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Kim Sokol
@kimsokol.bsky.social
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Fantasy illustrator. She/her. Kingston, ON.

Portfolio at https://kimsokol.com
Commissions at http://commissions.kimsokol.com
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Kim Sokol @kimsokol.bsky.social · Jan 13
Hey #portfolioday!

I'm Kim, a fantasy artist in gaming and publishing who loves light and mood. Currently I work primarily on Magic: The Gathering and am actively seeking more book cover work!

Portfolio: kimsokol.com
Two queens, one in armor, look at each other on a balcony overlooking their kingdom as the sun sets A fake YA book cover featuring a girl with a candle burning away a circle of leaves A formally dressed vampire woman smiles as she throws red petals over a balcony Book cover featuring an elven and a half-elven woman with the scene of a tall tower and forest below
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duranch.bsky.social
Emergency commissions.

Since the electric company decided that now I'm going to pay almost 3 times what I use (from 80 to 198 €)

I'm opening 3 slots with a 20% discount to all of the prices.

RT are very much appreciated 🙏
duranch.bsky.social duRanch [Commissions open] @duranch.bsky.social · Jun 26
Commissions open!

Contact: artduranch@gmail.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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johnrogers.bsky.social
A few days old, but a decent shot of one of the regular crowbros on my walk, who waits on that sign every morning. Zoom in for some
cool details.
A close up of a crow with a broken top beak sitting on top of a traffic sign with the moon behind it A wise shot of a crow with a broken top beak sitting on a traffic sign, with the moon behind it.
February 20, 2026 at 2:50 AM
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jimzub.bsky.social
There is no downside.
Canadians, check to see if your books are eligible and, if they are, SIGN UP:
publiclendingright.ca
The Public Lending Right (PLR) Program
It pays to have your books in Canada’s libraries! Learn more about the Public Lending Right Program
publiclendingright.ca
February 20, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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ysvyri.bsky.social
My new vlog is UP ✨ I need everyone and their mother to go watch this, share it etc because I am about to lose monetisation on my account thanks to me taking a break to deal with my dad's death.

Thank you so much 💖

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkLb...
February 19, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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devonrubinart.bsky.social
🦅⚔️ commission of a friends character !! Gorm the Griever and his trusty falcon, Morrow. used a ton of @maxulichney.bsky.social brushes (gouache and oils) to achieve the texture !! those brushes are magic. thank you @ryryrybread.bsky.social for letting me fuss over this hehe
February 19, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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breebird33.bsky.social
TFW the pressures of "polite" society are just too much, you run off to the woods to cry and accidentally befriend its lord 🫣🌿💕
3 text boxes float down the composition of a scene depicting a crying young woman in voluminous late 1830s gown and bonnet sits on the sunny side of a tree. In the shadows on the other sits a horned beast in a antiquated 16th century clothes, peeking back at the woman. Both sport pink and blue, complimenting each other. text on page reads: I don't know how they're always able to find me... But their company is appreciated, never adding to my distress. They'll even ask about my slate of worries and woes, offering advice if they have any to give. Someday I'll be permitted to look them in the eye, and thank them for the friendship-without the fear of being devoured...
February 19, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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martyfive.bsky.social
mr. sunshine (2023)
digital art/redraw of an old photo of Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, standing near Luke’s X-wing. he’s wearing an orange pilot suit, helmet in his hand, and is smiling very brightly. there’s a silhouette of an unknown man sitting on the X-wing behind him, likely a maintenance worker. every time i look at this drawing it feels like happiness. i love it so much
February 19, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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kimsokol.bsky.social
Just found this old thing about what it feels like to do character commissions and I think the point still stands

...I don't miss my old haircut for many reasons but it sure was easy to recognizably cartoon
July 28, 2023 at 1:33 AM
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chainsawroll.bsky.social
Artist! Quote with your yellow art! 💛
February 19, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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gregpak.net
Hey, friends! @ziibiing.com and the awesome folks at StandWithMinnesota have launched #keepMNhoused! Check out keepMNhoused.com and kick in to help folks affected by ICE stay in their homes!

ALSO, artists, please join the call for art to help spread the word!

(art here by the great @trungles.com)
Keep Minnesota Housed! Much of the media has left, but ICE is still in Minnesota and hundreds of families need help with rent in order to avoid eviction. Visit keepMNhoused.com to adopt a rent or donate to rent funds! #keepMNhoused Drawing by Trung Le Nguyen features a bundled up boy holding a sign reading "Thank you!" in front of a cozy purple house.
February 19, 2026 at 5:38 PM
kimsokol.bsky.social
Artist! Quote with your yellow art! 💛
Spirit Token for Magic: The Gathering
February 19, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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zmeess.bsky.social
commission for @velnna.bsky.social, who asked for a portrait of Kostya from his comic The Under Garden! thank you for commissioning me 💜

#art
digital shoulders-up painting of a young person. he has gray-purple skin, chin-length wavy white hair, vivid red eyes and pointed ears. he is wearing an off-white shirt with its collar popped, showing off floral embroidery and red beads decorating it. the character is portrayed in three fourths, looking up at something out of frame with his chin raised. his mouth is slightly open, his face focused. glowing magical smoke is rising from his right eye, completely whiting it out.
February 19, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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travale.bsky.social
Anyways don’t forget that you can cancel your amazon prime accounts and complain loudly and often to let them know you aren’t interested in watching shows made with ai tools

www.reuters.com/business/med...
Exclusive: Amazon plans to use AI to speed up TV and film production
Amazon plans to use artificial intelligence to speed up the process for making movies and TV shows even as Hollywood fears that AI will cut jobs and permanently reshape the industry.
www.reuters.com
February 19, 2026 at 4:32 AM
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aplante.com
hey! fellow hosers! if you are looking for a canadian sticker company to order from, i've been using jukebox and they're SUCH NICE QUALITY! and their packaging is bright rainbow!

also they gave me a referral code idk man just feels like something i should put out there just in case you never know
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February 18, 2026 at 7:22 PM
kimsokol.bsky.social
dialed.gg has been going around and I'm curious now, what's your strategy? I have a terrible visual memory so I'm like calculating the HSB in my head and remembering that instead, and now I wonder if that's the normal strat or if other people can actually hold a colour image in their head
Color Game — How Well Can You Remember Colors?
We show you colors. You recreate them from memory. Challenge friends to beat your score. It's harder than you think. Play free at dialed.gg.
dialed.gg
February 19, 2026 at 2:20 AM
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gwillow.me
Ramadan Kareem, everybody
kzooastro.bsky.social Kalamazoo Astronomical Society @kzooastro.bsky.social · 1d
Mercury was only 50 arcminutes (0.8°) above a very young waxing crescent Moon this evening. KAS member Pete Mumbower captured this image from his home in Vicksburg, MI.
February 19, 2026 at 1:56 AM
kimsokol.bsky.social
ayy james was my desk neighbour in the 4th year illustration room way way back in the day and it seems that he's still out here killing it (somewhere other than bsky)
ashcanpress.com 𝕄𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕨 ℝ𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕘 @ashcanpress.com · 1d
I got to read a copy of @fearlessfred.bsky.social & James Edward Clark's FLORIDA HIPPOPOTAMUS COCAINE MASSACRE from @madcavestudios.com. When I say the name of the book is the least wild thing about it, that should be all you need to know. Pure chaos in the best way. Grab #1 today.
February 19, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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nicolechiorato.bsky.social
Then vs Now
portrait of a young boy, with pale skin and black hair looking at his albino raven familar, that flies to his shoulder Illustration of my OC Babylon, inside an abandoned cathedral A young looking man with light skin and cream colored fur and hair, pointy ears, golden horns and claws, his halo thorned vines shaped wrapped around his neck, hea an waist Using black, red and golden colored torned cloth, his wings spread open Behind his head, a colorful Vitral, lighting the inside,aussrounded by concrete pillars, adored and plants
February 19, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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trueref.bsky.social
We're looking for an artist who specializes in furry art! If your comms are open, let us know!
February 18, 2026 at 11:22 PM
kimsokol.bsky.social
FWIW there are 23 years between those two. There's plenty of inspo for improving fast these days; there are artists younger than that first picture who can absolutely kick my ass. But if you struggle, remember that forward movement is still movement and the destination's getting closer regardless.
Image that says "Don't chase your dreams. Humans are persistence predators. Follow your dreams at a sustainable pace until they get tired and lie down." (I wanted to credit the originator of this statement but it's been reposted so much in so many places I couldn't figure it out.)
February 19, 2026 at 12:50 AM
kimsokol.bsky.social
Then vs Now(-ish)
Very old poorly-drawn ink image of an elf warrior with either a flaming sword or torch, I can't tell. It's coloured with airbrush in Photoshop. Two queens stand on a balcony before their city during the sunset; they're gazing at each other romantically.
February 19, 2026 at 12:44 AM
kimsokol.bsky.social
Post your contextless photoshops
A poorly photoshopped image of John Cena where his face has been replaced with the moon from Majora's Mask, as have his nipples, except the face on the moon nipples is partially John Cena's face. It's contextless even to me, I can't remember what the hell this was about.
February 19, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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packbawky.bsky.social
This is Mr. Horsy.

Mr. Horsy is not just a badly-drawn horse. He's that feeling artists get when we have to draw a horse, and we're trying to remember how their parts fit together.
A catastrophically terrible drawing of a horse. (It has weird, wonky hooves, teeth like a shark and a giant head on a blobby body.)
February 18, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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doctornerdlove.com
This guy (@glutelord.bsky.social) is correct about a lot of the discourse around "looksmaxxing" and so much of guys' ideas of what men should look like, and he should keep saying it.
February 17, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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ianfay.bsky.social
Finished his body, learned a lot.
had a crack at his asymmetrical abs
finn balor 3d model from behind finn balor 3d model
February 17, 2026 at 9:25 PM