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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

my studio's tenancy was terminated this morning. Reason was literally it would be more profitable to kick us out and lease the whole building instead of the units therein. It's a bad day :c First my apartment now my work space, gawd.

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

tfw a thunderstorm knocks at the power and it corrupts all the work you had open at the time.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#SciArtSeptember is on the way! Thanks to all who have been getting the word out. ✨ You can join in by posting, reposting, liking, or commenting - only ever when it works for you. This year’s prompts bridge the worlds of art and nature. So excited to see where you take them. ✨ 🐡 #SciArt #SciComm

A banner image promoting the art challenge Sci Art September. The image features text and a drawing of a sea otter on an off-white background. The text includes the title, Sci Art September, month-long art challenge. The text also includes a list of weekly categories and daily prompts. The first category is colour. This category covers the first 10 words of the month. The daily words are: Malachite, violet, sanguine, azure, saffron, coral, fawn, ruby, ivory, woad. The second category is shape. It covers the 11th through 20th words. The daily words are: Heart, teardrop, diamond, crescent, honeycomb, scallop, eyelet, almond, star, meander. The third category is medium. This category covers the last 10 words of the month. The daily words are: Kaolin, silk, copper, down, jade, cedar, quill, linen, pelt, carbon. At the bottom of the image there is a description. It reads: Year 6, 2026; from nature; hosted by @LizLagomorph.

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 01/08/2026

The TOS being so strict that they control you offsite is the problem; sites like Patreon and Kofi have offsite clauses too. The social criminalization of the suggestion that somewhere you might be doing nsfw is a problem. It's branding a person as obscene and we need consumers to stand up for us

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

A gouache painting from 2022 of a Dark-eyed Junco. Painted on grey paper. Prints: www.kamakru.com/prints/p/8x1... #birds #gouache #traditionalart

Painting of a junco, a small pale bird with black head, sitting on a cedar tree branch. Signed Katie Croonenberghs 2022 and website www.kamakru.com

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sarahsmithart.bsky.social @sarahsmithart.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Weathered King A portrait of a Great Hornbill, painted earlier this year. 9x12" oil paint #oilpainting #sciart #birds

Portrait painting of a black and yellow hornbill facing upwards with a mottled green backdrop.

Closeup of the painting showing texture and a deep red eye.

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LaurenWalshArt @laurenwalshart.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Ya know what…. Why can’t I just paint my OC? A little treat for me

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In heaven, everything is fine @ejschuster.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Life is short, put those cool stickers you've collected on something.

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Y'all, I am getting wrecked this year~ Ty again!!

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

It was me. I was venged. Ty onion <3

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I love it so much~ Thank you for the attack! Imma get u back so good, boi.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

For folks asking why bother commenting because the OMB won't care: comments help build cases for the courts by explicitly laying out harms. That's why it's really important to have your comments be as specific as possible. Also, contact your senators and reps! They actually do care about this.

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

100% It's evidence. Generally speaking, at least a couple paragraphs, cite sources, talk about impact, all of it, (personal, professional, economic), be thoughtful, firm, and professional. if you're in the US, pls comment.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Monday is the deadline for public comment! The Heritage Foundation has been mobilizing its members to leave comments in favor of the rule change, so every unique comment matters (don’t use a form letter or copy/paste—similar comments are batched and treated as one).

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I could come up with a story that would explain who the guy is riding the magical beasts, where he is going, and who he is waving to, but I’ll leave that up to someone else. I’m just painting what I see. 2/2 www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/20...

Initial paint marks that inspired THE GOLDEN WAY with bright splotches of yellow most notably in the upper and lower right.

Work-in-progress photo of THE GOLDEN WAY. The curve and break in the canyon wall has been defined as well as the flying creature including some of the labyrinthine striping on it.

Detail from THE GOLDEN WAY featuring a wizardly figure on the back of a flying whale-like creature. The hand of the purple robed figure is raised as if guiding passage through the tall slender break in the canyon wall.

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

is this how i finally get the big grant to do a big nature art show where the proceeds go toward conservation? It's at least how I'mma start being extra civilly disobedient.

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

as I crash out a little bit about the whole gutting of the esa... This is an Ashgay Paintbrush They're endemic to... just the San Bernardino Mountains. That's it. They're threatened, by habitat loss and degradation like a lot of the plants that grow in its rare habitat. #plants #shrubland

A photo of an ashgray paintbrush in a typical quartzite habitat created as the glaciers receded during the last glacial maxim.
They are found in high elevation shrubland, Juniper-Pinyon forests and conifer forests in the San Bernardino County mountains.

They're a hemiparasite, favoring sagebrush and buckwheats. And they look cool and I like them.
They endangered, and some of their biggest threats are irresponsible off-roading and habitat loss from development and the encroachment of invasive plants.

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I don't even know what to say at this point, I'm angry and frustrated, and I'm tired.

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Thank you for this~ Happy ArtFight <3

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Migraines shouldn't be a thing that's allowed.

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The creature from Friday's stream. He jank, but he cute. #creaturedesign #sketch #art #skrunkly

...I can't even remember what this guy was made of...

uuuh, But, a slow loris was involved, echidna, seaturtle, dart frog, glass frog, and a discus. There was a few more, probably.
Fun, and very silly.

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Warm up from yesterday via a creature-part-randomizer. I think they're fun. Introducing these things to me in stream was a mistake. Look at this horrible little man. Just a hideous little guy. #sketch #creaturedesign #art

Warm up creature based on randomized parts.

If I remember correctly, the components of this ugly lil guy were:
Some kinda bird, piranha, emu, pheasant, badger, kangaroo, hedgehog, peccary, and takin for coloration.

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Also did a quick & dirty écorché It's great practice, even if you're doing it fast. #horse #ecorche #sketch #study #anatomy #sciart

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

So the power was out for 2 days. Such is life on the mountain... But because of it, I didn't wanna touch commissions because the risk of corrupting someone's work. Makes me nervous. So... Practicing some honses~ #mustangs #horses #study #sketch

Mustang mare trotting with her head raised up and alert to her surroundings.

A mustang mare trotting with a slightly nervous expression

a mustang gelding, standing, alert but relatively relaxed

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

10 days to go! Trying to see if we can't just cover a chunk out of pocket to unlock a 3rd design. But the sparrow and the jay are going to be made~ #crowdfunding #birds #bsnm

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Backyard Birds - Enamel Pins

A set of pins featuring the alluring avians common to our yards, neighborhoods, and walking paths.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Something I find "interesting" is when a popular conservation catch phrase unintentionally makes people who (maybe?) haven't worked in complex systems hear that catchphrase, then think the whole picture is encapsulated in one line. (1/6)

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

SALE ENDS JULY 5TH I feel like July 5th is a good time to wrap it up. That also gives me time to send out another newsletter, too x] That means there's one week left to take advantage of my "convention deal online" sale #artshop #artsale #dragons

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Paperboa [Comms closed] @paperboa.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

trying to make updated head shots for all my oc's that I've put on art fight and here is some of them. I have many oc's... #myart #paperboaoc's

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Whale Tales @whaletalesorg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Sunday with Pilot Whales. Read the full story here: buff.ly/BMlcsud This is an encounter from 2023 Photo by Krisztina #WhaleTales #PilotWhales

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

‪Likely not going to be funded, booo. But I do want feedback, and if you did (or didn't) back it, I'd love your opinion on the latest update~ www.kickstarter.com/projects/amb... Enjoy this Western burrowing owl on a cholla I drew for Transition Habitat #birds #owl #sciart #drawing #naturalhistory

graphite drawing of a Western Burrowing Owl perched on a cholla skeleton as part of Living Corridors: The Western Mojave's Transitional Habitats

banner for my currently running kickstarter featuring common American birds

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ambrizarts/backyard-birds-enamel-pins-0

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

A conversation science communicators need to have about AI art 🧪🐙🐡🧵

WHY THIS ARGUMENT IS FULL OF CRAP
"Al graphics allow me to communicate science to people who may never get to interact with a scientist"
A CONVERSATION
SCIENCE
COMMUNICATORS
NEED TO HAVE
@invertebabe

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

100% And as a science communicator, this really isn't the accessibility we have to grapple with to reach the most ears. Accessibility is dealing with poverty, disability, perception, and class. Generative AI doesn't help with any of that...

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Just calling me out on main like this...

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Back from leading a very short hike and bioblitz! I'm tired! Our passenger rear light is out! A good day!

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Welp, wouldn't be the first time something's been on a little bit of a struggle bus~ Kickstarter link here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/amb... And still more scribbly pages out of my sketchbooks~ #sparrows #birds #bsnm #enamelpins

Pen sketches of sparrows... or... maybe finches.

currently, at time of posting, kickstarter banner for some bird themed lapel pins

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laura @ mica art market @lauraillustrates.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

if you ever wonder what it's like to be an artist: you can draw your favorite drawing one day and then the next day, every line you draw is the ugliest line that has ever been created

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Nicole Dornsife | Thornwolf @thornwolf.com · 16/06/2026

Anyway I have effectively lost 5 (now 6) full days of work because of these many clusterfucks so I would seriously appreciate folks checking out my shop: Thornwolf.com/shop And also my ko-fi: ko-fi.com/thornwolf Was real sobering giving my husband a list of clients to refund in case I died.

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Thornwolf Shop — Thornwolf Creative Services

Original artwork, stickers, prints, pins, bandanas, and apparel by Nicole "Thornwolf" Dornsife

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

oh no there were more herons! I always try to draw that extra long vertebrae to help me draw the neck. Helps me avoid just drawing a rubber hose lol It's also just really neat. Like a sling weapon. Just throwing that big spear of a head. www.kickstarter.com/projects/amb... #sketches #birds #sciart

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

My social battery is dead. I've been busy since Thursday. I'd draw more birds to better advertise the kickstarter or do more paint studies for the rockfish, but, when my brain is cooked, I default to graphite So... WIP oceanic whitetip with jacks. #sciart #marinelife #shark #fish

work in progress of a graphite drawing depicting an oceanic whitetip shark and yellowspotted trevally.

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

There's no heron in this kickstarter~ But I think heron's are very cool birds. So maybe next time~ They're more fearsome hunters than some people give them credit for. You only need to watch one go after a squirrel. www.kickstarter.com/projects/amb... #birds #kickstarter #sketches #bsnm

Sketches of a great blue heron, in ballpoint and colored pencil

Header for my current kickstarter, displaying designs for lapel pins featuring mostly common passerines.

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Bri @circadiancrunch.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

shameless plug continues~ www.kickstarter.com/projects/amb... Condor gestures from one of my sketchbooks. Also a kangaroo rat peeking in lol #bsnm #gesturedrawing #birds

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