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Coreyartus
@coreyartusimagery.com
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Eureka, CA. Freelance artist doing greeting cards, prints, and calendars. 🌈🎨
Joined Dec. 23, 2023

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Coreyartus @coreyartusimagery.com · Oct 3
I think I need a Bluesky break. I need to turn my efforts toward other venues for a bit. You can still find me elsewhere if you’re interested—or follow my art blog using RSS.

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www.coreyartusimagery.com/musings

www.coreyartusimagery.com/extra/rss
Coreyartus Imagery Links
A short biography and collection of links to the illustration work of Corey Johnston as Coreyartus Imagery.
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jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
Great post about generative AI. Happy Holidays. Don't say I never gave you anything. anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I do understand: you want permission. There’s a machine in the corner wrapped in human skin that makes things out of shit and blood to look like whatever you want (as long as you don’t look too closely). You gave one to your teacher and they didn’t notice. Your boss told you to use it after they laid off half the team and it was fine. You fed one to your kids and they liked it. You want to know you can use it sometimes without me thinking less of you. You don’t need me to believe it’s useful, you just want me to be polite about it.
December 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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fancyfairyangela.bsky.social
Artists! The US Copyright Office has changed the rules, starting in Feb. we can register up to 20 published 2D works of art in a single application, making it way more affordable!
Important as registration is needed to fight theft in court or the CCB.
#art #artists
www.copyright.gov/rulemaking/g...
Screenshot of email from Copyright.gov that reads "NewsNet 1078 December 19, 2025 The U.S. Copyright Office has created a new group registration option known as Group Registration for Two-Dimensional Artwork, or GR2D, to allow artists to register a group of published two-dimensional artworks by submitting a deposit comprising one complete digital copy of each work within the group. The final rule expands the registration options currently available to artists and permits the registration of multiple works with a single application and one filing fee. The final rule also announces a new online registration application for this group option. The proposed rule would have allowed applicants to register up to ten works published within a thirty-day period. Based on commenters’ input and to facilitate broader participation in the registration system, the final rule permits applicants to register up to twenty works, where all works within the group were first published within the same calendar year. The final rule takes effect on February 17, 2026, to coincide with the expected completion of related system development and educational resources. The Office will issue an additional public announcement when this option is available to applicants. For more information, please visit the Copyright Office website."
December 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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elizastein.bsky.social
some actual good news for artists!
fancyfairyangela.bsky.social Fancy Fairy Wings & Things @fancyfairyangela.bsky.social · 3h
Artists! The US Copyright Office has changed the rules, starting in Feb. we can register up to 20 published 2D works of art in a single application, making it way more affordable!
Important as registration is needed to fight theft in court or the CCB.
#art #artists
www.copyright.gov/rulemaking/g...
Screenshot of email from Copyright.gov that reads "NewsNet 1078 December 19, 2025 The U.S. Copyright Office has created a new group registration option known as Group Registration for Two-Dimensional Artwork, or GR2D, to allow artists to register a group of published two-dimensional artworks by submitting a deposit comprising one complete digital copy of each work within the group. The final rule expands the registration options currently available to artists and permits the registration of multiple works with a single application and one filing fee. The final rule also announces a new online registration application for this group option. The proposed rule would have allowed applicants to register up to ten works published within a thirty-day period. Based on commenters’ input and to facilitate broader participation in the registration system, the final rule permits applicants to register up to twenty works, where all works within the group were first published within the same calendar year. The final rule takes effect on February 17, 2026, to coincide with the expected completion of related system development and educational resources. The Office will issue an additional public announcement when this option is available to applicants. For more information, please visit the Copyright Office website."
December 29, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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kamakru.bsky.social
December's collector lino print process is up on Patreon as a public post. I'm really into this sage green ink I picked up recently, I need to play with this one more.

www.patreon.com/posts/146888...

#linocut #blockprint #dragons
December collector lino print "Serenity" | Katie Croonenberghs
Get more from Katie Croonenberghs on Patreon
www.patreon.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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peaceraven.bsky.social
Sandhill Crane. 18x24. Watercolor.
Sandhill Crane. Watercolor.
December 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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kamakru.bsky.social
I kind of want to expand briefly on something really important to keep in mind;
It's far better to have a smaller audience that is invested in you than have a huge audience that doesn't really care OR doesn't see anything you post. This is why going purely by numbers can be really deceiving.
kamakru.bsky.social Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 1d
I'm assuming that a solid 40% of twitter are bots. A lot of the accounts that followed me were probably bots. No one saw what I posted, I couldn't "play" the algorithm, I was defeated. At least here it makes sense. Interact, be a part of the community, and grow slowly with real people.
December 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
coreyartusimagery.com
🪽 QRP with your wing art! 🪽

(This was a sort of value study of the Monteverde Angel I did for an online class years and years ago, and it actually got flagged and removed from my shred post on Facebook.

That was the beginning of the end of my relationship with Meta's platforms.)
Illustrated grayscale value study of a slightly adjusted version of the Monteverde Angel with the light coming from below.
December 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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flyingtrilobite.com
🪽 QRP with your wing art! 🪽
Traditional ink drawing/digital painting. A parrot-winged trilobite on a branch. Large compound crystal eyes, it’s stretching its wings as though preening the way parrots do. There is a trompe d’œil effect that makes it look like vellum is taped to a larger page, Thani am quite proud of. Text: “The modern proliferation of winged trilobites is as much a product of scientific meme-based humour as it is of genetic and ecological terrorism. Example: the terrifying & beautiful ’Cyphaspis aestiva’.” —from A Field Guide to Flying Trilobites 🐡 #GlendonMellowArt
December 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
coreyartusimagery.com
My 2025 Year in Review blog post, summarizing a lot of what I’ve learned this year:

www.coreyartusimagery.com/musings/summ...

Artistlinks: coreyartusimageryinfo.carrd.co

#ArtSummary #ArtSummary2025 #2025Summary #art #IndieArtist #YearinReview #2025YearinReview #illustration #BskyArt
Collage image of 13 different illustrated pieces, organized by 2025’s twelve months, with a larger focal image on the left. Pieces feature textured art nouvea styling with birds, flora, fauna, and fairy tales. Colors are in a variety of hues. All are gainst a receded background of deep red and blue diamond textures.
December 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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xingcat.bsky.social
I got my art into a number of gallery shows, featured in a gift shop, and sold enough art to cover my rent for a couple of months.

I worked on 7 theater shows, from directing to props (and won a theater award for the props on one) to stage managing to set dressing.
danifinnwrites.bsky.social HoliDani Finn 🐙 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 2d
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025, no matter how big or small
danifinnwrites.bsky.social HoliDani Finn 🐙 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 27d
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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December 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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memoryleakdeath.memoryleakdeath.tv
On second thought, I'm going to take the weekend off -- so no streams this weekend -- I'll be back on Monday!
December 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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mspencerdraws.bsky.social
This isn't the big official launch I had intended but I figure I might as well share while the sale's running: I have prints available on INPRNT!

www.inprnt.com/gallery/mspe...
A screenshot of a print featuring a watercolor illustration of an anthropomorphic black bear in monks robes, doing a gay little illumination of him and his secret deer bf having a clandestine meeting in the woods. The illustration is bordered by medieval-style vines in a rainbow gradient arching above him. A screenshot of a print featuring a watercolor painting that depicts a whitetail deer in medieval garb, smelling a green carnation. He stands among reeds and tall water plants, with Corkscrew Willow branches winding in and out of his still velevety antlers above his head. A screenshot of a print featuring a watercolor painting in moody grey-greens, rich indigo, and magenta. It depicts a fae hunting party riding through a smoky moonlit forest towards an eerie red lake. The hunters ride deer-like creatures, and are accompanied by stark white hounds with red heads and long ears. A host of small green glowing pixies trail along. A screenshot of a print of an illustration (in watercolor) of an earth-toned wild hunt tapestry with muted rainbow-y accents
December 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
coreyartusimagery.com
I’ve been listening to Josh Harley perform @kdedwardsnc.bsky.social ’s Tarot Sequence, and it’s so much fun!

It’s astoundingly nice to read an epic Urban Fantasy series with gay and queer lead characters. The world building hits hard and takes time to settle out, but wow it’s good! Big thumbs up!
KD Edwards – Author of The Tarot Sequence
kd-edwards.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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wolve-rain.bsky.social
If I see that someone doesn't share other people's work or interacts I don't follow. I think we should all support and help each other
yumemees.bsky.social monie ♡ vgen comms open! @yumemees.bsky.social · 2d
I don't get people who super curate their pages to not rt or promote other artists due to "clutter" - there's nothing more real to me as an artist than to have my creative works shown alongside other even more beautiful ones! I think it just highlights how wonderfully individualistic we are!!
December 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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tismark.bsky.social
A sweet romantic scene for today in this post episode 6 of Heated Rivalry bliss. 🌈❤️☀️

Find prints below:

Etsy (US) - marktisdaleart.etsy.com/listing/4326...

Pixels (Worldwide + More Print Formats) - pixels.markonart.com/featured/see...

#Gqy #Queer #QueerArt #Hiking #GayCouple
Digital art showing redwoods towering over a trail with two men on the trail holding hands as they walk together.
December 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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hemask.bsky.social
If you see this, quote with your winter art ❄️
A winter Solstice Queen walking past an icy tree
December 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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tishamark.com
Sharing a new painting from my Lighting the Dark series for #scape day!

Tisha Mark ©2025, The Ways of Truth and Light, oil on linen, 24"x18"

This piece is available:
tishamark.com/product/the-...

View the series here:
tishamark.com/lighting-the...

#art #painting #bsnm #OilPainting
Original seascape oil painting by Tisha Mark, "The Ways of Truth and Light" 24"x18" oil on linen (2025). This moody, abstract-leaning seascape painting has a textured, orange-toned, atmospheric sky with textured colors of light on the horizon. Colors from the sky reflect in the water below as it meets a dark, rocky coast.
December 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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scalzi.com
Per Craig Ferguson: When you're about to say something, ask yourself

1. Does this need to be said

2. Does this need to be said by me

3. Does this need to be said by me right now

It's amazing how asking these will get keep you out of trouble (that is, if you actually have sense to begin with)
notsofastanymore.bsky.social notsofastanymore.bsky.social @notsofastanymore.bsky.social · 2d
I’ve been trying very hard to not be an asshole as I get older. Often, that just means keeping my mouth shut and nodding along.
December 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
coreyartusimagery.com
My Art vs Artist collage isn’t really an accurate reflection of everything I’ve worked on this year, but it’s still fun! I’ve got a more comprehensive summary coming later this week!

•Website
•Artist Links

#ArtVsArtist #ArtVsArtist2025 #IndieArtist #Illustration #Art #BskyArt
Composition of 9 illustrated cropped images in color with a black and white portrait of an older man holding a stylus in the middle.
December 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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sesmith.lol
There's a complicated conversation to have about how rural decline, isolation, poverty, and poor access to basic supports, including health care, are contributing to a spike in suicides among older white men in rural California.
Older men in rural California are dying by suicide. How officials are trying to save lives
In Trinity County, isolation, pain, and limited healthcare drive gun suicides among seniors. Health officials plan prevention programs to address the crisis.
calmatters.org
December 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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memoryleakdeath.memoryleakdeath.tv
Chillin' tonight in Lightyear Frontier #streamer #live #gaming

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December 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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ani-obsessive.bsky.social
A selection of shots animated by Maël Gourmelen for Klaus (2019), dir. Sergio Pablos, SPA Studios
December 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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ela-bambust.bsky.social
“How can you suddenly dislike art when you find out it’s made by AI?”

For the same reason I can dislike art when I find out the employees were overworked and underpaid.

Because I care about people.

You dipshit.
December 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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flyingtrilobite.com
Carry this into 2026 like
enchanted armour
flyingtrilobite.com Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 12d
Again going to bang my drum:

*Even if* gen AI excelled at tasks
*Even if* gen AI had abuse-guardrails
*Even if* gen AI helped the environment & medicine

It’s still built on scraping the world’s creative labour without consent.

Gen AI is poisoned at the root.
tofeklund.bsky.social Tof Eklund @tofeklund.bsky.social · 13d
It seems there are exactly two kinds of stories about generative AI:
1) wildly exuberant stories about what this stuff will do sometime really soon (trust us!), and
2) stories like this about how some actual use of gen AI fails fantastically

oh, wait, I forgot:
3) gen AI is pretty good at fraud
December 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM