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S.S. Genesee @geneseedraws.bsky.social · 1h

Here's one with the whole band—the Dusty Brooms! 🧹 They're the band in my new 1970s rockstar romance, SYMPATHY FOR THE BLUES 🎸

SYMPATHY FOR THE BLUES is now available on KU, ebook or paperback!
📖: books2read.com/SFTB

Retro anime-style artwork of the main characters from S.S. Genesee's book, SYMPATHY FOR THE BLUES. From left-to-right: Ray Roderick, Gene Hillard, Pat Taylor, Santiago Arteaga, and Stefan Grzeskowiak.

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Libra Summers @iliibra.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay 💗 I'm Libra, a freelance illustrator from Germany! I love working on character art and book covers, especially if they're queer 🌈

📧 [email protected]
✏️ ilibra.carrd.co#portfolio

A mock book cover with two women, standing back to back, with the text Memories of Her by Elodie Murray

A cover illustration for Wren Martin Ruins it All by Amanda Dewitt, featuring two boys on their phone walking by each other

Two boys lying in bed together, looking into each others eyes

Two boys embracing with a big scarf wrapped around them in the snow

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Starite 🌟 @starite.bsky.social · 21h

hello #PortfolioDay! my name is erik and i'm an illustrator in new york enamored with midcentury print media and aesthetics.

my portfolio is at starite.neocities.org! 🖼️🎨

a young woman with red hair in long pigtails sitting on her bed, surrounded by posters on the walls

a young man wearing a sailor shirt and shorts looking up in fear, surrounded by glowing eyes in different shapes and colors

comic-style illustration of two pokemon, ludicolo and milotic, engaged in battle. ludicolo is scattering seeds onto milotic, beaten up and lying on the ground

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #Portfolioday
I'm a book cover artist and character designer for Achillean romance and MM books in various sub-genres.
I work with fantasy, urban fantasy, historical romance and adventure, and can do cyberpunk, steampunk. I'm style-flexible if a project interests me.

www.thistle-arts.com

Cover art for a 2nd book in the series called 52 HZ
It shows a young man with black hair and his eyes closed floating in water and a huge whale is visible behind his head.
Another man with read hair is sitting in the director's chair in the front plane as if he's imagining the first young man as his creative vision.

Book cover art for "Blood Sails" by Sierra. J. Meril
Two white men caught ina dynamic fight on a deck of a pirate ship.
They are both dressed in richly decorated pirate clothes. One is a mage and has a fire spell ready to launch that is in a shape of a fiery bird. The other hold a sabre. Despite them fighting some erotic tention is palpable between them

A book cover: Rears & Vices by E.M. Caro. The cover has three men: an auburn-haired man, a black-haired man, and a blond man, all dressed in early 19th century clothing, all clearly sailors. The auburn-haired man is embracing the black-haired man across the shoulders. The blond is standing protectively by, holding the hilt of his sword.

Cover of "The Mage and his stolen prince" by J.E. Ridge

A young man in black clothes and long silver hair sits on a stone ruin. Another man with bright red hair sits near his feet and leans his head towards the blond man's knee.
They both hold magical purple flowers in their hands.
A beautiful mysterious garden is in the background.

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Sina (daily OC-tober 🍂) @sinasdumpster.bsky.social · 1d

It's #PortfolioDay!
I'm Sina, a self-taught digital artist from Germany.
I'm currently in the process of getting a small business license, once I get everything registered I will be available as illustrator/character designer~
linktr.ee/sinasdumpster #illustration #characterdesign

Illustration of my character Erik holding 3 cats. He looks super happy!

My character Mordecai reaching out to the camera. A screencap from Evangelion 1.0 + 3.0 was used as a reference.

A romantic chibi illustration of my characters Mordecai and Erik. A base was used.

A pin-up illustration of my character Chris. He's posing shirtless (and is very hot!!).

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 23h

Hey #PortfolioDay! Nice to see you again. My name is Aimee, and I'm a dark-beautiful #DarkArt freelance #illustrator. My current wishlist for projects is: 📚 Book covers and 🃏Trading/Playing card games, but I'm open to anything!
💼: AimeeCozza.com
✉️: [email protected]

An illustration of a person from the chin down. They have both their arms around black wolves, which are asleep and cuddled against the person. Two more wolves are asleep and piled on top. The person and the animals are all smeared and smattered with blood, indicating they had a great meal together.

A man curled over onto his elbows, his head in his hands, amidst green leaves. A glowing, luminous dagger dangles above his neck and spine. His hands are cupped and outstretched towards the sky. Luminous liquid slips through his fingers.

A small child holding a bunny rabbit stuffed animal standing in front of a line of darkened forest. Inside the forest are lots of glowing sets of eyes

An oil painting of a foggy, monochrome forest with a singular man with glowing eyes standing in front of it. Before him are multiple shadows of wolves, their eyes glowing in the darkness as well.

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The BirdgeoiZombie @burakkuhardt.bsky.social · 1d

HI HELLO I recently did a collab with @hostmarch.bsky.social of our OCs :]
March did the top two characters + the background- I did the bottom two (my babs Corey & Bailey) + the editing :DD

This was a lot of fun, thank you March for asking me to collab!! ^-^
#BurakkuArt #SkyOC #artcollab #artmoots

Digital drawing/painting where one artist, March, has painted a background with stone floor and wall with stairs as well as drawn their two OCs peeking out from behind a stone wall; and the other artist, BurakkuHardt, has drawn their two OCs underneath the other two, peeking out from the same wall

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𝖄𝖚𝖓𝖊 🪼commissions open ⭐️ @heavenlyystar.bsky.social · 2d

✨ my coms are open !! ✨

if you get more than one portrait you get a discount !! same with chibis <3 feel free to ask me on any platforms !!! my name is the same everywhere 💞🫶 i can always show more examples of my work !

REPOSTS AND REPLIES HELP !!!! 🥹💕💖💖💖💖

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S.S. Genesee @geneseedraws.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats, this is huge!! 😚💕💖

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Prince Rosalium, Parfum Nostalgique Dev🌹✨️ @princerosalium.bsky.social · 2d

Well! There we are! Me and Val! The handsomest men to ever grace the Indie game scene!

It's an absolute honor to say Parfum Nostalgique has been featured on @polygon.com . I'm gonna go scream now.

www.polygon.com/steam-adult-...

As Steam cracks down on adult games, one dev urges taking back control

Game developers fear for the future of games with LGBTQ themes, which is leading some to pursue alternate (and way cooler) forms of distribution

www.polygon.com

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River Flynn┃transmasc writer 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @riverflynnn.bsky.social · Sep 5

👑 A GAZE SO LONGING 👑 IS OUT TODAY!

Grab it on Smashwords, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, or Amazon/Kindle.
Paperbacks will be coming later this year!

A Gaze So Longing is a 92k-word historical servant x prince-overthrowing-the-monarchy romance and the first book in the Fall of Livenza duology.

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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @1989nk.com · 5d

Here are all the current characters in Sweethearts of 1989 in case you need a refresher or are new to the series 🫶

復習が必要な方やシリーズを初めてご覧になる方のために、「Sweethearts of 1989」の現在のキャラクターを全て紹介します🫶

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S.S. Genesee @geneseedraws.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you so much for the wonderful review! 🥹💖💕

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Shrike 🐦‍⬛ @shrikebait.bsky.social · 5d

SYMPATHY FOR THE BLUES by S.S. Genesee @geneseedraws.bsky.social

HAPPY PUB DAY!

And they were /bandmates/ 😱

Just the right amount of tugging at my heartstrings with a dash of heat to hook me.

#bookreview #mmromance
🌈📚💙

Book mockup of SYMPATHY FOR THE BLUES by S.S. Genesee with a vinyl record leaning on one side and a shrike nibbling on the other side of the cover. The text below reads "and they were bandmates" in retro font with retro starbursts

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S.S. Genesee @geneseedraws.bsky.social · 5d

SYMPATHY FOR THE BLUES IS NOW LIVE!!
🎸You've heard of rockstar romance, but have you ever read... a 1970s rockstar romance? 🎸🎤💖

SYMPATHY FOR THE BLUES is now available on KU, ebook or paperback!
📖: books2read.com/SFTB

Graphic for the book SYMPATHY FOR THE BLUES by S.S. Genesee. Around the book cover is text that reads: "NOW LIVE!"
Surrounding the book is additional text that says: M/M Romance; Singer x Guitarist; 1970s rockstars; Slow burn.
At the bottom it says: "THE DUSTY BROOMS: BOOK ONE"

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S.S. Genesee @geneseedraws.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you!! 🤩💕

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MayBunny8 @maybunny8.bsky.social · 5d

I just finished reading my ARC for Sympathy for the Blues and left my review! Which can be read in full on GoodReads.
I actually read the whole book in 3 days, I normally don't finish books so quickly but it was so engaging!
If you need a new read, I'd definitely give this a chance!

Screen shot of my review for S.S. Genesee Sympathy for the Blues. Can be read in full on GoodReads

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S.S. Genesee @geneseedraws.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you for the review! 🥰💕

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 5d

Authors - need a cover artist? This pack has you covered (lol) and is a great starting point for getting human made arts for your writing!

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S.S. Genesee @geneseedraws.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you!! 🤩💕

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S.S. Genesee @geneseedraws.bsky.social · 5d

SYMPATHY FOR THE BLUES IS NOW LIVE!!
🎸You've heard of rockstar romance, but have you ever read... a 1970s rockstar romance? 🎸🎤💖

SYMPATHY FOR THE BLUES is now available on KU, ebook or paperback!
📖: books2read.com/SFTB

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S.S. Genesee @geneseedraws.bsky.social · 6d

TOMORROW IS RELEASE DAY!! 🗣️🗣️🎸🎤

SYMPATHY FOR THE BLUES, book 1 of The Dusty Brooms trilogy, comes out October 9th! It's a 1970s MM rockstar romance 🎸
📖: books2read.com/SFTB

Retro anime-style artwork of Ray and Gene singing onstage. They are the main characters of S.S. Genesee's book, SYMPATHY FOR THE BLUES. On top of the artwork is a tumblr post by user transjackfairy, that says: "all men in bands in the 70s knew how to do was be bisexual, smoke cigarettes, cheat on their wife, have a comically large gong onstage, flared trousers, coke, move to france for a year to evade taxes, guitar solo and lie"

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S.S. Genesee @geneseedraws.bsky.social · 6d

Paperbacks of SYMPATHY FOR THE BLUES are now available for preorder on Bookshop!!

They're having a free shipping sale today too! All the rest of my books are also available in paperback on there as well, so check it out 🥰
bookshop.org/p/books/symp...

Sympathy for the Blues

Check out Sympathy for the Blues - <p>It's the 1970s, and two young men are brought together by their shared love of music.</p><p>Ray Roderick and his best friend Gene Hillard form a blues-rock band: ...

bookshop.org

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S.S. Genesee @geneseedraws.bsky.social · 6d

thank you!! 🤩💖

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S.S. Genesee @geneseedraws.bsky.social · 6d

TOMORROW IS RELEASE DAY!! 🗣️🗣️🎸🎤

SYMPATHY FOR THE BLUES, book 1 of The Dusty Brooms trilogy, comes out October 9th! It's a 1970s MM rockstar romance 🎸
📖: books2read.com/SFTB

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