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Ian Fay @ianfay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My aunt passed away earlier this year, and for a while it broke me. She always enthusiastically supported my art, from when I was a child to this year, she always insisted on buying art from me. She commissioned this Zelda art when I was 12, and she had kept it all that time.

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you think an artist's style looks like AI but you can scroll back through their portfolio and see them doing the same work before 2020, congrats, you're not looking at an AI grifter. You're looking at one of the original victims whose entire style AI stole.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/10/2026

The rush to accuse, without anything approaching due diligence, artists of using "AI," should be treated with contempt. An artist gets their work *ripped off* to train a plagiarism machine, which then shits out inferior versions of that work, so then you accuse the artist of using "AI"? Fuck you.

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tanager of the Day: Beryl-spangled Tanager 📷 Andres Vasquez Noboa

Photo of bird perched on a branch, description from ebird: ‘Small tanager found in Andean subtropical zone from Venezuela to Bolivia. Unmistakable: entire body boldly spotted with bright blue-green, sharply contrasting with black mask and back. No other tanager has such a spangled appearance. Sexes alike. A fairly common member of mixed flocks from around 1,500–2,500 m, within forest and also at edges or in second growth.’

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

talent is a lie

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 25/09/2026

I was promised robots that would tackle the dangerous and physically demanding work so that humans could be freed up to make MORE art. Where the hell is THAT future

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's great to see tailoring accommodate such extreme movement today. This level of tailoring was a bit more common in the past, as you can see in old films featuring Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly, but many modern suits will lift off the wearer's neck even when they're just walking.

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Mr. Moo Sky @bricebowl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Disable gambling ads:

Discord Settings. "Sponsored Content" button is pressed

Sponsored Content settings. "Manage Sponsored Content" button is pressed

Manage Sponsored Content settings. "Real Money Gambling" radio switch is "off" (disables gambling content)

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Raire @raire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A very quick fanart I made for VOE #GuildWars2 I just wanted to draw my asura Kkamika. I've got headcanons forming for how she first met Kuda... #art #RaireArt

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL BI VISIBILITY DAY

cover of NOT POUNDED BY BI ERASURE BECAUSE MY CURRENT HETERO-PRESENTING RELATIONSHIP DOES NOT INVALIDATE MY QUEERNESS featuring a ladybuck in a red suit lookin over at a VERY ANGRY sentient eraser they are on a long street with lush green plants on either side

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Raire @raire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A very quick fanart I made for VOE #GuildWars2 I just wanted to draw my asura Kkamika. I've got headcanons forming for how she first met Kuda... #art #RaireArt

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

thank you bisexual dice polycule

image of a swirling purple background with light blue dice floating in the air they all have faces and look DANG GOOD. the text says 'congratulations. if you are seeing this you have been chosen by the bisexual dice polycule. they have cleansed your misfortune hexes have a wonderful day'

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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Cindy Blackman, US musician, widely respected drummer for Lenny Kravitz and Santana #WomensArt

Monochrome photograph featuring a Black woman playing a drum kit while smiling

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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

randomly remembered art student owl (and these types of memes generally).. and this feels like not only from like a whole different era of the internet (it *was* 15 years ago) but from a whole different era of humanity altogether

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🌿 Ingrid Skogstad 🌿 comms open @ingridskogstad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A new feline species has been discovered in the cloud forests of Bolivia! It was named Leopardus tilcayo, or the Tilcayo tiger cat. I'm so excited for this little kitty! Have a fanart | #tilcayo #cats #feralart #art #digitalart #Leopardus_tilcayo #Leopardustilcayo |

A digital painting of the Leopardus tilcayo in the forest

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

NEW CAT JUST DROPPED!!!!!

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Raquel 🌈✨ @aistear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Blumineck lo ha vuelto a hacer 🥹 le aplaudo hasta que se me caigan las manos, bravo. "Be masculine, be feminine, be neither, or be both. But be kind."

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

WEYRWORLD (1990)  Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 27" x 36" My schedule was booked up many months in advance, so Del Rey Books commissioned me to do this cover before the book was even written. #art #booksky 🪐📚

With wings spread wide, a white dragon perches on a rocky spire that rises out of cloud cover. Its legs are set unevenly as it gains a hold. Viewed from behind, a rider is saddle-mounted with legs straddling its neck. A handful of other dragons and riders are gathered on similar peaks for a conference in the clouds. The valley wall as seen only in the distance meanders across the horizon. Two large crescent moons hang in a hazy blue sky.

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

From the opening of "Tattooani", an indie Mexican project by Kaiser Animation studio, inspired by pre-Hispanic mythology. Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR5r...

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Rose @rosewoodroad.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

i made her as a joke and now im attached her name is nyccri, based off nacre!!

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DIESVITAE @diesvitae.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Yesterday at the VSArtParty I went as Vloxx... and somehow I found myself having to defend his plans by staying in characters while multiple commanders and wayfinders went wild at me. FUNNY but-- YELP 💀 Sponsored by ArenaNet #guildwars2 #gw2 #gw2art #art #vloxx #vsartparty #meme

it's Vloxx from Guild Wars 2, looking smugly at the camera while surrounded by numerous knives and blades.
It's based on the famous cat meme in the same situation.

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Dr Rehaminator's Monster Cock @drrehaminator.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"I'm too talented to need shortcuts" goes so fucking hard.

youtube community post from Huggbees that discusses why he does not and will not ever use AI in his art

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Becka 💖💜💙 @beckabites.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

September is Bi Visibility Month, so perceiving me may be easier, as all bisexuals have disadvantage on stealth rolls until Halloween 1st.

BI REMINDER
💜Bisexual women are still bi even if they're dating men
🩷Bisexual men exist, and they're not "just gay"
💙Ace/Aro bisexuals, & Nonbinary
bisexuals exist
💜Sexual orientation is about attraction, not action
🩷Bisexuals dont need to have dated all the genders/gender identities they re attracted to - to know they're attracted to them
@CapriCampeau

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Raire @raire.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Finally finished a WIP I left for a bit too long. Doing some character design for some ocs in a space bounty hunters AU! #RaireArt #artsky

Four characters standing beside each other in front of a window view to space. The first person is a tan woman with short brown hair, a red jacket, blue pants, and boots. She is holding laser pistols up in a reckless manner. The second person is a tan woman with curly blue-purple hair, a pink bolero jacket, a pink and aqua dress, and boots with pink highlights and knee high aqua socks. She stands in an energetic, whimsical pose. The next person is a tall tan man, with dark brown curly hair, a burn scar on his left side of his face, and wearing a black and orange jacket, jeans, and boots. He is holding a laser pistol. The last woman looks like the previous character, and has long dark brown hair with orange highlights, an orange jacket and scarf, a red wrap around cloth around her wiast with belts on top, grey-purple pants, and boots. She is also holding a laser pistol. The spaceship room they are in is grey.

Four characters standing beside each other in front of a window view to space. The first person is a tall brown woman with dark brown hair braided to the side, wearing a pale purple-pink jacket, black pants, and light brown boots. She is holding a laser rifle. The man next to her on the right is a shorter pale man with light brown hair, wearing a dark grey-brown coat, pants, and a dark red vest and scarf. Beside him stands a tall brown man with short spiky light black hair. He is wearing a purple coat, red pants, and black boots. He is carrying a bag, which is hanging from his right shoulder. Finally, a shorter pale woman with blonde hair, wearing a yellow jacket/coat with black filigree pattern, black pants, and brown shoes. The space ship room they are in is grey.

Four characters standing beside each other in front of a window view to space. The first person is a brown man with black dreads, with a green jacket, pale jeans, and brown boots. Beside him is a red haired pale woman with a black coat, dark blue shirt, olive green pants and brown boots. Next on the right is a very tall person with tan skin, dark brown hair, more broad shouldered than the others. Their hair is long and spiky on their right, and they have an undercut on the left side. They are wearing a green bandana, a cream jacket, acid washed blue jeans, and brown boots. Beside them, is a woman in a grey hijab, cream dress, and orange jacket, who is typing on a holographic keyboard and looking at a holographic screen.

A drawing of twelve characters standing beside each other in front of a window out to space. The first person is a tan woman with short brown hair, red jacket, blue pants, and boots. She is holding laser pistols up. The second person is a tan woman with curly blue-purple hair, a pink bolero jacket, a pink and aqua dress, and boots with pink highlights and knee high aqua socks. The next person is a tall tan man, with dark brown curly hair, a burn scar on his left side of his face, and wearing a black and orange jacket, jeans, and boots who is holding a laser pistol. The next woman has long dark brown hair with orange highlights, an orange jacket and scarf, a red wrap around cloth around her waist with belts on top, grey-purple pants, and boots. She is holding a laser pistol.

The next person is a tall brown woman with dark brown hair braided to the side, wearing pale purple-pink jacket, black pants, and light brown boots, holding a laser rifle. The next man is a shorter pale man with light brown hair, wearing a dark grey-brown coat, pants, and a dark red vest and scarf. Next, a tall brown man with short spiky light black hair. He is wearing a purple coat, red pants, and black boots, carrying a bag hanging from his right shoulder. Next, a shorter pale woman with blonde hair, wearing a yellow jacket/coat with black filigree pattern, black pants, and brown shoes.

Next, a brown man with black dreads, a green jacket, pale jeans, and brown boots. Beside him a red haired pale woman with black coat, dark blue shirt, olive green pants, brown boots. Next is a very tall and broad person with tan skin. Their dark brown hair is long and spiky on their right, and they have an undercut on the left side. They are wearing a green bandana, a cream jacket, acid washed blue jeans, and brown boots. Finally, a woman in a grey hijab, cream dress, and orange jacket, who is typing on a holographic keyboard and looking at a holographic screen.

The spaceship room they are in is grey.

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Sahoni, Official Re(a)d Wolf @sahoni.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I want my friends to be safe, loved, have food on their plate, and a roof over their head. I want that for everyone honestly.

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Raire @raire.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Birthday gift for @gentsma.bsky.social :)

A drawing of a yellow tiefling with cream hair in a purple dress and sandals. She's jumping up in joy, arms extended outward

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Raire @raire.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Another piece in my "OCs playing musical instruments" series, this is Citlali playing the cello! #RaireArt #artsky #art

A brown woman with wavy black hair in a dark pink dress plays the cello. She is wearing gold jewelry, and her heels are stylized after harps. She is playing on a purple background with wavy shapes.

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Raire @raire.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

First #ArtFight attack! A revenge against WafflingAce on Art Fight of their fantroll The Absolutist! #RaireArt #artsky

An adult Homestuck fantroll wearing a fuchsia cloak, white top, dark fuchsia pants, gold shoes, belt with a fringe, and jewelry, standing in a dramatic, imposing pose, holding one hand up above her face. She is holding a double ended white spear.

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Raire @raire.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

#ArtFight revenge against @hylleberq.bsky.social of her character Valerie Clay! This one was a fun pose to do :D #RaireArt #artsky

A young woman with dark brown hair and eyes and middling pale skin stands in a dynamically angled pose, her hand raised and close to the camera, her feet further away and lower down. She is wearing a pink hoodie crop top, green-blue shorts, and powder blue thigh high socks and black flats. From her hand up to the camera sprouts a streak of fire.

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Raire @raire.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Finally finished a WIP I left for a bit too long. Doing some character design for some ocs in a space bounty hunters AU! #RaireArt #artsky

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ShouXin手訫 @shouxin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It’s the weekend! Let’s stretch a little with these cats. Cats seem to know better than we do how to truly relax. Stretch your legs, loosen up, and let go of the week’s tiredness. I hope these little cats bring a bit of ease and a good mood to your weekend😊 #shouxinsketch #cat #sketch #sketchdaily

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Chris Schweizer @ NYCC (H27) @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Revised the ol' "Schweizer Guide to Spotting Tangents" lecture. 1/2

Text: TANGENTS
In geometry, a tangent is when a line touches a curve at a single point.
(images illustrating this, with a curve and a circle touching the lines)
The point where they touch is called the tangent. in a drawing, this is what I call a “bump-up” tangent (more on that
later), but the term “tangent” is a bit more flexible when applied to visual art.
When an artist (or art critic, or art teacher, etc) mentions a tangent, they’re generally referring to any relationship between lines (or elements) in a drawing that interact in a way that the artist didn’t intend.
When I was a teacher, I found it helpful to differentiate the various offenses that fell under the catch-all term “tangents” and give them each a name, to make identification of problem areas in a drawing easier.

An earlier version of these examples was published online in 2011 under the title “The Schweizer Guide to Spotting Tangents.”

Text:
Long-Line Tangent
The “long-line” tangent is when the line from one subject in the drawing leads into the line of another.
(image where the line from a figure's wide-brimmed hat"becomes" the line of the roof)
See how the hat of this fella runs into the line of the roof? that’s bad!
(image where they do NOT intersect)
Not so bad!
Try to avoid near-tangents, too! Even if a line doesn’t actually connect with another, “close” isn’t great, either.
(image illustrating this point using the same iconography as above)

Text:
Bump-Up Tangent
A bump-up tangent is when one element of a drawing bumps up against another.
(image where the outside a figure's elbow touches a wall)
When the bump-up is the result of different subjects touching, correct it by making one clearly overlap the other.
(Same image repeated twice, but in one the elbow is in front of the wall, and in the other behind it)
Either of these works just fine!
Sometimes using the principle of “what’s closer?” overlap won’t always be the best solution. you can do that (like the nose in the example) or you can just redraw the offending lines (like the lapel).
Images: a drawing with tangents, and that same drawing with the tangents eliminated

Text:
Beyond just the drawing itself, make sure to avoid bumping your image against the formal components of the comic: word balloons, sound effects, panel borders, etc. They’re in the image, therefore, regardless of what stage they’re introduced into the art, they’re PART OF THE COMPOSITION, and need to be treated as such.

(Image: example drawing where the balloon and panel borders are creating bump-up tangents with the drawing)

There are many publishers who insist on live (editable) balloons and dialogue text to make easier foreign sales and online publishing; I vehemently disagree with this approach, because it makes flexible what should be the sole purview of a cartoonist: the intersection of lines in the art, and lines in the art, like it or not, iNCLUDE the lines that surround a word balloon.

For this reason, LETTERiNG SHOULD BE DONE BEFORE iNKS. Then your inks can accommodate the balloons. This was standard practice until the advent of digital lettering, and while there’s nothing wrong with digital lettering, its placement in the pipeline order generally results in a poorer overall comic than would be the case were it done between the roughs/pencils stage and the inks.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

When your timeline is filled with queer folks and brown/Black people singing the praises of and loudly mourning a 1940s-Tennessee-born white Boomer lady, welp. She was pretty goddamn extraordinary, you can assume.

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Hazel @hylleberq.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Wip, I can do it!💪

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Mr. Crowbar has Brainworms @mistercrowbar.art · 21/12/2025

Shoutout to commission clients who send crude mockups and stick figure drawings to get across the idea of what they want for their comm. You don't need advanced art skills to communicate concepts.

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Loish @loish.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Dark meets light ⚫⚪ I’m hooked on painting chromatic aberration effects by hand. Even more fun than just hitting the filter button!

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SeasonalPun @pixelfish.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Also the recorder is a legit instrument dating back to medieval times. It’s relatively easy to make, portable, and doesn’t break easily.

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