iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

fiery @elementalembers.art · 10/09/2026

Ran out of gloves and can't continue processing my resin prints until more arrive. Annoyed at myself. I'm usually so much better at staying aware of what I have in the house, whether it's food or art supplies.

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 29/07/2026

Models by CarolaFunder. Printed by me in standard resin. Painted with acrylic paint, alcohol inks, and pan pastels. Sealed in matte finish. I'm very pleased with them for now, but reserving the option to come back to them later after I build up my painting skills more.

A small herd of painted resin horses, just a few inches tall at the shoulder, stand upon a plastic organizer. There are 4 poses: standing and looking straight ahead, standing and gently looking to the left, grazing, and a larger draft horse standing strong and alert.
Each is painted uniquely, with coats in shades of black, gray, white, and browns.

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 25/07/2026

Finally got my airbrush gun to work again! The damned thing wouldnt align quite right after cleaning+reassembly and I was getting worried I'd somehow broken it. Back to painting animal figurines tomorrow. :)

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 21/07/2026

Recently returned from a road trip that included a visit to my childhood home. I needed the ocean and redwoods. <3 It felt deeply healing. I need to find a slice of quiet nature here in northern rural Utah, and I don't know of anything that comes close. God, I miss trees. And water.

Photo of some seaweed-covered rocks and shallow water at low tide. The sea is bright blue and calm. The water closest to the viewer is transparent but becomes opaque blue towards the horizon. Not much is visible underwater but rocks and the dimmest hint of an orange starfish in the shadows of a large rock on the left.

A shady grove of redwood trees. The trees tower above and block most of the sunlight even in the bright afternoon.
There are large burls on the tree in the foreground. Ferns grow, but the needles on the ground prevent grass from sprouting. Sunlit foliage peeks between the trunks.

A view taken looking up at the canopy of tall redwood trees above. Hints of blue sky are visible, and some sunlight reaches down, but it's obviously shady down at the base of the trunks.

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 16/06/2026

I'm so incapable of tolerating heat. I have been for as long as I can remember. Road trips across Nevada as a kid were tortuous and I spent the car rides pressing ice from the cooler against my face The part of my brain that knows how to focus breaks at 73 degrees. So this day was lost hours ago. 🫠

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Ron Chan @rondanchan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Wherever you land on this spectrum, you are valid and I support you

Juxtaposed images of two viral competitive sharpshooters. One has fancy specialized eyewear and is shown with a screenshot of a huge stack of digital brushes. The other one is just a dude with a gun next to the two most basic Photoshop brushes.

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 26/05/2026

Got clear resin for my 3d printer. Going to make pretty things. :)

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Ryan Barr @artbyrbarr.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

This has been said to death but I'll just say it again: if you're in the creative arts space stop calling your art "content". Call it "work"! Calling your art "work" shows it's the result of time and skill. "Content" makes something sound like it has no purpose other than to take up space.

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Count Trashula @trashmobminis.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

EVERYBODY! Stop what you’re doing!!! The Wildwood trailer is out!!! I spent over three years, mostly hand building the Doug firs that make up the eponymous Wildwood. youtu.be/POneS8h1jyU?...

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Wildwood – Official Teaser Trailer

YouTube video by LAIKA Studios

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 01/05/2026

Trying to find any completed traditional pieces to potentially sell at the market Saturday, and realizing I have almost nothing. I do mostly digital work, and I should probably branch out more.

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 27/04/2026

This was organized last night because we only found out about it over the weekend.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 06/04/2026

I set up my booth tent yesterday for the first time in the back yard, to make sure it all works. It made it feel more real. :D I'm trying hard to keep my expectations low and remind myself that I'll make mistakes with my first market. It's still a huge step for me to try to sell my art in person.

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 02/04/2026

Got a resin 3d printer. I thought the warnings about the fumes and smell were exaggerated. If anything, they weren't strong enough. Goodness. But the level of detail is amazing!

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 31/03/2026

I've had a lot of fun designing these bookmarks. I know bookmarks are simple, but it's satisfying to have my #DigitalArt actually exist in the real world in a way I can hold it in my hands. Digital paintings in #Rebelle 8, layout and final touches in #Affinity.

Five 2"x8" bookmarks arranged on a 8.5"x11" page. The illustrations are digitally painted.
One features a honeybee with berry blossom and berries against a hexagon background with gradient.
One has a mallard duck dabbling in murky water.
Another has a raccoon in a pile of Autumn leaves.
Another has a carousel seahorse with the phrase, "Dive into a book."
The last one has various produce that is grown locally.

Printed, laminated, tasseled bookmarks with previously shown designs set on top of a yellow notebook. A hole puncher and extra tassels are seen in the background.

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CuttleDreams @cuttledreams.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Finally drew the Bugs ✨ (plus a few friends)

A page of various bug pokemon interpreted as realistic invertebrates. The pokemon drawn are caterpie, snom, nymble, sizzlepede, venipede, karrablast, farountula, blipbug, grubbin and scatterbug.

More bug pokemon interpreted as realistic invertebrates, plus a few non-bugs. The pokemon drawn are spinarak, wurmple, kricketot, oorthworm, larvesta, joltik, skoropi, sewaddle, weedle, dunsparce, and soleosis.

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Amy Guidry, Artist @amyguidryartist.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

A small painting from 2020. No rulers used for the lace. Long ago I cleaned up a sketch with a ruler and it just didn't look as good. Perfect is boring. The little imperfections make things interesting. "Lattice" Acrylic on canvas 5" x 5" #art #painting #surrealism #spider #nature #contemporaryart

Acrylic painting of a spider with a rose in place of their abdomen, sitting on top of a lace web. Flower petals are in each corner of the painting.

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 13/03/2026

Tent purchased, booth fee paid! I don't sell fan art or anything like that to begin with, but I'm going to be focusing on creating *local*-inspired designs to try to be on theme for a local market, at least. Local flora, fauna, fungi, fossils foremost; fantasy art if there's time.

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 09/03/2026

Someone new is organizing a local market this Summer and the fees and hours are absolutely reasonable for once, and I think I should apply. I've not jumped into these before, with all the usual excuses. But if I keep telling myself to wait until I'm polished or ready enough, I'll never do this.

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 07/03/2026

There was a book I'd been waiting months for on Libby. Great reviews. interesting premise. Cool title. It's the first book I've had to quit this year. None of the charcters were interesting-- most were just rich, and you have to work extra hard to make rich people interesting to me as a reader.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 03/03/2026

It's always "trying to bring about the rapture" and never the part of the bible about eliminating all debts. If they were really serious about biblical teachings all loans (including credit card debt) would be wiped at the end of seven years

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 02/03/2026

It doesn't feel like we've even had a winter in northern Utah. It helps to see it visualized. There is almost no snow on the mountains. Its going to be a bad wildfire season with a lot of water stress.

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 27/02/2026

Little pombon has the zoomies. #FanArtFriday #pokemon #DigitalArt Rebelle 8 and Affinity

Digital sketch of the new pokémon Pombon, a small warm-colored fire pokemon based on a pomeranian. It's running to the viewer's left with its tongue hanging out and simplified fire behind it.
Its name in large purple capital letters is under it, skewed to the back and right.

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 27/02/2026

Pombon alone may make me get a Switch 2 next year. Nintendo found my weakness. I love pomeranians and pokemon.

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Serebii.net @serebii.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Serebii Update: A special celebration video has been released for Pokémon's 30th Anniversary www.serebii.net

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.

Macro photo of a brown stink bug in face view on a leaf, guarding a tightly-clustered bunch of eggs that are shaped and colored exactly like a full tray of dark beer with foam on top.

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Creatures of the Cambrian period!

A colorful poster illustration featuring 15 species of animals from the Cambrian period 541-485 million years ago. These are mostly unusual looking invertebrates, such as Hurdia, Wiwaxia, Anomalocaris, Peytoia, trilobites, Marrella, Nectocaris, Hallucigenia, Opabinia, Plectronoceras, Lyrarapax, and Naraoia. An early chordate (Pikaia) is also included. The animals are brightly colored on a dark black background. White numbers with a key label each species.

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 23/02/2026

Some days, nothing I attempt to draw comes out right; There's some disconnect between my hand's coordination and my mind's ability to grasp shape and lines. That's ok. I know it's temporary. Maybe I need to just lose myself in a book or video game, art that others have created, and reset.

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 19/02/2026

I've been learning Nomad Sculpt for a while, but took a break to make a quick 2D partial horse sketch in the hope that it will help me sculpt the 3D shapes of horse heads better. They're such weird animals. #DigitalArt made with #Rebelle 8+ #Affinity.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

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Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

A black heron mid-pose in its umbrella/canopy feeding behavior, surrounded by fellow flora and fauna of the Chobe River. Acrylic on birch, 36 x 36 inches. #heron #chobe #wildlifeart #sciart #birdart #wetlands #natureart #acrylicpainting 🪶

A black egret in the midst of its umbrella/canopy feeding behavior, surrounded by a circle of flora and fauna of the Chobe River.

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 03/02/2026

Mayflower and Mormons, mostly. I always wonder if the women who ended up in Utah/Idaho knew about polygamy before they were pressured into it.

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The Haunted Bookshop @thehauntedbookshop.com · 01/02/2026

Literal wars have started over violations of xenia.

The cover of Emily Wilson's translation of The Iliad of Homer

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RJ Palmer 🔜 LBX 637 @rj-palmer.com · 31/01/2026

I have never been moved to tears by a quirky tech youtuber before. I really need folks to see the last 15 minutes of this even if you can't commit to the whole thing. youtu.be/KtQ9nt2ZeGM?...

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You are being misled about renewable energy technology.

YouTube video by Technology Connections

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 30/01/2026

I'm enjoying #NomadSculpt a lot. But. I know I'm not at full potential because there are entire menus I'm not touching. It's *super* easy for me to jump between 2D #art programs and I have to keep reminding myself that I can't know everything immediately here when there's a whole new D involved.

Work in progress screenshot of a running horse facing to the viewer's left, sculpted in Nomad Sculpt on an iPad. Icons for various tools and options are visible on every side of the screen.
The horse figure is still rough and undefined and the material looks like a graybrown clay with a subtle shininess to it.

Work in progress screenshot of a walking pronghorn facing to the viewer's right, sculpted in Nomad Sculpt on an iPad. Icons for various tools and options are visible on every side of the screen.
The pronghorn figure is still rough and undefined. Its legs are still mostly untouched cylinders and it only has one roughed in horn and a single ear
The material looks like a graybrown clay with a subtle shininess to it.

Work in progress screenshot of a standing domestic pig facing to the viewer's left, sculpted in Nomad Sculpt on an iPad. Icons for various tools and options are visible on every side of the screen.

The figure appears to be finished to an acceptable level of detail for 3d printing, though most of the skin is smooth, so realistic textures will need to be applied with paint.

The material looks like a graybrown clay with a subtle shininess to it.

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Genel Jumalon 🍉 @geneljumalon.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Unfriendly reminder, AI is being used to destroy trust. Do not normalize the use of AI. AI can not reliably enhance videos or low-quality images. This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 28/01/2026

I post this link merely as a cultural curiosity and not so that anyone could print one if, say, whistles were banned. Obviously that would be wrong.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer. In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 23/01/2026

The engagement bait AI animal videos are getting pervasive here now too. And people here aren't much better at recognizing and calling it out than they are on fb. :/ Seeing way too many of the, "I don't care if it's AI-- it's cute!" kind of AI- and disinfo-supporting comments.

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 21/01/2026

It's once again backup day! Repost to remind a friend to back up their writing, art, etc somewhere and check your existing solutions still work!

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 12/01/2026

Ok, I’m just starting out, and I need to learn more about how resolution is handled, but I did make a thing in Nomad Sculpt! And even though the file is ridiculously big, it did export a printable STL to try with a FDM printer. I’m excited to learn how to use this better!

A screenshot of a pale orange clay-colored 3D model of a sitting duck, viewed from its front and left. It’s not extremely detailed but there are hints of feathers here and there.

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

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fiery @elementalembers.art · 07/01/2026

I'm making comfort food because I'm lonely when husband is out of town. Ham, corn, and golden potato casserole/funeral potatoes. Or, as my mom called them, simply "good potatoes." A lactose-intolerant person's nightmare: Butter, cheese, sour cream, cream of chicken soup added to grated potatoes.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

The year is 2003. I’m 17 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil. The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.

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