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Stephanie R.

@stephinitely.bsky.social

Porcelain tea cup themed magical girl! The magical girl persona still needs a name..

#illustration #art #oc #ocsky #conceptart

January 17, 2026 at 6:29 PM

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Smooth Dunk

@smoothdunk2.bsky.social

typical ai use case

4 panel comic

Panel 1:
Blue Guy is at a restaurant. Pink Guy is the waiter serving him. Blue Guy is holding his phone up to his face and shouting obnoxiously, “Gemini, what food does this place have?”
Waiter: “Sir, we have a menu”

Panel 2:
Blue Guy continues into phone: “Gemini, what burgers do they do?”
Waiter: “You can check the menu”

Panel 3:
Blue Guy: “Gemini, pizza options?”
Waiter, looking at the menu on the table in front of the Blue Guy: “It’s literally right there”

Panel 4:
Blue Guy: “Gemini, spaghetti, yes or no?”
Waiter: Rotate your eyeballs 45 degrees downward

January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM

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Neal 🏳️‍⚧️

@verdantsculpts.bsky.social

Valentine’s birds have flown the coop for 2026! But I have a few other special items that would make great gifts. These are very limited and ready to ship. Come meet the valentines dragons in the shop now!

🛒 VerdantSculpts.com

#bsnm #queermarket #valentinesGift

A figure featuring a green dragon sitting on a cloud with a crescent moon. His tail is wrapped around the moon and he is looking up at a pink heart dangling from the top tip. He is surrounded by various hearts.

A figure of a tree dragon planted in a mint green bonsai pot. He is looking back over his shoulder and is covered in pink cherry blossom petals. His roots are surrounded by spring green moss and several cherry blossoms.

January 17, 2026 at 5:31 PM

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Certified Furry Tags

@certifiedfurry.bsky.social

Come see me in the dealer’s room at Further Confusion!

It’s my 15th of Certified Tags! Spend 15 bucks, get a limited tag for FREE!

I’ll also be drawing live all weekend. Come check out the affordable original art I have for sale, more will be added throughout the weekend.

#FC2026 #Furcon26

January 16, 2026 at 6:40 PM

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Kae🪡

@kaerura.bsky.social

I'm way too happy that he's finally done, so a few pics of my new masterpiece for years, before taking him outdoor for more pics 🥳

January 16, 2026 at 5:59 PM

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ᴄᴀʟᴜᴍ ᴀʟᴇxᴀɴᴅᴇʀ ᴡᴀᴛᴛ

@calumalexanderwatt.bsky.social

++ ᴄᴏɴɢʀᴀᴛᴜʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ʀᴇᴘʟᴀᴄᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴀɪ ++
+++++++ᴄʟɪᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ sᴜᴄᴄᴇssᴏʀ +++++++

July 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM

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cait (and adonis)

@cait.bsky.social

we are all calvin's dad

IT USED TO BE THAT IF A CLIENT WANTED SOMETHING DONE IN A WEEK, IT WAS CONSIDERED A RUSH JOB, AND HE'D BE LUCKY TO GET IT.
NOW, WITH MODEMS, FAXES, AND CAR PHONES, EVERYBODY WANTS EVERYTHING INSTANTLY!
IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY JUST INCREASES EXPECTATIONS.
THESE MACHINES DONT MAKE LIFE EASIER - THEY MAKE LIFE MORE HARASSED.
SIX MINUTES TO MICROWAVE THIS?? WHO'S GOT THAT KIND OF TIME?!

IF WE WANTED MORE LEISURE, WE'D INVENT MACHINES THAT DO THINGS LESS EFFICIENTLY.

June 20, 2024 at 11:22 AM

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Mel ✨

@melshardae.bsky.social

Hi, I'm Mel, I'm a graphic designer & photographer and I love making subtle fandom clothing so people can wear their faves 💖 I also share stuff like phone/desktop wallpapers and vectors!!

STORE: melshardae.etsy.com
CUSTOM APPAREL: vgen.co/melshardae
DIGITAL GOODS: ko-fi.com/melshardae/s...

Photo of a flat lay of several Hatsune Miku-themed garments - a sling bag, a folded zip hoodie, a lanyard, and a phone case.

Photo of me modeling my Haurchefant inspired sling bag. It is olive green and grey with yellow accents and the house Fortemps crest on the front

Photo of two models wearing Mel Medarda & Viktor themed apparel

Photo of three models wearing clone inspired bomber jackets - Fox, Wolffe, and Cody

August 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM

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𝖆𝖇𝖘𝖎𝖙 ♱ 𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖓

@murkbone.bsky.social

𝔇𝔢𝔱𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔡

January 17, 2026 at 3:29 AM

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KGBlagden

@kgblagden.bsky.social

LIKE
ANTENNAS
TO
HEAVEN
#Ultrakill

January 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM

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Cursed Charley

@cursedcharley.bsky.social

Preview scribble of a Nod resident.
Hyraeth, a former circus strongman/bodybuilder who turned into a sphynx like shape when he fell into Nod. Notable for his massive dewlap
#oc #art #WIP

January 15, 2026 at 7:31 AM

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aisu art @ ANE/FC

@aisuart.com

aisu art is here at #anthronewengland for the weekend!! find me at table D1 in the dealers' den with my latest shirts, caps, and PORN FOR PREDS VOL 3 ZINES!! 🔥 #ane @anthronewengland.bsky.social

January 16, 2026 at 8:42 PM

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argo

@argonaught.bsky.social

I do really like the deer skull/wolf with antlers monsters, but like, just make it your own creature/monster, it has nothing to do with that word.
One cryptid illustrator I saw called their deer/wolf/bone monster the Rot Stag, and I love that.

Auld Ham's Sine @drrehaminator.bsky.social · 2d

34. If you're going to appropriate indigenous folklore for your story, first of all probably don't. But if you INSIST on doing it, at least get the monster right. If I see one more Wendigo with a deer skull for a head I'm going to beat someone to death with a Crown Royal bag full of nickels

January 16, 2026 at 7:29 PM

Cursed Charley

@cursedcharley.bsky.social

I'm going to be set back by something by months so at some I'll probably attempt a kickstarter asking for help. I don't want to, especially since my last attempt go no tracks (doesn't help Twitter wpuldn't show the posts but you know) but I'm trying not to be too ashamed to ask for help

January 16, 2026 at 7:05 PM

Cursed Charley

@cursedcharley.bsky.social

Having a hard cry at work due to some news. I am going to be a bastard for some time because of this

January 16, 2026 at 6:09 PM

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🔞 KurokoiArt

@kurokoiart.bsky.social

Lol skip

January 15, 2026 at 11:10 PM

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Rizmy

@r1zmy.bsky.social

Saw a lot of headlines saying "wikipedia is embracing ai" being tossed around tabloids, and I'm pretty sure they were maliciously written to make you feel a certain way about Wikipedia. What's actually happening is that wikipedia is demanding payment for data scraping and the corpos don't like that.

Molly White @molly.wiki · 2d

Sure. AI companies have ALWAYS been training their models on Wikipedia content, which under the free and open access model is available to anyone — including AI companies. Agreements like these require AI companies to limit and offset the strain they place on Wikimedia infrastructure.

Frank’s Wild Spurs 🏆 @markscrivens.bsky.social · 2d

Hoping that @molly.wiki can help explain.

January 15, 2026 at 8:54 PM

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Crippled Giraff Decals

@crippledgiraff.bsky.social

Periodic reminder that we DO NOT use Sticker Mule for our stickers and never have.

✨ Kato Garrigues (He/She) ✨ COMMS OPEN @kgarriguesart.bsky.social · 1d

The latest move by Sticker Mule's owner. Please don't give these people your money (or honestly send them your artwork, you never know).

A Facebook post by Sticker Mule's owner Anthony Constantino. The post says "I support ICE ICE BABY. If you want a FREE T-shirt DM me your email". It has an image linked of a black shirt with ice-looking text reading "I support ICE ICE Baby"

January 16, 2026 at 3:56 PM

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bob barker 🍸

@insortediaboli.bsky.social

Look at this absolute queen

When someone asked "Why would you as a business choose to piss off 1/2 of your potential customers? Just curious what sense that makes." the bakery responded with "I don't want those customers."

January 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM

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Etherington Brothers

@etheringtonbros.bsky.social

Our feature artist/tutorial today is this great reference for HEAD TURNS, (though I’ve been unable to discover who this is by - if you know please tell me in the comments so I can repost with correct credit)
#anime #manga

January 16, 2026 at 3:12 PM

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Crippled Giraff Decals

@crippledgiraff.bsky.social

"Keep honking beakies! We'z listenin' to Ska and you're in tha band now! WAAAGH!"

Vintage Label from @wib.bsky.social

crippledgiraffdecals.bigcartel.com/product/vint...

January 16, 2026 at 3:10 AM

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Rebecca R Helm

@rebeccarhelm.bsky.social

Blue buttons jellies float at the oceans surface, like little animal flowers, living between sea and sky. There are millions of them out there right now, and most will live their whole lives without even being seen by a human.

Despite the hard things, the world is still wondrous.

January 15, 2026 at 10:58 PM

Cursed Charley

@cursedcharley.bsky.social

Warched a bit of the idiot's speech for news context.
Why was he struggling to swallow??

January 16, 2026 at 8:22 AM

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squidpizza

@squidpizza.art

Extremely dishonest headline: what they mean is that Wikipedia charges data companies for scraping the website. It already does this for Google it is just further expanding this.