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Hi I'm a dinosaur. I'm 31 years old and a CO based artist and award winning author. He/Him. πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ Links: http://cometkins.carrd.co https://cometkins.com
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where are my invertebrate lovers? πŸ›πŸžπŸœπŸ¦‚ #bugsky #bug #invertebrates #entomology #art

The Right’s inability to create meaningful media, to be funny or as corny as it sounds, create joy, is a weakness us creatives can actually fight against. Not all our skills are flashy in the moment but to go writer/artist hermit mode and spread progressive stories and representation, we got that.

An announcement: Pray For Him and β€œAnd The Mountains Melt Like Wax” are leaving KU and going wide. I put together some info on why I made this decision, what this means for readers, and one final sale on AMZ! (1/2)

Walk with lanterns https://www.wikiart.org/en/ilya-repin/walk-with-lanterns-1879

Here we'll do this with a DnD OC that none of you know anything about. Her name is Fiona

5 DAYS until VESSEL OF WOVEN NIGHT πŸŒ™

Impermanence

Moonlit night at park https://www.wikiart.org/en/isaac-levitan/moonlit-night-at-park-1885

Using this to call out every Bringing Forth Belial character. Asdfghjkl Alena and Belial are probably a little too false righteous at times. SAFFRON AND LUCIFER ARE CO-DEPENDENT Jaxon is the type to sell you to Satan for one corn chip. Lily slaps people with her little paws. πŸ˜”

Mireia can be a real asshole at times, even a bit abusive, though she gets better. Kena has a problem of entitlement, particularly when it comes to romantic relationships. He too gets better. Idk they're both pretty wholesome kids, just got some human flaws to work on. #writers #writingcommunity

Levy: innocent but judgmental will drop someone based on one lie Liora: mean lesbian Beau: hates her mother Chuck: too optimistic and gullible Michael: vain af Keegan: grumpy and somewhat lazy

Yasira constantly, kind of condescendingly dismisses her girlfriend's caring behavior as shallow goodness or people-pleasing. When, as will be clear to anybody who's read the sequels, Tiv *actually is* that good a person and wholeheartedly means it all.

Orion has a bad habit of being patronizing and making decisions for other people, including partners. He's cut off relationships because he thought it "wasn't in the best interest" of the other person, when said person was a full ass adult capable of making that choice on their own.

Nef is a cannibal shrugs, survival has no morals tbqh

Kolton infantalizes Nines Nines parentifies Kolton Both refuse to talk about shit and instead go Cold War during disagreements Elijah perpetuates antiquated Luminary standards, just sotto voce + will do quite a lot to bring about his desires regardless of other people's full agency, just sotto voce

Everything. And puritans can eat shit. πŸ–•

#WritingPrompt Hook will hook-up (no pun intended) with women then ghost them. What's more, she'll do it in the confirmed space of a pirate ship! πŸ˜… Gwen murders people. Pretty indiscriminately.

(looks at A and Sera) (looks at actor who got canceled for his poorly-disclosed cannibalism kink) (looks at B and Trella) Trella: Well she (points at Sera) isn't really human so can it REALLY be cannibalism?

Hahaha this might be the easiest one yet. I mean

Finja's worst trait is that she is too trusting of awful people and gets caught in the net... Mostly because she doesn't really know who her friends are. Or does she? In a later story she casually waves away every notion of her friends being truly awful people. But that story plays 265 years later

I've mentioned before that Danya can be kind of Toxically Masculine sometimes and it doesn't always come out the best. Ilya is extremely prone to freezing in any situation. Both of them are extremely stubborn and can get stuck and argue in circles sometimes

Tobias is misogynistic Ahmani is just plain bigoted Daciana is a serial killer Stelian makes dumb choices ruled by his pants Valeias has a side hobby of blackmailing. What about it?

at some point you realize most of the "using references is cheating, using models is cheating, using program tools is cheating, photobashing is cheat" propaganda comes from insecure people who have made skill ubiquitous with suffering. and without it, they find little worth in the work they make.

We're cancelling characters today. What do your MC(s) do that makes them problematic? #WritingPrompt

β€œNo amount of normalisation and β€˜validation’, however, can alter the fact that AI imagery looks like shit. But that, I want to argue, is its main draw to the right. If AI was capable of producing art that was formally competent, surprising, soulful, then they wouldn’t want it.”

πŸŒˆπŸ“š Keeping it Queer ✊ A PRIEST AND HIS ANGEL... πŸ“– Mercy by @cometkins.bsky.social Bookshop Affiliate Link bookshop.org/a/100590/978... Library: search.worldcat.org #queerbooks #lgbtqia #booksky #fantasy #romance

I can't stop thinking about her... #anglerfish

the home he hates

Character Design 🐟🦴 ✦ #art #commission #horror #fantasy

Oh hey! Emily with Emagine made Mercy candles and wax melts that released yesterday! (Also a puzzle based on beautiful art by Ksenia Kholomeva). If you've ever wondered what the book smells like, wonder no more... (It's Eucalyptus, Pine, Camphor, and Juniper!) emilyatemagine.com/products/mer...

no context magus spoilers ilya: the horrors danya: teen girl squad

Send the goddamn emails. For blurbs, for reviews, for ARCs, for queries, for whatever. The worst you can be told is no, and sometimes you'll get new opportunities. Emails are scary. Send them anyway.

I wanna see kids dress up as Space Bunny for World Book Day.

People make such beautiful bujo spreads of books and I think I would faint if someone made a beautiful bujo or junk journal spread for my work

If someone made a fan song for one of my stories, I would probably die of happiness.

An pixel (fanart) drawing of the Terraria ocean biome I made back in 2023. As a sidenote, I want to give a huge thank you to the Terraria community for all the amazing friendships and support since 2011! You all are amazing!~

Dunno if this counts as "unconventional" but...scented candles! I just think that'd be neat!

I had a small bucket list of things Id like to achieve in comics before I started, and the literal last thing is seeing a cosplay of one of my characters πŸ₯Ί Ive been very fortunate to have recieved fanart, fanfic and a statue! (And 1000 photos of pasta sauce)

i've always thought it would be super amazing if somebody wrote a song or a piece of music based on or inspired by my comics. like nobody loves the hulk by the traits (1967)

New day, new #Saturdark! Show us what you got. βœ’οΈ

Waterstones is running thier 25% off preorder sale online only from Feb 22-24! Its a great opportunity to get Daughters of Flood and Fury Book 2 of the Stormbringer Saga www.waterstones.com/book/the-sto...

Costumes for (the musical fan production of) RENDER TO SILVER and/or GARNER FOR GOLD. One has all the Italian Renaissance gothic fashion & the other is all sensual fabrics & gold & pearls 😩

#WritingPrompt I already felt super happy when two artists drew Ashrah (one back on the Dead Bird and @haydendreaming.bsky.social πŸ’œ), so anything else based on her (or other of my characters) would blow my mind! πŸ₯°