Y'LQAR | DAVID L.B
@ylqart.bsky.social
Ink lover • Transman Illustrator & UI/UX Intern • Based in Belgium
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I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
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This has been suggested a few times.
Friendly reminder that Tidal ($10.99) is now cheaper than Spotify ($11.99), delivers better audio quality, pays its artists 2x as much, and generally doesn't allow AI slop.
You can move your entire music library over in a matter of minutes.
You can move your entire music library over in a matter of minutes.
October 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This has been suggested a few times.
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I’ve seen some people suggest Apple Music as an alternative but they’ve also given significant support to the Trump administration.
I’ve also heard good things about Qobuz, though. Does anyone have experience with it? Is it a good Spotify replacement?
I’ve also heard good things about Qobuz, though. Does anyone have experience with it? Is it a good Spotify replacement?
Spotify responded that the ads do not violate its policies.
Spotify is running ICE hiring ads boasting wild signing bonuses
Spotify responded that the ads do not violate its policies.
bit.ly
October 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I’ve seen some people suggest Apple Music as an alternative but they’ve also given significant support to the Trump administration.
I’ve also heard good things about Qobuz, though. Does anyone have experience with it? Is it a good Spotify replacement?
I’ve also heard good things about Qobuz, though. Does anyone have experience with it? Is it a good Spotify replacement?
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This is so helpful! Thank you so much, Babs!
The local art council had a member that uses screen readers do an alt text workshop a bit ago and it was really illuminating for things like this: youtu.be/_AnBqryJxl0?...
Accessibility for Artists: Alternative Text with Dr. Cheryl Fogel-Hatch
YouTube video by Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance
youtu.be
September 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This is so helpful! Thank you so much, Babs!
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Be a seagull. Be loud. Annoying. Cringe. Go for it. Fight those who are keeping out chips from us.
Seagull painting done with housepaint.
Seagull painting done with housepaint.
July 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Be a seagull. Be loud. Annoying. Cringe. Go for it. Fight those who are keeping out chips from us.
Seagull painting done with housepaint.
Seagull painting done with housepaint.
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The feel good story of the summer, AI art thief bullied off internet
Street Fighter 6 art contest rocked by AI controversy, disqualification issued
www.eurogamer.net/street-fight...
www.eurogamer.net/street-fight...
July 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The feel good story of the summer, AI art thief bullied off internet
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a little something, mid-progress
July 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
a little something, mid-progress
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Okay, I know I sound like a broken record but IF YOU ARE AN INDIE COMICS CREATOR YOU SHOULD JOIN THE COOP BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN IMMENSE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND COOP DISCOUNTS AND ADVICE AND EVENTS, ALL OF WHICH IS EXPANDING DAILY
Anyway, that's my TED Talk
Anyway, that's my TED Talk
ooooo u wanna join so bad ooooooooo it's free ooooooo u wanna support artists oooooooooooo
July 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Okay, I know I sound like a broken record but IF YOU ARE AN INDIE COMICS CREATOR YOU SHOULD JOIN THE COOP BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN IMMENSE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND COOP DISCOUNTS AND ADVICE AND EVENTS, ALL OF WHICH IS EXPANDING DAILY
Anyway, that's my TED Talk
Anyway, that's my TED Talk
July 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
#artfight attack for @hykxeo.bsky.social ! Had a lot of fun with this lil guy.
It's my 3rd year participating! If you've a profile or want to be attacked, don't hesitate to share. I might not do it all but I would love to discover more characters!
#artfight2025 #teamfossils
It's my 3rd year participating! If you've a profile or want to be attacked, don't hesitate to share. I might not do it all but I would love to discover more characters!
#artfight2025 #teamfossils
July 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#artfight attack for @hykxeo.bsky.social ! Had a lot of fun with this lil guy.
It's my 3rd year participating! If you've a profile or want to be attacked, don't hesitate to share. I might not do it all but I would love to discover more characters!
#artfight2025 #teamfossils
It's my 3rd year participating! If you've a profile or want to be attacked, don't hesitate to share. I might not do it all but I would love to discover more characters!
#artfight2025 #teamfossils
Join me this year in the ArtFight !
I've made an attack list, but would love to discover more artists and characters!
artfight.net/~Ylqar
I've made an attack list, but would love to discover more artists and characters!
artfight.net/~Ylqar
July 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Join me this year in the ArtFight !
I've made an attack list, but would love to discover more artists and characters!
artfight.net/~Ylqar
I've made an attack list, but would love to discover more artists and characters!
artfight.net/~Ylqar
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Hair tips! (with Otti!) Just some brief pointers on how I usually do hair
Included in the alt text are some extra comments I couldn't fit into the image, so take a look there!
Included in the alt text are some extra comments I couldn't fit into the image, so take a look there!
![Title: Hair Tips
(Note: EXTRA mean stuff that aren't in the image)
Body: (left to right/ top to bottom)
1 - Sketch mainly focuses on big shapes, then add in small strands.
EXTRA: Don't worry too much about perfecting the lines in the sketch layer, because you'll be drawing over them anyway later. Just have the main shape you want. Start with big shapes, then add in smaller shapes/lines.
2 - Simple flat colours
3 - Basic shading:
> Bright + Saturation on both top and bottom
> Darker in the middle
EXTRA: This is mostly a style thing, I don't always follow it myself, so you can mix and match and just do whatever here really, just a basic gradient for now is good.
4 - Basic rendering + blending
EXTRA: I use a flat thin regular brush for this part to blend in the gradients and add some separation in strands, but it's okay to be muddled here as well, the magic comes later.
5 - Over the line-art, draw thin strands by colour picking corresponding[ly] to the area you're [drawing] the strand in.
EXTRA: spelling mistakes lesgooo. Anyway, for this part, the strands shouldn't be too big (you can use a very generic brush for this really, I just use a flat one sometimes, and sometimes a round brush). The strands you add here give volume and depth to the hair. Add them in accordance with the flow of the hair, but don't be shy to go against the flow sometimes (stray hairs), and the most important part is to outside the hair shape from the sketch by a little bit.
6 - Add in even thinner strands over the line-art and use them for highlights. Side note: I increased the top and bottom saturation using the overlay layer.
EXTRA: same as the previous step, just use much thinner strands (sparingly) to add highlights, and for little stray hairs, going against the flow here is usually better to make the hair volume pop out more!
Experiment and have fun!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pb7gp4lz3cslvw4oha36b4fa/bafkreiarcduyjxciyj6twop7t53vjbqmnytrb6mpyj4cm6pvy7wsfmhkea@jpeg)
July 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Hair tips! (with Otti!) Just some brief pointers on how I usually do hair
Included in the alt text are some extra comments I couldn't fit into the image, so take a look there!
Included in the alt text are some extra comments I couldn't fit into the image, so take a look there!
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five years since socialist teeth
five year anniversary of SOCIALIST TEETH is coming up, we should bring it back lol
June 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
five years since socialist teeth
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🛑 Reminder! - Making attacks before the event officially begins on the 1st of July is prohibited and may result in your account being suspended from the current event or future events!
June 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🛑 Reminder! - Making attacks before the event officially begins on the 1st of July is prohibited and may result in your account being suspended from the current event or future events!
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Grabbing Clip Studio is just a good thing to have, and this price is berserk. It's also 60% off the fancier version which has a bunch of comic stuff in.
June 21, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Grabbing Clip Studio is just a good thing to have, and this price is berserk. It's also 60% off the fancier version which has a bunch of comic stuff in.
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After working in Photoshop for 29 years & coloring over 20,000 comics pages in PS, I switched to Clip Studio Paint on June 22nd, 2024. Since then, I've colored 685 pages in CSP (attached) & I'm happy to report it's a superior app.
Make the switch. Ditch Adobe.
#comics #colors #ClipStudioPaint
Make the switch. Ditch Adobe.
#comics #colors #ClipStudioPaint
June 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
After working in Photoshop for 29 years & coloring over 20,000 comics pages in PS, I switched to Clip Studio Paint on June 22nd, 2024. Since then, I've colored 685 pages in CSP (attached) & I'm happy to report it's a superior app.
Make the switch. Ditch Adobe.
#comics #colors #ClipStudioPaint
Make the switch. Ditch Adobe.
#comics #colors #ClipStudioPaint
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Open eugenics with just the barest, most pathetic tissue of lies across the top for pretence of civility.
Everyone fighting like hell for trans rights - we need to be fighting this too. They're all connected - and we're all we've got.
Everyone fighting like hell for trans rights - we need to be fighting this too. They're all connected - and we're all we've got.
I’ve been making my way through the Welfare Reform Bill and this paragraph on the gov.uk website is genuinely disgusting.
Receiving a decent disability benefits rate “encourages sickness”, does it? Funny, I thought it just enabled severely ill and disabled people to eat.
Receiving a decent disability benefits rate “encourages sickness”, does it? Funny, I thought it just enabled severely ill and disabled people to eat.
June 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Open eugenics with just the barest, most pathetic tissue of lies across the top for pretence of civility.
Everyone fighting like hell for trans rights - we need to be fighting this too. They're all connected - and we're all we've got.
Everyone fighting like hell for trans rights - we need to be fighting this too. They're all connected - and we're all we've got.
Quick doodle of William with Evan, cause I'm a big fan of huggies.
June 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Quick doodle of William with Evan, cause I'm a big fan of huggies.
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Posting this again because I’d like to encourage creators to please, PLEASE take control of your own destinies.
karlkerschl.com/how-i-built-...
karlkerschl.com/how-i-built-...
June 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Posting this again because I’d like to encourage creators to please, PLEASE take control of your own destinies.
karlkerschl.com/how-i-built-...
karlkerschl.com/how-i-built-...