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Hazel Budzinski - he/they
@hazelbud.bsky.social
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25 🏳️‍⚧️ Cornish writer + artist ✨ Working on cover art and writing a fantasy horror novel. Full of whimsy, not harbouring an evil god

Portfolio: https://hazelbud.carrd.co
Comms open 🌱
✉️ skazinbud@gmail.com
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Hazel Budzinski - he/they @hazelbud.bsky.social · Jan 13
Morning #PortfolioDay !

I'm Hazel, a trans illustrator from the UK with a big love for ethereal vibes and unsettling subjects.

My commissions are open, and I'm currently looking for work! Book covers, personal commissions, vis dev work etc.

✉️ - skazinbud@gmail.com
🌐 - hazelbud.carrd.co
A fanart illustration of the character Guinevere from Knights of Guinevere, made by Hazel Budzinski. It shows a blue female figure floating in the air, back facing the floor, unnaturally long arms dangling down with her knees tucked upwards. Wires curve up and around her limbs, with one stabbing into her left wrist and wriggling inside, another into her neck, one into her belly, with others posed at the ready. Her neck is unnaturally turned towards the viewer as though it’s broken, an uncanny smile and wide staring eyes on her face. Behind her is a pink palace, hazy and ethereal. Fireworks explode in front of it, casting a glow against her silhouette A book cover created by Hazel Budzinski. The upper half of the composition is a forest, lit in a blue haze that fades to green. The dark brown roots from the trees of this forest reach down underneath the earth, taking up the majority of the canvas. The soil turns from a greenish brown to blue as the roots get further down. On top of the illustration is the title 'THE LIES THAT LIE BENEATH' in a light yellow thorny font, and below it is the author's name 'GERRIT VAN ECK'. An illustration by Hazel Budzinski. At the bottom of the image are dark purple pine trees, with sketchy vibrant red lines around them which look like fire. Behind the trees is pillowing smoke, desatured blue and grey in colour, which blends into a mid-toned purple , then dark purple. At the top of the smoke trails of sketchy red begin, blending into a yellow wolf that leaps forward. On top of the whole piece is the title of the book ‘The Gods Must Burn’ and the authors name ‘T. R. Moore, A figure, leaping and reaching towards a ball of light streaking out like a star. His face is in anguish, his skin and hair dissolving into noise, stretching up to the light. Surrounding the star is a circle of millipedes, centipedes and a few silverfish. The figure has iridescent skin, like an Opal stone. Behind him is a murky green background, with hues of red and blue. Closer to the figure and the star, the background turns yellow, blue and green, echoing the hues of the figures skin. On top of the illustration is the title 'ILL-MADE GODS' in a medieval like font, with the O for Gods centred over the bright star. At the bottom of the illustration is my name 'Hazel Budzinski'
hazelbud.bsky.social
Finally got around to making a pfp that makes it clear that I’m just a small guy
#art #illustration
February 12, 2026 at 2:29 PM
hazelbud.bsky.social
Had this plot bunny suddenly appear in my head today for a short story and I've managed to do a bit of writing on it! V lovely as I've been craving working on a short story for a while now.
February 10, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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danifroom.bsky.social
"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
Iron Man meme, edited, Obadiah Stane yelling, "Your ancestors made timeless art in a cave! With berries and ash!"
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
hazelbud.bsky.social
Trans Joy WIP - cause if I don't post it I don't think I'll ever finish it

#art #transart
A digital illustration by the artist hazelbud. It shows a man wearing a red dress, leaning back mid dance, with a happy smile on his face. One of his hands rests on his chest, whilst the other is lifted up in the air, pointing upwards. Surrounding the illustration is a black frame, with a glowing border and glowing stars, and top surgery scars positioned at the top. His pointing hand sticks over the frame, and half of his dress covers over the top of the frame too. Behind him are frames on a wall, warped to a curved perspective that curves towards him. The illustration is not finished, the frames are all empty and the man is not fully rendered. His face is the most detailed part of the drawing, showing a moustache, goatie, short curly hair and dark eyelashes closed in a smile.
February 6, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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swordcrossdzine.bsky.social
Lords, Ladies, gentlefolk of the land—we gather you here for some most important news!

Announcing Sword Cross'd: an original zine about the life and love of a knight. Now hosting our Interest Check and Mod Apps until February 16!

Wanted: Finance and Shipping mods.
Dark blue background with medieval style embellishments in shades of blue and purple. Font is in a medieval style with embellished capitals. Sword Cross'd: An original knights zine. Interest Check and mod apps open now. Jan 19 - Feb 16. Finance and Shipping mods wanted!
January 19, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social
Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉

Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.

Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...
The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 26, 2026 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
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February 5, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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everydaylouie.bsky.social
touch tank
a stylized 3d render of a bunch of cats at an aquarium touch tank.
February 5, 2026 at 9:22 PM
hazelbud.bsky.social
Gift for a friend :) Memory of us watching shooting stars (and one of us missing every single one)

#colourpencil #art
A drawing made with colour pencils. It shows three characters, a brown rabbit, a ginger cat and a yellow dog stargazing. Above them is a multicoloured sky with shooting stars, lit in blues,greens,purples,yellows and pinks. The three characters sit on a dark green hill, and all three of them have a white and orange glow to them. The middle cat looks up in awe at the shooting stars, to the left the rabbit holds their hands to their face and closes their eyes happily, and to the right the puppy sits facing the side with a teary angry eye.
February 5, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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stevoisiak.bsky.social
I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more

github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
Google with AI buttons Google without AI buttons
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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jameelawahlgren.bsky.social
Pinterest CEO says in layoff email: "We’re doubling down on an AI-forward approach – prioritizing AI-focused roles, teams, and ways of working"

So it's time for me to move to another platform to save images
Linkedin Post from a Pinterest designer reading: "Yesterday I was impacted by the Pinterest layoffs. I was Pinterest's only icon designer and product illustrator. In his email to the company, the CEO said "we’re doubling down on an AI-forward approach – prioritizing AI-focused roles, teams, and ways of working". I WAS working on AI projects including the Pinterest Assistant that soft-launched in October. If you haven't heard about that feature launch, you can find it on Pinterest's own newsroom or with a Google search. I was vocal internally about how our users don't want AI slop or features on the platform, how we as employees are feeling uncomfortable and discouraged about AI, and what I wanted from leadership. Last year, I told my manager I was worried about AI-based layoffs. I was told not to worry. At an onsite, we were told that "in the future", we would all be "managers of AIs". That I would be expected to manage some sort of AI employees, rather than craft and design my own work. Human-made art and design matter. I am never going to stop creating, even if the "home of inspiration" decides that creators are secondary to profits. If you want to support me, you can follow me on threads or instagram @bonniekatewolf where I post my hand-knit sweaters and oil paintings. If you want to hire a human illustrator, designer, or iconographer, my email and DMs are open for freelance, contract, or FTE roles."
February 1, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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writersarahp.bsky.social
BEACH READ X A STUDY IN DR0WNING

A horror-romance inspired by the painting of Hellelil and Hildebrand !! 🍀🎨☕️

enter an Irish pub. meet the perfect man who shows you the perfect painting. then to lose your sanity.

🩰 the dynamic of young women and mental health

#QuestPit #R #Q #romance
The painting of Hellelil and Hildebrand in the National Gallery of Ireland
January 31, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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tominzay.bsky.social
BENEATH THE WHISPERING COVE is a gothic coastal fantasy about a young woman’s quest to uncover a missing book of folktales and secure her research funding.

The misty water-logged mystery of A STUDY IN DROWNING with the folkloric richness of A DARK AND DROWNING TIDE

#questpit #YA #F
A collage of ocean, coastal academic images with droplets of fantasy and mystery.
January 31, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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jane-fenriz.bsky.social
THE BEAR AND THE NIGHTINGALE x A MARVELLOUS LIGHT

1847 Ukraine. A fugitive scholar. His only allies against the Russian Empire? Forest demons and pagan gods. To win, he must join forces with monsters.

🌙 Slavic folklore
🌙 Rooted in history
🌙 Queer romance, M/M and F/F
January 31, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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sofiatrepp.bsky.social
💀What if personality tests were deadly?💀

To save her ruined reputation, Ró joins a heart-eating cult to play deadly games that’ll uncover the deepest parts of her personality. Win and prove her worth. Lose and sacrifice her soul to the seductive forest spirits.

#YA #F #DF #Q #QuestPit
Sample page for Feed Me Your Heart - a YA fantasy book with elements of horror and romance
January 31, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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maratearendel.bsky.social
Interview with the Vampire x Hannibal

🩸 Gay wrongs
🩸 Angst & Yearning
🩸 Hurt/Comfort
🩸 Size Difference
🩸 Blood & Lust
🩸 What are morals?
🩸 Set in the 1990s

Pre-order now.
Bleed later.

#questpit #p #a #pr #dr #h
On a red and black background is a book cover and at the bottom it says coming march 22. The book cover is for Awaken, My Love, written by Marat Earendel, an mm gothic romance novel, is at the center. The illustrated cover shows a brown vampire with red eyes and shoulder-length wavy black hair wearing antique black and white clothing while looking toward the viewer. He is holding a man in his hands. The man is pale with long beige hair, wearing white and cream colored clothing. He is in profile, looking up and gripping the vampire's shirt. There are split open pomegranates threaded through the burgundy title of the novel. In the background is a broken gothic window, and at the bottom are chains. The cover is in shades of reds, browns, mauves, and blacks.
January 31, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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artnevoa.bsky.social
They’re here!! Pin-Up art commissions are now live for the month of February! 💋👯🌹❤️

₊˚✧ Only 5 slots available
₊˚✧ All paying Patreon a members get 25% off
₊˚✧ Payments taken in USD through PayPal or Venmo
₊˚✧ I’m interested in fantasy characters, RPG characters, or fanart
₊˚✧ Email me to claim
January 31, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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thatjackanapes.bsky.social
THE BRIGHT SWORD X LADY MACBETH

The outcast Queen Morgan must use wit, cunning, and magic to persevere in the budding court of King Arthur. Faced with an unthinkable evil, can she put things right before she loses her soul--or her life?

#questpit #HF #A #W
A poster for a book titled "Witch, Fairy, Queen." It has a solid light green background. The words "witch" and "fairy" are scrawled in bright red, with the word "queen" written in an elegant and ornate font in soft yellow. Behind the words is a dark green line drawing of a sword, point down. Beside it is a cutout photograph of a woman in an elegant medieval gown and long veil, with a dripping red crown scribbled over the top her face. In the bottom corner in bright red, in the same ornate font, is the tagline "Some legends are built on lies." Across the top in light yellow are the phrases "Re-imagining," "Anti-historical," and "Dark comedy." Below them are the words "A novel by Ashley J Johnson."
January 31, 2026 at 5:19 PM
hazelbud.bsky.social
In iron age britain, Morrow gets corrupted by a godly parasite, forcing him to contend with losing who he is as a person. At its core, this story explores what it means to lose yourself to trauma and come out the other side a different person.

#F #HF #LF #W #QuestPit
A figure, leaping and reaching towards a ball of light streaking out like a star. His face is in anguish, his skin and hair dissolving into noise, stretching up to the light. Surrounding the star is a circle of millipedes, centipedes and a few silverfish. The figure has iridescent skin, like an Opal stone. Behind him is a murky green background, with hues of red and blue. Closer to the figure and the star, the background turns yellow, blue and green, echoing the hues of the figures skin. On top of the illustration is the title 'ILL-MADE GODS' in a medieval like font, with the O for Gods centred over the bright star. At the bottom of the illustration is my name 'Hazel Budzinski'
January 31, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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erbsenfrau.bsky.social
Dear artist friends or anyone who always wished for specific references of a horse - I've started a little side project:

The horse reference database: horserefdb.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page

I'm logging all kinds of horse behavior here that you may have trouble finding by a simple G search.
Horse reference database
horserefdb.miraheze.org
January 28, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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jameelawahlgren.bsky.social
Time for my semi annual reshare of this starter pack of ADs who hire artists!

If you're an AD who regularly hires/commissions artists for commercial work and want to be added lmk.

go.bsky.app/RSV4VwA
January 27, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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brianlarossa.com
Hey #Kidlit, I donated a one hour portfolio/dummy critique to raise money for Minnesota. The auction will run from Thursday at 12AM untill Friday at 11:45PM.

💙❤️

www.32auctions.com/organization...
Publishing for Minnesota Logo
January 27, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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January 26, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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haymarketbooks.org
Yes, literally.
Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we offer an extensive reading list about border and police ab...
www.haymarketbooks.org
January 25, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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Man it is the best feeling in the world when you suddenly find an artists whose work you adore, and then they follow you back. Did a tiny little jig
January 25, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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abrildelucia.bsky.social
🌱 ARTISTS BELOW 1K STARTERPACK 🌱

TO APPLY:

- Be an Adult (age in bio or comment)
- Post Below showing your art!
- No NSFW (what you reblog counts too)
- AI/NFT

Reblogs appreciated!

go.bsky.app/948jqtv

#starterpack #under1k #artistsunder1k #supportartists
January 24, 2026 at 11:56 PM