iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 10h

Things are looking a bit tight this month so please consider commissioning me if you're able! I have cheap commissions available at the moment and more options available on my Ko-fi! #art #digitalart #comms #humanart

An image offering waist up drawings of any character for £10. Payment in advance via PayPal or Ko-fi. 5 slots available

An image offering social media icon commissions for £15

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Didn't have a great brain day yesterday so drew myself a buggy before bed #bugart #bugsky #invertsky #digitalart

digital art of the head of a preying mantis. it's antenna are curved down and around to encase the face in a heart shape.

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

An update from my sister 💜

Thank you all so much for donating so far, your donations have meant we will not loose our home this month ❤️ unfortunately I am having to go through ACAS to resolve my work dispute and it will be a long time before I can get any meaningful updates on it. We have applied for universal credit and I have job applications on the go but still no luck with securing work. On the bright side my recovery from surgery has gone really well. Unfortunately we are having to go private for a second opinion as we feel the NHS ignored key information that would help make a diagnosis. We are hoping just a consultation will be enough for a diagnosis which will be £300 max.

I just want to thank everyone again for their donations big and small. We have been able to buy groceries and again, not loose out home. Next month we should hopefully be getting extra support from UC but still no idea how much, we expect not much as my husband is in work, so we still really need anything we can get until I can secure a job. Thank you all so much ❤️

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New goal on my ko-fi! (purchases from my shop will still be going to my sister for the rest of the year, the goal only updates with commissions and direct donations)

a screenshot of a ko-fi goal that reads:
Updated iPad. 0% of £190 goal.

I use my iPad for a lot of my art. The one I currently have is 8 years old and while it still just about does the job it has barely any storage left and there are things I'd like to do and make that I can't do without getting a better iPad. I'd like to get an iPad Air 3 from CEX; the one I'm looking at is B grade but has x4 the storage space of my current one! It also has a bigger screen and weighs a little less.

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

does anyone know of a reliable png to svg converter? the one i used to use has gone all AI

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Theres a post on tumblr that theorises that Jolene is the angel if death. Ive been meaning to draw it for ages, and now felt like a good time. #dollyparton #ripdollyparton #jolene #digitalart

Digital art of Dolly Parton and Jolene. Jolene is the angel of death, with literal flaming hair, emerald eyes, pale skin and large grey wings with white star-like speckles. She's wearing a mottled black robe and holding her hand out to Dolly. Dolly is stepping towards her, wearing a flowing pink robe. Dolly says "Jolene?" and Jolene responds "C'mon Dolly, your mans waitin' for you"

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

My sister is disabled and waiting for surgery, and her work have just terminated her contract because of the time she'll need off to recover, so any orders from or donations to my ko-fi (see pinned) for the foreseeable will go to her, and we've just set up a GFM. www.gofundme.com/f/fired-whil...

gofundme.com

Donate to Fired while being disabled and waiting for surgery, organized by Andrew Mercator-Ellis

Hi, my name is V and I'm a registered veterinary nurse base… Andrew Mercator-Ellis needs your support for Fired while being disabled and waiting for surgery

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

So. Turns out my sister's job did their best to make it practically impossible to pursue them for wrongful discrimination so there's nothing she can do except accept their settlement terms. We'll see about doing a proper update in the next week or so, but in the meantime please share.

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Head Custodian Islington @speccyferret.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Henlooo I'm looking for a time lapse app for android cause my phone doesn't seem to have an in-built one (or if it does it's very well hidden) any recommendations?

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

beloved intern/volunteer Fiona described zygopines as having "large pathetic eyes that look as if they should begin welling with tears" and she was right to do so

one of the various tragic zygopines of bugguide, this one an allegedly undescribed species of Cylindrocopturus. Its huge sad clown eyes are accentuated by its white body color.

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I'm a cane user and pretty much as soon as I saw the cane that Soupdwelling on tumblr designed based on the cane Grace has in the book I knew I had to have it. 1/6 #projecthailmary #rylandgrace #gracephm #disability #cosplay

a gold and black geometric cane with a fox keyring hanging off the handle

a close up of a fox keychain and a silver disk with the letters GRSS on it

a close up of the gold handle of the cane

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

To the anonymous person who just made a huge donation, thank you so so so so much.

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Alasdair Stuart @alasdairstuart.com · 31/07/2026

#TheFullLid - 31st - Happy Friday! This week, The Rolling Stones problem, #mastersoftheuniverse, @cloudyappleart.bsky.social 's sister could use a hand, Connie Kang's incredible personifications of San Francisco and Gavin Brivik plays #thepitt, and us, into the weekend. mailchi.mp/cc3a95c142c1...

The poster for Masters of the Unvese shows the villains, led by the skeletal Skeletor and his white haired magician sidekick/controller Evil-Lynn with the heroes arranged above them including Cringer, a large green tiger, Man-At-Arms, an armoured soldier, Teela his red-headed warrior daughter, King Randor the bearded leader of Eternia, Roboto, an enormous red and blue battle droid and the falcon robed Sorceress. In the middle of them, He-Man stands, An enormously muscled blonde man holding the Sword of Power. The tag line is LEGENDS AREN'T BORN, THEY'RE FORGED and the title MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE is at the bottom of the image.

Text reading FIRED WHILE BEING DISABLED AND WAITING FOR SURGERY. 'Donate to Fired while being disabled and waiting for surgery organized by Andrew Mercator-Ellis. Hi my name is V and I'm a registered veterinary nurse...'

A woman in an elaborate white gown with tall hair leans over, listening to nother woman who is sitting down talking animatedly and pointing off the image. The seated woman has a green plaid waistcoat over a white blouse, a hat of the same design and trousers with black boots. A movie camera is to her left and she has a script in her lap. A photo of the Transamerica Pyramid and Columbus Tower, a tall white conical skyscraper and a small green tenement is in the top right hand of the image.

Noah Wyle as Doctor Michael 'Robby' Robinovitch, a very tired man with a beard who will do almost anything to avoid therapy, stares at use form behind lettering reading MUSIC FROM THE ORIGINAL SERIES: SEASON 2, HBO MAX ORIGINAL: THE PITT, MUSIC BY GAVIN BRIVIK.

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VictoryDrawsStuff - COMMS REOPENED ON VGEN! ✨ @victorydrawsstuff.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

LAPTOP FUNDS GOAL IMPORTANT UPDATE ‼ Thanks to my caregiver job check coming tomorrow + a paycheck I got from my part-time job that is for the last few shifts I worked this summer ‼ the goal is reduced to just 300 USD needed ‼ I would appreciate any help getting this goal complete soon, TYSM! 💖✨

A screenshot of the "Remaining Laptop Funds Needed!" goal, at 5% complete of the $300 USD goal. Description reads:

"My current laptop is an nearly 10+ year old model potato of a computer & I have been trying to save up for a new computer all summer- aiming to buy a new laptop before uni starts again in August. Unfortunately I am unable to work anymore shifts at my part-time job (due to it being in management hell) + cannot take commissions due to various reasons, so setting this goal up so I can get help with the remaining amount I need to buy the laptop I plan to buy. Thank you so much!"

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

gofundme.com

Donate to Fired while being disabled and waiting for surgery, organized by Andrew Mercator-Ellis

Hi, my name is V and I'm a registered veterinary nurse base… Andrew Mercator-Ellis needs your support for Fired while being disabled and waiting for surgery

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Update... My sister is now being let go from her job for being chronically ill and disabled and needing surgery 🫠 GFM will be up soon but in the meantime please share and donate or buy something from my Ko-fi if you can 💜

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wahya suli @wahyasuli.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

folks donate if you can. andrew is a incredibly lovely man and his sister needs support!

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

All purchases from or donations to my Ko-Fi will be going to my sister for the next two months as we try to raise money she's missing out on while recovering from surgery. Link in pinned and below. Please share to help out! #crowdfunder #mutualaid #chronicillness #diability

My sister Sammy is currently unwell and waiting for surgery, but the statutory sick pay she'll get while she's off work won't be enough to pay bills (especially seeing as her husband will have to take time off too to look after her), she's probably not going to be able to go back to work until the end of September at the earliest. We're gonna be setting up a GFM or something similar when we can, but in the mean time any purchases from or donations to my ko-fi will be going to her! Donations over £15 will get a drawing from me!

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Lucy Lapinska / LD Lapinski 💛🤍💜🖤 @ldlapinski.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Me: I am going to invent a character who is So Smart Me, realising the character is smarter than me, the puppet master: Oh no

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Aleksi Gray @alakotila.bsky.social · 18/07/2024

My local library is looking for books by disabled creators or featuring characters with disabilities. They've got the YA section pretty sorted, but any recommendations for adult books and graphic novels in particular? Any genre welcome!

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

First time drawing Coleridge in well over a decade, but I wanted to add him to my artfight! Any of y'all that have listened to Neighbourly will recognise Cole from episodes 10 and 33! The cat is Angelo, of course :3 #Digitalart #neighbourlypod #artfight #originalcharacter #artsky

Digital art of a light brown skinned man with brown eyes and short brown curly hair. He has some stubble, and extensive scarring over his body; his arms are visibly scarred and there is some scarring peaking out from under his collar. He's wearing a light blue shirt with the sleeves rolled up, pastel green suit trousers and waistcoat and brown shoes. Beside him is a long haired white cat.

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Squishy Fauna 💫 @squishyfauna.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Provence hairstreak for insect week! 15% off on bug-adjacent items for the rest of the month squishyfauna.etsy.com #entomology #insectweek #lepidoptera #sciart

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Reminder for those of y'all doing ArtFight this year to make sure you screenshot/save a couple refs before it starts cause the website will inevitably be down on day one!!

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

New OC time!! This is Kazira, and they’re based off a Peacock Tarantula 🙂 They’ve been added to my ArtFight! #digitalart #artfight #invertsky

Digital art of a human/tarantula hybrid. They have the body of a tarantula in various shades of blue with gold accents, and the upper body of a brown skinned person with white-blonde hair, pointed ears, 6 eyes and blue pedipalps.

Digital art of a birds-eye-view drawing of a blue tarantula body with gold accents.

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GOBLINS! @goblinspod.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

2 days in and we are at double the amount of downloads that we had for the pilot episode at this point. Thank you so much for all your sharing and posts! Episode 2 of GOBLINS! is out now! Episode 3 teaser trailer coming soon. goblinspodcast.com/listen-here/

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Listen Here

The pilot is out now, and you can sign up to receive new episodes as soon as they become available from the links below Acast Apple Spotify

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Thinking of going back to streaming hmmm 🤔

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Now that existence has calmed down a bit I've reinstated my Ko-Fi goal for a new 3D printer! I've just finished the college course I took to improve my 3D modelling ability and I'm excited to get printing (once this heat wave fucks off of course). Any comms, purchases or tips will go towards this!

a screenshot of a ko-fi goal. it is titled 'new 3d printer' and is 75% of £400 goal. the description says "Now that everything has calmed down a little, I'm back to saving up for a new 3D printer! I am going to get the Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2 combo, and I am already 75% there thanks to previous support!"

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StellarTim @stellartim.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

BYPASS

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Its nearly Artfight time! Started updating my profile today with a new oc! #projecthailmary #eridianoc #digitalart

Digital art of an Eridian from Project Hail Mary. It is a rounded grey rock with four legs and a large blue geode near it's top. It's fifth arm is made of xenonite metal. There is a clear dome over the geode with the caption 'dome to protect sensitive geode'. One of its arms has various patterns carved into it and another has lines down it with the caption 'sound making marks'. There is text that reads 'geode revealed in accident that cost it its arm', 'second half of family crest lost but the xenonite arm sometimes mimics it', and 'xenonite arm can be remade as needed'.

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Popped some older prints on my Ko-Fi, please check them out! Also shares/comments/likes on this tt are super appreciated 💜 vm.tiktok.com/ZNRvPEAXy/

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TikTok - Make Your Day

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Finally made a video of my construct puppet! I love him So Much. #puppetsky #handmade #puppetry #legendofzelda #totk

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Skulls and Sheets @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I wanted to experiment the idea of a jellyfish inspired dress so had a go with this mari

A mari in a frilly orange y dress with tassels inspired by a jellyfish

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

A lil deal for yall! Get anything from my ‘one of a kind’ section on my ko-fi and you’ll get a random free badge & zine! Check my pinned for the l!mk 💜 #smallbusiness #handmade #art #kofi #artsky

An image saying 'buy something from my one of a kind shop section and get a free badge & zine!'

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Alasdair Stuart @alasdairstuart.com · 01/06/2026

Notebook swap day! Putting is the Excalibur casino and Starfleet Academy, incoming ie @fenrisgames.com @cloudyappleart.bsky.social and a mysterious bunny!

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Squishy Fauna 💫 @squishyfauna.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Truly the only valid landlord #tomnook #animalcrossing #digitalart

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Spent the weekend in Brighton to see some friends and catch Do The Thing at the fringe! Realised I've never really drawn them properly so wanted to give that a go. I like how it came out 🙂 #dothething #brightonfringe #digitalart #musicalimprov

Digital art of three white men in a cartoon style. One has a flat cap and a guitar, one has dark shoulder length hair and abeard, and one has wavy brown hair and a big ginger beard. It reads 'Do The Thing' at the top, and 'Choose Your Own Musical' along the bottom

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Andrew Mercator @cloudyappleart.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I started drawing this in October and then finally finished it yesterday! pleased with how it came out :) #digitalart #legendofzelda #breathofthewild #zeldaart

Digital art of Zelda from The Legend Of Zelda Breath of the wild. It is chest up. She is a white woman with long blonde hair and she's wearing a white dress. Her face is tilted downwards slightly, her eyes are closed and she has a serene expression on her face. There is a small glowing triforce just above her head, and rays of light arranged like a halo. There are two white and blue silent princess flowers over her shoulders. Below her is a gold and head heart enveloped in the gold hylian crest.

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