happy saturday! i'm resharing this braid brush set i made forever ago, it's the base of what i use for drawing box braids on models! its free! (on the clip studio asset store idk how to use other programs) ✨ assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail... [ #cspbrush #clipstudiopaint #csp #lovpng ]

It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale. All 3 patterns are available for pre-order!! If I don't sell enough of them. I'll have to cancel orders. So please support!! Which ones are you buying? Galaxy, bats or strawberry? Store: Bibipins.com

Every artist I know is really struggling right now. Financially, emotionally, their confidence, in general. If you like an artist's work, support them any way you can. Buying their stuff or subscribing to their Patreon is great, but words of encouragement are also incredibly helpful.

also sorry in advance there's... a lot of old art to back-post cuz i suck shit at posting places

i keep saying im gonna make an effort to post art here so. here goes! also forgive me if i missue tags somehow? twitter was never my bag :x Drew two of my ocs--Ayla (Back) and Louis (front)--as mermaids! Yay (: #ocs #originalcharacters #mermaids

For all the USPS's faults, Americans have to realize: It's one of the best postal services in the world, even after being kneecapped by DeJoy. Fight for our postal service, guys. I know I will. It is an essential public good.

its 2025 you must be a pervert to survive

I need to actually like. Make an effort to post here. like actually. I make art there's no reason I'm not posting it other than I just keep forgetting to 😭

“We’re supposed to have so much fun, like puppy dogs with our tails wagging”

You’ll probably see this screenshot floating around a lot but it really was wonderful to see Lynch put a scene in Twin Peaks: The Return where he has his character literally stare at the camera and say that you should either support trans people or die. I needed to hear that in 2017

NEW YEAR, NEW BINGO CARD!!! 🥳 ✍️fill it with your art goals (what drawings you want to make this year, what do you want to practice!) 🥇for every bingo you get you're entitled to a treat 🏆for scoring all fields you're entitled to a big treat!

If you are worried about your cats and avian flu there are very reasonable steps you can take to protect them. apnews.com/article/cats...

feel what many beginner artists don’t understand that drawing for 4 or 6 years still isn’t a long time. All considered. And things take time. Gaining line and shape confidence take time! Don’t compare yourself to those who have been drawing for decades.

witch hat atelier wisdom i keep on my desktop to stare at until it's imprinted directly onto my brain

This is one of my absolute favorite tool for face lighting! You drag the head to the angle you want and then press play or drag the bottom slide til the light is where you want it. williamnguyen.artstation.com/projects/6a0...

I feel like the world needs more art and less doomsaying. Have a pile of moss kittens. 🌱 [ #art #illustration #botanicats ]

if you made art this year, you did well. a sketch, even if it was scrapped ; a poem, even if it was deleted — mattered. you put thought to paper, you engaged with the creative alchemy of turning feeling to something tangible. doesn't matter if you weren't productive "enough." or good "enough."

before I forget, my 2024 year in art in spite of everything that's happened this year and how hard it's been to be up and around and be a person and keep creating... I'm glad I was able to make at least 12 pieces I'm proud of! here's to a happier, more creative 2025 for all of us.

anyway I'm gonna make a reading list for next year bc i need to read things again or I'll die probably having a reading goal in 2023 was so good for my mental health but drop a like if you want me to share my tbr list once it's done

i want nothing more right now than to be eating a hearty, filling soup or stew alas, the only ingredients i have for such a thing are meant for Christmas 😭💔

🚨Union baristas are calling on EVERYONE to NOT buy from ANY Starbucks store during the duration of our ULP strikes. 🧵 bsky.app/profile/sbwo...

Hey new folks on Bluesky, please remember that artists and writers are still getting established here, and promoting them in your feed to others is a big part of the participation here. Never hesitate to push someone else’s post about their work!

the worst part of getting older is just that my body is so much less tolerant of too little sleep

itchio suggests creators price stuff $2+ on their platform so i decided to make a chart... at $1 almost half the money disappears to fees! $2 sets the total fees under 30% (30% is the usual platform fee for steam & consoles, not including other fees) ref: itch.io/docs/creator... #indiegamedev

Yes AI art is ugly, but that isn't the problem with AI art. AI art will get better and it will still be unacceptable. AI art is built on stolen art. AI music is built on stolen music. AI videos are built on stolen videos. AI text is built on stolen text. Across all mediums, fuck AI.

All you newbies drawing their first comic and haven't printed their comic before: 300 dpi, CMYK colours, bleed and safety, 0 0 0 100 K black text on a separate layer. Make sure you have all of these on all of your comics files, otherwise you'll end up like me having to fix 660 pages of my webcomic

Solidarity to Strand Bookstore workers!

DO NOT CROSS A PICKET LINE. Stand with Strand's workers. You can look up other indie bookstores on Bookshop.org and order online. AND YOU CAN JOIN THE STRIKE!!! Go in person or email your protest in: #writer #writing #author #kidlit #litagent #publishing #bookstore #books #reading #wga #strike #xmas

Strand Bookstore workers are going on strike starting tomorrow. And take it from someone who had a stint at the Strand…these workers deserve what they’re asking for and more

In 2025 (less than 30 days away), PayPal will start selling your transaction history for targeted advertising. I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping. If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.

Hey good news for #writers!! Ellipsus has made a solid stance on privacy, and AI, so if you were interested in a more ethical, private and safe alternative to Google docs, maybe consider them! NO data harvesting NO AI training NO cops policing adult work ellipsus.com

Research ALLLLL vendors. They'll take your money to print 'abolish the police' signs and fundraising materials, then turn around and donate profits to Trump campaigns.

Okay sound off folks: Looking to put together a starter pack of transmasc / trans man artists in fantasy and ttrpg circles (just to keep it a bit more specific, bcs limited slots etc). I'll try to add as many people as possible 💪

ughhh tendonitis flare up in my hand ): at least it's not my dominant hand but still... owie

Which as a reminder, Bsky has had a sizeable korean and japanese population for ages, and unfortunately this setting could mean you're missing out on a lot of cool people. This is not a preference or what you post, this -limits- what languages you see! Set it to nothing!

@vampbyte.bsky.social made this masterlist for CSP tips and tricks vampbyteart.tumblr.com/post/7054423... and @bunabi.bsky.social has some really awesome CSP brushes she's made

since this will always be circulating, i might as well be the first one to put it here: the stretch tips i made many years ago… remember to stop and stretch and take care of your hands! be mindful of your work time & listen to your body.

Wish more people realised that for most art businesses, there's only one person doing all the work. Creating, shipping, admin, promotion, starting feuds with other artists, painting unflattering portraits of them into historical scenes, trying to poison them, it's all one person.

A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)

popped in on my twit to make sure i hadn't left anything important up there and instead found an old artist meme that was going around in 2021 so have the updated version of mine? (og and blank version in replies)

Christens this by posting the piece i did to replace my phone bg :x Primary d&d party wahoo!