iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

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Ape @heyvapril.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I will be finishing this piece today! I am a finisher. I love to finish pieces. Finishing pieces is as important as the making of the piece. Finishing will NOT ruin the work I have put in so far - it in fact completes the work! (I have a very hard time finishing work)

Picture of large chunks of navy blue and yellow felt with small navy cuttings over the yellow felt lays scissors, a chalk pencil, and a clown beading completely finished sits atop

#art #feltart #textileart #textileartist #clowncore #clown #beadwork #queerartist

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Gory Thing @korybing.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

No more original cast reboots no more 20 years later sequels if I want to watch a beloved old show I can watch the original yes I KNOW that me sound like I’m a million years old I’m just so tired of reboots and rehashes and sequels I want new stuff

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Ape @heyvapril.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

late-stage-capitalism-party-girls 💫

Drawing of two wonky girls, stacked in the image with a yellow star burst swirl between them. The top girl with golden brown skin and green hair shaved into a side mullet is drinking a pink drink out of a martini glass. There are flies floating in the drink. Her nails are cut in the classic lesbian way. She winks at the viewer. The bottom girl is leaned back and pouring a bright green drink onto her split tongue. There are flies in her drink as well. She is wearing a pink leopard print jumpsuit and has big blonde wild hair. Her lash is lifting on the inside of her eye

#queerart #art #procreatedrawing #illustration #illustrator #queerartist #nostalgicart

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Ape @heyvapril.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I did it! I stayed consistent with keeping a sketchbook on me and I finished in 11 months! What everyone says is in fact true about keeping a sketchbook practice. I am experiencing all the wisdom and skill improvements

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Ape @heyvapril.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

SO CLOSE! starting to see the finish line with her She will be a wall hanging designed after my customer’s grandma who was a clown 🥹

Hand holding a felted piece of art up in front of a book shelf. The piece of felt art is a clown with big curly yellow hair with swirls of glittery yellow and white and gold beads to highlight her hair, a blue glittery bow tie, big red nose with red beads swirled into the centre, a big bright red smile and a blue hat with a glittery dandelion growing out of it. The clown’s name is dandelion

#art #textileart #queerart #clown #clowncore # beadart #queerartist

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Ape @heyvapril.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Her dandelion is being attached and her hair is coming along. Been slowly working on this to wind down after my day job which has been overwhelming lately

Photo of a hand holding up a beaded felt clown with big curly yellow hair that has beaded swirls in yellow and gold beading. A glittery blue bow tie and a big red nose adorns her with beads complimenting everything. She now has a beaded dandelion growing out of her blue hat on her head. Shes held up in front of a room filled with books.

#art #beadedart #feltart #textileart #traditionalart #artist #clowncore #clowns #clown #clownart

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Kim Sokol (Open for Commissions/Freelance!) @kimsokol.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

being an artist is just decades of going "ugh I wish I knew how to draw" over and over again until you die

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

every moment happens once, just floating by wether we notice it or not. here and gone. it is up to us to grab these little slivers of time and see them and give them a nod. what a blessing it is to be given this chance. remember to take it when you can

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Ape @heyvapril.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

If you see this, post a monster

Photo of a hand holding a small square painting in front of a dark green wall. The painting has Godzilla with clown face paint painted on it and a big red nose balancing between his two monstrous nostrils. He’s screaming what looks like a bit of clownish magic with yellow green and red stars

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#acrylicpainting #godzilla #monsterart #monsterpainting #clowncore #clowncoremonster #art #traditionalart #tradart

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Ape @heyvapril.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

There are no good ones. Because they all benefit from a system that protects them for being “strong white athletes” meaning their future and career is more important than the career or future of anyone else

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Ape @heyvapril.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

The Canadian men’s hockey team would have been no different in their celebrations. ALL male hockey players are the same because the foundation that the NHL, junior leagues, and sport itself is built on is that of racism, homophobia, and the patriarchy #mensolympichockey #olympichockey

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Ape @heyvapril.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

How the beading is coming along 🤡

Photo of a clown felt art piece being held in front of a tv showing critical role live happening in the background. The clown has big bright yellow hair, and a blue bow tie that has some glittery/flashy beads decorating the bow tie in a rudimentary plaid pattern

#clowncore #feltart #textileart #beadart #critroll #criticalrole #art #queerartist #clown

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Rotem Anna Diamant @rotem-anna-diamant.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

New insomnia golems: www.tumblr.com/tiny-golems/... #clayart #handmade #miniatures #sculpture

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Ape @heyvapril.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Working on my a commissioned clown and watching Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Why did it take me so long to watch this show?

Photo of Ape’s hand holding a felt clown sewn together. The clown has a big red smile, big red nose, lots of yellow hair surrounding her face, and a blue bow tie. In the background is a tray of scissors and beading supplies and a sliver of the tv is shown of the television show mentioned

#art #clowncore #monarchlegacyofmonsters #felt #feltart #textileartist

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Ape @heyvapril.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Being annoying is also resistance

Drawing of a cartoon frog locked in the pillory with splattered tomatoes on the ground around him and on his face and on the wooden planks. He’s bright green with yellow spots, blushy cheeks, and a cute butt. He’s saying “too annoying, milord?”

#art #digitalart #cartoon 🎨

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Ape @heyvapril.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Actually totally forgot that men compete at the olympics too

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Tara Gibbs 🍁 @burntflowers.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

For Day 1 of #ArtAdventCalendar I’d like to share this grid of tiny watercolor paintings inspired by the work of Etel Adnan. I painted this during a @caseformaking.bsky.social online workshop earlier this year.

A 5x5 grid of tiny, abstract, colour blocked landscape paintings in shades of pink, mint green, orange, purple, and blue.

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Ape @heyvapril.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

November was actually 3 months long this year

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Ape @heyvapril.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I rewatched ET, was reminded why it was one of my favourites as a kid, and then decided I needed to smash ET’s face into a heart. Then I put words on it because people like words on drawings and who am I to deny the people words?

Drawing of a heart shape surrounded by a fog of red light is a drawing of ET’s head. A portrait if you will. He’s got big blue eyes, lots of wrinkles, and stars reflecting in his big gorgeous blues. The heart shaped ET head sits on a navy blue background with spattering of yellow star like grit bits and has red words saying “I WANT TO GO HOME”

🎨 #art #et #80sart #illustration #digitalillustration #80sfilm #scifi #scififilm

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Ape @heyvapril.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

I love this little corner of my home

Photo of an unstained wooden corner desk. From left to right is a shelf of wooden boxes stacked holding a bunch of art supplies, multiple art projects littered across the desk - none finished

#art #artspace #artdesk #artstudio #painter #traditionalartist
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Wizard Cleave @wizardcleave.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I designed this sticker to help support my favorite hooman’s top surgery journey. All funds raised goes directly to support them. Sharing this with a friend means the world.✨🖤 wizardcleave.bigcartel.com gofund.me/d09635e4 #topsurgery #LGBTQ+ #support #sticker

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Ape @heyvapril.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

QRP a picture of when your pet was little A puny itty bitty baby

Photo of a tiny little black cat named Juniper with bright green eyes sitting atop a paint splattered denim lap

#catsofbluesky #blueskycats #cat

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Yes. I am right. I am seeing how Chat GPT is ruining students critical thinking and writing skills in real time. It is not the future. It is a tool designed to render the populace helpless, to make people doubt their innate intelligence, and to foster overreliance on technology.

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💕 kiki 💕 @kiki.whitecanof.monster · 16/06/2025

sorry I’m so quiet, I’m redecorating your house in my mind

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Pagan @paintingpagan.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

You know, I talk a lot about being a wizard, but I want to make one thing perfectly clear: you can not be a real wizard and a TERF. So this year's #Pride miniature is this wizard (I know we're halfway through June don't come for me 😭) #Miniatures #MiniPainting #Nerdlings

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🜄 greybriar 🜁 @greybriar.art · 13/06/2025

Having a baby bird day. Just want to be scrungly, sleep a lot and eat every 5 minutes. #art

A very stylized drawing of a tired baby sparrow

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JENN! ✨ @thekeythief.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

SHIELD • YOUR • NEIGHBORS Here in #LosAngeles, we protect our neighbors at all costs.

A family of 3, outlined in green, hide behind a roaring bear, as large foreboding black shadows with nightsticks and helmets lurk behind it. A green star outstretched at their feet as they try to hide from view. Text at the bottom reads in call caps: "SHIELD YOUR NEIGHBORS"

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Ape @heyvapril.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Planted some natives in the gorge near my home this morning. A big restoration project is happening to try and bring the land back to as much pre settler state as it can be (we did some very fucked up and real strange shit to the gorge) and it felt nice to be a very very puny part of it all 🌱

Photo of me on my knees in some grass with trees behind me planting a native willow. Im wearing a camo hat that says WZRD, striped overalls, a black tshirt and gardening gloves. A trowel lays at my side

#nativeplants #nativeflowers

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Ape @heyvapril.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

I think she’s hungry…

Photo of a black cat with green eyes in a gentle bite and hold position on my ankle that has a blue sock. She’s looking up at the camera as if to say “how dare you not know what I desire”
The table in the back is littered with work in progress small paintings and a paper working out further small paintings

#cat #blackcat #catsky

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Bree 🍄🦇🌿 @breebird33.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

reminder that my graphic novels and myself are queer if you're looking for something for the queer kids in your life (or want something cozy for yourself)🌈✨

hardcover copies of Garlic & the Vampire, Garlic & the Witch, and The Firelight Apprentice stacked on top of a lace doily and surrounded by purple flowers

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Serena Malyon 🌞🌛 @serenamalyon.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Up to No Good - acryla gouache on board ✨All prints on sale✨

A giant black cat's silhouette cuts through the cityscape at night. It stares at the viewer, back arched.

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Pagan @paintingpagan.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Fortifying my protective wards against the Evil Wizards curse (Remembering to take my antidepressants)

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nattie winters @utilitylimb.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

wearing a Protect The Dolls shirt to show my support for everyone who paints warhammer minis

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Leslie Levings @leslielevings.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Look who came back safely from firing! (And will be part of a shop update Saturday at 11am Pacific)

A ceramic lidded vessel sculpted in the shape of a box turtle

Multiple views of a ceramic lidded vessel sculpted in the shape of a box turtle

A ceramic lidded vessel sculpted in the shape of a box turtle, this time with lid off

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Tara Gibbs 🍁 @burntflowers.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

May 20, 2025 #rollandpaint Charging + Repeating Pattern Paints: Payne’s Gray, Chromium Oxide Green, Venetian Red, Green Gold, Cobalt Orange #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #OnlyBeautifulThings #abstract #abstractArt

An abstract watercolour painting. A large dark gray mountain is covered in rows of fuzzy orange dots. On the left side of the mountain, three red lines snake up between the dots, erupting above the surface of the mountain. Another red line does the same on the right side of the mountain. Running down the right side of the painting are large circles of green and metallic green gold. Across the grey-pink sky are five large pale red wavy lines.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

This is one of the most profound essays I’ve read in years. You don’t need me to tell you that Hanif Abdurraqib is one of the finest writers of our time, but this essay in particular is a hard-won offering. Please read it and share with people you love.

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In Defense of Despair

The feeling is most commonly framed as an end point, a level of despondency that cannot be overcome. But it doesn’t have to be so.

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