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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You could also kind of imply a line by using the same brush you used to paint the unlined one (but at a smaller size), put the opacity at 50% or less, and, using a slightly darker value of the color of the object you’re painting, build up a “line” wherever you need more clarity.
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ohhh okay, in that case the simpler the better! Maybe increase the value where the 2 waffles touch and where it touches the plate and wherever else a shadow makes sense?
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I will say though that line art does add immediate contrast between objects quicker and if you go with the more painterly style, you might have to render it out more so that separate objects don’t blend into each other too much.
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think the unlined one looks more painterly (like in a watercolor sort of way) and the lined one is more graphic (in kind of a charming food illustration for a recipe sort of way)! Either one works I think, just depends on what style you’re going for/personal preference.
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
But! It would come with all the moral, environmental, and health benefits that come from the lifestyle so there’s that—no matter how small individual impact may be.
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I’ve got a friend who essentially started living as a vegetarian in 2024 in anticipation of future food recalls. With how things are lately,becoming vegan or vegetarian in an effort to avoid food in recall might be in all our futures🙃tho idk how much it’ll help since everything seems to be affected
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
🎉🎉🎉
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🥲🥲🥲
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Wtf that’s so messed up
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Also it’s so funny how Dune is featured so prominently on my shelf meanwhile I can’t imagine actually finishing it 😅
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Finally set up my bookshelves. No, the crushed bay leaves aren’t an aesthetic choice. Now that I live in the city, I must deter city pests 🙃. Idk if this will do anything, but my fiancé did a quick internet search and said it might help. #nyc
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
My favorite cafe just added chai to their menu in the past couple weeks and of course it’s the best chai from a cafe I’ve ever had—but, also of course, I’m moving this week. Like star-crossed lovers, this chai and I are to be cruelly separated by distance and circumstance 🥲
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David K. Barnes @davidkbarnes.com · 30/05/2026
Lately I’ve been in an indie team making stop-motion animation. It’s just 4 of us (animator, writer, voice actor, sound designer). The show’s called The Tiny Angry Witch. It’s all basically hand made. No AI. It’s tiring, but we love what we do. So, anyway, here’s a Witch making rude noises:
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Thank you guys for making and sharing such a gem of a series! It always makes my day brighter when a new episode comes out
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The grass looks so inviting but the ticks make it a trap 😭 (the germs can be ignored because soap exists—the ticks? There’s no ignoring them)
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
I think one of the things I miss most about being a kid (besides the obvious stuff) is being able to walk barefoot on grass. Yeah sure I technically could do that now, but, now not only am I hyper aware of germs, I’m also hyper aware of ticks which can now be commonly found in lawns
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Reposting this for #mermay ! Maybe I’ll draw another mermaid this month? We’ll see 🤔
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Some sketches I did yesterday from photos I took of the food I ate over the weekend (my partner and I went out a couple times to celebrate our anniversary 💕). I was in a pretty good mood over the weekend until I checked the news. What can I say? Call/email your reps 🗣️ #art #artsky #sketchbook #food
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Megan Kate Nelson 📚 @mkn.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
A white poster board sign sporting a checklist - NO KINGS but green checks for books, art, empathy, love, and tacos
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
lol actually when he called me to wish me a happy international women’s day, I actually was reeeeaaaally quiet for a long moment before I came up with that response because, with everything that’s happening in the world, it took me so off guard.
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
My best friend who is a man, kindly calling me the other day: Happy international women’s day!!!!! Me: Is it…happy? It’s certainly international women’s day.
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a cartoon of a dog sitting at a table with a cup of coffee and a fire behind him
ALT: a cartoon of a dog sitting at a table with a cup of coffee and a fire behind him
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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
This 😏👇


John Ryan
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A nation that can instantly fund war but debates funding healthcare has a values problem, not a budget problem.
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Amras, Scéal Faoladh θ∆ @amras.me · 05/03/2026
A couple things… The “conflict“ in Iran *IS* a war. It is a war of choice. It is warfare without conscious. It was unprovoked. And I’m sick and tired of people suggesting & implying the only tragedies herein are that US Service Members have died. The people of Iran are innocents in this conflict!
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Katherine Lam @ LBX 431 @katherinelam.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians. We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Lizard head sketches plus a couple attempts at dragon heads #art #artsky #sketchbook
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
and I have no idea why I didn’t make that connection earlier because, simplified, dragon=giant lizard with wings whereas I was thinking it was dragon=dinosaur with wings and for some reason that distinction is really important in my brain (2/2)
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I know that this might seem obvious (and it is) but, in my quest to drawing cooler looking dragons, I’m finding that drawing lizards is actually really helpful (1/2)
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
…mmm but now something’s rolling around in my head and maybe I’ll end up referencing this for a different idea I have anyhow 🤔 (2/2) #art #artsky #digitalart #sketch #ancientgreece #chiton
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Went digging into my digital art folder and found this sketch exploration I made of a chiton (a type of clothing from Ancient Greece—can’t say this sketch is terribly accurate for sure but I tried) and I never used it for what I intended to reference it for… (1/2)
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Seeing as “Simon Postscript” is definitely not my real name, I’m all for pen-names lol. I think you should do whatever makes you feel most comfortable/safest.
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I’d really like start to learn to draw more serious, intense, fantasy dragons 🐉, but for this I just wanted to kind of see what I intuitively do as a starting point. (2/2)
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
My brain says that if dragons were real that it might be dangerous. My soul says it would be really really cool though. I think these dragons would be more cute than dangerous tho lol (1/2) . . . . #art #artsky #dragon #dragonart #digitalart
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Or maybe it’s more accurate to also say expand from what they’re not covering in the book though it goes without saying
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Oh just a note I forgot to mention but I’d feel bad if I didn’t warn you: the Loomis books are old (like they’re from the 40s or something?) so they are pretty antiquated in terms of thinking/what/who they concentrate on. Take what’s useful, ignore everything else 😅
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I think Proko is probably a good YouTuber to start with and so is Alphonso Dunn especially if you want to get into working with ink and pens. I also think Ethan Becker’s videos have really good advice.
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
And the Loomis books are pretty classic. Also look at lots of art and find your favorite artists! Do studies of their work and figure out what you can incorporate into your own stuff.
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Then you can start adding drawing exercises particularly ones that challenge your observation and hand eye coordination skills. And there are lots of great videos to learn from on YouTube for more specifics. In terms of books, I highly suggest the morpho series for learning anatomy
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I think if I were to start from scratch all over again I would start by just drawing anything for a couple weeks. You know like from imagination and observation just to get in the habit. Try to completely fill a page before moving on to the next one. Just have fun with it.
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Drawing some dragons. Or like, you know, trying to lol . . . . #art #artsky #drawing #wip #dragons #digitalart
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Nope no trademark or address 🥲. It was a loose leaf black tea and it kind of tasted like golden monkey tea but it wasn’t exactly the same and didn’t have golden tips so it can’t be that.
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
This is a really good suggestion so I just tried it but based on the search I think the packaging it came in is just a generic tea storage container 😭
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
100% relatable
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I don’t know the name of the tea or even which country they got it from (though I think it’s either Singapore or Taiwan) so now I’ll just have to live the rest of my life with the mystery while yearning for this tea 🥲 (2/2)
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Just brewed myself a cup of tea using the last teaspoon and a half-ish I had left of a tea my parents got me when they went on a cruise around Asia last year. (1/2) #tea #teasky
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Which makes absolute sense for me because I still kinda do that with movies I really like. Though maybe I’m not rewatching them quite that frequently. Except for the time period I was watching Amelie. That movie I did in fact watch once a day for about a year. (3/3)
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Tbh mermaids hold a special place in my heart because I was so obsessed with The Little Mermaid as a little kid. I remember watching it a lot but I was told by my family that apparently at one point I was watching it every day (along with Kiki’s Delivery Service). (2/3)
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
A mermaid! But what do they need that net for?? (1/3) . . . . #art #artsky #digitalart #illustration #characterart #mermaid
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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 09/02/2026
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Chalkboard outside of tea house with text "ICE belongs in iced tea, not in our community"
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Simon Postscript @simonpostscript.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Me to myself looking at my wip: don’t delete yet, just trust the process, don’t delete yet, just trust the process, don’t delete yet, just trust the process 🥲 . . . . #wip #art #artsky
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