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Pablo Rivera @pablonotpicasso.bsky.social · 11h

Happy portfolio day! I’m an artist with experience on projects for companies ranging from Wizards of the Coast to Walt Disney Animation, though my constant passion in art is always depicting glimpses of prehistoric worlds 🦖 #portfolioday #paleoart #paleosky #dinosaurart

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Jagal @jagalart.bsky.social · 12h

dung beetle

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Christine Ridgway [Commissions Open!] @skidarstudios.bsky.social · 41m

Circle of the Shepherd Druid :D guiding returning salmonids inland

Christine Ridgway [Commissions Open!] @skidarstudios.bsky.social · 51m

Thanks, he's my brother's new dnd character 😄

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PixelArtJourney @pixelartjourney.bsky.social · 14h

It's #portfolioday ! Does anyone like pixel art? 😊

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Christine Ridgway [Commissions Open!] @skidarstudios.bsky.social · 15h

Hi #PortfolioDay!
I'm Christine, a full-time Environmental Conservation Student and a Freelance Illustrator specializing in animal fantasy.

🦚 Website: SkidarStudios.com
🎨 Portfolio: christineridgway.carbonmade.com
🍂 Commission Info: trello.com/b/RU37S4So/s...

digital painting of an anthro deer, a dik dik, in glasses and a pack filled with flowers. he's crouching to pick a flower in the forest

A desert scene of an anthro saber tooth tiger riding a buckskin horse into the camp of an anthro thylacine sitting in front of a low-burning fire. The thylacine's pinto horse is tied to a cactus int he background. The scene is border by rocks and cacti. A full moon shine above clouds illuminated by the last rays of sunset on the horizon

digital art of a seaweed draped double crested cormorant in front of dazzling, sunset-colored water.

an anthro sockeye salmon in fantasy garb hunched over carrying a large crook shaped like a fish hook with lures hanging off of it

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Queen Gwenevere @queengwenevere.bsky.social · 5h

Woohoo, #PortfolioDay ! I’m Gwenevere Singley, illustrator and general art wrangler! I’ve worked in games, animation, interactive media, TTRPGs, comics, and I’d love to work on more!

(All oil on canvas except the big fight scene, which was painted in Photoshop)

Portfolio: gwensingley.com

The Rose Queen, in a grand rose gown, is surrounded by her court of elegant bee attendants in a spacious pavilion decked with roses. The bee courtiers are all vying for her attention.

A knight on a white horse, setting out to find a dragon in a mountainous wild wasteland, has just encountered the dragon’s aunt. She is MASSIVE, half pompous matron and half dragon, decked with curls, pearls, and feathers (or are they horsetails?) with a long scaly tail stretching back into the mountains, and a formidable gold lorgnette, through which she examines the knight. She does not approve.

A joyful zebra, that is also a knight, ON FIRE, with stripes and tail turning to flames, garbed in a golden helmet with plumes that also turn to flames, rearing up and holding a striped lance that is also on fire, setting out on an adventure across sunny mountains, along a road leading to a golden castle. A little fire salamander friend tags along.

Cover for the Sword Opera TTRPG: a half a dozen motley renaissance characters are having a huge brawl near a baroque pavilion in a garden. A swordsman in black faces off against a swordswoman in red, behind them a be-turbaned swordsman with a blue flaming scimitar is restrained by a pleading damsel, a ruffian in yellow with a couple of daggers sprawls in the foreground, a sneaky rogue in a weird hat circles behind with a dagger, and another damsel kneels behind the duelists begging both her lovers to desist. Dramatic mountains and storm clouds set the scene.

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Veronica O'Neill @zookie-art.bsky.social · 6h

Hi #portfolioday!

I'm Veronica - a fantasy illustrator working on TTRPGs, TCGs, book publishing, video games and more~

Portfolio: voneill.art
Contact: [email protected]

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Christine Ridgway [Commissions Open!] @skidarstudios.bsky.social · 2h

Status update:

I hope I'm better tomorrow but right now I'm not feeling it.

a cartoon of spongebob squarepants sitting in a chair with the words `` me '' written on his face .

ALT: a cartoon of spongebob squarepants sitting in a chair with the words `` me '' written on his face .

media.tenor.com

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RotLDanielle Ryan 🎃 @danirat.bsky.social · 1d

Look at it

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◈André Simões◈ @andrefmsimoes.bsky.social · 5h

It's #PortfolioDay again huh?

My name's André Simões, a concept artist and illustrator from Portugal! 🇵🇹

Email: [email protected]

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The Institute for Bird Populations @instbirdpop.bsky.social · 6h

🪶 Get a load of these Lewis's Woodpeckers. In the late summer/early fall, Lewis's Woodpeckers form nomadic flocks that can contain dozens of these striking red and green birds.

Photo of 5 Lewis's Woodpeckers perched in the top of a tree.

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Zoo Boise @zooboise.bsky.social · 12h

Halloween is Toogle's time to shine. The male southern ground hornbill is an excellent pumpkin carver! 🎃

📷: Lauren

A male southern ground hornbill holds pulp and seeds from a pumpkin while standing on a branch.

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Christine Ridgway [Commissions Open!] @skidarstudios.bsky.social · 9h

Awe thanks 😊

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Christine Ridgway [Commissions Open!] @skidarstudios.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks it's a favorite of mine for sure 😊

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Christine Ridgway [Commissions Open!] @skidarstudios.bsky.social · 12h

Thanks for the share :D and the tag :D

Christine Ridgway [Commissions Open!] @skidarstudios.bsky.social · 15h

Hi #PortfolioDay!
I'm Christine, a full-time Environmental Conservation Student and a Freelance Illustrator specializing in animal fantasy.

🦚 Website: SkidarStudios.com
🎨 Portfolio: christineridgway.carbonmade.com
🍂 Commission Info: trello.com/b/RU37S4So/s...

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 14h

Spooky bird stories. Last year's Halloween comic.

A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??"
In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!".
In panel 3, a screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!".
In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".

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Christine Ridgway [Commissions Open!] @skidarstudios.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks for the share :D

Christine Ridgway [Commissions Open!] @skidarstudios.bsky.social · 15h

Hi #PortfolioDay!
I'm Christine, a full-time Environmental Conservation Student and a Freelance Illustrator specializing in animal fantasy.

🦚 Website: SkidarStudios.com
🎨 Portfolio: christineridgway.carbonmade.com
🍂 Commission Info: trello.com/b/RU37S4So/s...

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Christine Ridgway [Commissions Open!] @skidarstudios.bsky.social · 15h

Hi #PortfolioDay!
I'm Christine, a full-time Environmental Conservation Student and a Freelance Illustrator specializing in animal fantasy.

🦚 Website: SkidarStudios.com
🎨 Portfolio: christineridgway.carbonmade.com
🍂 Commission Info: trello.com/b/RU37S4So/s...

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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Christine Ridgway [Commissions Open!] @skidarstudios.bsky.social · 1d

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Long_Painter @longpainter.bsky.social · 1d

Dreamscape

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

This is "debanking", and its a problem that has plagued sex workers for decades. It isnt right when its targetting sex workers and its not right when its targetting game devs and creators either.

Give paypros and your givt reps your grievances and demand that debanking of adult content stop

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 1d

Per Reddit: Steam adult developer in the UK is sitting on a USD equivalent of six figures, can’t find a bank to take his money because the developer creates adult games

www.reddit.com/r/UKPersonal...

r/UKPersonalFinance
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I develop adult video games on Steam. I can't find a bank that will actually let me withdraw my money from Steam. Can I get some advice?
Game has sold quite well on Steam. I've got almost £90,000 ready to withdraw after Steam's cut + VAT taken off.

However, it's been 2 months now and I can't find ANY bank in the UK who will let me withdraw my money from Steam.

I've been banned/refused/unable to get a business account with:

Wise
Revolut
Monzo
Monese
Chase
Starling
Nationwide
Halifax
Barclays
Lloyds
RBS

It always comes down to, "Where did you get this money from?"

"It's coming from games I sell on Steam."

"Can we see the store page?"

"Sure."

"I'm sorry, we can't do business with you at this time."

It keeps coming down to a commercial decision purely because I make adult content.

What the hell am I supposed to do? I've pretty much exhausted the whole banking system. I just want to be able to be paid for products I've sold.

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Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · 1d

Good News folks, you CAN now in fact, play this

The free demo for Legend of Khiimori is now available on Steam for everyone. Check it out, give it a try, tell a friend. Show everyone how much you want horse games 💪❤

Screenshot from the game The Legend of Khiimori, showing a horse and rider on a steppe landscape

Screenshot of The Legend of Khiimori in a Steam library. It has a "Demo" tag on the top left

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Sentinel Creatives @sentinelcreatives.bsky.social · 1d

"Good Girl" by Jakub Rozalski

jrozalski.com/projec...

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