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Runesael Flynn
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#Art Director, Stations and Starships #ttrpgs • Character #Artist, Cartomantic • 3D printing • fountain pen nerd • neurodivergent • rhythm games #itg #ddr • worldbuilding + conlangs • NO GENAI 🚫 • dicemaker • #projectzomboid RP • amateur VA + musician
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Runesael Flynn @runesael.bsky.social · May 22
“If things do get bad—“

“Then the work before us is the same as it always was, and always will be.” He gave her a reassuring smile. “We must take care of each other.”

-The Map and the Territory, by
@/amtuomala.bsky.social
runesael.bsky.social
Rune-coded characters:

Gideon (Gideon the Ninth)
Hoid / Wit (Stormlight Archives)
616/TVA Loki (Loki)
Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End)
A painterly image of Gideon from Gideon the Ninth. An illustrative image of Hoid/Wit as the Fool. A screenshot from the Loki TV show of Tom Hiddleston as Loki An anime screenshot of Frieren, a white haired elf with blue eyes wearing white robes and holding a crescent moon staff with a red gem in the middle.
February 2, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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runesael.bsky.social
We made it out, but gods, what a pyrrhic victory it was.

Violet, post-KEZ. 30ish minute sketch post actual stream today.

#projectzomboid #rp #sketch #art #digitalpainting #noai
A very quick sketch of a white-haired woman with pale blue eyes looking over her shoulder at the viewer. She wears glasses, and a streak of red marks the bottom of her the hair that rests on her shoulder. This sketch is messy as hell.
January 27, 2026 at 9:51 AM
runesael.bsky.social
Taking today off. Stay weird out there. <3
January 27, 2026 at 10:21 PM
runesael.bsky.social
We made it out, but gods, what a pyrrhic victory it was.

Violet, post-KEZ. 30ish minute sketch post actual stream today.

#projectzomboid #rp #sketch #art #digitalpainting #noai
A very quick sketch of a white-haired woman with pale blue eyes looking over her shoulder at the viewer. She wears glasses, and a streak of red marks the bottom of her the hair that rests on her shoulder. This sketch is messy as hell.
January 27, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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runesael.bsky.social
Violet at 16 and 26.

(This version of the younger Violet is without the iridescent shading in her hair, and was done as a reference image for the roleplaying server I’m part of.)

The second image is Violet as she is now in game, sans a few scars.

#projectzomboid #oc #art #illustration
A young, teenaged feminine person with blonde hair and blue-green eyes smirks at the viewer. She wears a grey tank top and a black choker. A feminine person in their twenties smirks at the viewer. She has white hair and blue-green eyes. Her face as a number of scars, to include one across the eyebrow and one horizontally across her face. She wears a black jacket with a fur collar. Her white hair is done up in a messy ponytail, and a nearly shoulder-length section of bangs hangs over the far side of her face, concealing her eye. There is a red streak in her hair that runs from her temple into her ponytail.
January 6, 2026 at 7:27 PM
runesael.bsky.social
The Project Zomboid RP server I’ve been playing on for the last six months has finally had its story come to a close.

I’m sad, but all good things must come to an end. Just wish I could shake this hollow feeling in my chest; it’s just a game, but we lost characters tonight.
January 25, 2026 at 11:11 AM
runesael.bsky.social
Well. That was bar none, the scariest thing I've ever done in my professional life.

We'll see if anything comes of it.

(Sorry for the VaguePosting, I just don't know if I can talk about what I just did lmao.)
January 21, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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runesael.bsky.social
✨Reward for the exceptionally wonderful and patient @vallaragna.bsky.social of her hunter! ✨

Thank you for your generous donation to the #AACR, (and for being awesome! <3)

#destiny2 #destiny2fanart #noai #art #illustration
An exceptionally colourful image of a red-haired human Destiny 2 hunter wearing the shark cloak and the swim-related transmog set with a Hawaiian print as the base layer. The background is blue, orange and yellow with clouds in the background and graphic stripes horizontally and diagonally in the background with a geometry pattern behind it.
January 15, 2026 at 5:25 AM
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pascalepetit.bsky.social
Poetry is the closest grief has to expression in language. Without it, we would be reduced to a single, unending cry of inexpressible hurt. With it, we exercise our prerogative to be human, in conversation with a grief that would otherwise destroy us.
– Ilyse Kusnetz
January 18, 2026 at 8:23 AM
runesael.bsky.social
... old man hours. I'm an ex-MUD/MUSHer. So yep, RP notes on the MUD notes boards. Lots of them.
josie.zone 🏳️‍⚧️ Tár-Tár Binks @josie.zone · Jan 2
Okay, let's get nostalgic

What was the VERY FIRST online platform that you became addicted to posting on?????
January 16, 2026 at 3:20 PM
runesael.bsky.social
AAAAAAAAAAAAAA finally!!!!!

Now if I only could stop rushing…

#ddr #itg
January 16, 2026 at 6:29 AM
runesael.bsky.social
- Fashion design / clothing.
- D E T A I L S
- handling VIBRANT colour usage (when my brain works)
- character design and portraits
- art directing and supporting other artists, I hope.
- collabing! I’m at my best when I’m working in tandem with others to create stuff. :)
alejandrapinal.bsky.social Alejandra Pinal @alejandrapinal.bsky.social · 21d
Artists, I think we're all too comfortable sharing our imposter syndrome.

I would love to see you step out of your comfort zone and confidently state what you think you're actually really good at.

No self deprecation, just what you think you're the strongest at

Is anyone brave eniough? 👀
January 15, 2026 at 8:12 PM
runesael.bsky.social
✨Reward for the exceptionally wonderful and patient @vallaragna.bsky.social of her hunter! ✨

Thank you for your generous donation to the #AACR, (and for being awesome! <3)

#destiny2 #destiny2fanart #noai #art #illustration
An exceptionally colourful image of a red-haired human Destiny 2 hunter wearing the shark cloak and the swim-related transmog set with a Hawaiian print as the base layer. The background is blue, orange and yellow with clouds in the background and graphic stripes horizontally and diagonally in the background with a geometry pattern behind it.
January 15, 2026 at 5:25 AM
runesael.bsky.social
FC’d the 8 of Low Frequency Weapons on Sunday, (FINALLY) and passed my first ITG 10 (barely!!!) before I went on break in December.

I can handle ITG 8s and some 9s reliably now. Really exciting to see progress from a competence level and a fitness level!

#itg #itl #ddr
January 14, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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runesael.bsky.social
(stay your pretty eyes on course)

#projectzomboid #art #fanart #OC #sketch #cw #blood #injury #guns
CW: gun, blood, violence, firearms, injury. A sketchy figure with short hair and bright blue eyes points a Glock 21 at the viewer. The figure has the silhouette of a large rifle on their back, crossed with the outline of what might be a sword. Their expression is fearful, angry and sad, and tears run down their face. They have flecks of blood across their fur-collared jacket and their skin, as well as blood trailing from a wound on their forehead. The character has white hair with red streaks through it on the right temple. The image is in grey save for the blood and the person’s eyes. The focus is also on the character’s face as the background has been blurred and is simple and white. This is a piece of Project Zomboid fanart of Runesael’s roleplaying character, whose name is Violet Alexander. It is vaguely reminiscent of the style of Arcane.
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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runesael.bsky.social
some character #sketches from the #projectzomboid RP server I play on.

#art #illustration #procreate
a greyscale sketch of a white haired feminine person kissing the forehead of a masculine Asian person. Both are wearing dark colours. The feminine person is shorter than the masculine person. a greyscale character sketch of a scruffy looking masculine person with a beard and sad eyes. He wears a hoodie and a collared button up shirt. a greyscale sketch of a pale feminine person with a fur-collared coat and chin length dark hair. a colour sketch of a young feminine person viewed from the side. her face has spatters of blood across it, and her white hair has streaks of blood and red dye in it. she is smoking a cigarette and staring out into the middle distance, looking as exhausted as I feel these days. She wears a black choker around her throat with a single 9mm round hanging off of it, wrapped in a thread basket weave pattern. Her hair is done in a loose, messy ponytail.
December 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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runesael.bsky.social
/ Do you ever wonder what it’s like
losing what you cannot be without
(I’ll keep running.) /

(A very young Violet, my #ProjectZomboid RP PC.)

#art #procreate #oc #digitalart #noai
A young feminine person with blonde hair, blue eyes and tanned, freckled skin looks at the viewer from the side. She has a slight smirk on her face, and her hair has been rendered in such a way that the reflected light is iridescent. She wears a grey tank top and a black ribbon choker around her neck. The image has a soft focus on it around the edges of her hair.
December 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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runesael.bsky.social
1999 - 2025.

26 years of my life right here.

That's about 76k hours. There have been seasons in my life where I didn't paint at all, and seasons where I was painting 12-16 hours a day.

Keep going. You'll get there. <3

#art #digitalpainting #portrait #oc
A very rudimentary sketch on old paper with coloured pencils of a feminine figure maybe with black and purple hair and pale skin and red eyes. It is made in a very childish fashion, and was created in 1999 by Runesael when they were 11. A portrait painted digitally in teal and red, with a smear effect across the face of the figure. They have short black hair and are wearing an outfit in rusts and blues. The background is black and red. They wear a jade pendant as a choker. Their expression is a slight smirk.
October 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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tomsnarsky.bsky.social
Okay. How to proceed

David Dodd Lee
Village After This One I love you, world, despite my incommensurate lack of confidence in your keeping on: the street blowing with spits of snow turns like a page I might doom to darkness after reading it, forever, or until I reopen the book. Then: there it is, sun filtering through the air like faerie dust raining down as I turn out of the dark isthmus laid down by a basswood. Okay. How to proceed from here: I open the book and see a thousand black shapes like birds slowly coming into focus over a marsh on a windy fall day. I close the book, or look away. Happiness, you are only memory sometimes. But you will die full of the light that troubles your precious sadness. Be glad for once.
January 11, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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runesael.bsky.social
Maybe 2026 is the year I let my art be weird.

What am I missing? Why does my work feel so bland?

Any insights out there?
January 8, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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sammanleyartist.bsky.social
Thumbnail. Work out problems one stage at a time.

Flip your canvas. Use a mirror/flip a photo if traditional.

Sometimes things just take time.

Perfect is the enemy of done.

Don’t apologise for or talk your art down in public.

Repost old art you still like.

Mercilessly trim your portfolio.
galileogb.bsky.social 🦎Galileo🍉 @galileogb.bsky.social · 23d
ARTISTS: quote with some random art advice!!
January 11, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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matthtaylor.com
get past the idea of perfection.

every artist you know and love is constantly learning and thereby constantly improving.

perfectionism will kill your creativity.

you gotta make stuff that looks bad before you can make stuff that looks good.
galileogb.bsky.social 🦎Galileo🍉 @galileogb.bsky.social · 23d
ARTISTS: quote with some random art advice!!
January 11, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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johannamation.bsky.social
I won't have time to do proper hourly comics day today, but this is pretty much how most of my days have gone lately

#hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicsday2024
Three comic panels: 1) Me drawing neutrally at my desk, 2) me grabbing my head and screaming "ARRGHH I'M SO FREAKING TIRED!! WHYY IS THE WORLD LIKE THIS?!?!! AAAAAAAAAA" 3) Me in the same pose as before, drawing neutrally, but slightly disheveled this time, and saying, "...Okay, all better."
February 1, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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danhawk333.bsky.social
We are designed to create
You will need to play around to find your medium. just because you're not good with a pen/pencil doesn't mean you aren't going to be brilliant with clay, or dance, or music
Doodling often helps clear the buffers and work through blocks
It's a journey, and a non-linear one
galileogb.bsky.social 🦎Galileo🍉 @galileogb.bsky.social · 23d
ARTISTS: quote with some random art advice!!
January 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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digitalcantina.com
Counter point: I will criticize and boycott every single god damn studio till they get the fucking point. Every studio that vows not to use AI has my money. Its this fucking simple.
boardgamefeast.bsky.social Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.social · 25d
"You shouldn't criticize studios using AI because everyone's using it"

Taking a stance is this fucking easy. You're just so AAA-pilled with the brain rot of corpo-speak that you can't imagine artists actually caring about their work.
toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷 @toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk · 25d
Hooded Horse's CEO has banned AI art at a contract level, even for placeholders.

"I fucking hate gen AI art... ‘no fucking AI assets... it's cancerous"

(Read more: Kotaku)
January 9, 2026 at 4:49 PM