Internet induced anti-intellectualism and rage bait has led modern media criticism to have such an unnecessary moralized mean spirited-ness to it. We can criticize something without assuming the worst about a stranger. And giving grace isn't the same as excusing faults in their work.

fanart but with the caveat that u have to actually be into it. when i make fanart for media i dont know, its always ehh ok but not amazing and doesnt get that popuar. Every super popular fanart ive made was when i made it from a place of love and enjoyment for the media

Beginning 2022, I started having arguments with people who didn't experience the loss of a loved one to COVID & associate "lockdown" with sourdough starters & WFH rather than Zoom funerals. I just had to accept that we did not have a shared reality, nor were they willing to remember.

For folks wanting to do their own Arthurian drawings or costuming, an A+ resource: heraldry expert Wilfrid Scott-Giles put together a monograph in the mid 60s (of which I made liberal use) on the coats of arms and bearings described in the original sources: www.theheraldrysociety.com/articles/som...

"But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. [...]" "...There’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for."

tried drawing my hunter oc in the Hunter the Parenting artstyle cus I’m going to play a World of Darkness game with frens soon heehoo #OCKres

A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.

i watched lord of the rings for the first time and now they are all my friends

not to put blame on anyone but i kinda wish people back in my internship didnt push me to do more rendered and realistic looking styles (they’re one of those people who think realism is superior)

You couldn't publish this today. You'd have to cloak it under several layers of metaphor.

2-minute comic

This thread is keeping track of misinformation circulating about the US' attack on Venezuela. A must read!

colors ❤️

the year is 2026

cant wait to get to the point where we go “i cant believe america was run by a crazy senile old man back then”

over the years I found that the kind of gift I appreciate the most are drink containers (mugs, glasses, bottles, etc)

Can't believe it's finally 2006

ngl im so fomo and jealous of new yorkers rn

day one in mamdani’s new york

while my mom was pregnant with me, she was delivering chinese food on bike in new orleans. i like to think that the music she heard in the streets made me the way i am now. happy new year everyone!

happy new year my beans

Many of you are psyching yourself up to start that dream project in 2026. AWESOME Just keep in mind that devoting your free time to achieving your dreams is not the same as Hustle Culture. Keep your mind on you and your art and don't fall into the trap of thinking every minute should be monetized.

omg thank you for 200 followers before 2026 🥺

Btw if you want to follow a really cool project with AMAZING art and a great joyous purpose, be sure to check this out~!

who wants some COMICS

2025 was questionable but this is the first time I could actually fill an #ArtSummary

my range as an artist 🥺

Jon though the seasons!! #tma #jonathansims #themagnusarchives

2025 vs 2020 Magnus crew redraw 👀 #tma #themagnusarchives

an orange cat

Dear newcomers to Bsky, in the early days of this site, we collectively decided that blocking and not engaging is better than bringing some shit to your feed by quote dunking. Quote dunking is a faux pas here. Don't do this. See someone who's wrong on your feed? Block them and move on.

deleting reddit off my phone and ipad cus its lowkey giving me mental illnes 👍

What better way to spend the liminal time between xmas and new years than reading my FREE! NSFW! comic about dummy horndog aliens getting freaky??

my new girlfailure bard,,, bo #OCKres

Dear bluskeeters! I'm doing research with a friend. If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection. Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share

Knives out: the upper middle class are squabbling vicious children who do not deserve their inheritance Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter

Share your couples art! The 2nd and 4th ones arent a couple but j just want to include them

I lied I have one more piece in me before the year ends. This is an experimental illustration though. I'm not great with the flat graphic stuff but I thought I'd give it a go again.

With all these artists coming from the other app and all these posts making promises about success and community here, I feel like someone should say that realistically there is no correct way to post to /guarantee/ anyone will care about your OC or art here. But you should share it anyway.

“Content” is a corpo-brain term, makes me cringe when I hear it in the wild. You don’t make “content”, you make ART! You write STORIES. Its your WORK (and often play too)! “Content” is the noise you flick through when trying to find a SHOW you like, don’t cheapen your work comparing it to SLOP. 😤

thinking back to the beginning of 2025, I got a new job as a hotel staff where it’s ACTUALLY part-time lmfao, I made a resolution to draw more in 2025 and you know what… I did draw more, and I posted more on socmed… And I hope I get to draw and post even more in 2026

It's a good kind of sudden punch to the heart whenever this happens...

if anyone has a rec for programs for lettering pls let me know, cus if i have to letter on procreate again I will actually see red but I really dont want to subscribe to adobe wheeze

Fellow comic artists, do you guys also leave penciling/inking the backgrounds for later or am i a weirdo

This place isn't Twitter and I'm *begging* you to get over your phobia of sharing peoples' work and repost the things you like. While likes are nice they ultimately do nothing, so reposting someone's art is the only way to get it in front of more people. There is no algorithm here. #artistsupport

hellgirl #hellboy #illustration #anime #art