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Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell
@4tarobyte.bsky.social
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▞▞▞▞ making merch with @carriondesigns.bsky.social ▞▞▞▞

digital/pixel artist, gaymer, & tired possum (he/they) 🏳️‍⚧️

support real artists! (❌AI)
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Taro Byte 💜⬛ @ pre-drop merch prep hell @4tarobyte.bsky.social · Sep 23
Hi! I’m Taro, a digital and pixel artist who likes drawing portraits, sprites/assets, and little buddies! Working on selling handmade merch with @carriondesigns.bsky.social, more details soon! :D

⬛ About: 4tarobyte.carrd.co
⬛ Support/shop: ko-fi.com/4tarobyte
⬛ Comms: vgen.co/4tarobyte/
digital illustration of several Pokemon (Pikachu, Clefairy, Caterpie, Bonsly) and berries falling from the sky onto a sleeping Snorlax, drawn in a cute style and colored pencil-like texture digital art portrait of Taro Byte with head tilted down, looking off the side over pink heart-shaped glasses. the art has a scratchy, rough texture, as if drawn with pastels on bumpy paper pixel art illustration of a bowl of Vietnamese phở with beef slices, green onions, and leafy herbs in it. a glass of Thai tea with boba sits to the left, while a plate with more herbs and a slice of lime sit to the right. the bowl has "4TB" on it. pixel art illustration of Taro Byte looking off to the side. they have tri-colored off-white, pale purple, and dark desaturated purple hair going in steps from lightest to darkest away from their face; pierced purple and pink opossum ears poke out of their hair. they wear pink heart glasses and a casual white, black, and purple outfit.
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goblinastudios.bsky.social
Mini Mega Victreebel

#pokemon #pokemonza #miniature #3dprinted #art
September 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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aubryjoi.bsky.social
A fresh harvest of Bitties 🐱🖤

[ #cuteart #artshop #traditionalart ]
Sixteen hand-painted enamel pins of fat cats. Each is unique, and they are all Halloween/autumn themed in color or subject. They all have different expressions and poses and they’re all cute and silly.
October 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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aubryjoi.bsky.social
Spooky season bookmarks 📚🧡🍂

[ #cuteart #merch #booksky ]
A photo of 3 diecut bookmarks lying amongst some open & closed books, tea lights, fall leaves, & pumpkins. They are: black long cat wearing a Halloween sweater; a white ghost long cat; a black skeleton long cat.
October 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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makrustic.bsky.social
Process GIF Timelapse of 'The Gentle Push' 🌿

HD Versions and Timelapses of my work are on patreon.com/makrustic ⭐
May 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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stuntmaenbob.bsky.social
Life is peaceful at this place ✨

#pixelart #art #1bit
Huge 1bit pixel art - in front: flowers and a lot of grass. Middle: houses on the right side and huge pine trees on the left. Background: mountains (right) and huge clouds in front of a dark sky full of stars and the moon in the middle.
March 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
4tarobyte.bsky.social
gm!! my print from the first Pokemon Sleep Halloween event 💤

catch these at Stacked Pax in San Diego this weekend!

#halloween #pokemonsleep #pokemon #art
a cutely drawn illustration of various Pokemon and berries falling from the sky onto a Snorlax. a small Pokeball-themed jack-o-lantern and apples that the Pikachu gathered are also falling.
October 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
4tarobyte.bsky.social
picking up the first batch of these shortly!!

changed the paper so they're sturdier, but will brighten slightly. I think it'll be fine (my motto these days, apparently🙈)
October 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
4tarobyte.bsky.social
story goes, every like makes this opossum side-eye you 1% less

helping @carriondesigns.bsky.social open up her art booth at Stacked Xchange in San Diego today!! shares appreciated 🍀✨

#stickers #stickershop #art
a hand holds an opossum with a knife sticker while cutting the border out with rainbow scissors. an array of similarly quirky and fun cat and cryptid stickers are strewn in the background.
October 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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nekouhai.bsky.social
Been working on my kitty wizard sticker series, and I'm LOVING how this one is working out
Steve is trying his best and so will you!!

#art | #kitty | #sticker | #wizard
A picture of my iPad. On it is a drawing of a kitty in wizard attire with the quote "dress for the job you want" above it. It's a calico kitty, holding a wand with a gold star, dressed in a purple robe and hat, the latter also having stars on it. Aside from that he's also wearing a little yellow tie, and a lanyard with a badge on it that says his name is Steve
October 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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joyousjoyness.com
Sticker of the Day!

This is my sticker based on my painting, "Blep"!

www.joyousjoyness.com/collections/...

#art #sticker #cat #blep
Photo of a left hand holding a square sticker. The sticker is a matte painting of a cat with a blep.
October 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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4tarobyte.bsky.social
full moon astigmatism cryptidposting 🌕✨
gn!

#pokemonsleep #pokemon #art #clefairy
darkly lit, predominantly blue and black artwork of a park at night with a Clefairy and Cleffa walking along a sidewalk. the details are barely discernible and there's heavy distortion as if it's a low-light photo, putting emphasis on the streaks of light streaming from the full moon
October 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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neoriceisgood.bsky.social
Anyone got any more suggestions for chicken breeds for me to pixel? #pixelart
tons of pixelart chickens
September 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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mcapriglioneart.bsky.social
New sticker 🩷

Get it here: mcapriglione.art
Preview of a sticker of a cat with spots and stripes surrounded by blue flowers and wearing a blue ribbon. The caption reads generative ai is shit
July 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
4tarobyte.bsky.social
"please design a normal postcard"
no.

soon you can send a bit of brightness to the mentally ill sillies (affectionate) in your life 💌🫶
#art #neurodivergent
image of two postcards, front and back, with the handwritten word "neurosilly" and flowers on the front in bright orange on a blue background, with the back similarly colorful. the back says "thrive outta spite" with hearts around it in cute handwriting.
October 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
4tarobyte.bsky.social
full moon astigmatism cryptidposting 🌕✨
gn!

#pokemonsleep #pokemon #art #clefairy
darkly lit, predominantly blue and black artwork of a park at night with a Clefairy and Cleffa walking along a sidewalk. the details are barely discernible and there's heavy distortion as if it's a low-light photo, putting emphasis on the streaks of light streaming from the full moon
October 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
4tarobyte.bsky.social
baby's first print 🙈✨
I love water types

#pokemon #wooper #art
a whimsical, cheerful digital painting turned art print of a Wooper (Pokemon) facing the viewer while standing in a field of sunflowers
October 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
4tarobyte.bsky.social
my favorite card ⚡

#pokemon #pixelart #ドット絵
photo of a low-res pixel art print of a Pokemon card depicting Pikachu and the female protagonist of Legends: Arceus napping in the shade of a tree together under dappled light, with the referenced TCG card sitting atop it and double-sleeved
October 8, 2025 at 4:22 AM
4tarobyte.bsky.social
such an inspiring message!!

in that vein, that's part of why I took so long to finally start turning my art physical -- even if it costs more, the manufacturing and post-life of my art shouldn't cause the planet more angst. good art can come on sustainable materials! we're not limited to plastic!
kojamf.bsky.social KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · Oct 5
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 8, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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brysonmcbee.bsky.social
a comic about a cursed scroll

#comic #art #webcomic #wizard
a wizard holding a scroll thinking "i can tell that this text is cursed..." close up on the wizard's face with stars and spirals dancing around his eyes, thinking "i can feel it... playing tricks on my mind." over the wizard's shoulder we see the scroll. in a scroll like chat bubble, the wizard thinks: "and yet... i can't stop scrolling." on the scroll is a wizard in a tik tok like format with a title that says "get ready with me to try the viral goblin challenge!"
September 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
4tarobyte.bsky.social
for the record, algae is one of the pixel artists whose work makes my brain go brrrrrr the most!! crazy how the textures evoke a painterly vibe but it's still so incredibly, delightfully digital at the same time
October 8, 2025 at 3:41 AM
4tarobyte.bsky.social
SMILE 😼

me and Hyacinth @carriondesigns.bsky.social clowning around (heh)
colored digital drawing of a character with possum ears playfully pulling a black and white clown's mouth into a smile that's more of a grimace. the background is yellow and the shadows are bright blue, giving an energetic vibe
October 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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sillyneve.bsky.social
Swordtember Recap!

Perfectionism being my worse enemy I am baffled I managed to keep up with the challenge. I am hoping the lessons this taught me will stick with me in the long run; I highly encourage every fellow over-thinker to give this sort of challenge a try!

#b3d #lowpoly #RBSWORDTEMBER
September 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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4tarobyte.bsky.social
helped @carriondesigns.bsky.social with making some stickers before we open up shop at a local mall in San Diego!! these designs are all hers! :D

#sticker #stationary #californiaartist #procreateartists
September 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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sillyneve.bsky.social
Swordtember Day 29+30: Chaotic+Instability

Keep an eye on her, I am counting on you.

This is my last entry for this challenge! it's been a lot of fun, I'm hoping to get some sort of recap video ready for tomorrow :D

#b3d #lowpoly #RBSWORDTEMBER
September 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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just-wandering.bsky.social
Fall in Colorado… nothing quite like it. ❤️

#fallcolors #aspen #independencepass #colorado #photography #landscapephotography #photographersofbluesky
Yellow Aspen leaves fill the frame, while a small group of white trunks peeks out of the middle.
September 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM