She beat her brother to the prime lap real estate and the absolute smugness radiating off her is criminal 😂

If you happen to be canceling streaming services for whatever reason, maybe throw a few bucks to a creative's Patreon or Ko-fi. Many have monthly tiers starting as low as $1, which may not sound like much, but if they get enough sign-ups, it could be life-changing money for those living on the edge.

Help I love him

Something I think beginner artist often don't realize is your supposed to practice the fundamentals FOREVER lol. Like its not like a tutorial stage in video game where once you done with it you just move on and never do it again.

My GP surgery keeps sending me flu vaccine texts with a postscript of ‘if you are no longer a carer and therefore no longer qualify for free flu jabs, please let us know!’ Me, who has let them know no less than three times: do you need it fucking SKYWRITTEN or something

Though the world is full of things to fight, there are little specks of light along the journey. September presents a collection of NPCs to make your world feel a little more lived in, starting with the Tea Wagon! Join DM Confidential on Patreon for 5e content! www.patreon.com/dmconfidential

I cannot get over this picture of my cat after she locked herself in the garden by accident

Wait though I swear there is a word for this - where a hyphenated phrase loses the hyphen and becomes one word, and then gets split in a different spot??? Help me etymology sky, you’re my only hope

I am out of practice at the physical aspects of caring, I spent half a day leaning at awkward angles over Mum’s bed in order to feed her or brush her hair and put it up in a tail etc, and my lower back is absolutely fuming 💀

I do not love this new version of the tea time alarm 💀 #uksky

APPLICATIONS OPEN SEPT 5-8: we’re looking for up to 40 artists for “Villainess,” an artbook run by Dames Prod [ @damesprod.bsky.social ] and Nova&Mali, filled to the brim with hot evil ladies. If you’re interested in creating a digital illustration and/or merch, please fill out the application!

Petition to call all generative AI users ‘clankerwankers’ from here on

Saw this and went 1) ‘oh look, consequences! Finally!’ And 2) ‘….wait has anyone told @maureenjohnsonbooks.com about this yet’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @sayswhopodcast.com

Also: I’ve been working flat out to improve my sketching/lineart fundamentals the last few months so you get the line art as well because I’m genuinely super pleased with it

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The joys of black cat ownership - walking into your totally dark bedroom because the lamps on the other side of the bed and you’d rather stub your toe than turn on the Big Light, only to nearly die on the spot when the bed starts making velociraptor noises at you

Get the hell off Substack before you literally can’t anymore without blowing up your business

Oh wait obligatory ‘it’s my birthday!’ post now that I actually have new work to include!! I’m not actively looking for work atm, but if anyone’s got any fun illustration gigs they think I’d be a fit for, I wouldn’t say no…..👀 I also do scicomm/nature illustration when I’m not obsessing over DnD.

It’s my birthday today! 🎈 I’d be delighted if people shared this around to help me celebrate turning 29 🎂 Also, hello to any art directors, my folio and contact info is in the replies 😉

First illustration of 2025 and first using procreate! #TrueRefDT007

Our Frostmaiden campaign has been on hiatus for the last few months due to the arrival of new baby shaped additions (three total! so many babies!) for not one but two of our players - but we’re starting back up again soon and this is where @anemonetea.bsky.social’s Holt last found himself….. 😈😈😈

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Available to ALL paid Patreon subscribers, Into the Woods is an 11-page DnD 5e adventure that fits into any setting. If you love haunted forests, gothic fairy tales and being in over your head, this is for you and your group! www.patreon.com/DMConfidential

Studying film scenes in-between client work to keep myself sharp Painted in Procreate

I am so so excited to announce @dmconfidential.bsky.social's first adventure, available to ALL paid Patreon subscribers. Just this once. 💕11 pages of adventure that fits into any setting, perfect for fans of haunted forests! www.patreon.com/DMConfidential Header art by @perstephane.bsky.social

Team, we did it. The first full-length adventure from DM Confidential is LIVE. Fancy a jaunt in a haunted forest?? www.patreon.com/DMConfidential

Since people are finding this thread but not finding my thread where I explain how to figure out if you are a part of the class if you're outside the US, I'm putting this longer explanation here.

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

my brain made this and it won’t leave my head

Species paintings can really enhance your figures. There are real organisms underlying your data, and they are such beautiful organisms! Adding images of your study species can help your audience instantly understand what your work is about. 🐡 🧪 #scientificillustration

Samuel is a good egg and as someone also from the study buddies crowd who is an entirely self taught artist, I can echo everything he’s saying here as good advice

It makes the best way to support me and what I'm doing my Patreon. If you like DnD content (or me) and want to contribute to my making art, go on and give it a gander.

I have just properly engaged with the De mInimis situation after an email from etsy. I am going to have to turn off shipping of physical products to the US while royal mail sorts s olution, or every import is going to get hit by a $80 flat fee. That means I can now ship to the UK and ... australia?

Look, if you are using any of these chatbots and expecting the results to be private, all I’m saying is I have a bridge you might be interested in buying

Today's my birthday!🎉 While I'm hard at work on my next 2(!) paintings, it'd mean a lot to me if you shared my work far and wide 💐 Also, please use my birthday as an excuse to treat yourself to a small nice thing today, and feel free to tell me about it below 💖

Quelle surprise

You can see more of my work here: www.dijanadraws.com And you can follow me on Patreon (it's free!) for updates: patreon.com/DijanaDraws 🥰

I'm a human artist making human art, and it's my birthday today! 🎉 It would mean a lot to me if you'd share my work ❤️✨

While @whatrobindoes.bsky.social , @anemonetea.bsky.social and I are hard at work on various bits of art, this is how Jacob is entertaining himself:

Our DnD group is playing a oneshot set in my characters backstory, and I just uttered the words ‘it’s okay, I have plot armour!’, only for @whatrobindoes.bsky.social to immediately make me regret it 💀😂

Off on an adventure ~

Weird side effect of the heatwave: realising I desperately need to get some earbuds again, the over-ear headphone model is Too Sweaty for these conditions 😩

i am SUFFERING -

Smash cut of @islascribbles.bsky.social and myself listening to the @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social finale.

Southern Europe is sweltering under life-threatening heat that could last through Monday, fueling wildfires that have left at least two people dead. In Spain, soldiers have been deployed to battle the fires and hundreds of people have evacuated. nyti.ms/46STog7

I’ve been tearing through the backlog of @eightdaysofdiana.bsky.social and experienced the absolute baffling sensation of having what I can only describe as a recovered memory of a) the existence of Homeward Bounders as a book, and b) how deeply the ending of that book fucked me up

It was my birthday yesterday 👀🌱 Can I still have some of those birthday shares and comments, it would make me so happy 🥰 You can make this grandma's day!!!

There needs to be a ceasefire *and* a Palestinian state. Recognising Palestine isn’t a punishment for Israel. It’s about the Palestinian right to self-determination. Starmer’s approach suggests Palestinians can either have a ceasefire or a state—and that it is Israel that will make the decision.

📢 the best time to leave substack was several months ago! The next best time, is now!! 📢