#artvsartist2025 found myself gravitating toward dark palettes to match a dark year—but hopefully there’s a light at the end of the tunnel! wishing everyone a better and brighter 2026 🫂⭐️🌟💫

#artvsartist2025 found myself gravitating toward dark palettes to match a dark year—but hopefully there’s a light at the end of the tunnel! wishing everyone a better and brighter 2026 🫂⭐️🌟💫

i will be updating this thread very sporadically sorry bc bsky doesn’t have an in-app post scheduler and i can’t be bothered to get an extension so i’ll just be posting manually as i remember to each day thank u for ur understanding 🙇🏻‍♀️

day 1 of my 2025 holiday sweets advent calendar: fruitcake! this year i'm attempting to draw a different holiday-themed treat for each day of december leading up to christmas! check back tomorrow for a new sweet surprise 🎁🎅 1/25

happy #kidlitpostcard day! i'm linda, an author-illustrator available for new PB illustration or MG cover projects in 2026! you can check out my published work here: lindersliu.com/books

lot 1031: a tang dynasty offering vessel, in the form of a pumpkin supported by two children. family lore has it that if you don’t offer them a treat, you may receive a trick in retribution… happy halloween! 🎃👯‍♀️🍬

lot 1031: a tang dynasty offering vessel, in the form of a pumpkin supported by two children. family lore has it that if you don’t offer them a treat, you may receive a trick in retribution… happy halloween! 🎃👯‍♀️🍬

last chance! only a couple hours left before @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social ends this year!

my shortbox haul....

yay

This ends TODAY, folks. don't miss out! I... went a little nuts, but enh, my birthday's comin' up.

some kind reviews of “We Were Just Playing Pretend,” my comic for @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social! thanks so much to everyone who’s bought, read, and followed along on this story so far 🙇🏻‍♀️ 🔗 below if you’re still interested—only available until 10/31, 8PM (UK time), so don’t miss it!

some kind reviews of “We Were Just Playing Pretend,” my comic for @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social! thanks so much to everyone who’s bought, read, and followed along on this story so far 🙇🏻‍♀️ 🔗 below if you’re still interested—only available until 10/31, 8PM (UK time), so don’t miss it!

just a few more days left to read my comic, “We Were Just Playing Pretend,” at @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social! no plans to re-release it after the fair, so this may be ur last chance to check it out! www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

just a few more days left to read my comic, “We Were Just Playing Pretend,” at @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social! no plans to re-release it after the fair, so this may be ur last chance to check it out! www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

17 / 25-10 / transcribe some touch yet remains. 4 color bright olive green, copper, hunter green brown). october's monthly risograph print, more info @ patreon.com/formyths #riso

"War and the Maiden" by riotbones (@riotbones.bsky.social) "We Were Just Playing Pretend" by Linda Liu (@lindersliu.bsky.social)

We're halfway through October, so I thought I would put together a thread of my favourite comics from this year's ShortBox Comics Fair (@shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social) www.shortboxcomicsfair.com

the aquarium in the west wing 🪸

a melon memento mori for #peachtober25 day 19: melon

fanart of a hong kong horror film i watched recently: dumplings (2004) directed by fruit chan 🥟🥟🥟

fanart of a hong kong horror film i watched recently: dumplings (2004) directed by fruit chan 🥟🥟🥟

some character sheets for my comic, “We Were Just Playing Pretend,” available through october only at @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social! u can check it out in the link below

The 2024 numbers are crunched, data visualised, and insights SHARED! Here's the findings of the 2024 Comics Worker Survey! Anyone can read these findings on income, rates, royalties and more--online or as a PDF.

👋 hey again #portfolioday! I've just wrapped and am back on the lookout for fulltime or freelance work ✌️ If your show is in need of a background designer, I'd love to help out!

hey #portfolioday! i’m linda, an author-illustrator available for work! my project wishlist includes: ⭐️ PB illustration ⭐️ BG paint ⭐️ MG/YA cover/interior for publishing opportunities: 💌 [email protected] for everything else: 💌 [email protected] see more work here: lindersliu.com

Hi #PortfolioDay ✍️ I'm Veronica Mang, a kids book writer and illustrator! Sharing snippets from my next book, Copland: A Story About America, out in February ❤️ Would love to tackle another book in collage! more at veronicamang.com ❤️

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 a comic artist and illustrator! I'm going to be avaliable for more work in the next couple of months and would love to be involved in book/ttrpg illustration projects! ⭐ www.rowanmaccoll.com ⭐ [email protected]

hey #portfolioday! i’m linda, an author-illustrator available for work! my project wishlist includes: ⭐️ PB illustration ⭐️ BG paint ⭐️ MG/YA cover/interior for publishing opportunities: 💌 [email protected] for everything else: 💌 [email protected] see more work here: lindersliu.com

the summer hikaru died

some character sheets for my comic, “We Were Just Playing Pretend,” available through october only at @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social! u can check it out in the link below

if ur able to, pls check out my comic, “we were just playing pretend”! a sapphic horror short exploring closeted queer angst ❤️‍🔥🦋👀

live wire

Comic About me Reading Shortbox Comics (1/2) check out all the cool comics on Shortbox! www.shortboxcomicsfair.com

the summer hikaru died

My latest digital short sad horror comic is still available exclusively at @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social until the end of October. It's about guilt, redemption, fatherhood, and generational trauma. Set in post-apocalyptic Penang, Malaysia.

The 1st story of Nocturnal is about a caterpillar that knows it will be the Most Beautiful Creature. Nothing will go wrong. Its about my experience with dysmorphia, dysphoria & my undying love for insects Check it out at the ShortBox Comics Fair! @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social #art #comics

happy mid autumn festival! you know what would go well with mooncakes and the full harvest moon… an angsty sapphic comic about hiding your true self from your traditional chinese family aha… check out my shortbox comic in the 🔗 below! 🥮🌝

happy mid autumn festival! you know what would go well with mooncakes and the full harvest moon… an angsty sapphic comic about hiding your true self from your traditional chinese family aha… check out my shortbox comic in the 🔗 below! 🥮🌝

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

hey one of our lovely artists at the SBCF 2025 lineup made a list with all the exhibitor's Bluesky handles!!! (the ones that have it ofc) please check out everyone's amazing comics!!!! ⭐⭐⭐ bsky.app/starter-pack...

an egg custard trio for fall 🥚🌾

NOTHING EVER HAPPENS but THERE COMES FOR YOU A DAY www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p/there-comes-for-you-a-day-by-artyom-trakhanov

@shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social is now live, which means you can get my comic (and many more!) all throughout october 🫶 check it out below

now live! www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

shortbox comic fair is now live!! you can get a digital copy of my 30-page comic, “We Were Just Playing Pretend,” for just £5 here: www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

shortbox comic fair is now live!! you can get a digital copy of my 30-page comic, “We Were Just Playing Pretend,” for just £5 here: www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

It's that time: ShortBox Comics Fair is here! Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only! And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling. www.shortboxcomicsfair.com