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darcy 🗡️🌸🎀 @darcydubose.bsky.social · 11h

Prettiest baby

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Virginia Paine @milkybootscomix.bsky.social · 19h

Hello #portfolioday!
I'm a cartoonist/writer/illustrator! I recently finished FUTURE PROOF, a queer scifi epic about a thief uncovering a galactic mystery.
I am looking for representation, illustration or essay projects and short comics commissions - more info & contact at www.virginiapaine.com 💫

the four covers of Future Proof, showing the main character, Sunny Side, getting herself into situations.

the cover of my comic "Born to Die: Dark Souls, Depression and Making comics." A player character brandishes a sword in a crumbling hallway.

a pinup I did for kari crock. Kari, an alligator who delivers packages, is carrying a precarious stack of boxes while being harried by giants.

my piece for the friends at the table fanzine for seasons of hieron. It's a rough map of the town of old man's chin, peppered with scenes from the winter in hieron season.

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Virginia Paine @milkybootscomix.bsky.social · 21h

Seems complicated! New page at futureproof.webcomic.ws #comicoop

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Levon Jihanian @forkfrenzy.bsky.social · 15h

Hi #portfolioday I'm Levon Jihanian, and art director and background painter for tv and feature animation. I'm looking for work starting in December!

A frog guy, or ask i like to call him, a ferg, and his giant bird companion with a goblins face, or ask i like to call it, a berg. They're in a muddy pathway next to a big wall.

Wirt, Greg, and Beatrice walking through a forest, haloed by a warm light. This is the key art from Over The Garden Wall.

A spooky river and fields. A sinister tower is in the distance, along with a red glowing moon.

A fallen tree in a grove. It has smashed a wooden shack. A path winds by.

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Lee Scheinbeim @lee.scheinbe.im · 15h

Hi #PortfolioDay, I'm Lee! A technical artist with a focus on lighting and rendering with many years of experience. I am becoming old and grizzled.

I'm not currently looking for work, but here are some sheets I put together last time I was and I think they are neat

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luketa 🌻 @luketaluketa.bsky.social · 21h

It's #PorfolioDay! 🫣

My name is Lucas, people call me Luketa, and I'm an illustrator from Brazil! Most of my experience is with editorial but I'm open to any cool offers :)

My portfolio: luketa-luketa.carrd.co
All my links: linktr.ee/luketa

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Virginia Paine @milkybootscomix.bsky.social · 16h

A photo of jojo, a black and white cat, holding my arm while I’m holding a PS5 controller

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Virginia Paine @milkybootscomix.bsky.social · 18h

Teeth are fine; dentist was only slightly rude; 2nd lyft driver reminded me of Richie from the Bear; am now home and going to beat up Heolstor about it. Yeeeee

Virginia Paine @milkybootscomix.bsky.social · 19h

Pray for me as I (having a bad mental health day) survive an extremely chatty lyft driver and expensive dentist “consult” at an unfamiliar clinic and now the receptionists are talking about me because I’m a poor?!? Also they do not give a fuck about pronouns here. lol I’m in hell.

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Virginia Paine @milkybootscomix.bsky.social · 18h

Hahaha ❤️❤️

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Virginia Paine @milkybootscomix.bsky.social · 19h

Hopefully it’ll all be fine and I can never come here again haha

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Virginia Paine @milkybootscomix.bsky.social · 19h

Pray for me as I (having a bad mental health day) survive an extremely chatty lyft driver and expensive dentist “consult” at an unfamiliar clinic and now the receptionists are talking about me because I’m a poor?!? Also they do not give a fuck about pronouns here. lol I’m in hell.

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Virginia Paine @milkybootscomix.bsky.social · 19h

I remember doing a panel for writers at PSU and the audience was delighted by my (very rough) thumbnails, truly, a joy!

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 19h

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 20h

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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Virginia Paine @milkybootscomix.bsky.social · 19h

Thank you Milo!!! 💖🤗💕

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Virginia Paine @milkybootscomix.bsky.social · 19h

Hello #portfolioday!
I'm a cartoonist/writer/illustrator! I recently finished FUTURE PROOF, a queer scifi epic about a thief uncovering a galactic mystery.
I am looking for representation, illustration or essay projects and short comics commissions - more info & contact at www.virginiapaine.com 💫

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Utopies Selectives @utopieselective.bsky.social · 23h

Hey #portfolioday !!
Im Nico, concept artist & art director
With a love for scifi!

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Colleen Frakes @colleenfrakes.bsky.social · 21h

It's #portfolioday and I am available for work.

Rep'd by @agenthawk.bsky.social, editors DM me if you want to see some pitches!

I like to draw comics both about folklore and weird fairy tales, but also kids in contemporary situations dealing with frustrating adults.

Color comics page of a small car driving on a mountain road. The car stops to honk at a deer in the way, and the noise wakes up a tween girl sleeping in the car.

A back and white comic, a girl's at school and is stopped by her teacher for a dress code violation

A comic colored in blue and yellow where a witch turns a bride into a horse

A color comic called Magical October where two witches make pumpkin spice

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Zach Hazard Vaupen @emo-sludge.com · 21h

Hi #PortfolioDay!

I’m Zach and I’m available for work starting in December (so get in touch now).

TTRPGs, Video Games, Books, Comics, Albums, Whatever!

🕸️https://emo-sludge.com/ for full portfolio and contact info

Djinn coming out of broken vase with 3 characters looking up at it

Sunflower with teeth and a bite taken out of it

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Virginia Paine @milkybootscomix.bsky.social · 21h

Seems complicated! New page at futureproof.webcomic.ws #comicoop

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Odd Duck @oddduckmke.bsky.social · 23h

This roasted garlic smells as good as it sounds...

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Elliot Dunevitz @tortillua.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #portfolioday! My name is Elliot, I am an illustrator and comic artist with her own self-published comic "Transplant" wrapping up this December!!🕺