last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')

Autumn’s Waning 🍂

Hey all, do I have any UK based concept artists following me (or who knows anyone) who would be up for a long term 22 month contract working on Dragonwilds at Jagex? Remote with a very occasional day in office in Cambridge. Development experience and fantasy genre work is a must. Mid level role.

escapism through channeling a medieval manuscript illustrator

Golbez / Final Fantasy IV (2021)

more gothic batman #art

#3157 A helpful tutorial

⭐🌟 searching by starlight 🌟⭐

Man I really wanted to get a commission done in time for my birthday this Sunday so I could share it, but it seems like it'll have to wait whilst I work through some font options with the client! Oh well 😔

Today is my 26th B'day ( ´ ꒳ ` ) Thank you for being here with me Repost is the best gift for an artist

Been very sick recently so haven't been active, but I'm working on something in the shadows which I can't wait to share! In the meanwhile, heres my Halloween table arrangement from yesterday that I'm very proud of.

🎃UK GIVEAWAY!🎃 It's #seasonofthewitch & you can win these books from @alexgrecian.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social @isabelcanas.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com#seasonofthewitch! Like, follow, repost & drop a pumpkin in the comments to enter. Closes 23:59 GMT 1/11/25

tip-in illustration i've made for litjoy's edition of 'the prisoner's throne' by holly black ⚔️

If you ever feel like your sketchbook as an artist is not looking pretty or artistic enough: take a look at Gustav Klimt‘s sketchbook

💀 Eight more days to send us your speculative novellas! 💀 Some recent fav reads to give you an idea of genres we'd enjoy: COPPER SCRIPT by KJ Charles LAST EXIT by Max Gladstone HOUSE OF HUNGER by Alexis Henderson THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS by Premee Mohamed THE PERILOUS LIFE OF JADE YEO by Zen Cho

Did a new one

I wrote a massive TTRPG setting guide encyclopaedia about the ancient Scotland and the Picts who lived in it. It covers everything scholars currently know about life in the 7th century, from landscapes to kingdoms to faith, magic, settlements, and so much more. Check it out! carvedinstone.scot

🚨 ROLL UP! ROLL UP!🚨 @waterstones.bsky.social 's preorder sale ends tonight! Grab 25% off a selection of our forthcoming Spring 2026 titles including @lavanya.bsky.social @shaykauwe.bsky.social @neuvel.net & the UK signed special limited run of THE ORB OF CAIRADO from @pennyvixen.bsky.social!

Thank you for your submissions! Our flash fiction contest is now CLOSED🚫 ...JUST KIDDING! Sorry if we got your Goat(Man) 🐐🧌 There's just THREE WEEKS LEFT to submit your flash fiction! October's theme is FOLKFLORE. You have until the end of the month to submit! www.patreon.com/posts/octobe...

I just said this to a client but it's worth sharing widely: any failures you are worrying about re: low book sales might not be real! And even if they are real, those failures won't be your fault. It's your job to write a good book. It's everyone else's job to sell it. BookTok is a lie!

Tired of seeing AI on pinterest? 1) Go to your profile 2) click on "Edit Profile" to get to your settings 3) go to "Refine your recommendations" 4) go to "Gen AI interests" 5) turn everything off ENJOY A CLEAN PINTEREST! Spread the word among your friends to save them from generative AI pollution!

ANNOUNCEMENT🎺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Introducing our bona new quarterly literary magazine: FANTABULOSA! Pushing the boundaries of bold, authentic, QUEER storytelling. Bringing you stories of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical. & thanks to our brilliant #WrathMonth backers, we're fully funded for 2026 🤘

For anyone who’s actually looking to hire artists off #Portfolioday - remember there are Bookmarks here now! Go smack that icon to save for later!

Popping into #portfolioday on behalf of art directors to say thank you for sharing your work. It makes our job easier. We appreciate you. 💙❤️ Also, FWIW, I made a starter pack of hiring art-, creative-, design-directors who actively use Bluesky. go.bsky.app/Hxoz9KX

Hello #PortfolioDay! I'm Hazel, a trans illustrator and visdev artist from the UK. I love playing with texture, colour and darkly ethereal vibes ☀️ Really interested in making more book covers! Fantasy, horror and sci fi especially 🗡️ hazelbud.carrd.co 💌 [email protected]

I am struggling so much with finding a writing group in the new town I've moved to. There's one that 30 quid each meetup (Jesus Christ) and then one that is for women only... I am a trans masc person.

Here at Apex, we're drawn to good horror like a moth(man) to a flame 🔴🔴🕯️ You have FOUR WEEKS LEFT to submit your flash fiction! The theme for October is FOLKLORE. You have until the 31st to submit! www.patreon.com/posts/octobe...

strange witch, laying in a pond & hiding from her mom #dragonage #morrigan #art

Just moved, should be settled soon and back to more activity! Got an exciting cover art commission coming up, along with the ability to finally continue working on my book. Good times all around :]c

*SUBMISSION WINDOW NOW OPEN 5 DAYS ONLY* We're open to unagented subs from 6-12 Oct. For this submission period we are looking for novellas only (35K-50K). We're specifically looking for novellas that play w horror, mystery, weird & the unusual. More info 🐐 www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/pop-up-...

“Dear editor, I asked an algorithm designed to mimic patterns it had learned through the plagiarism of billionaires if it could spit out something that looked convincingly like the stories it had stolen, and it burned through an ocean to deliver whatever this is. Thank you for your consideration.”

🌷✨ shortboxcomicsfair.com ✨🌷 comic by @weisanboo.bsky.social

Here's my #AgentsGuide to GUMIHO, my horror romance. #H #R 🖤 Placed 3rd in the horror/paranormal category of the PNWA writing contest 🖤 Big 5 Editor interest A woman cursed w/ a gumiho must confront the darkest parts of herself to save the man she loves & her humanity—or become something monstrous

Kickstarter workers are on strike! Here's how to support them!

,,,gwen in a suit,,, #knightsofguinevere #knightsofguineverefanart #kog

"AI art" is a vampire on the labour of the actual artists who's work it is unethically trained on.

Was really excited to share my #KoG fanart on the subreddit but apparently it's too graphic :((( I thought for a series like KoG, gore and such would be okay in fandom areas

i mean this so sincerely: i would one million zillion times rather get an email from somebody that says "hi. i rilly liked your book. thank you for righting it. could we read it at our book club plz" than any gushing, eloquent, AI-generated nonsense. i might actually respond to the former

Knights of Guinevere fanart 💕 #KnightsofGuinevere #kog #Glitchproductions

some of my Gwen rough animation for the first sequence in the #KnightsofGuinevere pilot! I had a lot of fun with the hair hehe 💙 many thanks again to Dana and Kofi for letting me have fun with these! 💙🤸 #animation #officialwork

Broken Doll 💙 An absolutely amazing pilot, I am so so excited to see where this goes!! #KnightsofGuinevere #KoG #art

Authors, one more time: 📣 ANY use of genai will get you onto my "do not read" list. Cover art, interior art, character pages, extras, bookmarks, ads, marketing material, website, all of it. Using it AT ALL means you do not respect or understand the damage that genai has done and actively does.

qwq ✨️🌙🫰

#WriteSky Looking for recommendations for a blind/VI sensitivity reader to work with starting end of the year/beginning of next year 🙏🏻 #WritingCommunity #SensitivityReader (shares appreciated 🫶🏻)

tango: sketch using the pattern from earlier

I can't wait to move house (4 DAYS) and be able to work on my book again. We'll be living by a river and its so topical, especially with autumn starting! Fingers crossed for misty foggy river days where I can sit by the river and think about all the horrific ways my villain will traumatise the MC ☀️😌

Not to be annoying on main (but also embracing my cringe era because have you seen this fucking timeline?) but if we get seven more orders for my debut, Bløød Price, in the next three days, I'll hit 200 orders for my first year as a published indie author!?? You know what to do. #BookSky

Here are a bunch to get you started. If you are unfamiliar with @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social it's a digital magazine publishing short stories and poetry by Black SFFH authors for going on *counts on fingers* 10 years? Good lord. Co-founded it. Won a Hugo. Etc. go.bsky.app/VSHmC2p