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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 is likely my game of the year. Haven't felt strong emotions from a game in a long while now. So much so it's on par with most of my top RPGs of all time. #Expedition33

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

First character introduction since most of my backlog is mostly shared. Introducing Max Reco, whom I consider one of my oldest OC. He's been around since 2003. He's the general archetype whom most of my male characters are based on. #oc #characterconcept

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Here's what I consider as the final portrait for Aisha plus her expression sheet. This is focused on the expression sheet since I brought back my simplified rendering style for it. Probably gonna do this for almost everyone I've drawn in 2023. #oc #artwork #expressionsheet

A young girl with black boots, brown stockings, a dark blue dress with violet linings, with an armguard on her left hand, a red long waving scarf and a red ribbon over one of her locks of hair. She has yellow eyes and long flowing hair and a large ahoge sticking out of the top of her hair. She's in an idle pose. She has a stoic expression.

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Took a bit of a break on art because I wasn't too inspired. This is mostly a test of my art skills. Nephilims in my personal setting aren't exactly a thing since the union between the equivalent of angels and demons results in a completely different race. So she's a living anomaly. #oc #artwork

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Commission for a friend and his fanfic, which can be found here. www.fanfiction.net/s/13842540/1... I don't have much knowledge of Little Nightmares outside of seeing a few videos of it from horror content creators back in the day, so this was outside of my usual stuff to draw.

Mono giving Six his paper bag headwear during the rain

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I'm admittedly not that skilled with long hair but I love drawing them

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 19/05/2024

Introducing Eurwen Goldstein, one of the Nine Sages, the second highest authority among the Sorcerer's Sect. As the Black Sage, Eurwen is the head of Animus, the field of study focusing on basic mage combat. #oc #artwork

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

I'm putting a good chunk of my creative energy into writing for a bit Except the weekend because inspiration struck me after I realized my hair physics have improved. Thus here's Melira properly represented as she should be, a divinity. 9 years to get to this level. Worth it. #oc #artwork

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Last artwork of the month. A commission for a friend. The prompt I got was "An angel based on the seven trumpets that heralds the end of the world" and the plant called "Angel's Trumpet". This is also a part of the Angel-based commissions I've had over the years. #oc #artwork #angel

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Introducing the very first NPC you'd encounter, Valeria Crow. I've done artwork of her way back in 2023 but this is probably the most finalized she'll get. As she's not a major character, she doesn't have a lot of expressions compared to say, Aisha. #oc #artwork #expression #originalcharacter

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 19/04/2024

Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...

ALT text copied and pasted from the linked website: An infographic titled “How To Write Alt Text” featuring a photo of a capybara. Parts of alt text are divided by color, including identify who, expression, description, colour, and interesting features. The finished description reads “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.”

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rosyincubus @rosyincubus.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Silent #artshare! + drop your works + tag your friends + like & rt this + interact/drop an emoji in someone's work (optional) Bonus: have a beautiful day if you can!

A digital art piece of a soothingly calm skyscape with soft white clouds, stars, and a blue color palette.

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Fate Grand Order is such a funny game out of context. What do you mean 60ish dinosaurs packing heat tried fighting a UFO #FGO

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🍦pupp @puppsicle.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

#1 social media tip: Believe in kindness. Interact with people you like, support them, help them get traction. Comment on their art, cheer them on, share a shop post. Be selfless. Kindness blossoms into more kindness. It will take you far. People who stick together, grow together.

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Sylessae @sylessae.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Struggling with inconsistency when posting on social media? It might be something else. Watch this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=51mvfd5LCPs…

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

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Jorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social · 14/01/2025

✨ Bluesky search tips and tricks Add `from:me` to find your own posts Add `to:me` to find replies/posts that mention you Add `since:YYYY-MM-DD` and/or `until:YYYY-MM-DD` to specify a date range Add `domain:theonion.com` to find posts linking to The Onion See more at bsky.social/about/blog/0...

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Tips and Tricks for Bluesky Search - Bluesky

Let’s dive into all the tips and tricks for advanced Bluesky search!

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Absinthe🍖 @absiiinthe.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

hey #portfolioday! I'm Absinthe, character concept artist based in Italy looking for job opportunities ✨ 🖌️ www.artstation.com/absinthe

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Asinjuasflora Art (VGen Commissions Open) @asinjuasflora.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Hello #PortfolioDay Im Asinjuasflora, digital illustrator and concept artist. I specialize in semi realistic art style. 🌙My Comms are OPEN, info in Carrd Pledge to my Pat🌸tre0n for full size wallpapers 🦋Available for freelance work #art #artshare #commission

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

TIL there's a #PortfolioDay o3o Hello, I do digital art stuff with an anime style in a fantasy aesthetic with a bit of sci-fi. I'm currently working on my personal setting so a lot of my artworks outside of fan art is tied to it. owo/ #ocart #artshare

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☔SHEEP☔【Comms Open】 @netsabyss.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

"She had found a memory at the end of the cave" [No longer in Gensokyo 14] #東方Project #Reimu #博麗霊夢

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~ MariNyan ~ 「Impy Vtuber」 @marimarinyan.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

~ Junko Commission for @HapsJits ! （￣︶￣）<3 #touhou #commission #artist #touhouart #junko

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Harry Green @british-bigfoot.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

🥳🎉400 FOLLOWER ARTSHARE!!!🎉🥳 This is a bit overdue, but thank you everyone for following me! 🍃 Show me some of your favourite artworks! 🍃 Like repost and comment on other peoples work! 🍃 Please keep things SFW! 🍃 Tag some mutuals (if you want)! 💀 No NFTs or AI images #supportartists #artshare

Pink monkey points towards the viewer furiously, careening fire forward with purple lightning striking behind her. In the background, a Teleborg flies through the air flailing its limbs and a shattered vanity mirror shows the calmer side of Pink Monkey faining ignorance.

An original piece showing a giant, floating entity destroying a city with it's tendrils, accompanied by a red swirling sky. Halo-like horns illuminate its head as it holds a limp body in its sharp fingers.

A drawing of my techno grim reaper, M3LL0W, standing askew on her left leg with the other raised while waving and winking toward the viewer. She wears a shiny, dark purple helmet with a screen displaying a digital skull that she uses as her face, a spike protruding back like a short ponytail, and headphones attached. In addition to this, she has a dark purple and cyan jacket (with hood) and trousers, wearing a plum sweater beneath. Her laser scythe is held on her back, and her face, headphones, fingertips and sneaker and scythe decals glow against the dark background. She stands on a vinyl disk.

A pixel art image of Lagiacrus, a leviathan from the monster hunter series. The foreground shows an 8-bit version leaning back preparing a should check with a blue, white and black colour scheme, with it's name and a health bar below it. In the background, a more detailed pixel Lagiacrus floats with it's mouth bared open in a blue monochromatic colour scheme.

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

HUMAN ARTISTS, use only one piece to convince people to follow you. #artshare #oc

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I'm working on a world called Lindranea, which is a setting for the video game I'm making o3o/ It's a sci-fi fantasy setting that takes place in the post-post-apocalypse so it has a mishmash of advanced technology and standard fare magic, so there's war machines and dragons and other silly stuff.

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🎭 Wicker 🦄🩷 The Jester Bard 🎭 @woes-n-wanderlust.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I'm going to be putting together a starter pack for people with non-fandom original settings. TTRPG worlds are welcome since I know many become original settings/worlds like the one I share with my partners. Comment and tell me about your world setting. Writers are welcome!

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Whoa a lotta new followers within the past several hours. An introduction for newcomers is in order. Hello I do digital art stuff with an anime style in a fantasy aesthetic with a bit of sci-fi o3o/ #ocart #oc #fantasy #originalcharacter

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Managed to squeeze in one more artwork for this year. This is actually something I planned to draw as far back as 2020, but the hard drive failure I had made me push it back. Like the Aisha artwork, this art is also a part of a set of ten, representing the ten races in my setting. #oc #art

A pair of demonic brothers and sisters, reaching out towards each other while dark magic swirls in their left hands. The background is abstract purple.

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 21/12/2024

puffer jacket pug

Digital illustration of a pug with a serious expression and wearing an oversized puffer jacket and beanie. The surrounding scene is snowy with vaguely painted trees in the background.

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Aisha's probably my favorite character to draw because despite the fact that she's not that emotive, she's probably my most "emotional" character. This piece is part of a set of ten, representing the ten humanoid races of my setting. I'll probably do the rest next year.

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 26/11/2023

Finally managed to complete these sets of artwork. Introducing Maki Kuronami. She's underwent several changes over time but out of all my OCs, I have a ton of fun drawing her. Thus, I've decided to draw her a character sheet. Also probably the only time I'm drawing one. >.< #oc #art #ConceptArt

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

I've always mentioned in my introduction lines in art shares that I also do a bit of sci-fi. That meant machinery too. I think I might post some of the non-organic stuff I've done over the years too. This one's been a thing that's been living rent free in my head for a while. #art #oc #mecha

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 31/12/2023

Okay. Final artwork of the year. Introducing Melira, the foreign deity. She's not a part of the local pantheon and only observes the history of mankind. Whenever an individual of note appears, she may sometimes make her presence known to understand their goals and aspirations. #oc #artwork

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 01/08/2024

Introducing Margarethe Lorelei. I was gonna post this last week but friend feedback wasn't warm on the first draft so I redid it from the ground up within 3 days over the weekends. I'm somewhat satisfied with the second draft honestly. #oc #artwork

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 14/08/2024

Introducing Mary Faust. She's another old timer OC that's been around since 2010-2011. Her design hasn't changed much, but her hairstyle has just been finalized as of recently. I spent five weeks on this, having finished her rough linework way before I finished Margarethe. #oc #artwork

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 18/07/2024

Apologies if I haven't been posting. So this is an important story moment and is arguably spoilers, but it has no context so it's just a really cool shot. It's actually three separate layers to allow a "pan up". #oc #artwork

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Introducing "Rose", a character that has important connections to Aisha. Her basic design has been ironed out in one of my old artworks, but this is the first time I've did a full body art of her. She's another historical OC since she's the first scythe wielder in history. #oc #characterconcept

An OC long white-haired girl with most of her hair covering the right side of her face, a torn ribbon tied to the left side of her hair, her red eye is visible from between her bangs, while the right side of her face appears to have scars. She's brandishing a scythe in her left hand while her right hand has a dark magical spell above it. She wears a dark gray coat with red trimmings with the right sleeve heavily damaged over a white tunic with a gold brooch with a red gemstone. She wears a red scarf and purple sash. She has a light gray skirt with gold lining and dark gray boots with red laces.

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Lady Infel | Altea Infel | Vgen @alteainfel.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

redrawing my oc, kamasylvia #infelart #infelOC #art #infelkamasylvia << december 2019 Nov 2024>>>

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Oni @onidraws.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

*sighs and taps the sign*

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Oh damn I just realized I'm almost at 150 followers. O3O Thank you for following even though I'm hella inactive. My 2025 goals are to be a bit more active to compensate for this year.

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

Hi bluesky! How do you bluesky? o3o Just a small time artist testing the waters don't mind me. =w=/ #artwork

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

Learned quite a bit about Bluesky. Kinda fun so far compared to Xitter, outside of lack of gif usage. Gonna post more of my backlog over the next few days owo/ #oc

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

What's a general guide on setting up one's Ko-Fi? I'm still new to this so I want to know what content is worth putting effort to. #kofi

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Opening up a Ko-Fi in preparation for 2025 since I wanna turn art into a potential side hustle. Any support would be massively appreciated o3o/ ko-fi.com/makikuronami

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Buy Maki Kuronami a Coffee. ko-fi.com/makikuronami

Support will be appreciated massively owo/

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

Introducing Aisha Cleressa. She's actually a unique case among my OCs since she's co-owned with a friend who later passed ownership on 2014-2016. She's been conceptualized around 2009-2010. While her base design hasn't changed, her personality traits did over the years. #oc #characterconcept

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I was doing a draft on a completely different piece but got inspired to draw an expression sheet instead thanks to me screwing up her face. So here's an expression sheet for Aisha to basically train myself in drawing her face right. #oc #expressionsheet

An expression sheet of my OC Aisha with a varied range of expressions ranging from Neutral, Anger, Surprise, Worry, Annoyance, Serious, Embarrassed, Frustrated, Happiness, Upset, Sobbing, Furious, Hurt, Smirking, Quiet Rage, Cheerful.

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Kiki - Read Kuro Shouri! @kikirini.art · 03/11/2024

This looks fun, but I hope I don’t run out of characters!

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Maki Kuronami 🐦‍⬛ @makikuronami.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Found a motivational post from Xitter by EtheringtonBrothers. It might be something you need to hear o3o/

Struggling to stay motivated is completely natural, and is part of the experience of developing a deep skill over a long time frame.
Often, however, that feeling is at least in part linked to other elements in your life. When our heads are filled with stress, and pressure, and exhaustion, it's very hard to be creative. The truth about the desire to create is that it's actually something beyond our control, and that's a really good thing. If you have to take a break from your art, it's okay. Work on other parts of your life, regain some balance. If creating is part of who you are, that desire to draw will always call you back.
It may take time, but be kind to yourself, thr less pressure you can put on your art, the more rewarding creating will be when you do return to it.

Lorenzo!

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B u m b l e ( Bi Weekly Artist ) @bumblesteak.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Leandra my NecroGardener reupload 💀🦋

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