Emory Kjelsberg, Real Human Artist

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Spin!

Another piece for my color wheel series
Enjoy!

The digital illustration shows an elderly man. He is holding a book in his right hand and a bright green ball in his left. The man is elderly, has a beard, and four horns growing out of his head. He wears a dark robe, and thorns and leaves hang from his shoulders like a collar. Behind the man are bookshelves

The Stranger

commissioned by @irishbug.bsky.social
#art #commission #fantasy

Murderous Man at Arms for Turnip28: by Márton Kapoli

Painted picture of a medieval drum, with drumsticks. Little horsemen are painted on the surface of the drum in a children's book style, riding parade horses.

Painted picture of a flute. The flute looks also like a jousting lance, with a flared base and a banner attached to it.

Painted picture of a lute. The lute has tower paintings and designs on its body, and it sports colorful blue/teal painted elements.

Painted picture of a violin. The pegbox and scroll of the violin create the shape of a horse, and the F holes are in the shape of horseshoes.

Drumroll.. 🥁 It's new art!
More work for D&D Heroes of the Borderlands!

AD : Kate Irwin

Code was also a vibey little bop that I passively enjoyed, but then found out from a friend that it's a total love letter to a banger sci fi novel called Neuromancer. I love how much research goes into a clipping album

Mirrorshades was so fun; didn't expect that in the mix but it still fit the album real well.
polaroids REALLY got me on the second listen.
I loved Welcome Home Warrior. It unnerved me a bit; I now think a lot about ttrpgs and escapist fantasy and how it relates to, ya know, everything.

I've been so obsessed with this album it is not even funnyyyyy

The upcoming proposed rules surrounding NSFW art are bad and the Bsky mod team should feel bad.

Fellow artists: Remember that even if you don't make NSFW art, rules like these eventually come back to bite us all, especially if we make works about queerness.

Business expenses can be cute and fun, actually.

if you see this, post a Knight!

how about two knights?

Always and gladly!

🩵 QRP with something watery 🩵

More oily than watery, but it is a beach. This is a weird old one from Regalia for the Wretched.

A person in the foreground stares at a couple in the back, caressing each other

George stopped. Two men stood close, holding each other in plain view. No fear. No shame. The sight warmed him, and it stung. He had spent years hiding, never daring to show what he felt. His whole life he kept that part of himself locked away... #egorodriguez #queerart

Visa and Mastercard reportedly coming for FAIRIES and CAT EARS

Get on the phone and ask them wtf is up because this even made me double take
bsky.app/profile/dark...

I simply cannot stress it enough.

You cannot sit this out.

They are coming for EVERYTHING. No media, no creators are safe under these policies. They want us poor, they want us criminalized, they want us disenfranchised.

Call paypros. Call your reps. Do SOMETHING.

Oh, hey.

Visa and Mastercard now say you can't pay for WoW. Magic the Gathering. FFXIV. DnD. Lord of the Rings. Because they're all "adult" content against their ToS just for being "fantasy".

Let that sink in.

Spread this like wildfire and have people in those circles call them. No quarter.

MtG: Yera and Oski, Weaver and Guide
Through the Omenpaths
AD: Sam Padilla
(c) Wizards of the Coast 2025

maybe one of my favourite card illustrations so far of mine. (Now, if only we could have a print version 😅)
#art #juliametzgerart

A minotaur with a sword sunk in his chest and several cuts on his body, but from each cut flowers and flower petals flow instead of blood. His face looks sad and pleading, and he raises a hand as if to fend off an attacker.

A king and his knight steal a quiet moment away together in a hidden alcove. The king leans in for a kiss and the knight subtly draws him close. The yearning is palpable, haha.

Medusa stands proud and regal atop the stone statues of many soldiers that she's petrified.

A sad selkie woman floats below the water, tenderly embracing one of the seals that swim around her.

Hello BlueSky! :) My name is Julie Dillon,and I'm a freelance fantasy artist living in Portland, OR. I like making character focused illustrations that touch on mythological and fantasy themes.
Instagram: @juliedillonart
website: www.juliedillonart.com
email: jdillon82@gmail.com

I am sorry but now more than ever I need the help.

gofund.me/18405ce8

Hot damn, I always loved the art for Party Thrasher! Your stuff is fantastic!

APPLICATIONS OPEN SEPT 5-8: we’re looking for up to 40 artists for “Villainess,” an artbook run by Dames Prod [ @damesprod.bsky.social ] and Nova&Mali, filled to the brim with hot evil ladies. If you’re interested in creating a digital illustration and/or merch, please fill out the application!

They can’t let me keep painting —

A video on the hate campaign against Ms. Rachel for being pro-Palestinian children, but really a video about right-wing attacks on children's early education, but really a video about the importance of emotional literacy. Fantastic watch

After 2 years, I'm finally releasing My Father Was a Good Man digitally! This queer horror story follows the journey of a girl who hunts down the wolf that killed her father, but learns things aren't always as they seem.

Reposts appreciated❤️, but it at the link below🔗⬇️

Absolutely banger comic; really excited to get some mileage outta this panel -

Stanhill, Lancashire, 1764. Wear and carpenter James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny, the first practical spinning-frame, to make the tedious task of producing cloth a little bit faster. He doesn't know it yet, but this will destroy the world. Spurred by inventions like his, the industrial revolution will transform everything -- work power, the wealth of nations. Society as we know it began here, and it wasn't great for everyone. But a group of weavers and textile workers saw this future coming. And did their best to prevent it.

"Curse you spinning jenny, you ruined everything!" The standard narrative does that LUDDITES were foolish lunatics who, in fear of technology, decided progress was bad, and started hitting it with sticks. But the truth is entire ways of life were being destroyed. Previously, skilled craftsmen were respected for the time and effort it took to do their work. The entire family usit would form a cottage industry - creating something valuable, and command a decent living. But when a machine can work 10 times faster its owner can charge less for the prodcts- craftsmen couldn't compete and were left out of work almost overnight. And as factories became a fixture of the british landscape, these now unemployed labourers often ended up working the factories that had just destroyed their way of life. Britain was the most prosperous nation in history, factory owners became extremely wealthy and influential. But the people doing the actual work saw almost none of it.

Factory work paid little, since "the machines" did "the real work" human labourers were deemed unimportant and replaceable. FUN FACT!: Factory owners preferred to hire ORPHANS since less people would notice if they were maimed or killed on the job! Now the owners quickly realized the workers might notice they did all the work for almost no pay. If they went on STRIKE or ARGUED FOR HGHER WAGES, this would threaten their tremendous wealth. In 1799, Parliament passed the Combination Act, which made FORMING TRADE UNIONS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, AND GOING ON STRIKE ILLEGAL. Organizing against the rich became a crime.

If you were living through it, opposing the industrial revolution wasn't techno-phobia. It was SELF-DEFENSE. The combination act forced unions underground into secret societies. And the greatest secret of all was their leader - Ned Ludd. Ned had been a folk character for years. In one version after being whipped by his master, he smashed two knitting frames in a rage. In more fanciful versions, he then escaped to the Sherwood forest, here he lived among the animals as their king. Some versions specifically call him 'Much Better Than Robin Hood'.

Happy Labor Day!

Today we're bringing you The First Union, as told by HBomberguy (@hbomberguy.bsky.social) and illustrated by Skutch (@skutchdraws.bsky.social) It's the dawn of the industrial revolution, and of the way many of us work...

Have you ever heard of the term "Luddite" from an elder?

"[James] Cameron is on the board of directors at Stability AI, and is therefore among a group of (generally very wealthy) people who think that using generative AI to replace jobs and depress wages further is the key to saving the mainstream film industry."

A two story building, painted off-white with navy blue trim stands to the left of a one-story stucco-covered shop that once appeared to have been a convenience store and deli, but is now directing patrons to the "Surf Hut" Surfing Supplies and rental store next door. AT the front door of the two-story a wizard, happy and waving appears to in high spirits for his surf-shop. A couple of palm trees frame the taller building, as well as a large leafed plant. There's an ice machine in front of the one-story building and next to it is a drinks vending machine advertising "WIZ COLA" and the machine is filled with various bottles, drinks, and elixirs. To the right of the machine is a trash can and next to that is a board with information about the beach down below the berm that makes up this shop's location. To the right of the board is a souple of signs indicating that swimming is permittable at the beach far below. A handful of beach umbrellas can be seen far below. The water is blue and welcoming with waves rolling into shore. Behind the Buildings is a parking lot which currently holds a small yellow car and an older looking camper van from which two bikini-clad witches had hopped onto their brooms. The first witch holds her broom parallel to her body, gently lifting off in her pink and periwinkle swim attire, her matching sandals and hat are stark against the billowing clouds in the sky. The second witch has a surfboard (a rather small one) tucker under her right arm. She appears to have landed on her broom, ready to zoom down to the water.

Thinking about my Wizard Hut again

A shot of Emory’s bedroom wall, which has been painted with white and blue and pick clouds, and an elegant handpainted tree leaning to the left.

No more apartment means I get to do THIS —

Policeman removing a “No King! No Tyranny!” sign in Lexington Center -