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Acanthus @acantholichen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A reprinted and different version of my story is also published as "what spectrum unfolds (beyond)", in the Your Body is a Fever Dream anthology by @tenebrouspress.bsky.social ! The proceeds go to the Trans Legal Services Network and Trans Doe Task Force 🏳️‍⚧️ store.tenebrouspress.com/products/you...

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YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM - anthology (eBook only) *preorder*

This is a preorder. This book is expected to ship on or before October 6, 2026. The spiritual sequel to 2022's wildly successful and acclaimed YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR BODY is here! It takes forty trans ...

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Jo Cordisco @yuxingart.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Want to get a private commission but you don't know how? Or are you a seasoned patron looking to iron out a few wrinkles? Together with several artists and patrons, I've put together a comprehensive guide to private commissions, covering topics like first correspondence, feedback, and payment!

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So You Want to Commission An Artist?

So You Want to Commission an Artist? (from left to right) Grace Zhu, Alhin Row, looceyloo, Lemongrace Created 2025. All works in this guide are copyrighted by each Artist and cannot be reproduced by a...

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Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

GUESS WHO PAINTED ASTARION FOR A T. KINGFISHER NOVEL

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George Outhwaite @georgeouthwaite.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Apple blossom gouache

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🌻🟦🟥🟨FE👁️ER🟨🟥🟦🌻 @flamingomymango.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Forgot to show this from last month but for my lovely boyfriends bday gift I thrifted a cabinet and painted bugs on its doors to match our livingroom 💖

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❤️‍🔥🔞BEABS AND NUTS🔞❤️‍🔥 @carnemancy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

naarm peeps! my wife and I have been working hard as hell on some really cool stuff that we're very excited to share >;) if you're in the area and want to see some beautiful sensual fantastical and maybe a little horny art, check it out~ 💕✨

a poster depicting a softly coloured image of a unicorn biting a dragon; the details are as follows:

ESCAPIST FANTASY
a exhibition by
@march.thorns & @milkteeth.clay

55 Edward St. Brunswick
Open 12-4pm Mon, Thurs-Sunday

Unassigned Gallery
14.05 Opening night - Thurs 6-9pm

Ends 25.05

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Acanthus @acantholichen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Concept art for Litian (any pronouns), deepsea merfolk Based off crinoids, halloween holothurian, and The Little Mermaid Their story 'colors (un)seen in the black' by Acantholichen x variifolius (me!) is published in the All Myths Are Trans anthology! marcelliemant.com/book-shop/al...

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Acanthus @acantholichen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

a bloom of nostalgia 2026, digital print and watercolor on crepe paper, repainted wooden frame Sketchbook exhibition at Changing Room Gallery+Unassigned Gallery. Finished 128pg traditional journal & my digital sketches printed out and handbound in upcycled tshirts (by Steven Rhodes and QueerFame).

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❤️‍🔥🔞BEABS AND NUTS🔞❤️‍🔥 @carnemancy.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

attempting to sculpt some little wall hanging guys 👀

three raw ceramic sculptures; a maple leaf, a side view of bastian (a fairy), and paolo (a bat).

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Acanthus @acantholichen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

the gleam of childhood wonderment polly pocket jewelled sea was one of my most treasured possessions and my fave color was purple for a long time until I learnt it was a girly color I was too embarrassed to like. Now that I'm transmasc I'm reembracing the childhood aesthetic

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Acanthus @acantholichen.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

embodiment gel pen and oil pastel 2026 (yes the little flecks of white are totally intended to look like stars and not at all because my oil pastel is 25yo and flaked when I blended it)

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Acanthus @acantholichen.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

It started as a collage cutout of a boy about to hit a dog: it was so visceral and uncomfortable, and it was that exact misinformed rage which I treated myself and others with unmanaged CPTSD. Was done in a workshop, its a reminder that I can make meaningful and expressive art w/o burning out.

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Acanthus @acantholichen.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Rage would overtake the swirling emotions and direct my actions to lash out explosively- but it actually goes through myself first, leaving myself hollow and smoke burning in the path of its destruction. Why do I treat myself like that, punishing, berating and hating myself when I make mistakes?

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thank u, hexed @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both. The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.

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Jessica the Bestica 🏳️‍🌈Thought Bubble TM Hall A5 ☕Trying My Best @anireal.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

🌊The Angler's Bride🌊 My heart is a sunken altar. There, I thrive. There, I keep a ledger of bones. The deep remembers what the surface forgets.

A sea siren sits above a pile of bones with schools of fish, bones, and a giant angler fish around her.

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Aimee Steinberger @aimeekitty.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.

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George Outhwaite @georgeouthwaite.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Verge (1) digital painting

of grass and dead nettles and bindweed and other plants in early may, the colours are perhaps a bit much but oh well

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❤️‍🔥🔞BEABS AND NUTS🔞❤️‍🔥 @carnemancy.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

lounging in the floating gardens 🐛🌺 (dodger, they/them)

dodger, a centipede naga, lounges against a rocky pool of water leading into a small waterfall.

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❤️‍🔥🔞BEABS AND NUTS🔞❤️‍🔥 @carnemancy.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

mommy starwolf and starlings will be on exhibit tonight at Unassigned Gallery in Brunswick! along with so many other small and easy and wonderful to look at pieces :~)

01.11.2025-01.12.2025 55 Edward St Brunswick

An Exhibition for Ants 3.0

Unassigned Gallery's annual small works exhibition and third birthday fundraiser!

Opening November 1st 4-9pm Free Entry

a small ceramic wolf sculpture with stars emerging from its side; there are 4 even smaller cubs with differently shaped star heads, all of them standing together on a boulder.

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Sketchbuck @sketchbuck.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

After years I finally have a price sheet again! This is a quick reference of prices, for more accurate pricings please visit - www.sketchbuck.com/commissions

A collection of Sketchbuck's digital illustrations, animal, human and monstrous.

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Sketchbuck @sketchbuck.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

All slots still available 😬🤞 (gosh things are rough for comms at the moment! Any support is massively appreciated)

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Molly @bettyriot.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Refusing to comply with systems designed to shrink you is power, we need to stand up

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XI 🌱 熙 @shiximi.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

🩸 the druid spawn

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Léon Leclerc - Commissions Open - @rugard.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

A Few months ago, when the first trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds was released, I decided to start brainstorming a new monster that could fit into the series. It’s designed as a brute wyvern that adapts to its environment by switching between two different stances: normal mode and tunneler's mode.

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Abbie R. 🎃🦇 @alridpath.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

YAY more dragons! C0mm for @wyrdle.bsky.social 🐉💥

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Acanthus @acantholichen.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Harlequin Blue Felimida (Felimida clenchi) - Nudibranch Sea souffle pancake, to me. I wanted to emphasise their pastry-ness by making them toastier Reference from Ellen Muller (iNaturalist) 8h25m, but part of it was spending 2-3h attempting another 2 nudibranchs and cutting my losses before this

Harlequin Blue Felimida (Felimida clenchi) - Nudibranch, digitally painted vibrantly

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Acanthus @acantholichen.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Egg on toast I forgot that the egg would be covering the toast, so I spent a lot of time rendering the char pattern onto the bread, so please appreciate the toast separately as well lol 2025,6h

Digital painting of richly highlighted egg on toast with crispy edges and cracked pepper, with a cute outline

Digital painting of toast with char marks and a cute outline

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Acanthus @acantholichen.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Chocolate coronet Following Food illustration tutorial by Leriisa I'm not used to visible lineart so I made it chunkier like a sticker. Im still trying out styles to see what I vibe with most! This was actually the initial style before I did the one I previously posted which I prefer 2h28m, 2025

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Acanthus @acantholichen.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

🥐 Trying out some styles of how to do an outlined painting, and I think I quite like doing this style that I often see from crocheters, it distracts from the painting less and empahsises the silhouette. Happy with how this croissant turned out, following tut from Leriisa.

Digitally painted croissant with tasty lighting and texturing highlighting the crispiness and softness, outlined with cutesy shapes using its own colors

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Sparrowheart 💫 @stareyedsparrow.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Today is my birthday 🎊. All I ask if for folks to share and donate to help me stay housed. That would be the greatest gift. #mutualaid

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Acanthus @acantholichen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

pink fabric study reference from An Illicit Letter, Vittorio Reggianini 23h15m 2025

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Acanthus @acantholichen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Trinje Anxious old tiger, loves a big scratch A series of my friend's cats for her birthday, I started out doing it minimalist since I was going to vectorise and embroider them, and then I got carried away....

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Acanthus @acantholichen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Galaxy Following a Galaxy tutorial by James Julier Art. 3h43m, 2022

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Acanthus @acantholichen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Idolomantis diabolica Faux insect taxidermy (the mantis is a poseable action figure, not a real specimen) A photography composition for a design class, challenged to use only items I already had at home RIP my 2 meter long syngonium albo varigata that snapped after posing for this setup 2023

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Acanthus @acantholichen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

riso imitation - ring pop inspired by the process of risograph printing, i challenged myself to paint only using pink aqua and yellow, to make the colours you see in images 1 and 3. Images 2 and 4 happened when I moved the layers, seperating the combinations of pink aqua and yellow 6h43m, 2024

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Acanthus @acantholichen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Orange-Yellow Crayola and its ingredients Triadic color scheme using (preferably pastel) shades only deriving from: F5DC6A (Orange-Yellow (Crayola) 4af2e7(Turquoise ) e74af2 (Purple Pizzazz) Did some nature ingredients illustrations using a limited palette for a design class. 2023

blueberry, amaranth, blackberry, pernettya mucronata, dragonfruit in radial symmetry on a Orange-Yellow Crayola background

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Acanthus @acantholichen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Mauve and its ingredients Triadic color scheme using (preferably pastel) shades only deriving from: debffc (Mauve) fcdec0 (Very Pale Orange) c0fcde (Aero Blue) Did some nature ingredients illustrations using a limited palette for a design class

guava, peach, papaya, hydrangea, basil, sea salt, orange peel radial symmetry on a Mauve background

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Acanthus @acantholichen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Maximum Green Yellow and its ingredients Did some nature ingredients illustrations using a limited palette for a design class. Triadic color scheme using (preferably pastel) shades deriving from: d1ff57 (Maximum Green Yellow) 57d2ff ( Maya Blue ) FF57D2 (Light Deep Pink)

beetroot, pomegranate, pink raspberry, cherry, blue poppy in radial symmetry on Maximum Green Yellow background

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Acanthus @acantholichen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Nebula I was utterly awestruck by what I had painted, learning so much about light and shading cloud textures from following a Nebula tutorial from James Julier Art 5h26m, 2022

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Acanthus @acantholichen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Imantodes lentiferus Happy year of the snake! Ref by thomas_plakstine (ig) 7h31m, 2025

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✦. @beastbait.art · 17/01/2025

the Grey Wolf.

silly little illustration of a cartoonishly long grey wolf with a loop in the middle of its body. Text below reads: canis loopus

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Sparrowheart 💫 @stareyedsparrow.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Anyway I’m trans, always gonna be trans, and still in need of help as I navigate trying to find a safe job environment. It has been tough but I’m not giving up. Appreciate any help. #mutualaid

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