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Gingko.Ghost
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Comic Illustrator & Character Design,
Loves Ghost stories, anime, campy movies
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Illustrator for Halley Harper: Science Girl Extrodinaire Books 4 and 5
Seeking representation #kidlit #kidlitart
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this felt too informative not to share
October 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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gingko-ghost.bsky.social
@panootsart.bsky.social Hello!
Your Garten of Banban stream inspired my sibling to make a Banban x Silent Hill fan game! They just finished it; It's made entirely in Scratch. If you want, you can check it out here:
strawberryrainbow.itch.io/opilla-hill
October 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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letitmelo.bsky.social
I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
Ethan Evans, former Amazon VP As VP of Prime Gaming at Amazon, we failed multiple times to disrupt the game platform Steam. We were at least 250x bigger, and we tried everything. But ultimately, Goliath lost. Here's why: The 15+ year long attempt to challenge Steam started before I was VP of Prime Gaming, but we never cracked the code. Not under my leadership or anyone else's. The first way we tried to enter the online-game-store market was through acquisition. We acquired Reflexive Entertainment (a small PC game store) and tried to scale it. It went nowhere. Then, after buying Twitch, we created our own PC games store. Our assumption was that gamers would naturally buy from us because they were already using Twitch. Wrong. Finally, we built "Luna," a game streaming service that let people play without a high-end PC. Around the same time, Google tried the same thing with their product "Stadia." Neither gained significant traction. The whole time, Steam dominated despite being a relatively small company (compared to Amazon and Google). The mistake was that we underestimated what made consumers use Steam It was a store, a social network, a library, and a trophy case all in one. And it worked well. At Amazon, we assumed that size and visibility would be enough to attract customers, but we underestimated the power of existing user habits We never validated our core assumptions before investing heavily in solutions. The truth is that gamers already had the solution to their problems and they weren't going to switch platforms just because a new one was available We needed to build something dramatically better, but we failed to do so. And we needed to validate our assumptions about our customers before starting to build. But we never really did that either. Just because you are big enough to build something doesn't mean people will use it
October 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
gingko-ghost.bsky.social
@panootsart.bsky.social Hello!
Your Garten of Banban stream inspired my sibling to make a Banban x Silent Hill fan game! They just finished it; It's made entirely in Scratch. If you want, you can check it out here:
strawberryrainbow.itch.io/opilla-hill
October 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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cabfolio.com
Once again:
oliviarafferty.substack.com/p/50-spotify...
October 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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mollyploofkins.bsky.social
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October 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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artofchira.bsky.social
think about you favorite artist(s). how their work inspires, or something they did is a core memory of who you are, or how whenever they post something you drop things immediately to give it your full attention

if you're a creator, your someone's favorite artist. they feel that way about you.
October 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
gingko-ghost.bsky.social
Gingkotober Day 7: Marzipan

There are a few treats that are made with marzipan that are sometimes offered on Ofrendas, including the candies De La Rosas!

#inktober #marzipan #diadelosmuertos #ofrenda
October 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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deswalsh.bsky.social
Can I just say it’s nice to see a frog used as a mascot and taking power from the one used and twisted by the right. Big difference takes balls and humour to be them frogs on the line compared to a faceless person behind a racist meme.
reverendjesus.com Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · Oct 10
Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid
Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"
October 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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artofchira.bsky.social
in a session with my therapist, she was commenting how she can't draw a stick figure -- then recalled a time when she could envision exactly what she wanted and it came out easily on the canvas. and she had no idea how she did it.

I was like, yeah, the flow state. you know, like athletes and gamers
October 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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artofchira.bsky.social
to most people, creativity in of itself has no reward. it's all grind, and usually capped off by burn out, what's the point. capitalism validates that belief. so why not just outsource the process and just get to the part they need

and that's horrifying, tragic, and deeply angering all at once
October 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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leyawn.bsky.social
i’m running for president in 2028, this is my platform:

- no more spam texts and calls
- smaller cars with weaker headlights
- imprison every person in ice and the trump administration on a remote island for a thousand years
October 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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coreybrickley.bsky.social
do a gay man silent hill
October 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
gingko-ghost.bsky.social
Ginkgotober Day 6: Moon

I made this little drawing for my students during a Chuseok celebration! I had intended it to not be a part of this series, but now I think I figured out a way to incorporate it into the series... stay tuned!

Thanks for your patience!
#inktober #rabbit #chuseok #harvestmoon
October 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
gingko-ghost.bsky.social
Gingkotober day 5: Patches
Yeah, I'd trust this guy with my clothes.

SORRY I'VE FALLEN BEHIND! I was worried I got a bit sick there, but it's all good! We'll be catching up soon!
Thanks again for stopping by!

#inktober #gingkotober #halloween #patch #scarecrow #frankenstein #sewing #patchwork
October 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
gingko-ghost.bsky.social
Day 4 of Gingkotober: Chrysalis
You never know what you'll wake up to these days!

I thought it would be neat if fairies hatched from them like woven nest or something...

#inktober #chrysalis #fairy #cocoon #kidlitart #kidlitartpostcard #blackandwhiteart #ink #trees #dailyart #fantasy #halloween
October 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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briannedrouhard.bsky.social
I work in animation by day, on weekends I make comics!
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October 17, 2024 at 9:12 PM
gingko-ghost.bsky.social
Yeah, sure, just throw whatever in. No one at the potluck will care.

I had a lot of fun with this! The older witch's outfit was inspired by my friend.

Thanks for stopping by!

#inktober #dailyart #ink #kidlit #kidlitartpostcard #witch #concoction #goth #potion #cauldron #graphicdesign
October 4, 2025 at 3:48 AM
gingko-ghost.bsky.social
Day 2: Candle

Having a little chat, are we?

Phew, I caught up!
Thanks for stopping by!

#inktober #inkart #dailyart #kidlitpostcard #fantasyart #candle #mouse #drawtober
October 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
gingko-ghost.bsky.social
Gingkotober Day 1: Encore!

Give 'em a Round of Applause!

This was an old idea I started last year, but I thought it was a great intro into the process again for this year!

Thank you for stopping by!

#inktober #halloween #ink #blackandwhite #jester #theatre #encore
October 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
gingko-ghost.bsky.social
ho-ho! It's that time again!
October is my favorite time of year and It's always a delight to do drawing challenges like Inktober, so I'll be once again creating my own prompts to challenge myself.
Keen observers may notice that some of these prompts are repeats from last year's.
IDK I like them!
September 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Support local artists, support independent artists. With pocketbooks that are being hurt by a tariff war that absolutely nobody asked for, your support could help make a difference in a down year
September 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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anarchoshanties.bsky.social
This one's maybe a little on the ling side, but trust me, it's worth it. I've cried reading it multiple times.

(1/3)
mylordshesacactus Carpathia received Titanic's distress signal at 12:20am, April 15th, 1912. She was 58 miles away, a distance that absolutely could not be covered in less than four hours. (Californian's exact position at the time is... controversial. She was close enough to have helped. By all accounts she was close enough to see Titanic's distress rockets. It's uncertain to this day why her crew did not respond, or how many might not have been lost if she had been there. This is not the place for what-ifs. This is about what was done.) Carpathia's Captain Rostron had, yes, rolled out of bed instantly when woken by his radio operator, ordered his ship to Titanic's aid and confirmed the signal before he was fully dressed. The man had never in his life responded to an emergency call. His goal tonight was to make sure nobody who heard that fact would ever believe it. All of Carpathia's lifeboats were swung out ready for deployment. Oil was set up to be poured off the side of the ship in case the sea turned choppy; oil would coat and calm the water near Carpathia if that happened, making it safer for lifeboats to draw up alongside her. He ordered lights to be rigged along the side of the ship so survivors could see it better, and had nets and ladders rigged along her sides ready to be dropped when they arrived, in order to let as many survivors as possible climb aboard at once. I don't know if his making provisions for there still being survivors in the water was optimism or not. I think he knew they were never going to get there in time for that. I think he did it anyway because, god, you have to hope. Carpathia had three dining rooms, which were immediately converted into triage and first aid stations. Each had a doctor assigned to it. Hot soup, coffee, and tea were prepared in bulk in each dining room, and blankets and warm clothes were collected to be ready to hand out. By this time, many of the passengers were awake-prepping a ship for disaster relief isn't quiet-and all of them stepped up to help, many donating their own clothes and blankets. And then he did something I tend to refer to as diverting all power from life support. Here's the thing about steamships: They run on steam. Shocking, I know; but that steam powers everything on the ship, and right now, Carpathia needed power. So Rostron turned off hot water and central heating, which bled valuable steam power, to everywhere but the dining rooms-which, of course, were being used to make hot drinks and receive survivors. He woke up all the engineers, all the stokers and firemen, diverted all that steam back into the engines, and asked his ship to go as fast as she possibly could. And when she'd done that, he asked her to go faster. I need you to understand that you simply can't push a ship very far past its top speed. Pushing that much sheer tonnage through the water becomes harder with each extra knot past the speed it was designed for. Pushing a ship past its rated speed is not only reckless-it's difficult to maneuver-but it puts an incredible amount of strain on the engines. Ships are not designed to exceed their top speed by even one knot. They can't do it. It can't be done. Carpathia's absolute do-or-die, the-engines-can't-take-this-forever top speed was fourteen knots. Dodging icebergs, in the dark and the cold, surrounded by mist, she sustained a speed of almost seventeen and a half. No one would have asked this of them. It wasn't expected. They were almost sixty miles away, with icebergs in their path. They had a responsibility to respond; they did not have a responsibility to do the impossible and do it well. No one would have faulted them for taking more time to confirm the severity of the issue. No one would have blamed them for a slow and cautious approach. No one but themselves.
September 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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snarkysillysad.bsky.social
Babbling in sign language to her deaf grandparents: #AGoodPlace

Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...
July 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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katieaki.bsky.social
My Guardian Angel Wears Birkenstocks
#art
a kewpie-esque drawing of me (a femme with a black bob, black dress, and cowboy boots) praying. On a cloud above me is my butch husband (with a little mullet, sleeveless tee, and Birkenstocks) as an angel, lounging on a cloud. Butchfemme!!
July 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM