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Simon Roy @simonroy.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

back in 2016 i made a mesoamerican riff on the oneill cylinder/bernal sphere in "HABITAT"- i love every mossy tube city in space

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Sam Beck @sambeckdraws.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

this was so hard!! i feel like im going to be blasted with a core memory of some game i forgot way later... also i play so many games like balatro, slay the spire etc. but they didn't really influence my like...creative taste? so i left them out sowwy

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Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy Fall! From my book Poetry Comics, published by @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social

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Sam Beck @sambeckdraws.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

leave nice comments on art if only to balance out the people who think they're real hmm """funny""""

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Sam Beck @sambeckdraws.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

*rattling my cage* send me back edits so i can finally start on the book artwork

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Unwritten Earths Symposium @unwrittenearths.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Since it's Swordtember, here's eight amazing swords created for the Swords Without Master Eidolon Folios! Thanks to @pamwishbow.bsky.social @sambeckdraws.bsky.social @jnb.art and @newjackcole.bsky.social for these very cursed, very compelling swords. Art direction by @portablecity.bsky.social

Two tarot-sized art cards featuring stylized sword illustrations. Left, a coven of hooded figures lays hands on a sword before an alter with a weeking eye, in greens and ochres. Right, swords hang from an onimous tree, emitting a stream that runs down over skulls and candles, in reds and ochres.

Two tarot-sized art cards featuring fantasy sword illustrations. Left,a cloaked figure drags a glowing red sword, leaving a cleft full of bubbling red growths. Right, a skeletal figures holds the hold of a sword stabbing through it's own chest, bursting with radiance, on a bed of skulls.

Two tarot-sized art cards featuring stylized wood-cut style sword illustrations in black and white. Left, a weary warrior rests on a tree stump, enormous sword in the crook of her arm. Right, an enormous rapier sticks from the top of a mountain, surrounded by lightning.

Two tarot-sized art cards featuring fantasy sword illustrations. Left, a large bird white bird bears a sword amidst the ruins of a fantastic city. Right, a piratical figure is handing, or receiving, a sword from a bestial fish-lion creature in a tidal cave full of ancient carvings.

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Sam Beck @sambeckdraws.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

nothing prepares you for the moment your kid looks you dead in the eye and says "momma GO, momma BUh-BYE!!!" to get you to leave after putting them in the crib to sleep 😭

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西村ツチカ @tsuchika.com · 17/11/2024

ザリガニ釣り

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Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Nave windows, York Minster for #WindowsOnWednesday. The new nave, begun in the 1290s, flying buttresses only completed in 1905-6 when the timber vault of the nave was replaced in stone after a fire in 1848. #ArchitecturalIllustrstion #pencil #drawing #ArtShare

The windows and flying buttresses of the nave of York Minster.

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Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Powell's Yard was rather rundown in 1897. The buildings were probably divided into numerous dwellings as often happened to old buildings in the centre of York. #ArchitecturalIllustration #pencil #drawing #ArtShare

Pencil drawing of semi derelict buildings with two children standing by an open door.

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Dr Artyom Trakhanov @vor-bokor.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It's been such a long and wild journey, and we're finally ready to present you the first chapter of ENTROPY - store.steampowered.com/app/3940340/Entropy/ - our Dying Earth tactical role-playing game, developed by @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social , and published by @dreadxp.bsky.social!

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Sam Beck @sambeckdraws.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Sorceress illustration from Swords Without Master www.kickstarter.com/projects/unwrittenearths/swords-without-master

black and white drawing of an older woman wear black gloves holding a wand in one hand and an apple in the other. her hair swirls around the page

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Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне @barsukov.com · 17/08/2026

AI RANT Following the cancellation of three major debut book deals over AI suspicions, I decided to put my own (needless to say, 100% human-written) prose to the test. My detector of choice was Originality AI, and the results proved to be jarring, to say the least. 🧵1/5

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Sam Beck @sambeckdraws.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

drew whatever came up on my recommended pinterest board yesterday

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Sam Beck @sambeckdraws.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

one of those weeks where i need to break down my tasks into really small pieces and only commit to doing 1 thing a day. my reward is getting to play more FFX

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Sam Beck @sambeckdraws.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Both my grandparents were draftsmen. My grandma had the most amazing handwriting because of this. I'm...well--I do draw. I'd really need to brush up on my math and geometry??

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Sam Beck @sambeckdraws.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

lrt ...kind of how people are becoming hyper-vigilant about labelling themselves "human-made" and oversharing process. Like nah, that's not my job actually. It's your job as the viewer to educate yourself on what art is and who made it. It's my job to make art that is true to me.

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Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I don't know how to say this in a way that isn't snotty: if you are changing your writing intentionally to sound "not like AI" or whatever, I think extremely little of your craft. This is simply not a problem or a consideration for an even moderately developed writer www.wired.com/story/more-t...

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More Typos, Fewer Em Dashes: Writers Are Creating an Anti-AI ‘Literary Counterculture’

Novelists, journalists, and power LinkedIn posters are embracing first-person narratives and idiosyncrasies to avoid being mistaken for chat bots.

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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

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Sam Beck @sambeckdraws.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

i need to do way more life drawing, like a couple times a week at least (instead of my usual once every 6 months or when i have time, which is never)

collection of life drawing figures ranging from detailed to simple gesture drawings.

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Sam Beck @sambeckdraws.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

there is no way you can view that image without it being compressed to to death, so just like imagine its not, thanks.

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

By far the funniest moment in Homer’s Odyssey is when Circe says, “Shall we have sex?” and Odysseus says, “You just turned all my men into pigs. You have the GALL to think I would sleep with you? Of course I will. Absolutely. But don’t do any weird spells”

photograph of the relevant passage in Fitzgerald's translation of the Odyssey ("I make no bed of love with you upon it. Or swear me first a great oath, if I do, you'll work no more enchantment to my harm.")

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Soft pastels on pastel ground on wood panel.

a painting of a knight lying in a field of long grass holding an axe

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Sam Beck @sambeckdraws.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

everyone should reflect on the fact that they can open up their little electronic boxes each morning and see the most beautiful art made by your contemporaries. how lucky we are

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🌱 Ｊ. 𝚂𝚌𝚘𝚝𝚝 @drooliasnott.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Kudzu is so crazy man! the way it spreads out feels like its a malevolent sentient demon

tons of kudzu vines clinging to a forest treeline

kudzu growing up a phone pole then over the wires, assuming the accidental form of a spooky guy

wow, damn, its even more kudzu on a forest edge! theres enough of it we need to take a big step back to get the whole thing in our field of vision.

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mart • commissions open @martapreliy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Sari Tagh 🌇 A while back, I reworked the color palette for this illustration. I did this drawing in Armenia because I wanted to hold on to a little bit of those memories

A picture of two tired characters resting at a bus stop. The city stretches in the background, bathed in the glow of the sunset and the warm sunlight

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Sam Beck @sambeckdraws.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Orionelle, one of the many moons of Realis. www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...

fancy ghosts look out over a balcony at a shimmering lake at sunset.

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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Public Domain Art is the lifeblood of small tabletop rpgs, but it can be a nightmare trying to find the right art and license. This week, I’ve re-uploaded my old list from 2020 (with updates) of public domain websites. That's 500,000+ public domain paintings, photos, maps, and film. Link below 🔗👇

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Roo 🔞 at NEKOCON @frictionpress.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

hate to be a realist on main but jesus christ, scoob i can't stress enough, the best way to help an indie artist is to REC THE WORK. i have literally never in my life gotten a new subscriber by saying "i'm too poor to live" but i DO get new readers when someone excitedly reviews my books

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

For anyone asking how to help: Donate to True North Aid to assist Remote Indigenous Wildfire Evacuees - truenorthaid.ca/donate/ & Namaygoosisagagun First Nation Response: Donations an7gc.ca/donate/

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Donate - True North Aid | Canadian Charity Supporting Indigenous Communities

Donate to True North Aid's general fund and support Indigenous-led and community initiatves in remote communities.

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come.

A photo of the wildfires in canada. Fire rages through forest area with vright orange flame and dark gray smoke.

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George Outhwaite @georgeouthwaite.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

They've Been and They've Killed Me in acryla gouache

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mint @mintaii.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

a strange knight with no home

a long haired knight swathed in dark, slightly mismatched armour seems to be almost coming apart at the seams and is missing a left arm. their head is severed from their neck, bright turquoise green fire escaping the severed spot and their lips. a similarly colored glowing light is emanating from the slightly exposed cavity in their chest armour. in their right hand is a gauntlet, with dark liquid trickling down its surface. behind them are two large archways filled with a ghostly light, with an amalgam of faces, hands and wings making up a decorative, connective piece at the top.

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Harkalé Linaï @harkale-linai.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Behold: my most complex illustration to date! This is the cover for Thistlemarsh by @mooreacorrrigan.bsky.social as part of its @illumicrate.bsky.social special edition, and it's full of tiny details, symbolism and references to the story! I'll add close-ups below because clearly it deserves it ^^

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Megan Kearney @spookymeggie.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

It's finally time for Corpse de Ballet's book launch party! Please join me at Little Pebbles Cafe on College, July 10 from 7-10!

Poster advertising a book launch. "It's finally time for Corpse de Ballet's book launch party! Please join me at Little Pebbles Cafe at 540 College street, July 10 from 7-10!"

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Unwritten Earths Symposium @unwrittenearths.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Thanks to our backers, we were able to expand the Eidolons far and wide! There's two multi-card panoramas, a map by @mapcrow.bsky.social and an incredible spread by @simonroy.bsky.social; also, check out those Cursed Swords by @pamwishbow.bsky.social, @sambeckdraws.bsky.social and Jack T. Cole!

Pictures of tarot-sized cards illustrated with sword-and-sorcery artwork. Left: Jovial Overtone card next to the two "tiling" Eidolons, the two-card map from Kyle Latino (colors by Shel Kahn), and the four-card sword-and-planet panorama from Simon Roy. Right: Four of the Cursed Sword Eidolons, one flipped to show the gameplay info - artwork by Sam Beck (front), Pam Wishbow (Left), and Jack T. Cole (right)

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

hey! wanna read about some retro scifi disaster lesbians? what about fantasy horror? you can now browse all of my stories by chapter, read tiny excerpts to orient yourself if you need to catch up, and click directly to the comments if you have opinions on these characters and their shenanigans!

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Fiction Archives - Stories

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