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Jay, the local cryptid 🪶✨
@jayless.bsky.social
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he/she/they

◦ part-time artist ◦ full-time ttrpg player ◦ sometimes a writer ◦

ingredients: OCs (47%), birds (24%), art (18%), Guild Wars 2 (11%), Dragon Age (11%). may contain traces of bad math
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Jay, the local cryptid 🪶✨ @jayless.bsky.social · 8d
My favourite pieces from 2025!
A digital painting of a masc sylvari dressed in loose, fur-lined robes in warm colors. His bark is a dusty charcoal, and his fronds, gathered into a loose ponytail, are white, with markings similar to silver begonia leaves. His face is in profile as he stands in front of a bright, snowy landscape, holding a dagger made out of glowing ice in a loose grip. Varo, a sylvari mesmer, stands in-between parted, see-through curtains. His bark is a pale coral, and the white foliage on his head is shimmering with opalescent magic. His red eyes are bright as he looks at the camera with a slight smile. Around Varo, magic dissolves in swirls of illusory shards and streams as he dismisses his glamour. Behind him, a vast desert stretches beyond the horizon, glowing golden with the afternoon sun. Two charr keep night watch, standing side-to-side on a cliff overlooking Orr. Arventia, the charr further away from the viewer, is dressed in leather armor with a fur collar. Her fur is a powdery grey, which fades to russet on her tail, limbs, and muzzle. She looks off into the distance, her maw slightly ajar as she speaks, her expression solemn. Vestris stands closer to the viewer, don in an intimidating set of heavy armor. Her helmet is made with jagged plates of metal arranged into a tri-horn shape, with the longest horn extending from the forehead like a sabre. Her fur, barely visible because of her attire, is white with grey tiger stripes, and her mane is messy and braided in places. Vestris looks sidelong at the viewer, her intense orange eye sharp and defiant.
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ririsfilthyart.bsky.social
This. Fuck, this so often
Tumblr post: [guy whose bedtime is approaching fast] I need to write one billion words right now. and draw everything that has ever existed.
January 16, 2026 at 3:26 PM
jayless.bsky.social
Siobhanoor has been on my mind a lot recently, and it just so happens that they have been in dire need of a portrait ✨

#oc #gw2 #sylvari
A tall, androgynous sylvari stands in with their arms wrapped loosely around their upper torso. Their bark is a dark mossy green, and their foliage, styled like a mullet, is a dull beige. Their keen, lilac eyes are looking to the side. Their clothing is composed of overlapping layers of leaves that vary in different shades of green, which shift in sunset hues at the elbows, and to lilac at their wrists. Vines in the same lilac shade curl about their form, with their leafy ends wrapping around their back and extending over their shoulders, pointing upwards like a mantle. The background is an edit of the Landscape (1890 - 1925) painting by Magnus Enckell.
January 16, 2026 at 2:01 AM
jayless.bsky.social
My favourite pieces from 2025!
A digital painting of a masc sylvari dressed in loose, fur-lined robes in warm colors. His bark is a dusty charcoal, and his fronds, gathered into a loose ponytail, are white, with markings similar to silver begonia leaves. His face is in profile as he stands in front of a bright, snowy landscape, holding a dagger made out of glowing ice in a loose grip. Varo, a sylvari mesmer, stands in-between parted, see-through curtains. His bark is a pale coral, and the white foliage on his head is shimmering with opalescent magic. His red eyes are bright as he looks at the camera with a slight smile. Around Varo, magic dissolves in swirls of illusory shards and streams as he dismisses his glamour. Behind him, a vast desert stretches beyond the horizon, glowing golden with the afternoon sun. Two charr keep night watch, standing side-to-side on a cliff overlooking Orr. Arventia, the charr further away from the viewer, is dressed in leather armor with a fur collar. Her fur is a powdery grey, which fades to russet on her tail, limbs, and muzzle. She looks off into the distance, her maw slightly ajar as she speaks, her expression solemn. Vestris stands closer to the viewer, don in an intimidating set of heavy armor. Her helmet is made with jagged plates of metal arranged into a tri-horn shape, with the longest horn extending from the forehead like a sabre. Her fur, barely visible because of her attire, is white with grey tiger stripes, and her mane is messy and braided in places. Vestris looks sidelong at the viewer, her intense orange eye sharp and defiant.
January 9, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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pavlovforgoths.com
the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best. It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence lies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't. By magicmosshka, yesterday's
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
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germanich.bsky.social
Сommission

#DragonAge
December 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
jayless.bsky.social
hold me like water / hold me like a knife

#oc #gw2 #sylvari
A digital illustration of Varo - a masc sylvari from Guild Wars 2. His bark is pale coral, his eyes are red, and his messy fronds are variegated white and sage green, with antennae growing at the inner base of his brows. Varo looks at the viewer with focus, his chin held up by a finger of one Void-made arm holding him possessively by the collarbone, and another wrapped around his waist, with fingers splayed against his torso. He's wearing a deep v-neck, sleeveless dress sewn with metallic velvet fabric, and a Void-colored shawl falling in loose folds over his arms. He's standing poised, with one arm held behind his back, and one hand, ending in crystalline claws, held loosely next to his face. Suspended in-between his those claws is a shard of the same crystal as they are made of, emitting jagged lines of Chaos and Void magic.
December 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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jayless.bsky.social
Celebrating my return to RP with some much needed art of my elementalist 😌

#gw2 #sylvari #oc
A digital painting of a masc sylvari dressed in loose, fur-lined robes in warm colors. His bark is a dusty charcoal, and his fronds, gathered into a loose ponytail, are white, with markings similar to silver begonia leaves. His face is in profile as he stands in front of a bright, snowy landscape, holding a dagger made out of glowing ice in a loose grip. A digital painting of a masc sylvari dressed in loose, fur-lined robes in warm colors. His bark is a dusty charcoal, and his fronds, gathered into a loose ponytail, are white, with markings similar to silver begonia leaves. Orange glow, like burning embers, curls along his features and fronds in flowing lines. His face is in profile as he stands in front of a snowy landscape at night, holding a dagger made out of glowing ice in a loose grip.
October 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
jayless.bsky.social
i'm back to using Varo as a test subject for trying out new art things. nature is healing 😌

#oc #gw2 #sylvari
A stylized digital drawing of a masc sylvari from GW2, painted in vivid colors against an ultramarine background. His bark is light pink, and the leaves on his head are mostly white, with some pale green variegation. His intensely red gaze is directed at the viewer in a dispassionate sneer.
December 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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ionomycin.bsky.social
my favorite pieces from 2025
drawing from earlier this year of a large humanoid octopus creature on building near the seashore. two women, one dressed in a lab coat are studying them drawing of an old building sunken underwater. there is a diver approaching it drawing of a dark room with a red light coming from the other room. a huge eel is swimming in a fish tank towards the woman dropping pellets into the water
December 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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germanich.bsky.social
Xallergh and Woljif

#Pathfinder
December 27, 2024 at 8:22 PM
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mimimaruuu.bsky.social
Human made #dragonage fanart 💘
December 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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mimimaruuu.bsky.social
“Always a dance with you” powder & ekko as leyendecker’s dancing couple ⏳💣💙

#Arcane  #ArcaneSeason2  @arcaneshow.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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athanaca.bsky.social
🔸Existence and Paleness🔹

Always amazed by the natural colors of the birds✨

#swallow #birdart #illustration #originalart #animalart #albino #birdwatching
Illustration of an albino barn swallow and the normal colored swallow
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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internethippo.bsky.social
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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jagalart.bsky.social
HUE 24
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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ionomycin.bsky.social
nursery
a young woman sweeping the floor with a mop in a room full of fish tanks. the room appears to be underwater, as there are fish visible behidn the windows
November 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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jagalart.bsky.social
HUE 29
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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featherfangart.bsky.social
‘Look, I’ve had a miserable week or two. Don’t test me, because I am losing my patience.’

Aka first date ideas (followup comic doodle in the reply) 💕😌
#dragonage
a fake screenshot like illustration of the Warden Ulric Cousland meeting Zevran Arainai for the first time. Yeah, it's the scene after Zevran ambushed him, attacked him and Ulric's not exactly. Happy. About that. He's a bit cranky even. Zevran's pushed down into the mud, Ulric's sort of kneeling on top of his chest, resting his weight on the other leg and his greatsword which is stabbed (for the lack of better word on my brain rn) into the ground right next to Zev's head. Cutting some strands of his hair. The rest of the party - Morrigan, Leliana and Alistair (who's ready to strike) are watching the scene. Ulric's usually pretty friendly and fun to be around, but he doesn't like being attacked u_u also he's been mourning his unscarred face for the past week or so
November 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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bigratgames.bsky.social
american indie developer deciding on a setting: in a cozy mountain town surrounded by wholesome yokai, ghibli inspired cooperative sustainable cherry blossoms and you can pet the dog french indie developer deciding on a setting: in a world where the gestalt misery of colonisation's victims has manifested into a sort of misery elemental, three church-like religious organisations hav[nine more paragraphs that leave you feeling like you know less than you knew before you started reading] polish indie developer deciding on a setting: warsaw👍🇵🇱 it is very bad
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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rifuhata.bsky.social
Today is my 26th B'day ( ´ ꒳ ` ) Thank you for being here with me
Repost is the best gift for an artist
November 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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athanaca.bsky.social
Walking towards Spring🌱

#illustration #artwork #digitalart #birdart #animalart #bird #decorative #originalart #wildlife
illustration of white wagtails walking on grass
November 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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velodus.bsky.social
From @acablart on Twitter: "november sucks. cant shave cant nut and you have to write a 50k word novel
November 1, 2023 at 1:43 PM
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mimorugk.bsky.social
yaoi enjoyers

#dragonage ✦︎ #dai ✦︎ #HoangTrevelyan ✦︎ #DragonAgeInquisition ✦︎ #CassandraPentaghast
October 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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athanaca.bsky.social
Family time! 💞

#grebe #bird #illustration #digitalart #originalart #animal #animalart #birdwatching #birder #cute #artist
Illustration of Great-crested grebe and it’s chicks
October 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
jayless.bsky.social
Celebrating my return to RP with some much needed art of my elementalist 😌

#gw2 #sylvari #oc
A digital painting of a masc sylvari dressed in loose, fur-lined robes in warm colors. His bark is a dusty charcoal, and his fronds, gathered into a loose ponytail, are white, with markings similar to silver begonia leaves. His face is in profile as he stands in front of a bright, snowy landscape, holding a dagger made out of glowing ice in a loose grip. A digital painting of a masc sylvari dressed in loose, fur-lined robes in warm colors. His bark is a dusty charcoal, and his fronds, gathered into a loose ponytail, are white, with markings similar to silver begonia leaves. Orange glow, like burning embers, curls along his features and fronds in flowing lines. His face is in profile as he stands in front of a snowy landscape at night, holding a dagger made out of glowing ice in a loose grip.
October 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM