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Brett Grunig @brettgrunig.bsky.social · 23h

New music from my brother! Check it out at willgrunig.bandcamp.com/album/time-a... I had a great time doing the album art. Check it out!

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Time Again, by Will Grunig

4 track album

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🍁 Levi Kornelsen @levikornelsen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Do you want to help block AI from being normalized as part of the TTRPG industry? Yes? Great! Hasbro corporate leadership would like to stuff it into your face, while the actual creatives don't want it. So go sign the support letter for the D&D and Magic Workers unionizing.

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Stand with Dungeons & Dragons and Magic Workers Forming a Union!

The Dungeons & Dragons team and Studio X (Magic: The Gathering; Duel Masters) are forming a union! We are joining the ranks of United Wizards of the Coast - CWA (UWOTC-CWA) and following in the fo...

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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Curious how you can help? We ask that you sign our petition for Wizards to voluntarily recognize our union, share it with your communities, and keep an eye on this account for future updates! actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...

actionnetwork.org

Stand with Dungeons & Dragons and Magic Workers Forming a Union!

The Dungeons & Dragons team and Studio X (Magic: The Gathering; Duel Masters) are forming a union! We are joining the ranks of United Wizards of the Coast - CWA (UWOTC-CWA) and following in the fo...

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Jeremy Whitley @jeremywhitley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

To everyone who has asked me if The Dog Knight getting banned is actually a good thing, Keezy has summed up my feelings very succinctly here.

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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I got back from an absolutely magical trip to Norway about a week ago. I felt so welcomed & celebrated, in huge part because of my translator & publisher, who took such good care of me. Tusen takk to Bård, Liv, and Sonja of Måltrost Forlag <3 I can't wait to visit again! #norway #maiakobabe

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Brett Grunig @brettgrunig.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Studying hands, like one does. Originally posted in May to my Patreon.

Drawing of several hands in various gestures. Most of the hands are white lines on a black background, but one hand is drawn with pale, greyish skin tone.

Multiple hands drawn in various poses. The knuckles are reddened and the hands overlap each other in a darkened space.

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Megan Huang @meganhuang.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It's true! My OGN Placoderp! Is now announced! Written and drawn by me with awesome lettering by Lucas Gattoni! And of course, published by @boom-studios.com! Summer 2027 is gonna be liiiit!!! 🦕🦖

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 10/09/2026

Since it's my 50th time round the sun, would you care to share my art around? That would be a splendid gift, thank you! 🥰 emilyhare.com #dragons #fantasyart #watercolour #creatureart #unicorns

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Brett Grunig @brettgrunig.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Some rainy weather blowing through. Ink and water color and colored pencil on this one.

An old woman with bushy white hair and an intense scowl, wearing a yellow dress, a green shawl, and a wide-brimmed, black hat stands and brandishes an umbrella.

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Brett Grunig @brettgrunig.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A couple of trees from some time last year. Feeling ready for Autumn.

Windswept trees disappearing into the fog on a grassy, rocky slope.

A tree with bright red foliage growing from a pile of rocks and grass. The trunk is bent and twisted. Rain falls straight down from above.

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D.D.B.Torres @ddbtorres.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Balin, son of Fundin -{ #art | #illustration | #fantasy }-

A very old-looking dwarf, with white hair, long white beard, yellow eyes, a big red nose, wearing light brown garment, a long scarlet hood cloak and black boots. He's a character from J.R.R. Tolkien's book "The Hobbit"

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Satan’s Fluffer @satans-fluffer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Samael: A Trans Mythopoetic Journey is finished after seven months of work. The Devil transitioning with eroticism and body horror! Digital edition in the shop. Fundraiser for a physical edition print run here: ko-fi.com/satansfluffe... #transart #queerart #satanism

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 05/08/2026

It's been a couple of years since I tested converting from RGB to CMYK in apps other than Photoshop to see if we can achieve the same results. So, with most apps now updated, I figured it's time to compare results once again. Follow this thread. #ClipStudioPaint #Krita #AffinityPhoto2

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Dark Horse Workers United @darkhorseunion.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Rally with Dark Horse Workers United! DHWU is calling all supporters to join us for a rally at Milwaukie Waterfront Park on August 3rd from 5pm to 6pm. 🧵

Comic-style collage with superheroes, bold “Calling all Heroes” text, a speech balloon that says “Help DHWU!”, and a message about a Monday cosplay rally supporting union rights.

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 01/08/2026

Can confirm, my monthly earnings have been wildly unpredictable for a number of reasons recently, but I suspect this is a contributor. If you signed up on the iOS app, I’d encourage you to do it on a desktop browser instead.

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Part Time Yeen @parttimeyeen.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Any of you using the ios version of Patreon to support me, switch to the browser version instead, cuz the apple fees have actually taken over 3000 usd from me in the course of a year

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Brett Grunig @brettgrunig.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Not sure how many of you are in the area, but we have space in our printmaking classes at Santa Rosa Junior College this Fall. Beautiful shop. Excellent support. Hannah is an excellent instructor. I am teaching the etching class! Register now and come print with us this Fall!

Flyer showing an etching press. Text reads, come print with us this fall at Santa Rosa Junior College. Art 24, intro to printmaking, Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Art 27, screen printing, Tuesday Thursday afternoons. Art 28, etching, Monday Wednesday afternoons.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/07/2026

For no reason whatsoever, I checked my voter registration today, and if you are a US citizen I encourage you to do the same/update that voter registration if necessary/register to vote if you have not already done so: www.vote.org

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Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.org

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Jim Zub @jimzub.com · 07/07/2026

An art student reached out with 3 questions about working in the industry. Normally I don't have time to answer these kinds of questionnaires, but I slipped back into teacher-mode and figured I might as well share them with everyone else.

How do you create the most opportunities for yourself as an artist?

The old adage is that "You need to be in the right place at the right time" for opportunities to happen, but that also means you need to be at the intersection of those places and times for people to discover your work.

The more places and times you can create - by building your skills, posting work online, going to events, interacting with other people in a positive way - the more chances that one of them is the right one that leads to bigger and better things, in that moment or later on in your creative career.

What drives you to pursue a creative career, despite its challenges?

I love building stories and entertaining people. Working in comics has been the most viable outlet for that, but I've also done work in animation, illustration, teaching, games and tabletop RPGs that scratches that same itch.

The thrill I get from engaging with people - the other creators I'm collaborating with or an audience that enjoys the work - charges my creative batteries and keeps me striving to learn more and make more. That act of creating and engaging people drives me forward through each new project.

What's something you had to learn the hard way on your journey?

There's no perfect job waiting for you in this industry and, even if people help you out, you'll still need to prove your worth and carve out your own spot, because there are so many more people who want to create art/stories as a career than there are full-time lucrative positions available.

If you're fortunate enough to be part of a team, respect their time, ideas and hard work. If you consistently do that, you'll build a strong reputation that lasts and, over the long haul, surround yourself with like-minded people who you'll want to keep working and growing with throughout your career.

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Spade @spadedigsbutts.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

On this week's Frog>Prince, a tough negotiation #webcomic #comic #frog frogprincecomic.webcomic.ws/comics/86/#c...

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Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

'Windy Day' (Faith and John Hubley, 1968) "...it was six years old and then it played and played and played, until it was seven years and then it played and played and played, until it was eight years old and then you became a little old lady!" youtu.be/4O8VE4qB8-s?...

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Windy Day [John & Faith Hubley, 1967] (subtitulado)

YouTube video by Francisco Quezada

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Spade @spadedigsbutts.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

On this week's Frog>Prince, we see how the other half lives (the really really really rich half) #webcomic #frog #fantasycomic frogprincecomic.webcomic.ws/comics/84/#c...

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Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Oh hey, I worked on this: conversationtreepress.com/blogs/news/j...

Illustration of a grimy, smoky fantastical cityscape

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The Parker Legacy (Thanks for the memories, Pete!) @benreilly149.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Jerry Ordway nicely articulates the difficulty contemporary comics face in making a strong connection with readers in the absence of a consistent storytelling team.

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

One of the things I research is the cooperation of cultural institutions like museums in pitching tech products--specifically AI--to the public. This is advertising for the capacity of AI to educate and thus to reshape education itself as a project better left to private tech companies. 1/n

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Here is my Jane Yolen story, which I suspect is a pretty common one, or at least a variation thereon. I grew up on her books. One of my earliest memories is my dad reading Commander Toad books to me at the South Bend public library. Then I grew up and got a job in comics publishing. (1/)

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Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) ❤️‍🔥 @amandamakepeace.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Now more than ever we need to make the art, so I’m jumping in! I hope you’ll join me in September to bring Feather & Stone into the world. I need all the follows I can get on this project. @backerkit.com 🖤 www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... #art #books #booksky #nature #poetry

Postcard design for my chapbook coming to Backerkit in September. Features one of my drawings of a feather and stone.

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A Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 05/06/2026

One thing about “breaking into comics” is that unless you mean “I want to be so famous I never need to look for a gif and/or have full autonomy to do whatever I want and be paid for it,” you can do it right now. Just draw a comic and print it out. Get a table at a small local comic fest.

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I fucking love Van Eyck. They have a replica of the Ghent Altar piece in its original side chapel so you can see how much they'd painted it for exactly that spot. Adored pointing out the way the light falls to visitors when I was a tour guide there. I didn't catch the reflection in the 3 mm gem 🤯

the angels from the Ghent altar piece with a close up of one of the gems. with the text overlaid 'the gem on this singing angel is barely 3mm wide. Inside it, Van Eyck painted the real chapel window exactly as it reflected from where the painting once hung'

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I saw Marjane Satrapi speak about her work at Smith College 19 years ago, and she said something I have thought about and taught ever since when I teach comics. “I draw what I can’t write and I write what I can’t draw.“

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Guy Pradel @pradaldi.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Respect moral rights, make all corrections suggestions at once, have one person manage the communication with the artist from start to finish, come to us with a budget, accept the fact that negotiations are part of any contract, etc., etc.

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 04/06/2026

To our dismay, the artist and author Marjane Satrapi has passed away. As she wrote, ordinary Americans and Iranians have more in common with each other than we do with either of our governments, which have far too much in common with each other. We honor her memory and oppose the war.

NO WAR WITH IRAN!
The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West.
You are American, I am Iranian, we don’t know each other, but we talk together
& we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you
& your government is much bigger than the difference
between you & me.
And the difference between me
& my government is much bigger
than the difference
between me & you.
And our governments are very much the same...
—Marjane Satrapi

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Kathleen Neeley @kathleenneeley.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Printing brown thrashers in color!

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Jordan Collver @jordancollver.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I forgot to share this magnificent illustration in May but heck, everything written on that garland is just 👌👌✊✊ and as relevant as it was in 1895.

A totally badass illustration by Walter Crane entitled "A Garland for May Day 1895" featuring a woman wearing a winged Phrygian/liberty cap wearing and holding aloft a giant laurel wreath with a ribbon wrapped around it. Upon the ribbon is written: No people can be free while dependent for their bread - the plough is a better backbone than the factroy - no child toilers - production for use not for profit - solidarity of labour - the cause of labour is the hope of the world - socialism means the most helpful and happy life for all - a common wealth when wealth is common - art and enjoyment for all - hope in work and joy in leisure - cooperation and emulation not competition - shorten working day and lengthen life - england should feed her own people - the land for the people

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KikiDoodle & Purrmaids @ BLFC @kikidoodle.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

OH YES ONE MORE IMPORTANT POINT! Some printers have started to sell ink refill subscription packages where they brick your printer if you go over some arbitrary page count without paying $$. Just NOPE NEVER NEVER GET AN INK SUBSCRIPTION PLAN FOR YOUR PRINTER! This needs all caps. Do NOT do that!

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KikiDoodle & Purrmaids @ BLFC @kikidoodle.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I keep seeing posts by folk confused why their prints aren't screen accurate, and the common theme is that they seem to have ZERO idea that their computer screen is RGB (colors mixed using light) and that all printers are CMYK (colors mixed using ink). So, have some VERY generalized printing tips:

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Sophie Yanow @sophieyanow.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

This time last year I got sick of not being able to draw comics. So I made a plan… I came up with a “gentle comics habit.” If you are a person who is trying to gently kickstart your comics drawing in the new year, I wrote a blog post for you. www.sophieyanow.com/a-gentle-com...

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Dominique Vassie @niqvassie.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

a little tiny microscopic dragon, rotifers passing by. I've spent a lot of time peering down a microscope in the last few years, enjoyed taking inspiration from the real tiny organisms to make one of my own.

Watercolour and pencil illustration of a microscopic dragon sitting on a plant root. It's body is transparent and it has two rounded wings covered in beating cilia hairs. It has a long neck and blunt snout with long whiskers. Inside its neck, large jaws are visible and it has tiny black eyes.

The dragon has large claws on its feet, like a water bear, and a long segmented tail hangs down and splitting into a fork at the end. From the root, golden diatoms are growing, and sun animalcules creep along it as a group of rotifers swims past.

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Brett Grunig @brettgrunig.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Last day of #mermay and here's an older print. Mostly line-etching, but with a little bit of aquatint. #etching #intaglio #printmaking

Intaglio print of a creature with a fish body, flowers for eyes, roots for a tail, and human arms for pectoral fins clinging to a lily pad.

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Jim Zub @jimzub.com · 29/05/2026

Every one of these directors/producers jumping in with AI is convinced their skills are irreplaceable while kicking their hard-working peers to the curb. Praise the leopards all you like, but your face will still get eaten when the time comes.

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Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I mean pretty faces come in all forms and they all deserve having plants grow from them

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Jeremy Whitley @jeremywhitley.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I have seen too many movies. I was in my garage working late last night and a sound VERY MUCH LIKE a clown nose squeaking started coming from outside my garage door. I could not identify what was making the sound. Went around to the front door, looked at the yard, saw nothing Freaked out got my wife

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