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Mariya Goltseva

@marigoltart.bsky.social

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Cartoonist, author/illustrator, storyboard artist ✏️ Resident gremlin. Chocolate hoarder. Cat mom. [email protected] 📩 🎨 Portfolio and comic: https://linktr.ee/marigoltart

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Mariya Goltseva @marigoltart.bsky.social · Dec 16

#artvsartist I’m very proud of the work I did this year. I illustrated my THIRD picture book. Finished and published my FIRST comic online. Wrote TWO stories and queried them both. All of this has helped me level up in my craft and learn new things that I’m excited to expand on. (1/2)

A 9 picture grid of the OP’s photo surrounded by their artwork. From top left: crop of the picture book ‘Ali’nin Sihirli Kalemi’, crop of ‘Hidden Folk’ cover, crop from illustration of a red haired kid and her chickens enjoying a rainy afternoon. Second row: a curly haired kid and her dog running down the stairs, the OP’s photo, crop from a comic page, where the kid is rustling through strawberry leaves. Third row: a couple embracing, crop from a comic page of two kids laughing, a mermaid enjoying her reflection in the water.

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Mitch Dyer @mitchyd.bsky.social · 10d

If only everyone could have predicted this

www.thegamer.com/ea-generativ...

EA's AI Game Development Tools Are Apparently So Bad That It's Costing More Money To Fix Their Mistakes

A new report suggests that EA's pivot to AI is just causing costly mistakes, and the developers hate it.

www.thegamer.com

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · Sep 20

The pilot episode of "Knights of Guinevere" directed by Dana Terrace is now online. Cheers!
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCAd...

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KidLitGN @kidlitgn.bsky.social · Sep 17

Just TWO WEEKS til #kidlitGN's #pitch event opens for #Authors and #Illustrators of #graphicnovels for kids thru YA!

Guest Article by Janna Morishima to get you motivated!
wp.me/pcVwAl-1Hq

And a big thank you to @marigoltart.bsky.social for the art!

#ki#kidlitr#graphicnoveli#PitchEvent

A group of kids and cats illustrated in kidlit style work hard on reading, writing, and drawing. Illustration by Maria Goltseva.

#KidlitGN Pitch Event is 2 weeks away!

Working Hard on your pitch? Take moment to read a special guest article by literary agent Janna Morishima.

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Marie Enger - PAX U /Forever Stoked 3809 @soengery.bsky.social · Aug 20

Kickstarter! Be better!

I’ve stuck with Kickstarter through a lot of shit because the fine folks at Kickstarter United had my back - now we all have to have theirs.

Sign this petition for a minimum livable wage and a codified 4 day work week for our colleagues at Kickstarter United.

An Open Letter to Kickstarter Creators: Why We, Kickstarter United, Are Fighting for a Four-Day 32-Hour Workweek

Dear Kickstarter Creators & Allies, We’re writing to you as Kickstarter United—the union of designers, support specialists, product managers, engineers, and more who power this platform and are h...

actionnetwork.org

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Dr. Jeremy Swist @metalclassicist.bsky.social · Aug 18

AI policy I'm putting in my Fall syllabi. Feel free to adopt & adapt it.

AI Policy 🤖

Generative AI is any artificial intelligence software, such as ChatGPT, that is used to generate ideas and content that are not one’s own. Beyond alarming environmental impacts, these programs operate by stealing the art and writing of others, and are on that basis unethical. Such programs prevent, and discourage, the development of human beings both into free and critical thinkers and into proficient and creative writers and communicators.

Therefore, the use of these programs to assist in any way with any assignments in this course constitutes a violation of academic integrity and is therefore strictly forbidden.

First offense = zero for the assignment
Second offense = failure for the course

If you are ever tempted to use AI because you ran out of time and energy to finish an
assignment on time, just email me for an extension!

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Nicole aka Nimasprout @nimasprout.bsky.social · Aug 17

🍓Strawberry Bakery🍓

Acryla gouache painting on watercolor paper panel
Size: 4" square
$100 (US shipping included)
DM to claim (Venmo/PayPal preferred)

Hand holding small painting on watercolor panel featuring a thatched roof bakery and strawberries

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Adam Wallenta @adamwallenta.bsky.social · Jul 16

In September I will be open to reading new pitches for OGNs for Papercutz. Here are my requirements- 1. Be professional. 2. No witches, cats, bats, zombies, vampires, Scooby doo/Mystery Inc-style mystery gangs, or post apocalyptic stories. We also don’t generally do superheroes. 3. Be original.

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bird/h @birdperhour.net · Jul 12

#birdbot

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Paul Willson @pauljwillson.bsky.social · Jul 10

The East End

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Mariya Goltseva @marigoltart.bsky.social · Jun 30

One of the many wonderful animated movies from my childhood 💛 thank you for featuring it

Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · Jun 30

Anime was popular in the Soviet Union -- even Andrei Tarkovsky watched it. And animators in the USSR wanted to compete.

The recently restored Mystery of the Third Planet was an odd, wonderful attempt to do so. We explore its story: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/soviet-anime

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Rachael Talibart @rachaeltalibart.bsky.social · Jun 6

An incoming tide at twilight. East Head, West Sussex. #JuneSea #blue

A photo of the foamy edge of a wave across a rippled sandy beach. Very blue as taken during twilight.

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Beanie (Alina T) @whatsupbeanie.bsky.social · May 26

She screm

A silly drawing of a calico cat meowing loudly

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Chris Wade @luckshotgames.com · May 25

🚨HUGE News🚨

🐸BIG HOPS is a froggy platformer with deep movement, fresh tongue-gameplay, where you use powerful veggies to grow paths forward!

✨Free demo out NOW
🎮Coming to Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 in Q4 2025
💰Our publisher dropped us, so we're KICKSTARTING
(links below)

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Spencer Wan @spencerwan.bsky.social · Nov 21

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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · Apr 15

Got a cool idea for a novel? That’s your concept.

But unless you turn it into a premise, you might end up like Chuck Wendig’s old man lost at the mall—eating fries, forgetting your car.

Let’s fix that.

A thread 🧵🪓

#writingcommunity

A woman with a briefcase looking up a ladder that ascends into a cloud

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juan gee @juangeedraws.bsky.social · May 7

absolute supes

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · Apr 25

Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

Every April, we celebrate Independent Bookstore Day to remind us how vital indie bookstores are to our communities and society. It’s a day of joy and solidarity, and significant financial impact for these bookstores.

This year, Amazon is undercutting that with a “Book Sale” on the same day—a calculated move by a company that has already put half the bookstores in the country out of business, controls over 60% of the market and sells far more books than all indie bookstores combined. The people at Amazon responsible for the timing of their "Book Sale" should be ashamed, but they are shameless.

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Sylvain Sarrailh @tohad.bsky.social · Feb 10

Inspiring color schemes in the landscapes of Granville Redmond ( 1871- 1935 )

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Kids Comics Unite @kidscomicsunite.bsky.social · Apr 13

Querying to agents? Check out our latest blog post on how to find the perfect agent for you!
#kidlit #querying #kidlitgn

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