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💠 Alaire Racicot 💠
@shiningcapella.bsky.social
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she/her | Comics & fantasy artist | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | JRPG Fan | CROWN & ANCHOR | SIDEQUEST | BRIGANTIA VOL 2 | the Slowiest Joey

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💠 Alaire Racicot 💠 @shiningcapella.bsky.social · Oct 17
I'm Alaire, a mom makin' comics! I love fantasy, video games & crinkle cut fries.

💌alaire.bowen@gmail.com
🎨Portfolio - racicot.art/alaire
💸Shop - ko-fi.com/shiningcapel...
🌠Comms - ko-fi.com/shiningcapel...
📰Newsletter - eepurl.com/dOeJQT
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teeketch.art
And here are some examples of character designs I've done.
collection of knight light characters collection of Kuro the cat wizard characters collection of characters from my project Kero No Kenshi collection of weird west characters.
October 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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celineloup.bsky.social
Jim Howard
November 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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ralphhorsley.bsky.social
I am very happy to share my completed acrylic cityscape painting - Freeport.

I loved including all the narratives and details. This will be exhibited at IX arts in Reading, PA, next month. #freeport #wimmelbild #cityscape #fantasycity
September 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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andykluthe.bsky.social
Test print to make sure everyone looks acceptable! (Almost forgot to flip some text around!!)
November 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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prismagic.bsky.social
Some Pokemon inspired adopts are up on my shop today! I got bit by the bug, I fear hehe ✨🏬

Tsareena - Rockruff
Phione - Drampga
A half body character design of a pokemon. She has long black and green hair and wears a pink sweater and a matching beret. A half body design of a pokemon character. She has short brown hair and wears a nice jacket with fur around the collar and sleeves, A half body design of a pokemon character. She has long blue hair and wears a light blue evening gown. In one hand is a microphone. A half body design of a pokemon character. He has greying locs tied into a ponytail and wears a three piece suit. In one hand he carries a hat.
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
shiningcapella.bsky.social
In today's #CrownAnchorComic, something... feels wrong.

📚 Read it here
💖 Support it here
🍀 Read This Week's Bonus Page

[ #webcomic | #pirates | #fantasy ]
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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tozo.today
hey, comps. this turned out appropriately disorientating as a physical object
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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nmlp88.myatproto.social
Why, world, is no one listening to me?Iwant my child to live.I want my child to eat😔My child is hungry.Where have you all gone? Why have you stopped supporting us?I'm not well😭.My child isn't well😭I'm pleading with you in all my pain,just for my child.Ineed food for my child💔😔🙏
gofund.me/74c01145
November 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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lu009.bsky.social
This is what the storm did today… Rain poured through open windows and flooded our home. My little girl stood shivering, crying.
We have no doors or windows, and no way to stop the freezing wind.
My children are suffering, and I can’t protect them alone.
Please…help us stay warm.❤️‍🩹
gofund.me/edd687b8
November 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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sentinelcreatives.bsky.social
Psalm by Olya Bossak

www.artstation.com/a...
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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jorgesantiagojr.bsky.social
I drew a fan art for @joshnickerson83.bsky.social who just completed his romantic comedy comic, Melancholy, after 10 years! You can read it on Tapas here: tapas.io/series/melan...

#melancholy #webcomics #comics #romcom #romanticcomedy #illustration #fanart #procreate #digitalart
The blond main character of Josh Nickerson's romantic comedy comic, Melancholy. It's a great story about a hopeless romantic trying to find love in odd places.
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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writnelson.bsky.social
Is pressure increasing? Absolutely. Are investors and management pushing to “just try it”, hoping issues with the tech will resolve itself, and that developers and audiences will gradually get worn down and just accept it slipping into more and more of the work? For sure.

But it’s not there yet.
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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writnelson.bsky.social
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.

Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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thecreepingmoon.bsky.social
Desecrated Grounds

Acrylic on panel (original sold)
A painting on wood cut in the shape of a cathedral panel. The painting depicts a mausoleum in a dark swampy forest. The mausoleum is surrounded by lit candles, with a pile of small bones at the entrance. The door is slightly cracked open.
November 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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schweizercomics.bsky.social
My most strongly held comics opinion (I hesitate to say "opinion," because it's a fact): lettering should be the first finished thing done, not the last. Done after (or along with) roughs and finalized before pencils. Pencils and inking should be done AROUND the lettering.
November 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
shiningcapella.bsky.social
Oh boy.
My 5 dreams as a comic creator.

💠 Finish making all 8 Crown & Anchor books (3/8 complete) 📚
💠 Make one massive collection of Crown & Anchor with gilded pages and just... Everything 🔖
💠 Yeah. An RPG would be cool someday. With voice acting. 🎮
💠 Fan Art 🎨
💠 People reading it c: ❤️‍🔥
phantomarine.bsky.social Phantomarine 💗 JEFF PLUSH SALE! @phantomarine.bsky.social · 1d
💗 My 5 dreams as a comic creator

✅ Print it in book format
✅ Get cosplayers
✅ An animator (who is not me) animates something from it
✅ At least one character becomes a plushie
❌ Finish the comic

(I really have done most of it)
((I'm very happy))
catfishpond.bsky.social 🐱🐟 @catfishpond.bsky.social · 2d
🐈 My 5 dreams as a comic creator

🐱 Finish LMMATSK and start my next comic (soon!)
🐱 Have my comic published and on store shelves
🐱 Get my comic translated in other languages
🐱 Have my comic adapted into an animation show
🐱 Make a living wage through my comic
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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nementicgames.bsky.social
We need your help 🤍
The demo of our relaxing tower-building game launches in a few weeks. We’re a tiny indie duo just trying to get a bit more visibility on Steam before then. A like and repost would go a very long way 🙏
October 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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noiry.bsky.social
My fellow Europeans, I'm once again asking you to write or call your EU representatives and tell them this is unacceptable. They're essentially selling our sensitive data to companies, effectively destroying our privacy and risking our digital well-being.

Check the site!

fightchatcontrol.eu
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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nooskadraws.bsky.social
🏳️‍⚧️happy transgender awareness week!🏳️‍⚧️
hire trans people! buy from trans artists! support the trans community! 🙏
November 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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thecinnaminion.bsky.social
I am SO thrilled to share a preview of my page contribution for the Summer season of @clotifanbook.bsky.social! 😍 #CloTi #クラティ

Preorders are open until Nov 30! You can find the full illustration at clotifanbook.bigcartel.com!
Young Cloud Strife and Tifa Lockhart sitting on the porch, in scorching summer's heat, eating slices of watermelon and laughing happily together.
November 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
shiningcapella.bsky.social
We're moving. Again.
We uprooted our lives for... basically nothing.
SO
We'll be finding a temporary place to stay in town so Cy can finish the school year, and finding temp jobs to pay the bills until further notice.
Hooray! 🚩

We'll be okay. Just a big ol' steppy to take.
a woman in a blue dress is laying on the floor with the hashtag #teachersseries
Alt: a woman in a blue dress is laying on the floor with the hashtag #teachersseries
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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quindriepress.com
Following from our announcement that Quindrie Press will be closing at the end of 2026, I want to make people aware that in Spring 2026 we will be opening a one-off comic fund for UK creators. More details will be released next year.

Sign up to our newsletter: quindriepress.com/newsletter
Quindrie Comic Fund As part of Quindrie Press closing down, we will be opening the Quindrie Comic Fund in Spring 2026. This fund will be open to comic creators across the UK, with priority given to Scottish creators, to go towards their creative practice. The totalpot will be £3,000 to be split between successful applicants. Applications will be reviewed by Eve Greenwood, Hari Conner, and Nyla Ahmad. More details will be released when applications open in Spring 2026. If you’d like to hear when applications open, follow Quindrie Press on Bluesky or Instagram, or sign up to the newsletter. If you would like to donate to the fund to increase the pot, please contact Eve at quindriepress@gmail.com. We will be taking donations starting in April 2026.
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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tsurudraws.art
some of my favorite pokedoodle commissions so far
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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matthtaylor.com
hey like...
i wanna do covers and variant covers for comics getting published.
matthtaylor.com Matt Aytch Taylor @matthtaylor.com · May 8
Hey! I'm Matt Aytch Taylor!
I'm an illustrator and comics maker that love old boats, weird history, cowboys, space, oceans & beaches, and witches!

🌺 m.taylor.productions@gmail.com
🌺 matthtaylor.com
🌺 patreon.com/MattAytchTaylor
🌺 buttondown.com/MattAytchTay...
🌺 www.instagram.com/matt_aytch_t...
A two story building, painted off-white with navy blue trim stands to the left of a one-story stucco-covered shop that once appeared to have been a convenience store and deli, but is now directing patrons to the "Surf Hut" Surfing Supplies and rental store next door. AT the front door of the two-story a wizard, happy and waving appears to in high spirits for his surf-shop. A couple of palm trees frame the taller building, as well as a large leafed plant. There's an ice machine in front of the one-story building and next to it is a drinks vending machine advertising "WIZ COLA" and the machine is filled with various bottles, drinks, and elixirs. To the right of the machine is a trash can and next to that is a board with information about the beach down below the berm that makes up this shop's location. To the right of the board is a souple of signs indicating that swimming is permittable at the beach far below. A handful of beach umbrellas can be seen far below. The water is blue and welcoming with waves rolling into shore. Behind the Buildings is a parking lot which currently holds a small yellow car and an older looking camper van from which two bikini-clad witches had hopped onto their brooms. The first witch holds her broom parallel to her body, gently lifting off in her pink and periwinkle swim attire, her matching sandals and hat are stark against the billowing clouds in the sky. The second witch has a surfboard (a rather small one) tucker under her right arm. She appears to have landed on her broom, ready to zoom down to the water. A vivid Blue horizontal landscape, for Sci-fi TTRPG "Stations and Starships" by Frigid Pigeon Inc. The central focus of the piece is a tall wedge'shaped ship half in the water and half above. On its large dorsal wing are two smaller "fin" wings to which sails are attached - one in full sheet to the wind. Around this ship in the distance are other ships, similarly designed all with different configurations of wings and fins and flying flags of all colors. Further back a sort of docking station above the roiling ocean below, from which a distant ship is leaving. In the sky far above another planet and its moon can be seen through partial cloud cover. Below the waves of the planetary ocean is teeming with all manner of life -- most notably large deep blue/purple whale like creatures that swim along side the starships floating in the water. There are also schools of fish and smatterings of jelly-fish-like creatures stretching into the far distance of the sea. A spread from my fantasy western, Hexslingers. On the left main character Katie nervously exits the scene of and an onlooking crowd. She grabs her pointed tan-colored witches hat from the ground, knocked off her head by a spell - which as also left a hole in the main body of the hat. She stuffs it onto her head and mounts her blue spectral horse, telling another figure "Doc" Thorn Willoughby, that it's "time to go." He agrees with an "mmhmm" On the right a splash page featuring a large wooden trestle attached to a cliff upon which sits a western style town. at the tip a crowd is hustlin and bustlin, all while screaming, "We're free! Justus [an evil deputy] is dead! Down with Mancers!" below heading down the path we see Katie and Doc making their escape. With three inset panels we see Katie speaking to Doc. She says, " Doc... frightful sorry 'bout yer arm" to which doc replies, "Don't fret. When we make camp I'll give it a look" Full Candlenights 2024 Poster by Matt Aytch Taylor (that's me) From left to right: Justin McElroy, Clint McElroy, Travis McElroy, and Griffin Mcelroy having a cozy rest beneath a heatlamp-esque wing of Terry the Nondenominational Gift Delovery Dragon. The boys are enclosed in the dragon, who is curled up like a cat in a dug-out snow-bank. Justin, Travis, and Griffin and all holding steaming mugs of tea or cocoa. The snow around them has a purplish glow from the orange of Terry, while off in the distance the blue of a winter's night settles over downtown Huntington, West Virginia. Art by Matt Aytch Taylor The stars in the sky and blocky 5 point stars and a few 4 point diamonds. Above the guys and Terry are the words, "JOYOUS CANDLENIGHTS 2024" The image is watermarked with the McElroy family Logo - don't download it and print your own go buy it from the link in the post, it benefits the Harmony House which is a great cause!
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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cerealpancake.bsky.social
One final Witching Season announcement....

AMBER BENSON from BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER will be writing a foreword for our anthology!

We are so thrilled to have one of our favorite witches (Tara 😭) contribute to this book.

This truly means the world to me 💜

www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
AMBER BENSON! tara and willow from Buffy Witching Season cover A by Skylar Patridge
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM