2026 basically

beetle is writing you a love letter 💌

the problematic age gap between my oldest wip and the wip i just started......

Ferbruary #oldknees

The… example images of references saved in the mockups they show on their site obviously leave much to be desired but I really recommend en.eagle.cool Most-robust offline-Pinterest-like reference library organizer I've tried. Also very easy to 3rd-party sync your libraries between computers.

I've said this before but just because some artists are able to draw BIPOC characters sometimes does not mean that they are "safe" for us to be around. Discernment is good to have, and I don't think I'll ever let that go. The keyword here is "sometimes".

Toad sat and did nothing. Frog sat with him.

an axe with heart-shaped holes in the blade, japan, 14th century

normal dog, switzerland, 15th century

You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer. In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.

I wanna get together with other artists and draw and yap 😭

love your friends, let your friends love you

tbh if ur doing digital, i recommend blocking over poses like this. just wanted to recommend this cuz it helps me get better and is kinda fun (original pose by @jookpubstock.bsky.social)

人魚漁

Important PSA: I hope you never see other artists as competition. Please take their success as proof that you can also succeed here.

Would you like to know how to make a zine? Here's easy step-by-step instructions on how to make your own without the use of a computer by @thorazos.bsky.social

Anti-A.I. stamps! For illustrations, comics, photos and all your creative works, printed and digital! You can download the transparent file for free here: ko-fi.com/i/IT6T718NAKF (but consider donating please 😘)

I made a big version of the character design sheet that old comics used to use, if you want to use it. it could be useful #characterdesign

I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being. Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.

The ride never ends

just a quick holiday psa because it's almost december and i see people make this mistake in their festive art every year without fail

never put more than 75% effort into a single page. Save the major background for the establishing shot and imply the rest through gradients, color blurs if you have to. If a background doesn't add anything you couldn't tell the story without, you might not need one. several jobs for one person!

I’m opening my commissions again! Info below 🌟

Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.

Did a solo run of Peak tonight. First run was a bust after some pretty bad luck. Second run was going great— made it to the Kiln campsite all by my lonesome, a first for me! Paused for a moment to rest my hands and collect myself….. and then my Steam Deck’s battery died with a 1 second warning.

What are you doing in my workshop? #ocs #ctccomic

i don't want to have to second guess if every image is ai!! i don't want to edit with ai!! i don't wait to generate anything!!!! i don't want to talk to an ai chatbot!!! go away omg

Without downloading new pictures, describe your gender.

My coworker made a few AI Thanksgiving cards to email from our department to the rest of the company and asked the team vote for the best one. I refused to vote.

Only in Los Angeles will you see a teenager climbing a light pole dressed as Spider-Man at 8:40am on a Monday.

Let's reshare an old thread from Jesse Hamm's "Hamm Tips" account. Jesse wrote: "There's a tragic urge, lately, to add subtle shading to every shape; a temptation to over-explain forms whose contours already explain them."

(cont) "We need only add subtle shading when it offers readers information they wouldn't perceive without it. On the left, Zorn's shading tells a charming story about how sunlight graces the cheek. Losing that subtlety (right) would cost us that story. This is what subtlety is for."

(cont) "If you have a subtle story to tell about form, go ahead and tell it. But if your shading only explains things readers could easily guess from the contours (see attached), grit your teeth and back slowly away from the brush tool."

(cont) "Along with Anders Zorn, Bob Kuhn is an artist who only softens his edges when it counts. Look at the polar bear's breath. There, subtlety was needed. Elsewhere, hard edges suffice." /thread

Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk. please donate if you can! fund.blender.org

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle. (Extremely cliche, but idgaf. Get me out of this timeline/off this planet immediately.)

Yeah, I got ADHD Ahhhhhh Dis Head Dontwork

worm

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy

Art gives me the power to create anything! BEHOLD!! 🐛

Georgiy Nisskiy (1903-1987)

see ya space cat! 🚀 ✦ #oc / #art ✦

Come see us at @ThoughtBubbleuk.bsky.social COMIC FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND!! We’ll have the FINAL COPIES of the original print run of our TUTORIALS BOOKS, plus FREE PRINTS and TOTE BAGS when you buy 2 or more books! We’re TABLE C1 in the REDSHIRT HALL - FIRST TABLE through the MAIN ENTRANCE!

So the streamer Ludwig recently found out that one of his earliest regular viewers, who was trans, passed away and tonight he's doing a charity stream for the Trevor Project. So far he's raised over $46,000 in about 5 hours. www.twitch.tv/ludwig