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Marie Baumgarten
@mariebaumgarten.bsky.social
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(She/Her/🌈) (🚫 AI sucks )
🌙 Concept Artist & Illustrator from Germany
✨ Portfolio & Contact: https://linktr.ee/saphitstrue
☔ Happily obsessed with all things slightly dark and sad but beautiful!
🔮 personal project: #oraculus
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Marie Baumgarten @mariebaumgarten.bsky.social · Dec 30
This year I got to do a lot more concepts and personal stuff, that was so refreshing :) Doesn't make for a very flashy #artvsartist though, was kinda struggeling to find works that aren't sketches/bashes 😅

Previous years going all the way back to 2016 are in the comments of the quoted post! ✨
art versus artist meme, a three by three roster of artworks i created in 2025 and a picture of me in the middle. My mom always makes me sit down in her garden bushes and pose for photos, I don't know what's up with that..
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naladraws.com
If you are a Black artist who does work in tabletop games (or wants to) please share your work here!! I’m not currently hiring for anything but I’ll boost y’all and maybe folks who are following me are 👀 at the very least I’m always seeking more creatives to add to my Rolodex for future projects 🫶🏼✨
February 3, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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labillustration.bsky.social
Posted this on FB, now posting it here: I want to see fun art. Can everyone do me a favor? Draw something in 2 minutes and comment what you come up with. Good, bad, silly, whatever. I just want to see humans make art and not the pervasive AI slop. Your art will create 1000 times more joy.
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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aaronradney.bsky.social
I'm Aaron, a fantasy illustrator working on non-Eurocentric stories including my own Pan-African fantasy world of #Ha-Nahn. I've done work for the Wagadu Chronicles, Into the Motherlands, @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social and more.

Find me at www.aaronradney.com and patreon.com/aaronradney
Mwindaji, Remnant Leader Image of Mwindaji, a named Remnant (a type of living weapon in Ha-Nahn that is formed when a weapon absorbs so much hatred and malice from its owner that it tries to keep on fighting even after that person dies) stalking forward through an eerie yellow orange night with a full moon. She wears a purple torn and tattered garment with great blades for her arms and a masked, eyeless face. She leads a small troop of others behind her as though prepared to destroy an unsuspecting village. Her body is full of indications of damage from previous battles and yet she still exists. Nature’s Aegis An image of a Black non-binary person in a rainforest environment. They are a mage and the painting is done primarily in a green pallet. They’re channeling nature magic into a protective cloak that trails away from her shoulders and arcs gracefully across the page. They look over their shoulder at it serenely and is seen from a slightly raised angle. Small calligraphic symbols can be seen throughout the image. Borderland Scout A dark skinned Black woman sitting atop an antelope of some sort outfitted with a saddle and riding harness. The creature is standing atop a rocky outcropping as the woman looks off into the distance. A vast sky surrounds her giving the piece a feeling of openness and majesty as birds circle high in the sky around her. Oaths to keep Two figures stand on a rise overlooking a dense forest at sunset. The world is rendered in luscious oranges, pinks, reds and gold. The two figures, silhouetted in the foreground look into the distance where a large temple complex rises out of the forest canopy. They clearly have a distance to go but the destination is in sight.
February 6, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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gwillow.me
The quality of art is not the quality of the art; if it were, art would begin and end w/photorealism. The quality of art is in the quality of the artist's observations. Some of the greatest novels have workmanlike prose; they are carried by jaw-dropping truths about human life. Or take cartooning--
February 7, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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tolariancommunitycollege.com
I'm giving away TEN Collector Booster Boxes of Lorwyn Eclipsed!

I'm giving TEN PEOPLE each one box of Collector Boosters from Lorwyn as a thank you for donating to Trans Lifeline!

Just donate in multiples of $4.00 to @translifeline.org until Feb 7 at 10am PST!

Donate--> give.translifeline.org/tcc
February 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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jimzub.bsky.social
Always read contracts you're sent to sign, even if you're told it's "boilerplate".

Understand what you're agreeing to and don't be afraid to ask questions or request adjustments.

When you're starting out you may not have much room to negotiate, but at least you can go into it with your eyes open.
February 5, 2026 at 4:34 AM
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diveamydive.bsky.social
I just saw this instagram post from the incredibly talented and breathtakingly hilarious Kate Welch, who was laid off around a year ago, and I wanted to share it here. It’s an important message, and you deserve to read it:
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A title image reads “So Youve Just Been Laid Off a post-corporate message from @katewelchhhh” “One year ago, I was laid off from my corporate gaming job. For the first time in my 15-year career, I was unemployed without a next secure, salaried job on the horizon. I am either exceptionally lucky or talented, but it doesn't matter which it is - both no longer seem applicable.”
February 4, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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ladeedanger.com
Are you an artist interested in creating art for @magic.wizards.com?

Well now we have this super rad portfolio submission tool to submit your best of the best work to, that gets looked at with human eyes! 👀 #wotcstaff

company.wizards.com/en/freelance...
Freelance Art Submissions | Wizards of the Coast
Are you an aspiring Wizards of the Coast artist? Submit your portfolio today for review by our art directors!
company.wizards.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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eliotbaum.bsky.social
Cover artwork for Petra Lord's Queen of Faces - gold foil edition for the french version by Lumen éditions.
Petra Lord's Queen of Faces, Livre 1 with a logo from LUMEN. A giant face in a starry night sky hovering about blue waves and an academic building. Cold blues and golds, the face is illuminating the surrounding areas. There's butterflies in golds in the sky
February 2, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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anyrava.bsky.social
Lunchbreak sketch
February 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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nataliadraws.bsky.social
My Digital Artbook is out now 🎉 Ko-Fi Shop: ko-fi.com/s/cb6ce9a7a2 It's mostly unposted art from the past 4 years
A promo image for a digital artbook showing the cover and 6 pages as well as some info: "140+ illustrations and comics, 104 pages, 12 Euros, Now on Ko-Fi" The cover shows a cozy warm fantasy themed street scene with a book shop in a medieval brick house. A bird with a hat is selling books and scrolls through a window. Four human and elf children are buying books. They also brought a small cart for the books.
February 3, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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anafi.bsky.social
Hello #portfolioday! ✨

I am Ana, character concept artist working for games. Clients include Blizzard Entertainment, Critical Role, Gunfire Games, Sharkmob and Bioware.

Currently living as a freelancer, but my dream is to join a big game studio making RPG/action games one day 😄

✨ linktr.ee/anafi
July 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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pbmoj.bsky.social
I'm currently looking for new projects and I am taking commissions! 💕 So if you're interested, send a message to pbmoj.art@gmail.com!

Sharing this post is much appreciated! 🙏💖
pbmoj.bsky.social Patricia Moj 🎨 || freelance illustrator / concept artist @pbmoj.bsky.social · 27d
Hi #PortfolioDay ! 💕

I'm Patricia, a freelance illustrator and concept artist from Germany. I especially love doing character-centric illustrations and do work for books, tabletop, board + video games, and other projects! 😊

✨ patriciamoj.com
✨ pbmoj.art@gmail.com
digital painting of an elf holding a magically glowing cup, leaves floating around digital painting, a mage wielding water magic Digital painting of a koala wearing a belt with a sachet full of leaves and a green glowing potion. The koala reaches out to some leaves in the foreground. digital painting, a magic student instructing their pet pig to do some magic
January 19, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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praxispixels.bsky.social
Honestly, I have pretty much exclusively been finding art ref for the past 6 months by looking at cool books on @archive.org

Tons of user archived content of pretty much any art/history/architecture/design book you could imagine.
February 1, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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urbanaudacity.blacksky.app
PLEASE check out my friend’s fantastic comic, Sanguine Foundations!
A Black trans woman discovers she’s a wizard and joins a magic academy…but she soon learns it’s a corrupt institution on stolen land that must be destroyed. It’s free to read here:

www.hypercomicsuniverse.com/sanguine-fou...
The cover of Sanguine Foundations. The main character, Jess, holds her wand as the phases of the moon surround her, and her dorm mates are below her. The title is bold with a crescent moon next to it. The border is graffiti-style with mentions of hip-hop and Atlanta
February 2, 2026 at 3:20 AM
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friede.bsky.social
Do I know artists who work in an 18th century style of illustration who might take on a modest proposal (so to speak)?

(would love to see portfolios)
January 28, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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nataliadraws.bsky.social
The digital Artbook is coming along nicely though slowly. I'm mostly stuck on the writing 🥲 It's definitely not my strength but I feel like it's nice to add at least a little bit of context, so I'm trying
January 28, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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sarenstone.com
Fellow artists beware of job listings or recruiters from a group posing as Blinkmoon. Preying on hopeful artists in this job climate is disgusting. Don't let them waste your time.

More details in OPs thread.
cyndavilachase.bsky.social Cyn @cyndavilachase.bsky.social · 17d
ITS A SCAM. THE JOB IS A SCAM.
Jfc this is so targeted. Recruiting emails. A nice website & game sample on Steam. Interview focusing on storyboarding skills. Portfolio review. Official employment letter. Onboarding emails across two days. Then they hit me with wanting me to cash a check. 😫
January 26, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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arnaerr.bsky.social
the astrologer (commission)

#art #ocsky
January 26, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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debbieohi.com
To publishers, authors, & others posting about illustrated books, including covers that have illustration: Please credit the ILLUSTRATOR.

This not only helps boost the illustrator, but also shows that you value HUMAN illustrators.
#PicturesMeanBusiness
Large blue text reads, “Why do so many book people keep forgetting to credit illustrators?” Beside the text, a roundish blue winged horse contains the text “#Pictures Mean Business.” At the bottom is the credit: “Illustration: Sarah McIntyre along with a website link.
October 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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jeffsimpson.bsky.social
some studies
January 25, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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suminmii.bsky.social
Character designs for personal project :3
October 20, 2024 at 5:23 AM
mariebaumgarten.bsky.social
Just got offered a 16% rush rate for a freelance assignment that already heavily underpays. I'm so tired of the disrespect 😮‍💨
January 25, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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pradaldi.bsky.social
For my followers in the EU, there is an European citizens’ initiative you can sign to demand the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
If you are for BDS this would be a huge step up.

eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...
Justice for Palestine Stop EU trade with criminals
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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kafisart.bsky.social
It’s time for a new introduction!

I’m Kafis and I art direct teams at Techland. I’m also Magic: the Gathering and D&D artist. Goth 🦇, tea lover 🫖, and proud owner of way too many artbooks 📚 (too scared to count). ✨

www.KafisArt.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM