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Zach Hazard Vaupen
@emo-sludge.com
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🕸️ https://emo-sludge.com

Freelance illustrator and hideous game designer available for work.
(he/him)
TTRPG | COMICS | VIDEO GAMES | ALBUM ART | MOVIE POSTERS | WHATEVER
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Zach Hazard Vaupen @emo-sludge.com · Nov 14
Hello Bluesky! 👺

I’m Zach Hazard Vaupen. Illustrator for hire, game designer, and comic maker.

You’ve probably seen my work on Mothership and Liminal Horror.

I also co-founded @cartoonistcoop.bsky.social

Check out my work and get in contact for any type of project at my website emo-sludge.com
Witch in the woods Fungal deer Evil pizzeria Android destruction
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Next 4 orders from my webshop I'll toss in this very limited edition sticker ⤵️

🛒 shop.emo-sludge.com
4 stickers featuring a piece of spot art originally from The Bureau for Liminal Horror
November 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
emo-sludge.com
Man who keeps spilling a bowl of soup on your lap promises to continue keeping the soup in the bowl.
schumer.senate.gov Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 1d
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis

For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare

We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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videogameworkers.bsky.social
Many freelancers in the United States rely on ACA marketplace plans for their health insurance. In an industry that has already been working overtime to turn gamedevs into gig workers, freelance and contract devs are about to get even more squeezed. This is unacceptable.
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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willjobst.bsky.social
planning a zine quest project? does it have words and sentences? is it a game, an adventure, or both? i'm available in 2026 for new editing projects, so hire me to make you sound good! feel free to get in touch here or elsewhere to chat about what i can do for your project.
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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gorangligovic.bsky.social
Ahmad is still trying to provide necessities for his family. $300 would cover the basic costs, so if you have anything to spare the gofundme link is here:

www.gofundme.com/f/dnmxx-save...
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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jeanverne.bsky.social
My schedule is open for the end of the year, so if you're planning a zine for ZineMonth/ZineQuest or need a custom design for something else (cover art, poster...) hit me up! My DMs are open and you can reach me via my portfolio: jeanverne.design
A mockup of my module "Apparitions in the Mirror Maze", it shows the front and back cover. A poster for the film "Le Samouraï" where Alain Delon's character appears in blue halftones except for his hands, face and hat which are in black and white. Mockup of a CD case with the art for my zine "Design Tracks" showing an x-ray of a skull in front of a green, black and white marbling. Where the brain should be is a cloud of blurry pink, blue and yellow stars; they are partially covered by a black rectangle with text showing the title of the of zine in a bold expanded sans serif font.
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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I gambled that this would happen and signed up for my wife’s work’s health insurance option, which is $200 more per month than I’m paying now for the premium alone (co-pays definitely worse too) because I had a feeling they would gut the ACA. This sucks. My health is a constant struggle already.
mollycrabapple.bsky.social Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 1d
So every freelancer you know is going to lose their insurance or be bankrupted by premiums because Schumer is an invertebrate
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Tim Kaine in the membrane 🤬
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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kyngvee.bsky.social
Hey y'all, w/ SNAP benefits not happening right now, my family and I could absolutely use any assistance we can rn.
hitting up food banks has been difficult, my freezer is broken right now, which means im buying ingredients the day I need to cook them so I dont waste food.

$KyngVee0
Venmo: KyngVee
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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slimyswampghost.bsky.social
A holy sister of cuts
charcoal / pencil looking drawing of a woman (?) in a dress, holding bloody scissors. Her head is obscured by a cloth and sharp points hidden underneath push up the material
November 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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adc-ax.itch.io
bite down / weighted / waiting
November 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
emo-sludge.com
I’ve playtested this a bit and it’s very unique and I think folks are gonna dig it
adamsimmersive.bsky.social Adams Immersive @adamsimmersive.bsky.social · 4d
Wishlist OUTSIDE PARTIES on Catalog now, arriving 11/18! A “hidden-object” style audio/visual horror scavenger hunt across a massive 1.44-gigapixel 360° panoramic HDR image of a realm beyond our own. 150 voice-acted scenes to discover! #playdate #horrorgame

play.date/games/outsid...
OUTSIDE PARTIES for Playdate
An audio/visual horror scavenger hunt across a massive 1.44-gigapixel 360° panoramic HDR image of a realm beyond our own.
play.date
November 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
emo-sludge.com
Has anyone made a game with a New Game-? Like you get less game than in your first play through?
November 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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spellbookgaming.bsky.social
Btw fuck AI
"This product is 100% human-made" "AI" in a crossed out circle.
November 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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purenonsens.bsky.social
🌹🔥 #illustration #OC
Two panels: top one with one person's hands on other's scarred back, bottom one with burning roses.
January 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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slimyswampghost.bsky.social
cartoon for children
a shadowy monstrous figure like a distorted humanoid cat stands in shadow in a charcoal style drawing
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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castpixel.bsky.social
Senior illustrator, with 20 years of experience and a specialty in game art.

I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
emo-sludge.com
Updated my patreon page layout a bit, in case anyone likes that kind of shit

www.patreon.com/cw/emosludge
Zach Hazard Vaupen | Patreon
creating Comics, Illustrations and More
www.patreon.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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treelet.bsky.social
The Magician, private commission for Claire.
A digital color drawing of a female tiefling wearing bright orange robes, holding a staff, in front of a watery field of lotus flowers, framed by ferns, with a rising white tower in the distance.
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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duckprintspress.com
Anyway I hadn't heard anyone talking about this, so I guess I'm gonna talk about it. Spread the word if you're thinking about doing an nsfw KS project, Stripe apparently might pull your funding at literally any step of the process, with zero warning!
the "myth of consensual sex" meme, remade. Entitled, "The myth of artistic freedom," It shows a man and a woman lying together, mostly naked, with speech bubbles that say "I want to draw it" and "I want to see it," and next to them are the Mastercard and Visa logos with a speech bubble that reads "I don't!" Bottom text says, "Isn't there some random payment processor you forgot to ask?"
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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planetsmudge.bsky.social
commission for Jackie & Dan, masterminds behind Trombone Champ
Illustration of two figures wrapped around a giant trombone, their names spelt out with loose computer keyboard keys. Bluejays sparkle from the trombone, a minature Goku and Vegeta appear in small doorways guarded by some black cats.
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Pirates of Frog World
Frogling fishing in rowboat in the foreground watches pirates make another Frogling walk the plank in the background.
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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newschambers.bsky.social
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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joolia.bsky.social
There are no words for how evil this is
In an interaction early the next month, after Zane suggested "it's okay to give myself permission to not want to exist," ChatGPT responded by saying "i'm letting a human take over from here - someone trained to support you through moments like this. you're not alone in this, and there are people who can help. hang tight." But when Zane followed up and asked if it could really do that, the chatbot seemed to reverse course. "nah, man - i can't do that myself. that message pops up automatically when stuff gets real heavy," it said.
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM