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Elf (s.Elfmade Cosplay)

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I'm a nonbinary cosplayer, historical costumemaker, and irl archaeologist living in Germany They/them 🌈 Neurodivergent I love tea, cats, my partners, and fantasy RPGs 🌱 #cosplay ~ #oc ~ #handsewing ~ #art ~ #ElfAtWork ~ #ElfWrites

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Elf (s.Elfmade Cosplay) @elfmade.bsky.social · Oct 21

Calling all cosplayers~ quote repost with your favourite cosplay picture of yours!

At the moment, my faves are definitely Geralt and Priscilla from #thewitcher (with an old one of Andraste from #DragonAge thrown in bc Dragon Age 🤗)

Photos by @elenion.bsky.social
#cosplay #andraste #witcher

Geralt of Rivia cosplayer wearing a simple shirt and sunglasses looking confused at a booklet as if lost. Around him are palm trees.

Cosplay picture Geralt of Rivia leaning against a pillar looking over a courtyard lit in warm light. He crosses his arms in front of his chest and seems to be waiting for something. He's wearing the simple white shirt armour from the third Witcher game.

Wide shot of a Priscilla cosplay from the Witcher. She's standing on top of a few stairs, under an archway with columns in an antique style, playing a stringend instrument. She's wearing a 16th-century renaissance dress version of her in-game design. The picture looks like it wants to imitate Renaissance art and the aesthetics of Toussaint.

Cosplayer dressed as Andraste from the Dragon Age Games. Wearing a simple white dress and a long blue cloak, Andraste's hand is held out towards the viewer in invitation. She's standing in front of a church door. Her head is crowned in rays of light.

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Katnaxel - On Hiatus @katnaxel.bsky.social · 8h

#dndtober2025 Day 15. Moon

Another Edmond & Cosette piece, just in time for #werewolfwednesday 🐺

#dndtober #dndart #art #dnd #artprompt #werewolf

Text reads: 15. Moon
A white werewolf with glowing red eyes is shown snarling defensively in front of a young woman in a grey cloak. They are both on a heavily wooded path, illuminated by a full moon above.

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 10h

Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now

chris @knightscrest.bsky.social · 10h

what even happened on the other site this time

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Ashley Hankinstein Illustration 🌙 @ashleydoesartstuff.com · 9h

Art friends: Here's a tip for getting rid of *a lot* of the AI slop in your Pinterest feed.

⭐Go into your account settings.
⭐Click the "Refine your recommendations" tab.
⭐Click the GenAI Interests subtab.
⭐TURN OFF EVERYTHING.

So far, my feed is *significantly* cleaner.

Screenshot of the Pinterest settings menu. The option "Refine your recommendations" is circled.

Screengrab of the Refine Your Recommendations tab in Pinterest's settings. The subtab GenAI Interests is circled.
Below, all options have been turned off.

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 1d

between this and the ICE ads on Spotify, YouTube randomly doing AI edits of creator's videos without their consent, and the U.S. government taking over TikTok, I think I'll just get really into collecting music on CDs and start bringing books with me everywhere again.

demon grrl 😈🏳️‍⚧️ @demongrrl.gay · 4d

seriously

for fucks sake

cancel your spotify subscription

@PopBase on Twitter "Spotify teams up with ChatGPT to offer personalized recommendations."

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Tasha Suri @tashasuri.bsky.social · 18h

"This shows that if Israel, with the whole world watching, can treat a well-known, white person with a Swedish passport this way, just imagine what they do to Palestinians behind closed doors."

Edvin Alpros Ⓜ️ antisocial dominans minister @edvinalpros.bsky.social · 23h

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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netzpolitik.org @netzpolitik.org · 19h

Das Bundesinnenministerium will frühere Vornamen und Geschlechtseinträge im Melderegister speichern. Fachverbände schlagen Alarm: Für Menschen, die ihre Daten ändern ließen, steige damit das Risiko, auch in Zukunft diskriminiert zu werden.

netzpolitik.org/2025/selbstb...

Selbstbestimmungsgesetz: Wie eine neue Verordnung zur Bedrohung für Betroffene wird

Das Bundesinnenministerium will frühere Vornamen und Geschlechtseinträge zeitlich unbegrenzt im Melderegister speichern. Fachverbände schlagen Alarm: Für Menschen, die ihre Daten ändern ließen, steige...

netzpolitik.org

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🐺 Kip 🐺 @daydreamdeuce.bsky.social · 12h

Still open!! I could really use the support rn AND I can make them halloween or winter holiday themed if asked ^^

🐺 Kip 🐺 @daydreamdeuce.bsky.social · 2d

Rendered couples art for $200CAD

Dm me to claim a pose - promo rights (ie posting online to drum up excitement) is included and you can upgrade to commercial rights if you are an author/actual play/etc

Second image is just a render example!

| #art | #bookishart | #booksky | #ocsky | #dnd |

Art of three sketches poses numbered 1-3, showing different intimate poses between androgynous sketches of humanoids

Text reads: YCH Commissions
-DM me to claim a pose
-Fully Rendered
- $200 each - inlcudes promo rights
+$125 for commercial rights

Rendered illustration of Essek Thelyss and Caleb Widogast from critical role. Essek is a male purple drow elf smiling widely holding a steaming copper cup of tea, while Caleb is a pale human male with red hair leaning over to kiss his cheek while they both sit in bed. Essek's ear is wiggling from the kiss.

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Elf (s.Elfmade Cosplay) @elfmade.bsky.social · 12h

This is such "saying something horrible, fully aware it's horrible, but phrasing it nicely so if you disagree you're being made into the one 'being difficult'" behaviour

(and ironically fitting for the role of Umbridge who also says the worst and most ignorant things "nicely" 🙃)

it's so cruel 😖

Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 1d

The thing that gets me about actors responding like this whenever they’re asking about JKR is that they always say “we need to learn to agree to disagree ^_^” as if trans people are the ones leading the campaign, when we’re just trying to live our lives while JKR posts about trans hate 24/7

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Elf (s.Elfmade Cosplay) @elfmade.bsky.social · Jul 3

1st #artfight attack (my very first ever💚)
It's Milo for @paratonia.bsky.social

I saw the helmet, immediately read the story and just couldn't resist to try my hands at some historical inspired ink artwork
*scrambles for words to explain it all, fails and just points at the painting*

#art #OCsky

historically inspired ink drawing of a wanderer with a downturned gaze. He is framed by brambles that reach through the frame into the picture. There is a dark halo around the helmeted head of the man. He's armoured and carries a polearm of the type bec de corbin/Rabenschnabel. In the background there are stylized hills and trees. The piece is black and white with only a few red lines through the halo and his red coloured sash.

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Elf (s.Elfmade Cosplay) @elfmade.bsky.social · 16h

I'll forever treasure having him as my first art fight drawing
It was so fun, and I hope you'll still get to explore and enjoy Milo's story for a very long time 💚🙏

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Paratonia @paratonia.bsky.social · 16h

Boy is home 😭❤️ Thank you @elfmade.bsky.social for sending me this lovely lovely art fight attack on Milo, I will treasure it always

Photo of a medieval style ink drawing depicting an armour-clad man.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23h

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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Elf (s.Elfmade Cosplay) @elfmade.bsky.social · 20h

Tfw your partner's joints creak and ache like the Draugr and skeletons in #Skyrim every time they walk up and down stairs or bend over o_o

It's so fine...

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Raphael @schattenspiele.bsky.social · 1d

Abspeichern und unter jedem Troll posten, der seine Meinungsfreiheit in Gefahr sieht. 🤷

#Service

Ein Diagramm, das zur Aussage "Meine Meinungsfreiheit wurde eingeschränkt!" Stellung bezieht. Die verschiedenen Ja und Nein-Fragen (z.B. "Wurdest du ignoriert?", "Wurdest du kritisiert?" usw.) führen zum Ergebnis "Lies die Verfassung. Du bist ein Depp."
Nur die Fragefolge "Wurdest du juristisch belangt?" und "Verstieß deine Aussage gegen geltende Gesetze?" gibt der einführenden Aussage recht.

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Elf (s.Elfmade Cosplay) @elfmade.bsky.social · 21h

Yay! That is great!

I love the sunflower lanyard and hope it'll help you

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Elf (s.Elfmade Cosplay) @elfmade.bsky.social · 21h

Find das sehr gut und wertvoll, gerade wenn deine Zeit einfach so rar ist
Bin sehr auf den Schild gespannt🤗

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judy 🌷 @judilyart.bsky.social · 22h

ofcourse when real human porn, erotica art and sex workers are being banned and censored, this fascist machine that's destroying the planet comes along.. except they're gonna endorse it more bc it makes them money

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Elf (s.Elfmade Cosplay) @elfmade.bsky.social · Sep 1

Love to have some of my cosplay garments in my regular clothing rotation
Today, it's the shirt I made for Netflix Geralt that took ages to embroider (even though it's barely visible) and my wolf school medaillon
An Elf needs some dopamine on this very Monday day

#Witcher #Geralt #ElfAtWork

Close up photo of the neckline of a black shirt with off centre neckslit closed with over a dozend silver coloured late medieval buttons and a Witcher Wolf School amulett.

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Matt 🏳️‍🌈 @mspencerdraws.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay!
I'm Matt, a queer illustrator from Michigan.

I'd love to do more:
-Book covers (and interiors!)
-TTRPG projects (items, maps, etc.)!
-DnD Character/Party Commissions 👀
-Stained Glass Style illustrations

🍂 www.mspencerdraws.com
🏹 [email protected]

‪Matt 🏳️‍🌈‬
‪@mspencerdraws.bsky.social‬
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And some rarely seen but still much loved (by me) black and white pieces. Chapter headers, a temporary tattoo design, and an interior full page illustration.

A chapter header from A Mourning Coat. A drawing of various sewing notions in ink lines and digital washes of grey- a pincushion, scissors shaped like a cassowary, a measuring tape, buttons and various spools of thread.
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A chapter header from North Continent Ribbon. An ink drawing of a thick tome with an ornate 8-pointed star on the cover, an elaborate lock, and a long ribbon bookmark
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A drawing, in ink, of a snake curling over a rectangular shape filled with a drawing of a hemlock plant. Where the snake overlaps the rectangle, it is scaled, where the snake is outside the rectangle, it is skeletal.
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From Neon Hemlock's Unfettered Hexes: Queer Tales of Insatiable Darkness. A gouache and ink painting depicting a lonesome little house on an expansive prairie. Wind blows the grass and the very sky seems like it's pressing in on the structure. Light glows from one window.
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‪Nellie Cubed‬
‪@nelnelnellie.bsky.social‬
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For Legends of Avantris' Crooked Moon. A watercolor illustration depicting a stained glass window featuring a demonic feminine figure with her hands open expressively in front of her. She has horns, clawed wings and a tail that wraps around her hooved legs. Roses and thorny vines feature as motifs throughout the red-tinted image.
For Legends of Avantris' Crooked Moon. A watercolor illustration depicting a stained glass window featuring a demonic feminine figure with her hands open expressively in front of her. She has horns, clawed wings and a tail that wraps around her hooved legs. Roses and thorny vines feature as motifs throughout the red-tinted image.

Cover art for Neon Hemlock's "We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2024". An illustration (in watercolor) of an earth-toned wild hunt tapestry with muted rainbow-y accents being looked at by a trio of rad queer people in a museum-esque framing

A watercolor illustration in oranges and greys. A serpent weaves through bare branches of a tree. Centered, within a frame of antlers, a black and white portrait of a bearded man with leather armor on one shoulder and a quiver on his back.

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🌿viktor aleksander🌿 @ commissions open! @nooskadraws.bsky.social · 1d

good morning #PortfolioDay !

i'm viktor, a trans gay illustrator, looking for work in books, ttrpgs, and comics. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 historical fiction, fashion, and fantasy is my cup of tea ✨🌿🌸🍵 would love to work with more queer authors and fantasy book boxes!

🖼️ www.nooska-art.com
✉️ [email protected]

A digital illustration of a scene from AV Wilkes' 'All the White Spaces'. Jonathan, a trans man and the protagonist, stands in the centre, facing the viewer. He stares ahead in horror, his right hand clutching his throat. From his left eye, strands of bleeding red aurora stretch outwards. These auroras show visions of Jonathan's brothers on the Western Front of the First World War:
- A moustached officer smokes a cigarette in a trench, looking away.
- A soldier is twisted in the remains of barbed wire.
- Three soldiers wear gas masks, emerging from clouds of mustard gas.
- No Man's Land exploded to all hell. A tank is submerged in a shell hole in the distance.
- A skull pressed into the earth.
- A soldier holds a rifle and makes his way across the strait of No Man's Land.

Two portrait aligned digital illustrations of book covers.
Left: An illustration of Afaeran and King Galdor from the webcomic Wundor. They stand in the centre, facing each other. They are bordered by Ancient Greek inspired white columns and an arch above them. The columns are covered with grapevines, vine leaves, and hanging purple grapes. Afaerun is an oche skinned elf with flowing light pink-white hair, and wears a curved silver and ruby tiara, he smiles as he looks at King Galdor. King Galdor is a purple skinned monarch with a single white horn growing from his head. He has flowing dark purple hair, and wears a red leaf laurel. He holds Afaerun's cheek in a romantic embrace.
Right: Two male characters stand in front of each other, staring at the other. One is shorter, and wears a mustard yellow jumper, looking annoyed. The other is taller, with frizzy blonde hair, a purple hoodie, and looks smug. A border of cat toys surrounds them. A cat lies down, arching over the two men, and has a smile on his face.

2 different portrait illustrations side by side.
Left: Alder is a green skinned eladrin elf paladin. He stands nude in a forest. He wears a gold crown of laurels on his head. He looks down at the ground. He holds a sword in one hand, and a sprig of alder branch in the other, he has a shield attached to one arm. He is surrounded by green trees and yellow flowers.
Right: A digital illustration inspired by the pairing Hansry (Hans Capon and Henry of Skalitz from the game series Kingdom Come Deliverance). The illustration is influenced by a scene in the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice. It is separated into 3 panels.
Panel 1: Hans Capon looks behind him in quiet shock at his bodyguard Henry.
Panel 2: Henry has touched Hans' ungloved hand with his gauntleted one in a gentle hold. The panel is surrounded by blooming flowers: herbs and plants that Henry can forage on his journey. Marigold, St John's Wort, Valerian, Sage, Chamomile, and Dandelion.
Panel 3: Henry meets Hans' eyes with an unreadable expression. He quietly yearns beneath it.

A double page spread of a comic. The first page shows a twisted tree in the centre, the space between each branch a panel showing a plague blighting a kingdom. The protagonist called Wolfgang is engulfed in the blighted roots of the twisted tree in the throes of a nightmare. A voice tells him "Take heed, young Durward. These lands know only death, and within its centre, a horror festers. It feasts on all its roots can teach, and what life remains dwindles."
The second page shows a close up of the branches of this twisted tree. Between its panels are images of rot, bodies in body bags, dead fish floating, and the branches are infested with maggots. The voice continues "Soon, there will be naught to satisfy its hunger. But for every poison, there is an antidote."
A double page spread of a comic. The first page shows a twisted tree in the centre, the space between each branch a panel showing a plague blighting a kingdom. The protagonist called Wolfgang is engulfed in the blighted roots of the twisted tree in the throes of a nightmare. A voice tells him "Take heed, young Durward. These lands know only death, and within its centre, a horror festers. It feasts on all its roots can teach, and what life remains dwindles."
The second page shows a close up of the branches of this twisted tree. Between its panels are images of rot, bodies in body bags, dead fish floating, and the branches are infested with maggots. The voice continues "Soon, there will be naught to satisfy its hunger. But for every poison, there is an antidote."

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Katnaxel - On Hiatus @katnaxel.bsky.social · 1d

#dndtober2025 Day 14. Blade

Yevna's greatsword is a good blade for today's prompt I think!

#dndtober #dnd #art #dndart

Text reads: 14. Blade
A half orc woman wields a glowing greatsword.

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RavennoWithTea || ✧⁠*⁠。𓄿 @ravennowithtea.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #portfolioday ! \o/
My name is Joanna and I do a lot of illustration work, as well as color design/BG paint for animation.

🎨 Color Designer Portfolio &
✉️ Contact for Work inquiries: ravennowithtea.carrd.co

🌿 Art-only Bsky Feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Collection of various Personal Work, Illustrations and Design Projects, including fanart of Critical Role, Elden Ring, and Blue Period.

Anime Los Angeles (ALA) production work, various covers and art assets, as well as an enamel pin design.

Selection of Jester Sketchbook pages, which was originally a fan-made project chronicling Critical Role's 2nd Campaign, from Jester's perspective, but has since been featured in several official CR books.

Selection of stained glass art assets designed for Critical Role's Exandria Unlimited opening sequence. 3dWork/VFX was done by Christian Brown.

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Las 🐺🪽 @featherfangart.bsky.social · 1d

Hey #portfolioday!
I'm Las, a freelance artist jumping between storytelling illustrations and comics. I have a thing for wolves, wings, swords and all things emotional. 💕
Currently slooowly preparing my original comic.

🐺 www.patreon.com/Alassa
🐺 featherfangart.tumblr.com
🐺 featherfangart.etsy.com

A tarot illustration inspired by the Knight of Swords, featuring Ulric Cousland (my own customized warrior human noble from Dragon Age Origins) wearing a black armor with black fur.

He's facing out of the canvas, determined expression on his face, which is bleeding. (Technically, it's a burn wound from a crazed mage in a Circle, but you know how it is with aesthetics.) He's holding the Summer Sword (originally a greatsword of Loghain's most loyal lieutenant and a sword he punished Loghain with, I just added the little thorns/teeth on the blade, bc again. *Aesthetics*). In his damaged ear, he's wearing an earring Zevran gave him. 'It's the one thing that will make this side of me handsome,' he said upon receiving it.

He's surrounded by a pack of dark wolves. All of the characters have yellow/golden eyes, matching the leaves of the birches in the background.

series of illustration featuring two original characters Rafe and Zacharius (who belongs to @lesoldatmort ) set into the world of Thedas (Dragon Age), inspired by Emerald Graves map and the Temple of Mythal. The whole piece is a view from inside of some overgrown ruins, through a huge door in the shape of pointed arch. In the centre of it there are the characters talking about something. Rafe, an adventurer type, is standing on a rock looking down at Zach standing on the ground (like a normal person) while probably describing something wild to him. Zach is most probably offering some of his own input, but he's definitely not as excited about it as Rafe. Amused more like.

Around them there are broken statues, lots of rocks, fern, plants, behind them there's a view of even more ruins and forest in the background.

The second one is situated in a rain scene near similar ruins, The bois are sitting in the lower left corner of the piece, Zach, who is dry, is casting a barrier around them to hold the water off. Rafe, completely drenched is trying to squeeze more water out of his hair. They're looking at each other playfully. The ruins are overgrown and water is pooling around them. Everything is surrounded by a rather thick fog.

The last one is set near a pond. Rafe's exploring, Zach's chilling in the background.

a digital illustration of two gauntlets/hands, a dark one with golden details and white/lighter one, both inspired by renaissance 15th/16th century armor. their fingers are slightly reaching out for each other. both hands are wrapped in a red ribbon that says 'No Love, however brief, is wasted.' In between there are white periwinkles as a symbol for fond memories

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Sem @semjart.bsky.social · 1d

Example sketch:

I’ll keep track of the slots under this post! 💜 please reach out if interested!

Beige rough sketch of my OC Adam playing the guitar. 10EUR

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