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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 4m

bluesky image compression why do you do this to me

saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 2h

If i had infinite time and money and body capacity, I would be doing all the art I want. Oracle deck. Book with the deck. Resident Evil doujinshi. Second, different themed oracle deck. Giant oil paintings. Romance novel covers. Actual written romance novel. Like 20 zines. I want to do it all 🫠

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 9h

artists how big are your files bc this most recent one i'm uhhHHHH

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 9h

I'm trying to do things that are much more ambitious than my last works and that I am only about 50% sure I can pull off, which I think is kind of the thing I enjoy doing most, so unfortunately I'm Locked In

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 9h

Scales of devotion, the sacred and the profane, playing with scale and space #WIP for my oracle deck+series

A devotee kisses the hand of a hooded figure, taking shape in an abstract space

A devotee kisses the hand of a hooded figure, taking shape in an abstract space that seems to sprawl in a dreamlike holiness

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 9h

I thought I was going to sit down and relax on the computer so I went into a room without my tablet but I've just been using the touchpad on my laptop to keep messing with the composition of this sketch

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 14h

if you've ever looked at the devil and thought, "would" and you like size difference, I guess look forward to my little local market booth coming up

crop of an art piece where someone is sitting on the devil's lap, and the devil is Big

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 14h

little moment of joy today troubleshooting prints with a very nice person in customer service where we were messing with the colors to try to get the holographic foil to show up right and both of us were trying so hard not to say "haha hell yeah" and be kind and professional but the energy was Felt

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 20h

genuinely part of my process for a project combining art and writing is that I have to dig until I find something deep that hurts and get a little choked up to really write about, like I have to find the real substance before I go, and I found it today during freewriting so I guess that's good

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I've made a helpful graphic of what is in the Lubanko Tarot! A lot of folks wanted to know what the cards were like all laid out, so I made a graphic with all of the paintings, plus some book and card details! Also updated the website with more deck pictures and reviews. www.emilylubanko.com#/tarot/

Lubanko Tarot image that shows what the deck is comprised of: the box art, the 244-pg full-color guidebook, 80 cards with borderless art and black edges, and fully-illustrated cards – no pips, all full narrative illustrations for coherent and rich readings. You can also see the design on the back of the cards

Atmospheric image of the deck box and some cards scattered about it. This is from the Llewellyn order page!

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The theme of this move and re-setting up of my life has unfortunately been, “what do you mean something that I bought over a decade ago doesn’t work anymore?”

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Lying here at night realizing in increasing horror that I might want to do my next giant series in traditional media

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I take for granted how much time I spent reading/studying tarot until I try to learn another system in the same space and then it's like ah, right, [muffled sound of 20+ years of work and experience in the distance], that's not just gonna be 1-to-1 there for everything in the same genre oops

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My assistant for making this new deck is very warm and purring VERY loudly

Incomprehensible sketch page gently rested atop a pillow, under which a huge cat has inserted himself comfortably

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Years and years ago, a friend gave me a book about the Decans and the Minor Arcana, and it made my head spin. Well, now I'm making an Oracle deck and the joke is on me, I'm In It, I'm sorry to everyone

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I am still following people back from when I first joined bluesky oh my god I'm so sorry I'm so bad at this, please assume and understand I am an 80-year-old man squinting at social media basically always🫠😭

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just watched the first episode of Hellsing Ultimate and it feels like it was made in a lab for me

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Ladz ❄️🖤🩸 @ladzwriting.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

this is one of my favorite books

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margaw 🌙 @margawart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's promo day with free shipping on INPRNT! ✨ www.inprnt.com/gallery/marg... (shares are super helpful as I've been stuck just below the withdrawal minimum for ages and can't get paid 🙃)

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

[in agony] working on updating my website

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

mournfully considering just putting “I’m sorry I write like we’re communicating by handwritten letters, I read old shit in my free time and I have an unintentional mimicry problem I can’t shake” in my email signature

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Do I know any artists who do beautiful wall hangings/tapestries? Particularly narrower width and long length? Would love recommendations for wall hangings by indie artists (NO AI).

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Speaking of luxuries: for the first time in 8 years, I was just able to turn the heat on in my apartment myself. Because the landlord doesn't control the heat in this apartment. Because I can control my own thermostat. I don't have to beg to get heat anymore. EIGHT YEARS. FREE FOR NOW.

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

sometimes I go into my mind where I imagine a future with increasing luxuries, and it usually goes: 1) an armchair that I can sit and read in 2) an apartment. living space that has space for that armchair-- a living room that could fit that AND a couch 4) Ultimate Luxury Mode: a risograph machine

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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Reasons you should come to my romance read-in on October 5th: - we’re raising money for @authorsabb.bsky.social - raffles of signed books and ARCs! - you can meet historical romance legend Joanna Shupe and she is extremely nice and cool in person - I will be very grateful

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vampire häxan @sorenhaxan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

brutalism squarescapes in red

RUNT - who are you going to be when everyone is done with you?

Absolute Sodomy - a meditation upon gay knights. feat. my own drawing "knight of the tapestry" in the left-most box

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🖤 🔮 🐈‍⬛ I got into a local witchy tarot-themed market this October 15th at Bow Market! Local tarot friends, I'll be vending here and slinging cards, come through! 🧙‍♀️🕯️🎃

Side Quest Books & Games and Upstairs at Bow are once again bringing you Bow Market’s witchiest night! Thurs Oct 15, 4-9pm, RSVP at SideQuestBooks EventBrite. Tarot reading, Mystical vendors, Drink Specials, Spellwork station, and more!

Bring your coven for an evening of tarot readings, spooky specials, mystical vendors, and a Side Quest spellwork station.

Free RSVP is linked in the Side Quest bio, so head over there and let us know you’ll be joining us!

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The wonderful Rachel Pollack, speaking beautiful truth. From Pollack's essay "The Transsexual Book of The Dead: Osiris and the Trance Man" in the book/collection "The Phallus Palace: Female to Male Transsexuals"- edited by Dean Kotula (2002).

From "The Transsexual Book of The Dead: Osiris and the Trance Man" by Rachel Pollack: "Nut, Goddess of the Night Sky and wife of Ra, God of the Sun, begins an affair with Geb, God of the Earth. The gods break the rules, especially sexual restrictions, for how else can they make something new in the world? Transexual people learn this lesson early and then teach it to others so they may better navigate their impossible lives."

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I'm trying to remember that this is what it feels like to make big projects where everything has to make sense and be connected. This is an image from 2016 when I was working on my (now finished) tarot deck, and what it had to look like to keep things consistent and talking to each other.

Old image from 2016 of a lot of different sketches of the Lubanko Tarot deck, some in color, some in black and white, some very rough, and a few finished paintings.

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

you can can always tell when I’ve been at a social gathering with more than three people because I usually have to start drawing to process and it gets Weird

what can only be described as a stream of consciousness Chimaeric Frog Bus. This drawing is titled “Bus,” for short. I’m sorry.

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Hello #portfolioday! My name is Em, I’m a traditional and digital painter who loves the intense, the romantic, and mythical. I’m focusing on high-intensity stories and romantic work, looking forward.

Acrylic and mixed media painting of two figures in a nature scene

Two figures romantically embracing, cropped book cover illustration

A supine character lies in a green black swamp, enveloped by leaves and reeds

Photo of my tarot deck, the Lubanko Tarot by E. Lubanko. This is a picture of the box, with a few crops of the cards beside it.

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margaw 🌙 @margawart.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Hey you! Are you an indie creator or an artist looking for work? Use this space ⬇️ to promote your wares, commissions or portfolio ✨ I'd be happy to boost your work!

A digital illustration, fan art portrait of my Inquisitor Lavellan from the video game Dragon Age Inquisition. She has tattoos on her face and long dark hair.

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

sketched out another 10 card concepts in the system I'm mapping, my brain feels like it's full of jet fuel

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

candle circle of hope for local art markets to come through and let me in

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

you can can always tell when I’ve been at a social gathering with more than three people because I usually have to start drawing to process and it gets Weird

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

some friends showed me Moonstruck last night and what the hell I loved that, insane movie. Before turning it on, my friend advised, “This movie makes way more sense if you realize it is an opera, from plot points to how the characters interact.” HE WAS RIGHT! I love opera so this worked for me.

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I locked in and/but my sketchbook looks insane

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Extremely open to recommendations for goth, crunchy, slow-paced ambient instrumental music to paint to...I need something entirely without lyrics so I can focus on some kind of deep problem solving 👻

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tarot comrades: if there's no named artist on the deck, it's AI. If there's no named artist and it's NOT AI? Then they'd better name the artist. And as a bonus, I'd like to see what their work looked like before 2022 🙂

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I have done pages of freewriting, assembled a citadel of research and notes and sketches in the living room, torn through ScienceDirect and JSTOR, been to three libraries and four bookstores in the last WEEK.

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

sending this to friends and family when I take on a new project like

graphic that says: "I'm sorry for what I become during a hyperfixation"

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

sending this to friends and family when I take on a new project like

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

gof I haven’t felt this way since I got really into starting my first tarot deck, I can tell it’s serious because if someone makes the mistake of asking me a question about this project I can feel myself talking really fast and enunciating really hard because I’m too excited

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saltmarsh art @thesaltmarsh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

it gets serious when I’m using the froggy pen

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