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James Kochalka Superstar @kochalka.bsky.social · 12h

tiny street art that I’ve been stapling up around town. #streetart

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-Watercolor and India Ink on Bristol stapled to telephone pole

Be tiny
-Watercolor and India Ink on Bristol stapled to telephone pole

Laugh louder
-Watercolor and India Ink on Bristol stapled to telephone pole

Don’t call the cops
-Watercolor and India Ink on Bristol stapled to telephone pole

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Judge John Hodgman @judgejohnhodgman.bsky.social · 11h

A lot of HUBBUB this week over the Judge litigating what is, historically, settled law: the person doing the chore gets to decide how it's done. Judge John decides that our whole PODCAST is out of order!

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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 5h

Please note that I really believe in the book, we are not getting rich from it. 100% of the royalties our family has gotten from the book have gone to trans charities, particularly Gender Spectrum, whose resources helped us a ton when our oldest kid came out to us.

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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 5h

It’s Banned Books Week, and I had to unsubscribe from a Google alert for my wife’s name because her beautiful book was so frequently showing up in banned book lists. It’s a non-fiction book for kids about gender. Inclusive of all kids. Not just trans kids, all kids. www.amazon.com/dp/125030295...

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It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity

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Michel Fiffe @michelfiffe.bsky.social · 14h

Jerry Ordway’s a mainstream superstar who came up thru fanzine culture and was always involved with the independents one way or another. He drew covers, did spot illustrations, and inked a bunch of folks… @jerryordway.bsky.social was always in the mix. Let me know of any others I might’ve missed!

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Dan Orgill @danorgillart.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

So, I'm told it's Batman day....

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Brian Kolm @briankolm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That is a stunning Spidy painting!

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Dan Orgill @danorgillart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I had a couple of down days while I'm waiting for my roughs on my current project to get approved. I hadn't painted in over a month, so I figured it was a good idea to " shake out the cobwebs " and get a little something done. The Amazing Spider-Man Gouache on hot press paper 8 x 10"

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mcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026

Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of

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Brian Kolm @briankolm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Fantastic work, Mark! I want to see more LSH from you!

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Mark Simmons @toysdream.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Finally finished my first batch of mystery sketch requests for @cartoonart.bsky.social ! Apparently, if you give me my choice of Legion of Superheroes character, you get classic Triplicate Girl.

Triplicate Girl from "Legion of Superheroes."

Classic-style Megatron from "Transformers."

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James Patricks @jpatricks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Heres the full page if that’s more your style ✌️

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

seeing conservative men debate how to dress online is very funny. can't dress up or wear interesting casualwear bc you've made any visible interest in dress to be a sign of homosexuality. but you feel the need to dress better bc you've linked dress to respectability. a prison of your own making.

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Domainophile @domainophile.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

conservatives tend to do style like they do comedy: badly, but with great effort (when they even try)

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Brian Kolm @briankolm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My friend has a new Kickstarter for a 2027 calendar of punny cats. You should pledge for your own copy.

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Brandon Williams @stupidartpunk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Meta reinvents the “nanny cam” but for everyone.

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Brian Kolm @briankolm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The backgrounds for the lost Dan Dare show look amazing. I wish there were production tests, especially if it was suppose to be a “Multi-Media Live Action, Stop Motion, Animation” series."

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Robin J | Cozy RPG Reviews @cozyrpgreviews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Another video some folks here might spot themselves in! A recommendations list thinking about what solo TTRPGs can offer to newcomers, and what games are accessible and representative starting points. Hope someone finds it useful! Or at least interesting. youtu.be/edGC97xaV94

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How to pick your first solo TTRPG

YouTube video by Cozy RPG Reviews

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fowlie👁👁 @whotookfowlie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Starting off Catober with the new kitty cat! #catober #drawtober

A black and white pen drawing of a tilcayo tiger cat, stalking the viewer through some foliage.

The same drawing from a different angle with the pens used. A Faber-Castell fude nib, and Sakura gelly roll gel pen.

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Marty // comms open ✨ @martinabelli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🧵 In honor of The Witcher 3 Remastered and since it’s also October, let me reshare my Witcher themed inktober from 2019! Didn’t get to finish it all, alas, but 7 years later it’s still one of my favorite things I’ve ever done and I always love to look back at it! 1/2

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 03/10/2026

#boktober 002 (sorry I am late)

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Mark Hoffmann @studiohoffmann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Did you know they have chimneys in the city? It’s true. This cat sure know how to get up and down them to steal a meal. #peachtober26chimney Happy #Peachtober26 y’all. This is an oldie but one of my fav pieces ever. #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #kidlit

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Rich Ellis @elliscomics.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Day 2 of my game themed #inktober, X-Men Arcade! The games on my list are all favorites of mine, but the order is arbitrary.

An image of X-man Colossus using his special attack from the game. It looks like a big explosion!

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 02/10/2026

Truly, if they're trying to come for Loish none of us are safe. PLEASE learn to do your own research. Look into artists, I beg of you. I hope this was a troll(?), but the idea that Loish of all people was being held under a microscope at all is insane.

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Pat Tong @patrtong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Daily drawing 10/2/26. Inktober: relic. Given the prompt, I thought a self portrait was in order

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Anthony Ortega (he/him) @am0.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#MÖRKtober Day 2: Curse Creating a makeshift pouch out of a slain cursed goblin's head might seem resourceful when carrying things found in the cavern you're exploring, but any item stored in the pouch becomes cursed itself, and transfers some mishap upon anyone who removes that item from the pouch

A photo of a pen and ink drawing showing the skin from the head of a dead goblin being used as a makeshift pouch to carry items.

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Brian Kolm @briankolm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The prompt is Pitcher. So tried to do a quick and silly ink drawing of a furball stuck inside a clear glass pitcher. Catober prompts by Karen Luk@mastodon.social #catober #inktober #drawtober #cat #drawing

A clear glass pitcher lies on it's side, water and flowers spilled; a cats butt shows at the mouth and it's face magnified by the glass with a surprised expression.

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Tim Hutchings @timhutchings.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oh, this looks exciting

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Brian Kolm @briankolm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Day 1 of #inktober #catober #drawtober with prompts from Karen Luk@mastodon.social A cat FATHOMs below #drawingchallenge

Ink drawing on a passport size sketchbook. A cat in old fashion diving suit with a breathing tube to the surface, underwater looks at a small fish and does not see tentacles coming from below.

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Brent Patterson @delanop.com · 30/09/2026

I spoke again at the Blender conference last week. I was so nervous that my watch later asked if I had been running during those twenty minutes. #bcon26 #blender www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEgQ...

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Enter the Dome: Rendering for Planetariums — BCON26

YouTube video by Blender

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Graham Annable @grickle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A vampire who isn't Dracula... #grickledoodle #vampire #horror

A cartoon illustration of a bald vampire shepherds a flock of ghosts back to his castle away from stormy weather. Caption reads "It was time to get the flock back to the castle."

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James Kochalka Superstar @kochalka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh we’re posting Vampires on Bluesky today? Here’s two Bicycle Vampires from my sketchbook. OMG I had forgotten all about Ximp and his Vampire Trike.

Jeremy the Bicycle Vampire and his Vampire Bike

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Nathan Fowkes Art @nathanfowkes.com · 28/09/2026

Painted for DreamWorks El Dorado.

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Chris Samnee @chrissamnee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tomorrow is the first day of October! I’ll be doing a Batman related piece of art, based off single word prompts I got from folks over on IG, and posting one each day of the month— I call it BATOBER! See you all tomorrow ✍️ 🦇

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Goldie and Komos @komos-and-goldie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Doctor Who needs to get closer to the spirit of The Twilight Zone -- lower budget but eerie and unforgettable -- rather than trying to compete with Marvel and Star Wars.

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Paul Chadwick @paulchadwick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Made me feel great.

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Matthew Federman @matthewfederman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Literally every Meta product. When Dracula is the CEO the product will always be vampires.

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adafruit @adafruit.com · 29/09/2026

spooky season is nigh, and we will commune with the ghosts and spirits of LEDs and projects past

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Scans from “Nomads” by Itsuro Naraki. Naraki is a Japanese photographer whose work is deeply influenced by Robert Frank. These portraits show people Naraki met on the street between 1986 and 1994. The book is available for purchase at Pinakotheca Books. IG t.archivist

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Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

NEW ADVICE-FROM-LIEBER LIST! I've posted these tips as a thread before, but I figured it's about time I made it available as a single, shareable image.

MISTAKES I'VE MADE THAT YOU CAN AVOID
Don't be like me.
1. Don't trash your own work when complemented. In that context your self-deprecation is insulting someone else's taste! Just say thanks and change the subject. Maybe credit an influence?
2. As far as your readers are concerned, comics are drawn with a printing press or a monitor. Don't fetishize the original art or the tools you make it. Anything that gets the story told the way it needs to be told is the right tool for the job.
3. Don't use one job to audition for another. It's unfair to your collaborators and a betrayal of the reader to get flashy or sexy or explosive if the moment in the story doesn't call for it.
4. The important storytelling choices on a page can be worked out in thumbnails. Gesture, camera angle, framing, broad arrangement of tones-get this stuff right before you worry about anatomy, lighting, drapery, or facial expressions.
5. Some artists can put down a final inkline with no underdrawing, but that's because they're skilled and experienced enough to do all that underdrawing in their head. You probably aren't. Get your underdrawing right and save the masterstrokes for the masters.
6. What you're feeling while you work doesn't matter. What the audience feels when they read it does. You can be happy and still do a great drawing of someone in agony. You should understand what you're depicting. It's not necessary to experience it in real time at the board.
7. Get a fresh eye on your work. You never know when some accidental juxtaposition is going to completely change your intended meaning.
8. Don't let getting things 100% right keep you from getting things done. It's easy to get bogged down in research or prep sketches. Make a schedule at the start of a project so you know how much time you have. Do the best you can with the time allotted and move on. But...

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 28/09/2026

“Meet people where they are; don’t force them to come to you. Bring the studio to where the music is happening. If that is a parking lot, a hallway, or while they’re lying on the ground and the mics are farther away than is optimal, so be it.” Ian Brennan’s Hidden Musics:

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Hidden Musics

By 2014, I'd already been transitioning for more than five years from working in traditional studios to almost exclusively doing field recordings overseas.

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💥Alex.W💪🏾💥 @jokeb0i.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I know beyond parody gets said a lot but we are now beyond speculative dystopian fiction as well

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