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TANKHEAD

@tankhead-mecha.bsky.social

The Type 00/A2 is often lauded as the most effective amphibious tankhead of the Neverwar. Some historians have also speculated that its hollow floatation pontoons effectively functioned as spaced armor, protecting it from HEAT projectiles when they were introduced late in the war

Tankhead type 00/A2 Urashimataro, amphibious light bipedal mech

August 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM

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Michael Whelan

@michaelwhelan.bsky.social

MOMENTUM (2010)
Acrylic on panel - 12" x 7"

This was an early foray into doing a small piece just for the texture of it all. 1/2

An orange butterfly lands on a corroded metal panel. Cropped slightly off-panel, the letter M is painted in white but heavily weathered is partially rubbed away. A blue line curves around it, implying a complete circle that we only see a part of. Rust shows through the worn paint. Larger patches of flaking corrosion fill the metal panel below, which is missing a screw in the upper corner where three other panels meet.

August 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM

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Chris Schweizer

@schweizercomics.bsky.social

Hey, friends! Here are some thoughts on using planes in your compositions.

Text:
"Planes" are a depiction of anything that exists in a drawing at a FiXED spatial distance from the viewer, with each grouping of subjects at a shared distance overlapping the next in order to suggest the spatial relationship of each element in the drawing to the others.
This image has three planes:
(Image of a drawing with a scorpion on a rock, a cowboy sitting on a rock, and a mountain in the background).
Each plane in an image signifies a different degree of distance, with the foreground SHARiNG the viewer’s spatial plane, and the background being the farthest from it.
There’s clear distance between each plane; no plane “touches” another.

Text: why is overlapping the planes necessary?
(image: a cowboy apparently close to the viewer, one a ways back, and then a saloon behind him).
Unless one plane directly overlaps another, there’s no sure clarity that they are, in fact, suggestive of different distances.
(image: the cowboy appearing to be closest is shown to be a giant, swinging the apparently midground cowboy by the head into the two-story saloon that's only about as tall as a person).

it’s also important to suggest scale in each plane using subjects whose size the audience is likely to know. when that isn’t possible, try repeating the element-of-unspecified-scale (a) from one plane in another and have it (B) interact there with a subject whose scale is clear.
(image: a small round cactus in the foreground, and farther off a cowboy sitting on a similar cactus)

Text: A perspective grid composition (A) suggests depth by progressive recession in space, while planar composition (B) suggests it with staggered recession in space.
(image: a receding grid and a series of staggered planar elements)
The principles of overlapping planar composition can be used with a perspective grid, especially if there are elements with right angles (like buildings).
Rough your panel with plane elements in place first...
...then make/place a grid that fits your layout...
...then utilize the grid to make the receding angles match.

(image: a wanted man hiding against a wall while a cowgirl crossed the street, looking around).
One of the most useful* aspects of a foreground element is to create a sense of immersion for your audience. by putting it on essentially the same plane as the audience itself, the audience becomes a
part of the story, seemingly able to touch the foreground, to lean around it for a better view.
(image: the wanted man is now decidedly a foreground element).
*it also means less time spent drawing all of the detail in the midground or background planes without ever aesthetically shortchanging your audience.

February 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM

Ryan Lord

@ryanlord.com

My colors from 2017. Lineart by the always dynamic @spiderguile-005.bsky.social

WildC.A.T.S.! We've got invincible power!

#comicart #art #wildcats #jimlee

Comic book style illustration. Fanart of Jim Lee’s WildC.A.T.S.

Lineart by Guile Sharp, Color art by Ryan Lord.

August 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM

Ryan Lord

@ryanlord.com

2017. Our old farm cat, Patches, walking on mossy grass after a storm. She was 17-years-old here and still making her rounds on the property. A real tough old bird. #cats

Photo of a mottled tabby cat walking towards the viewer. The photo is low to the ground on the cat’s eye level. The background is a million hues of green—everything is dark and saturated after the rain.

August 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Ryan Lord

@ryanlord.com

2019, Roosevelt Row and Grand Avenue area, Phoenix, AZ. Loved discovering all the murals when we lived there.

#phx #fantasticfour #art

A photo of a mural of the Fantastic Four. The wall the mural is on is the back wall, cinder block alleyway of a downtown Phoenix neighborhood. The photo is taken at sunset.

August 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM

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Ian Boudreau

@ianboudreau.com

It's been too easy to kind of retreat into passivity because of how huge and pervasive all the horrible things going on are. But I figure I can support some friends in Palestine who I've been lucky enough to get to know through Bluesky.

August 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM

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Fidel Destro

@fideldestro.bsky.social

It's not my favoritest thing I've made, but I don't hate it either, and it's nice to make something instead of not making something.

August 15, 2025 at 6:14 AM

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Zoe Tunnell

@zoewithasword.bsky.social

I pride myself on my professionalism in comics. I don't talk shit about books I don't enjoy. I am happy when folks get gigs even if I wish I landed them.

So when I say the transphobic bullshit in the new BLOODSHOT #1 comic is disgusting and should have never made it to print. Shameful shit.

Transphobic panels from the new Bloodshot #1 where the lead describes young people being allowed to become vampires by their parents using the exact same language that bigots use to describe trans children

August 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM

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Geraldo Borges

@geraldoborges.bsky.social

Two of my favorite pages from @madcavestudios.com Dick Tracy #11
The opening scene, the 1st chapter of a new arc, scene written by @alexsegura.bsky.social and @michaelmoreci.bsky.social.

#artistgo #madcave #dicktracy #comics

August 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM

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Aaron Campbell

@aaroncampbellarts.com

I’m gonna hazard a little sneak peak at your new favorite fictional badass car from my upcoming, unnamed, unforgettable book with @hackintimseeley.bsky.social and @ignitionpress.bsky.social

August 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM

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Pina ✨ ADHD Alien

@adhd-alien.bsky.social

I wish the people around me would've understood how much hormones can affect my ADHD symptoms. Some days, I just can't get any work done with how bad my brain fog gets and I feel like all I can do is ride it out (and try to be gentle with myself).

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A graphic with text explaining ADHD and hormones.
I experience worse ADHD symptoms before and during my period.
As hormone levels fluctuate throughout my cycle, so does the severity of my ADHD symptoms.

The ADHD Alien character is shown a few times in different situations that correlate with the text.
“The brain fog gets worse”
“I have more trouble concentrating, understanding and memorizing”
“I get emotional faster”. The character is crying over seeing a cute kitten.
“I feel more overwhelmed and less able to motivate myself” the character is exhausted and slouching over a table with a book.

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“I keep forgetting what I'm doing”. The character is confusedly holding a spoon, meanwhile a dog in the background is pointing at an empty food bowl.
“I get more impulsive and make more rash decisions” .

During my period, it often feels like my medication isn't working as well.
Lower estrogen levels can affect the effectiveness of ADHD medication.

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Estrogen affects executive functioning
Our estrogen levels are lowest before and during our period, and highest during ovulation (the middle between periods).
Graphic of a scale, each side of the scale is showing the following: Estrogen levels sink, ADHD symptoms increase

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A graphic with the character laying on the floor at the bottom of a curve. As the curve rises, the character becomes increasingly energetic.
Ovulation: I usually am most productive and concentrated here
6 days before / during period: Concentration, working-memory and other symptoms become worse.

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ADHD symptoms can feel worse with age.
Estrogen continuously decreases during and after menopause, which can affect all kind of executive functioning like working memory, concentration etc.
An illustration with the same person throughout different ages. With each age, the color changes from pink (more estrogen) to blue in old age (less estrogen).

During pregnancy, estrogen levels rise and then drop significantly after birth. A graphic with a pregnant person with ADHD, with a curve rapidly sinking and then showing the same person exhausted with a baby in hand.

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Be gentle with yourself and don’t plan the most complex work into your lower functioning phases. A sparkly and whimsical version of the ADHD alien character, that is made entirely of stars and star constellations.

August 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM

Ryan Lord

@ryanlord.com

To paraphrase Drew Gooden—if the photo on the packaging is the thing the flavor is supposed to represent and not the actual product, you know it’s going to taste like absolute dogshit.

August 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM

Ryan Lord

@ryanlord.com

I thought the spinach smelled bad but I sautéed it anyway and now my nostrils are being punished as atonement for my hubris.

August 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM

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𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕥

@thatsgoodweb.bsky.social

Assandre Jean-Baptiste

August 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM

Ryan Lord

@ryanlord.com

Squished face deep sleeps #cats

A photo of a tabby cat sleeping. The cat’s face is all scrunched up on one side because they’re in such a deep sleep that they’ve completely relaxed their body.

August 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM

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Mayday Trippe

@maydaytrippe.bsky.social

Variant Iron Lantern armor I'm working on. #amalgamcomics #amalgam

Amalgamation of Hulkbuster Iron Man and Parallax Green Lantern. Digital drawing.

August 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM

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Deb JJ Lee

@jdebbiel.bsky.social

There’s a turtle in the bodega

An alternative poster tribute to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with a strong purple and pink color palette.. The four are in a bodega taking a mirror selfie in one of those concave mirrors

August 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM

Ryan Lord

@ryanlord.com

Alien: Earth (2025)

A photo of an arcade stick in front of a computer monitor. The Aliens VS Predator arcade game is displaying on the monitor. Lego flowers decorate the desk around the monitor.

August 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM

Ryan Lord

@ryanlord.com

My main motivation for watching American football is when a player muffs a punt you can loudly say, “He muffed the punt!”

August 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM

Ryan Lord

@ryanlord.com

From yesterday’s bike ride 🚲: turkey vulture with a 6 ft wingspan flying over me—catching the morning thermal updraft and joining the kettle. #bikesky #az