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Betty Rocksteady

@bettyrocksteady.bsky.social

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Artist, author, cartoons, horror, cats No AI, all art hand-drawn digitally. Commissions OPEN www.BettyRocksteady.com 🏳️‍🌈

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Betty Rocksteady @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social · May 15

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Betty Rocksteady @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social · 21h

Day 14: Chainsaw for @retrosupply #frightfall2025

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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 23h

Caillou's dad: (texting) caillou is freaking the fuck out

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 3d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 8d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Betty Rocksteady @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social · 2d

Day 13: Bad Luck for @retrosupply #frightfall2025

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Bob Pastorella @bobpastorella.com · 2d

Urban Dread

Texas Backyard Noir

Dracula retelling (more like a 'what if?')

Horny. Bloody. Vampires.

THE SMALL HOURS by Bob Pastorella, out now from @ghoulish.bsky.social

Cover art by the amazing @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social

Get it: ghoulish.rip/product/the-...

a trope graphic for THE SMALL HOURS by Bob Pastorella.

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Betty Rocksteady @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social · 2d

Day 12: Poison for @retrosupply #frightfall2025

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 2d

Psst, hey kid. Wanna see just a little guy?

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🇵🇸 Caleb 𓇼 ⋆｡˚ 𓆝⋆｡˚ 𓇼 🏳️‍⚧️ @littlestpersimmon.bsky.social · 2d

the boy from the garden

A smiling boy with gooey green hair and antennae. He is framed with vines and snails and lilies

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Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 2d

I'm hoping for one new Patron by the end of the night. Anyone want to help support my writing, fabric art, and unofficial town sorcerer work?

www.patreon.com/jeremycreature

fabric art, weird little guys, puppets

www.patreon.com

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Betty Rocksteady @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social · 2d

Day 12: Poison for @retrosupply #frightfall2025

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Betty Rocksteady @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social · 3d

I love the paper packs!! They’re all great

Betty Rocksteady @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social · 3d

A few of the sets I’ve picked up have color palettes included but that’s not something I personally delved into much! Mostly just liners and coloring brushes, halftones and distressing effects that I’ve made use of

Betty Rocksteady @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social · 3d

Most of the brushes I use come from retro supply or true grit! I love everything I’ve purchased

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Betty Rocksteady @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social · 3d

Day 11: zombie for @retrosupply #frightfall2025

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Betty Rocksteady @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social · 4d

Day 5: Mummy for the RetroSupply Co.#frightfall2025

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Betty Rocksteady @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social · 5d

I’ll have to draw a new version for u and max

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Errol 🦇 🏳️‍🌈 @eerieseymour.bsky.social · 6d

The Orphan Crusher is here to stay. If we don’t feed more Orphans to the Crusher the Orphan Crushing industry will die. It’s time to wake up to the reality of the Orphan Crusher. The Orphan Crusher is worth billions. We need to teach people to use the Orphan Crusher. It’s here to stay.

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Betty Rocksteady @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social · 5d

Day 9: vampire for @retrosupply #frightfall2025

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 5d

i wrote a book about a small press getting cursed with an unsolicited manuscript submission. it's very scary. you should read it.

buy a signed & personalized copy here: ghoulish.rip/product/i-be...

the jacket art for i believe in mister bones

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rowan finn 🐚 comms open @bigoldeels.bsky.social · 7d

halloween postcards I've made 🎃

watercolor illustration inspired by early 20th-century halloween postcards. a pumpkin-headed woman and an apple-headed woman in old-fashioned dresses dance beneath a full harvest moon as the sun sets. text at the top reads "Joyous Hallowe'en!"

watercolor illustration inspired by early 20th-century halloween postcards. a jack-o-lantern gazes upward at a smiling full moon. the sky is full of large 5-pointed stars in the colors of autumn leaves.

watercolor illustration inspired by early 20th-century halloween postcards. a black cat carries a grinning pumpkin in its mouth by a handle. white smoke swirls out of the top of the pumpkin. the background is a simple landscape of dry red-brown earth and green sky dotted with stars.

watercolor illustration inspired by early 20th-century halloween postcards. a clown, an anthropomorphic cat, and an anthropomorphic moth dance around a winking, grinning, warty pumpkin. they all have black and orange clothing. the background is full of orange and brown stars. caption reads "BY PUMPKIN LIGHT OF HALLOWE'EN//GOBLINS, GHOSTS, AND GHOULS ARE SEEN!"

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τreez🦇 10/22🎂 @zoetreez.bsky.social · Aug 27

repost it! comment on it! talk to them about how it makes you feel. copy the link and share it with someone that’s never seen their work. talk about their work in rooms that could uplift them. zoom in. ask questions. if your friend is an artist, the best thing you can do is actively engage with them

τreez🦇 10/22🎂 @zoetreez.bsky.social · Aug 27

your friend is an artist. you know they crouch over their work for hours working on their craft. you think their work is really cool and would love to see them go places. you come across a post of theirs online, you hit the like button. that’s enough for you BUT I PROMISE ITS NOT ENOUGH FOR THEM

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 6d

immersing myself into the World Wide Web

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Betty Rocksteady @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social · 6d

Day 8: werewolf for @retrosupply #frightfall2025

Betty Rocksteady @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social · 7d

Day 7: Black Cat @retrosupply #frightfall2025

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Betty Rocksteady @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social · 9d

Day 6: Full Moon @retrosupply #frightfall2025

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