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Helena @vehementa.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

what was he doing in 1970

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dr. hazel 🕸️🕷️ @hazelmonforton.com · 17/09/2026

“Where do you see yourself in five years?”

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Marie Lum 林 @puccanoodles.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

i made an edit trying to depict the beauty of life and connection

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Helena @vehementa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

trying to interract with third level education as someone with a degree in clowning and tomfoolery

low res cat with a speech bubble reading "i lowkey have a bachelors degree"

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Emmurder Killwell えま @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 full time gig 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯

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dr. hazel 🕸️🕷️ @hazelmonforton.com · 24/11/2025

Thanks! Thanks so much! Thanks for reaching out! Can't wait to connect! Can't wait to hear more! Looking forward to our conversation! Looking forward to hearing from you! Let me know! Let me know if this works for you! Let me know if this works for your schedule! Let me know when you're available!

The dad from Coraline, sitting at his computer and looking like the most tired and disheveled person who has ever existed.

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theo @theoplum.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

i am certain there is a non-zero population of comics people that wish they were drawing fantasy fiction rn and won't let themselves. i feel like i can sense it in a person sometimes. everyone needs to be drawing fantasy Now. pivot right now

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Helena @vehementa.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

What's the best anime to watch when your life is falling apart. Asking for a friend

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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I don’t want to have a good time. I want to draw comics

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Dublin Comic Arts Festival @dublincomicarts.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

**DCAF FUNDRAISER!!!** Our very talented committee members have donated their time for a 5-min portrait fundraiser to help cover the costs of running DCAF in 2026. Prices from €5 (or donate what you can). How it works below!

An image announcing a 5-min portrait fundraiser for DCAF, with two examples of portraits, both are rendered with black out lines on a white background.

Text reads "Support DCAF and get a custom drawing by one of our talented committee members"

An explanation of the fundraiser reads

"We are committed to keeping costs down for our artists. But our expenses are ever increasing. Your donations will help cover the costs of our venue, tables, insurance, posters, poster artists, workshops and more.

*Plus you get some custom art*

A further description of the fundraiser. Text reads "A 5-min, head and shoulders. Styles and colour will vary." There is another drawing similar to the two in the first image.
Text reads "You will receive an A5 PDF file via email which you can print yourself, and a jpg which you can use to post online (please tag DCAF and your artist).

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Rinzy 🔞 @rinzy.art · 20/09/2025

there's always a John Waters quote, it seems

John Waters quote: "Remember, pornographers have always been on our side. Brave, ready tonight for our rights. Smut is our friend."

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Helena @vehementa.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Begrudgingly admitting I need to start existing online again and thus reintegrating into the tutorial island of social media; bluesky

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Helena @vehementa.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

If I won the lottery you guys would never see me again. Gone. In the woods, growing vegetables. Every 3 years I'd emerge with a new comic and then I'd retreat back into the mists

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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Ugh I hate doing this part of comics. Ugh I hate doing THIS part. Ugh I HATE doing this part. "Why don't you do literally anything else" WHAT DO YOU MEAN!!!!! I LOVE COMICS I WOULD DIE FOR THEM

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James Youngman @jyoungman.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

I don't get how people don't realize that a technology that replaces junior and entry level positions in a field destroys that field. There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.

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lou-ellen @louceph.com · 29/08/2025

Oh god. Oh fuck.

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Quindrie Press @quindriepress.com · 18/07/2025

"[Autobiography] just scratches some sort of gossip gland. It's not snooping, but it feels like it." ⚜️ Read our third and final Artist Spotlight, featurng @vehementa.bsky.social, at kickstarter.com/projects/qui...

Two people stand in front of a painting, one with their arm around the other's waist. Text reads: "Artist Spotlight: Hel Mel. '[Autobiography] just scratches some sort of gossip gland. It's not snooping, but it feels like it.' Buy I Let Love Destroy Me on Kickstarter!"

A crying person crouches in the dark, illuminated only by the light from their phone. Text reads: "I LET LOVE DESTROY ME AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS STUPID COMIC by Hel Mel: A chronicle of a heartbroken dyke braving the murky waters of dating apps, exploring gay yearning, intimacy, and the gamification of dating."

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ISACS Ireland @isacsireland.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Minister Patrick O’Donovan has announced a six month extension to the Pilot Scheme for Basic Income for the Arts. This marks the beginning of a coordinated National Campaign For The Arts' in raising the profile of the sector call to Retain, Extend and Expand Basic Income for the Arts bit.ly/3FMuG5Z

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Basic Income for the Arts Campaign NCFA Info pack - ISACS

Minister Patrick O’Donovan has announced a six month extension to the Pilot Scheme for Basic Income for the Arts. You can see more HERE. This marks the beginning of a coordinated campaign in raising…

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Every year I think I will enjoy Pride and every year I remember I'm a massive crank who hates fun

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Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Can we get the US out of Shannon now, please?

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Down Here For Your Soul @bombsfall.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

shorty is mad virtuous

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Quindrie Press @quindriepress.com · 06/06/2025

It's nearly time: the Quindrie Press 2025 collection is coming to Kickstarter on July 1st! You won't want to miss these 3 fantastic autobiographical comics about relationships and love, from Ashling Larkin, Judy Powell, & Hel Mel. 🐉 Sign up for a launch notification: kickstarter.com/projects/qui...

Text overlaid on a drawn collage of family photos. Text reads "Quindrie press, the 2025 comic collection. Coming soon to Kickstarter!"

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Quindrie Press @quindriepress.com · 06/06/2025

I LET LOVE DESTROY ME AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS STUPID COMIC by @vehementa.bsky.social: A chronicle of a heartbroken dyke braving the murky waters of dating apps, exploring gay yearning, intimacy, and the gamification of dating. 🐉 Sign up for a launch notif: www.kickstarter.com/projects/qui...

A comic cover featuring a blindfolded person with long hair. There is an apple on their head and three arrows sticking through their face.

A comic page where Hel Mel expresses the difficulty of being the only single person in their friendgroup.

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I don't 'refuse to use' AI, I just don't use AI; in the same way that I don't shoplift, or plagiarise other people's books - it requires no effort of will, it's just not something I would think of doing

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Sam Tranum @samtranum.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Visual artists in Dublin, are any of you worried about tech companies using your work to train their AIs, and thinking about what to do about that? Would you be willing to talk to us about it for an article in @dublininquirer.com?

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Helena @vehementa.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I have gotten obsessed with collages lately. Last year I did a collage every 8 weeks to manifest some vibes, and this year I'm doing collages that reflect the vibes that have come to pass. Here's 2024: jan-feb, mar-apr, may-jun, jul-aug

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Helena @vehementa.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

even in the darkest of times we have oil painting. Oil painting is my wife

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Helena @vehementa.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

me when its THURSDAY and I get to go to my OIL PAINTING CLASS

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Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I've seen an old misunderstanding going around; that libraries don't benefit authors. But they do! A lot! Here's how:

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Molly Mendoza @mollymendoza.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

We need to be making weird art

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 18/02/2025

your outie always draws on the correct layer

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Helena @vehementa.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

geoguessr skills drive the girls wild

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Dublin Comic Arts Festival @dublincomicarts.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Excited to announce our first event for this year! Join DCAF at The Complex (NEW VENUE!): Sunday, April 6th (ONE DAY)! Poster created by @lisamchugo.bsky.social We're absolutely in love with it and can't wait to cover Dublin in it. Our application form is now live: dublincomicarts.ie/links

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Helena @vehementa.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

quick draw what you're wearing, 5 minutes max

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Helena @vehementa.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

pictured: the general vibe of a migraine on a cold january morning

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