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Adam Fryda

@adamfryda.bsky.social
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Many journeys, all at once. Traditional/digital media UK based artist since late 1990s Cryptoartist since 2019 - NYC, Liverpool, London, Zurich

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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Recent 45 min study from photos #sketch #art #digitalart
on the left side are two photos i took of Mow Cop ruins, on the right side is my digitally painted sketch (No AI)
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The more one walks in the world, the more one becomes part of it... last weekend's wanderings...
Photo of a hillside with low dramatic sunlit clouds Some black and white Fresian cows facing the viewerbracket fungi growing out of an old tree stumpgrassy field full of yellow flowers (buttercups i think), a line of trees in the background
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Wandering is good for the soul 🌞
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
A recent b/w portrait commission... link to my commissions page if anyone's interested: ko-fi.com/adamfryda/co... #pets #dogs #petportrait #digitalart #commissions
Digital pet portrait in black and white, showing head and shoulders detail of a Jack Russel
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
A little update on my current art project for my #Patreon gang #landscapeart #digitalart #art www.patreon.com/posts/what-i...
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What i'm working on right now... | Adam Fryda
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Yesterday's Wild Boar Fell walk, Cumbria...
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I'm a digital artist in the UK. My work includes pet and wildlife portraits. Prices starts at £35 b/w and £55 colour jpegs. Signed print options available. Commissions are open. link: ko-fi.com/adamfryda/co... #pets #petportraits #wildlifeart #cats #dogs
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
A new short Autumnal blog for my Patrons... #Patreon #digitalart #nature www.patreon.com/posts/autumn...
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Autumnal wanderings | Adam Fryda
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
GM 🌦️ I'll be heading out into the wet and stormy northern moorlands tomorrow... "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club" - Jack London
Digital painting showing a stormy coastal landscape with a lighthouse on a distant cliff just right of centre
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Join my #patreon! £5/month gets you into the 'collectors club' - exclusive monthly downloadable art - downloadable sketches - blogs about my work/inspiration/processes - monthly pet portrait competition (worth £35) - plus i'm planting trees! www.patreon.com/c/Adamfryda #digitalart #landscapeart
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
It's important to feel the wild, the expansive and the humbling presence of nature from time to time... Crocoe fell, near Grassington, North Yorkshire...
Coming down from the fell following a dry stone wall which leads off towards a steep drop in the centre of the photo
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
A little digital sketch inspired from a recent walk... Now available as a download to my Patreon supporters. If you'd like to join and get monthly goodies... www.patreon.com/c/adamfryda/... #digitalsketch #sketch #art #patreon
A black and white digital sketch of three sheep in a field, all looking towards the viewer
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Looking for inspiration out in the wilds again, this time Holcombe moor, Rossendale...
Photo looking along a valley, large rock in foreground and a few scattered trees on the distant hillScattered trees on a hill and the weather closing inTree growing out of a long-abandoned cottagerolling grassland, fields and hills
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Here's a little digital painting from 2020: 'Cloud study No.3' #digitalart #nfts #nftart #digitalartonchain
Abstract digital painting showing Bamburgh castle, Northumberland, in silhouette. Painted largely using grid and perspective brushes in photoshop
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Mao and the Sparrows @maoandthesparrows.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
A double exposure of a colour photograph of the moon with a black and white forested hillside in the rain. The moon is oversized above the misty, layered hills creating a dreamy and quiet evening spell.
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Join my #patreon! £5/month gets you into the 'collectors club' - exclusive monthly downloadable art - downloadable sketches - blogs about my work/inspiration/processes - monthly pet portrait competition (worth £35) www.patreon.com/c/Adamfryda
digital painting showing a yellow wildflower field with a tree-covered hill in the background - available to my 'collectors club' members as a digital download on my patreon pageA black and white digital sketch of a cow, lying down on a grassy meadow - available as a digital download on my patreon pageA black and white digital sketch of a tortoise-shell cat lying on a blanket - from my monthly pet portrait competition on my patreon page, available to my 'collectors club' members
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Here's a quick digital sketch from a recent walk. It's now available to download for all my Patrons over at my Patreon page! There's a sketch download every month plus lots of other goodies! Join from £1 per month: www.patreon.com/c/Adamfryda #digitalart #sketch #patreon #art
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Had a lovely walk around Great Asby Scar, Cumbria, the other day... magnificent limestone pavements, SSSI and National Nature Reserve #cumbria #lakedistrict #naturereserve
Photo showing an old leaning signpost, with dry stone wall and gate in mid-ground and rolling hills in the backgroundPhoto showing a row of four stone cairnsPhoto showing a section of limestone pavementdry tone wall with a section missing, through which we can see a field and some trees
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
A little blog for my patrons about my process with this work-in-progress, and how i like to approach my art... Membership from £1/month link in comments below 👇 #landscapeart #digitalart #patreon #art #landscapes
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
One of my first oil paintings from the early 2000s - a study of two cows...
Loose Oil painting study of two cows, one white and one brown
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
This landscape is now available to download for my patreon collectors club and print club members. This digital painting won't be available anywhere else. Join the gang if you don't want to miss out on these monthly goodies... www.patreon.com/c/Adamfryda
Digital painting of a wildflower meadow with tree-covered hill in the background
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
New pet portrait competition just gone live on my Patreon page (for collector club and print club members)... for a b/w digital pet portrait commission (normally worth £35)... t.co/800CkZnawe
black and white digital sketch of a white dog looking at viewer, with a black patch over his left eye and under his nose
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TOCA ME @tocame.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
The Mots series continues, and we are very happy to announce the latest entry, our collaboration with @yedai.bsky.social ✨ Mots 21 - Escape 20 editions - 10 tez objkt.com/tokens/KT1R5...
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Once a week, as part of my art practice, i used to do a 2-hour study from an 'old master'. I learned so much doing this and i'm tempted to start doing this again...
My old digital painting studies of 'Fireworks in Naples' by Oswald Achenbach 1875 (Top), and 'Dedham lock and mill' by John Constable 1820 (bottom)My digital painting studies of 'La Dordogne' by Frits Thaulow 1903 (Top), and 'Still glides the stream, and shall forever glide' by Arthur Streeton 1890 (bottom)
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Thought i'd share some of my black and white digital portrait sketches from 2020... #pets #commissions #digitalart
black and white digital sketch of a white dog with a black patch on left eye and muzzle, head and shoulders portrait looking at viewerBlack and white digital portrait of a black and white cat, looking up and to the left of viewerBlack and white digital sketch of a young dove, lit from left hand sideblack and white digital sketch of a horse facing viewer, head and shoulders, with bridle
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
A little walk around Rooley Moor, Lancashire, last weekend...
Signpost and sheep on peaty grasslandDramatic cloudscape, just before a brief downpourView across an old quarry and small man-made lake, now repurposed for mountain bikers and hill walkersView down a valley towards a reservoir
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Happy #caturday everyone Here's one of my recent black and white digital sketches...
Black and white digital sketch of a tortoiseshell cat lying on a fleecy blanket
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
A little digital sketch from a recent walk in the Borrowdale region of Cumbria
Digital sketch of a flowery meadow with hills and woodland in the background
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
In the wilds of Yorkshire the other day. It was glorious 🌞
Photo looking across fields towards Langcliffe, YorkshirePhoto of a gnarly old tree growing against a dry stone wallPhoto of an old quarry near Langcliffe, YorkshirePhoto of an old dry stone wall and tree
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
work in progress.... Building up layers of texture for another tree and root painting
A work in progress of a painting consisting of layered textures - Ai generated textures and mixed media textures have been used so far. Next, i will be painting in a tree with gnarly roots digitally over the top of all this.
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Trying GIMP for the first time as i'm struggling to afford photoshop atm. Having fun playing around with some brushes...
Black and white digital sketch made while playing around with brushes in GIMP (digital painting software that i'm trying out fr the first time) - grassland, scaffold and flames
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
'Remnants', 2024 "Riotous and jubilant beings, haggard and ravaged with life. They rise defiant against time and element and cast their challenge at the odds, and still they stand..." foundation.app/mint/eth/0x4... #nft #nftart #digitalartonchain
A dark mossy wildwood with spindly trees and scattered sunlight. Created using a combination of AI generated images, mixed media textures and digital painting in photoshop
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Have a great Sunday everyone 🌞 'A warm embrace', 2023 Mixed media + Digital painting from AI reference 4/5 editions available 15 XTZ link in comments 👇
Mixed media and digital painting from an AI reference images. A warm glow, from a sun low on the horizon, illuminates rolling hills and fields.
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
New artwork: 'A chromatic solace' AI, mixed media + digital painting link in comments #nft #objkt #objkt4objkt #digitalartonchain
Countryside at night, illuminated by a moon low on the horizon - A digital painting with layered mixed media and AI-created textures
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
'Endure', 2023 Digital painting foundation.app/mint/eth/0xE... #nft #digitalartonchain #nftart
Black and white digital painting of a winged figure in a storm. A glowing crown above her head illuminates the scene
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
'Sentinel', 2024 AI, traditional media + digital painting "Silent witness to tumultuous events, writ large across the face of history. But still it shelters and guards fleeting generations and countless untold stories, unbowed and unfathomable to the passer by..." #nft #digitalartonchain
AI, traditional media + digital painting, depicting an old gnarled winter tree set in a landscape of fields and hedges
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
'Endless days', 2024 Collaged AI textures + digital painting "Wandering lost and saved through meadows and memories in endless summer days. Bliss unbound."
Digital landscape of an English countryside scene of rolling hills, trees and meadows. Made by collaging multiple AI-created textures and finished with digital painting.
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Happy #tezostuesday Some of my available 'lighthouse' series from 2022-23 objkt.com/collections/... #nft #nftart #objkt #tezos #digitalartonchain
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Happy #tezostuesday 'Menhir No.5', 2022 AI + digital painting 5/5 editions available 20 XTZ objkt.com/tokens/KT1F2... #nft #nftart #objkt #tezos #digitalartonchain
AI and digital painting of a group of standing stones in the early dawn light
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
'Dissolution', 2022 AI + digital painting 2/5 editions available 20 XTZ objkt.com/tokens/KT1Mi... #nft #nftart #digitalartonchain #objkt
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Andreas Birath @andreasbirath.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Dandelions are forever
oil painting of fluffy dandelions against red background
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
'Cloud study No.2', 2020 Digital painting
Digital painting of a sunset low over trees, reflected in a lake. Painted using 'grid' and 'drip' brushes in photoshop
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
And here i lay, to contemplate the revolutions of the heart, and the long ages of my being
A digital painting of a tree trunk and roots on a rocky embankment. Made using a mix of layered traditional and AI-created textures and digital painting in photoshop.
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
'Dissolution', 2022 AI + digital painting 2/5 editions available 20 XTZ objkt.com/tokens/KT1Mi... #nft #nftart #digitalartonchain #objkt
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Blackbird Rook @blackbirdrook.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Imagine a programme where artists are paid simply to think and make and contribute... Lisa Nandy should be thinking about this - not just infrastructure in the traditional sense, but imaginative infrastructure. Cultural scaffolding. open.substack.com/pub/blackbir... #BlackbirdRook #wpa #lisanandy
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Happy #tezostuesday 'Menhir No.5', 2022 AI + digital painting 5/5 editions available 20 XTZ objkt.com/tokens/KT1F2... #nft #nftart #objkt #tezos #digitalartonchain
AI and digital painting of a group of standing stones in the early dawn light
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
'George's cats' say happy #caturday everyone! digital painting, 2023 come and see some more of my portraits and commissions here: ko-fi.com/adamfryda #cats #petportrait #commissions #pets
Digital painting of two cats on a blue blanket. Black and white cat lying down (left) and tabby and white cat sat next to him (right).A screenshot showing more detail of the two cats, zoomed in on both faces
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Adam Fryda @adamfryda.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
'Endless days', 2024 Collaged AI textures + digital painting "Wandering lost and saved through meadows and memories in endless summer days. Bliss unbound."
Digital landscape of an English countryside scene of rolling hills, trees and meadows. Made by collaging multiple AI-created textures and finished with digital painting.
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Michele Petrelli Art @michelepetrelli.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Making of Marie-Antoinette on my Patreon: michelepetrelliart.com/patreon-x Sign up us Arbor or Silva member. #art #artlovers #portraitartist #portrait #oilpainting #painting #portraiture #illustrator #contemporaryart #michelepetrelli #artprocess #artvideos
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
'Cruisin' linocut by contemporary printmaker Sherrie York #WomensArt
Print of a large white bird with long orange beak drifting on the surface of rippled water, going to the top right
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