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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Plein air at RMNP Sprague Lake with mom!

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Backside of the signs done. We are ready for today!

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Made these paintings before work this morning as a personal form of protest signs we will bring to a local protest tomorrow against a planned AI data center directly upstream of the Arkansas river from our home.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

A neighbor just rolled on by in his side-by-side and gifted us with a dozen fresh eggs 😍

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Real life Stardew year 2 update: was thrown off by travel, weird weather pattern and crazy busy week at work, so having to do some serious de-weeding, but 2026 garden preparation meter is at 10% now.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Lettus party… ahem sorry. 2026 garden starter update. Once back Fri GDC I might have to move the lettuce (bottom right) and cabbage (top left) out of the seed starting containers. Wonder if this seemingly warm spring might mean I could transplant early.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Cleared out a portion of our riverfront yesterday, morning campfire both for fun and for uhhh… profit?

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Gardening update: the first 2 batches of seeds (nightshades, leafys) are getting large. Some herbs I started before the business trip last week are poking out. Also, seeing the first spinach seedling today.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Garden update: cabbage/lettuce & nightshade family all coming out. Started basil, spinach, and Brussels sprouts today. Gardening is one of the most hopeful experiences there is. Also a small but personally important act of defiance against everything that is nonsense right now.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

First time trying to grow cabbage, surprised how quickly some of them germinated. First garden seedlings of 2026!

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Hello y'all! A super talented friend of mine, @leftoverlantern.bsky.social, is finally starting a Patreon. He's one of the most insatiable creators I've had the honor to know and is always so inspiring. Please spread the words and help encourage him to keep doing super cool stuff.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Who are all going to GDC this year?

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

First time salt-water fishing, completely surprised to catch this guy within 20 - 30 minutes.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Lunch sketch group, topics: sage, sea, skateboard

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Getting back into traditional art. Bases on a mad angry character from Chinese mythology who grew a face on his abdomen to avenge himself for losing his head in battle. Gauche/ pencil.

A gauche painting of a fantasy character.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Death is actually "inevitable", funny we all are not asked to feel charitable towards people who speed others towards it. I understand that the fire pit in the near distance seems less threatening than the numbers must go up beast chasing immediately at our heels. Understand but disagree.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Golden morning. Comes with nature sounds :)

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Finding a local boardgame group and getting outdoor faucets for garden and fire pit are both greater mental boosters than I realized before yesterday 🎵🎉

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Evicted this lil guy from our garage.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Early fall mornings here are breath-taking.

Photograph of riverside lawn, trees, and a fire pit with morning sunlight streaked across them.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

RL “Stardew” farming update: Asian eggplants, okra, and first harvest of Chinese okra (luffa). Forgot to plant the luffa till pretty late in the season, impressed by how well they are doing.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Eggplants making a rebound with weather cooling down. Beautiful sunrise this morning too.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Beautiful fog panning over the river this morning.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Finally opened up the gauche kit mom helped me get half a year ago. Photo study. Weather has been ridiculously amazing in Arkansas last couple of days. Unsure if false fall or real fall but I will take it! Photo taken last year in CO.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

First time seeing rainbow at home since we moved. Beautiful evening overall.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Sketch night doodle, immersed for a few hours in nostalgia-inducing nerd chatters about DnD and jokes/stories about the industry from a highly problematic but also in some ways purer time.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Lunch sketch group sketch. Getting the itch for pencil drawings again - been kind of slowly falling out of digital paintings since the AI pocalypse

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Becoming a soup person due to the overwhelming need of eating up garden vegetables as well as the pure deliciousness.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

From garden, about to become delicious soup. Grateful to have something to look forward to every day.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

This morning’s garden harvest. We need to find a way to eat vegetables way faster!

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

In OG WoW, I loved running around in Un'goro Crater hunting and skinning everything as a happy little hunter. So I really enjoyed painting the signature card version of Restore the Wild for Hearthstone's The Lost City expansion. Many thanks to the AD Jim Nelson and the team. ©Blizzard Entertainment

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

The last piece of gear of Night Hunter of Hornworms, Head Net of Protection from Mosquitoes +1, is now ready in my deployment menu. Tried out the black light last night & caught 6 of those buggers poised to decimate humanity/tomatoes. Next time there will be less void debuff of buzzing & biting.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Just a little over a week into growing, the pea sprouts are ready for first harvest. Looking forward to having some fresh greens tonight!

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Father’s Day delivery to my dad, then today’s haul. The smaller rounder brown sugar tomatoes taste reminiscent of a really tasty tomato variety we used to enjoy as fruit in NE China when I was a kid, as I hoped.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

This is the first time we stayed home for 3 weeks (and going!) in a row since we started the moving process. Posting some garden updates: tomatoes, bell pepper are getting big. Eggplants and cucumbers are starting to form.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

2 sunny days in a row without rain is kinda rare during the last couple weeks!

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Nice evening after a few stormy days 🥰

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

First time eating home-grown spinach last night and it was shockingly flavorful. Probably the best-tasting home grown veggie we’ve had so far. Powered by this, started a new mini plot inside the garden. What to grow this late in the season TBD.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

First harvest of spinach, a shocking amount given we’ve only planted 5 as a test and this was a partial harvest. This is the first produce out of our first year garden!

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Came home to huge squash plants and even a few baby squashes. That was fast!

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

First time night time plein air, and last painting before going home. Oil on gesso board 8x10”. Not being used to going out into town/cities at night anymore, it felt surreal and a bit unsettling in an interesting way to be there.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Oil on gesso board 11” x 14”. Also saw big horned sheep in the wild for the first time ever, fittingly next to Sheep Lake. Magical.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Squeezed a lil 9x12 plein air into the morning before work. Challenged myself in getting over my fear of trying to paint straight lines in oil today.

Photo of the painting of the street with the subject matter - River Walk - as the background

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Always love snowy mountains. Plein air from this morning, oil on gesso board 11x14”.

An oil painting of glacier in Rocky Mountain national park.

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Grace Liu (NightblueArt) @graceliu.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Got to paint out with mom again! Beautiful weather and RMNP. Oil on canvas 11x14.

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