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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc

@escherbug.art
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Taxon-agnostic entomologist, science communicator and cartoonist. Artist of ARISE, YE SKELETON KING!, cat dad, special little guy. Full-time Extension Educator in New England, USA. Personal and art account: Catposting, goofs, sometimes art. (He/Him)

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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 4m
Wore my new tomboy toes boots to work because it's finally "green and brown" season and I keep getting compliments from older women
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 6m
At my worst I just hoping I'm doing a good enough job for the people who live in my county...
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Karl Magnacca @kmagnacca.bsky.social · 1h
Fyi if you’re looking for something better
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 5h
How are the kids learning to make edits (what we used to call amvs) nowadays
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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 7h
When you have a trombone and you’re about to make it everybody’s problem
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Sam King @samcking.bsky.social · 19h
I hope everyone has a Hussein
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Sam Antics @dsoart.com · 29/09/2026
A preview of October's mail goods www.patreon.com/dsoart/posts...
Red pencil sketch of a medieval style Godzilla face.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 29/09/2026
I think it's pretty neat that one of the legit breakout indie success stories this year is a game about painstakingly designing and sewing opulent ballgowns store.steampowered.com/app/4019220/...
store.steampowered.com
Dressmaker on Steam
Become a dressmaker! Choose fabric, cut out patterns, and sew them all together to satisfy (or sabotage!) townsfolk in this cozy crafting game inspired by real dressmaking.
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Kale 🏳️‍⚧️ ケールくん @chapter 3 @1989nk.com · 23h
we've almost reached the goal 🥹🥹 thank you sm everyone!!!
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 29/09/2026
It's husband season again
9-10ft Halloween skeleton with LED eye display Toothy jack on lantern gentleman with long hay hairSkeleton witch. This one's a wife, I knowSome kind of gnarled woody grim reaper. Hot
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Sovereign Tower - ✨OUT NOW!✨ @sovereigntower.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ok but hear me out... #IndieGames #SovereignTower #RPG #Narrative #Medieval
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caitlin rose boyle @caitlinroseboyle.com · 21/09/2026
Commissions are once again OPEN!!!! Please email me to reserve a spot 💚 Prices and examples are on the slides, so please click through and see if something speaks to you!
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feeb @magicmooshka.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI
recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.
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N*Kim @nkimillustrate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Halloween in Hanbok 01
Halloween in Hanbok 01. The summoner of Death.
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 29/09/2026
Man. Man.... I just want us all to get through ok.
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 29/09/2026
Oughghgh I wanna stay home and play Sovereign Tower but I have lots of work to do
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Fourleaf Fields 🌿 - Wishlist now! @behemuttgames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We’re making Stardew Valley, except it’s a tiny world and you raise bugs instead of animals! 🐞 #indiegame I #pixelart I #cozygame I #cozygaming I #wholesomegames
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Grayson @wildrumpus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I still have slots I really need to fill in the next few days! thank you everyone who has shared my post so far!!
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batty @batty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
sigh
WANT
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ertruitt.bsky.social @ertruitt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Unboxing day! Over a decade in the making, NECESSARY INVENTIONS: ROGER BACON, THE MIDDLE AGES, AND THE MAKING OF MODERN SCIENCE (PENN Press) is a material object. Thank you to everyone who helped along the way. For sale on October 20. @pennpress.bsky.social
Photo of a box filled with multiple copies of the book. The cover is ochre, and has different images of Bacon, from manuscripts and printed books.
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Peanut @peanutium.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
0/3450 Rent cash.app/$DragonAField venmo.com/u/Caeli-Field www.paypal.me/caelifield #mutualaid #HelpFolksLive2026 #transmutualaid #DisabilityMutualAid
Peanut's black cat standing on the carpet, looking up and to the left of the camera
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 28/09/2026
Unfortunately I have cracked making my bed cozy and warm early this season which makes getting up harder than ever
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🦋 Alie of the Woods 🦋 @humanbyweight.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Princeton finally handed off some advance copies for the 2nd Edition of my wasp book, and they look phenomenal! Thank you everyone for your exceptional patience! Go order it right now!! press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
A photo of me (a white woman with long brownish hair wearing glasses and a dark blue shirt) holding an advance copy of my book "The Social Wasps of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean: Second Edition" in front of an old wooden railing and some lush sassafras leaves. There is a big illustration of a bald-faced hornet on the cover. 

This photo is slightly misleading, since it was taken by my mom a year ago in 2025, immediately before we noticed the major printing errors in the plate series that required us to completely redo the printing from scratch. My joy is nonetheless real, and I feel justified in using this photo since I never posted it the first time around. It's all good now!
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 27/09/2026
It stopped raining... Baby's first nor'easter was the babies nor'easter possible
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 27/09/2026
On one hand I think that it's cool and sick that we're having a moment for medieval fantasy and horror in life sims and farm games... But that also means that I may have missed the boat on my game being current (by having a job)
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 27/09/2026
Stupid jokes are just a part of who I am. I'm nothing if I don't make myself laugh a little
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 27/09/2026
As ever, pour one out for the robofuckers who did not ask for it to be so much more difficult and fraught to make art about robots and artificial intelligence
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 27/09/2026
Skeletonin would be a good name for a nsfw alt maybe... I always think I want one that's a stupid pun
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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 27/09/2026
Happy Sunday! 👻
gwentrification:
skeletonin is the happiness chemical released when you see a ghoul or perhaps a ghost
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It looks like this:
[Image of a glittery skeleton holding its hand up to its mouth with floating hearts in the background]
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 27/09/2026
I finally started one of the fantasy romance novels I grabbed and man.... Going from the world building in sovereign tower to "real life and real life settings but now people are d&d races and classes verbatim" is a big shift
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A gallery of tree-dwelling ants.
alexanderwild.com
Arboreal Ants: Life in the Treetops - Alex Wild
In the warmer regions of the world, a rich and colorful ant fauna lives entirely in the trees.
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Grayson @wildrumpus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
opening up slots to raise funds cover my rent. got super sick and I have no other options. DM me if interested! PLEASE SHARE! 50$ USD: chibi model / colour background 100$ USD: model / custom background 150$ USD: model / custom background + 3D printable file #blender3d #b3d #gamedev
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Keffy @keffy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/va... "A 2026-2027 COVID-19 vaccine is recommended for all adults ages 18 years and older." Thank FUCK. Go get your shots, people!
cdc.gov
Overview of COVID-19 Vaccines and Vaccination
Learn about types of COVID-19 vaccines and find recommendations, dosage, and overview of schedule.
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Eric Schuster @ejschuster.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
#mplsgraffiti
Graffiti drawn under a bridge of a skeleton accompanied by the words "Hey, y'know, I'm trying my best."
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cuteosphere @cuteosphere.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An old comic from 2021 about being an alien
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Skulls and Sheets @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
isn't he great
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Ligus @greyauk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I finished my little bee \o/ . Art of a bee and by a bee 🐝🌿 It's now available on my Ko-fi. (End of the month and next month is vet month, so I will try to put other art up too. Commissions for small paintings are open 🙏) ko-fi.com/s/4515f07e50 #sciart #traditionalart #bee
2 passepartous with round cutouts.
One is showing a leaf cutter bee gripping a green stem on turquoise background.
the other is showing a glued down leaf which was symmetrical cut out by a bee. The background is red with little dots of gold.watercolour of a leaf cutter bee gripping a green stem on turquoise background with a little golden signature underneath a glued down leaf which was symmetrical cut out by a bee. The background is red with little dots of gold.
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Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 28/05/2025
kermies #art
7 fully coloured drawings kermit the frog making scrunchy faces
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dandy @qugre.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
bluesky gets to have the leeds archive
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 25/09/2026
I'm the beetle if it helps
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Linda Hamilton @daydreamflowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New work: Invasive species made with paper. #sciart
Phragmites, Water Chestnuts, and Water Soldier paper sculptures
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 25/09/2026
Ah fuck a hit tweet
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 25/09/2026
Ok time to go protect my potted plants
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こま9さい @2buan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
お昼寝サービス
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Read Settlers da Silva @cyberstalin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hammam and Abood need our support!!
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 25/09/2026
It's due to storm pretty bad out here on cape cod but I have the leisurely tunes of Lord Phobos to give it real tonal dissonance lordphobos.bandcamp.com/album/lounge...
lordphobos.bandcamp.com
Lounge Music & Other Delights Vol 1, by Lord Phobos
5 track album
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 25/09/2026
As a taxonomist I will always be a little miffed that people who make comics are cartoonists and people who make cartoons are animators and people who make jokes on stage are called comics
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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
yet again finding it difficult to concentrate on work as another breaking news event unfolds www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
bbc.co.uk
Growers going head-to-head at giant veg competition after exceptionally hot summer
The national championship, held at the Malvern Autumn Show, often sees world records broken. This year, UK growers faced a summer of dry ground and drought.
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they made gooseworx @gooseworx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
they said I couldn't make a 3D render of a skeleton look like it was from a 60s or 70s film, but what do we have here?
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Castor 🪲 COMMS OPEN @hamletisintown.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Anatomy of a Man [ #art #CastorArt #EsotericEbb ]
Digital Illustration loosely imitating an anatomy chart, titled "Anatomy of a Man".
It pictures the Cleric from Esoteric Ebb, standing straight, with arrows pointing at different parts of his body, each representing a different DnD stat, and each with a specific color, like in the game. Every stat is accompanied by a screenshot of in-game dialogue.
Intelligence: royal blue, skull and brain. "It is a foolish thing, to thrown oneself into the abyss. Yet, in this particular case, it appears to be the only option you are left with - if you wish to continue this journey."
Dexterity: yellow, hands. "Ignore this ghost. You've got work to do."
Strength: red, muscles. "A /good man/ (italicized). Perhaps. Yet a real man would never have let it come this far. A real man would have faced each trouble, each unspeakable fault within the system with the Strength to stand. Even if the world crumbled around him. A real man knows his intent is nothing but an excuse."
Charisma: purple, theater mask. "This is rough, man."
Wisdom: lime green, heart. "What is it? That feeling in your chest. The knowledge of lacking. Of being without, this thing hanging veil-like as a connective tissue between others. Is it something? Or is it simply void?"
Constitution: brown, guts. "The SON need not Dig the TRENCHES of the FATHER."
In the background, faded, are illustrations of each stat's imagery, interlacing and interacting with each other, flowing around the image.
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