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Chai

@chaikachi.bsky.social

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She/Her • Digital Artist & Aspiring Comic Creator
mostly fanart and ocs for now

Can't help with any donations rn, sorry!

https://chaikachi.com

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Chai @chaikachi.bsky.social · Oct 18

hi, i'm chai! a digital artist mostly drawing #fanart, #rwby, #rosegarden, and #ocs.

☕ ko-fi - ko-fi.com/chaikachi
🎨 patreon - patreon.com/chaikachi
🌸 inprnt - www.inprnt.com/gallery/chai...

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Davis Bickford

@davis.social

a quick doodle about two frogs

Doodle of two frogs sitting in a pot of boiling water. One says, “is it getting hot in here?” And the other is yelling, “stop overreacting!”

January 27, 2026 at 4:47 AM

Chai

@chaikachi.bsky.social

I really have no idea how to post these vertical format mini comics on here. They always just get cropped so small and become very easy to scroll past.

Chai @chaikachi.bsky.social · Oct 25

And I'll meet your eyes
For the very first time
For the very last 🕯️

#comics #ocs #ocsky

Part 1 of 2. A digital comic featuring original characters Velia and Samyr by chaikachi. The text is from a verse of the song Sloom by Of Monsters and Men. In the first panel, Velia's hand sets a lit candlestick down on a table decorated with books. One of them is open revealing illustrations of the two characters from the distant past on its pages. Velia is on the first and she is laughing, while Samyr is on the other. He appears to be smiling as he reads from some pages in his hand, but his face is obscured by a large drop of wax that's fallen on the page. The text reads: the books that I keep by my bed are full of your stories.

Part 2 of 2. The rest of the comic shows a book that's been turned facedown, with theatre curtains falling from its spine like pages as Samyr holds a quill to the side of it. The centre frame shows Samyre and Velia in a masquerade dance in their current forms, the shadow behind them cast by the spotlight mirrors the shapes of their past selves, however. The hem of Velia's dress and Samyr's scarf both blend into the curtain as it lights aflame and carries down the bottom of the page, where Samyr now stands alone. His back is to the light, the masquerade mask on his face now showing a single tear painted on one cheek as he holds Velia's mask in his hands. The text reads: that I dress up from, a little dream of mine, a little nightmare of yours.

January 27, 2026 at 4:43 AM

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Cartoonist Cooperative

@cartoonist.coop

Hourly Comics Day has MOVED!

It's the 20th anniversary and we're taking a stand alongside our Black cartoonist members and friends to demand a change to honor Black History Month- draw your comics on the 8th, not the 1st!

hourlycomicsday.com

#hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicday #hcd

"IN OBSERVANCE & SOLIDARITY". Two black speech bubbles with white text read "HOURLY COMICS DAY IS NOW ON FEB 8TH. CARTOONISTS HONOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. FEB 1 - MAR 1". There is an illustration of a black silhouetted hand raised and holding a pen in the top right, and an illustration of a nib pen and an ink well personified on the bottom right. The nib and ink are bumping fists. A URL at the bottom is "hourlycomicsday.com".

January 26, 2026 at 9:21 PM

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Fin🦈💙

@haisfin.bsky.social

Pattsituation
#banquetofroses

Banquet Of Roses is a original concept by haisfin (thats meee), In this art piece we see Two characters on a chess board: Charlotte, in the mostly white garment representing a pawn, facing Amoret, the black "queen" piece who wears a black leather gown and holds a red star cross. Amorets shadow casts a queen piece indicating what kind of chess piece she supposedly represents. The word "Pattsituation" means stalemate in german. This is an active choice for the title as it indicates that Amoret went for a stalemate to give charlotte the ability to improve her inferior position.

January 26, 2026 at 8:06 PM

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joe dáire

@saint-vagrant.bsky.social

become a communist NOW

COMIC CELEBRATION @webcomicsparty.bsky.social · 1d

What advice would you give an aspiring comic creator? - 🦝

January 25, 2026 at 9:21 PM

Chai

@chaikachi.bsky.social

i see a lot of advice (both in the past and off this thread) to not make your magnum opus for your first comic. While I understand the general premise behind it *you can't know what your magnum opus will be until you find it*. Work at your own pace, make what you want when you want to, just make it.

COMIC CELEBRATION @webcomicsparty.bsky.social · 1d

What advice would you give an aspiring comic creator? - 🦝

January 26, 2026 at 4:41 PM

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Kendra, normal version

@kendrawcandraw.bsky.social

You are going to be alive so much longer, I promise. You have your whole life to make art. And chances are whatever art you make then is gonna be way better than the stuff you make in your 20s. You aren't even fully baked yet. Relax

January 25, 2026 at 11:28 PM

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Faith

@faithschaffer.bsky.social

Work in progress

January 26, 2026 at 4:09 PM

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buil

@ladyhanaa.bsky.social

Ikoku Nikki you continue to bewitch me

January 25, 2026 at 6:36 PM

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Blazemalefica (tarot comms open!)

@blazemalefica.bsky.social

A Knight. A Prince. A Tower. A Forest.

The Tale of the Cloistered Crown is an aroace agender VN made with @tabbiedearest.itch.io about hurt little things for hurt little things. Bear witness to our fairy tale.

tabbiedearest.itch.io/cloistered-c...

January 25, 2026 at 7:07 PM

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molly conger

@socialistdogmom.bsky.social

he knows that we know he's lying. he's telling us we're all terrorists to him. he's telling us that to dissent is now a capital crime. he's telling us they'll shoot us, too, and they'll say we deserved it.

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 2d

… and

January 24, 2026 at 8:08 PM

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bunny ✤

@oakfrogs.bsky.social

escapism through channeling a medieval manuscript illustrator

November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM

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Chan @ ECCC E-14

@aluhnim.bsky.social

#iceoutmpls #iceouttacoma #iceoutcomics

January 25, 2026 at 7:01 AM

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mart • commissions open

@martapreliy.bsky.social

[COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN]

I want to make sure I have enough for rent this month, so if you were thinking of taking a commission from me, that's a sign

You can text to me in DM, on ko-fi or by email with any questions!

hello@mart-lett.com
www.mart-lett.com
ko-fi.com/martapreliy/...

January 24, 2026 at 6:59 PM

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🌱 MK/RET

@retquits.art

so don't get too comfortable.

#art

A digital painting of an ice cube, followed by several hands closed over each other with water pouring from them. Bold text on the art reads: "ICE MELTS".

January 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM

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Andrew D Thaler

@drandrewthaler.bsky.social

Settings > Content and Media > Autoplay Video and GIFs

Turn it off, now.

January 24, 2026 at 3:46 PM

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delta!

@peachdelta.bsky.social

wedding stew 🍲

January 24, 2026 at 8:35 AM

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Margaret Killjoy

@margaret.bsky.social

Nuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position

January 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM

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✶ inoa

@inoaart.bsky.social

pass it on!! It’s pfp day where you post your pfp. again.

My Lilith with her patron 🤍🩸

January 24, 2026 at 2:48 PM

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Blazemalefica (tarot comms open!)

@blazemalefica.bsky.social

aaaaaaaah 🥹 thank you so much for all the interest on these, i was not expecting so many apps.
reminder that apps are open until wednesday!

Blazemalefica (tarot comms open!) @blazemalefica.bsky.social · 4d

OC Tarot commissions are open! („• ֊ •„)੭ ♡ˎˊ˗
🌻No first come first serve.
🌻Form: forms.gle/ZfDW1LPo7fka...

Apps are open until Wednesday 28th.

RTs are appreciated! 🙌

January 24, 2026 at 3:25 PM

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おたま

@tama030b.bsky.social

ﾏﾏ🥺

January 24, 2026 at 2:41 PM

Chai

@chaikachi.bsky.social

"The Girl of my Dreams Boiled My Dad in a Hot Pot, Will I Give Her a Reason to Eat Me Next?!"

The Nerdskull @nerdskull.bsky.social · 4d

My own original engagement bait post, go!

Take a TV show, Film, Novel, or Video Game you love and rename it like it’s one of “those” light novels.

“Level 1 Hobbit Can’t Believe He Has To Go On An Adventure To Destroy The Overpowered Magic Artifact He Found”

January 23, 2026 at 3:00 AM