of unSEEN/unHEARD with different disabled characters organizing against a disabled pride flag background. Beside it is a Ringo Nominee sticker for Best Anthology.

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C.K. Carpenter 🏳️‍🌈🌻🍉 @ckcarpenter.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

unSEEN/unHEARD: Disability & Neurodivergence is nominated for a Ringo in the Best Anthology category! Thanks to all who voted, and thanks to all the contributors who poured their hearts and souls into this book. COMICS CREATORS, please consider voting for us at ringoawards.com.

The cover to the comic unSEEN/unHEARD. The colors of the Disability Pride flag cut across multiple people showing a variety of disabilities, as well as some with invisible disabilities. To the side, it says, "Ringo Nominee, Best Anthology, vote at ringoawards.com.

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Hexed Electron is flinging raccoons into a haunted house @hecticelectron.com · 21/07/2026

I just released the stretch-goals PDF for Defy the Gods on Itch and DriveThru! It has two new playbooks: the Demigod and Thief, plus two new adventure seeds. It's 44 pages plus play sheets for the playbooks, with new art by @thalieshelen.bsky.social and @artiodaktyl.bsky.social

Two goddesses on either side of a black obelisk by Arthur Riel Cabezas

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

If youre canadian, please sign this shit. Its a petition against AI data centers, something the current Carney govt has a massive boaner for

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Arthur Riel @artiodaktyl.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

at this point i'll just ask french and spanish to duel in the dennys parking lot of my brain and whoever wins gets to be the language i have to study for work

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laney @saltmalk.in · 09/06/2026

metastasis

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Kendra P @hagofbolding.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

If you’re a trans man you are legally required to get this tattoo from my flash. Sorry I don’t make the rules

Black and gray flash tattoo of a stag with an arrow in its mouth and a vengeful glint in its eye

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Arthur Riel @artiodaktyl.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

never got to share the birthday gift my host family got me yet

a black shadow the hedgehog jacket with gold chains and red stitching

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

In 2017, Criselda Vasquez painted this portrait of her parents and titled it "The New American Gothic." Last month, her father, the man in this portrait, was abducted by ICE after being in the US for 30+ years. The family is now struggling with bills. A GoFundMe has been started: gofund.me/456d8a193

A painting of a man and a woman standing in front of a red Chevrolet truck. The man is holding a hoe; the woman is holding a bucket with house cleaning supplies.

The artist's two parents stand proudly in front of the painting.

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Arthur Riel @artiodaktyl.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

feeling sudden imposter syndrome with so many coworkers being masters students in their early 20s and then i remembered most ppl here don't have to work first to get permanent residency first to access domestic postgrad tuition first before they--

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Merlin G.G 🌻🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ VisDev Artist @everydaymerlin.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

new procreate brushes! been working on these holographic/tinsel effects for a while and i’m super proud of them!! (links below🫡) reposts appreciated, thank you for your support!! 🫶🫶🫶

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Arthur Riel @artiodaktyl.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

completed another revolution around the sun today 🎂🎸

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Arthur Riel @artiodaktyl.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

GALEÓN ESPIRITU SANTO (Cavite, 1603-1618) 🌊 My lil parting gift to Museo Del Galeón before I returned to the other side of the Pacific. Please do consider visiting if you're ever in Manila! Very proud to have been part of the inaugural curatorial team.

digital painting of a Manila galleon out at sea in pastel colors

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

it's lesbian visibility week and I'm lesbians check out my series about trans, nonbinary, AAPI, and neurodivergent lesbians behaving badly! heisting and hacking and lesbian-ing HAMMAJANG LUCK and THE OBAKE CODE are both out now!

graphic with the cover of hammajang luck on a background of a paint splatter lesbian flag. there are white arrows pointing to the cover that read "lesbians!" "so many lesbians" "butch lesbians" "chapstick lesbians" "femme lesbians" "trans lesbians" "lesbians of color + their adopted white woman" "Indigenous lesbians" "they/them lesbians" "he/him lesbians." the text at the bottom reads "happy pride! be gay do crime!!!"

graphic of the cover of the obake code on a background of a paint splatter lesbian flag. there are white arrows pointing to the cover that read "lesbians!" "so many lesbians" "butch lesbians" "chapstick lesbians" "femme lesbians" "aro/ace lesbians" "lesbians of color" "Indigenous lesbians" "Black lesbians" "they/them lesbians" "he/him lesbians." the text at the bottom reads "happy lesbians! be gay do crime!!!"

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felix 🌸 @tapiocawizard.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Ok now that I'm finally a little less busy, here's my full piece for We've Always Been Here from @taplingzines.bsky.social ! Both characters are Haudenosaunee, and the one sitting is two-spirit (and mixing a couple diffent gender norms!) 🥰 #Art #DigitalArt #IndigenousArt #Haudenosaunee

A digital art piece or two masculine Native American characters in a corn field. The one on the right sits on the ground, holding a basket of corn with the purple Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) flag woven into the backet's design. Standing behind them, on the left, is a male character who leans over the one on the right to kiss his nose from behind, also placing an ear of corn into his backet at the same time. The one standing wears a breechcloth and leggings, and has red tattoos on his arms. The one sitting also wears a breechcloth, but also wears a bead necklace and a purple armband, his hair tied up with a purple ribbon.

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Itssteffnow * comms closed @itssteffnow.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I‘m so excited to finally share my art for @taplingzines.bsky.social We‘ve Been Always Here queer history zine! My piece is set in the 30s and participating with Hristo and Henry felt so special! ✨ #OCs #OCart

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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Pictures from "Costumes of prestige and authority in Christian Nubia: insights from archaeological reconstruction" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

comparison of historical painting of a Nubian bishop with the photo of someone wearing the reconstructed clothing of a Nubian bishop

comparison of historical painting of a Nubian Royal Mother with the photo of someone wearing the reconstructed clothing of a Nubian Royal Mother

comparison of historical painting of a Nubian king with the photo of someone wearing the reconstructed clothing of a Nubian king

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Bwillett Comics, Monster Boyfriend Specialist @bwillettcomics.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Hey Bwillett Comic fans! The anthology I was part of last year UnSeen/UnHeard is eligible for a Ringo Award nomination. If you got the book last year and thought me and the other creators touched you, please consider nominating us <3 ringoawards.survey.fm/ringo-awards...

Nominatie Unseen/UnHeard Disability and Neurodivergence for Best Anthology for the Ringo Awards. Www.RingoAwards.Com

Graphic shows the Disability Pride flag in the background and one of the covers from the anthology with a magic user in a wheelchair next to someone seated on a log with a book

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Aitor Sebastián @inkeyjay.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Hi! I'm Aitor Sebastián, concept artist/illustrator based in Madrid! I like DnD, tarot aaaand tabletop games really. Oh and I got into musical theater lately too! I just do stuff #PortfolioDay

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Arthur Riel @artiodaktyl.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Arthur, a queer sci-fi and fantasy illustrator from the Philippines, currently based in Canada. I've illustrated for several TTRPGs and am open to short-term freelance work. 🗡️🎸 💼 artiodaktyl.carrd.co ✉️ ganicabz.art@gmail.com

Digital art of an armored knight on a flaming skeletal horse with wings.

Digital art of my OC Lance, a Filipino transmasc teen, shredding on a guitar. In the background is a mecha with dual swords cutting through the jaws of an offscreen monster.

Digital painting of my OCs Joey and Tristan, two sapphic teens, seated on the back of a pickup truck with a white dragon perched on the roof.

Digital painting of the Four of Wands tarot card styled as a trans couple in ancient Southeast Asia.

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Arthur Riel @artiodaktyl.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

"IF I FALL INTO THE SKY, WHO WOULD I BEGIN TO BLAME?" // reimagining my fav metalcore albums as book covers: "The Death We Seek" by Currents 🎸🌙

Mock book cover illustration inspired by the metalcore album "The Death We Seek" by Currents: a man in dark knight armor, brandishing a flaming sword atop a winged skeletal horse.

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Arthur Riel @artiodaktyl.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

got some more new art to post later

cropped digital artwork of a man in dark armor brandishing a sword

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Arthur Riel @artiodaktyl.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

please support Unseen/Unheard! I had the privilege of making one of the alt covers for this 🧡

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Comic Book Yeti 🎃 @comicbookyeti.com · 03/04/2026

Haven’t filled out your Ringo Awards yet? Please consider Unseen/Unheard: Disability & Neurodivergence in the Anthology category and support my community. ♿️ ringoawards.com

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Arthur Riel @artiodaktyl.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Revealing my full spread illustration of queer undercover Katipuneros in Cavite for "We've Always Been Here" by @taplingzines.bsky.social ! 🌿 Huge thanks to everyone who supported and pledged to the project!

Digital painting of queer, trans Filipinos in a colonial-era house hanging out together and dressing up in formal attire. In one corner is the flag of the Katipunan suggesting they are members of the Philippine revolution.

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Nova & Mali @novamali.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

APPLICATIONS OPEN: Artist apps for My Liege - queer knights in love are open until Monday April 13th noon eastern time OR we get 600 apps! We're working with our beautiful friends at @damesprod.bsky.social ⚔️ If the sub-tweet with the link is not there, it means applications have closed.

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Sapling 🌱 @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I can finally share my full illustration for @taplingzines.bsky.social 'We've Always Been Here' art book! It's of two Muslim men bathing in Medieval Al-Andalus, a very accepting time for queer people~ ✨ More details about the illustration and story below~ #SaplingArt #Watercolor #QueerArt

A softly lit watercolor painting of three panels, bordered by intricately painted branches of pomegranate and orange trees. The first panel, in the top left corner, shows both men kissing with one pressed against an intricately tiled wall in the Alhambra palace. One man has rich, warm brown skin and a turquoise headwrap that falls down over his shoulders and coat, which is decorated in intricate golden swirl patterns. The man kissing him has richer cooler-toned dark brown skin, with a white headwrap clipped together with a golden pin, wearing a white robe with intricate gold and red-gem inset details. Both have facial hair. The central painting, the largest panel, shows both men sitting in a public bath, although they are alone, gazing closely at each other, looking like they're about to kiss, arms resting on their legs as they gaze softly. They both have small, damp fabric around their waists, the colors matching their respective outfits. The man in the white cloth has braided cornrows, in a traditional Amazigh style. The man in the blue cloth gazes slightly down into his eyes, with his leg extended over the ledge of the bath, showing intricately painted and extensive burn scars including contractions. A cane rests on the shadowed wall beside him. The bath room itself is a pale yellow stone, shadowed in purple washes, with a central inset section bordered by a pattern of turquoise, dark blue, green, and red diamond tiles, interspersed with white tiles. The central inset part has the same pattern, but far smaller and more detailed. The final panel, in the bottom left, shows the turquoise and indigo robe of one of the men as he walks, using his cane, with his lover's hand holding his back for support. The blue robe has even more intricate swirling gold patterns, with a red sash and gold metal piece tying it together at the waist. A washy watercolor part hints at a garden in the background.

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🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 🔜 NFC @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

When it comes to the animation world, there is something that brushed me the wrong way for the past decade and it's when people call an animator or an animation "bad" because it's not smooth like sakuga/anime ; vintage disney era. All animations does not need to be smooth to be called "good".

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Nova & Mali @novamali.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

We're excited to announce our new project: My Liege, an artbook about queer knights in love! In collaboration with our friends @damesprod.bsky.social 🌟 Our artists applications open Friday April 10th at noon (EST) and close Monday April 13th or if we hit 600 apps! Prepare your portfolio & ideas! 👀

Illustration of two men, a knight blushing and a jester smiling. Texts read:
Dames Prod & Nova and Mali
My Liege - Queer Knights in Love

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Alice Scott @allyscottauthor.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Happy Bonesiversary everyone! An ENOURMOUS THANKS to my editor over at @kithbooks.bsky.social who managed to polish my old writing to a shine (I hope you aren’t sick of me yet) And to @artiodaktyl.bsky.social who took the doofy stick figure I gave him, and turned it into an incredible cover.

My book, YOU ARE NOT YOUR BONES & Lesser Misfortunes, resting against a floral backdrop with a small stoppered bottle of animal bones

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Arthur Riel @artiodaktyl.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

hell yeah trans day of visibility time 🏳️‍⚧️ i'm arthur, transmasc illustrator, archaeology student, and martial artist from the philippines. 🎸🗡️ #tdov #transdayofvisibility

a collage of my artworks with trans subjects with a blurry polaroid photo of me smiling in the center

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Gab Madrid 🔥 @gabmadrid.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Always have been here. And always will be. You cannot kill them in a way that matters. Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31)

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StarBITE 🧛‍♂️🌟 @starite.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN 🏳️‍⚧️ #art #tdov #transart

a digital illustration in the style of a relief print depicting a black cat in a defensive pose holding a torn and tattered transgender pride flag in its mouth as it looks directly towards the viewer. the background is purple with some specks of blue and pink showing through, and behind the cat is a black midground resembling grass or flames. the top right corner features a box with a caption reading "T.D.O.V."

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Tapling: Queer Zines 🏳️‍🌈 @taplingzines.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

For Trans Day of Visibility, come support a project run by 2 trans husbands with a bunch of trans artists participating! 🩵🤍🩷 We've Always Been Here is filled with queer art set all throughout history, all over the world. Only 2 days left on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap... #TDoV

A digital illustration of a T4T couple posing together, the man kissing the woman on the nose. They wear Victorian-era clothing with the trans man in a blue suit jacket and brown pants, the woman in a pink dress with various jewelry and accessories. There are blue and pink banners on the top and bottom of the graphic, together reading "We wish you a joyous Trans Day of Visibility".

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Sapling 🌱 @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! 🏳️‍⚧️ I’m Sapling 🌱 a multigender disabled watercolorist painting queer joy ✨ I’m a refugee after surviving trafficking, and unable to work, so supporting my art (prints reopening soon!) or zine company I do with my husband @taplingzines.bsky.social helps a ton! 🩷 #TDoV

A watercolor painting of a white androgynous person with short brown hair, lying on detailed purple and blue tiles, with a blue skirt on. Roses fall over the top surgery scars on his chest, and big pink roses filled each corner. One arm is tossed to the side in a relaxed pose.

An intricate watercolor painting of a reclining effeminate figure with dark wings in barely any clothing, except stockings, underwear, and a translucently painted silky pink shawl. He has medium brown skin, curly brown hair, and is crushing a rose onto her chest with a lifted and gloved hand. Giant pink orchids, painted with lovely realism, surround him. Some pink fabric falls to the right side, and detailed hand painted blue lace fills the background.

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Kat Calamia @NYCC 4355 @comicuno.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Hallowed Ground - An Afterlife Horror Comic Anthology is LIVE on Kickstarter! A 100+ Page Horror Anthology. Twelve stories of HELL, PURGATORY, and HEAVEN, from LGBTQIA+ Creative Teams! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 16/03/2026

I was asked to give my thoughts on generative AI usage in games - here they are!

From the article:
"I think that until the bubble bursts, AI will be used by quite a few game companies, and perhaps even beyond the bubble," says Brandon Sheffield of Necrosoft Games, which released the RPG Demonschool last year. "Look, I am not a fool – I understand that AI has some uses. Primary among those being the devaluing of work, the cheapening of labour, the laying off of creatives, and the generation of busywork for humans to fix whatever AI generates."

"It's also useful for burning through water, raising the prices of RAM and chipsets globally, and poisoning anyone near the data centres that run them. So there are a lot of use cases for AI. From spurring on the death of the creative endeavour to dissolving our economy, AI is absolutely gangbusters at what it does. We don't use it in our studio though."

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

hey all, straight from the source: here's where you can complain about the sfwa opting to cut artists off of the team for their comics award!

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 15/03/2026

HERE IT IS: Earlier this month, without any planning, I drove 6 hrs to the desert to capture the last full lunar eclipse until December 2028 Over 3 hours I shot over 3000 stills, but not the stars Last Tuesday I drove 4 hrs to capture the stars After 30+ hrs figuring out editing, this is DONE 🧵

15 phases of the moon captures between March 2nd at 12:37 and March 3rd at 4:36AM; the moon goes full full to crescent, then red and back towards crescent. the foreground is of a joshua tree and rocks with light pollution; the light pollution is from the original foreground. no milky way due to it being on the other side of the sky

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feef @feefal.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Seraph in the Headlights

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Tapling: Queer Zines 🏳️‍🌈 @taplingzines.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Who doesn’t love a good medieval setting with some gay knights? Queerness has existed for millennia, so here’s a snapshot of a few of the Medieval illustrations from our queer zine! Live on Kickstarter now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap... #Medieval #MedievalArt #QueerZine #LGBTQArt #Knights

A grid of four cropped illustrations with a medieval theme. Top-left, two male knights look at each other as one ties a bandana around the other's suit of armor, the bandana matching his own clothing. Top-right, two women embrace with one holding the other from behind. A highly detailed pattern covers the left side of the illustration, mimicking metalwork of the time. Bottom-left, two knights in intricate, detailed outfits gently embrace. There is a border that looks like stained glass, along with other intricate framing details. Bottom-right, two masculine characters embrace leaned up against a tree overlooking a field of sheep, one sleeping in the other's arms.

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