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apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · Oct 17

I'm apricot! I make the fantasy webcomic Kattabolt, about spunky cat girl Alex ⚡🐱

kattabolt.carrd.co
kattabolt.com
areyoshi.com

I post about Pokemon, my pets, & my OCs. If you like middle-aged men with issues who fall in love: hello, ask me about my #OC ship called Kibble. I have no self control.

Kattabolt comic advertisement featuring original character Alex, a cute cat girl in colorful clothes who is happily riding on a lightning bolt. She has long black hair and big glasses. There are low opacity examples from the comic in the sky behind her. The image has the web address for Kattabolt and also shows that it's available to read on Tapas and Webtoon as well.

Fan art of the Pokemon Pikachu and Charizard in a fierce battle. Pikachu is leaping away with rainbow electricity coming from its cheeks while Charizard flies after it and spews fire.

Original characters Kittens and Bull Dog, two old timey mobsters, running against a spotlight background. Kittens is a small man with brown hair, slightly tanned skin, and a scar above his brow. Bull is a very large bald man wearing a suit. Kittens is full on sprinting, but Bull is jogging.

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apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 1h

This got a good belly laugh outta me. So true... So true

apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 1h

I've never heard that one! The saliva thing was always said to me sincerely, rather than sarcastically (I THINK!? I hadn't considered this before lmao)

apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 1h

I would love that!! 🙏

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Queen Gwenevere @queengwenevere.bsky.social · 8h

Woohoo, #PortfolioDay ! I’m Gwenevere Singley, illustrator and general art wrangler! I’ve worked in games, animation, interactive media, TTRPGs, comics, and I’d love to work on more!

(All oil on canvas except the big fight scene, which was painted in Photoshop)

Portfolio: gwensingley.com

The Rose Queen, in a grand rose gown, is surrounded by her court of elegant bee attendants in a spacious pavilion decked with roses. The bee courtiers are all vying for her attention.

A knight on a white horse, setting out to find a dragon in a mountainous wild wasteland, has just encountered the dragon’s aunt. She is MASSIVE, half pompous matron and half dragon, decked with curls, pearls, and feathers (or are they horsetails?) with a long scaly tail stretching back into the mountains, and a formidable gold lorgnette, through which she examines the knight. She does not approve.

A joyful zebra, that is also a knight, ON FIRE, with stripes and tail turning to flames, garbed in a golden helmet with plumes that also turn to flames, rearing up and holding a striped lance that is also on fire, setting out on an adventure across sunny mountains, along a road leading to a golden castle. A little fire salamander friend tags along.

Cover for the Sword Opera TTRPG: a half a dozen motley renaissance characters are having a huge brawl near a baroque pavilion in a garden. A swordsman in black faces off against a swordswoman in red, behind them a be-turbaned swordsman with a blue flaming scimitar is restrained by a pleading damsel, a ruffian in yellow with a couple of daggers sprawls in the foreground, a sneaky rogue in a weird hat circles behind with a dagger, and another damsel kneels behind the duelists begging both her lovers to desist. Dramatic mountains and storm clouds set the scene.

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arden | wrensid era⚔️ @wakingnaturally.bsky.social · 12h

erotica should not come from a soulless machine. erotica should come from your local bookstore or your friends on the internet when they have divine inspiration.

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apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 1h

Are any Black artist mutuals of mine open to me sharing a couple character designs with you over discord? Just looking for a bit of feedback (this is for #HBHS)

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Himbo Beefcake, PhD 🔞💪 @jendrawscomics.bsky.social · 6h

I am going insane

Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 14h

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 14h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

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apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 2h

Gasp! Ok so far that's you and my sister. At least two perps

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Eden Complex (🏳️‍⚧️🤖📿 webcomic) @edencomplex.bsky.social · 6h

and so the showdown begins 🤺...or u might be gettin' a lil look at what's cookin' behind the curtains ✨ come see...

...next CH of Eden Complex: edencomplex.carrd.co
coming Tomorrow Wednesday on webtoon + tapas!

#comic #webcomic #webtoon #tapas #lgbt #bl #oc #ocart #ocsky #comics #smallartist #art

Kari (left trans guy w/ spiky hair + colorful coat + cyan visors) + Gabi (right childlike cyborg in thick green coat) running towards a giant magenta + gold aura light pillar in the night, blocked by red curtains doning the symbol of the Holy Order. this is all located at a clearing from the otherwise forest-y environment.

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apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 2h

There was a handful of "never"s on discord, so you're apparently in good company!

apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 2h

Ohh I never would've considered it to be a myth, I always just saw it as my sister trying to shut me up lol 😆

apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 2h

Never helped!!!

apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 2h

INFORMAL POLL: Were you ever told to do this as a child? By a sibling or anyone else when you were complaining about being thirsty too far from home?

I've been getting a lot of mixed reviews on the universality of this particular childhood experience LOL

🎨 #comics #art #comicoop

Three panel journal comic titled "Whining". Panel one has a label that says "Sometime in the late 1990's..." And features a young apricot. Their hair is long and unruly, they are missing a baby tooth, they have a prominent lazy eye, and they are sweating against an orange background that suggests a hot summer day. apricot says "It's hot out! I'm tired... and I'm thirsty! Ugh!"
In panel two, apricot's slightly older and much more well kempt sister looks back at them and says "Stop whining. Just drink your spit for now."
In panel three, apricot's face has contorted with bitterness as they say "THIS DOES NOT QUENCH THE THIRST, SISTER."

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Owen Dennis @oweeeeendennis.bsky.social · 3h

Why does every single person who brings up bad apples seem to forget that the entire phrase is "One bad apple spoils the bunch"?

I'm not looking for every person to have absolute literacy on every subject, but I really think this one should be a baseline "do you understand English idioms" phrase.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 2h

Loved Infinity Train!
Sculpting is great and more people should do it

apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 7h

I feel like I'm racing the clock against SAD lol

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Rob Phibbs @robertjlphibbs.com · 7h

Buddy, the best comedy writers in the world couldn't make this quote sound credible. These guys are ruining comedy

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 8h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 7h

I don't wanna Like this post.... It's too real 🥲

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Zeggy @infernulls.bsky.social · 7h

#Infernulls Cynburg, the Holy Trinity Siren leader, is ready to hit the stage. Fans or Foes beware this diva of the stage and battle, she'll leave you swooning. But don't ever call her one note.

Art by @sygnin.com commissioned by me.
Character by me, Zeggy.

Cynburg the Holy Trinity Siren leader from Infernulls, a woman with feathered orange hair, wearing a dark dress that shows off her hips, wearing white gloves.

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Adam 🪿 @vexnir.bsky.social · 21h

Hi #portfolioday ☀️

I’m a Polish illustrator & full-time 2D Game Artist. I love to create cozy art, usually celebrating nature or small moments of everyday life. I want to bring feelings of comfort to everyone and brighten their day with my work!

✸ Store: vexnir-shop.com ✸

Gouache illustration of a black cat wearing a scarf with various geometric patterns on it. The scarf is in warm shades with some green accents.

Watercolor illustration of a bunch of colorful pumpkins, with a beige striped cat sleeping on top of them curled up into a ball, slightly resembling the round pumpkins itself.

Traditional fan art in watercolor and colored pencil. It’s an illustration showing the Pokémon Ampharos, with a little Togepi in its arms, standing among bushes full of yellow flowers. A small house, trees and electrical poles can be seen in the background, with Mt. Fuji faintly hovering over them in the distance.

Traditional drawing in mixed media of a white cat with a yellow straw hat sitting inside a blue cardboard box. It’s surrounded with other boxes full of oranges.

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alicia 🍳 @acorviart.bsky.social · 17h

hi I draw things. sometimes for money #portfolioday

✉️ [email protected]
🎨 acorviart.com
🔗 acorviart.carrd.co
🛒 acorviart.bigcartel.com

Illustration of a millefleurs-style tapestry of two barn owls circling a curled up rabbit. The animals are surrounded by various other plants and animals that juxtapose symbols of life and death, making it unclear if the rabbit lives or dies.

Risoprint-esque illustration of a giant white-bodied oarfish against a night sky, curled around a highway billboard. The billboard says “caution” in vibrating letters against a bright yellow background. Roadside lights and power lines are overlaid onto the oarfish’s body.

Illustration of a rat king (multiple rats tangled together by their tails). The rats are all clustered in the top half of the composition, with their tails forming a loop below. A dripping crown is overlaid on the loop, and the rats all have small crowns.

Illustration based on the The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, where the phrase “albatross around your neck” is derived from. An albatross is tangled in rope, with the rope forming a noose around a skeleton’s neck and tied with a bowline knot. An arrow intersects the knot, and tears drip from the point of the arrow.

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apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 7h

I have so many thoughts about her friends and the way they've reacted to her throughout the comic, I am gnawing on the bars of my cage

apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 7h

Skipping out on making a portfolio day post because if I have one more thing on my plate rn I'll probably lose my marbles lol. Check out the tag and hire all my cool friends

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PaTrick-or-Treat 👻🎃 @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 8h

How to help...

How to help residents and communities after catastrophic Western Alaska storm

Several organizations are asking for donations or contributing fundraiser proceeds to help residents affected by the remnants of Typhoon Halong.

www.adn.com

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Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · 9h

The 2024 numbers are crunched, data visualised, and insights SHARED!

Here's the findings of the 2024 Comics Worker Survey!

Anyone can read these findings on income, rates, royalties and more--online or as a PDF.

The Cartoonist Cooperative

Making comics better for everyone!

cartoonist.coop

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