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Vexus M (They/Them) 🏳️‍🌈🌺
@phantalantern.com
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Professional 2D Animator and Interdisciplinary Artist. Creator of #HowlsSong, a story about a cursed werewolf and lost space siren finding their ways back home. Opinions are my own.

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Vexus M (They/Them) 🏳️‍🌈🌺 @phantalantern.com · Oct 1
Should the situation arise to leave the site for good, I will be able to be found in these links:

www.phantalantern.com
cara.app/phantalantern
inkblot.app/phantalantern
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sheezy.art/phantalantern
@PhantaLantern's Profile – Sheezy.Art
Share your art, make some friends, take it Sheezy
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cardtrickmedia.bsky.social
Medic tries his hand at being a full time villain, and Heavy becomes a bureaucratic super hero.
Audio by ProZD
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[SFM] a villain who unintentionally always does helpful things
YouTube video by CardTrickmedia
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November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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vaelyane.bsky.social
Frog story in a frog-sized book.
The photographer is mostly off-screen with fingers holding a minuscule book of fables in front of a green, black and white plush frog, made by Bark's Bog. The frog looks as if it is highly focused on reading a page announcing a fable from Jean de la Fontaine: The Frog and the Ox. The fable is in French. The photographer did not make the book. This is a real miniature book of fables with an ISBN code, unearthed anew while doing an inventory.
November 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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noctemtenebris.bsky.social
An older piece of fanart I did for Blue eyes White Dragon 🐉
November 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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sammytighe.bsky.social
Happy 20th Shadow The Hedgehog

You’re flawed but I love you regardless 🔥
#art
Black Doom looming over Shadow the Hedgehog in Westopolis as the black comet sits in the atmosphere.
November 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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IT IS TIME
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November 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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workwithindies.com
insertdisc5 is hiring a Social Media Assistant to help launch Truth Scrapper, a visual novel with a twisty, queer-focused story!

📍 Remote, Part-time (Ontario, Canada)
🎬 Capture & post game GIFs/footage
📲 Tiktok XP a +

Work with @insertdisc5.com and apply:
insertdisc5 is hiring a Social Media Assistant
insertdisc5 is looking for a part-time, contract social media assistant for their upcoming visual novel
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November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Oh! Who is that dashing face offering such sound advice?
ko-fi.com Ko-fi @ko-fi.com · 5d
Part 2/2 ❤️
Snow Iris studio says "prep in advance. Remember people are going to want things before the holiday. I've got my thanksgiving themed art done already, so people can purchase and decorate in the lead up to Thanksgiving." Artfully Faith says "Keep an inventory of both finished products and raw materials. Demand spikes can be positive, but failing to meet it quickly can harm customer trust and lead to lost sales. Make sure you have enough stock and materials to maintain supply." Vexus says "I keep costs down by offering stickers, prints and other small or thin products so shipping is as affordable for all parties as much as possible." Sam Be Awesome says "it's never too early to prepare. Having things done, organized and ready to go early can relieve a lot of stress. I use a calendar and notepads to help stay organized with to-do lists and schedules so I don't forget."
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Part 2/2 ❤️
Snow Iris studio says "prep in advance. Remember people are going to want things before the holiday. I've got my thanksgiving themed art done already, so people can purchase and decorate in the lead up to Thanksgiving." Artfully Faith says "Keep an inventory of both finished products and raw materials. Demand spikes can be positive, but failing to meet it quickly can harm customer trust and lead to lost sales. Make sure you have enough stock and materials to maintain supply." Vexus says "I keep costs down by offering stickers, prints and other small or thin products so shipping is as affordable for all parties as much as possible." Sam Be Awesome says "it's never too early to prepare. Having things done, organized and ready to go early can relieve a lot of stress. I use a calendar and notepads to help stay organized with to-do lists and schedules so I don't forget."
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Pixar designed Toy Story to be printed on physical film. The Disney renaissance movies were the same.

Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
phantalantern.com
If your YouTube title contains an ellipsus, I will click "not interested".
November 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Happy #WerewolfWednesday. On this full moon, consider supporting me, an indie graphic novelist, releasing monthly chapters of Howl's Song. The main protagonist is a werewolf helping an alien siren return home before time runs out.
Support Vexus M ❤️
Become a supporter of Vexus M today!
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November 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Hello there, I'm on Vacation, y'all and bringing something mighty special: a discount code to use on all my commissions

Use "VACAY58" at checkout to claim for a limited time!

See the link below for more details

#kofidiscountchallenge

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I'm on Vacation
Void Android published a post on Ko-fi
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November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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An October wrap-up and thanks to all who have supported me. November will not be as hectic, but there are great plans in place for it. Be on the lookout for further announcements.

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Finish! October Thanks - Click to view on Ko-fi
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November 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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cartoonrecruit.com
Announcing the theme of Cartoon Recruit's portfolio jam. Drumroll please…
November 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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rtgame.bsky.social
HI I'M DAISY. PRINCE DAISY. HAPPY HALLOWEEN.
November 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
phantalantern.com
A forewarning: Stripe plans on forcing all accounts to use AI "Smart Disputes" starting Nov 1st. The instructions on how to turn it off are in the 2nd image. I do not want a hallucinating network to handling my money.
Please spread the word on this by reposting. This move is ridiculous.
Screenshot email of Stripe, a payment processor, sharing news about an "AI-powered Smart Dispute". The email portion reads: "Hello, We're excited to share that you'll get early access to Smart Disputes starting November 2025. We'll automatically enable this new-" before being cut off. "How to turn off auto-submission If you don't want to use Smart Disputes, then you can turn off auto-submission in your Dashboard. If you opt out, you can still manually submit evidence generated by Smart Disputes once it is enabled for your account."
October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Happy #WerewolfWednesday. If you wish to read a story of a werewolf and their siren friend catch a soul train, then please consider doing so here:

ko-fi.com/album/Howls-...

This chapter took 11 months to complete. Reading it in its entirety will take at most an hour. Please consider pledging $2.
Howl's Song Chapter 17 Visual Pages - Ko-fi.com
Ko-fi allows creators to make an income doing what they love! 0-5% fees!
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October 30, 2025 at 12:38 AM
phantalantern.com
There is a Hideo Kojima that was accredited to working on Legends Z-A. Is this the same Kojima for Death Stranding? Or does this happen to be a person with the same name?
October 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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voidyartdroid.bsky.social
Twas a late piece but I managed to finish an idea of a drawing
Took the opportunity to make it a birthday gift for the kind and friendly Ko-Fi Barista @phantalantern.com

(Drawing them as an actual barista from my knowledge of "roadside diners")
The persona of Vexus (a shadowy gargoyle creature) wearing the outfit of a waiter/barista commonly seen in diners or restaurants
October 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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New Howl's Song Chapter 17 page will be dropping in 15 minutes.
October 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Smooth interpolated 60fps animation
impavid.us 🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · Oct 9
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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cobaltcorvus.bsky.social
There's currently a sitewide sale on INPRNT!

All my prints will be 35% off during this time!

Mini Prints
Posters
Framed Prints

#bskyart #BSNM #DarkArt
A screen capture of the Inprint shop front of various dark art pieces created by Ren Varela. The prints are all marked at 35% off available in different types of prints and various sizes.
October 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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You will threaten business' abilities to sell legal adult content, but you will forcefully opt-in everyone to use an AI automated dispute system? Square Pay is looking like the better option to migrate to by the day.
An email from Stripe detailing how their "AI-Powered" program for payment disputes will be enabled in November 2025.
October 3, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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babeandoak.bsky.social
Sphinx Moths & Hemlock sketches🦋

Part of the washi tape & brand pattern I designed for the small press publisher Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social
Crop close up of digital sketches in grey pencil. Part of the design of the brand pattern Washi tape I designed for Neon Hemlock. In the top left is my Babe&Oak arch logo stamp. In the bottom right are various leaves and branch outlines of hemlock plants and flowers. In the left and centre are two kinds of moths. The bottom is a closed winged white spotted moth and above it is a sphinx moth in open wing position. Done on procreate
October 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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alazywendig0.bsky.social
Inktober day 1: Highway Man Darkest Dungeon🗡️
#Inktober #darkestDungeon #MyArt
October 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM