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Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 1h

More misleading BS from min of Ed, Stanford. #nzpol

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Nodens☄️ @nodens.bsky.social · 7h

Today is my birthday! Sharing my art will be the best gift!

Thanks to everyone who stays with me and shares my passions. I love you so much, you are my inspiration 🤍✨

#portfolioday #fantasyart #art

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Linish 🍁 [comms open] @linish.bsky.social · 9h

Hiya #PortfolioDay!
I'm Lini, an artist who specializes in emotional character work with a surreal, dreamy aesthetic
I put my heart and soul into every piece of work I do

🔗 linish.carrd.co
✉️ DM's open

An elven woman with short blonde hair lies peacefully in dark foliage, eyes closed as if asleep. She wears silver and black armor, and a sword rests beside her, glowing faintly in the dim light

Digital painting showing a woman with dark hair in a ponytail, wearing a white dress with gold and green accents, standing in a shallow pool of water with lily pads. She is holding a staff topped with a miniature tree and looking over her shoulder at the viewer. The background is a fantasy landscape with purple and pink misty lighting, suggesting a hidden grotto or lagoon

Stylized illustration depicting a dark-haired girl wearing a witch's hat sitting against a full moon. She is looking at the viewer, leaning on her arm, her long hair fluttering in the wind. She wears a large pointed hat adorned with crescent moons, a fur-trimmed cloak, and a black and white outfit with a ruffled bowtie. The background is a deep night sky with stars, enhancing the magical atmosphere

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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 4h

Charli xcx tells Vanity Fair that she reads all the coverage about her online:

“It’s fascinating to see how people ingest your personality and spit it back out — what people cling on to, what people miss. I’m always interested in, like, what does the casual viewer think?”

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 1h

The world lost a genial man, a genius communicator and a supreme artist. I lost a friend - beloved Drew.

Andrew 🐻 @awd.bsky.social · 4h

Rest in Peace, Drew Struzan

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Katherine Lam @katherinelam.bsky.social · 16h

I'm an illustrator who has worked in editorial, publishing, advertising, animation, and games. Recently though I've been drawing mechanophilia in MS Paint 🤖💦 #PortfolioDay

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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 6h

Just Jack Kirby in 1939, reminding us not to make deals with Nazis

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Cu Sith @cuarsith.bsky.social · 11h

Hello, #PortfolioDay!

I'm Cu Sith, digital and traditional artist. I like drawing all kinds of creatures and dark atmospheres 🖤

Links: cuarsith.carrd.co

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Rosi K @toherrys.bsky.social · 2h

Hello #PortfolioDay!

I'm Rosi and I'm a comic book artist and illustrator. I mostly do comic interiors (pages in replies) for work and post fanart of my favorite things online

I also have my own webcomic - Unknown Lands - that has recently been moving at a glacial pace lmao

linktr.ee/toherrys

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Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 11h

it's #portfolioday!

I'm Dan, I'm a concept artist/illustrator that often posts dailies, but I also do environments, character concepts, and commissions.

& I'm available for work, email or DM me if you're interested!

✉️ [email protected]

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 1h

stylish, practical, brave, good: www.404media.co/the-surreal-...

The Surreal Practicality of Protesting As an Inflatable Frog

Say goodbye to the Guy Fawkes masks and hello to inflatable frogs and dinosaurs.

www.404media.co

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 1h

Fuck no!

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Tai Gooden ✨ @writertaigooden.bsky.social · 4h

My heart aches for D'Angelo and Angie Stone's son. I know the pain of losing a parent to a terminal illness but I cannot imagine having that happen in the same year as losing the other parent in a car accident. It is so incredibly tragic and unfair for that young man, who is only 26-27 years old.

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Devin Kraft @Home for a Bit, shwew @cheshirecat.bsky.social · 1h

#portfolioday = ART POST TIME

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Grant Brookes (he/him/ia) @grantbrookesnz.bsky.social · 1h

Simeon Brown tells young jobseekers to “get a paper run” on RNZ this morning 🙀

He is so out of touch, he thinks neighbourhoods still get a daily newspaper delivered
#nzpol

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Stephanie Brown ✨ Artist on Patreon @offbeatworlds.bsky.social · 1h

Hey #PortfolioDay!

I'm Stephanie, a freelance illustrator for both ttrpgs and books. I've worked with bestselling authors, book boxes, and notable ttrpg actual plays!

Check out my portfolio: offbeatworlds.com/portfolio
Support my work on Patreon: patreon.com/offbeatworlds

Digital artwork of a witch standing waist deep on a Bog, dead hands reaching out of the water. She wears brown clothing that's clinging to her, and smudges of mud on her skin. A heron stands in the tall grass in the background, and mushrooms grow on a fallen log in the foreground

Digital artwork of two characters. The man has on a leather vest over a flannel shirt, a compass rose tattoo on his arm, his brown hair blowing in the wind. He's leaning close to the woman, who has cherry pink hair in a twisting braid, wearing green overalls over a yellow tank top. She leans against a metallic wall covered in vines. A tornado rages in the background

Digital fanart of Vax and Keyleth from Critical Role, wrapped in a tight embrace

Fanart of Dark Deet from Dark Crystal Age of Resistance, with her wings spread and the corrupted crystal behind her

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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 1h

really good headline & piece in stuff today - and also very unsurprising, somehow? i wrote about the making of mike king last year (no paywall: www.webworm.co/rockstar/) and it all leads to stuff like this:

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MollyByGolly @mollymoo.bsky.social · 2h

This government, ruthlessly focussed on the things that matter … tv ads on Christmas Day 🙄

#nzpol

Government allows advertising to be broadcast on Christmas, Sundays www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Government allows advertising to be broadcast on Christmas, Sundays

It could generate a multimillion dollar annual boost for the industry.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Marcelo Córdova @marcelocordova.bsky.social · 1h

RIP Drew Struzan

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D.D.B.Torres @ddbtorres.bsky.social · 6h

hello #PortfolioDay,
I'm Torres, a freelance artist and illustrator.
I love medieval fantasy, whimsical creatures and dark fairy tales.
I'm always on the lookout for new projects in book publishing, TTRPGs and TCGs.

Email: [email protected]

An illustration of mother Goethel, the witch from Rapunzel. She stands in the center, surrounded by thorny bushes and between two crooked trees, holding a baby wrapped in luminous white cloth and her eyes glowing a malicious golden color. In the foreground we see rampions growing from golden vines which intertwine like braids; in the background, in the distance and in the middle of a forest, we see a lone tower

a red squirrel knight, with body armor and a cape, holding a lance in one hand and standing on its hind legs, with a golden halo aroung its upper torso and head.

the beast (from beauty and the beast), appearing in the middle of a dense rose-bush foliage, gently holding a tiny bird in its huge paws and looking at it with tenderness. the castle tower can be seen in the distance.

toe-thrasher, a rat lord wearing a royal mantle made of white fur, thrashing in the middle of a swamp in its hind legs and holding a black flail. in the swamp, there are numerous yellow eyes

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 1h

Big names at risk as Labour pulls ahead and Christopher Luxon loses ground

archive.today/YYwTt

#nzpol

Big names at risk as Labour pulls ahead and PM loses ground

Christopher Luxon’s leadership is under growing pressure as National slips behind Labour in the latest The Post/Freshwater Strategy poll – and senior figures Nicola Willis and Gerry Brownlee face bein...

www.thepost.co.nz

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 12h

This $300,000 was clearly as useful as the $100,000 NACT threw away on the road cone hotlines & the $500,000 to Sunny Kaushal to stop talking about retail crime. #nzpol

'Extremely wasteful': Cook Strait ferry ministerial advisory group paid $300,000

$300,000 spent on the Cook Strait ferry Ministerial Advisory Group has been criticised as wasteful, as a contract for new ships is yet to be signed.

www.newstalkzb.co.nz

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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 12h

Maybe the parasites of the consultant class could find a job on someone else's dime by moving to another town - preferably in a whole other country. That's how this works, right? Prime Minister, you there? #nzpol

Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 12h

This $300,000 was clearly as useful as the $100,000 NACT threw away on the road cone hotlines & the $500,000 to Sunny Kaushal to stop talking about retail crime. #nzpol

'Extremely wasteful': Cook Strait ferry ministerial advisory group paid $300,000

$300,000 spent on the Cook Strait ferry Ministerial Advisory Group has been criticised as wasteful, as a contract for new ships is yet to be signed.

www.newstalkzb.co.nz

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*SAKI* @sakipokeoekaki.bsky.social · 12h

おすわり御三家カロス(ZA)
#PokemonLegendsZA

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Pōneke Anti-Fascist Coalition @ponekeantifa.bsky.social · 13h

The NZ government prepares a major attack on Māori rights today.

The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) (Customary Marine Title) Amendment Bill had its third reading today.

This law is UNJUST for three reasons:

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