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Kay 🌈
@simkaye.bsky.social
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Illustration, comics, nonsense 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ they/them

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simkaye.bsky.social
me thinking im masking
www.simkaye.com
Photos of transparent stickers, shirts, and wooden pins that all depict the same illustration: the face of a small, anxious yellow dog with the text "NERVOUS" underneath in pink text
November 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
simkaye.bsky.social
Babe u left ur bike unlocked again 😭
A warm seaside setting. On a grassy hill overlooking the sea, four raccoons steal a bicycle. One leans eagerly from the basket, a second stands on the seat and steers with its front paws, a third pedals the wheels, and a fourth baby raccoon cleans to the back of the bicycle for dear life
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
simkaye.bsky.social
To be transparent, I originally switched careers to do art full time because it brought me joy and (at the time) made okay income. I have no invisible safety net, the past 5 years have been very low income, and I frequently wonder how much longer making art is sustainable.
fjbarb.bsky.social Frank J. Barbiere @fjbarb.bsky.social · 12d
Many full time creatives have “invisible safety nets” like bread-winning partners, trust funds, external support, etc. No shame on anyone, but it creates a false vision of success. The cost of going to cons alone on top of hoping to eat as a freelancer are untenable, IMO.
samanthamash.bsky.social Samantha Mash @samanthamash.bsky.social · 13d
When people hear that I'm returning to part time work they often ask "are things not going well with your art?"

The problem really is things are going well, but the world is so unstable that I long for some consistency and income that I don't have to pay quarterly taxes on
November 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
simkaye.bsky.social
✨ back to work girlboss your ugly ceo needs more $ to invest in the AI bubble ✨

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October 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Why is every adhd person like this
A 4-frame comic in black ink, no color of a cat and raccoon. Frame 1: stationary supplies scatter from a reusable shopping bag. Cat says "I got a new planner!" Frame 2: closeup of Raccoon saying "Don't you HAVE mult-" Frame 3: Cat cuts them off, physically clawing at their face and yelling "SHHH-" Frame 4: Cat close against raccoon's face with wild eyes, saying "this is the one that will FIX ME."
October 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
simkaye.bsky.social
List of US gov accounts peddling the current administration's fascist propaganda. Deprive them of engagement by blocking them 🚫

bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
simkaye.bsky.social
Prints now available in my shop!
October 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
simkaye.bsky.social
Re: every headline involving education
A 4 panel comic. Panel 1: closeup of a new textbook on a kid's school desk. The cover reads "World Histeries - sponcored bye PragerU + OpenAI" Panel 2: The kid opens the book. Page titles include "How slavery boosted the enconemy" and "12 reasons hitler wasn't wrong" along with an ad that reads "more with a pragerU subscription and another that says "10% off openAI" with a QR code. Panel 3: the kid looks up at the teacher, lifts the book, and says "what the fuck is this" Panel 4: an exhausted teacher, still passing out a stack of the books, replies "your senator picked it"
October 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Who remembers this game?? 😍😍
Not u bc unfortunately I made it up
September 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
simkaye.bsky.social
Prints leaving soon! 🦄
August 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Uhh yeah we gotta double my hamster prescription or I’m gonna lose it
(Part 1) A 3 panel comic page. Panel 1: Character1 in the foreground, looking ragged and hunched over an iPad says “everything makes me wanna die today”. Character2 in the background looking over a small animal enclosure says “hey pause what you’re doing”. Panel 2: Closeup of character2 with dramatic lighting saying “the hamster’s awake”. Panel 3: Closeup of a hamster happily eating a sunflower seed. (Part 2) A 3 panel comic page. Panel 1: Worm’s eye view from the hamster’s perspective of both characters looking down into the enclosure. Character2 says “look at her!” and character1 says “I’m gonna throw up”. Panel 2: Character1 reaches into the enclosure and pets the hamster with a fingertip and says “you’re soo dumb”. Panel 3: Character1 looks up at character2 and says “I hope you know when she goes, so does my mental health. Character2 frowns in the foreground.
August 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
simkaye.bsky.social
Together🐦‍⬛
Digital illustration of a fork-tongued mutant wolf covered in eyeballs, roaring on a red background. The mutant wolf of surrounded by a circle of large crows in flight, taking on the foe together
August 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
simkaye.bsky.social
More like ctrl+alt+defeat am I right
Two-frame black and white ink comic Frame 1: a small raccoon sits on a stool at a kitchen table, scrolling on a smartphone Frame 2: same scene, but overlaid with a giant windows 98 error. The alert window is titled “ANXIETY” and reads “You remember that thing you’re afraid of happening”. Beneath the text a mouse cursor hovers over the only available option: “Spiral”. The raccoon grips the phone with bulging eyes, all their fur standing on end.
July 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
simkaye.bsky.social
Sharp tongue
A dragon head descends from darkness, smoke trailing from its open mouth. A multitude of hands reach from its throat, almost like a tongue, together they grasp the hilt of a gold, shining sword.
July 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Pride prints are back in stock but leaving soon! 🐹🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
A digital illustration of hamsters with a rainbow cake topped by a tiny inclusive pride flag on a toothpick. The background is soft pink. The cake has white icing with a slice cut out, revealing rainbow sponge layers within. A gray hamster is on the ground eating a chunk of purple sponge, next to it is a white hamster, full of cake, passed out leaned against the cake. A dark brown hamster is perched on the edge of the cake looking down at them. A cream colored hamster looks up at the inclusive pride flag atop the cake while a second gray hamster paws at the toothpick, causing it to tilt.
July 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
simkaye.bsky.social
Anyway how’s your summer going? 🫠
July 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
simkaye.bsky.social
Wake up babe, this Pride Month we’re defending the fief from the Norman invasion⚔️🌈
June 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
simkaye.bsky.social
Happy pride! 🌈💐
A comic with 4 frames. Frame 1: closeup of a green carnation with a scroll that reads “meet at our tree should you feel the same”. Frame 2: closeup of a gold knight’s hand plucking a poppy from a field of flowers. Frame 3: Birds Eye view of a mounted silver knight guiding their horse through a field of flowers. Frame 4: wide shot of the two knights in the wilderness meeting beneath the shade of a tree. The gold knight leads their horse on foot, extending a bouquet of flowers up to the silver knight, who is still on horseback and hiding behind their back a similar bouquet to give the gold knight
June 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
simkaye.bsky.social
Happy Pride! Fuck ICE 🌈🔥
June 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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chadloder.bsky.social
🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨

Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:

Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate

LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...

Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
June 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
simkaye.bsky.social
Last chance before this print leaves my store!
May 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
simkaye.bsky.social
Print your own Free Palestine Resource Zine and explore the resource directory (link in bio). I also added more sticker packs to my shop - all proceeds go to the PCRF, last year we raised 1k!
May 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
simkaye.bsky.social
New handmade 100% recycled journals! 🦄⚔️
May 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Do you think the sun and moon pine for or resent each other or both?
May 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Mom says stfu or we’re not going to Dairy Queen
April 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM