iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

As someone who did it, it’s totally worth it!

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rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I still like how this one came out

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 27/06/2026

Calling all artists! We don't reshare our older stuff enough, so here's an excuse to do so I'll be busy in July drawing things I can't share publicly just yet, so I'm gonna repost some of my faves following these approximate themes (interpreted broadly!) Join me? #art #ArtChallenge #ArtRepostJuly

#ArtRepostJuly
Casual art challenge to repost your art! Use the list for inspiration. Interpret as you will! Alt text: yes, please. AI: no, thank you.

1 light
2 dark
3 red
4 wing
5 wet
6 dry
7 eerie
8 lovely
9 orange
10 above
11 below
12 pattern
13 colorful
14 bone
15 green
16 joy
17 melancholy
18 invertebrate
19 eye
20 whimsical
21 blue
22 small
23 large
24 plant
25 surreal
26 realistic
27 purple
28 animal
29 environment
30 black and white
31 favorite

List by Helen Whistberry

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RTGame 👑 @rtgame.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Larry the Cat, the appointed Chief Mouser of Downing Street, has now outlasted 6 UK Prime Ministers, and the Queen herself. He holds the true power over the country

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chelsea bridge 🩸 @secretaboutbox.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

IF YOU SEE THIS CLOSE THE TAB IMMEDIATELY this is a trick to install malware on your machine. it is not a real captcha system.

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rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Work has been crazy, so the Mermay piece ended up stretching deep into June… Ref by @trueref.bsky.social [ #mermaid #ocsky #characterart #art ]

Painting of a blonde mermaid with green eyes resting on the beach around sunset. Her scales are of a salmon color, with some appearing pink under the reflecting sun. The scales extend up to her waist and breasts, providing the impression of a low-deep cut sequin neckline. She is brushing her hair with her right arm, and holding up her torso with her left arm.

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rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

If you see this, post a sword! 🗡️

Full-body portrait of a nun in traditional habit, with black veil, tunic, scapular and gloves; and white coif, guimpe and wimple. The tunic is cut on both sides to reveal tall leather boots, belts, and exposed thighs and knees. She wields on her right hand a long rapier with an elaborate hilt.

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Fuu 🩸✨ | Artist + VTuber @fuululu.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

‼️ALRIGHT ARTISTS ‼️ Are we up for the challenge? All you gotta do is trace this lovely pose I put together in DesignDoll. Go, create. No AI bullshit. All skill levels and styles are welcome to join. Reply to this post with your finished artwork! I will check ALL submissions. 🫶 #art #challenge

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IvyBlade @ivybladev.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Lauma - Genshin Impact - Portrait Tried some colour and stylisation and painted one of my favourite characters from the game - Lauma, The Moonchanter of the Frostmoon Scions. Her kindness, compassion and love is something we all could use more of now #fanart #art #DigitalArt #Lauma #GenshinImpact

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rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Same scene but art bro actually tried this time [ #art #portrait ]

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rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

“You’re a famous artist, right? I can’t wait to see how you draw me like one of your French girls” — Cherie 😬 (Yes, sometimes you have to let the intrusive thoughts win and draw memes for the lulz) [ #art #portrait ]

Painting of a young woman with red curly hair. The scene suggests that she is posing nude for an artist, since there is a canvas and easel in front of her that is strategically censoring her privates.

The canvas shows the artist’s “creative” rendition of her as a stick figure with two circles as breasts.

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IvyBlade @ivybladev.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Gimli, LotR - Portrait Not much to say except that the more armors/metals I get to work with the more I like doing them haha The beard was still a challenge but I did my best. Happy that I didn't take too long with this one :] #fanart #art #DigitalArt #LOTR #Gimli

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Kenny Peng @kennypeng.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

🧵 On social media, we feel trapped in “filter bubbles” and “echo chambers.” Often, we see this as a problem with the algorithm. Our new essay argues the problem is the feed interface itself: it constrains our movement—all we can do is scroll. We lay out an alternative vision:

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From Feeds to Trails

To design the future of social media, rethink the interface before the algorithm.

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Jim Calabro ♟️ @calabro.io · 10/04/2026

I wrote a short post-mortem on the Bluesky outage we had on Monday. First time using pckt, it was a really nice experience tbh! pckt.blog/b/jcalabro/a...

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April 2026 Outage Post-Mortem - Jim's Pckt

Hey all! I'm Jim, and I do system-y things at Bluesky. I'm here to give you some details about what happened on Monday of this week that caused Bluesky to go...

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rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Artist! Quote with your blue art! 💙

A mermaid/siren with fair skin, dark red hair and green scales is laying on a boulder jutting out of tranquil waters at night. A full moon hovers over the horizon, reflecting onto the waters below. Off to the distant left, a dual-masted sailing ship has crashed against a boulder and caught aflame.

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rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Has anyone tried turning off the servers and turning them back on again? It works for Windows…

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rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

“There are days where you feel like you are carrying the world on your shoulders. But other days, it feels like you’re carrying the whole firmament.” — Astera [ #art #characterart #ocsky ]

A dimly-lit human woman carrying a celestial sphere with three bright stars on her shoulders. She is looking upwards away from the viewer with a stoic expression. She is wearing a light-colored toga, turned purple by the cool-colored ambient lighting.

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𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑖 🏳️‍🌈💜 @flairiart.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

🎀4K Art Raffle🎀 Thank you all for your support! 🥺 To enter: • Like + RP this • Follow me 🌟 • Tag a buddy 💕 Rewards: ▪︎Full body colored piece of your character in modern AU clothing 🧚‍♂️✨️ ▪︎Tagged buddy will win the portrait sketch if your name is drawn 🥳 Winners will be drawn 04.15 🍑 #artraffle

An art raffle poster showing the rewards of a full colored piece and a portrait sketch. The raffle will end 04.15

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rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

To be fair it did get really hard at the end

Your Delta-E_ok JND: 0.0029

You're seeing differences that most colour scientists would call noise. If you're not already calibrating displays for a living, you're leaving money on the table.

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rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

“This ‘civilization’ you speak of has brought us nothing but sorrow and destruction. It is about time we get rid of the infection… yourself included.” — Vestiya, Circle of the Voiceless [ #dnd #druid #characterart #art #ocsky ]

A femme-presenting druid, sitting on a large rock in a dimly lit forest. She has brown hair, fair skin, and is giving a stern, scornful glance to the viewer. She is wearing a green halter top with a dark skirt, which shows off the runic tattoos inscribed on her arms and legs.

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rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

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カオミン @kaoming.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

ダンスホール

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カオミン @kaoming.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

ダンスホール

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rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Age verification? I learned to code in a TRS-80 Model III

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rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Dang does that mean I’m an artist now?

Point cloud with my username near the “international digital artists” label

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rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

QRT if you’re still drawing in 2026 and show proof~ Work is kicking my butt but I still managed to finish a piece! [ #art #dnd #ocsky #characterart ]

Half-body portrait of a succubus mage known as the Winged Wizard. She is sitting across from the viewer, holding a cup of red wine, with the viewer having another cup and a sealed envelope in front of him.

The Winged Wizard has fair skin, blonde hair, green eyes, and two set of dark horns protruding from the top of the forehead. She is wearing one of her distinctive green dresses, this one being a low-cut keyhole dress with ruffles made out of sheen fabric.

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IvyBlade @ivybladev.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Show me your range as an artist! Okay, I am usually not very confident and coming up with positive things to say about my art comes at a big energy cost for me but I think RANGE is one of the stronger qualities of my art. I just can't decide and love too many things

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Ball Girl's Lawyer @smartsmears.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Every single artist that posts on BlueSky should have this saved to their computer because so many of you are posting character torsos all day. (created by @/whey.party)

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✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 06/11/2024

Reposting with alt text

The scene from the Boondocks where Huey, dead-eyed and tired with bags under his eyes asks Granddad: “Granddad, what do you do when you can't do nothing, but there's nothing you can do?”

Grandad: “You do what you can.”

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rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

“Take this with you, darling… and make sure that when everything is said and done, they end up owing *us* a favor.” — The Winged Wizard #dnd #characterart #art #oc #ocsky

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rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Artist! Quote with your horn art! (Bonus printed 3D mini I made of her in HeroForge) #art #tiefling #characterart #3dprinting #printedminis

Portrait of Calypso, a female-presenting fiend standing on the shoreline of a beach near sunset. The viewer is looking at her from slightly in front of her left shoulder and level with the top of her forehead. She is slightly turning her head towards the viewer but is focusing on something distant off to the left.

She has large bat wings and large horns that extend horizontally from above the temples before curving sharply forwards and backwards like hand axes. She is wearing a yellow strapless bikini, rose-tinted aviator sunglasses, and an oversized beach hat that rests on her horns. Behind the sunglasses are a pair of eyes with black scleras and yellow irises with a slight orange glow to them.

3D rendering of Calypso, standing on one leg, with the other leg balancing on top of a volleyball. She is holding a phone with one hand, and flashing a peace sign with the other.

3D print of Calypso, printed in gray PLA.

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Sylessae @sylessae.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

It took you hours, days, months to make. ✨ Why should your art only live for a few hours in a single post? Here is permission to repost your work.

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Akane ⚔️🫀🎃 |● Kaelis: A Requiem ✨ @akanelogics.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Not every piece has to be a masterpiece Not every piece has to be a masterpiece Not every piece has to be a masterpiece Not every piece has to be a masterpiece

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rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you 👠🚩🏮

Portrait of a woman with her hands behind her head, holding her hair up. She is lit by a harsh, bright red light off to the left; there are no other sources of light, so the remainder of the bust is in shadow.

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rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I’ve heard people say “draw your feelings” a few times before. I wonder what’s better: To draw what I’m currently feeling, or to draw what I want to feel? 🤔

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rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Something to work on for 2026: recognizing when I need a break, disconnect from the firehouse, and re-center/reset

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🌲🏳️‍🌈MTO 🔞 @mtomauw.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I think a big fandom shift in interacting with stuff has gone from people commenting under the created thing whether it be fic or art to people linking it in private discord groups where the person who made it will never see any positive comments left on the thing they made.

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Sylessae @sylessae.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

10 hours left on the sale, it's flying by!! Let's celebrate Rocket's progress in the bootcamp. <3 bsky.app/profile/rock...

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Stevie @corvanablack.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

my 2025 art summary! this year was the first time since i started learning how to draw that i've drawn at least *something* every single month. and most of it had to do with @sylessae.bsky.social's portrait bootcamp and mentorship. basically all of it, actually. #artsummary #artsummary2025

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J.M. (But also Nemo) - writing comms open @alamhigo.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Today is the last day that you can repost this image

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IvyBlade @ivybladev.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Here's my Art Summary 2025. It's been a year of learning, trials, error and insecurities. But also a year of making new friends, adventures and genuine happy moments. Here's hoping to grow stronger in 2026 💪 #artsummary2025 #artsummary #art

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rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

“Having fun interfering with our plans? Good. This makes you an even worthier offering to the Archduchess” —Velvet, head cultist of Fierna when facing a party of do-gooders for the first (and last) time. #dnd #characterart #bbeg #art

Portrait of Velvet—a powerful cult head enchantress—leaning against a brick wall and looking down at the viewer. She is fair-skinned and has shoulder-length white hair. She is draped in a floor-length scarlet robe with long bell sleeves that is cinched at the waist with a leather corset. She is also wearing a matching opaque scarlet veil that covers her right eye. Her left eye peeks through a fold in the veil and reveals crimson irises and an unnatural red glow.

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pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

How to draw eyes

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Samantha Mash @samanthamash.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

As we enter the New Year remember fear of making bad art is holding you back. Fear of people not liking your work is holding you back. Rejection is holding you back You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative

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spacecowboy @spacecowboy17.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

The For You feed is going to be down while I'm upgrading the CPU from AMD 7900 (12 core) to AMD 9950X3D (16 core). This should increase how many users it can serve by ~50%-100%. If all goes well it should be back up in an hour or two.

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Jabberwick ⭐🎪👁️ @jabberwick.com · 08/12/2025

Most of us understand that drawing isn't a matter of inherent talent, but aquired skill. I also think a lot about how your success in learning to draw might have to do with how well you handle frustration, and how comfortable you are with making mistakes. The barrier i usually see--

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rita hatesville @ritatreats.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

heads up that bluesky doesnt show posts from other languages by default on your timeline, and its cutting you off from a lot of the community go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!

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rocketdancing @rocketdancing.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

At the end of 2024, I finally decided that one of my 2025 new year's resolutions was to complete enough artworks to post a summary at the end of this year—and here it is! Special shout out to @sylessae.bsky.social and her portraiture bootcamp! [ #art #artsummary #characterart #oc #ocsky #dnd ]

Summary of selected artworks completed during 2025, aligned in three rows of four paintings each.

January: Bijoux
February: Khanela
March: Winged Wizard
April: Elektra
May: Aria
June: Ature'a
July: Synne
August: Study
September: Agatha
October: Evana
November: Ixia
December: Velvet

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