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sombrashibe.bsky.social
Sombraluz Images Illustration
@sombrashibe.bsky.social
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Erika Ayala
She/They
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Art Teacher
Illustrator of nostalgic critters 🐶🌈🎨
Disabled Artist
Spanish 🇵🇷/English
Afro Boricua
Open for work
https://linktr.ee/ayalasi
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Sombraluz Images Illustration @sombrashibe.bsky.social · Oct 15
Happy #PortfolioDay

I'm Erika, an Illustrator specializing in fantasy creatures and cartoons!
I'm available for work in #illustration and #kidlitart
Portfolio:
cara.app/ayalasi

Links and contact:
linktr.ee/ayalasi

ayalasi.illustration@gmail.com
A collage of different illustrations, including dragons, foxes, owls, and prehistoric creatures.
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danny8bit.bsky.social
Last year, I successfully crowdfunded my new, original, all-ages, adventure comic series -- ENDLESS FANTASIA! It follows the adventures of Jack and Jill, as they travel across a world of reimagined fairytales and fight Wolf demons! Lots of Sonic and Kingdom Hearts vibes! It drops later this year!
February 3, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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lackingceremony.bsky.social
Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.

Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
scumbelievable.bsky.social Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 1d
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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projectendo.bsky.social
Although it's long since past, I can't help but reflect on how much of this shit is Pewdiepie's fault. All those folks who were ringing the alarm 15 years ago to warn everyone how his Nazi behavior was a slippery slope towards the normalization of fascism in impressionable youth, were 100% right.
February 4, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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rickshawtuna.bsky.social
The colonial imperialist west shouldn’t be forgiven for a lot of things, and the crimes against Haiti and her people are one of them.
Goose chasing guy meme. Goose: “the troubled Caribbean country?”. Goose chasing Spain, France, U S A, Netherlands, Canada: “why is the Caribbean country troubled?!”.
February 7, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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chronicillness.bsky.social
"You assume there is "nothing wrong with me" because I look "fine to you" You don't know how much medication and effort it takes for me to try and seem normal. I don't fake being ill, I fake being well. I am battling to complete the simplest tasks that those judging me can take for granted."
February 7, 2026 at 1:15 PM
sombrashibe.bsky.social
Friday Shiboodle doodle
#illustration #sketch #furryart
An illustration of a gray cartoon shiba inu with colorful curly hair. The background is made of colorful abstract shapes
February 7, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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planettemarie.bsky.social
Happy Black History Month!

If you want to help me, a struggling Black artist pay her bills, please consider donating 🥲

▪️ paypal.me/planettemarie

▪️ cash.app/$PlanetteMarie

▪️ ko-fi.com/planettemarie
February 1, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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3pagodas.bsky.social
“A Tuner of Pine Trees under Tears of Heaven”
#clouds #BlueSkyArtShow
January 31, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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portaltohades.bsky.social
Page 38 is up for #tyreecomic over on patreon & kofi! Lettering by @rayday.bsky.social ! Thanks for your continued patience this month! My health sadly has drastically worsened, but that's why buffers exist.
www.patreon.com/posts/149605...
ko-fi.com/portaltohade...
page 38 panel previews.
January 31, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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miiriya.com
A Single Black mom who depends completely on her car had it break down. She been struggling with getting to work, paying bills and bringing her children to school. She’s trying to get it repaired, let’s each give $1 to reach her goal. We’ve helped 232 people so far, let’s keep going.
Miiriya’s Mutuals
Help someone struggling in the community!
www.miiriya.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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niaisdreaming.bsky.social
Hello there wonderful friends! I hope you’re all having a great evening tonight! Just coming in to say I’ve added some new things to my website! I would love for you to check it out 🎀 Any support means the absolute world! Link is here www.cozymoonstone.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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mvbrat10.bsky.social
Yeah, electric bill came in. Need help paying for it and internet. Please help me if you can. #MutualAidHelp #MutualAidBoost #HelpSky #EmergencySky
bfitzinar.bsky.social bfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 6d
~$400 FEB FOOD/MEDS/HYGIENE + UTILITIES - URGENT

Disabled. In SSI appeals. No income until won. Waiting on Section 8 for permanent housing. Meanwhile it's winter & the electric bill is high b/c electric heat. 40 ppl $10 each keeps them safe.

Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2026
mvbrat10.bsky.social SJWJamesBond @mvbrat10.bsky.social · 6d
Still need financial aid and to especially to pay for electricity and internet in February. Please help me! bsky.app/profile/mvbr...
January 31, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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quyetpawz.bsky.social
You can help by surprising me with something off of my wish list. It has collections for priority (needed items),streaming, dog and birthday (surprise) items. https://throne.com/qp_and_valiant/wishlist
January 31, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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bibiblossoms.bsky.social
Hey everyone! One of my friends has a business! She's another disabled creator and sells super cute crochet items!! They're in the US so most of you won't have to worry about tariff fees.

Store: www.cozymoonstone.com
Bunny crochet plushie Brown cow crochet plushie Strawberry crochet hat Flower crochet bouquet
January 31, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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sugarbunnynen.bsky.social
drew a tangerabbit on stream! 🍊
@strawbunnycake.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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yeetomato.bsky.social
Cookie with irises and lilies
gel pen and acrylic
Pen and acrylic. A cat stares down as flowers grow around him
January 29, 2026 at 6:54 PM
sombrashibe.bsky.social
Work sketches
#illustration #dragons #birds #rainbow #sketches
A drawing of a crescent moon and a dragon. The dragon has 3 visible beady eyes and a sharp toothed beak. An illustration of a rainbow bird drawn in abstract organic shapes
January 29, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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aliettedebodard.com
Vida could use more help: she gave birth and has a disease that will necessitate a kidney transplant in medium term. The meds for said disease aren't cheap and there's the cost of family plus work she can't do right now (babies eat time!)
Please check out her fundraiser (gofundme doesn't work in PH)
January 27, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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sombrashibe.bsky.social
2016? I'll do ya one better! Let's try this (since I'm a fossil)

1996 vs 2006 vs 2016 vs 2026
What do you think?💜

🌠I wish more of my childhood art survived if I'm being honest. Stuff from the 80s and 90s...

#artevolution #illustration #fantasyart #creatures
A collage of illustrations through the years. Starting top left (1996) a childhood drawing of a tiger dinosaur hybrid and it's egg. Top right (2006): my fursona Pixie which is a dog like creature with white and pink fairy wings. Bottom left (2016) an abstract painting of my unicornsona Sparkles with black glitter dripping from her eyes. Bottom left (2026): a watercolor of a green and red dragon with yellow eyes and red tipped horns
January 19, 2026 at 2:56 PM
sombrashibe.bsky.social
Perspective practice/demos
(Acrylic markers and crayon)
#artteacher #illustration #crayon #marker #sketch #landscape
2 landscape sketches. On the left is an acrylic markers sketch of a lake with a brown dock fading into the horizon. The crayon sketche on the right is a field at sunset
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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sombrashibe.bsky.social
When I'm feeling stressed, I put it into a dragon. Like magic, *most* of the stress goes up in smoke
🐲💢💨
#dragon #watercolor #illustration #ayalasi #sombrashibe #sombraluz
A watercolor illustration of a green Asian dragon/wyvern hybrid with red highlights on their whiskers, eyes, wings, and horns. In the background are painting supplies and a sharpie.
January 15, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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retquits.art
so don't get too comfortable.

#art
A digital painting of an ice cube, followed by several hands closed over each other with water pouring from them. Bold text on the art reads: "ICE MELTS".
January 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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nick-pettigrew.bsky.social
The people who'll tell you today's murder victim in Minnesota shouldn't have turned up to a protest carrying a gun are the same people who said Kyle Rittenhouse was perfectly entitled to do the same thing.
January 24, 2026 at 5:58 PM