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@brightworm.bsky.social
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🏳️‍⚧️they/he | 27 | artist whenever possible | mostly just getting by | AuDHD ✨🐛brightworm studio on Patreon
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brightworm.bsky.social
"I feel inside me/ my heart beating" 💖

(finally posting this here, whoops)

(((also no shade to bruce springsteen, but I am still so glad we got la vie en izzy 💖)))
#ofmd #ofmdfanart
July 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
brightworm.bsky.social
all the OFMD loveliness on here lately has reminded me that I haven't posted a lot of my art on bsky yet- here's one ⛈️☀️🌈
July 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
brightworm.bsky.social
I'd like to share an advancement I've made in the pursuit of an even more accessible 'lil guy dinner'

presenting: tavern fare

because who am I, if not a weary traveler in need of fuel on my adventure?
a photo of a black square plate, matte finish and wood grain texture, holding a roughly torn section of baguette, a hastily sectioned wedge of brie, and a whole apple. a pale hand holds the place over a white desk, and a desk mat made to look like those classic rugs for kids with roads and towns on them. a drawing tablet and various desk trinkets can be seen in the background.
June 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
brightworm.bsky.social
if you see this, post something pink 💖

how we doin, crew? #ofmd #gentlebeard
April 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
brightworm.bsky.social
for #TDOV, I want to share a page from an autobio comic I'm working on, depicting a very real moment of reflection in a recent bath.

I hope all my fellow trans/GNC folks can find a moment of peace today 🏳️‍⚧️🫧
a black and white comic page shaded with screen tones, showing the artist in a steam-filled bathroom, taking a bath, and admiring the bubbles in their hands, scars from gender-affirming top surgery also visible. In three boxes, the text reads, "Right now, my government is out there, doing everything they can to dehumanize trans people." "But here I am, in a bubble bath, playing with bubbles-" "...what could be more human than that?"
April 1, 2025 at 1:43 AM
brightworm.bsky.social
(2/2) here's the final comic, and a photo from the very next day, feeling a level of peace and joygreater than I'd been able to imagine - this is trans joy, this is why gender affirming care is lifesaving 🏳️‍⚧️💖
April 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
brightworm.bsky.social
for TDOV, please enjoy the daily comics I did leading up to top surgery last year🏳️‍⚧️💖

(1/2)
April 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
brightworm.bsky.social
I'm guessing I must've been added to a starter pack, because wowza there's a lot of new folks following little old me!
Hello! I'm Brighton, they/he, and I'm an artist- a little sporadically these days, but I'd like to think I can still supply some bangers once in a while- welcome!
March 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
brightworm.bsky.social
just finished 'They Called Us Enemy' by @georgetakei.bsky.social

we MUST learn from history-& also recognize that I've just tagged 'history' on bsky; it wasn't long ago, and yet, it's happening again right now, & it's up to us to stop it.

All, please go read this masterpiece.
Thank you, George 🌸🖖
A hand with a rainbow watch strap holding the graphic novel 'They Called Us Enemy' by George Takei.
March 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
brightworm.bsky.social
(gosh, these make me miss my sticker-sellin' days)

S1 Stede was such a shining beacon of hope for me in a particularly dark time; I'll never grow tired of this silly, courageous, wonderful man ✨🩵🌈🌊
March 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
brightworm.bsky.social
fiiiiiiish 💖
March 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
brightworm.bsky.social
A well deserved honor, congrats on the 10k!!🎉

I'm Brighton, a transmasc & autistic artist who's coming to terms with really not being built for client work, etc, so recently I've pivoted to more personal art & hopefully developing a graphic novel!

(also big love re: your recent comic, samesies❤️‍🩹)
February 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
brightworm.bsky.social
never stop drawing!! 🖌️🐛✨

2007 ➡️ 2025
a pencil drawing on printer paper of an "edgy"-lookin spiky haired anime boy in the foreground, with headphones around his neck and a yin-yang upper arm tattoo, and a girl standing in the background with the classic emo girl asymmetrical hair cut, all pulled over one eye, in a plaid skirt and converse clutching a book- truly the epitome of a 6th-grade masterpiece, ridden with pre-teen angst and not an anatomically correct feature in sight a digital painting (made to resemble mixed media- marker, watercolor, colored pencil, etc) portrait of a sly & sultry Astarion of BG3, with evidence of his last meal smeared on his mouth, the back of one hand/arm, and the knuckles of the other. My favorite and proudest piece in a long time. Structurally, texturally, compositionally, etc- it's nice when I make something that reminds me I do have plenty to show for all my years of hard work.
January 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
brightworm.bsky.social
my #ComicsDNA !!

I believe I truly do have comics in my DNA, as my dad has shared his passion for the medium from the start; "Bone" served as our most cherished bedtime story (he does great voices), and his copy of @scottmccloud.bsky.social 's classic has become an often-read treasure & guide 💖
the cover of the collected edition of Jeff's Smith's "BONE" the original cover of Scott McCloud's "Understanding Comics" The cover of "It's A Magical World - A Calvin and Hobbes Collection by Bill Waterson" the cover of Alison Bechdel's "Fun Home"
January 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
brightworm.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
brightworm.bsky.social
learning to play again, ft. astarion & something like a camera flash ✨
a screenshot of the artist's Clip Studio Paint interface as they're working on a facing-forward, shoulders up portrait of Astarion from BG3, digitlally painted and rendered in a way that mimics the look of a photo taken at night with the camera flash on, his red eyes lit up with whited-out pupils, with the highest points of light leaning pink, and the darkest values taking a green/blue hue, fading into black. The look on his face is dangerous, making eye contact with the viewer, lips curled into a smirk that does not reach his eyes.
January 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
brightworm.bsky.social
QRT with your art from 10 or 20 years ago!

here's my 2015 vs 2025✨

(what can I say, I like
'em with white hair, pointy ears, and fruity as the day is long)
January 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
brightworm.bsky.social
lol a closeup and a phone wallpaper crop, as a treat🩸✨
detail shot in the form of a screenshot within the program Clip Studio Paint a crop designed to be a phone wallpaper, zoomed in on Astarion's smirking face
January 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
brightworm.bsky.social
tfw you're not sure if he's lookin' at you like a ✨snack✨, or a 🩸snack🩸

this was ridiculously fun, I'm so pleased with all the textures!! close-ups in replies ^^
a digital artwork depicting Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3, in a pose as if resting a forearm on a table, and the other elbow also resting on the table, hand cradling his face. He has a dark shirt with laces across the low neckline, and blood smeared on the corner of his mouth, the back of his hand, forearm, and knuckles. He's looking slyly and perhaps sultrily to the side, possibly eyeing a (literal or figurative) snack. The piece is made to resemble a mixed media traditional artwork, mimicking the textures of watercolor painting and colored pencil. Around Astarion's head is a collection of sketchy, pencil-textured doodles of sparkles, and behind his head is a slightly faded but golden image of the scars on his back, serving as a bit of an iconographic halo.
January 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
brightworm.bsky.social
he's coming along ^^

light & shadows next!
January 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
brightworm.bsky.social
started this #Astarion sketch yesterday at a coffee shop ✨
an ipad propped up on a table, with a keyboard off to the left side; screen is split, about 1/4 of the screen showing a Baldur's Gate 3 screenshot of the character Astarion on pinterest for reference, and the other 3/4 of the screen showing the art program Clip Studio Paint, and the sketch done from the reference, which in comparison is more stylized, the pose more relaxed and natural, and a bit sassier too.
January 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
brightworm.bsky.social
finally some proper character art for my boy Cyprian, half-triton trickster cleric of Besmara, the Pirate Queen 🏴‍☠️🌊🐟 💙

inspired by cuttlefish, he's bioluminescent, and can somewhat change his colors & patterns, usually for intimidation

I just think he's neat ^^

#OCsky #ttrpg #characterart
January 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
brightworm.bsky.social
proudly presenting: a WIP of Cyp!

(Cyprian "Longshadow" Fogg, my half-triton trickster cleric of the goddess Besmara, the Pirate Queen🏴‍☠️💚🩵❤️)

#ttrpg #ocsky #dnd

(yes he's inspired by kim hongjoong of ateez, shhhh)
January 4, 2025 at 7:03 AM
brightworm.bsky.social
(I forgot my iPod in the previous post, so I just HAD to put the photos side by side)

This is your sign: in 2025, tune into whatever the fuck your brain decides is a dopamine & serotonin factory, and RUN WITH IT! EMBRACE IT!

If you're scared of seeming "cringe", pity the cringers!! You are FREE!!
January 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
brightworm.bsky.social
Oh sorry I forgot to get out my iPod

(I cannot and will not be stopped)
January 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM