Ray 🩸
@rays666hell.bsky.social
Chicago comic creator (Light Carries On, I Felt Myself Slipping, Raise Hell!) • jerk of all trades • local pervert 🔞 • drink girlie • they/he
Tags: #art #nsfwart #vampiretime #HouseDurango
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Ray 🩸
@rays666hell.bsky.social
· Oct 24
Chicago comic creator and fun drink enthusiast, I love drawing bloody boys and toxic yaoi and sad guys. I do be playing video games
Portfolio 🩸 raynadine.com
Shop 🔪 revengepress.com
Portfolio 🩸 raynadine.com
Shop 🔪 revengepress.com
This is what I try to hammer home most when I do consultations w creative laborers. Ask for the deadline extension, clock out at a reasonable time every day. Publishers do not give a shit if you destroy yourself for your work.
I'm not sure which of you need to hear this, but:
If you push yourself to your limits and burn out for a company, you are trading years of your future productivity for minor gains in the present.
Burning out will _fuck you up_, it's like brain fog or depression, and it takes years to recover
If you push yourself to your limits and burn out for a company, you are trading years of your future productivity for minor gains in the present.
Burning out will _fuck you up_, it's like brain fog or depression, and it takes years to recover
December 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This is what I try to hammer home most when I do consultations w creative laborers. Ask for the deadline extension, clock out at a reasonable time every day. Publishers do not give a shit if you destroy yourself for your work.
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December 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
December 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Better luck next time ~
December 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Better luck next time ~
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December 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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December 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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tilting windmills wicked, wandering blind
December 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
tilting windmills wicked, wandering blind
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My revamp of Male with Arms Up-Stretched by William Etty , 1828
I’m kind of in love with how this one turned out
Also getting close to finishing Vol.3 of my Dark Vintage books! I’m hoping to have it done by January
Prints: astrazero.com/product/arms...
I’m kind of in love with how this one turned out
Also getting close to finishing Vol.3 of my Dark Vintage books! I’m hoping to have it done by January
Prints: astrazero.com/product/arms...
December 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
My revamp of Male with Arms Up-Stretched by William Etty , 1828
I’m kind of in love with how this one turned out
Also getting close to finishing Vol.3 of my Dark Vintage books! I’m hoping to have it done by January
Prints: astrazero.com/product/arms...
I’m kind of in love with how this one turned out
Also getting close to finishing Vol.3 of my Dark Vintage books! I’m hoping to have it done by January
Prints: astrazero.com/product/arms...
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Gonna start a new Disco during the liminal time. (Dec 22 - Jan 2)
December 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Gonna start a new Disco during the liminal time. (Dec 22 - Jan 2)
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This is such a misunderstanding of why writers, artists, and designers do research to begin with, which is to find something unexpected, not capture the average or find reference for the default.
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
Anyone who supports this is an embarrassment. "Instead of typing it out they'll generate their idea"? Are you insane?
Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
December 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is such a misunderstanding of why writers, artists, and designers do research to begin with, which is to find something unexpected, not capture the average or find reference for the default.
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
DnD tonight after weeks of no DnD
December 16, 2025 at 5:18 AM
DnD tonight after weeks of no DnD
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Publishers certainly aren't gonna help you have healthy working habits lmao. If they gave a shit, then we'd actually be paid a living wage for starters.
December 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Publishers certainly aren't gonna help you have healthy working habits lmao. If they gave a shit, then we'd actually be paid a living wage for starters.
I actually do consultation/coaching for freelance creatives wanting a healthier work balance! I helped @soengery.bsky.social, I can do my best to help you too 🙏
www.raynadine.com/consultation
www.raynadine.com/consultation
Consultation — Ray Nadine
www.raynadine.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I actually do consultation/coaching for freelance creatives wanting a healthier work balance! I helped @soengery.bsky.social, I can do my best to help you too 🙏
www.raynadine.com/consultation
www.raynadine.com/consultation
My experience making comics nearly mirrors these eras, and these tips are truly the key to not destroying yourself for your art. I'd say I'm solidly in the Indulgence Era, but I know the burnout I experienced would've been so much worse if I didn't maintain strict "rules" to my work/life balance.
GRINDING vs HONING YOUR EDGE
or
how to improve w/o burning out! (1/17)🧵📚
I've spent a lot of time grinding, and subsequently a lot of time recovering, and then a lot of time just having fun, and I've got some thoughts I'd like to share re; energy!
(skip to post #7 for the tips)
or
how to improve w/o burning out! (1/17)🧵📚
I've spent a lot of time grinding, and subsequently a lot of time recovering, and then a lot of time just having fun, and I've got some thoughts I'd like to share re; energy!
(skip to post #7 for the tips)
December 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
My experience making comics nearly mirrors these eras, and these tips are truly the key to not destroying yourself for your art. I'd say I'm solidly in the Indulgence Era, but I know the burnout I experienced would've been so much worse if I didn't maintain strict "rules" to my work/life balance.
MAN 2D being nonbinary feels so good and right especially w how influential Gorillaz has been on me for my whole life 🥺
December 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
MAN 2D being nonbinary feels so good and right especially w how influential Gorillaz has been on me for my whole life 🥺
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Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett casually confirming that 2D of Gorillaz is non-binary now is not what I expected from this album promotion cycle but y’know, yeah, cool, good for them!
![Albarn: That's the lovely thing about Gorillaz - it's still committed to everything existing in its own world. It's why l put that sound on my voice to separate me from [cartoon lead singer] 2-D. He…. Well, I actually don't think he's much of a he, he's more of a 'they', isn't he?
Hewlett: They're definitely more at home in that [non-binary] world. They're a sweetheart, they're open and accepting new information.
Albarn: Exactly, it's such a nice place to sing from.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vmhrtckqi7ghdoqhf3lgvm4y/bafkreifoqfxkzjxz6oq5zh75dmks7wgy75zkpercumnvqubrm2vde4tdxy@jpeg)
December 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett casually confirming that 2D of Gorillaz is non-binary now is not what I expected from this album promotion cycle but y’know, yeah, cool, good for them!
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and remain blissfully ignorant of my hypocrisy all the while
December 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
and remain blissfully ignorant of my hypocrisy all the while
I want to draw but I am in crochet hell trying to finish Christmas gifts in time lmao
December 11, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I want to draw but I am in crochet hell trying to finish Christmas gifts in time lmao
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⚔️SHOP NEWS ⚔️
My online shop is now hosting the NSFW/🔞 digital works of iconic indie artists and writers:
@fastpuck.bsky.social
@pompoison.bsky.social
@frictionpress.bsky.social
You can purchase dark queer porn novels and comics of all fantasies: nightmarelandpress.com/pages/nightm...
Thank you!💋
My online shop is now hosting the NSFW/🔞 digital works of iconic indie artists and writers:
@fastpuck.bsky.social
@pompoison.bsky.social
@frictionpress.bsky.social
You can purchase dark queer porn novels and comics of all fantasies: nightmarelandpress.com/pages/nightm...
Thank you!💋
December 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
⚔️SHOP NEWS ⚔️
My online shop is now hosting the NSFW/🔞 digital works of iconic indie artists and writers:
@fastpuck.bsky.social
@pompoison.bsky.social
@frictionpress.bsky.social
You can purchase dark queer porn novels and comics of all fantasies: nightmarelandpress.com/pages/nightm...
Thank you!💋
My online shop is now hosting the NSFW/🔞 digital works of iconic indie artists and writers:
@fastpuck.bsky.social
@pompoison.bsky.social
@frictionpress.bsky.social
You can purchase dark queer porn novels and comics of all fantasies: nightmarelandpress.com/pages/nightm...
Thank you!💋
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"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Making DnD templates wahooo
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Making DnD templates wahooo
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Reposting the sign for my own benefit
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Reposting the sign for my own benefit