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Stephanie Cost
@perstephane.bsky.social
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I’m an artist and art director with a passion for color, nature, Tarot and the fantasy genre.

https://www.stephaniecost.com/

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Stephanie Cost @perstephane.bsky.social · Oct 23
Indanthrone

This pigment started appearing in artist palettes in the 1950s, and was created to imitate indigo. It’s often used to paint the night sky.

I started this piece before the pandemic, and it’s been with me as a WIP through burnout, broken computers and depression. It compelled me though.
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rj-palmer.com
lmao even the machine doesnt consider AI images to be art
twitter screenshot of idiot asking grok if art can be made by non people to which it firmly shuts his ass down saying AI images are merely a simulation of art.
November 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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thelowestpickle.bsky.social
hello #Portfolioday!

✧ i’m Pickle, illustrative artist & character designer in the United States - talents include drawing jewelry, cloth & beautiful people ✧

✧ i’m open for work in 2026 ✧
email 🌌 [email protected]
✧ follow me ✧
vgen 🧚 TheLowestPickle (@TheLowestPickle) | VGen
October 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
perstephane.bsky.social
I'm tabling at Geek Girl Con this weekend in Seattle, if anyone's planning to go! I'm making some Tarot gift bundles. Everything needs ribbon.
A little present made of a tarot altar cloth and gold ribbon
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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fenrisgames.com
Hate doing this, because everyone is skint, but Oz is the only important thing in my life and I'm too broke to cover his additional surgery. If you'd like to help, please use OZVET20 at checkout on fenrisgames.com/shop for a nice discount or ko-fi.com/fenrisgames if you don't need toys.
Thankyou 💔
me in a red tee (white guy with mohawk, dreads and tattoos) cuddling Oz (black, breindle & white husky-staffie cross sitting on wooden table, leaning against me).
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
perstephane.bsky.social
(Paid Work)

I'm looking for artists that:

1) Are open for a commission this month
2) Work traditionally
3) Specialize in portraits and likeness

Drop me your portfolio here if that's you! 🩷
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
perstephane.bsky.social
Helll yesssssss still one of my favorites!
karrahe.bsky.social KarrahE @karrahe.bsky.social · 10d
Some spooky art for the day! Nine of Swords (corrupted!)
Painterly tarot card. A beautiful veiled vampire lies in her coffin. One eye is open, glowing red, and looks piercingly at the viewer. Her crossed arms rest over her chest, fingers elegantly curled as if in casting a spell. Nine swords aim from behind her coffin towards the viewer.
November 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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birdsbyalex.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #thinking. A pensive moment for this Rufous-tailed Hummingbird.

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography
A vibrant hummingbird perched on a branch, showing shimmering green and turquoise feathers with orange tail highlights. Photographed in Arenal, Costa Rica.
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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erionmakuo.bsky.social
Delilah Briarwood for Critical Role and Everything Dice. She's on the box for the new dice set!

AD: Luke Ge & Yves Eyang
October 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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kevinmonahanphoto.bsky.social
"Prismatic Wolf"

Here is another all time favorite image of mine. This was one of those right place at the right time moments. I hope to return to Yellowstone soon and experience more magic like this! More wolves please 🐺

#yellowstonenationalpark #wildlife #photography #wolves #relistwolves
A wolf walking across bacterial beds in Yellowstone National Park
January 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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gregpak.net
One of the most TRUE signs I have ever seen at a march. Write this down and act upon it, friends.

#NoKings #Manhattan
Hand drawn sign reads ACTION ABSORBS ANXIETY
October 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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jonathan.eylerwerve.com
It's big Trump protest day so that means we are mere hours away from my least favorite Bluesky: the Russian disinfo surge.

Here's how it works, and what you can do about it. 🧵
October 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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gamerstavernshow.com
Also remember there is no algorithm here. Your quote-posts to dunk on them are helping them out when they can't game the system like they do on other platforms. Don't make their jobs easier for them. Just block and move on.
sonicmega.bsky.social Sean Chiplock 🟡 🔜 AX Chibi (Los Angeles, CA) @sonicmega.bsky.social · 23d
Remember:

- they DO NOT CARE about your arguments/rebuttals

- they DO NOT CARE about your dunks

- the person running the accounts was specifically hired to drive engagement BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY; it’s the algorithm they’re catering to

This is a game, and to them you are data to be manipulated.
October 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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emilylorange.bsky.social
Reposting my hooded crow from this time last year because I love his little fall vibes.

(Ref photo by Akbar Nemati)
🦢🐡 #art #birds
a digital painting of a hooded crow. the bird is centered in the image, with most of his body facing forward to the viewer, and his head in profile so that his bill is pointing to the left. he is mostly white with a black head and spots on his wings and tail, but the artist has included flourishes of aqua and blue in his feathers. he is surrounded by yellow and orange leaves that become more and more abstract as they fall to the background. a few blades of green grass cut the front from the left corner.
October 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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carlydraws.bsky.social
more spooky birds for spooky season

#art
spooky crow with blooddrops
October 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
perstephane.bsky.social
"Oh, Lord, I feel the reveling
I feel a change on the rise."

Tyranny the demon, from Critical Role's new campaign. She's only dimmed a few times this week. 🩷

#criticalrole
A pink demon lady in a big teal ruffle dress. This is what's In now, I don't make the rules.
October 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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froggygoon.bsky.social
Did Laura Bailey’s acting skills already make me cry during the first episode of @criticalrole.bsky.social campaign 4? Well yes. what an incredible start to this new story!!!🧵🪡🤎

#criticalrole #criticalrolefanart #laurabailey #illustration #criticalrolecampaign4 #dnd #fantasyillustration
October 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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xavierck.com
If you've ever seen these photos online, you may be interested to know I took them about 15 years ago

You may also be interested to know that I did a 3D scan of this exact same Asaro Planes of the Head model, and you can get that scan here for zero moneys:

drive.google.com/file/d/1_W-2...
Several images of a John Asaro Planes of the Head model from the 1970s. It sits on an off-white background under soft natural light.
May 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
perstephane.bsky.social
I have a brand new website!

It feels insane to promote anything right now, because the world is terrible, but I'm hoping to send free artsy phone wallpapers to my newsletter.

Please check out the site, and let me know if you like newsletters. Or show me a picture of your pet. Or both!
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September 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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nikkidawes.bsky.social
Something I had rolling around in my head since the KIM chats last December that I just now got around to doing. #warframefanart #tennocreate #warframe
A fake TTRPG player's handbook cover based on Fables & Frontiers mentioned in Warframe. It features all of the Hex as fantasy class versions of themselves. Amir is a rogue dual wielding daggers. Quincy is a Ranger with a longbow and Kalymos as his loyal pet. Aoi is a bard playing a lute. Arthur is a paladin in plate armor. Eleanor is a warlock wielding dark magics. Lettie is a cleric who lifts her whip aloft as it glows with holy magic. Corrupted vines twist in front of the group. Albrect Entrati looms large in the back with Entrati themed armor.
September 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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kellymckernan.bsky.social
Here’s some neat moths to help take the edge off.
September 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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fabraz.bsky.social
Talking of (bob)cats, my good friend and teammate's cat Sage has been going through hell lately.

The family opened up a GoFundMe page because they need help paying the mountainous vet bills. It would mean the world to me if you could help them out!

gofund.me/0c7f1019
Picture of the GoFundMe campaign linked above.
September 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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katmabu.bsky.social
Ditto.
A little collie with a black-and-brown face and white-and-black body sits in her human’s arms with a sign reading, “I BITE FASCISTS”
September 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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emiebie.bsky.social
💫 ”Where the Shooting Stars Go”

#art #painting #acrylicpainting #sketchbook #illustration #paint #artist
August 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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babeandoak.bsky.social
Dark fossil colour-way of the repeat pattern I designed for author @carterkeane.bsky.social

as part of the rollout for her upcoming debut horror novella “MORSEL” (Tor Nightfire 2026) 🎨
Swatch card of my cicada ohio themed repeat pattern for horror author Carter Keane. White rectangle swatch card with the text "Babe&Oak cicada repeat pattern for author Carter Keane" with my arch stamp at the bottom right. Inside the swatch card is part of the pattern. The swatch card sits on top of a finer scale print of the pattern as a background. The whole thing is in dark fossil colour way of grey purple and and muted light warm grey. Plot description for the horror novella MORSEL by Carter Keane for Tor Nightfire on top of the repeat cicada pattern in the dark fossil colour way. Text reads “The Blair Witch Project meets The Ritual, with a generous helping of The Menu, in Morsel, a delicious folk horror novella perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher, Cassandra Khaw, and Paul Tremblay. Lou did what the children of parents with back breaking, poor paying jobs are supposed to do; pulled up her bootstraps, went to college, and got an office job with coworkers who won'trstop talking about their multi-level marketing scheme disguised as self-betterment Determined to lift her ill mother out of poverty before it's too late, and in the spirit of climbing the corporate ladder, Lou accepts an assignment in the rural hills of Ohio. She quickly finds herself stranded in the middle of nowhere with ra sabotaged truck, a dog she's determined to keep safe, and something stalking her through the ancient Appalachian woods. If she can't escape the woods in time, she's going to find out that her job isn't the only thing that wants to eat her alive. Morsel is a chilling testament to the burden of generational poverty and the all-consuming nature of capitalism, where® the monster and the monstrous, in the end, are not the same. Out April 2026!” Cover of the horror novella MORSEL by Carter Keane for Tor Nightfire with annotations of story element highlights on top of the repeat cicada pattern I created in the dark fossil colour way
August 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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whatrobindoes.bsky.social
I am so so excited to announce @dmconfidential.bsky.social's first adventure, available to ALL paid Patreon subscribers. Just this once. 💕11 pages of adventure that fits into any setting, perfect for fans of haunted forests!

www.patreon.com/DMConfidential

Header art by @perstephane.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM