iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

searching iNaturalist for sweet chestnut and chicken of the woods like it's JustEat

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Chuck Groenink @cgroenink.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sparrowhawk at the school of wizardry on Roke after his accident with the shadow.

A drawing of a young Sparrowhawk with his otak in his hood in front of a mural of a dragon.

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

ah thank you! It was definitely a post you made that inspired me to start it in the first place

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I went full size and regretted it big time, but sometimes you just have to do a double page

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

congratulations, what a dream combination!!

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Sajan @planetsmudge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

my 40x180cm painting about destroying a data centre, accompanied by it's title. Thanks everyone that came by to see it this weekend, I loved seeing the different reactions it elicited!

long painting of a monolithic data center being lifted and gutted by various spirits. The title is a furious four paragraphs long, i'll type it out when I post details.

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

some more paths through the woods

sketchbook spread, some ink drawn landscapes

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

every time you post one of these the tetsuo soundtrack autoplays in my mind

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Thanks! I feel like abstracting foliage is my artistic nemesis but maybe I'm finally learning something

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max banshees @maxbanshees.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

new post is up! this one is sort of an intro to watercolor. it build up to a 6 color secondary palette, but also gives advice along the way on setups, non-paint supplies, and exercises that can make painting with watercolors easier. maxbanshees.com/blog/post/20...

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

timelapse of a guy who knows how to pose for mealworms

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

yesterday I had a big brain moment and made them into a crumble that I'm about to eat for breakfast

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

summer is nearly over, time to harvest post everyone

tomatoes, cucumbers and aubergine and some late plums in a crate

even more tomatoes, suggesting the user is in some sort of tomato hell

a crate with apples, squash, an aubergine and blessedly few tomatoes

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Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com · 12/09/2026

An artist on IG has made a fabric version of my frog aristocrat complete with furniture set and I'm just freaking elated 😆 Go check out her work! www.instagram.com/decor.tilda....

A plushie of a frog aristocrat on a settee drinking absinthe, their pet bug on a pillow.

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hell yeah! I find it's good when I feel like I want to draw but I'm not sure what. I just go through the camera roll on my phone and pick something that speaks to me

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The sound is the part I dislike the most but some people say it has an ASMR quality

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

yeah for real - the bigger ones aren't so bad but the tiny nibs are rough even on smooth paper. Maybe I'll get used to it??? And thank you!!

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Another one: tried the 0.1 nib which looks good but maybe feels a bit worse to draw with (scratchy! ew)

photo of sketchbook page with an ink drawing of a path through woodland

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

that's kind of why I'm keeping this sketchbook, I can get so lost in details and realism in paintings that it's a good exercise to limit the scope! Also it's a nice way to revisit the green places I've been when I can't get out

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

they seem indestructible, I bought two secondhand lots with different sizes and all the ones I've tested seem good so far (although I haven't tried the 0.10 yet). This was 0.35, for reference. I love the flow of the ink in comparison to the microns I was using!

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

i did it again, feeling unstoppable

Photo of sketchbook page: ink drawings of a path through the heath and a path through the forest

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

it's a risky move but is there a bigger mood booster than drawing an ink sketchbook page all in one sitting?? ps after asking on here about refillable pens I got some second hand rotring isograph nibs and I love them

photo of sketchbook page with ink drawing of a narrow path and big crack willow waving in the wind

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

More creepy/spooky definitely! I also liked that it's pixel art, gives an extra layer of abstraction so the horror feels less real haha

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The first game felt like a chronic illness simulator with just enough distance/sci-fi to keep it light. 2 replaces some of those mechanics with something raw in a different way, so it didn't hit me quite as hard. Still gorgeous to look at and listen to. store.steampowered.com/app/2442460/...

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Save 50% on Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector on Steam

A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on ...

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George Outhwaite @georgeouthwaite.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

edge of a cornfield digital painting

of poppies and other plants infront of rugeley power station

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

scrolling past this screenshot I thought it was a painting! DD2 environments feel so solidly designed, not exactly real spaces but like little playgrounds to experience a journey in

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

not a horror guy, and yet, this was a nice way to spend a stormy afternoon laurahunt.itch.io/if-on-a-wint...

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If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers by Laura Hunt

A tale of dark and troubling things.

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

suddenly recalled a forgotten memory of watching him eat a whole bouquet of flowers during a performance in liverpool

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

cool to open Merlin this morning and see an even derpier sunbather!

screenshot of Merlin app showing a sunbathing blackbird

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I don't really know why 19th century naturalists started a rumour that this pool was blessed by St Patrick when it screams made up druidic ritual

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

st patrick's well really had to force myself to finish this one, all the while cursing my past self for thinking a huge void in the middle of the painting was a solid compositional choice

digital painting of a small pool of water surrounded by sandstone covered in various vegetation

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

goes with these other paintings of various spots around east wirral

"roman" pavilion, birkenhead park - digital painting

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

thank you! that's exactly how I felt when standing in front of it

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

st patrick's well really had to force myself to finish this one, all the while cursing my past self for thinking a huge void in the middle of the painting was a solid compositional choice

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I feel like I can handle horror better when it's really good, nothing more embarrassing than being scared by something you think is a bit rubbish. Hob's Barrow is so wonderful that I don't mind being haunted by it to this day

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

they are so large they freak me out

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I heard herring gulls screaming right outside my window so I tentatively looked out... and saw a buzzard in the garden where the magpies usually perch.

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

i'm not a big horror guy but when I hear about stealth mechanics in a solitaire game I'm interested. And maybe I am a horror guy after all because I found the theming very funny, and what a banger of an end credits song store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

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Forbidden Solitaire on Steam

Forbidden Solitaire is a card-slashing horror game about unearthing the contents of a cryptic 1995 CD-ROM that should have never existed. From the creators of Ancient Enemy and Home Safety Hotline.

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

ah thank you! It looks like you managed to have fun with the future horrors too

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

if it was the top left leaf I would have been mad but it was the bottom left and I think it's a pretty good leaf

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

sometimes all you can do is paint one single leaf and then you just have to force yourself to be like "good, one leaf down, I'm really getting somewhere :)" and then go back to bed for a week

close up section of a digital painting: there are leaves

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

yessss your drawings are so evocative and expressive, reading this tripled my stress levels

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

but first, a completionist replay of esoteric ebb because I just fucking love voting [for myself] and I didn't feel like I did enough beholding the first time around store.steampowered.com/app/2057760/...

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Save 20% on Esoteric Ebb on Steam

Esoteric Ebb is a single-player CRPG inspired by the freedom of tabletop adventures. Unravel a political conspiracy with your goblin sidekick. Roll dice in tense encounters. Become a cleric of legends...

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