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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 14h

proper post later this week but eee, I have some fun things for my 10th anniversary NYCC~

Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

💘 YOU PLUS ME EQUALS A HEART FOREVER 💔 absolute end-to-end no skip album for me. 🌸 I’ve been wanting to make a companion Olivia piece to my Chappell Super Graphic Ultra Modern piece from a couple years ago! I’m sooo happy with how it came out!!

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Kat Calamia @NYCC 4355 @comicuno.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Lifeline Comics NYCC Signing Schedule!

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daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

GDT's reddit AMA spitting fire www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...

reddit comment:

Hello! Did you intend the ending of Pan’s labyrinth to be real or in Ofelia’s mind?

Guillermo Del Toro's reply:

My interpretation, and it's exclusively mine, is that it's real.

Because there's two things. One is what people call “The Shining Question.” The Shining Question is, Who opens the door for Jack to get out of the fridge? And Ofelia is in an attic with a guard outside her door, and she draws the door with the magic chalk, and she shows up in the labyrinth. So, the only way she could have gone into the labyrinth is the magic chalk. And the flower is real at the end. The flower that blooms in the dead tree. And the reason I think it’s real is because—and this is why I'm in favor of the human factor in art—I think that art does transform the world. You know?

Think about it for a second. One of the goals, with all this movement, is to make you believe that art is vulgar. That art is nothing special, and anybody can do art. That is like me telling you that I'm faster at running than Usain Bolt but I “run” in my motorcycle. Well, that's not the same. That’s not the same at all.

Art is important, and they want you to believe it isn't. It's part of the idea of control. The goal is not to have artificial intelligence. The goal is to foster natural stupidity. The goal is to foster you not looking for answers, and to trust yourself entirely to an engine. Look at the way we are dipping our toes into these things. We are starting to ask the machine, Is this true? For now, there's a correlation between reality and what the answers of the machine are. For now. But soon, we won't even investigate further. We will be told it's true. And if the machine is in the hands of somebody who should not be trusted, then your reality has been completely and utterly fucked. Because your intelligence ends at the question. You don't seek the answer. It's given to you.

Q: You recently mentioned that AI creates 'semi-compelling screensavers' and that you'd 'rather die' than use it. As a filmmaker who relies heavily on practical effects and creature design, what do you think is the biggest thing lost when a computer generates an image instead of a human hand?

GDT:

The three quarters of the process that gave you the chance to think of the idea that people don't think about without that process. Meaning, AI can get you to the middle really fast, but there's a dialectic with the process that gets you to that top 10%. I'll give you an example with the Pale Man.

We sculpted it as an old man, with a face. And then I said, Let's take out the face. This happened because I saw a photo of a manta ray and the poster for Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm. That combination, which happened at two different times during a week or a month, are not permutations that are chemically part of an equation. They are alchemy. And then I said, Take out the face, and then I said, Let's put the eyes on the hands. This triangulation happens because I spent a month or two months living with the idea of this creature. And it's not linear.

AI is like a super-fast engine that makes semi-sentient permutations of things that are already done. Creation is things that have never been done. Coming to exist.

And the second thing is the loss of the apprenticeship that one has as an artist. You're never a master; you're always an apprentice. This is a kinship I have with, for example, Chris Nolan. When he showed me The Odyssey, there’s a scene when Matt Damon is floating in the stormy ocean and I asked him—because we were talking about practical effects, and how great it is and that we both always use a maquette or a model—and I asked him, How did you do it? He said, “We put him in a storm in the ocean.”

And you're gonna find that 30% of a great image occurs accidentally. You know, either a drop of water hits the lens, or the camera shakes. I remember when in 1993, '94, Jim…

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Flops! @flopscomics.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

- COMlC lNTERlOR ARTlSTS - Show me SEQUENTlAL examples, or tag someone you KN0W is available: Browsing for clean B&W styles for short stories (nothing scratchy or rough this time). Thanks! My engagement sucks here and the last post got swarmed by bots/scams.

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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

As today is Letterers Appreciation Day, please check out this Starter Pack of comic book letterers here on Bluesky. If you are a professional letterer and wish to be in the Starter Pack as well, please let me know! go.bsky.app/D5PbjPZ

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Chris and Yssa have put together such a wonderful, charming show about a fantasy superstore that stocks products for adventurers! They still some ways to their goal, so share and give it some love if you can! :)

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 29/07/2026

long shot, does anyone want a commission like...right now?? several projects are delayed/ghosted and i'm in a pickle re: rent. dm or email me.

ten ink and watercolor commissions mostly done within the past year

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

watching Hadestown pro-shot today. here's an oldie: a tiny comic of one of my favorite moments.

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

honestly, I'm so pleased by my most recent pieces! drawing is so fun everybody~

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

watched this as a post-SDCC treat and now I’m sobbing.

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

people who commission Ranma characters from me know what’s up.

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

💖 new stuff debuting at SDCC tomorrow. artist alley table HH-24. see ya soon!

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Yssa Badiola @yssakai.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

we're at week 3 and haven't hit the 50% mark, so I'm here to pushpushpush y'all to spread the word about helping fund #indieanimation for an entirely animated season!

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I’ve been meaning to draw a companion piece to my Fire Nation train print for AGES, and this year was the perfect year to revisit the Gaang! ☺️ Debuting at my SDCC artist alley table~

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🅑🅞🅧🅔🅡🅑🅤🅝🥊🐰 @boxerbun.fun · 20/07/2026

𝓓𝓻𝓪𝓰𝓸𝓷’𝓼 𝓠𝓾𝓮𝓼𝓽: An SDCC Stamp Rally…🐉 For those who seek adventure, check out our rally! XD

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

🦇💔 SDCC 2026 EXCLUSIVE 💔🦇 I’ve always loved the idea of a girl group called The Manananggalzz, after the Philippine myth creature that splits itself in half in the night to hunt humans ... so I made a fake band shirt. 💅🏽 3 color, 2-sided muscle shirt. Limited stock. AA table HH-24. See ya there!

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R. LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I am on the hunt for two artists to recommend for the two scripts I've just been contracted for through Scholastic, soooo...if you are a cartoonist who finds a sweet older midgrade romcom set in New England in the fall totes your cup of hot apple tea..MESSAGE ME. (before end of July)

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

my sister has been reading the books and texting me about them, and I have the brainworms again.

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

my sister has been reading the books and texting me about them, and I have the brainworms again.

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

just watched episode 6 of The Vampire Lestat, and like ... I'm just supposed to move on with my life after that?? fold laundry?? god.

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

the sequel

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

something new coming to SDCC. 👀🦇

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Alli Roberts @allitude.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Cole Escola delivering the apology Lindsey Graham owes us (be warned this will become your fun little vocal stem)

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I genuinely don't know why this campaign is stalled under $2k. A great lineup of writers and artists, the book is gorgeous, it's almost complete, and it supports up-and-coming creatives as well as a small indie press! These are the kind of projects we NEED to fund. 10 days left, let's go!!

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

🗽 New blog post! In honor of my upcoming tenth time in New York Comic Con’s artist alley, I compiled a photo timeline of my past nine tables. It’s been such a gift have NYCC as a yearly marker of my art journey. 🫶🏽🩵 www.arielle-jovellanos.com/blog/2026/7/...

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🗽 A photo timeline of nine New York Comic Con artist alleys... — Arielle Jovellanos

I was in the middle of preparing for SDCC when I finally got word that I’ll be at New York Comic Con again this year! This will officially be my 10th(!!!) time tabling at this show! (I missed 2020-202...

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Officially approved for NYCC artist alley! It’s my tenth anniversary this year!!! 🌸☺️✨🎉

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Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego) @englishmansdcc.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Who's headed to SDCC in a few weeks? If you're an exhibitor, a panelist, a tabler in Artist Alley, drop your details in the comments and let's spread the word - share where people can find you and what you'll be bringing...

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Linnéa V. J. @papurrcat.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

🚨Emergency Commissions Opening 5 sketch spots or 2 inks whichever fills up first. DM or email in bio for more info. Reposts are very much appreciated! Thanks in advance!

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Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Happy Independence Day

A drawing of Patience and Fortitude, the stone lions that guard the entrance to the New York Public Library. Between them is a quote from Kurt Vonnegut: "The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries."

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Yssa Badiola @yssakai.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Sign up now before we get age verified 🤡 But to be forreal, if yall could support us, please sign up to be notified for launch day!

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

working behind the scenes and seeing a bunch of comics-in-progress is giving me that PUT ME IN COACH I WANNA DRAW A COMIC feeling lol

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I'm working on my next blog entry and I think letting my brain to expand beyond 200~ish characters/short captions for social media is so helpful for slowing down and processing experiences. There's also something about having a non-social network site to self-publish thoughts. 10/10 would rec. 👍🏽💖

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🍊 tsu @tsurudraws.art · 30/06/2026

since WHA is poppin, please look at this panel that helped me reframe the learning process

panel from witch hat atelier's manga, featuring a teacher telling his student:
"How nice. Your 'incomprehension' has developed. From 'I don't know what to do,' to 'I don't know how to do it.' That's huge progress, right? It's good to see."

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Alison Sampson is working @alisonsampson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

A friend is looking for an experienced comic artist for a YA graphic novel (or short series I'm not sure). Looking for people who can draw spooky stuff, emotional stuff, teen girls things and can do places in a way that they are almost a character too. Please post your portfolio here, no DMs. Cheers

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🩵 New blog entry up! I spent 17 days on art residency at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts! I'd love it if more cartoonists/illustrators went to residencies. 🌄 (I'm aiming for a weekly-ish blog cadence, but no promises during con season hehe.) arielle-jovellanos.squarespace.com/blog/2026/6/...

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🌄 Art Residency Diaries: Virginia Center for the Creative Arts — Arielle Jovellanos

🎶 The soundtrack of this entry is Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights” a song that I somehow missed hearing for the first few decades of my life until I came to this residency. For 17 days, I had t...

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Even the pope wants you to finish that screenplay

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🌄 Art Residency Diaries: Virginia Center for the Creative Arts — Arielle Jovellanos

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 24/06/2026

A cartoonist named Daniel "Des" Rolando Sanchez Estrada was tried as a terrorist and sentenced to 30 years in prison for having anti-Trump comics in his car. Prosecutors connected him to a 2025 anti-ICE protest he didn't even attend because he was in the same book club as others who were.

A photo of Daniel "Des" Rolando Sanchez Estrada, who looks like a cuddly and rad dude, smiling while holding a sketchbook full of drawings of baby hippos.

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