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I'm not super interested in another corporate social media trap; i'm using it grudgingly for other people. You can find social options i actually enjoy at inkshark.net

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a lone crow and a crow's ghost facing one another on the roof of an ivy-covered mausoleum in a graveyard devoured by foliage

a lone crow and a crow's ghost facing one another on the roof of an ivy-covered mausoleum in a graveyard devoured by foliage

Day 19, Nature reclaiming architecture

The ghost was an accident while erasing. I think i'll come back to this one later and fix the perspective and fill in the foliage properly.

23.10.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just tap the link in the bio HERE: @etheringtonbros.bsky.social
#anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

22.10.2025 09:57 β€” πŸ‘ 390    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4
inktober drawing of melinoΓ« from Hades 2 and cerberus

inktober drawing of melinoΓ« from Hades 2 and cerberus

[inktober day 19] Pet Cerberus?

19.10.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1942    πŸ” 322    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2

Dear other artists who wake up to 72 likes on their art, squee comments, and me following them on every platform including some they didn't remember they were on

I'm told that is not normal.

However, my online love cannot be contained, i will click the heart button with my last dying twitches

23.10.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am more afraid of it than i should be for it not, like, existing. I love how its spooky skullface serves an evolutionary purpose

(Also its prey is so cute 😭)

23.10.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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swamp creatures
(for "The Crooked Moon")

05.05.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 204    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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fallen deer (for "The Crooked Moon")

22.05.2025 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1097    πŸ” 321    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
A delighted black bird swooping through the rain; he's exploring a spooky canyon with a mysterious green floor studded with black stones

A delighted black bird swooping through the rain; he's exploring a spooky canyon with a mysterious green floor studded with black stones

Day 21, Petrichor

#birbs like #blackbird #crow #corvid #cowbird #grackle look i referenced photos of all of those in this series, the only certainty is that they're for #OctoberArtPrompts #OctoberArt #OctoberArt2025 or whatever the right hashtag is

22.10.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A joyful cartoon crow wearing headphones and rocking out on top of a mossy, defunct boombox. The moss looks soft and pettable; the bird looks like it doesn't give a rat's ass that you're watching.

A joyful cartoon crow wearing headphones and rocking out on top of a mossy, defunct boombox. The moss looks soft and pettable; the bird looks like it doesn't give a rat's ass that you're watching.

Day 8, Organically Based Technology. I was too busy and exhausted to be clever, so instead we got Technology as a Base for Organic Stuff.

Close enough Β―\_(ツ)_/Β―

21.10.2025 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Illustration of a white skull partially obscured by colorful mushrooms and plants. Different fungi sprout from and around the skull, including red mushrooms with white spots, yellow fan-shaped mushrooms, gray cluster mushrooms, and orange bulbous mushrooms, with green and purple plants filling the background. A ribbon at the bottom of the skull reads β€œADMIT ONE.”

Illustration of a white skull partially obscured by colorful mushrooms and plants. Different fungi sprout from and around the skull, including red mushrooms with white spots, yellow fan-shaped mushrooms, gray cluster mushrooms, and orange bulbous mushrooms, with green and purple plants filling the background. A ribbon at the bottom of the skull reads β€œADMIT ONE.”

it's here, The Deadlands fundraiser πŸ’€

buy your very 2026 coin for the ferryman and help support us

we've got signed books, deadlands issues + psychopomp book bundles, and more coming soon!

please like + RT this to help spread the word

psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

behold!

06.10.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 149    πŸ” 120    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 27
a cluster of nervous black birds with googly eyes stare at the single colorless, translucent bird screaming silently in their midst

a cluster of nervous black birds with googly eyes stare at the single colorless, translucent bird screaming silently in their midst

Day 6, Ghosts.

I like this one enough i might come back and paint it better.

#birbs #crows #corvids #ghosts #SpookyArt #SpookySeason #OctoberArtPrompts

16.10.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A drawing of a black bird with a comical googly eye looking up at a more seriously painted rock formation in the shape of a bird

A drawing of a black bird with a comical googly eye looking up at a more seriously painted rock formation in the shape of a bird

Day 4, Rock Formations

(yes there are missing days, i'm only posting the ones i dislike on Patreon right now, in order to partially contain my shame)

05.10.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I posted it. (It deviated from your beautiful words because they were too sad for me to draw, haha, but it got me moving!)

bsky.app/profile/inks...

05.10.2025 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
a solemn, peaceful skeleton resting in a marsh, with two silly, google-eyed black birds standing on it

a solemn, peaceful skeleton resting in a marsh, with two silly, google-eyed black birds standing on it

This was Day 1, Crows

04.10.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Yours made me run off and start scribbling skeletons and birds πŸ–€Without this comment i wouldn't be doing an October art thing again, so thank you

04.10.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We actually have a WIP of that, i will try to dig it up later!

04.10.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have a parasocial relationship with this cat, i look at her more often than i look at celebrities who *don't* poop in a box

Let's help her owners keep their savings and still save their fluffy daughter🧑

28.09.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
drawing of a joyfully dancing skeleton in exuberant sunset colors, surrounded by sloppy drinks spilling into one another

drawing of a joyfully dancing skeleton in exuberant sunset colors, surrounded by sloppy drinks spilling into one another

I tried to mess with the lineart and i should have just left it as the template, this is now a very anatomically incorrect little buddy lol

17.09.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I am SO delighted they had me make these dancing anniversary skeletons β₯ I colored one in, i'll post it

17.09.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A pika sits on a mossy rock.

A pika sits on a mossy rock.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

28.08.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 43155    πŸ” 10733    πŸ’¬ 640    πŸ“Œ 445

I don't make blanket recommendations because everyone is different and i prefer to be correct when i say "you'll like this."

So if you enjoy prose that can make you taste and smell a place you've never been, and you are comforted rather than creeped by the supernatural? This book's for you

07.08.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Contains a fascinating interview with @joshrountree.bsky.social and there's a bonus spooky anecdote about the references i used for the cover art

07.08.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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hindsight forethought #comics #comic

14.07.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 153    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Maybe the coolest pfp that has ever posted about me, i want to feed it some popcorn!

30.07.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A new project launched on Comradery!

comradery.co/inkshark

30.07.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

if you love THE DEADLANDS in your heart (and in the heart of your heartbones)

please vote with your HEART for @thedeadlands.com:

best semiprozine

because! wow

we got nominated that is SO COOL

and a great big THANK YOU to everyone who has supported that little death zine...

23.07.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

big congrats @cbarzak.bsky.social !!

we are SO proud to see this novella nominated

shout out to @ecatherine.com @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social @melisfluous.bsky.social @clevercrow.bsky.social @feliciafm.bsky.social @inkshark.bsky.social for helping get our first Psychopomp title out into the world!

09.06.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GRATITUDE (no particular order) to:

Sean Markey @seanmarkey.bsky.social
E. Catherine Tobler @ecatherine.com
Sascha Stronach @understatesmen.bsky.social
Cory Skerry @inkshark.bsky.social
Felicia MartΓ­nez @feliciafm.bsky.social
Christine Scott @clevercrow.bsky.social

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05.06.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: The $2 Per Hour Workers Who Made ChatGPT Safer A TIME investigation reveals the difficult conditions faced by the workers who made ChatGPT possible

I'd like to remind you that the machine you blithely used to "save" volunteer hours is not only a theft machine that vomits lies, but it couldn't have been built without this nightmare:

time.com/6247678/open...

I look forward to your apology and complete do-over, thaaanks!

01.05.2025 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry, i can't just forget that birdsite was a revolting white supremacist troll festival that encouraged vitriolic exchanges to get more ad hits LONG before the muskrat gobbled it up.

My participation will be what you'd call "minimal."

11.08.2023 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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