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Arilla
@arilla.bsky.social
Formerly kyari@twitter - product of the '80s - she/her

(header&icon by @inspiderwiht.bsky; the icon is my special little video game guy from SWTOR)
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I’ll post more about this on Monday but yes it’s true, ya girl got to draw the new covers for the relaunch of Animorphs. I am… THE LIZARD KING
Exclusive: Revealing The New Covers For 'Animorphs' by K. A. Applegate | The Nerd Daily
We are delighted to be revealing new covers for the first three books in the Animorphs series by K. A. Applegate, which will hit shelves on May 6th 2026!
thenerddaily.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
TV night w/ gf we started going through The Wire -- which has so much messy content, but from a 2025 perspective revisiting grimdark Adult 2002 it is FASCINATING.

And, like, they had some really talented people working on that obviously. Tiny Michael B Jordan is maybe my favorite actor.
September 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I saw Netflix is taking The Good Place off the site this month & I was halfway through the last season, so I finished that. . .
September 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Hey folks!
Wanna participate in the coolest online comics festival?
Check out the Cartoonist Co-Op to get started and join us in preperation for NiF(Nib and Ink Fest) 2026!
@cartoonist.coop members, check your emails! It’s time to submit your comics for NIF 2026!
September 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Left Hand of Darkness is an unfortunately (politically) resonant novel to be reading in the now.

I've been on a long project to read genre classics/female authors. . I ended up going through The Dispossessed first, which was maybe more interesting but the prose in this one is so impressive
September 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Also working on House (in lavender beds) !!!

My favorite small plot opened up in the neighborhood all my friends are building our houses in, so they helped me buy & build on it
August 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I can always be gotten with a jumping puzzle

(I had to cram my video game Summer Events time in at the last minute because I keep going travelling/camping in real life...)
August 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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New convention added:
Grafficker Alley 2025
@graffickeralley.bsky.social
September 6, 2025
A comic convention in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Grafficker Alley 2025 Information | FanCons.com
Grafficker Alley 2025 convention at Small Arms Inspection Building in Mississauga, ON, Canada on September 6, 2025. Learn more at FanCons.com.
fancons.com
August 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Hey fellow Patreon creators! There’s currently a survey out about the use of AI and I think it would be pretty neat if you could tell them to eat a bag of rocks and emphasize how bad it is. Thank you

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August 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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With the impending removal of the de minimis exemption, I created a starter pack and list for Canadian creators who sell online. If you're a buyer looking for fellow Canadians to shop from, check it out. If you'd like to be added, let me know!
go.bsky.app/L7b8pdr
bsky.app/profile/did:...
#CANartist
August 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
How to get yourself doing something that you want to /be Done/ when there's something else you want to /Do/ (that doesn't need to be done) -- the ongoing mental toil.

. . And things that don't even seem bad to do, except it's so hot outside you physically can't. .
August 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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So I found out more about this. Basically saying the thing out loud can produce the happy chemicals in your brain if you were to actually do it. So when you go to do the task, your brain is like but we already got the happy chemicals so what’s the point? Evil
One of the worst things I’ve found out about my ADHD is that if I tell someone out loud what trick or tip has been working for me to live better it will no longer work AND IT DRIVES ME INSANE
August 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Reposting with alt text since this is going around again!
June 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Being almost 40 yrs old and feeling like I need a babysitter sucks and I Hate it

(When I'm w/ younger people & seeing their ADHD/autism experience from the outside, it's clearer how to be helpful than to help myself from the depressed anxiety depths of being overwhelmed & alone)
July 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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July Shop Update is LIVE ✨

[ #artshop #cuteart ]

Reposts extremely appreciated 💜
July 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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We even have a real-life experiment that proves paying farm workers a fair wage can be done. And prices went up so little, PEOPLE DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE.

In 2005, tomato pickers in FL struck a deal with Yum! Brands (Taco Bell, KFC, & others) to guarantee higher wages.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaliti...
Coalition of Immokalee Workers - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
July 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Seeing a lot of racist pinkwashing bullshit about Muslims and homosexuality and it’s a good time to share how I was on the gay marriage beat for a decade and racist gays never believed me when I shared how US Muslims favored equal LGBT rights (52%) over Christian evangelicals (34%)!
June 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
My dream last night had these really dramatic visuals of a defunct & falling-apart highway (some w/ a roof) that was built over a city (w/ much less support than a realistic road would have)--chunks of it falling off and the sun backlighting the big ol concrete serpent. Weird and interesting.
July 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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“Transphobia is not f**cking feminist”

Kate Nash's powerful speech during her performance at Glastonbury.
June 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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u should watch persepolis its free on youtube
June 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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This is super-important, so have a little alt text:
June 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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If you're still need need of a summer cap, I have these 2 other designs ready to go!
June 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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What's something you wish you could tell your younger self? Some piece of advice or life lesson? Maybe about finding love or...

Me to younger self: Hey moron look at this. This what we have.
June 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I got a shiny holographic ita bag at the secondhand sales at Anime North last year -- time to use it for the next con
June 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM