Honestly, the best way to make an artist’s day is by being very specific about what you like about a piece. Geek out a lil. Gush over how they use line, color, texture. Every mark is layed down by the artist, so if you can connect with those little moments, it helps the artist feel seen.

it's important to have role models!!!

Genuinely powerful words to live by.

You ever get so frustrated with digital art that you just draw a bunch of birds

Autism is a natural divergence from neurotypicality. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be. Transness is a natural divergence from cisnormativity. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be. Just deal with people being different than you.

WIP WEDNESDAY #WIPs #pokemon #commissions

A pop up box on Tylenol dot com

Ballerina Uni

#pokemon #PokemonLegendsZA my cat but pokemon

do you think things will get better?

Your email finds me deeply burned out and disassociating.

I sometimes draw werewolves on their knuckles like apes. Ook ook. #art #werewolf #furry #furryart

We have come a long way with medicine. Pain is not something that people "just have to live with" anymore and it is certainly not something that anyone "deserves." Pain control should be accessible for everyone.

I will remind folks those images of Nazi book burnings aren't burning just any books. They're burning the library of Magnus Hirschfeld; a gay, Jewish doctor who created an institute dedicated to LGBTQ sex education and healthcare. And a man who pioneered gender affirming care surgeries.

windy day #pixel #pixelart #art

A comic about CNC kink I've been thinking about for a few years, and I finally decided to sit down and make it.

bluesky is still at 4.3 on the ios app store. BE LOUD PWEEES

A spare strainer is the new favorite spot for the kittens. Basket left out was also taken over 😹

Psycho GenoSaurer #ZOIDS #ゾイド

some of y'all need reminding that bluesky doesn't run ads here. a posting blackout takes $0 out of their pocket. they're doing censorship SO they can run ads here, and all that a blackout does is show them we'll clean up and leave if pressured hard enough

I HATE having to do this again, but emergencies dont care for timing my oldest cat is currently hospitalized with a possible intestinal blockage, and is most likely going to need surgery if you could spare a couple bucks to help me help her, I'd appreciate it a lot paypal.me/TheArtOfAsty

Re: TOS changes. Only allowing mental health stories that are positive is perpetuating the gross trend of only supporting mental health issues when it's palatable & sanitized All this does is stigmatize the ones who are still battling or don't have happy endings, that want understanding over inspo

you shouldn't be doing a blackout to protest a porn ban. if anything you should be posting as much NSFW content as possible. I remember we tried doing a blackout on tumblr when they announced the porn ban and it didn't do shit. Submit feedback and post more smut.

DO NOT participate in #blueskyblackout2025 I'm nsfw artist and other nsfw artists are asking you to SHOUT! Bsky wants to censor us so the worst thing we can do is censor ourselves! Publicly shame them, use the feedback button, and post about it using the tag #bskycensorship Silence is compliance!

This takes like 2 minutes, so if you're concerned about censorship on the platform please speak up! A sentence or two is fine.

Do NOT do this. Shout louder. Me and all the other nsfw artists need you to shout louder

This is a BAD idea from a tactical pov all this means is an issue that bsky mods do NOT want controversy around will have NO posting about it for a full week a large number of people who come back from the "blackout" will likely not start up the complaints again it hamstrings the cause

i dont have a kinder way to put this: it's lazy. "you can fight this unjust situation by doing and saying nothing!!!" thats not how things work. shutting up en masse has never fucking worked. IT JUST DOESNT WORK!!! STOP SUGGESTING THINGS LIKE THIS! even just sending [1] email would achieve more!

with this ban its sort of ironic that with many groups considering tentacle porn to be non-con by association that makes it probably a bannable offense on here y'know, one of the most popular and more 'entry door' kinks - especially with japanese nsfw content

Orochi consented to being set on fire

Since it clearly needs to keep being said: censorship does not keep "icky" content from being posted, it just means the poster labeling it appropriately now has a negative consequence and more people will have to see things they could otherwise avoid with filters. It protects no one.

The upcoming proposed rules surrounding NSFW art are bad and the Bsky mod team should feel bad. Fellow artists: Remember that even if you don't make NSFW art, rules like these eventually come back to bite us all, especially if we make works about queerness.

should I try to become active on tumblr again hmm 🤔

Wanted to paint this dog

how my cats eat churu

i'd rather be cringe and whimsical than mean and miserable

Road to Z-A : Ampharos

Road to Z-A : Aerodactyl

Road to Z-A : Pidgeot

certainly not a lover #pokemon #reshiram #art

Fuck off telling folks to be afraid. Fear is the poison killing us. Fear is what they want us to drink and drink until we're soured on hope. Spit it out of your mouth. Be unafraid, for that is resistance. We will be reckless, and we will be joyous.

New model dropping Monday! 💗✨

I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.

White-throated sparrow from almost a year ago in Nashville. How can I not have posted these? 😍🪶