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ninjamonkey.bsky.social
The_Z
@ninjamonkey.bsky.social
610 followers 210 following 2.6K posts
Comic artist/illustrator in KCMO area.
🧑‍🎨Commissions: inquire via DM
💵Support/Shop/Commish: https://ko-fi.com/TheDashZ , patreon.com/NinjaMonkey
🛒PoD Smerch: redbubble.com/people/NinjaMonkeyZ
🏠Home: www.ninja-monkey.com
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The_Z @ninjamonkey.bsky.social · Aug 13
Simplified my commish sheet and got to do some guache of my OC Orange in the process. Win win.

With monthly support, you can get free sketches or a commission discount. Links in profile.

#artistsupport #artistforhire #NoAI #digitalart #analogart #characterportrait
A commission price sheet featuring four styles of commission (sketch, lineart, digital color, and analog color) each with a price next to them ( $30 / 50 / $80 / $160 ). The character portraits feature a young woman with orange hair in a yellow outfit. She's poised on one foot with a staff above her head. Her tail swishes behind in an "s" shape. Above the portraits is the headline "Choose your commission style!" and below is additional information that reads: Above are starting prices for single character commissions with no or simple background. Complicated details (armor, intracate or patterned clothing, unusual anatomy) may cost extra. More characters and backgrounds may be added for an additional charge. Most subjects are accepted, but no loli, shota, gore, vore, hate or harmful subjects directed toward racial, religious, or sexual minorities. NO HARRY POTTER. Contact the artist (The-Z) for additional info and a more accurate price quote. Physical art may be purchased for an additional fee (often comes with gifts).
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madlyunique.bsky.social
Another octopus made! This one in bisexual colors and with iridescent beads!! #bisexual #crochet #octopus
November 13, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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mimulus.bsky.social
If all the classic print magazines are dying, I guess it’s time once again to gather local or likeminded author groups together and put all your stories in zines you make.
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
Tiny dancer! Photo from my collection, no documented date/info.
Black and white photo of a stout middle aged woman with dark hair standing outside on a scrubby dead lawn. She is leaning forward and holding the forepaws of a shorthaired tabby cat so that it is “dancing” with her on its hind legs. She seems to be smiling at the cat and maybe talking to it.
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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nockergeek.bsky.social
Del Toro’s Frankenstein is the Pan-Galactic Gargleblaster of movies - like being hit in the head with a delicate piece of lemon wrapped around a gold brick.

Beautiful to look at, sweet and sour, and no subtlety at all. And sadly, the last part is its greatest weakness.
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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npr.org
The children’s picture book, “Strega Nona, An OldTale,” celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Author and illustrator Tomie dePaola penned the book about the Italian “grandmother witch.” (via @mprnews.org)
Strega Nona turns 50 — and her art lives in Minneapolis
The University of Minnesota’s Kerlan Collection is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Tomie dePaola’s beloved picture book “Strega Nona,” showcasing the original illustrations and highlighting Minnesota’s unique role in preserving the warmth, artistry and enduring cultural impact of this classic story.
n.pr
November 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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harmoniousrose.bsky.social
So my mom asked me what I want for Christmas. I said art prints. My goal this Christmas is to support small artists! So if you have a shop and can ship to the US before Christmas Eve, share your shop!
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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shemeiart.bsky.social
It's so discouraging to post art when you see how fucked up the ratio of like to repost is. Just please, do the second click, it's literally few seconds and does so much more for struggling artists.
Doodle of my sona Meh pointing at repost/reblog button with their finger. There is "this one is important" written near them.
November 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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guilhernunes.bsky.social
cute tapir
painting of a tapir in a floral landscape
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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mlkirsimagi.bsky.social
Mew🐈
pet portrait commission
White cat with grey and orange markings sitting on a stone wall, digital painting.
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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annalandin.bsky.social
Happy anniversary to the best game of all time*! I can't believe it's been 25 whole years since I first watched my son Vivi first wander down the main street of Alexandria. 💜

*) this is objective fact, obviously, and can't be argued with.

#art
Illustration of all eight main characters of Final Fantasy 9, to celebrate the game's 25th birthday.
July 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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jeremycshipp.bsky.social
Today's a great day to support some creators.

Writers and artists and creatives of all sorts: reply with a link to one of your works. And feel free to tell us about it.

Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some human beings.
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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alanjstedman.bsky.social
For those wondering here is the post from Joyce Carol Oates that got under Musk's skin big time
Post by Joyce Carol Oates, author on X that infuriated Elon Musk "So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates- scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the 'most wealthy person in the world."
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
ninjamonkey.bsky.social
On my reboot of ACNH, I started out with two villagers in track jackets which was weird. Charlise is an absolute bitch to my character and Bam won't shut up about his gains. They're the most annoying roommates and make me do all the work.
Imma invest in some pitfall seeds.
#acnh #nintendoswitch
A digital doodle of a cartoon bear with a vague expression and a shorter deer character doing curls with a big hand weight.
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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donryu.bsky.social
Please call your local senators. Advise them not to cave to the republicans deals. If you live local to any of these senators please call. The folks around the country count on you to speak up.

It’s not a guarantee it will work but we can’t afford to do nothing.
santiagomayer.com Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 4d
Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542

Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224

King (ME) 202 224-5344

Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324

Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152

Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521

Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841

Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451

Masto (NV) 202 224-3542

Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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brendelbored.bsky.social
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID

Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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splatartistotd.bsky.social
You've probably seen posts around about this, but a reminder that there has been a lot of cases of scams going around disguised as security concerns.

Here is a recent DM I got from "Bluesky Safety & Compliance" from an account made an hour ago. Always stay vigilant!
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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brianvan.bsky.social
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
ninjamonkey.bsky.social
Burnt turkey sploot while begging his little pal for broccoli. What a fatass.
#corgi #dogsofbsky #turkeysploot
Just look at those drumsticks!
A tricolor corgi laying on his belly with his little drumsticks out on each side.
November 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
ninjamonkey.bsky.social
Show me how you draw/paint snow ❄️

A rough painting from The Sketchbook Project hosted by the Kansas City Artist’s Coalition (KCAC). This is based on a photo I took in my old small town neighborhood.
#painting #art #winter #snow #kcac #sketchbook
An acrylic painting on a double page spread depicting a wintery scene of barelimbed trees shivering in a thin blanket of snow cut through with a curving dirt road.
November 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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alignment-ink.bsky.social
Is there anyone out there that is familiar with the process of Copyright Claims in regards to stolen artwork used in portions of videos and/or thumbnails, especially if they have experience in pursuing these claims to get YT to act on it, and what it generally looks like?
November 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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pattonoswalt.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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boidscomic.bsky.social
Whaddup! Here's all three parts of my recent LIFE series, with the finale featuring the wonderful @shenanigansen.bsky.social, the father of LIFE itself!!
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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nellucnhoj.bsky.social
hello! freg!
8 panel comic P1: A title panel; borderless. We see a highly stylised --and decidedly grompy looking-- frog sitting atop a lily pad. The overly exuberant title above them reads "Hello! FREG!" P2: A close up on Freg, as their mouth opens slightly, a look of realisation on their face. The text reads: "Oh! Freg has something to say!" P3 & 4: Back to the POV form the first panel, as Freg gradually hinges open their jaw impossibly wide, almost 180 degrees. P4: We dolly back, as an absolute ream of text spews forth from the open mouth. "Jumping no longer elicits the feeling of sheer joy in me like it did, once upon a time. However, jump I MUST, because what else can I do? You ask my, why, then, would I continue to jump? Dear reader, you may as well ask me the same of breathing." "To not jump is to admit defeat. To give up entirely." P6: We switch to a dramatic low angle, with a fish lens effect, as Freg stares up at the sky, which is filled with cotton candy clouds. P7: Freg --saying "I must away"-- "jumps" off the pad. I say "jumps" because Freg looks like they are simply being dragged by a computer mouse into the air. P8: We end on a borderless panel, far back from the lily pad. The only sign Freg existed are a few ripples in the water around the pad.
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
ninjamonkey.bsky.social
Here's my Resident Idiot Yhole (long o on official business, y-hole to his friends). Tom Nook should feel ashamed appointing him representative (janitor) of the island, but we know Nook doesn't have a lick of conscience.
He's moved to Toys'R'Us island and his mom seems to be happy to be rid of him.
A digital image of a chibi proportioned young man with black hair, black hat, black and white striped tee, blue jeans, and green shoes. His gaze is slightly unfocused and his mouth is slack as he holds an axe in two hands.
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM