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38, she/one, Colorado USA. I draw stuff. rcbirdy.neocities.org

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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
In panel one, we see a man sitting at a restaurant table. He is sweating. He says "Y-you have beautiful eyes".
The second panel zooms in on the man's face. He says, "I'm sorry. I'm just so nervous."
In panel three we see that a biblically accurate angel is sitting on the other side of the table.
In panel four we zoom in on the angel's face, who says "BE NOT AFRAID".
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Rachel @rcbirdy.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I'm constantly referring to the 5-in-5 rule, time to study the rest too!
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creativepup @amapup.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Happy anniversary Stellar Firma! We are proud to release The Stellar Stargazette, an 80+ page collaborative comic anthology by nine creators celebrating the world and characters of the podcast!🪐✨ Download for free here: stellar-ocula.itch.io/stellar-star... #stellarfirma We hope you enjoy!
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Rachel @rcbirdy.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
"You can call me Knuckles Unlike Sonic, I don't chuckles I'd rather flex my muckles"
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Rachel @rcbirdy.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Hey hey, have you read my comic? #art #comic #cursedbookclub
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jae is not dead i promise 🩸✨ @naladraws.com · 04/01/2026
PORTFOLIO TIPS FOR ILLUSTRATORS I am an art director who has probably seen close to 1000 portfolios, many great, but many...not 😔 This is a doc I wrote featuring tips and tricks for how to make a better art portfolio site. Feel free to share with anyone who may find this useful <3 #art
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Portfolio Tips for Illustrators by Nala J. Wu
Portfolio tips for Illustrators Written by Nala J. Wu (@naladraws) | they/them As an art director (AD) and longtime professional illustrator— I’ve probably looked at nearly a thousand art portfolios. ...
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Rachel @rcbirdy.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
It's about time I made a promo post: my original comic Cursed Book Club is live! We got books, we got curses, we got horror and paranoia and TWEEN PROTAGONISTS 😱 Read online at cursedbookclub.the-comic.org Updates Mondays! #art #comic #cursedbookclub
Cover page for Cursed Book Club. It features two girls standing in front of a brick wall, with a security camera in the background emanating a strange pink aura as it watches them. The girl on the left is Diana, who has shoulder-length brown hair and is wearing a t-shirt and jeans. She holds a book with a red cover that appears to be sending particles into the air, and is looking back at her sister, concerned. The girl on the right is Emily, who has wavy blonde hair and is wearing a cropped jacket, red skirt, and black leggings. She is holding her head and has her eyes tightly shut.

The title is in shaky bold letters at the top. Text boxes read "Issue 1" and "Smile for the Camera..."
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Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back! Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary. Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest! #MundaneHalloween
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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)
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Rachel @rcbirdy.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Guess what daaaay it is~ birdys24hcd.thecomicseries.com/comics/225/ I'm starting in one hour!
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Birdy's 24 Hour Comics
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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
"Eat God" is live on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pen... Be a blue-furred social justice advocate with detachable limbs, a many-eyed horror with strong opinions about metaphysics, or a jet-powered telepathic crab and stick it to the Man though the power of gratuitous cartoon violence.
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Eat God
a tabletop roleplaying game about causing problems on purpose
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Tran @traannahh.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Pond vibes 🌧️💧
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Dave Scheidt @davescheidt.com · 25/09/2025
The world is on fire but it’s not too late to make comics with your friends.
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Rachel @rcbirdy.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Absolutely still in denial that #BraveAnimatedSeries season 2 is already over... so here's a small drawing celebrating Sage (nee Main Brave)'s character growth. #art #spoilers
Fanart of Main Brave/Sage. Main Brave (back) is a young man with blue hair, wearing a blue cape and wrist guards. He is holding a sword tightly and is looking uncertainly towards the viewer. Sage (front) is the same young man, he is now wearing a blue collared shirt and striped tie. He looks more confident and cocky. He is making a pinching gesture with his hand and a currency symbol floats above his fingers.
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toonholechris @toonholechris.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Medical diagnosis
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Rachel @rcbirdy.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Screaming crying etc. #braveanimatedseries #spoilers #art
Fanart of Lonely General and Librarian Witch. Lonely General is a tall person wearing heavy armor and a mask styled like a skull. He is holding a book titled "Frog and Toad Together" and reading aloud uncertainly: "Toad was a-asleep, and he was hayvi-- HAVING a dream..." Librarian Witch has long straight hair and pointed ears, and is wearing a long dress and opera gloves. She is smiling at Lonely General and saying "You're doing so well!"Fanart of Fire Chicken, Flame Hot Dog, Lava Cheese, and Chief Brave. Fire Chicken is a chicken monster breathing fire. He is shouting, "Who the HELL cuts away when a beloved character is in danger like that?!" A note explains "'danger' = crashing the plane." Flame Hot Dog is a tall monster wearing a bomber jacket with HD written across the front. He has his hands raised and is saying "You're absolutely right!" Lava Cheese is a monster with horns and lanky limbs and one arm in a sling. All three monsters look beaten up. Chief Brave is a human wearing spiky armor and a cape, and carrying a sword on his back. He is looking silently at the three monsters.
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The Cuix (but Spooky) @thecuix.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
you're the main reason to keep on going
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Rachel @rcbirdy.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
New blorbos unlocked~ #braveanimatedseries #spoilers #art
Fanart of Sorry Brave. He is an older human with messy hair and stubble, wearing armor and fingerless gloves. He is slouched over a bar, sweating with an uncomfortable expression. He is holding a small cup with pink liquid in his hand, and two more empty cups are in front of him. A hand from off-screen is holding a pink bottle of "Bepto-Pismol" medicine. Sorry Brave is saying "leave the bottle..." while waves of discomfort emanate from him.Fanart of Blood King and Golem Demon Sister. Blood King is a very tall demon with pointed ears, wearing a mask and a cape with a very high spiked collar. Golem Demon Sister is a small stone gargoyle with rabbit ears and bat wings. She is wearing a cute swimsuit with a frilly skirt, and looking up at Blood King with hearts in her eyes.
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Rachel @rcbirdy.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
I might be just a little bit hyped. #BraveAnimatedSeries #spoilers #art
A black and white drawing of True Brave. He looks disheveled, with a patchy beard and mustache, messy hair, and a torn cloak. There is a scar over his eye and he is looking upwards, on the verge of tears. His name, "True Brave," is written across the bottom of the image.Fanart of Fire Demon and Fallen Mad Demon, recreating a screenshot from the show. Fire Demon is a cat-shaped monster wearing a black leather jacket and a yellow shirt. He is looking at the camera with a concerned and slightly panicked expression. Fallen Mad Demon stands behind him, his face taking up nearly all the space. He has a wicked smile showing his many sharp teeth. Caption at the bottom reads, "Bro, aren't you going to move?"
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Rachel @rcbirdy.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I'm late but whatever, ArtFight 2025 (part 1)~
A drawing of an octopus-person wearing a green suit and black top hat. She is holding a small shrimp-person in her tentacle hand. The shrimp-person is dressed in a pink dress and sun hat with a big bow on the back. The shrimp-person is reaching up to give the octopus-person a kiss. A pink heart and a green heart float in the background.A drawing of an orange dog-person wearing a red and blue parti-color outfit with matching knee-high boots and dark glasses. Her hair is floating upwards like fire. She has one leg raised to step on a pile of books and is reaching towards the viewer with one hand. The background has red splatters. Text on the image reads "let's take ibuprofen together."A drawing of a lion-person with red eyes, dark blue hair and a light blue beard sitting on a surfboard in the ocean. He is wearing a light green swimsuit and several water drops are falling off him. He is looking over his shoulder at the setting sun.
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Dusty @dusty-sketchbook.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Now I may just be a simple Southern King, but I do believe we need to 'clobbah dat there Kirbeh! #Kirby
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Jammerlee ✨ Jamie A. Lee @jammerlee.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Attack on @scarzzypan.bsky.social featuring his characters Mama C and Redolence! #ArtFight #TeamCrystals 🎨
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Avery Trufelman @trufelman.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Chris Ware postage stamps are coming July 23rd
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Rachel @rcbirdy.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
4-1-3-5-2-4 🙂
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Rachel @rcbirdy.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
I have no idea what's happening but that will not stop me! #makeaterriblecomicday2025
A six panel comic showing the artist attempting to make a comic.
Panel 1: The artist is sitting in front of a computer displaying the words "#makeaterriblecomicday". Artist: "Oh cool! IDK what this is but I want in!"
Panel 2: The artist looks excited, with stars in the background. Artist: "Gonna make a COMIC!!!"
Panel 3: A close-up of the artist's hand holding a tablet pen. Artist: "...About what though?"
Panel 4: The artist's inner editor, represented by a square with a red X in the middle, appears with a poof. The artist looks troubled. Editor: "Aha it's me! The villain of this day!" Artist, weakly: "Nooo"
Panel 5: The editor's eyes bug out as it punches at the air with a starburst behind it. Editor: "I will shoot down ALL the ideas!" Text on the side of the panel reads "h/t hyperbole and a half".
Panel 6: The editor laughs loudly in the background, while the artist turns away and sheds a single tear. Artist: "Alas... I could not make a-- WAIT"
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Jammerlee ✨ Jamie A. Lee @jammerlee.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
So the back fell off and while it still turns on it looks like the battery is a bit swollen. I have been yelled at to get the damn thing replaced asap. .. Unfortunately, I can't currently open up any commission slots. But any donations to help out would be MASSIVELY appreciated ko-fi.com/jammerlee
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Become a supporter of Jammerlee | Jamie A. Lee today!
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Cloudy🐈 @hellocloudy.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
hey, i made a terrible comic instead of working #makeaterriblecomicday2025
panel 1: a person is pointing on a bed where cats are lying in a way that leaves a vaguely human outline in the middle, saying "this is my hole!! it was made for me!!
panel 2: a twisted shape of a person lies on the bed, screaling silently as the cats sleep peacefully in random positions
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Annie 🤠 @bunchabears.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Reminder if you use Firefox and haven't done this yet to disable their A/I chatbot feature (not just removing it from your sidebar): ➡ go to about:config (open a new tab and type it into the address bar) ➡ locate "browser .ml .chat .enabled" (or just search "chat") ➡ toggle to "false"
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Rachel @rcbirdy.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Reminder to myself.
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Rachel @rcbirdy.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I just love comics y'all.
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nikki 💉 @bhcrafts.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
all the other webcomic hosting platforms: corporate bs and keep either allowing or straight up implementing a/i shit comic fury: has a rotating banner of crocodiles drawn by the community (which are all pride-themed at the moment!)
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Rachel @rcbirdy.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
The full comic, "No Stress," is now fully online! I didn't finish every page in the time limit but I'm happy with what I was able to complete. birdys24hcd.thecomicseries.com/comics/213 Ever wondered what an ASMR video creator does to relax?
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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Bro, you can't take media that's fucking around with conventional tropes and "subvert" it by doing the most obvious twist. The most obvious twist on a 180 is the full 360, and now you're back where you started. You twisted all the way around to being conventional again.
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Rachel @rcbirdy.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Remember how I do comics sometimes? I'm doing another one today. You can follow my progress through the day at birdys24hcd.thecomicseries.com/comics/212/ , my goal is to complete a 12 page story in 12 hours. I'm excited to start!
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AlexTheShiba 🥜VGoober🍦 @goofygoober.ca · 20/05/2025
We now have a growing subset of people who'd rather ask the magical 8 ball for information rather than taking the 5 minutes it takes to read a topic to gain an understanding of it. Because teachers would tell you "not to trust wikipedia, everyone can edit it"
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Rachel @rcbirdy.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I've been trying to find this comic again for AGES. It's so true.
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BeltofOrion [Vanta posting 🧙‍♂️] @starkatstories.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
I already did my posts for webcomic day but I also had to do this template, it's just so "wrong man"! Thank you @webcomicsparty.bsky.social! 👔
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TRiPPY @spectramis.com · 12/05/2025
Happy #Webcomicday 🧡I have a big shiny webcomic that a lot of people like and I would also be very honored if you'd start reading it today too. #Engelbaum: Gods are crappy art students and sometimes they make the best kind of mistakes. ... (It's us, we're the mistake.) www.spectramisarts.com 🎨
The most recent page of my comic, Engelbaum.Engelbaum cover image.
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Rachel @rcbirdy.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Happy #webcomicday everyone~ My latest is still in the works, but I've got a bunch of one-shot stories at birdys24hcd.thecomicseries.com/archive/ if you want to check them out! (My favorites are Hook and Olaf Hits the Dragon with His Sword, previews below.)
A comic book page showing a car driving down a road in the middle of the night. Massive pine trees are on both sides of the road, and a full moon can be seen in the sky. The title is curved to follow the road, and reads "Hook: A 24-Hour Comic by rcbirdy."A comic book page showing two figures discussing a dragon.
Panel 1: The dragon sits on a ruined battlefield, breathing fire and holding a defeated soldier in its claws. Emil narrates: "We have been beset by the dragon for nearly fifty years now. No matter what force is brought against it, it cannot be defeated. The bounty now placed upon it is surely cursed..."
Panel 2: Emil looks at his companion, concerned. "Olaf, you cannot hope to defeat it alone!"
Panel 3: Olaf sits quietly, not meeting Emil's eyes. Emil's hand rests on his shoulder.
Panel 4: Olaf closes his eyes. He remembers a scene of a village burned to the ground, flaming buildings and bodies in the background. A younger Olaf kneels over one body in particular. "No... you are correct. That is not my wish."
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Rachel @rcbirdy.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
There is no hard cut-off point where you will feel like a "real adult." Instead you slowly gain confidence and life experience that will allow you to do things you didn't think were possible when you were younger, like ask for help or say "no I'm not doing that."
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Gale Galligan @galegalligan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
listen, it's been ten minutes and i'm still thinking about the low-pay "make AI comics for us" post. it was a nothing job listing from a company that has done nothing of note and should be beneath your notice. HOWEVER, it might still be helpful to notice the many ways in which it is a bad gig --
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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
My yearly reminder for Free Comic Book Day: Select comics are free for you, but they are NOT free for the stores; they pay money to have them in stock. So grab your free books, have a good time, but if you can, please purchase a comic book and/or graphic novel while you’re there! Support your LCS!
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Yuming Li @yumingart.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
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ZintyMao @zintymaoart.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Don't forget to stretch your hands and wrists fellow artists/gamers!
Hand stretches to keep the wrist healthy
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Rachel @rcbirdy.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I saw a big ol' bumblebee today while getting my groceries. Fuzzy darling you're so sweet but don't you know it's gonna snow in May
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
With every headline - and this is an exercise we can all do - we can ask simple questions such as: is there a reason for adding words that can add doubt, like ‘appears to’, when the story itself leaves little room for doubt?
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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Concept: D&D adventure where the party stops to rest at a village inn where they seem to be the only guests. The village appears prosperous, but its inhabitants are strangely morose. Whether the party decides to investigate or attempts to move on, it quickly becomes apparent that something is terribly wrong: any effort to initiate violence or utter untruth fails as the offender is wracked with terrible pain, unkind words stick in the throat unspoken – and worst of all, anyone who attempts to leave the village finds themselves coming back the way they came. When (politely) questioned, the villagers will say only that the party must speak to the wizard whose tower lies to the east.

Upon reaching the tower, the party is met by a slender, youthful-looking man with an unnaturally deep voice, who greets them with distracted courtesy, and – after making brief introductions – reveals that he knows why the party is there, and that it’s indeed all his fault. Thirty years ago, the wizard attempted to cast a blessing of peace and prosperity over the village, but the spell went awry: the enchantment proved to be much more powerful than intended, and its notion of what constitutes a breach of the peace far more expansive. Not only does it prohibit physical violence, but also insults, lies overt and of omission, and simple failures of courtesy. Even leaving the village seems to be construed as an act of abandonment, and therefore of emotional violence.

Luckily, the wizard believes he’s discovered why the enchantment has become a curse. Though it was intended to ensure that people would be kind to one another, it ironically rendered its own fulfillment impossible, as the villagers began to treat each other well out of fear of reprisal rather than true good will. A sufficiently great act of genuine kindness, unalloyed by self-interest, would shatter the enchantment in an instant – but how can such a thing be brought about, in a place where all have been made strangers to love?
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Protato @protato42.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Happy Trans Day of Visibility
A picture of David Lynch with the caption Fix your hearts or die
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Rachel @rcbirdy.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Asked some of my buddies to tell me what to draw on Magma. @jammerlee.bsky.social gave me a character, @scarzzypan.bsky.social gave me a setting, and @riyamilea.bsky.social gave me a color palette. Behold! #art #bg3
Fanart of Halsin from Baldur's Gate 3 sitting hunched over a small desk, typing with one finger on a laptop. He is wearing a collared shirt, green tie, and reading glasses, and looks uneasy. On the other side of the desk, a squirrel in a suit jacket stands on a rolling chair and gives instructions. A filing cabinet in the corner of the office holds a potted plant. Around the corner of the cubicle, Kagha and Minthara look on disapprovingly, also wearing office attire.
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