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Claire Hubbard
@emseeitch.bsky.social
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Scottish illustrator, designer and comics creator based in Leeds 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 She/Her
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Claire Hubbard @emseeitch.bsky.social · Jan 15
Glad to see #PortfolioDay happening on Bluesky! 👋 I'm Claire, a Scottish illustrator, designer and comics creator. Currently working on #ScienceCommunication projects and I love drawing #animals and #wildlife in particular.

See more at www.emseeitch.com
illustration of a bunch of hiking objects including binoculars, boots, a map, a compass, and a hand reaching for a phone in the middle illustration of beavers chomping on stumps, inspecting sticks, carrying sticks, and looking cute illustration of crows cawing, collecting berries, flapping their wings and strutting illustration of a classroom setting, two girls are animatedly talking about a book they are reading about rabbits
emseeitch.bsky.social
Made the mistake of looking up spiders’ eyes ref photos in a supposedly AI-free internet search and let’s just say I’m going to be buying a lot more books in 2026
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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gustaffovargas.bsky.social
Hey, hey!
This Saturday 29th November from 4pm I'll be La belle adventure Bookshop, chatting all about my new Graphic Novel ALTIPLANO followed by Q&A and signing! If you're around Edinburgh it'd be great to see you there!
Get your free tickets here! 🤖🤖🐆
my.weezevent.com/event-la-bel...
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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catsinook.bsky.social
HELLO! I would like more people to be gifted drawings of their pets for Christmas this year, so I have 10 available slots, guaranteed digital file in time, any pet!
Email at [email protected] for your special, custom, human-made, silly drawing ✨
Shares appreciated!
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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kbaczynski.bsky.social
My shop is now updated with all my new stuff! Prints big and small, washi tapes, stickers and my new comic www.kriski.etsy.com
A colourful risograph print, in blues, pinks, and yellows with lots of dotscreen texture. The text at the bottom reads DAVID LYNCH, and there are illustrations of characters from Twin Peaks, Mullholland Drive, Lost Highway, Eraserhead, Wild At Heart and Blue Velvet all around. A copy of my new comic, titled My New Hobby Craves Violence. The cover is buff orange with a weird thorny, drippy plant weaving around the border. Main character stands central on the cover, holding a house plant and watering can. There are interior pages scattered behind the cover, all in green and black colours. My hand holding a sticker. It features Cousin Miso from the video game Katamari. He has a bowl of soup for a hear, which is spilling into another bowl of soup he is eating. There is text that reads “Soup is Life”. Three rolls of washi tape stacked on top of each other. They are all densely illustrated with my characters. One has lots of cats on, one is full of second hand items and trinkets, the last is witchy and occult items.
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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animalphotorefs.bsky.social
GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.

Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository
www.animal-photo-references.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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kbaczynski.bsky.social
All set up at #thehepworthwakefield for their Festive Market all weekend! I have Twin Peaks mugs but they’re super limited x
A photo of my stall at a Christmas market, a rack of colourful riso prints is stood at the back of my table. Lots of comics and zines across the front. Plus a sticker rack and washi tape stand. It’s very colourful!
November 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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toadlett.bsky.social
Time for a new pinned post!
Hi! I'm Letty, a comics artist, game-maker and illustrator based in Scotland! I spend a lot of time thinking about oak galls and things that happen in caves.
My portfolio: toadlett.com
A free game about a sandwich: toadlett.itch.io/the-king-in-...
view of deep sea bed, thick silt stretching into darkess. a trail of human footprints leads into the dark. coloured pencil drawing of a wiry, lanky knight holding a bundle f black fire in both hands. they wear chainmail and armour with big blunt spikes. illustration of a pictish byrehouse, with cutaway areas to show the construction of the frame, walls and thatched roof, as well as the interiors. many children and adults are shown working, relaxing and playing throughout, as well as domestic and wild animals. ink drawing of a knight whose helmet is shaped like a lion's head wearing a crown. they lean nonchalantly on a sword as tall as their shoulder. they are short, which is emphasized by the outsized helmet, and have a long tail like a heraldic lion.
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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stoutstoat.co.uk
I had a wonderful, friendly (and fully booked!) launch for Border Riding with Argonaut books and @ancientrobotgames.bsky.social. This only happened because they both wanted to help out a small local publishing house. No big chain business has (yet) ordered or stocked the books and games I publish.
argonautbooks.bsky.social Argonaut Books @argonautbooks.bsky.social · 8d
We need your help.

@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.

Please read on for more information

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...

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Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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emseeitch.bsky.social
Sleeping positions my cat chose today
A. faceplant
B. casual cool guy
Basil is on my lap, his face completely buried Basil on the sofa, looking chill about the fact that one of his claws is stuck on the back cushion, leaving his arm raised
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
emseeitch.bsky.social
Sleeping positions my cat chose today
A. faceplant
B. casual cool guy
Basil is on my lap, his face completely buried Basil on the sofa, looking chill about the fact that one of his claws is stuck on the back cushion, leaving his arm raised
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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whatevermaranda.com
Love this so much. 💜
Meme: a quirky hand-drawn cat beneath the script "AHEM - please don't give billionaires more of your money this holiday season - buy something cool and handmade from some fun weirdo instead & help them eat. Shop small, y'all." Image credit: "Small businesses need your support more than ever 💗 By Sugarhouse Ceramic Co."
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
emseeitch.bsky.social
It’s no exaggeration to say that the thought of visiting Thought Bubble this weekend and seeing so many of my far-flung comics pals and all their beautiful work all in one place is filling my heart with the purest joy.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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sleepiestdesigns.com
me on every single walk this last month in the exact same spot
#comics #art
comic illustration with 2 panels. the top one is a illustration of me and tom outdoors in our big coats. with me pointing and saying "WHOA LOOK!!". the second panel below is of a big orange leaf and it says "BIG LEAF ON GROUND!!"
November 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
emseeitch.bsky.social
Hey this here book by @chrisbaldie.bsky.social is pretty good, and it’s an absolute chonker!

My cat absolutely loves it when I place the book next to him while he’s sleeping. Maybe your cat will too?? Untested on dogs.
It’s a copy of Space Captain, a really well made graphic novel. A cat is curled up in the background
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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tomhumberstone.com
Solidarity to the @gameworkers.co.uk and the @iwgbunion.bsky.social. Shame on the union busting of @rockstargames.com.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
emseeitch.bsky.social
This looks so good!!
stoutstoat.co.uk Stout Stoat @stoutstoat.co.uk · 14d
Carved in Stone is officially out!

In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
Photo of the book Carved in Stone.
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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tomhumberstone.com
Some brand new riso prints back from @ootblueprint.bsky.social in time for @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social!

All printed on premium 225gsm birch stock. Limited runs of 50.

Available to order from my online store or grab them this weekend at Thought Bubble! I’m in Comixology Hall, C36.
Two colour (red, black) poster design of Panic Room (2002) Two colour (red, black) poster design of Cat People (1942) Three colour (aqua, fluo pink, black) illustration of Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) Three colour (aqua, fluo pink, black) illustration of The Breakfast Club (1985)
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
emseeitch.bsky.social
Oh HELLO 👀
norrie.bsky.social NORRIE @norrie.bsky.social · 19d
Link's Awakening Pt.1
November 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
emseeitch.bsky.social
Aye gonna need this on my wall asap. Incredible
wocco.bsky.social Wocco @wocco.bsky.social · 26d
Halloween Haunted House
November 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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mosqi.bsky.social
I recently did this poster illustration for the Tunic: Design Works artbook (Deluxe edition) published by @lostincult.co.uk
!
October 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
emseeitch.bsky.social
Cat servants! ⚠️

Did you know that sometimes all it takes for your cat to finally start using the expensive cat tree you had posted from Germany is for you to move it to an inconvenient location in an already cramped room? 🤯🤯🤯
Cat in a cat tree!!! Closeup of cat in a cat tree cubby!!
November 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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edwardross.bsky.social
My shop is now fully stocked!

Perfect comic book gifts for:

👾 Gamers!
🎬 Film fans!
✏️ Young comic fans!

www.edwardross.co.uk/shop
Photo. A hand holds up three books: Gamish - a graphic history of gaming (yellow cover showing an illustrated arcade cabinet) Filmish- a graphic journey through film (illustrated cover showing a montage of famous movies) Graphic novel builder - the illustrated guide to making your own comics (illustrated cover shows kids making their own comic)
November 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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smgdraws.bsky.social
An internet Halloween story (1/3)
October 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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presentcorrect.bsky.social
From 1973, Ed Emberley’s Little Drawing Book of Weirdos. www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/e...
October 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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maddyvian.bsky.social
Happy Halloween! Here's a new spooky drawing for you! #illustration #vintage
October 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM