iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Deb JJ Lee @jdebbiel.bsky.social · 05/10/2024

Over the garden wall

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SUMMER ETERNAL @summereternal.com · 01/10/2026

We're now on Goodreads! 🔥📖🏚️ We're celebrating with a #GoodreadsGiveaway of five Standard Editions of our Anthology Volume One. 👉👉 www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

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Wild Ramp Publishing @wildramppublishing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Meet our August Chicago Civic Zine Microgrant recipients! 🎉 Wild Ramp and @zineclubchicago.bsky.social are excited to support these four zinesters connecting DIY publishing, community knowledge, and civic life: Stay tuned for more about these zines, and the September grantees!

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𝔄𝔤𝔷𝔇𝔢𝔊𝔯𝔢𝔶🧙MCM London E-17 @agzdegrey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🌸The ladies and Mog of Final Fantasy VI 🌸 🖌️: acrylic gouache+gouache on 300gsm watercolour paper I think this might be my favourite piece yet 💚💛❤️ ⟡ #finalfantasy ⟡ #FF6 ⟡ #art

Acrylic Gouache+gouache painting of the main female cast of Final Fantasy VI along with Mog
they're all floating to a black background with details of flower petals, white dots and opal-colored sprayed dots.

On top is Terra, a pretty young lady with green wavy hair, wearing her red dress with flower patterns, pink pastel stockings with flower patterns, pastel purple cloak and red boots with golden decals. She is sitting comfortably, and Mog is next to her.

Celes is sitting on the right side, wearing her Amano inspired outfit with a purple tank-top, yellow west and trousers and white boots with decals on it. She has long blonde hair, and wearing a fancy hair ornament.

To her right and in-front of Terra is Relm, a child with blond curly hair and a big smile. She is wearing a big red beret with pattern, a yellow cloak connected to her necklace, a black tank-top, red puffy trousers with star pattern and red boots. She is holding a big painting brush with her left hand.

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うえだ @uedymummy0921.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

10月だ〜！

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湯耶 @13903-yuya02.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

ダクソ15周年おめでとう〜！🍄

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Hannah Lock @hannahlock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Commission for Kathryn ✨

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Erica Friedman @okazu.yuricon.com · 29/09/2026

Your reminder that Sword of Paros will be the prettiest book you have ever owned and if you pre-order now, you'll get a signed shikishi and a classic tale of queer life, betrayal and love. store.mangamavericks.com/products/the...

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The Sword of Paros (Deluxe Edition)

This product is a pre-order. Orders containing this product are not guaranteed to ship until all items are in stock. Pre-orders from the Manga Mavericks Store also include an EXCLUSIVE shikishi board ...

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hey folks, I had a big thread about AI and art that really popped off, and now I have some attention, so why don't I make a little thread of upcoming indie games I'm looking forward to that have neat artstyles? And a lot of these games will have demos to check out, so maybe give them a try?

Screenshot from Tenebris Somnia showing a creepy guy with head candles bathed in shadow

Screenshot from Hymm to the Eyeless God, showing a party based RPG with a top down view of a path through some woods, and it appears as if one of the insect like player characters is casting a spell.

Screenshot from Mandrake showing an isometric view of the interior of a building, a character called Nessa's portrait is on the left side and says "Thanks for coming to Pevenny with me Morgan. I'd have hated doing that alone."

Screenshot from Hark The Ghoul, there's a gaslight street lamp in a dark alleyway, on a crate sits a big wheel of cheese, underneath the lamp is a small rat like guy who might be cheesed to meet us.

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Well Dweller is such a beautiful game There's clear inspiration from Hollow Knight, some Celeste in there, I think a bit of Little Nightmares, and it's got such a wonderful creepy/cute vibe to it, real creepy children's fairytale kinda thing going. I'd nearly immediately recommend it.

Screenshot from Well Dweller showing the little crow character traversing some water, the flame from his matchstick reflected in the water, and a large creepy skeleton is visibly behind him

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Amanda Meadows @amandameadows.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"With its intensely atmospheric setting and brilliant writing, Strange Cases stands tall as one of the best graphic novels of 2026." More kind words for @riotbones.bsky.social's debut! Truly one of the most thoughtful and beautifully written reviews I've read in a while...read it in full:

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Gamers with Glasses @gamerswithglasses.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sometimes, you write about games. Sometimes, you write about not playing games. Sometimes there's a game called Exhausted Man, and you do both. New from @edmondchang.bsky.social, looking back on a summer without games through the lens of ludofatigue: www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/the...

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The Summer without Games, or, Living with Ludofatigue — Gamers with Glasses

Don’t you sometimes just feel…tired? Edmond Y. Chang discusses “ludofatigue,” how it feels to live with the persistent sense that play just isn’t fun anymore, and the perennial relevance of Candleman ...

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🐝Martiwikiwi COMMS OPEN🐝 @martiwikiwi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🎨I'M BACK TO MY WATERCOLOURS SO NOW YOU CAN COMMISSION ME YOUR QUEER STUFF AGAIN!!! 🏳️‍🌈Yes, give me money and your queer cuties and I'll draw them with all my heart. You'll get cute art, I'll get mental health. OCs or fanart, I love everything. ☕ ko-fi.com/martiwikiwi/... #commissionsopen

Promo banner announcing art commissions. In the background there is an illustration of four cute characters walking along a river picking flowers and having a chill morning. In the corner, pointing it with an arrow, says "full illustration from 120€.". In the lower left corner there is a tiny square illustration of a bunny furry kissing a ginger wizard in a sunflower field. Pointing it with an arrow, a text says "2x30€, 4x50€". There is a full description of the commission services on the right that reads: "Martiwikiwi's comms. Made with watercolours! Shipping available as an add on! From 30€, get a couple of mini square illustrations, max two characters! DEAL: get 4 for 50€. From 120€, get an A5 illustration of your queer ship in a cute scene! Add an extra chara for 20€. From 300€, get an A4 illustration of your whole party! Add an extra chara for 20€, max 5 characters in total! Tracked shipping from Spain.".

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Frankiesbugs @frankiesbugs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For non-Europeans folks, or for European folks not interested in physical goods, I added a tier on my ko-fi for digital goods! Every month you will receive: ✦ a phone wallpaper (pc wallpaper may come next months) ✦ a digital letter about the journey of game development ko-fi.com/frankiesbugs...

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Keigo Higashino's novel The Keeper of the Camphor Tree is a gentle supernatural mystery about a giant tree that's said to grant wishes, but it's also a serious family drama about aging and intergenerational communication. #Japanesefiction #booksky 📚 My review: japaneselit.net/2026/09/26/t...

The front cover of the UK edition of Keigo Higashino's novel The Keeper of the Camphor Tree.

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Jordan Taylor @jt-translates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thank you for the lovely review of The Keeper of the Camphor Tree @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social! It's always nice to hear that someone who's read both the Japanese and the English enjoyed the translation as well. japaneselit.net/2026/09/26/t...

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The Keeper of the Camphor Tree

Keigo Higashino’s 2020 novel The Keeper of the Camphor Tree is a supernatural mystery about a young man finding his path in life as he attempts to uncover the secrets of a giant tree with magical p…

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Lindsay Nelson-Santos @newsfromnihon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fascinating thread about the origins of the term セクハラ and one of Japan's first sexual harassment trials in the early 1990s.

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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 27/09/2026

Anime is bigger than ever — and for some of the people making it, that success is finally starting to pay off. But the industry's boom is far from evenly shared.

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Anime’s boom finally pays off — for some

A labor shortage, rising standards and a global audience are reshaping the industry — but not everyone is benefiting equally.

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026

talent is a lie

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maddie ★ othatsraspberry @othatsraspberry.com · 10/09/2026

ok here’s my oot remake link doodle

A doodle of child link from oot remake, from the pov looking down on him

he asks: “do you have any games on your phone?”

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

An excerpt from my new zine Hollow: Ten Tales of Fallen Knights. As much as we’d like to be gentle and kind, the truth is that some dragons really need to die. ⚔️🌟 #fantasy #writersky

This illustration of a proud and majestic lady knight was created by @ WhiteCatArts (here on Bluesky, and also on Twitter and Tumblr), a master of dark fantasy who illustrates the uncanny beauty of horror. The text reads: If the queen desires power, so be it. This is simply what queens do. There are complications in this world, but none so tangled that they cannot be cut by a blade swift and sharp.

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

9 days left, and we're just under the halfway mark! The stories and art in this collection are INCREDIBLE but we need to fund it to make it happen! 👇🏾🌟 www.kickstarter.com/projects/bon... Is something making you hesitate? I'm happy to answer any questions or concerns! #booksky 📚💙

A book map for Heavy Are The Years showing the cover (made by Riotbones) that reads: Three illustrated stories in one volume!

An archeological crew discovers an ancient city but the gods who were once worshiped there have turned... strange.

The eternity of a 50-year time loop, and using it to adopt the world's angriest cat, again and again.

Love and grief across generations as a young mother fights death itself to be reunited with her baby, recruiting the help of strange and familiar spirits.

Now live on kickstarter!

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Uncivilized @unciv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

1/8 Latest Newsletter: DREGS! — the new quarterly SF/fantasy comics magazine — is live on Kickstarter. Anthologies are the dark matter of comics, making space for new work. DREGS! aims to do that, in the spirit of Garo and Métal Hurlant. Early bird ends Sep 27. Link below.

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

An excerpt from my new zine Hollow: Ten Tales of Fallen Knights. As much as we’d like to be gentle and kind, the truth is that some dragons really need to die. ⚔️🌟 #fantasy #writersky

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bones 💀 @riotbones.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

some bits from my undergraduate dissertation about filipino horror, which is also what led me to pitching Strange Cases 🖤 (1/5)

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bones 💀 @riotbones.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

happy to announce the tour’s first stop!! ill be bringing preview copies ahead of release + exclusive merch 🖤

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ires @iresart.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

[#zelda] the great sea.

fanart of the legend of zelda: the wind waker. On the left of the illustration there's Link and King of Red Lions, sailing alongside some seagulls. On the right there's the silhouette of Dragon Roost Island.

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Strange Cases, the brilliant debut graphic novel of @riotbones.bsky.social, is thrilling supernatural mystery. It's like Ace Attorney meets Bloodborne, and it's also a gorgeous meditation on the gothic shadows of colonial occupation. My review on Comics Beat: www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-nove...

One of the closing illustration pages of Strange Cases, the debut graphic novel from the popular illustrator Riotbones. The story's protagonist, a young law student in a formal fin de siècle three-piece suit, holds the symbolic scales of justice as a grand Victorian cityscape burns at his back. The overlaid text reads:

But churches are burning and saints are crumbling, reborn in altars of barricades where the people rise instead of sink. As the tide swells, the world will shift: a slow but inevitable, merciless dawn that will consume the long, dark night.

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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Graphic Novel Review: STRANGE CASES shines a brilliant light on gothic ruins Strange Cases, the stunning debut of the popular illustrator Riotbones, collects a set of gorgeously drawn supernatural mysteries.

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Graphic Novel Review: STRANGE CASES shines a brilliant light on gothic ruins

Strange Cases, the stunning debut of the popular illustrator Riotbones, collects a set of gorgeously drawn supernatural mysteries.

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Frankiesbugs @frankiesbugs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy autumnal equinox 🍂 - #art #autumn #animation

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WhiteCatArts @whitecatarts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A fantasy, a dream, and an escape. #pathologic_fest | #EvaYan | #pathologic3

Illustration of Eva fading into the hazy steppe. She always wanted to be an Herb Bride.

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𝔄𝔤𝔷𝔇𝔢𝔊𝔯𝔢𝔶🧙MCM London E-17 @agzdegrey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy 15th Anniversary DARK SOULS 🔥 ⟡ #soulsborne ⟡ #DARKSOULS ⟡ #art ⟡ #knight

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ビブオ/Bibuo @bibuo.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

避けたい結末 #DarkSouls

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Morgan @morgcity.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Kenyan Sailor Moon 🇰🇪🌙🌹 #illustration #stickers #sailormoon #alternateuniverse

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Eteo Games @eteogames.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Happy birthday to the Persona series, which turns 30 today! To celebrate, we're re-sharing our article on Persona 4, and its ever-changing seasonal tourist town of Inaba. www.eteogames.com/seasons-bc-in-per…

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Passing Time in Persona 4's Tourist Town

Inaba's shifting moods, schedules and seasons ask you to spend your time there wisely.

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Elena Kononenko @kononenko.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Fall raspberries 🍂

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Echo @denimecho.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Decided to colour my first DE drawing cause I needed to wind down. (Insp: Miami Disco - Pertubator) #discoelysium #kimkitsuragi #harrydubois

Artwork depicting the characters "Kim Kitsuragi" and "Harry du Bois" from the video game "Disco Elysium". The artwork is drawn in a style bearing resemblance to that of the game, but with a more anime'esque twist and dramatic perspective.
In the drawing, Kim wears a serious expression while raising his gun. He seems to be about to take action. Meanwhile his partner Harry leans backwards, wearing a wide grin and having his right hand raised in a finger-gun fashion, mimicking a readied firearm.
The artwork is overlayed with a VHS-like distortion and filter, and accented by pink and cyan hues, as well as chromatic aberration.

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Frankiesbugs @frankiesbugs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Second story: the owls. #art #comic

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*lexie @lleyksie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

leopardus tilcayo !

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Malky @themalky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I drew the new weird cat

Cutesy drawing of a Leopardus tilcayo loafing with its tongue poking out. A short phrase in spanish wraps around its back: un michi tilcayo! (a tilcayo kitty!)

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

An excerpt from my new zine Hollow: Ten Tales of Fallen Knights. If a heroic girl appears from another world, is that really a good thing? ⚔️🌟 #fantasy #writersky

This illustration of a doomed lady knight was drawn on commission by @ Frankiesbugs, who shares cute and creepy dark fantasy illustrations on Instagram, Tumblr, TikTok, and Bluesky. The text reads: We have long borne witness to the grim legacy of the divinely sanctioned souls who stand above those not destined for greatness. Before her legend gains a life of its own, the knight must die.

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Trudi Castle @trudicastle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

As a kid, my fave side mission in Link’s Awakening was the ghost following you who wanted to see its old house, only to feel sad and ask to be taken to its grave. It’s so bittersweet! ❤️

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm putting together a slideshow about postapocalyptic video games, and once again I find myself getting emotional about Breath of the Wild. Damn what a beautiful game

A PowerPoint slide with a screenshot from Breath of the Wild showing a Decayed Guardian robot enemy peacefully going to seed in the flooded ruins of a stone building. The overlaid text reads: In Breath of the Wild, the imperial kingdom has fallen, and its war machines are covered in moss. Though this collapse is not without tragedy, the game optimistically presents its green world as an opportunity to reflect on the mistakes of the past and build a better future.

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