Aster 🌟🌸🍒
@aasterisms.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🇲🇽 cartoonist, immigrant, wifeguy, human burst of color. drawing cool stuff for cool stories. he/they 💖
can someone remind me what’s that tapestry/throw blanket company that collabs with a bunch of indie artists?
December 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
can someone remind me what’s that tapestry/throw blanket company that collabs with a bunch of indie artists?
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Underrated point of discussion with the AI + social media uproar is giving thanks to patrons of the arts, especially non-artists, who are willing to put in the effort to support artists at a time when it has never been easier or more normalized to do the opposite.
December 28, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Underrated point of discussion with the AI + social media uproar is giving thanks to patrons of the arts, especially non-artists, who are willing to put in the effort to support artists at a time when it has never been easier or more normalized to do the opposite.
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Here’s to 2026
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s to 2026
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As we enter the New Year remember fear of making bad art is holding you back. Fear of people not liking your work is holding you back. Rejection is holding you back
You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative
You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative
December 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
As we enter the New Year remember fear of making bad art is holding you back. Fear of people not liking your work is holding you back. Rejection is holding you back
You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative
You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative
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"You shouldn't make art for the money" buddy I'll take it one step further and say we shouldn't have to labor for capital at all but in the meantime pay an artist
December 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"You shouldn't make art for the money" buddy I'll take it one step further and say we shouldn't have to labor for capital at all but in the meantime pay an artist
✨Hit my reading goal
✨Started new medications that make my life significantly better
✨Got a job that sounded really fun in paper
✨Left said job when it turned out to be quite toxic
✨Had two paintings in two gallery shows (for the first time)
✨Got my real ID!
Probably more stuff I can’t think about
✨Started new medications that make my life significantly better
✨Got a job that sounded really fun in paper
✨Left said job when it turned out to be quite toxic
✨Had two paintings in two gallery shows (for the first time)
✨Got my real ID!
Probably more stuff I can’t think about
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025, no matter how big or small
Reading & writing has kept me alive this year.
Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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December 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
✨Hit my reading goal
✨Started new medications that make my life significantly better
✨Got a job that sounded really fun in paper
✨Left said job when it turned out to be quite toxic
✨Had two paintings in two gallery shows (for the first time)
✨Got my real ID!
Probably more stuff I can’t think about
✨Started new medications that make my life significantly better
✨Got a job that sounded really fun in paper
✨Left said job when it turned out to be quite toxic
✨Had two paintings in two gallery shows (for the first time)
✨Got my real ID!
Probably more stuff I can’t think about
going round and round inside my head ✨
December 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
going round and round inside my head ✨
apparently I’m coming back to bluesky during another tw exodus but i just want to be clear that I came back because I just deleted insta off my phone and am clearly still in need to put random nonsense into the ether but I very much left that site back when it got bought by a yahtzee
December 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
apparently I’m coming back to bluesky during another tw exodus but i just want to be clear that I came back because I just deleted insta off my phone and am clearly still in need to put random nonsense into the ether but I very much left that site back when it got bought by a yahtzee
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I don't want gen AI in my software
I don't want gen AI in my phone
I don't want gen AI in my email
I don't want gen AI in my recipes
I don't want gen AI in my safety documentation
I don't want gen AI in my schools
I don't want gen AI in my healthcare
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my phone
I don't want gen AI in my email
I don't want gen AI in my recipes
I don't want gen AI in my safety documentation
I don't want gen AI in my schools
I don't want gen AI in my healthcare
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
December 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I don't want gen AI in my software
I don't want gen AI in my phone
I don't want gen AI in my email
I don't want gen AI in my recipes
I don't want gen AI in my safety documentation
I don't want gen AI in my schools
I don't want gen AI in my healthcare
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my phone
I don't want gen AI in my email
I don't want gen AI in my recipes
I don't want gen AI in my safety documentation
I don't want gen AI in my schools
I don't want gen AI in my healthcare
I don't want gen AI in my life
merry (belated) christmas from me and @crowkids.bsky.social 🎄💖
December 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
merry (belated) christmas from me and @crowkids.bsky.social 🎄💖
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We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
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there needs to be a dating app but for matching programmers and artists to make games and stuff
December 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
there needs to be a dating app but for matching programmers and artists to make games and stuff
This year I designed SO MANY stickers
December 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This year I designed SO MANY stickers
reminder for the holiday season 🙂↕️
December 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
reminder for the holiday season 🙂↕️
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I started this a while ago but never finished / shared because i thought it was boring and needed a subject, but hey if it's just gonna be a cute lil PNW-coded postcard so be it. What would YOU add to this landscape!?
December 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I started this a while ago but never finished / shared because i thought it was boring and needed a subject, but hey if it's just gonna be a cute lil PNW-coded postcard so be it. What would YOU add to this landscape!?
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In a big not-making-personal-art rut again, so this time I’m assigning myself clown cats 🤡✨
December 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
In a big not-making-personal-art rut again, so this time I’m assigning myself clown cats 🤡✨
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I love seeing queer artists draw bodies. Queer attraction and beauty has such range to it, and I love seeing body types and parts that we've been told are ugly drawn with such care. I love getting to see the body from so many different perspectives
September 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I love seeing queer artists draw bodies. Queer attraction and beauty has such range to it, and I love seeing body types and parts that we've been told are ugly drawn with such care. I love getting to see the body from so many different perspectives
I love christmas so much I love seeing my kitschy little pink christmas tree with all the gifts I have carefully and lovingly chosen for my loved ones under there all wrapped in beautiful paper 😭
December 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I love christmas so much I love seeing my kitschy little pink christmas tree with all the gifts I have carefully and lovingly chosen for my loved ones under there all wrapped in beautiful paper 😭
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We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?
December 1, 2025 at 4:40 AM
We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?
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🧵 I've been a writer for my entire life, and worked very hard to get where I got by 2022. I was making a 100k a year, though I live in an expensive city. Suddenly it was just gone. I had three careers, really, and they all vanished because of AI, and suddenly I was struggling each month to pay rent.
When the AI boom began, copywriters were singled out as one of the jobs most vulnerable to AI. Now, three years later, I wanted to hear from workers on the frontlines of the industry, to hear what had actually taken place on the ground.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
"I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off." Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry
Copywriters were one of the first to have their jobs targeted by AI firms. These are their stories, three years into the AI era.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
🧵 I've been a writer for my entire life, and worked very hard to get where I got by 2022. I was making a 100k a year, though I live in an expensive city. Suddenly it was just gone. I had three careers, really, and they all vanished because of AI, and suddenly I was struggling each month to pay rent.
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Texting my therapist right before the appt "coming in hot"
December 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Texting my therapist right before the appt "coming in hot"
gonna try not to be in here too much because there’s a reason I uninstalled both x and insta but I’ll be redirecting my random ramblings to myself here
December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
gonna try not to be in here too much because there’s a reason I uninstalled both x and insta but I’ll be redirecting my random ramblings to myself here
semi anually coming to check bluesky only to like every post my wife has ever made
September 14, 2025 at 6:45 AM
semi anually coming to check bluesky only to like every post my wife has ever made
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The Butch Pin-up Zine's finally has a call for submission + Deadline!
get ya butches in by may 15th!
get ya butches in by may 15th!
April 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Butch Pin-up Zine's finally has a call for submission + Deadline!
get ya butches in by may 15th!
get ya butches in by may 15th!
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Some amazing artwork I got from @aasterisms.bsky.social Thank you so much for doing a little art trade with me!
Check out this pickle cat. Incredible. Flawless. 10/10. 💚
Check out this pickle cat. Incredible. Flawless. 10/10. 💚
February 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Some amazing artwork I got from @aasterisms.bsky.social Thank you so much for doing a little art trade with me!
Check out this pickle cat. Incredible. Flawless. 10/10. 💚
Check out this pickle cat. Incredible. Flawless. 10/10. 💚