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Dav Heim

@davheim.bsky.social

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Toy Designer, Patternmaker, Sweater Enthusiast https://linktr.ee/dav_heim?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=9f5d0e8c-d26b-4c3a-a3ce-1107e2fd0d5a

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Bruce Mackay @brucemackay.bsky.social · 15d

A li'l #Tolktober sneak peek. ⚔️🔥🪨

Some orc amongst a ruined city. one has a big battle axe, the other a pike with skulls on the end. Flames reflect in the river behind them.

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RossyDoesDrawings (commissions open) @rossydoesdrawings.bsky.social · Sep 12

I contributed some more goblin music to Goblands

I blew raspberries for percussion, it's very goblinny to do this I think.

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Julian Miholics @pansybeast.bsky.social · Aug 17

New rézfaszú bagoly(s) aka copper dick owls courtesy of Hungarian folklore are now at jonathons.ca !
available at $145-$95CAD 🍆

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iisaw @iisaw.bsky.social · Aug 13

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Dav Heim @davheim.bsky.social · Aug 15

I don't see how they could be printing your sculpts innocently. Somebody had to intentionally digitize your work and they didn't do it on accident

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Britt Wilson @britterson.bsky.social · Aug 14

Every time an author accepts the compliment of “cool cover!” without crediting the illustrator and/or designer an illustrator gets carpal tunnel.

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🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · Aug 7

A normal dog doing normal things.

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🌙Evil Sonny Ross🌞 @sonnyross.bsky.social · Aug 7

Hello, I really like The Thing.
Edition of 100, signed and numbered.
www.sonnyross.com/shop/thething
#thething #horror #johncarpenter

An Illustration of an alternate poster for the movie "The Thing". Orange and blue screen print style illustration.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · Aug 8

I hate the word "talented." It's an empty idea that obscures effort. I prefer to think some people are born with a "knack." A brain with a knack adapts to certain skillsets faster, but without dedication, knack falters. Many are born with more passion than knack, and passion succeeds every time.

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Dav Heim @davheim.bsky.social · Aug 12

Art hoard enabling diabolical

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a toad buried under the earth. @toadlett.bsky.social · Aug 10

Working on a wee comic!

Ink drawing of a knight, their armour overgrown with fungi, being led by the hand by a little goblin

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Dav Heim @davheim.bsky.social · Jul 29

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Dav Heim @davheim.bsky.social · Jul 29

I really appreciate hearing this, I feel similar.

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Grixis @greexis.bsky.social · Jul 28

how I feel since 2016 or so

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Pam Wishbow @pamwishbow.bsky.social · Jul 29

I thought illustration paid like shit and saw a friend d took next to nothing for their first book and was appalled at what some artists are willing to work for and I am begging for yall to stop. The first step is to ask for a real price when doing commissions if you take them.

Félix the Rover @therovercomics.bsky.social · Jul 27

What really made me reconsider my prices was starting to work professionally. Once you start paying taxes on each of your gigs (and I'm proud of paying my part, don't get me wrong) you start to realise how much you need to charge to live decently.

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Kathleen Neeley @kathleenneeley.bsky.social · Jul 29

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · Jul 29

We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.

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Dav Heim @davheim.bsky.social · Jul 24

Sometimes it seems like the only good a person manages in life is art 🫣

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Pam Wishbow @pamwishbow.bsky.social · Jul 21

I think everyone should take shop classes, it hurts me to see people not know what materials are or have the confidence to do simple repairs.

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joão ruas @feralkid.bsky.social · Jul 22

conversation II • pencil on paper

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Colossal @thisiscolossal.com · Jul 22

From the spiral shells of prehistoric ammonites to uncanny depictions of organs and fish, Hiné Mizushima has a knack for combining cuteness and humor with the unusual and unseen.

www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/07/hine...

a group of felted brooches, sitting in petri dishes, in the shape of anatomical organs

a felted diorama of little pink squid amid seaweed

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yuko @aidosaur.bsky.social · Jul 22

⭐ [US] Bipartisan bill S.1993 was introduced to protect artists and limit generative AI training.

If you want to ask your senator to cosponsor, here's a link to the text of the bill:
www.congress.gov/bill/118th-c...

Driving the news:
The AI Accountability and Personal Data Protection Act is rolling out after a hearing where Hawley accused companies including Meta and OpenAI of pirating vast droves of protected works.

It would:

Bar AI companies from training on copyrighted works.
Allow people to sue to sue for use of their personal data or copyrighted works without giving consent.
Require companies to disclose which third parties will be given access to data if consent is given.
Provide for financial penalties and injunctive relief as remedies.

What they're saying: "AI companies are robbing the American people blind while leaving artists, writers, and other creators with zero recourse," Hawley said in a statement.

"It's time for Congress to give the American worker their day in court to protect their personal data and creative works."
Blumenthal: "Tech companies must be held accountable—and liable legally—when they breach consumer privacy, collecting, monetizing or sharing personal information without express consent."

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Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · Jul 18

My first instinct when I see an animal is to say “hello”

My first instinct when I see a person is to avoid eye contact & hope it goes away

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Britt Wilson @britterson.bsky.social · Jul 18

I risked putting three physical library books on hold at the same time and I have been punished for my hubris.

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Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · Jul 19

I think nearly the entire Horror genre boils down to the idea that it is worthwhile to fight until your very last breath. Even, and maybe especially, when there is no hope.

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