iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Ben Miller @benwritesthings.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

the charcoals Hockney made in 2014, after a stroke, that show what it is to make something: you show up every day and look at it, wrestle with it, honestly. it’s in the doing. RIP to the master.

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Jessica Vaillant @jazzicuh.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Altadena Angel’s Trumpets for #pleinairpril - here’s a process video. Tried to emulate acrylic paint with Procreate on the iPad. Finished image is in the comments! @warriorpainter.bsky.social #pleinairpril2025 #pleinairpainting #digitalpainting #losangelesartists #observationalpainting

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🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Apparently Adobe popped to Bluesky like a flower in Spring. And then ended like that.

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alex krokus @alexkrokus.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

draw your friend. it feels incredible

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James Kusardi @jsolkusardi.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

#pleinairpril day 4, some rainy and chromatic colors :0

A green, purple, and grey scene of a building with a clocktower.

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Kate Rado - Wishlist BEASTRO on Steam! @katerado.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Day 2 of #pleinairpril2025 - using this month to play in my sketchbook and experiment with new palettes, who knows where it’ll lead!? I don’t know what this thing is but I loved its shapes. Limited myself to 3 primaries + white and a couple colored pencils. #gouache @warriorpainters.bsky.social

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Louie Zong @everydaylouie.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

springtime ☀️

a stylized 3d render of two people reading in a field!

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Jessica Vaillant @jazzicuh.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

#pleinairpril WIP because I couldn’t wrap it up in time, whoops 🥲 #pleinairpril2025

A painting in progress of a heavy rose hanging off a thin stem, perched on a pochade box. In the background is a rose garden.

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Jessica Vaillant @jazzicuh.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

#pleinairpril day 1, Griffith Park Observatory from a distance. Painted mostly from life in acrylic, then surrendered to finishing in digital. #pleinairpril2025 #digitalpainting #acryclicpainting #pleinairpainting #pleinairpainter

An acrylic and digital painting of the Griffith Park observatory in LA viewed from afar. The light is overcast, the background is in shadow and the foreground is brightly lit.

A simple thumbnail drawing for the previous image

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Jessica Vaillant @jazzicuh.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Sketch done at Petersen Automotive Museum. Having fun w making wonk in shapes and textures. #sketch #sketchbook #petersenautomotivemuseum

A pencil drawing done in a sketchbook. The subject is a retro customized car that I can’t remember the make and model of, because I forgot to take photos. 🤷‍♀️ Pencil lines are selectively smudged in different areas.

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Jessica Vaillant @jazzicuh.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Played with some chunky textured brushes in Procreate, painted my kitty from life. #art #artpost #digitalpainting #procreate #lifepainting

A heavily textured digital painting with lots of broken shapes and visible brush marks. It depicts a cat sleeping peacefully on a cat tree, her paw covering her face.

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Jessica Vaillant @jazzicuh.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Mini pavlova, painted quite fast. Didn’t bother to make a proper ellipse for the plate, but I like it. #paintbook #sketchbook #observationalpainting #stilllifepainting #stilllife #artpost #art

A hand holds up a sketchbook. A sketchy painting stretches across both pages. It depicts a miniature pavlova, a dessert made with baked egg whites and topped with a bit of cream and fruit. It sits on a white plate.

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Jessica Vaillant @jazzicuh.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Mini pavlova, painted quite fast. Didn’t bother to make a proper ellipse for the plate, but I like it. #paintbook #sketchbook #observationalpainting #stilllifepainting #stilllife #artpost #art

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Ryan Pancoast - Illustrator/Artist @rpancoast.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

As much as I love painting for Magic, I’ve been doing a lot of plein air and portrait painting recently and it’s so refreshing! If only I could somehow combine my interests in, let’s say, a Secret Lair of painted portraits of cosplayers as their character on that character’s card. Just sayin’

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

[“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape? The moneylenders, the know-nothings, the authoritarians have us all in prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can.”]

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Jessica Vaillant @jazzicuh.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

WIP of a self portrait painted from life. Spent an embarrassing amount of time on this already but kept getting pulled into other things. I started this in a wonderful class w/ the painter Kathleen Hall who gave me great feedback. #oilpainting #selfportrait #portraitpainting #observationalpainting

Self portrait in oil of a woman looking into a mirror, holding a book. The mirror frame and the door the mirror is hanging on is partially visible. The painting is a work in progress and some areas are lightly scrubbed in.

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Jessica Vaillant @jazzicuh.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/02/2025

taking black kids away from their parents and putting them on farms seems really familiar to me! what could it be?

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Samir Barrett @sketchmasterskillz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Like a lot of people ya boy's ready & looking for work once again so it's time I finally made this post. If you think your production could benefit from a skillset developed form working on critically acclaimed shows like Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur and Dimension 20, then hit me up.

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Jessica Vaillant @jazzicuh.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Work camps. It’s a work camp for drug “addicts” which includes people on Rx mental health drugs “if they want”. I highly suspect this was something thought up to make up for the immigrant farm laborers they plan on deporting.

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Jessica Vaillant @jazzicuh.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

A couple of quick mirror self portraits. Did these as little studies for a painting but in the end, I with something else. I really liked the idea of the rumpled pose of the second one but quickly realized I wouldn’t be able to hold it for long. #artpost #sketchbook #observationalart #selfportrait

A sketchy, self portrait pencil drawing of a me looking at the viewer, my hair tied up.

A sketchy pencil self portrait of me slouching in a shirt with a fair amount of complex drapery. It seemed fun but I wouldn’t have been able to hold this pose while painting.

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WakandaPunk 🍉 @indiedynamo.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

"Dulce" (Olvera street LA) Kodak gold 400 and lightroom #art #photography #streetphotography

Guitars shirts and other chotzkis for sale

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Yon Lee (李勇辉） @yonhlee.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Hi! First post here on Bluesky! Here is my Hourly Comics this year featuring Oolong! These were all observations from Feb 1 done in quick successions. l've always wanted to do an hourly comic from the POV of a dog and I guess I finally did it. (Part 1/4) #hourlycomicday #dog #personalcomic #Oolong

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☀️ Alex Chiu ☀️ @alexmchiu.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I did nothing today

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“Pinkie” AP Davis @pinkietoons.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

“To Us” a toast to the resilient animation industry. I was thinking about my friends, colleagues, and union kin, made this in a couple hours to show my appreciation to them. We are Hollywood. Hang in there.

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Winona Nelson @winonanelson.com · 29/01/2025

Beadwork book beadwork book! The cover took me 60 hours just on the beads, 80 from start to finish. It's wraparound. Also my first big project done in watercolor! I got an unbound proof from the publisher a few months ago and it's gorgeous, I'm so excited!! www.simonandschuster.com/books/All-th...

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All the Stars in the Sky

Last Stop on Market Street meets We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga in this sweet, bighearted picture book about a young boy who learns the Cherokee les...

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WakandaPunk 🍉 @indiedynamo.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Thank you for the DMs and comments my zelle and venmo are images below. But yeah unless If i want to get the money out myself I need to prove my identity so unless you've sent me something in the last week all my living expenses and things for the memorial have mostly come from my savings.

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Deb JJ Lee @jdebbiel.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

hello :) looking for posters, covers, detailed work in 2025 🌱 Debleeart.com 🐳 Instagram.com/jdebbiel #portfolioday

illustration of makima from chainsaw man looking at the viewer away from a painting of a wolf being attacked by dogs

Illustration of a girl holding onto a heron with a snake curled around its beak

An illustration of a first person view of tea with Medusa, whose eyes are covered by the silver platters

Illustration of a dune poster where Paul is staring into the two moons as an altar like structure surrounds him

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 21/01/2025

every single person that tried to claim that they were a feminist, a liberal or a progressive, while Just Asking Questions about this shit? it’s now starkly clear what side they’re on. plausible deniability out the window

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Nathan Savant @baldsavant.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

maybe wear a mask as you go about your day, LA friends.

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 17/01/2025

Hey y'all - A reminder that the smoke and ash down in LA/Pasadena is.... really toxic. Some folks didn't track it, but the Camp Fire has killed people for multiple years after the fact because of their interactions with the toxic byproducts of the fire. Stay safe. Gloves and masks.

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Mike Brown @plutokiller.com · 17/01/2025

Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is)

$A computer screen with a display showing output from an xray diffraction spectrometer.$ $Close up view showing fraction of metals. Fun stuff.$

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Patrick McHale @patrickmchale.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

HEY! I've got a bunch of stuff in @alexhirsh.bsky.social 's auction to raise money for the LA fires! Original concept drawings from OTGW pilot, rough storyboards, ugly copies of my out-of-print book BAGS, a little wooden guy, limited edition art books & comics, goofy sketches, etc! shorturl.at/lYISv

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Sol Brennan (3D Character TA) @wuffles.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Hey folks, I know a lot is happening right now, and it feels inconsiderate to talk about it... But the game I spent the last 2.5 years of my life on, Hyper Light Breaker, is out today as early access. If you could check it out, it would mean a lot to me. store.steampowered.com/app/1534840/...

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Hyper Light Breaker on Steam

Enter the Overgrowth, a new realm in the world of Hyper Light. Play alone or with friends to explore open worlds, create new builds, rip through hordes and overcome the Crowns and the Abyss King.

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WakandaPunk 🍉 @indiedynamo.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Id love to get a hold of some folks from lower decks or star trek in general for something for my dad he was a long time trek fan. I know a few people but I don't know who to call.

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Crystal Kan @wizardofkitty.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Hi y'all! I started collecting fundraisers for members of The Animation Guild (my union) and their friends and family in hopes of having a centralized list people can send around. Please feel free to share! 📃 bit.ly/TAG839LAFires

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Airtable | Everyone's app platform

Airtable is a low-code platform for building collaborative apps. Customize your workflow, collaborate, and achieve ambitious outcomes. Get started for free.

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Sajan @planetsmudge.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

TTRPG work, vinyl artwork, posters, book covers, personal commissions, games etc etc. Looking for fun + weird projects to work on in 2025 #portfolioday sajanrai.co.uk/portfolio

a strange stout mecha, freshly landed pens up at the top. A figure stands grandly, surrounded by long trumpets emerging from the capsule. The landscape is a grassy, sunrise in a forest clearing.

illustration of a muscly humanoid with an elephant head weilding a warhammer. He's illustrated with a lot of line-and-compass imagery still visible, and surrounded by die which have their numbers writ in ancient greek numerals. Small panels display a unicorn and a Dragon.

a largely blue illustration showing a glimmering cityscape backed by a large crescent moon. The reflection of the skyscrapers in a river dissipates into a constellation. From ripples in the water emerges a dark, robotic, alien and angelic figure - holding a lance and somewhat guiding an orange shooting star.

Illustration of a a knight. His daffodil-adorned helmet is green - its visor is open like a door. The visor's interior its a full mirror, reflecting half of his face. His hooked hand holds the chain to a heart-shaped flail

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Duke Stephens @oliveoilcorp.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Hi #portfolioday my name's Olivia and I'm a graphic novelist, comics writer and illustrator. [Romance, horror, and speculative genres] Right now I'm open to writing and/or drawing gigs! www.olivia-stephens.com

Comic page rendered in blue and orange tones. A Black woman stands in the middle of towering trees with large holes in their trunks. She wears a sheer slip dress and looks up at the orange sky. Above her are the words THE SKY HAS A CRACK IN IT.

A black and white comics page rendered in fountain pen and Photoshop.

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A woman with long, thick hair faces away from the reader, framed by heavy foliage on either side of her. She addresses someone offscreen: "...In a few ways. I'm strong. I can smell things. Hear people comin'. Sometimes it's harder. All together, I'd say it's about the same. Can't say why I do it, but...You ever..."

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The woman turns to face the reader, a complex emotion crossing her face. Dappled light creates a halo around her. She continues:
“You ever get sick to death of bein’ a person?”

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The camera lands on the person she’s addressing: a man with chin-length hair, sporting a busted lip and a black eye. He doesn’t know what to say back to that, so he says nothing: “…”

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Back to the woman. She’s smiling sadly. She finishes the conversation for both of them: “Mhm. You know.”

Comic page rendered in pencil, ballpoint pen, and limited digital color. A woman looks up at a large, terrifying creature made of tree branches and severed body parts. Chickadees perch on the creature's wooden limbs. Blue eggs sit in the nest that makes up the creature's head. The creature lowers its long, blood limb towards the woman's face. She looks fearful at first, before closing her eyes and smiling. As this happens, the captions read: "She will give you your words, but only if you give in return. All art demands this of us."

A greyscale illustration depicting a figure holding a rifle while walking under large cottonwood trees. In the foreground, a breeze flows through the long grasses.

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Jessica Vaillant @jazzicuh.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Some peaches I painted before having to evac. 🤷‍♀️ Looking forward to having access to real paint again soon but in the meantime might do some digital painting from my hotel.

An acrylic painting of peaches in a blue produce bin, wrapped inside a transparent bag.

A work in progress picture of the painting in the previous image.

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