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Tao @taokyi.bsky.social · 52m

Feels kind of wild that I have a few thousand dollars just kind of floating in the void waiting on a comm and a Kickstarter fulfillment to come through. I trust that they'll happen eventually, just not on their original timelines lol

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Tao @taokyi.bsky.social · 4h

Lovely read as I'm procrastinating getting out of bed

'They're a very elusive species': The 10-year effort to photograph the rare hyena stalking a diamond mining ghost town

Ten years in the making: The story behind the award-winning photo of an elusive brown hyena stalking Namibia's diamond ghost towns.

www.bbc.com

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Tao @taokyi.bsky.social · 13h

Offline! Did some story, did some leveling, probably will have more of that because Digimon is Digimon

Tao @taokyi.bsky.social · 16h

MFW I'm late to my own stream because I'm being a good doodle and washing the pots and pans. But now it's Digimon Story Time Stranger time!

www.twitch.tv/taokyi

[ #TaokyiGames #DigimonTimeStranger #TimeStranger ]

The poster's VTuber making an angry expression.

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Tao @taokyi.bsky.social · 13h

Thank you!!!
It's a Skip4D Chibi base that I modified a tiny bit and retextured. :)

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Tao @taokyi.bsky.social · 16h

MFW I'm late to my own stream because I'm being a good doodle and washing the pots and pans. But now it's Digimon Story Time Stranger time!

www.twitch.tv/taokyi

[ #TaokyiGames #DigimonTimeStranger #TimeStranger ]

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r_m_ @orchidrabbit.bsky.social · 18h

aloha #PortfolioDay! i'm r_m_, i'm a plushie maker that hand sews everythind and an illustrator with a penchant for fantasy and funny perspectives.
i have no ongoing paid projects at the moment, so i'm very open for work!

☕ ko-fi.com/orchidrabbit
🕸️ remyripple.com

photo of a plushie of a horned humanoid girl with her hair over one eye, wearing some armor, and holding a 3d printed sword

photo of a plushie of jimbo from balatro, posed next to a 3d printed playing card of the jimbo joker

illustration of the stairway of a stone tower with a hole carved into the side of it, showing a simple field with a small farm house below, while a horned woman carefully makes her way down the remnants of the stairs.

illustration of a person sitting with their foot up on the edge of the desk, while they type away at a keyboard and hold wires connected to their head that are plugged into a server rack to their side. more wires hang down from the ceiling and are attached to the person. there are holographic displays of indistinct text and images, while the desk is cluttered with spools of something, tools, and some type of cartridges.

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Adrián Mejía is Koboaing @latinerd.bsky.social · 23d

It's Latine Heritage Month so I'm really excited to announce a little side project I've been working on. Quickstart guide is available here: latinerd.itch.io/beasts

*In war there are no gods, no devils. There are only beasts.*

Art by @lucasnwd.bsky.social, logo by @lamalamuerte.bsky.social

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Tao @taokyi.bsky.social · 23h

Oh it's Tuesday so I'm streaming tonight at 7pm Central lol

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Grinu☄️🍕 @grinu.bsky.social · 1d

take these random Rin doodles
#blueexorcist #aonoexorcist

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Kota 🔞 (closed) @kotacat.bsky.social · 1d

Changing into something more seasonally appropriate #TfTuesday #transfur #werewolfart

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Piratedllama @piratedllama.bsky.social · 1d

birdtober day 8: tucan

a realistic digital painting of a tucan from the shoulders up. It is on a greenish brown background.

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Willow Creative @willowcreativ.com · 1d

"When are you starting a family"
Me: what do you mean my sons are right here

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 1d

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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Tao @taokyi.bsky.social · 1d

Me: *comes up with a good linking idea when walking out of the bathroom at work* "holy shit I need to write this down on my phone while not tripping up the stairs"

Tao @taokyi.bsky.social · 2d

Need to stop getting scared of the classic "started a comic and rebooted a few times" pitfall that happens because it's not like mine hasn't gone through at least 3 iterations while living in my head since middle school.

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Tao @taokyi.bsky.social · 1d

His latest prestige skin splash art is ridiculous(ly hot)

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
2? Questions
I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Tao @taokyi.bsky.social · 2d

Need to stop getting scared of the classic "started a comic and rebooted a few times" pitfall that happens because it's not like mine hasn't gone through at least 3 iterations while living in my head since middle school.

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Tao @taokyi.bsky.social · 2d

I'm gonna have a chunk of story to explain on Tuesday that I passed but pivotal part
www.twitch.tv/taokyi/clip/...

[ #TaokyiGames #DigimonStoryTimeStranger #DigimonStoryTimeStrangerSpoilers ]

Twitch

Twitch is the world

www.twitch.tv

Tao @taokyi.bsky.social · 2d

Ummm bonus Time Stranger stream because my husband and friends are all running an Archipelago (I'm not). I want to save playing this for stream sooooo I'm streaming so that I can play!

twitch.tv/taokyi

[ #TaokyiGames #DigimonTimeStranger ]

A screenshot of a livestream with the Digimon Time Stranger title screen and a Skip4D Chibi base VTuber of the poster's fursona.

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Stasanie @stasanie.com · 9d

Golden Moment

A drawing of a fowldyr character that belongs to Eraili
Fowldyr are a closed species created by Stasanie (me)

A drawing of a winged deer-like creature with a pelt in shades of cream, gold, and brown. His wings are lined with jade coloured feathers with gilded edges. Around his neck is a thick green rope from which many jade beads and tassels hang. He stands in a shallow pond with red lily pads scattered across the surface. Swaying red willow branches streak across the canvas. #Stasanie #Fowldyr

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🇺🇦 Runa Solaris 🔞 @runasolaris.art · 16d

«Angels»

Commission illustration for VoidPhoenix in collab with @satellitt.bsky.social 🖤

🩸 Sketch, lineart — by me
🩸 Coloring, render — by Satellitt

#art #украрт #furryart #bird #illustration #gore #nsfw

Anthro bird doctor sits in the center on a rusty old chair. Behind his back are 3 pairs of freshly cut wings nailed to the wall. At his feet lie exhausted nurse swans, whom he calls "angels," their wings have been amputated

#runasolarisart

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🍉🦂Sharjo🦂🍉 @sharjo.bsky.social · 3d

Moon thylacine
#art

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Ash [COMMS OPEN] @ash-from-dust.bsky.social · Apr 1

Woof HRT

#TFTuesday #tranformationtuesday #transformation #hrt #furry #wolf #wolfhrt

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r_m_ @orchidrabbit.bsky.social · 3d

Mapleisms
#r_m_art #autobiocomic

comic page titled "Mapleisms"
panel 1: maple, an austrailian shepherd dog, sitting outside next to a wire fence with her head held up in the air and tongue out. labeled "sitting outside and enjoying the sun and wind"
panel 2: maple laying on the floor, facing away from the camera next to a dog bed. labeled "preferring to just lay on the floor instead of using her dog bed. she will literally lay on the floor right next to it."
panel 3: maple leaning toward one of two food bowls laid out on the floor
panel 4: me emerging from my room to yell "HEY" as maple quickly turns away, looking guilty. labeled "trying to eat the cat's dry food when she thinks no one is watching."

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Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 12d

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal]

@MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

Mastercard

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Paypal

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