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VALMOXIUM
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portfolio: https://valmoxium.com
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🇺🇸 🇵🇭 they/them. 18+ only pls.

general: #art #comic #animation #sketch #wip / #wips
projects: #mnemoria #toz #judgment #personaldemons #trr
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paperboxhouse.bsky.social
HELP ME GET TO ECCC!
Donations or Reposts are super appreciated:
ko-fi.com/paperboxhouse
January 10, 2026 at 4:15 AM
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jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
eat the slop www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
Alaska Art Student Arrested for Eating Another Student’s AI-Generated Art in Protest
A University of Alaska student was charged with a misdemeanor for eating another student's AI-generated art in protest.
www.artnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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xmaveria.bsky.social
For people that feel helpless, this period is so tough but there's ways to help for anyone. Go out there support Venezuelan ppl and artists living in it as they prepare for unpredictable times

Here is a starter pack of artists with commissions or donations open as well:
go.bsky.app/8daQmpX
January 4, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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jesthehuman.itch.io
There are almost 900 games submitted to the No ICE in Minnesota charity bundle game jam with 8 days left to join!

Thank you all so much for spreading the word and joining the bundle
to support Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota 🖤
Screenshot that says no ice in Minnesota hosted by Jesthehuman. Submission closes in 8 days. 424 joined. 871 submissions
January 18, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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emilylovescookies.bsky.social
madoka 💕🌎🌌
& happy 15th anniversary to the anime!!!
#fanart #madokamagica
January 16, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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azolitmin.bsky.social
ok guys i didn't give up on it :')
August 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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rayfalke.bsky.social
amazing. Incredible. Art being made in real time.
January 19, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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cartoonist.coop
The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:

cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
Hiveworks Guild logo. Two bees sitting on a bee hive holding hands.
January 12, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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lilcthulhu.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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skullamity.bsky.social
So they're easier to find: Here's Hiveworks staff acknowledging that Xell bought a car with the proceeds for three of their first kickstarters, one of which was ours.
skullamity.bsky.social August Brown 🏳️‍⚧️ @skullamity.bsky.social · 15d
These screencaps are from the last open meeting the Guild had with Hive staff. I left hiveworks not long after this, because it seemed important to get out before the tech staff quit and there was nobody to offboard us. Here are multiple staff members acknowledging that this did happen! (part one)
Screencaps from a discord meeting. Hive Staff A: Isa went to school for artist management, but not specifically for accounting/bookkeeping. I forget what sher exact degree was in. She did have some experience through previous jobs. it was a role she stepped into because there was no one else at the time because of how badly the funds were misappropriated for our first few kickstarters. Yes, we know the car story. Unfortunately, I have lived through it. Hive Staff B: I did NOT know the car story, and as I told Meg Syv, I wanted to scream blood when I found out. Hive Staff A: I had managed to block it from my memory. Non-guild hive artist: hoo boy August: I unfortunately had not. Hive Staff A: That was in the days before we had a warehouse. We were fulfilling Kickstarters from (identifying info cut). I was furious when I found out and so was Isa. It was that incident that led to Isa taking over financials. Non-Guild Hive artist: I remember the fury clearly (and somewhat fondly) ((because there was someone to be furious. good to have [thumbs up emoji])) Hive Staff A (direct reply to August): I think too many things have happened since then both here and elsewhere. Alli Shaw: 1. Could we trouble you to list what happened with the car story from your perspective? I feel like it's relevant to add context for the current situation. Especially if that's what made Isa step into her role. Hive Staff B: From the way she herself explains, it, Xel was under a frankly dumb assumption that she earned some of that money from Yamino's Kickstarter because of a stipend Yamino was being paid under at the time. Hive Staff A (direct reply to Alli Shaw): So our first kickstarters were the first Sister Claire, Go Get A Roomie and August's comic, The End. From what I remember, Xel believed that the proceeds at the end of those kickstarters belonged to her, not to the artists. August: which, to be clear, was a thing she never said to ANY of us, in any capacity. Hive staff A: No. And Isa and I didn't know either. Xel used that money to buy a car, which was used and then was later sold to someone else. Isa was furious because of this and that's the point she took over financials from Xel and ran them until early this year. August: So from my end, I was sending messages being like "hey I need some of the kickstarter money to pay for the books, I need to ship these books out now" and the responses I was getting were basically along the lines of "ohh uhh we can't give it to you all at once, so only ship like 20 books or less per week and we'll send you the money you spent, after you ship them!" and it was so, so sketchy but we were so worn out by then we just wanted it to be over Hive Staff A: I had no clue about that, August. I am so sorry. Shay: Important to note that misappropriation of funds contributed for a specific purpose is known as "breach of trust," which is extremely illegal in Canada at least. American law may differ somewhat but I suspect there is an equivalent there. Hive Staff A: To be clear, this was all back in what....2014? Meaghan (direct reply to August): Fuck me, that's revolting
January 12, 2026 at 7:35 PM
valmoxium.bsky.social
i can't uodate my website atm but my commissions are currebtly closed due to a really funny injury with a mandoline. will see if i can even draw with this gauze wrapped around my finger tomorrow
January 11, 2026 at 5:19 AM
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bearyllovely.bsky.social
"How to make ACTUAL interesting OCs" "How to make OCs people will care about!" dog if you can't love your own creations that's where you need to start, don't make brand new beings for other's approval. You'll never truly love them if they're tied to a stranger's perception.
January 7, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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peterpaulrubens.bsky.social
Self-portrait as Pictura by Elisabetta Sirani of Bologna, painter & teacher. Her birthday was yesterday (in 1638) but her day is going to be today. At least on this bsky account.
January 9, 2026 at 12:31 PM
valmoxium.bsky.social
stop entrusting your faith into multi-million dollar corporations and make your own actually well-developed ocs. i don't know why this is such a controversial take
January 8, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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jrgdrawing.bsky.social
Haunted House.
January 8, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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shadowswithal.bsky.social
without shadow
January 7, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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roira.bsky.social
there's always that one mutual that never really interacts directly with you but they will always like your stuff and you will communicate with each other through the silent like button but never really exchanged any words. i see you moot. i wish you well. smooch
January 7, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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tehweenus.bsky.social
annual repost of Trashed Bathrooms
when I was in college, a part of our university's graduation requirements had a community service component that they called service learning. one of my service learning classes involved work at a local homerless community center, helping people write resumes and cleaning bathrooms. our instructor told us to expect to see the bathrooms trashed a lot - like you will clean the bathroom and immediately someone will wreck it. and it's not because they disrespect your work or don't value having access to clean bathrooms or whatever, but because of control. when you feel like you have no control over your life or your environment, your brain is going to want to assert control however it can. which results in thrashed bathrooms. it's control exercised over one small part of your environment that you still have the power to affect. i see kids on tumblr using the language of social justice as cudgels on people who actually do care about and listen to them. or holding the creators within their own communities to an impossibly high standard that they never apply to mainstream media properties. i just see thrashed bathrooms. 'These are the people my voice actually reach,' they rationalize, 'so these are the people I'll hurt'. but the guiding principles of social justice are aimed at correcting and dismantling systems. stop using them to dismantle people.
January 7, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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danielsuitor.com
This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for Renee Good’s wife and son, organized by Mattie Weiss
Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son
www.gofundme.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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wired.com
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
wired.com WIRED @wired.com · 19d
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.

If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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kilomonster.art
These guys say that they fear for their lives and pull the trigger (bullshit training tactic) and we ought to make them fear the repercussions by naming and shaming the assholes who kill without restraint. He should never know peace.
January 8, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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greeneggzandcam.bsky.social
My roommate is a teacher and has reported that ICE has been hanging around Septa stops and depots in the interest of abducting kids on their way home because they aren’t allowed to enter schools. They claimed to be part of a “Septa Strike Force” which does not exist. Boost if you can.
greeneggzandcam.bsky.social hispanic at the disco @greeneggzandcam.bsky.social · 19d
ICE is in Philly posing as Septa workers
January 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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jordangibson.bsky.social
One more post for 2025: Batman vs The Dee Dee Twins! This was a super fun commission by Paul Dini to sign at Twin Cities Con last month!
December 31, 2025 at 1:36 AM