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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

An Apple a Day, Episode 53: Viral (V) The boys get ready. Follow along with all of Apple and Edward's adventures on Webtoons and Tapas. New episodes every other Sunday. #indiecomic

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

An Apple A Day, Episode 51: Viral (III) The boys watch some videos. Follow along with all of Apple and Edward's adventures on Webtoons and Tapas. New episodes every other Sunday. #indiecomic

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

An Apple A Day, Episode 50: Viral (II) The boys do some research Follow along with all of Apple and Edward's adventures on Webtoons and Tapas. New episodes every other Sunday!

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Natalie @nataliehall.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The King under the Mountain 🏔️

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

New year, new book! Robot picks up after the events Mustache and is the beginning of another wild adventure. Robot collects chapters 12 - 21 my "An Apple a Day" webcomic. You can snag your copy online at my web shop, in person at an upcoming show! #selfpublish #indiecomic

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Apple Art Card No. 14 Character card number 2 is Edward! Adding onto the idea of the previous card, this one would be the second card in a set of character cards you'd find in a cereal box or pack of gum or something. I'm not sure yet how many character cards there will be in this fake set.

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Apple Art Card No. 13 Apple character card number 1. The general idea behind this one is to be like a character trading card you might find in a pack of gum or like in a cereal box.

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Apple Art Card No. 12 Another title card today. To mix things up some, I used some markers I got from 5 Below like 4 years ago. The results are okay, but I'm willing to chalk up some of the roughness to me not working traditionally for a while (too used to undoing mistakes in digital work lol).

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Apple Art Card No. 11 High contrast title card today. The idea is to use this as a comic cover down the line. I gotta work on my hand drawn font skills more - they're a bit sloppy. (Although, I think some of it comes from me not being totally comfortable with the markers yet.)

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Apple Art Card No. 10 Ninja Turtle Apple enjoying a fresh slice of NYC's finest pizza.

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Apple Art Card No. 9 A Mustache cover card featuring our boys sporting some fancy facial hair. This card serves as a proof of concept for the cover art for the forthcoming An Apple a Day book and I think the colors are pretty rad.

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Apple Art Card No. 8 Spooky vibes today featuring some undead candy corn. I'm pretty happy with the lighting I was able to achieve with this one.

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Apple Art Card No. 7 A simple title card for the comic today. Doing these cards has given me some freedom to just mess around with different aesthetics and styles for the comic and it's been pretty nice tbh. I'm working my way through this pack of Strathmore artist cards at a pretty decent pace.

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Apple Art Card No. 6 Tried to go for a stretchy apple today. Also, I painted a giant Apple on the cardboard I use to blot my markers on. #posca

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Apple Art Card No. 5 High contrast Edward to accompany the high contrast Apple from yesterday. #posca

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Apple Art Card No. 4 Going with a high contrast approach today.

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Apple Art Card No. 3 Just a bunch of Edwards to go with yesterday's bunch of Apples.

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Apple Art Card No. 2 Posca paint marker on vellum Bristol paper. Just a bunch of little guys doing their best. The light blue Posca marker exploded on me today. I guess I primed it too much. I've been pretty wrapped up with the web comic recently that it's nice to work non-digitally for a change.

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Apple Art Card no. 1 Posca marker on vellum bristol paper. Very pleased with how this came out, and the colors are so vibrant! #artcard #posca #characterart #orginalart

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

An Apple a Day is now available on Tapas for your reading pleasure. Swing on over and give it a gander, why don't ya? m.tapas.io/series/An-Ap...

Social media banner ad for An Apple a Day webcomic.

The image features and Apple cartoon character, a blob character holding a fish bowl in a teal frame.

The text on the image reads "An Apple a Day, Read my series on Tapas Community"

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Apple has a mustache. Edward has a mustache. Now, we'll see who's the coolest as the 'Stache Off begins! An Apple a Day, Episode 4 is available now! #comics #art

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I know I've been quiet here the last few months but, I've been working on bringing my boy Apple back to the Internet! I've been working on reformatting "An Apple a Day" for viewing on Webtoons Canvas. #webcomic

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

For Jess. I made this for my friend as part of a Christmas-time art trade. I tried to keep it tastefully creepy but mostly wholesome. #timelapse #art #horror

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Mika (looking for work!) @mikadll.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

in honor of the eagles winning tonight i am releasing the full, uncropped wip of Herbert From Philly. go birds #tf2 #wip

A painting in progress of the Medic from Team Fortress 2 enjoying a bunch of Philadelphia-related things.

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Philadelphia Eagles @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS! THIS ONE’S FOR YOU PHILLY!

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Stardust children. These aliens were last seen in Italy in the year 1986. #art #aliens #horror

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Quick time lapse replay of one of my favorite pieces of art from last year. It's roughly inspired by a memory of a piece of art my grandmother had when I was a kid that, while it didn't have ghosts or spooky shadows in it, it did feel cold and lonely. #artwork #horrorart

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I did a linocut print today. It's my first piece of art for 2025 and I'm generally pleased with it. #horror #art

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

If you see this, post haunted art

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

#artvsartist #artvsartist2024 I haven't done one of these in a while. I made a lot of art this year, and some of it wasn't half bad. Hopefully 2025 is an okay year for art too.

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

All set up at Ocean City Comic Con! If you're at the show, swing by booth 812 and say hi 👋 #artistalley #comiccon #oceancity #artforsale

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

I'm doing a limited run of 13"x 17" prints of my Mothman illustration! They will be available for purchase in-person at Ocean City Comic Con this weekend. There are only 10 prints total, serialized on the back. Each print is also signed in gold and dated with this year's date. #mothman #art

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Last con of the year!! This weekend I'll be tabling at Ocean City Comic Con! Swing by table 812 and check out all the cool art I'll have.

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

It's Small Business Saturday and I'm running a sale in my shop until the end of the year! Get 25% of everything with code EOY24 at checkout! Check the link in my bio or go to mikelikesapples.com/shop

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Take a sneak peak at my new book! I'm really happy with how this came out. It's just the first chapter for now, but there's more to come in 2025. #comic #selfpublishing #fantasy #smallbiz

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

still working on Apple. I reworked the shading approach to evoke a different mood. #horror #comic #art

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 25/09/2024

Egg. Sneak peak at a collaborative illustration I'm working on. #art #horror

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,200,502!

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #1,200,502, Mike ‪@mikelikesapples.bsky.social‬, joined on Sep 24, 2023"

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Mike @mikelikesapples.bsky.social · 23/08/2024

all set up at Anime NY! if you're at the show, stop by artist alley table L09 and say hi 👋

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