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Birdee Blake
@birdeeblake.bsky.social
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30+, Queer Crippled Art Gremlin. Creator of @magicfreelance.bsky.social, a queer historical-fantasy comic!
Anti-AI, occasionally NSFW, obnoxiously COVID-conscious
They/Them.
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Birdee Blake @birdeeblake.bsky.social · Oct 13
I'm Birdee, a disabled amateur comic artist, working on The Magical Freelancer's Guild, a queer historical-fantasy! I post a lot about disability, other comics, and politics.

Follow @magicfreelance.bsky.social for just MFG posts, and linktr.ee/BirdeeBlake for all the places to read the comic!

🔥🐦!
The 2023 main cover of The Magical Freelancer's Guild. The main cast of Monty, Luca, Lana and Zendaya stand on the stone balcony of their guild hall, looking down at what appears tobe a fire below. Lana, Monty and Zen all look somewhat relaxed, while Luca looks startled. A digital painting of a group of people dressed in Edwardian-inspired fantasy party clothes. They are standing around a table laden with various Autumn foods. Both the characters and the feast are lit by the glow of two red candles on the table. Chapter 4, Page 4 of digital comic The Magical Freelancer's Guild. Monty, a man with long hair tied back in a ponytail, wearing a green and brown vest, rearranges some books on a shelf while talking to a person with chin-length brown hair and several bandages on their face. "Hey, Bert-- I heard you can tell a lot about someone by how they use Magic. For instance, you cast by reading aloud from a book, but you insist on translating it into Latin first." Snickering, Monty adds: "Does it not work if you're any less stuck-up?" The other character jumps up out of their seat, fuming. "Why you assho--" And is cut off by the return of a third character. Chapter 3, page 14 of The Magical Freelancer’s Guild. The panels at the top and bottom appear to be burning away to reveal the sepia-toned flashback panel in the middle.
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hellocloudy.bsky.social
a lil group shot of my cat loaf worry stones!! at this size are they even loafs? maybe they're cat cookies 🥹🤲
a bunch of small worry stones shaped like cats of various colors a hand holding a worry stone shaped like a cat loaf a hand holding seven worry stones shaped like cats of different colors
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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artifedex.bsky.social
🌺✨

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#oc #ocsky #orehiki #art #illustration
Illustration of my OC Souji, laying among a bunch of pink cotton rosemallows (this is a type of hibiscus) and showing off his wedding ring.
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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mmegistus.bsky.social
A hot day ☀️

#OC #art #ocsky
An illustration of my original character, Viridian, depicts him with fair skin, freckles, a scar on his nose bridge, and a scar on the right side of his neck. His green eyes and black hair with white streaks in braids are prominent features. He wears a dark green skin-tight sleeveless shirt and looks towards the right with a somewhat exhausted and confused expression while he is licking his teeth. Sweat drips from his face and arms, and his hair is tied into a low ponytail hanging on his right shoulder. Scars are visible on his arms. On the right side, there is a little chibi illustration of him. The background is a pale yellow paper texture with some orange/yellow frames behind him.
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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crabbng.kingsofsorts.com
Happy Birthday to our favorite edgelord, Kiigari!!
#KingsOfSorts
drawing of a young Kiigari sticking out their hand to let a wolf pup smell it. They're wearing a sort of nun in training veil and a loose fitting shirt and pants, sleeves and legs rolled up and both very dirty. Under it reads: "happy birthday Kiigari! 11.11"
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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fusspot.rip
Always ask artists for permission rather than forgiveness because we have really long memories and a bottomless capacity for both incredible generosity and incredible pettiness.
nellucnhoj.bsky.social John Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 4h
Welp. Just discovered that someone is putting out a paid collection --over 200 pages-- that looks to be a Spanish language history of Garfield parody comics that may contain some of my work.

While part of me is flattered, my permission was never asked.
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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beeccoe.bsky.social
Hello! I know a lot of my followers are from the west and I would like to ask that if you have money to spare, please commission some Filipino artists right now that are doing commissions for a cause to help fund the repairs from the recent (and upcoming) super typhoons.

Links to them in replies!
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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artofyorugami.bsky.social
Using genAI even as placeholders will immediately evoke a "sus" feel to any campaign. Because even if you replace it with human made art later on, it will always leave a suspicion of using genAI for the project. Be it in the writing or other "less noticeable" areas.
aimeecozza.com Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 13h
No, using AI generated stuff as a "placeholder" on your crowdfunding campaign is not OK either.

If the visuals are THAT important to getting your project funded, then you need to pay a person up front for those key visuals and deliver a consistent end product to your backers.
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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gaymerherb.bsky.social
ever incredible how people use the images/words of someone not with us anymore like David Lynch to "show support" + "mourn" while conveniently skipping over *his own words* about why his health was declining, why he masked in public and why he retreated from society.
fix your hearts or die, indeed.
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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thorn.d-7th.com
The problem with “it’s not a choice” as the core of a defense, whether of being transgender or simply being fat, is the frequency of an implicit underlying “because nobody would ever want to be like this,” which is simply not true in either case.
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
birdeeblake.bsky.social
One more thing before I try to sleep--

🔥Jester Monty🔥

Okay goodnight
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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wendyxu.bsky.social
festival panel from the fox book
yaoguai at a festival
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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cranebones.bsky.social
It's finally happened.
Hajun finally decided he's not taking this anymore and has succumbed to the siren call of alcohol.
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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cranebones.bsky.social
Time to FIGHT THE SUN!! 💥🥊👊💥☀️💥👊🥊💥

#comic
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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nintendonut1.bsky.social
Two commissions, a couple of Pokemon trainers for a happy couple! @alextheflower.bsky.social 's Blair with her Eevee, and @nyx623.bsky.social 's Delia with her Ralts variant!
Blair, a Pokemon trainer with short lavender hair, blue eyes, flower hair clips, a white blouse, blue bow, green short overalls and green shoes, holding a pokeball. Her Eevee is happily standing next to her. Delia, a Pokemon trainer with long black hair and a pink highlight, hair ties, glasses, green eyes, a black crop top with bare shoulders, sweater, skirt, and boots, holding a Luxury ball. Her Ralts, a fan variant, is looking up at her curiously.
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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kikirini.bsky.social
Once again, I cannot draw a couple pose to save my life, but I apparently can draw two characters convincingly restraining a third character. Bruh. This is getting sad.
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#comics #webcomics #manga #kuroshouri
Chapter 70, Pages 22-24 thumbnails - Click to view on Ko-fi
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November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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necroticarts.bsky.social
do you see the vision
drawing of a vtuber concept of a cabbit (cat rabbit) character wearing purple and black
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
birdeeblake.bsky.social
Oops, forgot to schedule any comic pages yesterday and also didn't do it at any point today >.>... Tomorrow, and then I think I gotta take the rest of November off or something.
November 11, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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adwills.bsky.social
By the way, the blood-pact you signed upon becoming a creative states that you don't need to create every day. The council of creative demons allow breaks. You're fine. You're not falling behind. You're no lesser a creative for needing rest. Shit happens sometimes, bro. You're doing great.
July 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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kashana.blacksky.app
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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drdoylesays.bsky.social
Ignoring our own needs is 100% one of the most destructively selfish things we can do. Over time it practically guarantees we're going to flame out & be unable to support any person or pet we love.

You're not The Exception who can run on empty indefinitely. The bill comes due.
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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trueref.bsky.social
New article our on TrueRef! 🤍

Understanding AI: Facts, Myths & Protecting Your Work by @torrent-empress.bsky.social

Covering what AI really is, what it's costing us as a society and how you can protect yourself.

Read: trueref.io/blogs/news/w...
Understanding AI: Facts, Myths & Protecting your Work
As the world at large continues to talk about “AI”, creatives from all fields are left scrambling to save their work from companies using it to build data training sets to compete with them. In this a...
trueref.io
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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psudonym.bsky.social
Not too late for costumes, right? #pinup
black and white sketch of the soul calibur character Talim dressed like the Dark Stalkers character, Lillith
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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bramblebug.bsky.social
that’s what I’ve been saaaayying maaan
a screenshot from Animal Crossing New Horizons, where two characters (a red otter with a white beanie, and the player wearing a striped bathing suit and brown cowboy hat) float in blue water. a white and red chat bubble reads, in blue lettering “Pascal: Talented folks are just normal folks who practice something more than other folks, maaan.”
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
birdeeblake.bsky.social
Viruses like covid can also be spread via your clothing

Okay, thank you goodnight
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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ladylettera32.bsky.social
Get vaccinated (both MMR doses) and wear a well fitted respirator mask at all times indoors when sharing air with people outside your household AND outside when it's crowded
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM