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cryoflower
@cryoflower.bsky.social
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comic artist and illustrator with too many hobbies

webcomic: ashinthewindcomic.com
webtoon mirror: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/ash-in-the-wind/list?title_no=541046
patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cryoflower

Comic Tag: #aitwcomic
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cryoflower @cryoflower.bsky.social · Oct 11
Ash in the Wind is now a member of SpiderForest collective!

That means from now on, you can read new pages every Thursday on its own website! It will always be at least one week ahead of mirrors (except for patreon 😉)

Check it out!

ashinthewindcomic.com
Neil and Lex, the main characters of my webcomic Ash in the Wind, are in a dark forest alarmed by a large purple spider dropping down on them. The spider is SpiderFriend, the mascot of SpiderForest collective!
cryoflower.bsky.social
The frieren head redraw meme is so funny bc thay face angle is my MORTAL ENEMY. I have spent YEARS trying to master it while cursing and drawing a million diagrams and construction lines and it still looks bad or I end up tweaking it to be less extreme. It is my white whale, my final boss
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
cryoflower.bsky.social
Autumn and Spring 🍂🌼

#aitwcomic
an illustration that is a cover for "ash in the wind" by cryoflower. it shows one of my main characters, Neil, looking back at the camera while he faces a tree with a giant eye shape on it while other trees with eyes stare at him in the background. the color palette has a lot of oranges for a fall aesthetic. a similar composition to the previous but it's my other main character, Alexis, looking back as she stands in a valley full of blue flowers as she's framed by clouds and mountains in the distance. The color palette is mostly made up of blues.
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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aworkersignited.bsky.social
Calling all creatives, that means YOU! Want to join in on spreading the word about the @sbworkersunited.org strike? Join our #SBisaRealShark DTIYS project, use the template and post on your page to show your support for the workers on strike.
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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caseyexplosion.bsky.social
Why am I so against generative AI in games?

Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
cryoflower.bsky.social
Yikes, I'm about to sleep but when I get up tomorrow morning I'll have to see if anything like this has happened w AitW since they have promoted it a few times in the past. I don't think I'll delete my comic from there yet but I'll hold off on updating there for the time being.
tenacity-comic.bsky.social Paige Critchlow @tenacity-comic.bsky.social · 29d
Hey, so I'm probably pulling TENACITY off Globalcomix.

Globalcomix made a promotional Youtube video for TENACITY using ChatGPT to write their script for it. I did NOT give my consent to them for this and asked for the video to be taken down(which they did).

Details below ⏬️
#globalcomix #comic
Screenshot from the creator chat channel of the Globalcomix discord server. (1) Screenshot from the creator chat channel of the Globalcomix discord server. (2)
November 15, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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cryoflower.bsky.social
Another new cover/splash page! This time one of Lex to go along with the one of Neil at the start of the chapter!

#spiderforest #aitwcomic
An illustrated cover for a comic called Ash in the Wind, by cryoflower. The main character, Alexis, is standing in the center of the composition, facing away but glancing back at the camera with a sly smile. She is standing in a falley filled with blue and purple wildflowers with a large mountain range in the background.
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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stephencollins.bsky.social
Every ad now
[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.] JANET: Ugh... LIZ: What's up? JANET: I am so bored of cooking peas! LIZ: Have you tried... AI peas? JANET: AI peas? LIZ: They're peas with AI! [Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI]. LIZ: Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas JANET: What LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines] Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas? [Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it] LIZ: Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine [Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas] LIZ: With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas! JANET: What LIZ: Shut up LIZ: Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow From opening the bag of peas to boiling the peas to eating the peas To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means. JANET: Is it really necessary to- LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]: THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET [Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan: AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas. [Ends]
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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sulkybender.bsky.social
i dont want to be in a fandom that critisizes the choices of fictional characters like they are human beings. i want to see THEORY and ANALYSIS and STORY STRUCTURE and CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT!! I WANT PARALLELS AND MOTIFS AND VISUAL CUES!!! They're not REAL they are TOOLS so stop acting like they are people who made bad choices and should be punished. of course they made bad choices!!! that shit is funny and cool to watch!!
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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lauraillustrates.bsky.social
I designed an otter blanket! Up for presale on my kofi this weekend. 🦦
Photograph of a woven blanket on a clothesline that features cute otters swimming among kelp and fish. There is a cute decorative border on the sides of the blanket that have seaweed, shells, urchins and fish.
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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fossilforager.bsky.social
please check out my new isopod stickers :)
A photo of a vibrant orange illustrated sticker sheet featuring colorful isopods doing isopod things (eating a piece of fruit, hiding under a leaf, resting on top of a leaf, crawling around). To the right of the sticker sheet are some of the isopod stickers stuck onto a white sheet.
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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bel-by-the-sea.bsky.social
oc / bee posting
#Phototaxis
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 AM
cryoflower.bsky.social
Another new cover/splash page! This time one of Lex to go along with the one of Neil at the start of the chapter!

#spiderforest #aitwcomic
An illustrated cover for a comic called Ash in the Wind, by cryoflower. The main character, Alexis, is standing in the center of the composition, facing away but glancing back at the camera with a sly smile. She is standing in a falley filled with blue and purple wildflowers with a large mountain range in the background.
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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cryoflower.bsky.social
Happy Halloween, friends! Have a pic of Neil and Lex ghost hunting 👻

#aitwcomic
an illustration of Neil and Alexis, from my webcomic, ash in the wind, ghost hunting in a decrepit old building. They are dressed similarly to Ryan and Shane from Ghost Files.
October 31, 2025 at 12:23 AM
cryoflower.bsky.social
o shit acnh update??? i've been working on an aitw themed island for a while so i'm glad it might not be completely obsolete and irrelevant anymore 😂
October 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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missmisery8.bsky.social
EARTHSHINE SEASON 3 HAS LAUNCHED!!! 🥳🎉🙌

You can read the first two episodes of the season on Webtoon and Tapas!

So happy to be posting Earthshine again after a year and a half! 🥹

#comics #indiecomics
October 31, 2025 at 12:43 AM
cryoflower.bsky.social
Happy Halloween, friends! Have a pic of Neil and Lex ghost hunting 👻

#aitwcomic
an illustration of Neil and Alexis, from my webcomic, ash in the wind, ghost hunting in a decrepit old building. They are dressed similarly to Ryan and Shane from Ghost Files.
October 31, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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menotti.bsky.social
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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nambroth.bsky.social
Are you in North America, and want to try growing native plants in your garden, yard, public park, community space, or in containers on a balcony / porch? I've made a beginner's guide! It's long but I wanted to share all the info I have. Please consider trying.
featherdust.com/growing-nati...
Growing native plants
Growing native plants and making your outdoor spaces more biodiverse: A beginner’s guide A grouping of native plants in the author’s garden, with a great spangled fritillary butterfly perched atop an ...
featherdust.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
cryoflower.bsky.social
i've really been sleeping on capsule. was a fan of super scooter happy when i was a teen bc of the "kawaii" vibes but their music spans so many more genres than that and is a lot more experimental than i thought!
October 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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gofrankgo.bsky.social
Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
Grandpa Simpson yelling at a cloud
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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etheringtonbros.bsky.social
Our feature artist/tutorial for today is this WONDERFUL & ESSENTIAL page on the placement of BODY FAT on figures by the talented @marinscos! REAL BODY SHAPE VARIETY is a part of what makes us all beautiful, and that should be reflected in our art. I LOVE this. #ART #anime #ARTIST
October 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
cryoflower.bsky.social
idk what it is about riso that makes it my ideal medium for exploring more adult/disturbing/mental illness art... i think it's just the inherent limited palette and offset/imperfect vibe that make it well suited for that subject matter haha
October 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
cryoflower.bsky.social
this looks cute and i've love to give it a try as a little drawing warm-up! if you're a friend, drop your oc refs and I'll draw lex wearing it! not gonna do fcfs, will just pick my faves haha
a blank meme template with the prompt "draw your oc in your friends' oc outfit"
October 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
cryoflower.bsky.social
ok one piece of career advice i hear a lot that i swear cannot be true is when people are like "apply anyway! it never hurts" to positions you're not qualified for. i always worried it just makes it look like you're desperate and incapable of reading directions? 😵😵😵
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu." Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."
October 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM