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Trans Artist Of The Day
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A celebration of trans and nonbinary artists!

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Bluesky mods said I was being rude, so here's a censored, not rude, version.
Screenshot of the quoted post but the word 'Dick' is removed
November 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Comic panel of an old man looking distressed. Text reads "That's scary... yay 💗"
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Screenshot from Homestar Runner. Banner above Homestar and Cheat reads "Todaybor Day is Labor Day"
September 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Technically my friend didn't start timing until 10-15 minutes in, but a sub 58 sounds way more impressive.
Squiggly ball holding a heart with a trans flag. Text reads, "While waiting for the results at a state forensics tournament, I started speedrunning Undertale and had a bunch of people surround me and my tiny laptop to watch. Time 57:47. Trans Artist of the Day"
July 26, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Today's Trans Artist is: Sashimifeast, aka Sash!

Sash is a transmasculine nonbinary illustrator with a stellar style that uses various brushes, textures, and bright colors to amazing effect!

Where to find him:
Bluesky: @sashimifeast.bsky.social
Linktree: linktr.ee/sashkin

Examples of their work:
Illustration of a teenage Bowser in a messy bedroom, sitting on a beanbag chair and playing on a Switch. Illustration of an anthro dinosaur. They are autumn themed, wearing a tweed jacket with bow tie, and looking at a flying beetle while holding its enclosure. Illustration of an anthro rabbit, wearing a frilly dress and holding up a stuffed bunny. Illustration of two anthro characters at a maid cafe. The left one is wearing a black and white maid dress and is looking at their dress with disgust. The right one is wearing a pink maid dress, holding a pink drink, and is looking at the other character's dress adoringly.
June 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Today's Trans Artist is: Luziland02, aka Luz!

Luz is a nonbinary illustrator whose absolutely lovely style uses thick bold outlines & bright contrasting colors to make striking works of art!

Where to find him:
Bluesky: @luziland02.bsky.social
Linktree: linktr.ee/luziland02

Examples of their work:
Illustration of a tiefling smiling brightly and holding multiple knifes in between their fingers. There is a small dragon on their head. Illustration of a mermaid tiefling, dancing underwater. The fins on her tail resemble a flowing dress and fish are swimming around her. Illustration of a tiefling named Jayden Bright, jumping and smiling with a knife in hand. They are wearing a cropped jacket and shorts, with small bandages all over their body. Their name is written next to them. Chibi illustration of a tiefling
June 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Illustration of two guys waving, both saying, "Same hat!!!"
June 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Today's Trans Artist is: CynisterDesigns!

CynisterDesigns is an agender illustrator that use subtle gradients & small detail work to amazing effect!

Where to find them:
Bluesky: @cynisterdesigns.bsky.social
VGen: vgen.co/CynisterDesi...
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/cynisterdesi...

Examples of its work:
Illustration of a punk woman standing in the light with her shadow being a werewolf with glowing red eyes. The background is the inside of a house with a broken window and curtains fluttering revealing a red full moon. Illustration, inspired by Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss", of a large 4 armed naga holding a harpie Large illustration of all the characters from Star Fox, designed to look like the original Star Wars poster. Text at the bottom reads "Star Fox 32nd anniversary. Property of Nintendo 1993. Art by CynisterDesigns" Illustration of the Star Fox characters Slippy and Falco in a pastel and goth maid dress, respectively. Text on the side reads "Lylat Maid Cafe"
May 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Today's Trans Artist is: Silver!

Silver is a trans male writer, illustrator, and comic creator whose rad work is phenomenally detailed!

Where to find him:
Bluesky: @falsedeitycomic.bsky.social
Website: falsedeity.com/
VGen: vgen.co/silver_85
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/falsedeityco...

Examples of his work:
Marker and pen illustration of a young man sitting at the base of a tree in the woods. The picture is mostly grey scale with some blues and greens. Digital illustration of vtuber Oliver Oswald. Oliver has large blue eyes, is dressed as a mage with a large purple wizard's hat and cloak, and is smiling. Digital illustration of a large group shot featuring characters from The Owl House. Digital illustration of a "meet the artist" sticker pack. There are multiple images with accompanying text. From left to right, top to bottom it reads: "Silver. Digital & marker art. Sticker sheet" "Dog!" next to a dog with a red collar and its paw up "CSP! 100% AI free! Bonus ADHD & Schizo affective!!" next to a self portrait of Silver at drawing tablet "Procreate!" next to a drawing tablet with Procreate's logo on it A trans flag and an asexual flag "Mages" next to a wizard's hat "Language" next to the flags of the U.S, Sweden, Japan, Germany, and Spain "Cat!" next to a striped cat wearing a collar "Markers!" next to a few markers and paper
May 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Today's Trans Artist is: Magpye!

Magpye is a genderqueer illustrator and creature designer whose highly expressive works makes great use of the contrast between very bright and very dark colors!

Where to find them:
Bluesky: @trashsidhe.bsky.social
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/trashsidhe

Examples of its work:
Illustration of a colorful many-limbed creature arching its back and crying out in pain. It's tears are glowing white and going upwards as dark blood drips down its open mouth. Illustration of a shapeshifter in different forms. Left to right top to bottom they are: A headshot of them as a dragon snarling A headshot of a cat/fox like form with a grin A sitting feral cat A sitting partially human chibi with soft pawed legs and a fox tail with a black tip. An anthro wolf with a black bunny tail, sitting cross legged with an arm resting on one leg A feral bunny loafing. Drawing of an ethereal beast happily doing a flip. Illustration of a Farlander character (a mob in a Minecraft mod). They are smiling while holding a nether star. They have purple hair, eye of ender goggles, and are wearing disheveled clothes.
May 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Today's Trans Artist is: Ava!

Ava is an agender trans woman writer, illustrator, and TTRPG designer with a stunning high contrast and immensely detailed rendering style!

Where to find her:
Bluesky: @avagarde.itch.io
Tumblr: swampcanum.tumblr.com
Itchio: avagarde.itch.io

Examples of its work:
Illustration of a figure with large blue eyes and flaming hair hold a blue spiky ball of energy. The figure has tears in their eyes and the background is a split between blue and red. Illustration of a plane that looks like a bug flying over a large carnivorous plant. The plant's mouth is open and you can see a tongue inside it. Illustration of a robot girl in a gas mask and latex skirt. There are magenta and cyan lights lights around her and reflecting off of her metal skin. Illustration of a robot girl in a hoodie, smiling, and carrying a messenger bag. The bag has two buttons on it: one of a trans pride flag, the other of an aromantic pride flag.
May 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Today's Trans Artist is: Alan M. Capes

Alan is a nonbinary lesbian illustrator & comic creator with an awesome & very detailed style!

Where to find him:
Bluesky: @seealandraw.bsky.social
Tumblr: seealandraw.tumblr.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/alancapes
Itchio: alancapes.itch.io

Examples of his work:
Illustration of a person with cat ears and tail, dipping a person with a unicorn horn and horse tail, and kissing their chin. There are hearts coming off of them and the background is of a blurry park. Illustration of a person with long flowing hair kissing the cheek of someone that is bald and wearing a robe. There are hearts above them and flowers below them and the background is made of a bunch of squares, circles, and squiggles. Illustration of Nosferatu standing behind a woman who is crying. They are both looking straight ahead, at the camera, there is blood spattered on the woman's dress and there are wolves and bats in the background. Illustration of a person in a burlap mask holding a woman by the neck with a bloody axe. The woman is struggling and has a gun in her hand. They are by a lake and there is a cabin and a reddish moon shining in the background.
May 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Illustration of a person giving a thumbs up with hearts around them
May 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Today's Trans Artist is: PatchoDraws!

Patcho is a trans woman illustrator & writer with an incredibly lovely style!

Where to find her:
Bluesky: @patchodraws.bsky.social
Tumblr: patchodraws.tumblr.com/
Instagram: instagram.com/patchodraws/
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/patchodraws

Examples of her work:
Illustration in the style of a colored Curse of Strahd Tarokka card. It shows a woman hanging in the air, wrapped up in chains. She is holding two swords and there is a hexagon of symbols behind her. Illustration of Chloe Price from Life is Strange with a sad expression. She is in front of a storm/tornado and has blood on her forehead and stomach. Illustration of Reya Mantlemorn from D&D/Baldur's Gate. She is wearing a green tabard and green cape, which flutters in the wind. She is gripping her sword which is resting at her hip. Illustration of two women kissing on a porch. One of them has her back pressed to a column. The background is of a windswept hill at sunset.
May 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Today's Trans Artist is: Lam!

Lam is a trans masc illustrator that uses various brushes and brush sizes to add some wonderful texture to his amazing and highly detailed style!

Where to find him:
Bluesky: @lamreii.bsky.social

Examples of his work:
Illustration of a Miqo'te from Final Fantasy 14 sewing golden thread onto a large blue cloth through an embroidery hoop. The cloth resembles a river and orange fish are swimming up it. She is wearing a blue jumpsuit and the background is the moon as it appears in ffxiv with a dark night sky and stars. Illustration of Hatsune Miku singing into a microphone. It says MIKU above her head in red text and on either side are the japanese lyrics to Anamanaguchi. The background is yellow and there are glitch effects and halftone patches in the background. A Dungeons and Dragons rogue OC. They have clown-like makeup, with white face paint and a red dot on their nose, and is holding a rope made of tied handkerchiefs. They are wearing a short brown jacket, a red and white striped tank top, a brown tie-belt, baggy red pants with black and white stars on, and knee-height brown boots with red laces. They are smiling at the camera. They have one green eye and one pink eye, and brown hair which is catching the pink light. Illustration of two original characters named Adam and Pet. Adam is sitting above Pet and sewing on one of Pet's arms. He is skinny and has dark skin and black hair. Pet is a zombie with various sewn-on body parts and is sat under Adam, smiling up at him. Pet has pale skin in a few subtly different colours and black curly hair. There is a tiny love heart next to his face. Adam is wearing boxer shorts and Pet has a blanket over his lap. There is an orange circle in the background.
May 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Good news! Joke works even when you can't see the tired eyes
Screenshot of the two posts above in this thread, but the tired eyes emoji is an error box.
May 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Illustration of someone holding a blue flower with hearts around it. Text reads "for u"
May 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Today's Trans Artist is: Rhel!

Rhel is a transmasc nonbinary illustrator with a beautiful rendering style that makes incredible use of colors, textures, and brush sizes!

Where to find him:
Bluesky: @gaussbarrels.art
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/gaussbarrels
VGen: vgen.co/gaussbarrels

Examples of their work:
Headshot illustration of a Viera from Final Fantasy 14. He has long green hair, black facial tattoos, an easy smile, and pale blue eyes with light pupils. On his throat is a burn scar in the shape of a flower. Illustration of a Miqo'te from Final Fantasy 14, in the art style of Okami. He has blue hair and is wearing a black ninja outfit with a purple rope tied around his waist and red beads around his neck. He is holding a black and gold dagger. The kanji for "Shinobi" is written beside him. Stylized art of a gray hare bounding through an off-white void. Its eye is black pitched with a yellow iris, its chest and face sprawling with black squiggles. A strange eye-like circle observes it in black, yellow, and red, with strange markings throughout. Fullbody illustration of a Viera from Final Fantasy 14. They have golden eyes, multiple facial piercings, and fluffy grey hair, pulled into a small ponytail with short twin braids in the front. They are wearing a black crop top, long black gloves, black shorts, and black thigh high heels with gold and red accents.
May 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Today's Trans Artist is: Rabbit!

Rabbit is a genderqueer illustrator, painter, and musician whose composition and color work is gorgeous!

Where to find it:
Bluesky: @meatbeatmaniifesto.bsky.social
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/midnitevultu...
Strawpage: flyingmicrotonalbanana.straw.page

Examples of its work:
Painting of a stylized orange rabbit with stars behind it. Text reads, "I was dropped from moon beams and sailed on shooting stars" Painting of a rabbit silhouette looking over some dead trees. There is a black sun in the background and roots are growing out of the rabbit. Painting depicting multiple scenes. There are: Two blue and stylized greyhounds Silhouette of the top of some trees A red road A chainlink fence, with sign A white tree branch A small vista at sundown The clouds at sundown And a white rabbit with red eyes Painting of an anthro bear walking through the snow. Above them are various words and small pictures. From left to right they say/depict: Cry, Return, a crying anthro cat, help, swap, death, haha, atoms, go, ok, poison, wicked, solace, an arrow pointing up and down, love, kill, synth, a tree branch, religon, a stick figure, hate, bears, peace, conflict, stars, Japanese characters, stated, stupid, knuckles, 2 + 2 = 5?!, post, two exclamation points, mer, caspenne, rat, 9¢, R M X, Spellbound, life, drawing of a sperm, Radiohead logo, ego, insane, rage, M B, hey, D S P T
May 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Today's Trans Artist is: Suzie!

Suzie is a nonbinary illustrator with a really cool style that uses large expressions to accentuate their character work!

Where to find them:
Bluesky: @themscanbefemmes.bsky.social
Strawpage: soudasuzie.straw.page

Examples of their work:
Kazuichi Soda from Danganronpa waking up, screaming and crying. A Danganronpa OC looks on concerned and horrified. There is a green glow on Kazuichi. Kazuichi Soda and a Danganronpa OC sit on a bench, near the beach, at night. Kazuichi is looking at the OC and smiling, while the OC looks at the ground and holds their arm bashfully. Kazuichi Soda from Danganronpa, smiling and wearing a tank-top and glasses Lineup of various monstergirl designs. From left to right they are: A squid mermaid, a bee, a dragon, a cyclops, a centaur, a minotaur, a slime, a fire elemental, and a naga
May 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Today's Trans Artist is: Newton, aka That Weird Pink One!

Newton is a transmasc nonbinary painter, sculptor, & sewist with a very cute and textured style, regardless of medium!

Where to find them:
Bluesky: @weirdpinkone.bsky.social
Instagram: instagram.com/weirdpinkone/

Examples of their work:
Watercolor painting of a striped red cat on a yellow green background with pawprints and accent marks around it. Watercolor painting of a white cat with wings and holding a cupid's bow. It has a gold accenting border and hearts around it. Watercolor painting of a smiling orange tabby cat staring at the viewer. A green alien cat plushie. It is sitting on all fours, smiling, and winking.
April 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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With the Lumi and the Great Big Galaxy animatic out I can say it's been wonderful seeing it go from a comic to where it is now! I can't wait to see what else @starteas.bsky.social & everyone at @latgbg.bsky.social does 💜💜

Go check out the pilot: youtu.be/2LFxTrjoQQI?...

Also look Gary, there I am!
Screenshot from Lumi and the Great Big Galaxy with Spongebob's hand pointing at a small squiggle in the background Screenshot from Lumi and the Great Big Galaxy with Spongbob's hand pointing at a squiggly ball character near the foreground
April 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Ending screen of Secret of Monkey Island with the words "Never pay more than 47 bucks and 80 cents for a computer game *Adjusted for Inflation*"
April 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Kris Dobbins (@krisdobbinsart.bsky.social)

I very recently found out about Kris's work, and man am I glad I did! It is mindboggling just how good their sense and understanding of weight and perspective is!
They opened up commission slots today and you should grab one before they're gone.
Kris's commission info. Text reads: Headshot or Profile Pic: $45-180 5 slots available, delivered in about 7 days Additional Information: A shoulders-up illustation of you or your character(s). This can be used for profile pictures on social media! The final price will vary base on backgrounds, additional characters, and additional details. Kris's commission info. Text reads: OC Expression Sheet: $120-320 2 slots available, delivered in about 20 days Additional Information: A sheet of various bust, waist-up, and/or full body expressions and poses for you or your character(s). This can be in black and white lineart and/or colored. No background. The final price will vary based on the amount of expressions and poses. Kris's commission info. Text reads: Half Body Color: $120-320 2 slots available, delivered in about 20 days Additional Information: A colored waist-up illustration of you or your character(s) with an optional background. This can also be used for YouTube thumbnails! The final price will vary based on backgrounds, additional characters, and additional details.
April 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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TheNewtz (@thenewtz.bsky.social)

I've known Matt for awhile and I am always excited to see his work. All his stuff is bright, colorful, and bubbly, but it has this layer of, like, grunginess to it. It's hard to explain in so few words, but I love it!
He's got comms & YCHs open you should check out!
TheNewtz commission info. Text reads: $20 Headshot Commissions You will get: 1 Medibang Paint layer file 1 PNG 1 Timelapse THIS IS A FULL RENDER PIECE! TheNewtz commission info. Text reads: Reference Sheet Commissions: $60 a reference sheet for your oc, fursona, etc. I can design a sona for you as well! +$10 for designing +$10 complex ref sheet (paws, common items, muzzle/mouth, some expressions) TheNewtz commission info. Text reads: $5 YCH Chibi: A fully rendered piece of your sona drawn in this pose!
April 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM