Crayon studies. (I bought one of those multi-lead pens containing 8 crayons and decided to try using it for rough portrait studies. I think they turned out well all things considered.) #magpiesketches

Great thread

You didn’t see me, just another drunken groupie, So when your hand reached out, I just pushed you further down. Well, do you see me now? (Kraken - Florence + the Machine.) #magpiesketches #florenceandthemachine #kraken

Calling is better if you can swing it, but if you're phone shy here's a slightly augmented script I made for faxing/emailing/etc (feel free to steal in alt text). Find Your Senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen... Find Your Representatives: www.house.gov/representati...

Make sure you have your language selection turned off if you do want to try to find voices outside the US (Settings > Languages > Content Languages). Bsky likes to re-enable it occasionally.

Thank you @tinywyfrost.bsky.social for donating to #sketchmas2025! Thanks everyone for participating in @jsesketchmas.bsky.social, raising money for Stand With Trans. :) #magpiesketches #sketchmas #jsesketchmas2025 #thankmas

Happy New Year. 🎉 Here’s hoping this one is kinder.

The Art vs. The Artist - 2025 editions. (Been an interesting year for sure, one that’s made me discover a lot more about myself and the world I’d like to make for myself and the ones I love. It’s definitely reawakened the magpie in me.) :) #magpiesketches #artvsartist2025

All the Pretty Lights. (However you celebrate, celebrate with wonder.) #magpiesketches #happyholidays #ocs

#sketchmas2025 sketches! Thank you @cakethefabulous.bsky.social , @moonscribbs.bsky.social and @/heyitsgray for donating to Stand With Trans. :) #magpiesketches #sketchmas #jsesketchmas #thankmas

Thank you to my secret Santa for donating to #sketchmas2025! (They said I could draw whatever, so here’s a wintertime Bernice.) Thanks everyone for participating in @jse.sketchmas this year, raising money for Stand With Trans. :) #magpiesketches #sketchmas #jsesketchmas2025 #thankmas #ocs

Phoenix of the Hearth. (A new Yuletide creature to welcome in the winter time.) #magpiesketches #happyholidays #mythicalcreatures

Thank you @cakethefabulous.bsky.social for donating to #sketchmas2025! Thanks everyone for participating in @jsesketchmas.bsky.social this year, raising money for Stand With Trans. :) #magpiesketches #sketchmas #jsesketchmas2025 #thankmas

Thank you @narutofoxlover.bsky.social for donating to #sketchmas2025! Want a cool drawing and raise money for charity? Check out @jsesketchmas.bsky.social for more information and other cool artists! #magpiesketches #jsesketchmas2025 #sketchmas #thankmas

Thank you @jellyfishdoodler.bsky.social for donating to #sketchmas2025! Want a cool drawing and raise money for charity? Check out @jsesketchmas.bsky.social for more information and other cool artists! #magpiesketches #jsesketchmas2025 #sketchmas #thankmas

Hair issues. (Random doodle about cutting my own hair. Done it for a couple years now, and kinda kept a consistent style all that time. I call it ‘well, I tried’.) #magpiesketches

(We’re back! I’ll be taking part in Sketchmas this year, raising money for Stand With Trans. Donation links will be available closer to the 14th December.) :) #magpiesketches #sketchmas #thankmas

Hey US & UK friends! Wanna buy books & comics for Cyber Monday but don’t want to support Big Corpos? Try Bookshop dot org! Part of every $ goes directly to indie bookstores! 📚 I made a ton of booklists for comics—must-reads, starter packs for kids & teens, and more! bookshop.org/shop/johanna...

Dream spaces. (I’ve had a sketchbook by my bedside I’ve filled with random doodles of locations I can remember from reoccurring dreams. These ones I’ve ended up refining. I think I’m starting to understand why liminal space appeals to me.) #magpiesketches

Treasure Planet was released 23 years ago today... and literally takes us off in this magnificent shot. ✨

Today is the day! Make some phone calls to Visa and Mastercard if youre able to and keep it going as much as you can muster until monday!

Clovers, roses & dandelions. (Getting the hang of linocuts slowly but surely.) #magpiesketches #linocutprints #linocuts

Queen shit

The Magpie Nest dealing with workplace issues. ('Goblins' are technically elves, and deserve to be treated as such by other fellow elves.) #magpiesketches #aetherborne #ocs

Aetherborne. #magpiesketches #ocs #aetherborne #characterdesign

steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back

‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ looking to add AI-generated short form content “Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI"

‘Here’s the thing about Drawfee… we don’t give up.’ - Jacob ‘We don’t give up. We don’t back down.’ - Nathan ‘And we fight anyone, for any reason!’ - Jacob #Drawfee #TLDR

Hello! It's been a year and some change since I was laid-off from my previous job, and I'd love a new one. My name is Steve and I have 7 years of experience in the animation industry as a background artist and illustrator. I've worked on shows like Castlevania, and card games like MtG!

Going ‘movie poster’ with my new blorbos. #magpiesketches #ocs #characterdesign

The cure to the loneliness epidemic is just liking things.

The lil’ squad! (Making a bigger piece of all the Magpie Nest characters.) #magpiesketches #ocs #characterdesign

The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.

Tarragon. (Technically my first character for this homebrew world I’ve got in my head, but I’ve decided to update his character sheet.) #magpiesketches #ocs #characterdesign #dnd

Cici. (Pronounced ‘see-see’, another character to join the roster of the Magpie Nest.) #magpiesketches #ocs #characterdesign #dnd

"oooo i'd draw that but i can't draw" brother get this through your head NOBODY can draw we are literally ALL BULLSHITTING

thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

hey if you are an artist who depends on SNAP, ✅ share some art ✅ share links to where people can buy from/donate to you ✅ share the thread ✅ share someone else's post too ✅ label NSFW/horror/etc. properly ⛔ no AI #artistsonbsky #supportartists #artshare

Camorre. (Pronounced ‘Ka -more-ray’, a familiar face the Magpie Nest crosses paths with, strangely more often now Cici in tow…) #magpiesketches #ocs #characterdesign #dnd

the real ones know spooky season has just begun

It’s his day.

FYI for Google Drive users.

Happy Halloween Gothic | Rebirth #magpiesketches #egotober #whimsytober #artober #bloodborne #inktober

Absent friends, here’s to them. And happy days, we thought that they would never end. But they always end. Raise your glasses then, To Absent Friends. (Happy Halloween.) #magpiesketches #bbcghosts #bbcghostsfanart youtu.be/aZuBp112PQc?...

Pumpkin | Knight | Thorn #magpiesketches #egotober #whimsytober #artober #inktober

Costume | Reflection | Fuzzy #magpiesketches #egotober #whimsytober #artober #inktober

Awoken from beneath. #magpiesketches

Glow | Fish | Trick #magpiesketches #egotober #whimsytober #artober #inktober

Magician | Depths | Candle #magpiesketches #egotober #whimsytober #artober #inktober

Megalomaniac. What lies Underneath?… #magpiesketches #characterdesign