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Solomon Volfovich @solomon-vol.bsky.social · 2h

Happy October and #inktober! I’m not sure I’ll be able to draw everyday but for the first day I give you Olruggio✨ #witchhatatelier #traditionalart

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青木順二｜Junji Aoki --Commissions Open @junji-aoki.bsky.social · 10h

Thanks for art share! I create paintings with distinctive textures, often using fantasy and mythology as motifs. I specialize in gorgeous images that make extensive use of gold, marble, jewels, and lace. Feel free to DM me. my portfolio site: sites.google.com/view/junji-a...

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Cineri | Yaoi Jam 2026 @cineriarsis.bsky.social · 11h

Congrats on 5k!!! Very well deserved, and thank you for hosting! I'm Cini, I love creating manga-inspired art with boys, and I enjoy drawing backgrounds and details c:

A detailed digital manga-style illustration. It depicts an androgynous young man lounging in a plush armchair inside a vintage 1920s dressing room. He has blond curly hair, green eyes, delicate facial features, and a slight smile. He's wearing a fur scarf and a deep red robe tied at the waist, leaving his chest exposed, decorated with long pearl necklaces. He holds a long vintage cigarette holder in one hand.

A digital manga-style illustration. It depicts a boy with curly brown hair, brown eyes, and warm olive skin, sitting on a stack of adorned floor cushions in a colorful interior. He is playing a wooden ancient Persian harp (chang). He is dressed in a blue tunic with gold embroidery, dark trousers, a red sash, a sheer red shawl draped over his shoulders, and laced leather sandals.

A detailed digital illustration that depicts two young men in classical, ancient Greek-inspired attire sharing an intimate moment on a balcony. On the left, a youth with curly light brown hair stands wearing a white chiton fastened by a golden brooch, his hand resting near a golden lyre on a draped purple table. On the right, a man with wavy dark brown hair and a dark blue chiton kneels, looking up adoringly while gently holding the youth's hand. Both wear golden armbands. White lilies bloom in the bottom left corner, and the background opens up to a scenic view of classical white stone temples, terraces, and cypress trees under a soft blue sky.

A detailed full-color manga style illustration of two male musicians in a theater green room, resting on a green sofa after a concert. They wear elegant, dark tuxedos with a slight green sheen. The man in the foreground reclines against the other, his legs stretched over the sofa’s armrest, revealing the bottom of his polished shoes. He has wavy blonde hair and a serene expression, holding a cigarette between his fingers as a wisp of smoke rises. With his other hand, he undoes his bowtie. His companion, with dark curly hair, sits upright but relaxed, allowing the blonde man to lean into him.

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MacLaren 🌘 Commissions open 🔞 @amandamaclaren.bsky.social · 11h

Congrats on the milestone, it's so well deserved. And thanks for the share! 💖✨ I'm MacLaren, a Brazilian artist who loves fantasy, TTRPGs, and vampires! I mostly do OC work, heavily inspired by the Art Nouveau style! amandamaclaren.carrd.co

This is a painting, a portrait of a black man in a tarot/art nouveau style.
He has bright, curly blonde hair in a ponytail, blonde lashes, and eyebrows.
He has a sad/worried expression on his face, and the background is adorned with gold details, angel wings, and big yellow dandelions.
At the bottom, you can read his title, Saint of Mercy.

This is a commissioned work made by me, and the character belongs to @nyfabee.bsky.social

This is a digital painting depicting two female lovers surrounded by aa rococo style gold frame and pink roses.
The frame is adorned with bright crystals and a silver face right in the middle at the top. This face has bright turquoise eyes and horns that are two mirrored crescent moons.

The roses are a soft pink, with bloody red veins running from within.

The first character is a tall vampire lady with fair skin and pale blonde hair.
Shes wearind a deep and bright blood red dress paired with gold jewelry. The same turquoise can be found on her accessories as well, in for os stament gems.

She's holding the other figure by the small of her back, pushing her against her body and also pulling her gold necklace in a playful, loving way.
She also has one of the pink roses in her hand.

Now for the other OC, she has a darker complexion with a big tattoo on her back, and bright, beautiful yellow eyes that are hhalf closed looking at her lover.
She's wearing a white dress with a brown corset; her legs are showing, and she has pretty lace stockings.

She's also sporting gold jewelry and is holding her partner close.

They're both looking at each other, smiling playfully.

CHARACTERS BELONG TO @elerrah.bsky.social

Portrait of a pretty man. He has flowy blonde hair with a darker brown chunk right on the front of his face.
He has a nose ring, as well as snake bite piercings and ones on his eyebrow.
Coming out of his head there are two wings; he has some soft scars on his face, and his eyes are blue and pink.
The background is a round, adorned frame, full of gold suns with blue crescent moons in it.

CHARACTER BELONGS TO @deatharrow.bsky.social

Portrait of a male drow elf, he has dark purple skin and white hair. He has a scar on his neck, and his eyelashes are also white, matching his hair.
The border around him has the moon phases and music notes.

CHARACTER BELONGS TO @jeniidrawsshit.bsky.social

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Ellyrieve LVK @ellyrieve-lvk.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you so much for the art share opportunity!!!

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⚜️ 𝕷𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖉𝖊𝖘 𝕾𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖎𝖛𝖆 ⚜️ @lsaraiva-art.bsky.social · 11h

I'll start! ✨ Hi, I'm Lourdes, a Brazilian illustrator inspired by folklore, mysticism, horror and fantasy. I create illustrations for RPGs, card games, books and personal projects. 🖤 lourdessaraiva.artstation.com

Title: Retribution

The painting depicts the goddess Nemesis as an embodiment of punitive justice. There is a female figure suspended in the air, with her arms outstretched, holding a sword in one hand and an hourglass in the other. Her hair is dark and windswept, and large golden wings extend behind her. She wears a light-colored tunic with flowing fabrics, against a misty sky in shades of blue, green and gold.

Fanart of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. There is a female figure with short, almost white blonde hair, golden tears streaming from her eyes and a serene expression. She wears a red outfit with a white lace collar. She holds a black cat with pale green eyes, surrounded by light-colored roses with thin streaks of blood staining their petals, foliage and thorny branches. The background features shades of blue and black, with golden thorn-covered branches forming a halo around her head.

Title: All Beauty Will Vanish

There is a female figure with dark brown hair styled in a voluminous bun, with loose strands framing her face. She wears a light white and pink outfit and holds a bouquet of flowers in shades of pink, lilac and white. The background features shades of brown, with a golden circular halo behind her head.

Title: "Pulled out my tongue, so I can't speak the truth.", referencing the lyrics of The Warden by Chelsea Wolfe.
The painting depicts a female figure with closed eyes, long light-colored hair in shades of white and lilac, and two dark, curved horns. Surrounding her head is a luminous radiance with branching forms, reminiscent of the radiant halos found in religious iconography. Blood tears stream from her eyes and blood runs from her lips down her chin. The background features shades of blue-gray and black, it makes a contrast with the luminosity of her hair and the radiance.

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⚜️ 𝕷𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖉𝖊𝖘 𝕾𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖎𝖛𝖆 ⚜️ @lsaraiva-art.bsky.social · 11h

✨ 5K ARTSHARE!!!! ✨ A little celebration for reaching 5K! Thank you for being here and taking an interest in my work.🖤 Come leave some art, meet fellow artists and find new people to follow! ✨ 🌸Share your links 🚫No AI/NFTs #artshare #artsky #darkart

Artshare banner featuring a digital painting of an ethereal woman with long, wavy hair in shades of lilac, pink and gold, surrounded by a luminous halo of golden rays and stars against a deep purple background.

The white text invites viewers to “Like and repost this post”, “Introduce yourself”, “Show your art!”, “Please support other artists”, “Invite your friends and spread some love” and “No AI/NFT”. At the bottom there's “Artshare” in large white lettering with pink accents.

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 11h

I’m so in love with all the projects I’m working on right now. Amazing authors and charismatic charaacters that I LOVE to visualize It’s such a huge pleasure.

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 11h

I think EU should firmly require that UK must fully restore and protect trans rights if it wants to be taken back to the EU. It has to share our values.

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Talli 🎃 Shattered City 10/6! @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

SHATTERED CITY comes out 1 week from today! 😱 ONE WEEK UNTIL MORE VAMPIRES!! Pre-order on itch: silvercrescentpress.itch.io/shattered-city Elsewhere: books2read.com/cos-shattered-city

1 week until the release of Shattered City (City of Silver, book 2)

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

People who watch videos on their phone with sound on while waiting for a hair cut should have a special place in hell.

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have a sudden vision of an autumn fairy prince and a king of the Wild Hunt. And it’s so beautiful. I have no idea what’s more to it and what is the story. But I need to draw it. It has such vivid detail!

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

That bubble is called Belgium? Like can I please stay in this bubble for good?

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Merlin G.G 🌻🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ VisDev Artist @everydaymerlin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

hi i'm merlin! it's not my bday but perhaps i could interest you in some brushes to support a trans guy and his 2 daughters (🐱)? (these are procreate except the mermaid one that’s also available for CSP) 🎨 ko-fi.com/everydaymerlin 🎨 www.patreon.com/MerlinGG

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One advice that I would give to artists, especially those who work with book illustration, that I don't see often enough would be: Study history and art history. Learn about the social and historical reasons that lie in the roots of various aesthetics through time.

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I find it very not nice, and lowcore evil that if I rest and allow myself to do nothing, I eventually get so bored that I feel a surge of creative energy. Who might have thought that all those boring people who say that creative should rest are right? RUDE.

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Faith K. Falkner @faithfalkner.com · 27/09/2026

Be patient and kind to those who are making art right now. We're all self-funded and the richest, worst people in the world are trying to plaster over and erase our hard work.

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And the last ones!

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

AND MORE! I couldn't stop. It was SO immensely fun to make with all my art!

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Aaaand some more!

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I decided to do some fake #covertart for my website to show them along the stuff I do for my authors just to help people make their choice and see what I can do. AND OH BOY I lost myself in time. Spent 3 hours brainstorming and it was SO MUCH FUN! #bookishart #illustration #art #digitalart

Fake book cover that says Broken in blond pink font. It has a cyberpunk style portrait of a young man looking at the camera

Fake cover that Says "Mine" with a neon font. It shows a couple of men laying in the dark.

Fake cover that says "No more heart ache" it shows to men in a passionate embrace

Fake cover that says "Echoes of midnight, tales of desire" that shows one man on his knees before another man who wears a black suit and hold the kneeling man by a silver collar.

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I got my new antidepressants combo a few weeks ago and started to feel much better. And (spoiler alert) I went on "yay! I feel normal again!" mode, and now I'm so tired, and everything hurts, and my sensory sensitivity is high as ever. *sigh*

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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

UK Games Expo has banned generative AI art, text, and merchandise across all NEC exhibition halls, bringing the convention in line with broader British tabletop standards. Standholders face removal or bans if their products aren't made by humans. #UKGE

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UK Games Expo bans generative AI art and text across all trade halls

UK Games Expo has introduced a mandatory policy prohibiting generative AI art and text across all NEC trade halls, requiring exhibitors to sell only human-made games.

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Talli 🎃 Shattered City 10/6! @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I just love seeing them together 🥺 And soon you, too, will be able to grace your bookshelves with TWO chonky vampire books! Pre-order SHATTERED CITY: books2read.com/cos-shattered-city Get SILVER BLOOD: books2read.com/silverblood

A photo of my books Silver Blood and Shattered City standing next to each other.

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doodlemancy ✨ @doodlemancy.com · 23/09/2026

do not fucking tell me to ditch CSP please it is an essential part of my workflow and the "free alternatives" do not cut it for god's sake. stop saying that shit to artists. you aren't helping.

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I hope people understood that their anger should not be aimed at CSP but at the paying providers. I’m 100% sure all this shit with couple models purge is not their initiative but their attempt not to be banned in whole countries. And they would have never done this unless they felt pressured

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eri (e.m. caro) @authoremcaro.com · 24/09/2026

IT IS LIVE! behold, the cover to my next book!! Thank you so much to Dahlia at LGBTQReads for revealing it exclusively, and ofc to @thistlearts.bsky.social for creating this STUNNING classic romance cover art for me! preorder here: books2read.com/AffairsandAssets (lol, how this crops. i love it!)

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Only One Bed: 8/10 Protector x Protected: 10/10 Snowed In: 10000/10 Best Friend's Sibling: 1/10 Runaway Bride/Groom: 1/10 Love at First Sight: 3/10 Beauty & the Beast (Dynamic): 1000/10 Last to Know: 10/10 Unrequited Love: 0/10 Good Grovel: 10/10

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

But TBH all of those tropes (except pregnancy, it's like a HUGE no for me, without judging, just personal squeak) if written good and in a thoughtful interesting way can be interesting to me.

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

How much do you like these tropes? Enemies to lovers: 10/10 Second chance: 9/10 Fake dating: 7/10 Friends to lovers: 8/10 Age gap: 7/10 (there are nuances) Found family: 10/10 Grumpy x sunshine: 9/10 Pregnancy: 0/10 Slow burn: 10/10 Love triangle: 3/10

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026

Indie Authors, which part of the world do you call home? Asia-Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, Islanders & ALL Asia) Africa Europe UK Central & South America Canada US (state?) (Yes, I'm interested in country(s) too!) Do you sell books direct? (Itchio/ Payhip/ Kofi) I'm considering a Books Direct

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Alex Larkspur 💛📚🌻 @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🪾The Witch of the Wood🏚️ A horrible curse is destroying Hatwick Wood. Milo Ashton is chosen to venture within and find the witch break it. When the curse spreads to him, he's certain that he will die. That changes when he meets a mysterious stranger. 🖤October 6, 2026🖤 books2read.com/u/bw6gwP

The cover of The Witch of the Wood by Alex Larkspur surrounded by trope arrows.
MM Fantasy Romance
Novella
A Spooky Forest
A Search of a Witch
Fast Burn
Breaking a Curse

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Me: I've got lots of work coming this year so I need to save up energy and go easy on myself. Also me: I need to buy those to amazing Coloso illustration courses that will start in October and November ASAP

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I think Dawn of the Nightwalker suffers the lack of humour both coming from NPCs and the MC. And yes, humour has a place in dark settings, because people often cope with horrible events through humour and it gives characters depth. Also my problem with this game is that Boyar Ambrus who's one of

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Just so you know - if you're a MM author and you ever decide to do a classic gothic MM romance or a MM retelling of books such as Count Monte Cristo, Jane Ayre, Wuthering Heights, etc... I'm your guy. Like honestly, come to me. I'll make you a cover worth dying for. #mmromance

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Artist! Quote with your fanart!

Kaveh and Alhaitham fanart. They are sitting on a wooden bench in the shade of a wisteria tree.

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

His LI looks like this 😊

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I feel like I finally mastered the painterly style in CSP and assembled a brush collection that allows me to achieve the desired effects When it comes to digital watercolour Procreate still feels like the better option, but at least I can now render most of my commissions and personal art in CSP

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Fila @veryfilthything.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The cruelest artist phenomenon is having the overwhelming urge and desire to draw when you can't do it. ... and then the second you can, all your energy evaporates!

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Solomon Volfovich @solomon-vol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Magic man Olruggio Chromatographic sheen inks and permanent inks #witchhatatelier #traditionalart #olruggio

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Dear bsky community I love you all. You've been my sanity space through the years. Just wanted to make that clear how much i value all the beautiful people I talk to here

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MacLaren 🌘 Commissions open 🔞 @amandamaclaren.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

✨COMMISSIONS PRICE LIST✨ DMs are open! Discord: maclaren Email: amandadoescommissions@gmail.com More info can be found here: amandamaclaren.carrd.co [ #supportartists #TTRPG #DnD #OC #ocsky #dndoc #BRart #myocs #artistforhire #artcommissions #digitalart #art #artpost ]

A colorful commission price list with 3 Art Nouveau portraits on it. One is a round portrait of a female elf surrounded by flowers, the other is a bust of a man surrounded by flowers and a pretty moth, and the last is a tarot card inspired with a male elf. All have the prices listed on the side.

The round portrait is priced at $70.
The bust is priced at $100.
And the tarot card one is priced at $120.

A colorful commission price list with two art nouveau pieces on it. One is a full body of a cute cat witch, and the other is a half body of a two men. Both have the prices listed on the side.

The full body is priced at $170.
The couples half body is priced at $170.

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The new edition of this starterpack is on! If you want to be added or I by any chance missed you (sorry if I did!) please let me know!

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