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Roya Shahidi | Looking for work @rsdream12.bsky.social · 18h

Quick late night doodle of my vampire boy

A nervous looking tween aged vampire boy looking to the side

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MounaBat @mounabat.bsky.social · 4h

No prob! Back when the Shojo Beat Magazine was still around, I read a sample chapter of it. Absolute cuteness~ 🥰✨

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MounaBat @mounabat.bsky.social · 4h

Gakuen Babysitters, Baby & Me, and Delico’s Nursery!

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MounaBat @mounabat.bsky.social · 10h

I credit @quasimaddi.bsky.social for this amazing advice! It changed my process for the better! Thank you, thank you 💗🙏🏾

(I can't find the OG post about it bc it was on Twitter, blegh)

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MounaBat @mounabat.bsky.social · 10h

Answering my own question:
Blurring my sketch layer! Putting a blur on my scanned sketch helped my stop trying to make an "exact" copy of my sketch. Yes the sketch had a more organic energy, but my digital lineart can have character all its own when I'm not worried about copying it exactly.

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MounaBat @mounabat.bsky.social · 10h

An Italian more worthy of a holiday is @emperorofruin.bsky.social, and today is that holiday because IT'S HER BIRTHDAY!!! 💫🎀🌟🍰🎂💗💖💓💞💝

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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MounaBat @mounabat.bsky.social · 11h

Question for fellow creatives!
What's some art/creativity-related advice or technique that you feel like changed you/your process forever?

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MounaBat @mounabat.bsky.social · 6d

#Blacktober 2025 has begun! Some friends once suggested, "Since Aira Shiratori is part-French, maybe he could be part-Haitian too?" I loved that idea!♥️ 🇯🇵+🇭🇹+🇫🇷

#MounaBatArt #EnStars #Blacktober2025 #EnsembleStars

Racebent fanart of Aira Shiratori from Ensemble Stars, where he has brown skin and freckles. He is surrounded by ribbons, Ace of Hearts playing cards, and a sparkly background. He's holding a turquoise lightstick. There is a speech balloon in the top-right corner with text that says "I love!"

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Ashley Hawkins @mangalibrarian.bsky.social · 23h

I love Witch Hat Atelier so much. But this is exactly why awards like the American Manga Awards are necessary. Manga is so vast, and Shirahama has an edge with Harvey voters as a previous awardee and both a mangaka and comics illustrator.

A new manga should have won.

Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 2d

Witch Hat Atelier has won the Best Manga award at the Harvey Awards for a 2nd time, after previously winning the award in 2020.

Witch Hat Atelier Wins Best Manga at Harvey Awards for 2nd Time

WEBTOON Originals lose to Sarah's Scribbles in Digital Book of the Year category

www.animenewsnetwork.com

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MounaBat @mounabat.bsky.social · 1d

I WAS THINKING OF TAGGING YOU BUT WAS LIKE,,, "would that be rude"

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MounaBat @mounabat.bsky.social · 1d

Post: "Name an Italian more worthy than Columbus"

The angel on my shoulder: Don't say a goddamn thing about Hetalia--

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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MounaBat @mounabat.bsky.social · 1d

a pretty Cyclops boy I drew in 2015 👁️💄

#MounaBatArt #OCsky #monsterboys

a cyclops character holding a mascara brush toward his eye. He has purple skin, curly pink hair, and a pink/yellow patterned shirt and choker.

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Darryl Mott 💀 @gamerstavernshow.com · 1d

Quick reminder that Christopher Columbus was considered a vile, repulsive, evil man even in his own time. His actions as governor of Spain's New World colonies landed him in prison for his cruelty and violence.

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MounaBat @mounabat.bsky.social · 2d

I sometimes listen to the Sparkler Monthly podcast for old times sake. But.... I don't think the 3rd-party websites have it anymore. Does this mean the Sparkler podcast is lost media now!? 😭

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 2d

Satoshi Kon would have turned 62 today ;_;
Fanart by Jinou (x.com/Jinou_rakugaki)

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MounaBat @mounabat.bsky.social · 2d

This is a GREAT song to have memorized, omg 👏🏾✨💖

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lys @bedsores.rest · 6d

bringing back a classic

an adaptation of the sandy loam chart, aka, a triangle where each side is an axis from 0 100, forming triangular little pockets in the center in a pseudo-3-axis chart form. the three axes are "hoinky sploinky" "doinky woinky" and "rinky dinky," each with a "pure" form (penis music, furret walk, and ukelele covers respectively). there is a minor screed here about electroswing sucking, which it does.

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MounaBat @mounabat.bsky.social · 4d

woohoooo I'm now 32 😎

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MounaBat @mounabat.bsky.social · 6d

it's a VERY good show, omg!

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MounaBat @mounabat.bsky.social · 6d

My birthday is tomorrow, so patronage would be awesome!
All my blacktober art for this year will available for early access on my Patreon~ www.patreon.com/mounabat

Mouna | Patreon

art & music

www.patreon.com

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MounaBat @mounabat.bsky.social · 6d

#Blacktober 2025 has begun! Some friends once suggested, "Since Aira Shiratori is part-French, maybe he could be part-Haitian too?" I loved that idea!♥️ 🇯🇵+🇭🇹+🇫🇷

#MounaBatArt #EnStars #Blacktober2025 #EnsembleStars

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MounaBat @mounabat.bsky.social · 6d

yeah it would! :D

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MounaBat @mounabat.bsky.social · 6d

my Pillowfort.... just in case
www.pillowfort.social/MounaBat

MounaBat

Black|She|29|Librarian, zinester, OC-maker, fanartist, clown-kisser, fujo, musician! loves HypMic, EnStars, and CharismaHouse.🔞NO Minors or fanpolBlackLight Sugar founder.My Soundcloud

www.pillowfort.social

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MounaBat @mounabat.bsky.social · 7d

Birthday's in 2 days already!
And now's a great time to be a Patron because early access and behind-the-scenes process for all my #Blacktober art is available on my Patreon! And I may also be working on a new music cover with sprite art this month~ 👀✨
#youtaiteworks #artsky #ensemblestars #fanart

A cropped illustration only showing a character’s blond hair, green eyes, and brown skin with freckles.

A cropped illustration of my persona. Brown skin, gold glasses, sharp teeth, dark short hair, yellow eyes, a gold bat wing.

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