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Mike Z

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Guild Eleven co-founder and artist. I mostly work with watercolor. Guild Eleven = my creative friends! https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ovf2usv5d7piqbfwwjq3puar/lists/3kmkp5p2bkp2b Check out my Linktree! Prints & such. https://linktr.ee/artistmikez

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Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · 17d

Three whimsical prompts. Less stress than Inktober. Painters, pencilers, wordsmiths, photographers - join us! No artificial flavors, please.
#art 🍂

Lu @rendernev.bsky.social · 19d

Hello, everyone! It’s almost October, and Guild Eleven will be hosting the 3rd annual tiny art challenge called, “Guild Eleven Mysterium”. It’s only three prompts! Just post here on the dates below and use the hashtag #Guild11Mysterium. Look forward to seeing your mysterious artwork in October!🍂

Join us for three art prompts! Precocious Pumpkin-lings on 10/9, Decrepit Domicile in 10/16, and Bespoke Beasties on 10/23!

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Emily Jane Foster @emilyjaneart.bsky.social · 14h

Reposting for #PortfolioDay!

Emily Jane Foster @emilyjaneart.bsky.social · Sep 26

Hello! I'm Emily, an artist from Surrey, UK.

I love to illustrate flora, fauna and folklore! ✒️🐉

www.emilyjaneart.co.uk

A black and white ink illustration of a pumpkin kid sat on a fallen log in a clearing in a birch wood. Two little hedgehogs approach from the left and look up at the kid. Eyes glow in-between the trees in the shadows. Is something else there?

A photograph of a black and white ink illustration with a Staedtler pigment liner resting on top. A flood dragon poses to be drawn on top of a pile of books on the artist's desk.

A black, white and silver ink and watercolor illustration of a Selkie transforming into a seal infront of a full moon. The body of the seal follows the shape of the moon and a woman's hand pulls a seal head towards her head like a hood.

A black and white ink illustration of a cat dragon.

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Lu @rendernev.bsky.social · 9h

Noodle on the coffee table.

Noodle (aka Mozart) poses on the coffee table.

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Lynnette Nees @custardline.bsky.social · 18h

Happy #PortfolioDay! 🎃🧡I'm Lynnette, an illustrator and designer. I focus on painting vibrant watercolors with fantasy themes. I'd love to work on your games, covers, characters, etc! You can see more of my work at my website, CustardLine.com. Email me at [email protected]

A watercolor and gouache painting of two woodland creature friends meeting for tea and reading. It is in the style of Frank Asch. 5x7, watercolor paper.

A watercolor painting of the interior of Linda and James Meyers' home in Portland, OR.

An ink painting of Miracle Mike, the Headless Chicken. "8x5"

A self-portrait of the upper half of my face. Watercolor on paper "5x7"

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Jason Song Quinn @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 18h

Yo! It’s #PortfolioDay! My name is Jason, I’m a cartoonist who loves comics and ttrpg design. I focus on weirdo filled fantasy and candy coated horror. You can checkout my stuff at:
www.jasongquinn.com/portfolio
Or hulkhoquinn.itch.io

Also trying to use my Patreon more
www.patreon.com/u3199234

Illustration of various aquatic salamanders

Illustration of a big pack of dogs chasing rabbits

Fan art of Tree sentinel from Elden Ring

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Lynnette Nees @custardline.bsky.social · 19h

Oh yeah, I did kind of finish this.

#art

A watercolor painting of a young fig branch.

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Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · 1d

Hope everything is ok.

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Lu @rendernev.bsky.social · 1d

Got some difficult news this afternoon but sitting with Noodle in the snug has helped quiet the nerves a bit.

Noodle (aka Mozart) relaxes in the snug window by the blue sofa.

Noodle (aka Mozart) sits on the coffee table in the snug this afternoon.

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Lu @rendernev.bsky.social · 1d

The cottage home of the Ghost Brothers.
#cottagehaunt

My ink drawing of a cozy cottage that belongs to the two Ghost Brothers.

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Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · 1d

The coziest ghost home ever.

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Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · 2d

🤣

Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · 2d

This is true. And thank you!

Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!🐙

Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · 2d

All mind flayers really want is to show off their thespian skills by performing Shakespeare. #ttrpg #art

A painting of a mauve humanoid with a tentacled face holding a skull.

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Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 2d

QRP with your skull art 💀

#darkart #b&wart #skull

black and white drawing of 6 skull-related objects like a cup, a chest, a deformed and jewelled skull of a saint, a skull holding magic ink for death contracts, a skull with a sky map and a skull with candle between scrolls

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Tisha Mark @tishamark.com · 3d

Inspired by a stunning sunset on the evening of my son's first baseball game of the season last year, and painted from memory and imagination in my studio.

Tisha Mark ©2024, Sunset on Opening Day, oil on linen, 20"x20"

Available:
tishamark.com/product/suns...

#BlueSkyArtShow #glow #art #painting

Original seascape oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Sunset on Opening Day" 20"x20" oil on linen (2024). A seascape painting with dramatic blue clouds in orange-toned sunset sky over a rocky seashore. Flecks of orange light appear in the sky, and colors from the sky are reflecting in water below.

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Jason Song Quinn @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 2d

I have absolutely no measure for if this is a win,( i will celebrate in ignorance because why not ), but hit 300 downloads on my itchio, so…hell yeah? Less than a year putting stuff on there, so maybe good? Maybe a “hell yeah”?

Badly drawn meme of a person looking at a screen that shows “2 retweets 3likes” that person says @ oh wow! This doin numbers!!!” Happily

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Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds like a “hell yeah” to me. Congrats!

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Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · 2d

Nor’easter bunny. #art

A rabbit person walks against the wind as leaves blow past. His long scarf trails behind. Graphite and white pencil on toned paper.

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Lu @rendernev.bsky.social · 2d

If the window is open, that’s where Noodle (aka Mozart) will be.

My black and white kitty in the window of the bathroom.

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Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · 2d

🙏

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Jim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · 3d

My painting TROUT WATER

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 2d

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

A comic strip in six panels. The panels inerlock like a jigsaw with knobs and sockets. Two stick figures walk right to left through all the panels.

Panel 1: Person 1 says "I hear you're working on a new theory."
Panel 2 & 3: Person 2 says: "Yes, I'm calling it the jigsaw model. I think it could change our whole View of reality."
Panel 4: Person 1 says "When Will you publish?:
Panel 5: Person 2 says "But a couple of things are still bothering me." (this piece/panel is a bit squint)
Panel 6: This piece is rotated ninety degees and fits to the others very badly. Person 2 is saying "Soon. I feel like I'm really close"
A second look at the whole comic shows that the last two panels read in the wrong order because the jigsaw has been put together incorrectly.

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Mike Timonin @bookreadingguy.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning #IthacaFarmersMarket. It's a cool, foggy morning, with rain in the forecast, so maybe a slow day at the market today. Or not; predicting consumer behavior has become impossible! Anyway, come have a coffee while looking at the inlet shrouded in fog, and then buy some leather!

A wooden booth full of leather goods in a variety of forms. Bags on the right side, leather animals on the left.

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Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks!

Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · 2d

Lol looks fun!