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ollie - looking for work
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he/they, 26 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 illustrator, printmaker, fiber artist, birder 🕊 bulgarian-american living in spain audhd 🆓🇵🇸 🚫 no ai 🚫 portfolio: https://ollierollie.artstation.com/ prints: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/thinginthedirt/
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ollie - looking for work @thinginthedirt.bsky.social · Mar 31
happy #TransDayofVisibility! 🏳️‍⚧️ #tdov

i am a multimedia artist with a love for nature and stories! i sell block printed patches and lately i've been practicing my digital art more 💖
an art vs artist with me in the middle. the pieces include, in order: trans manuscript, olive patch for palestine, dnd village map, jackalope patch, anti imperialist magpie patch, dnd city map, dragon patch, and sapphic fairy
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ollie - looking for work @thinginthedirt.bsky.social · 6h
i guess when i read the goldfinch i thought there was only one type of goldfinch
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ollie - looking for work @thinginthedirt.bsky.social · 6h
i literally just realized that the goldfinch from the goldfinch is a european goldfinch not an american one idk why i thought that
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Bruce Mackay @brucemackay.bsky.social · 1d
Hi #PortfolioDay

Im Bruce, an illustrator, creative director & printmaker based in Cape Town, RSA. Big fan of old goofy SFF covers & forced perspective and experimentation. Nice to meet you :)

ILLO: www.instagram.com/bad_manifesto
FA: www.instagram.com/oombruce
Digital illustration of an old village lane. Choppy shapes and overlapping oranges and blues. Digital illustration of a guy in a "modern apartment full of art and plans. he's liking out the floor-to-ceiling window at the sunrise and eating cake off a plate. This was an old style test for MUTI. Choppy shapes of overlapping yellow, blue and pink. Digital illustration of a hazy sepia toned kitchen with a silhouetted being sitting at the table next to some dead flowers. This was an old style test for MUTI. Digital illustration of a The Lord OF The Rings cover. A Nazgûl sits astride its horse between 2 red trees that make a circle. Int he background is Weathertop, the Misty Mountains and Orodruin. Overlapping risk colours - red, teal and yellow. Some mushrooms in the foreground.
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DecomposedMaw @decomposedmaw.bsky.social · 12d
Peaceful #pixel #pixelart
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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · Nov 8
A drawing of a frog on a waterlily leaf, playing a FROG synth. "You're transphobic? That's weird." [plays you out] Image by Emma Roulette, available here: https://emmaroulette.com/FROG-Riso-Print
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ollie - looking for work @thinginthedirt.bsky.social · 1d
#PortfolioDay Hi, I'm Ollie! I'm a queer illustrator who loves worldbuilding and stories. I am open to work on ttrpgs, book covers, game assets, characters, and more.

🎨 ollierollie.artstation.com
✉️ [email protected]
a medieval manuscript style digital illustration. text at the bottom reads "god blessed me by making me transsexual for the same reason he made wheat but not bread and fruit but not wine: so that humanity might share in the act of creation. - julian k jarboe." in the center of the piece stands a trans person with top surgery scars, body hair, and facial hair. they are nude, with a red cloth partly draped over their body, and they hold a loaf of bread in one hand and a cup of wine in the other. in the dark blue background behind their head is a sun/halo and 5 stars, and on either side of them are stalks of wheat. there is an arched golden frame around them, and around this is an illuminated border of grapevines. pixel art isometric bedroom in warm earthy colors. the walls are wood paneled with 3 indistinct posters and there is a soft orange carpet. a cat naps on the bed in a patch of sun and a record is playing in the corner. there is a beanbag near the bookshelf and a book resting open on the floor. digital map of Ortesia, the industrial fantasy city from my old dnd campaign, in a monochromatic color scheme (mostly green). there is a river opening out into the ocean, with a city spanning across several islands. islands include: a marketplace and shops, a lighthouse, a religious complex, a central palace, an upper class neighborhood, and three fancy manors. the main part of the city is on the west of the river and on the northeast is the larger gnome quarter and industrial neighborhood. in the water there are ships of various sizes and in the countryside there is farmland and forest. a train exits the city from one of two parallel tracks running along opposite sides of the river. a propaganda poster in a medieval style that reads: "attacks on trans people have always been the harbinger of fascism... throwing us to the wolves will not keep you safe... class solidarity above all else!" the words are broken up by a drawing of a canary in flight with a speech bubble that says "the rich want us fighting a culture war so that we don't wage a class war" and there is an illuminated border with blue thorned flowers and hearts
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H.B. Tyson @hbtyson.bsky.social · Aug 10
📌 My name is H.B. and I'm a fantasy artist specializing in a nostalgic style. My work is inspired by woodcuts and vintage children's books.

🔗: hbtyson.carrd.co
🖼️: www.inprnt.com/gallery/hbty...
A digital illustration in the style of a block print. A humanoid figure wearing a red cloak stands next to a long, segmented creature that resembles a carrot. The creature’s body weaves in-and-out of dark bushes. A digital illustration in the style of old print. It displays three plants in various states of transformation. All are growing vague animal-like bodies: one birdlike, one serpentine, and the other humanoid. Digital illustration in the style of old print. A large two-headed beast with dark fur emerges from a cave. It lifts its heads to make eye contact with a redheaded child sitting above the cave’s entrance. A digital illustration in the style of a woodcut. It depicts the upper half of humanoid figure whose “head” is a flattened organic shape. A serpentine creature delicately wraps around the figure’s arm and into an opening in their face. The figure handles the creature gently.
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Robin 🌿 @ringelrobin.bsky.social · 1d
heyhey #portfolioday! i'm a dutch wildlife illustrator with a fondness for birds currently working in #kidlit and aspiring merch designer!
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Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 1d
Hi #PortfolioDay! 🎨

I'm a fantasy cartographer from Brazil working on hand-drawn maps for novels and RPGs.

I have a Patreon with maps + stock art for indie RPGs.

💼 cara.app/salvaterra
🗺️ www.patreon.com/tomeofsalvat...
+🔗 fernandosalvaterra.carrd.co

#cartography #ttrpg
fantasy map illustration depicting a landscape full of ragged mountains up and down, crossed by crooked roads, some on giant stone structures. There is a valley with hills and woods to the south, a desert with wretched lands just east of it, wetlands to the west and east with flooded cities and temples, snowy plains to the northeast with a giant skeleton and tree and an impossibly tall mountain in the northwest whose peak is obscured by dark clouds. a fantasy map illustration depicting a continent with a bigger mainland and a large island to the west of it. the biomes go from snowy mountains, a vast wetland, grasslands with many hills. the prevalent features here is that it is crossed by many rivers in all directions and it is surrounded by a the shades of a vast submarine landscape that where part of this land before a big flood catastrophe. colourful drawing of an island crossed by a mountain range, rivers and forests scattered around. a planar map in the shape of a compass rose. The direction arrows are the four classical elemental planes with the material plane in the centre and several layers of other planes of existence around it.
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Iveta's Aviary @ivetasaviary.bsky.social · 1d
Hi, my name’s Iveta and I’m passionate about drawing birds. I’m open for small scale bird related projects.

🐦 ivetasaviary.com
📧 ivetasaviary[at]gmail.com

#portfolioday #wildlifeart #birdart #sciart #illustration
An illustration of an Eurasian Jay done in watercolor and ink. A photo of a sketchbook placed on a cloth, surrounded by various object from the nature. The sketchbook is open on a page with an ink an watercolor illustration of a laughing kookaburra sitting on a branch. Five digital studies of sanderlings - two drawings and three paintings. An illustration of a Small Blue Kingfisher done in watercolor and ink.
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ollie - looking for work @thinginthedirt.bsky.social · 1d
#PortfolioDay Hi, I'm Ollie! I'm a queer illustrator who loves worldbuilding and stories. I am open to work on ttrpgs, book covers, game assets, characters, and more.

🎨 ollierollie.artstation.com
✉️ [email protected]
a medieval manuscript style digital illustration. text at the bottom reads "god blessed me by making me transsexual for the same reason he made wheat but not bread and fruit but not wine: so that humanity might share in the act of creation. - julian k jarboe." in the center of the piece stands a trans person with top surgery scars, body hair, and facial hair. they are nude, with a red cloth partly draped over their body, and they hold a loaf of bread in one hand and a cup of wine in the other. in the dark blue background behind their head is a sun/halo and 5 stars, and on either side of them are stalks of wheat. there is an arched golden frame around them, and around this is an illuminated border of grapevines. pixel art isometric bedroom in warm earthy colors. the walls are wood paneled with 3 indistinct posters and there is a soft orange carpet. a cat naps on the bed in a patch of sun and a record is playing in the corner. there is a beanbag near the bookshelf and a book resting open on the floor. digital map of Ortesia, the industrial fantasy city from my old dnd campaign, in a monochromatic color scheme (mostly green). there is a river opening out into the ocean, with a city spanning across several islands. islands include: a marketplace and shops, a lighthouse, a religious complex, a central palace, an upper class neighborhood, and three fancy manors. the main part of the city is on the west of the river and on the northeast is the larger gnome quarter and industrial neighborhood. in the water there are ships of various sizes and in the countryside there is farmland and forest. a train exits the city from one of two parallel tracks running along opposite sides of the river. a propaganda poster in a medieval style that reads: "attacks on trans people have always been the harbinger of fascism... throwing us to the wolves will not keep you safe... class solidarity above all else!" the words are broken up by a drawing of a canary in flight with a speech bubble that says "the rich want us fighting a culture war so that we don't wage a class war" and there is an illuminated border with blue thorned flowers and hearts
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Louie Zong @everydaylouie.bsky.social · 1d
manul
a stylized 3d render of a large manul sitting on a georgian orthodox church.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 2d
Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.
FORM A CROWD STAY LOUD PROTECT EACH OTHER CODE I: ICE NEARBY BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM: PRE-PRE-PRE! → ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA. ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS • A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS. • LOUD. RECOGNIZABLE. IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE. • OUR VOICES ARE STRONGER TOGETHER. WHISTLES GUIDE PEOPLE TO: • FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS • CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD • ALERT NEIGHBORS TO JOIN IN NOISE = VISIBILITY. CODE 2: CODE RED BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS: PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE! → ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE. FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD. DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT. WHY IT WORKS • INSTANT ALERT SYSTEM • FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA • TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY ACTION ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY: WHAT YOU CAN DO • WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK TEACH FAMILY EIGHBORS TH CODES • USE IT WHEN ICE IS SPOTTED • PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD. THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY: PROTECT RP • @PROTECTRP_
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Dr. Christina Hotalen @drchristinah.bsky.social · 1d
I know this is besides OP’s point, but here’s my embroidery I did of this illustration
Embroidery of a medieval nun picking penises off a tree
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ollie - looking for work @thinginthedirt.bsky.social · 1d
european goldfinch!

#pixelart #birdart
64x64 pixel drawing of a european goldfinch sitting on a branch
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Hannah Bluish @hannahbluish.bsky.social · 2d
Today’s affirmation:
Pigeons aren’t pests and neither am I
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Athanaca @athanaca.bsky.social · 3d
Iridescent black🖤

#bird #raven #birdart #animalart #digitalart #illustration #birdwatching #crow #original #colorful #avian
#feather
A raven with colorful reflections on its feathers
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alice says Palestinians in Gaza aren’t scammers! @bluwhalien.bsky.social · 3d
Did you know you can donate to the Municipality of Gaza? They have been trying to get water into Gaza again for a while now and have an active campaign:

gaza-city.ensany.com/campaign/6737
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Adam 🪿 @vexnir.bsky.social · 24d
Autumn’s little joys 🍁🥐☕️

#art #cuteart #watercolor
A watercolor illustration showing a bunch of things that remind me of Fall, portrayed with cute little faces: a pumpkin, a tiny mushroom, twin acorns on a branch, a sleepy chestnut in its shell, a croissant, a takeout coffee and a golden ginkgo leaf.
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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 3d
With the holidays upon us, don't give to Salvation Army. Not even change. It's a scumbag "charity" run by anti-gay zealots.

Habitat for Humanity is great. Your local Food Bank is great.

So many "charities" are for-profit scams. Use Charity Navigator to vet them. www.charitynavigator.org
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Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 3d
Fun fact about the Salvation Army: they use a form of substance use treatment called work therapy. Oh, and by treatment, I mean they have people who have been convicted of drug charges work for their stores & warehouses in exchange for room, board, around a $1 a week, and minimal actual therapy.
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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 3d
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
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puff 🐇😈 @incupuff.bsky.social · Apr 27
please support ur friends making creative shit in this cruel world. u have no idea how much a kind comment can mean to an artist when every website just tries to make you focus on the numbers
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KOER @koerpink.bsky.social · 5d
day 6/31 - green pigeon

*I'm using this challenge to practice drawing different species in my style, so the anatomy and colors might not be 100% accurate.

#digitalart #bird #birdtober #birdtober2025 #greenpigeon #pigeon #birdart
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ollie - looking for work @thinginthedirt.bsky.social · 13d
a cozy little room to greet october 🍂

#pixelart #isometric #2d
pixel art isometric bedroom in warm earthy colors. the walls are wood paneled with 3 indistinct posters and there is a soft orange carpet. a cat naps on the bed in a patch of sun and a record is playing in the corner. there is a beanbag near the bookshelf and a book resting open on the floor.
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Chechula @chechula.bsky.social · 5d
#tolkientober , yes, another Bilbo ♥
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