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Coreyartus
@coreyartusimagery.com
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Eureka, CA artist doing stationery, greeting cards, & calendars of simple beauty designed to mellow and cheer. 🌈🎨
Joined Dec. 23, 2023

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Coreyartus @coreyartusimagery.com · Oct 3
I think I need a Bluesky break. I need to turn my efforts toward other venues for a bit. You can still find me elsewhere if you’re interested—or follow my art blog using RSS.

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Coreyartus Imagery Links
A short biography and collection of links to the illustration work of Corey Johnston as Coreyartus Imagery.
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I am 2/3 through Robin Hobb’s Assassin’s Apprentice and it is *bleak*. I realize it’s 30 years old, and we recognize trauma and abuse differently now, but oof…

Please please tell me there’s some justice coming. Please. Because I can’t use this series as escapism if the cruelty is the point.
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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When you use an artifically generated image to promote your work, or as part of your work, you come across as artificial yourself.

We all know how the sausage is made. Using those tools is choice, no matter how desperate you are, your budget limitations, or time. It’s a choice that reflects on you.
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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I have to cancel my livestream today. I’m not feeling well, and I have a lot of stuff to do behind the scenes. I’ll return to streaming on Monday, the 17th, 1-4:pm PST when I’ll begin a new project!

#livestream #artstream #streaming #cancel
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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If you see this, post your bird art! 🐦 🪶🐦‍⬛

#birds #Birdart #artshare #tuftedtitmouse
Illustration of a Tufted Titmouse, perched on a branch. Behind the bird is a tan paper texture with crosshatching. Predominant colors are tans, browns, a bit of periwinkle blue and oranges.
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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asmeesh.bsky.social
It's been taken down, but this sort of thing boils my blood.

My family wonders why I'm so loud about genAI, because they find it cute. GenAI feeds on the IP of real, hardworking artists in order to produce mass amounts of crap.

Glad the thing was suspended at least. Keep being loud, folks.
kness.bsky.social Kness @kness.bsky.social · 1d
The freaking nerve. I don’t want to advertise them but they have other projects that they probably stole too

Idk if you can report it too or find them but god knows I really crave violence rn
www.kickstarter.com/projects/vin...
Thieves
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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blueappaloosa.bsky.social
Test print of a 3d printed, table-top, A-frame, NOAI sign. Folds mostly flat, stable when standing.

Thoughts on size? Too big? Too small? (~4.74x7 inches, 12x17cm)

Do the colors on the hinge bother you? (It's simpler to print with the weird colors there, and I'm trying to keep it simple.)
A white, A-frame sign with a red circle with diagonal slash over the black text "AI", below is the black text "Art designed by human artists, without the use of generative AI." A white, A-frame sign from the side-ish, folded in so it's mostly flat, with a small gap at the top. A white, A-frame sign with a red circle with diagonal slash over the black text "AI", below is the black text "Art designed by human artists, without the use of generative AI." At it's base is a scale bar with inches and centimeters, showing the sign to be roughly 12cm (4.75 inches) wide. A white, A-frame sign from the side-ish, alongside it is a scale bar with inches and centimeters, showing the sign to be roughly 17cm (7 inches) tall.
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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meltingmooon.bsky.social
Please take a look and consider commissioning Leslie!
We're moving end of this month/start of next month and could really use some extra funds!

#ArtistSupport #CommissionsOpen #ItemDesign #TTRPG #D&D
chaoticfey.bsky.social Leslie - Comms open @chaoticfey.bsky.social · 1d
✨Item design commission✨

2 Slots open!

Base price 80€!

Due to unforeseen circumstances I need to open up 2 commission slots for a better financial situation this month!

I'm doing everything from spell books to swords.

DM me if interested!
Item design commissions Price 80€ Everything from swords to spell books
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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bruib.bsky.social
Shortcut regrets.

#Art
a nervous shopper, silhouetted against a colourful background. Tentacles unfurl above the shopper, whos eyes widen.
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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crystalsmithart.bsky.social
Day 11 of the #makearteveryday challenge - SONG BIRD

#makearteveryday #illustration #illustrator #kidlitart #sciart
Millerbird sitting on a plant, with a speech bubble. Background is bright orange and yellow.
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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debbieohi.com
To those using Kickstarter: before backing a project, make sure it's legit. See below: Canadian artist @kness.bsky.social had their work stolen, images generated with the help of AI. 😢
kness.bsky.social Kness @kness.bsky.social · 1d
Well this is not a nice start to my week. Someone reported to me that a kickstarter uses my pictures and it’s really sickening because they’re ALL mine with FREAKING AI bg. I already filed a copyright claim but it makes me sick.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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It makes me happy beyond words to see all the hard work being done to preserve games on linux.
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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If you see this, post your green artwork.
Illustration of a heavily textured Art Nouveau-stylized arrangement of trillium, lvy, Clover, and Redwood branches against a fern forest floor and featuring a Redwood trunk as well as a small grove of trees in the distance. Colors are predominantly blues, greens, browns and yellows. Illustration of two ravens on branches, surrounded by redwood tree fronds and Art Nouveau framing on a heavily textured canvas surface. Colors are predominantly greens, blues, grays, browns, and teals. Illustrated moment from the fairy tale, The Frog Prince (or The Princess and the Frog) done in a heavily textured art nouveau-inspired style. A princess in a contemporary dress and pink hair kneels in front of a green pond as a frog on a lily pad sits between her and her golden ball. Willows descend from the top of the image. An art nouveau-styled interpretation of the fable, The Wolf and the Lamb, featuring a little lamb with an an-snipped tail staring up at a stylized wolf. Heavily textured in greens and blues and browns.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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wsstamey.bsky.social
Private commission.
Derwent lightfast pencil on Canson black paper.
11”x17”.
Art nouveau-styled poster illustration of an absinthe fairy with wormwood wings and a star anise bursting into more absinthe-colored stars.
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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riverrunsdry.bsky.social
Work in progress - controlled chaos.
18x18 acrylic and water. Lots of water and lots of layers
A dramatic, mixed-media abstract painting with strong vertical and horizontal movement. The upper third is dominated by dark grey and blue, which gives way to a vibrant, central surge of fluid white and saturated teal. The bottom portion is grounded by textured masses of rust and deep orange. The piece has a dynamic, turbulent mood, suggesting a clash of elements like fire and water, with visible paint swirls and metallic accents.
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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allisonanne.com
mutable edge // handcut paper collage with graphite on recycled paperboard, november 2025

#collageart #abstract #collage #queerart #artist
semi-abstract sectioned paper collage with bird stamps, minerals, clouds, curtains
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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This is why Audible is evil.

For those still using it, I question your morals.
joabaldwin.com Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 20h
About to upload Feral Flame to Audible... Criminals...
Preferred distribution option screenshot from Audible, which offer 25% or 40% royalties in their scammy system: Exclusive distribution Earn 40% royalties on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes Distribution by ACX only Non-exclusive distribution Earn 25% royalties on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes Distribution allowed by additional parties
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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stoutheartstudio.com
If you see this, post your bird art.
A grumpy looking male Costa’s Hummingbird sitting on a twig and backed by foliage. The bird is mostly brown and cream on its underside, with purple iridescent feathers around its face. A flying gyrfalcon with cream brown-tipped feathers. Its wings are spread as it glides across a clear blue sky, its eye catching the sun. A digital painting of a common loon, white body, with a black head and back, with white tipped feathers. Purple and blue iridescence shines from the black, framing a red eye. A boreal chickadee looks at the viewer from a branch. It has a black patch under its chin, a brown cap on its head, and brown, cream and black barred wings.
November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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jeremyjenkins.net
One of my favourite garden centres has done it again with another stunning Christmas display. The theme this year is The Wizard of Oz!
Christmas decorations in a garden centre. The tin man from the wizard of oz in the middle.
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Since Moonbeam has ceased for lack of investment backers, I’ll be returning to multi-streaming on MakerTube, an OSS platform, and Twitch.

Today, 1-4:00pm PST (UTC-8). Thumbelina in Procreate. Tea, soft music, chill vibe.

#Livestream #ArtStream #MakerTube #Twitch #Art #BSkyArt
Promotional title card for a livestream with URL addresses and dates and times beside a balding man with glasses staring into space off right. Text says “Coreyartus Imagery, Live Art Stream, Twitch (Link in post), MakerTube (Link in post), Mondays and Tuesdays 1-4:00 pm PST (UTC-8)”.
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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dogwoodfinch.bsky.social
Big spider plans. 🎃
An illustrated spider planning a perfect pumpkin carving concept.
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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artyfartypandabear.bsky.social
#gelliprint from one of my #streetphotography efforts! I think this turned out quite well? #arteveryday #monoprint #creativity #arr #play
November 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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minouette.bsky.social
Happy birthday to #inventor Hedy Lamarr (1914 – 2000) & Hollywood star. 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬 #histsci Born Hedwig Keisler in Vienna, she gained fame after her risqué & notorious starring role in Machatý’s ‘33 film Ecstasy. Mandl, 1st of 6 husbands, objected & tried unsuccessfully to buy all copies of film.
My linocut portrait of Hedy Lamarr in indigo, with diagrams from her patent (Fig 4 like a piano roll) and a schematic of how a signal marked “Data”could be encoded with a pseudo-random binary sequence “PBRS” to produce a transmitted signal “Tx” - all in blue.
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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johnlechner.bsky.social
We’re snailposting, post your snails!

I've never photographed one, sadly, but here's a drawing I made of an emerald snail. 🐌
Ink and watercolor drawing of a bright green emerald snail sitting happily on a branch amid blue-green foliage.
November 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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riverrunsdry.bsky.social
10x20 acrylic landscape

A dear family member passed away this week. As I painted through my emotions, layers and layers of paint, this scene came to the forefront. A moment in time, echoes of memories, and the stillness of the moment.
Abstract acrylic landscape painting, horizontally oriented. A distinct horizon line separates a vivid, dramatic sky from a reflective water-like surface. The sky is dominated by glowing ochre, sienna, and gold clouds, contrasting with patches of deep indigo and atmospheric turquoise. A large, sloping landmass rendered in warm earth tones anchors the left side of the composition.
November 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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deswalsh.bsky.social
Using ai for reference is one way to legitimise it but also will make you worse in time. If you care about the art you make you should care about what influences it and where your ideas come from. The world is massive with tens of thousands of years of art and culture and history you can learn about
anoxicart.bsky.social anoxicart🍤 @anoxicart.bsky.social · 3d
PSA if you care about your support going to art that is influenced by AI
Jim Musil on Reddit: "I've never hidden the fact that I use AI as a part of building my references, but I don't copy them verbatim. The process I use is the same I would use if painting from a photo. I feel it's the same amount of work to paint from photos as it is to paint from a digital mock up or AI."
November 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM