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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

sometimes the dumpster fire of 2026 belches up a lovely, day-improving snippet like this

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Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне @barsukov.com · 17/08/2026

AI RANT Following the cancellation of three major debut book deals over AI suspicions, I decided to put my own (needless to say, 100% human-written) prose to the test. My detector of choice was Originality AI, and the results proved to be jarring, to say the least. 🧵1/5

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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Drawing for July's art giveaway is in a few hours! You still have time to sign up for my dorky way-too-personal newsletter that comes with art, pet photos, and blackmail material inkshark.net/trove/raffles/ Here are some of the recent prizes:

silhouette of a birb in a swamp, all splashy wild greens and black

greyscale sketch of a birb on toned paper, standing amid bold black foliage

windy, surprised-looking eel sketch in violet watercolor, surrounded by friendly bubbles

sneaky cat perched on a mossy stand of rocks, all in textured watercolor and splashed with magicky gold ink

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Natalie @nataliehall.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Jimothy flash?

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Deb JJ Lee @jdebbiel.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

trying to explain how i think about color, (1/3)

ways to go from [an image of a purple oval with light purple cel shading]
to this: [an image of same oval, except decorated with shimmering shapes in neighboring colors]

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 14/07/2026

and the COVER Timeline by @inkshark.bsky.social 💀

A robed figure stands in a forest of dead trees. Their back is facing us so that we, too, look into the distance. Beached and broken boats lay atop a greying rise under a cloud-wracked moon. Cover of The Deadlands Issue 43, Summer 2026

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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

In more book news, i'm unsurprised @premeemohamed.com's meaningful, captivating work got shortlisted ❥ #shortlist #DarkFantasy put it on your #TBRShelf with the rest of your #ToBeRead hoard (but this goes on top of course ;) )

SHORTLIST NOMINEE for The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Premee Mohammed's story collection One Message Remains, from Psychopomp

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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

THIS IS SO USEFUL. A friendly, comprehensive, plain speech guide for how and when to share art online (and meatspace). I admit i'm biased because i was lucky enough to be the editor, but even if i wasn't, i've been wanting this guide to exist for years and Bob and CU made it happen!

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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

┤╢ You know what's in your bag, but you don't know how long it will stay submerged. ├╟ #DarkArt #DarkFantasy #FantasyArt #HorrorArt #Dreamscape #spooky #goth #witchcore #NoAI #ArtByHumans

Painting of night forest with strange red branches clawing up from the ground and from beneath the surface of a calm, moonlit lake; a hooded figure drags a sack toward the water's edge

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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Sorry i have to big-ugly-watermark the crap out of everything, but if everyone does what it says on the sticker, that problem will go away pretty fast inkshark.net/trove/produc... #NoAI #ArtByHumans #techbros #GardeningHumor #EndangeredPlants #MurderTips #GardeningTips #BasedOnAMeme

Sticker says "When you bury your local jackass techbro, be sure to hide him under endangered plants so it's illegal to search for his soulless remains." A cross-section drawing of a plant and the ground below it reveals a skeleton in a puffy vest with a lanyard holding a latte

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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I want my job to be buying derelict houses, converting them into Russian witch-style chicken huts, then selling them with a sales agreement that i insist be signed in blood Failing that i guess i'll make stickers inkshark.net/trove/produc... #BabaYaga #fairytale #folklore #witchcore #HumanArt

sticker of Baba Yaga's chicken hut house, posed on some cool green sea glass

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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Incredibly important thread. Do you agree that drawings and prose of sexual abuse should be banned? This person covers, in plain language, the main reasons that the ethical choice is *not* to ban contentious content, even if it really grosses you (and me) out

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joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

List of 9 websites where you can download unlimited books for free: 1. gutenberg .org 2. standardebooks .org 3. manybooks .net 4. openlibrary .org 5. bookboon .com 6. freecomputerbooks .com 7. internetarchive .org 8. digilibraries .com 9. librivox .org

Poster of free downloadable video books sites

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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I love seeing an artist's progress through the stages of a painting. If you feel like sharing, reply with your similar posts (or those of artists you love) ❥ This one is aaaaaalmost done

Three ominous sketches of a shadowy person dragging a large sack out of a forest toward some water

One of the three sketches with sharper lines and distinct values (and i tried slime green water and a slime green moon)

Painting in progress, forest is now beautiful and misty with a strange rose-tinted sky, water is black, and creepy red branches grow up from fallen logs

Almost finished painting of shadowy person dragging sack. Dark water has reflection of a tilted crescent moon, clothes look soft to the touch, and the woods are bursting with foliage

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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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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

NEXT GIVEAWAY IS FRIDAY If you want to be entered in a monthly drawing to win a free original artwork, sign up for one email a month :3 Plus i'll tell you about the time i actually let feral raccoons move into my bedroom with me Details here: inkshark.net/trove/raffles/

Painting of ancient silhouetted tombstones under a moody sky

Drawing of a row of spooky rabbits focusing on YOU

Drawing of an imperious black cat perched on a jumbled pile of forgotten, mossy tombstones

Drawing of a shaggy two-headed wolf, one face laughing, the other pensive

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 16/01/2026

Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis. #iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls

Just before Christmas, I got a puppy.
Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie.

I'm still learning how to understand her.

Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo?
Do you need to do a widdle piddle?

Minnie: Arf!

*I just call her "little baby" most of the time.

I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now.
Nobody tells you about that.

I got so lucky with my first puppy.
Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now.

Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport.

I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers.

I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless.
The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective.

I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition.
ICE will pick up anybody.

I know that.

So I tucked my passport away.

And I largely avoid leaving my house.

I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too.
And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized.
We'll do our best to get through this.

Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?

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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

GOOD MORNING let's all thank #Minnesota for standing up Summary: flock of pissed off geese in puffy coats chasing the orange gestapo right back into their Turo rental

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feeb @magicmooshka.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

If we can capture another country's president, can another country come and capture ours? Asking for a friend.

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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Please show your best, angriest U.S. friends my Boat-Flipping Orca stickers, so we can sneakily undermine fasc!sm ❥ $8 & free ship for three stickers. Show vulnerable members of your community that the news is grim but GOOD people are still out here, watching out for them. inkshark.net#activism

In my janky white boy Spanish, it says "You don't know me. I'm a citizen, but we are all immigrants. You are a member of my community, and you are my cousin. I will stand before ICE as your shield. Remember, fascism always falls. I love you, and fuck ICE."

My handwriting in red and blue on white, with drippy black like spraypaint, that says "Advertising is just graffiti for the rich. Take back your neighborhood"

Drawing of tulips growing from a human skull with a typed quote from Dwight D. Eisenhower: "A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."

text in trans flag colors reads "trans kids are a delight" on a black bg, bookended by hopeful crayon-like flowers growing skyward

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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

drew this for my little sister's birthday

scribble of a derpy pit mix wagging her tail, with a grouchy cat perched on her rump, and a wrinkly old pug sitting next to her. It says "happy birthday Rachel" in my super shitty handwriting

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Paula @totallypaula.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

The Art of fixing what is broken... A vertical crack is being “stitched” together with red thread and paint. A painted figure at the base pulls the thread tight like a seamstress mending the wall. An artist sees a creative solution on a marred surface, and proceeds to sew! 🪡🧵 🤠 #Art #StreetArt

Photo of The Stitch — Repair Art on Concrete Wall by ENDER in Paris, France

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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Day 19, Nature reclaiming architecture The ghost was an accident while erasing. I think i'll come back to this one later and fix the perspective and fill in the foliage properly.

a lone crow and a crow's ghost facing one another on the roof of an ivy-covered mausoleum in a graveyard devoured by foliage

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Etherington Brothers @etheringtonbros.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just tap the link in the bio HERE: @etheringtonbros.bsky.social #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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Deb JJ Lee @jdebbiel.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

[inktober day 19] Pet Cerberus?

inktober drawing of melinoë from Hades 2 and cerberus

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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Dear other artists who wake up to 72 likes on their art, squee comments, and me following them on every platform including some they didn't remember they were on I'm told that is not normal. However, my online love cannot be contained, i will click the heart button with my last dying twitches

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Holly @sparrowlucero.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

swamp creatures (for "The Crooked Moon")

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Holly @sparrowlucero.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

fallen deer (for "The Crooked Moon")

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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Day 21, Petrichor #birbs like #blackbird #crow #corvid #cowbird #grackle look i referenced photos of all of those in this series, the only certainty is that they're for #OctoberArtPrompts #OctoberArt #OctoberArt2025 or whatever the right hashtag is

A delighted black bird swooping through the rain; he's exploring a spooky canyon with a mysterious green floor studded with black stones

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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Day 8, Organically Based Technology. I was too busy and exhausted to be clever, so instead we got Technology as a Base for Organic Stuff. Close enough ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

A joyful cartoon crow wearing headphones and rocking out on top of a mossy, defunct boombox. The moss looks soft and pettable; the bird looks like it doesn't give a rat's ass that you're watching.

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 06/10/2025

it's here, The Deadlands fundraiser 💀 buy your very 2026 coin for the ferryman and help support us we've got signed books, deadlands issues + psychopomp book bundles, and more coming soon! please like + RT this to help spread the word psychopomp.com/the-deadland... behold!

Illustration of a white skull partially obscured by colorful mushrooms and plants. Different fungi sprout from and around the skull, including red mushrooms with white spots, yellow fan-shaped mushrooms, gray cluster mushrooms, and orange bulbous mushrooms, with green and purple plants filling the background. A ribbon at the bottom of the skull reads “ADMIT ONE.”

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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Day 6, Ghosts. I like this one enough i might come back and paint it better. #birbs #crows #corvids #ghosts #SpookyArt #SpookySeason #OctoberArtPrompts

a cluster of nervous black birds with googly eyes stare at the single colorless, translucent bird screaming silently in their midst

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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Day 4, Rock Formations (yes there are missing days, i'm only posting the ones i dislike on Patreon right now, in order to partially contain my shame)

A drawing of a black bird with a comical googly eye looking up at a more seriously painted rock formation in the shape of a bird

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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

I have a parasocial relationship with this cat, i look at her more often than i look at celebrities who *don't* poop in a box Let's help her owners keep their savings and still save their fluffy daughter🧡

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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I am SO delighted they had me make these dancing anniversary skeletons ❥ I colored one in, i'll post it

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Patrick Vallely @pjvphotography.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Contains a fascinating interview with @joshrountree.bsky.social and there's a bonus spooky anecdote about the references i used for the cover art

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Sabrebash! @sabrebash.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

hindsight forethought #comics #comic

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Comradery.co @comradery.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

A new project launched on Comradery! comradery.co/inkshark

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Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · 23/07/2025

if you love THE DEADLANDS in your heart (and in the heart of your heartbones) please vote with your HEART for @thedeadlands.com: best semiprozine because! wow we got nominated that is SO COOL and a great big THANK YOU to everyone who has supported that little death zine...

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Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · 09/06/2025

big congrats @cbarzak.bsky.social !! we are SO proud to see this novella nominated shout out to @ecatherine.com @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social @melisfluous.bsky.social @clevercrow.bsky.social @feliciafm.bsky.social @inkshark.bsky.social for helping get our first Psychopomp title out into the world!

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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

GRATITUDE (no particular order) to: Sean Markey @seanmarkey.bsky.social E. Catherine Tobler @ecatherine.com Sascha Stronach @understatesmen.bsky.social Cory Skerry @inkshark.bsky.social Felicia Martínez @feliciafm.bsky.social Christine Scott @clevercrow.bsky.social fantasy.kit.com/products/fan...

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inkshark @inkshark.bsky.social · 11/08/2023

Sorry, i can't just forget that birdsite was a revolting white supremacist troll festival that encouraged vitriolic exchanges to get more ad hits LONG before the muskrat gobbled it up. My participation will be what you'd call "minimal."

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