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@mortiscausa.bsky.social

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Illustrator, award winning comic artist, and historical dilettante. For work contact: [email protected] portfolio: www.franmorton.com tumblr: mortiscausa.tumblr.com instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mortiscausae ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/mortiscausa

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Fran @mortiscausa.bsky.social · Feb 21

⚔️✨My shop is open again! ✨⚔️ mortiscausa.etsy.com

Two comics side by side. The one on the left features a I woman holding a thread and is titled 'With Malicious Intent' and the one on the right features a mermaid and is called 'Tide'

A variety of prints. Subjects include arthuriana, scifi and zodiac signs.

A selection of stickers including three arthurian stickers, a skeleton, a plague doctor, a scold's bridle and a sticker sheet of early musical instruments.

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pat | COMMISSIONS OPEN @patsux.bsky.social · May 31

the second I'm with you, all my love pour out #MerMay

Digital painting of a man kissing a merman on the cheek and they are surrounded by fish. The illustration is almost abstract, with a color palette of vibrant and dark blues, and pale grays.

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Cloudy🐈 @hellocloudy.bsky.social · 5d

Ooops the stars aligned (or misaligned) and I'm opening commissions for custom ceramics! Would you like a loaf tray of your pet? A babushcat? For me to remake a piece I made in the past that you missed out on? Or do you have a different idea? Email me and we can discuss it!

a bunch of ceramic plates on a dark green background - most are shaped like cats, curled up or loafing, but there's also a fox and an owl. they're all in tones of orange, brown and greens

a bunch of ceramic plates on a light blue background. Most is shaped liek cats - loafing, curled up or cat faces but there's also a fox and a small dish with a tiger. They're all in tones of blue and white.

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 8d

💬 PANEL ANNOUNCEMENT! Join @elljwalker.bsky.social and @mortiscausa.bsky.social as they talk about modern and historic fanfiction.

🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk
🎤 See what other panels are happening at tagsfest.co.uk#talks

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Dominique Duong @domduongart.bsky.social · 7d

The rise of the far-right, racism and Reform UK is scary, but that's all the more reason we have to fight back! Shaz is offering FREE stickers and flyers as part of a campaign to fight back against them. You can check out all the info on getting involved below. I'll be getting mine soon

shazleen @shazleenmkhan.bsky.social · 7d

I am organising direct action against Reform UK to fight against their racist misinformation. Posted more about it over on my insta, but here's the main bits!

Find out more: www.instagram.com/sticker_up_f...
Grab a PDF of the zine: www.shazleenkhan.shop

too many people i love are being victimized by nigel farage and i am going to mobilise the entire uk comics industry to fucking defeat him and protect myself, immigrants and refugees

our target is the 2026 local council elections. through targetted sticker and flyer campaigns i aim to destroy reform UK's momentum in vulnerable constituencies throughout the UK

this is a link to resources. I am sorry people who use screen readers I am not able to transcribe everything. I am one guy and I am doing this on voluntary basis. if you use a screen reader and have mates who would be willing to help me convert my text posts into readable formats please link us up

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#PortfolioDay @portfolioday.bsky.social · 13d

Tuesday, October 14th is #PortfolioDay! If you are a creative looking for work, this is the tag for you.

Read on to find out how to participate and visit portfolioday.art for more!

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ines 🧇 wristless @inesvisual.bsky.social · 15d

"my child could make this"

are they making it though? as in, do you let them? are they allowed to pursue art and the joy it provides? are they creating? its so hard to create nowadays. is your child given the abundance of freedom that creativity offers, or are they stifled by your judgemental mind?

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Fran @mortiscausa.bsky.social · 21d

realised recently I very much enjoy thumbnailing even though it's the hardest part of the process

rough thumbnails for a comic. hopefully they will still make sense when i actually come to draw them

Fran @mortiscausa.bsky.social · 21d

Happy birthday! 💛

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a toad buried under the earth. @toadlett.bsky.social · 23d

I'm trying out a wee drawing challenge for October! #Objectober is a v chill challenge designed to make drawing inanimate objects fun and also to broaden our use of reference!
if you take part I'd love to see your work!
also I made a website for reference resources: toadrefs.carrd.co

graphic for the drawing prompt challenge #Objectober.
text reads: Objectober
A drawing challenge of THINGS
Prompts
1. cup
2. key
3. cutlery
4. toy
5. brush
6. sharp
7. soft
8. wheel
9. weight
10. worn
11. crown
12. lamp
13. tool
14. loud
15. orb
the image is decorated with drawings of everyday objects (clothes peg, scissors, stool, beaker, lamp, spoon, pull along toy) with little arms and legs.

graphic showing the rules of the challenge. test reads: rules:
• make some art about objects! Any kind, style and interpretation is good! If you’re stuck, there are some bonus challenges to give you some ideas.
• You do not have to hit all the prompts. Take it easy!
• using reference is encouraged! Using AI references is NOT. I made a list of some handy reference sites I found, which you’re welcome to use: toadrefs.carrd.co

graphic titled "Bonus Challenges"
text reads: Stuck for inspiration? Try these!
• Draw each object being held or used
• Each object is found in the room or pack of a single character. What story do they tell?
• Each object is a museum exhibit. What do they tell us about the people that made them?
• Draw each object broken
• Combine two prompts and draw an object that works as both
make the objects into little creatures
use real objects to design a character
a pencil and a hairbriush, both with little legs, decorate the image.

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🌊 Ell 🌊 @elljwalker.bsky.social · 23d

I'm going to be talking at @tagsfest.co.uk next month with the wonderful @mortiscausa.bsky.social about fanfiction as folklore, and old stories! <3 See you there?

TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 27d

Our panel lineup is out! This will be our first year running talks alongside the Marketplace and Board Game Zone, and we have some great discussions lined up for you.

🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

Talks & Panels
All of our talks are free to attend, but space is limited. We suggest queueing up 10 minutes before the talk begins to guarantee getting a seat. Talks run for 45 mins.

Saturday

Pitch to Page: How do you make a comic? 11am. Scripting, compositions, pencilling, inking, colouring, lettering, printing; so much goes into every comic you've loved reading. Sit in with veteran comic creators Gustaffo Vargas and Jenny Mure as they chat about the comic-making process.

Fanfiction, the Old Human Tradition. 12.30pm. Fanfiction has always been part of storytelling culture. Join Ell J Walker and Fran Morton as they discuss the similarities and differences between modern and historic fanfiction.

Comics For Your Own Good: Educating through comics. 2pm. As a medium, comics are a very accessible way to share information. Cat Laird and Julie Campbell will discuss the strength of comics in education and community outreach.

You Can Be a Luddite: How artists can resist AI. 3.30pm. Listen to comic creator Tom Humberstone discuss the impact of generative AI on the creative process, and how artists and audiences can rally against the rising tide of slop.

Sunday

First Draft to Final Product: How do you make a game? 11am. Join TTRPG publisher Paolo Greco / Lost Pages and game designer Letty Wilson as they discuss the ins and outs of the game-making process.

Let's Talk Cash: The cold hard finances of making comics. 12.30pm. Many creative industries are financially lean fields. With the costs of living ever spiralling, Faye Stacey and James Lawrence discuss the realities of making money as comic creators, from self-publishing to public funding.

Autobiography & Vulnerability. 2pm. Steven Fraser, Ashling Larkin, and Amandawonk come together to discuss their experiences of autobiographical work, and the power of creating comics about yourself.

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Fran @mortiscausa.bsky.social · 23d

yess looking forward to this! I have many thoughts!

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Brian / Stout Stoat @stoutstoat.co.uk · 24d

I wrote a massive TTRPG setting guide encyclopaedia about the ancient Scotland and the Picts who lived in it. It covers everything scholars currently know about life in the 7th century, from landscapes to kingdoms to faith, magic, settlements, and so much more.

Check it out!
carvedinstone.scot

Carved in Stone

A storyteller's guide to Pictland. Available now for pre-order!

carvedinstone.scot

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Sequential Scotland Comic Con @sequential-scot.bsky.social · Sep 20

SAVE THE DATE

Sequential Scotland 2026 will be happening on Saturday August 8th!

As with 2025 we will be going for Creative Scotland funding to make this possible.

To stay up to date sign up to the mailing list at the website below. And keep your fingers crossed for us!

sequentialscotland.co.uk

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Thomas Ragon @thomasragon.bsky.social · Sep 18

Nikolai Kupreyanov (1894-1933)

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Fran @mortiscausa.bsky.social · Sep 18

had a follow up with cardiology yesterday and for some reason during my ekg i ended up posing like a saint displaying their stigmata lol. anyway good news: my heart is fine 🫀✨

rough digital sketch of ME hooked up for an ekg

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Chris Schweizer @ NYCC A-28 @schweizercomics.bsky.social · Sep 17

Friends, I am as excited as heck to tell y'all about the NEWBERRY MEDIEVAL MINICOMIC PRIZE!

It's for emerging cartoonists (i.e. no major publisher work, excepting anthologies) considering making a short work that engages with a medieval subject (fic or nonfic). 1/

www.newberry.org/calendar/new...

Newberry Medieval Minicomic Prize

Juried mini-grants for emerging comic artists interested in engaging with medieval culture.

www.newberry.org

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Fran @mortiscausa.bsky.social · Sep 17

oOOOH!!! 👀

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Graftbound Press @graftbound.bsky.social · Sep 16

Glatisant is live on Kickstarter! 🛡🦌🌿 Your adventure awaits. Back in the first 48 hours and you’ll get a free linocut print of the sword and branch design, handpulled by @oddsandents.bsky.social. Help make this game a physical reality! tinyurl.com/bd949nbv

A graphic reading “Back within 48 hours to get this limited edition print!” with an arrow pointing to a print design featuring a sword with a ribbon tied to the hilt and a branch with several leaves and berries growing from it.

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Andy Khouri @andykhouri.bsky.social · Sep 17

Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.

🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · Sep 17

My rage knows no bounds

Gaza City mosque blown up by Israeli air attack

Israeli forces bombed and destroyed a 13th century mosque in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City on Tuesday.

www.aljazeera.com

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Dominik Mayer @dominikmayerart.bsky.social · Nov 10

It was more of an accident but I just love this painting in black and white.

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Fran @mortiscausa.bsky.social · Sep 8

sketches of my niece, future ghost super stan, messing around with some paint

watercolour/pencil sketches of a toddler with dark blue paint smeared over her eyes, looking very like the lead singer from ghost

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Pep @pepverbsnouns.bsky.social · Sep 7

"Bluesky is boring."

Social media *should* be boring. Being algorithm and dopamine poisoned is bad, actually.

When your feed dries up for the day, that's your cue to go do something else until new stuff shows up later.

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Fran @mortiscausa.bsky.social · Sep 7

pencil sketches of characters in 18th century dress

pencil and ink sketches of characters in 18th century dress, and also a couple of blue ink drawings from another project of a character mending a fishing net

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Fran @mortiscausa.bsky.social · Sep 7

bunch of sketches, mostly from my time in hospital

pencil sketches of horses in various dynamic poses

two riders on horseback riding away from the viewer over the countryside, colour pencil sketch

various ink sketches of characters in 18th century clothing (aiming for the 1770s) plus one sketch of a rider on horseback coming out of the woods. sensing a horse theme here

sketches of foxes and dogs in pencil, one larger sketch at the bottom of a boy running away from hounds with a fox on his shoulder

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Fran @mortiscausa.bsky.social · Aug 31

ooh is that stationary I spy 👀👀 good luck! hope the day goes well for you