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Karrttikeya

@karrttikeya.bsky.social
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Mostly my drawings (graphite, charcoal, pastel), lot of male nudity, and some nature photography. And traditional art that I like (esp. symbolism and ancient Greek and Buddhist art). Focus on (Buddhist) Humanism and (playful) Paganism .

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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 2h
Don Cherry and Terry Riley, live in Cologne (Germany), 1975. #minimalmusic #freechazz #avantgard #woldfusion #köln www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnpC...
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Don Cherry And Terry Riley - Live in Köln 1975 [Full Concert]
YouTube video by UntergrundTube - The Fourth Crusade
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Ludwig von Hofmann "Angelnde Knaben" ca. 1915. Oil on canvas, 96,5 x 68 cm (via Lempertz, Cologne, Germany)
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Ludwig von Hofmann, circa 1892, Kunsthalle Bremen, Public Domain, Via Wikimedia. (I can't find more info on wikimedia. like sice, name etc. Will look up in my books later.)
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Thank you for posting this beautiful Jūichimen Kannon.
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"Water" Pastel, graphite and pierre noire on A4 paper (folia). 10.10.2026
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Wabi Sabi Mind 🪷 @wabisabimind.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
Daily #WabiSabi #Zen #Buddhism 🙏
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Today's little pastel sketch. (cropped, A4 paper).
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"What have they done to the earth? What have they done to our fair sister? Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn And tied her with fences and dragged her down ... "
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I wasn't satisfied with the waist and the position of the navel. So I made some more changes (third day). (This was almost more than this thin paper could bare.)
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yesterday's little practice sketch (cropped). Charcoal an pastel on A4 paper ( Folia). Ref. : uncredited photo from web. 8.10.2026.
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Antique Male Erotica @vintageporno.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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dreamysheepherder.bsky.social @dreamysheepherder.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A whale of a time 🐋✨ My #OCs, Alex & Harley, splashing with a big boy #beluga. Pencil & ink, digital color. This is inspired by a core memory from 2011 when I touched a live beluga. Up close, they feel warm and clean, and their hot breath carries a unique, briny scent. #Naturism #MaleNudeArt #BL
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Lonly in the Desert 2
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sorry, I still need some more avant-garde music today. Steve Reich, Electric Counterpoint. youtu.be/plL2VDAoThU
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Steve Reich - Electric Counterpoint (full)
YouTube video by Eranthos Beretta
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
György Ligeti, "Requiem" composed between 1963 and 1965. "Ligeti spent nine months working on the six-minute "Kyrie" section alone, which featured the most complex polyphony he had ever attempted, featuring twenty vocal lines,..." youtu.be/5QtfUzs3Rec
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Ligeti - Requiem; Ericson; Poli; Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt; Michael Gielen (HD)
YouTube video by Classical music movies (Music & photography)
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Today's little practice sketch. Ref. : uncredited photo found on the web some years ago. Graphite on A4 paper (Folia). 6.10.2026
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Kona Jaxon @konajaxon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Kazuki Takamatsu
Artwork by Kazuki Takamatsu
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dreamysheepherder.bsky.social @dreamysheepherder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My #OC, Harley, enjoying a sunny day and a warm breeze on a clothing-optional shore. I think the fellow just saw… you. Yes, you. Me. Us. Right through a crack in the fourth wall. 𝘛𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘵. He wants to make sure you have an absolutely fantastic day! #ColoredPencil #MaleNudeArt #GayArt #Naturism #BL
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benjamin robineau @ben44bzh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
petite séance de dessin #portfolioart #portfolioday #art
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Wabi Sabi Mind 🪷 @wabisabimind.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
Daily #WabiSabi #Zen #Buddhism 🙏
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Charcoal sketch of "Akash", on A3 sketching paper (Lana Esquisse).
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Boys in Art @boysinart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Kirill Fadeev When a Small Pond Felt Like an Ocean (2025)
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Today is the 800th anniversary of Saint Francis's death. #naturism #nudism #NonSexualNudity #ReligiousNudity #SimpleLiving #degrowth 2/2
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Nudus nudum Christum sequi" (Following naked the naked Christ) After his illumination Francis stripped himself completely naked in an assembly and gave back all his clothing, to start his new life. (Screenshot from Zeffirelli's famous 1972 movie "Fratello Sole, Sorella Luna") #nudism
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
WIP "Akash" ( Bangladesh) First, unfinished pencil study, from photo reference (Ref by tombogey, DeviantArt). 3.10.2026
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Patrick Kapty @patrickkapty.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
NYORIN-KANNON BOSATSU Japan wood, gilded lacquer 16th - 17th century #antique #japanese #kannon #kwanyin #avalokiteshvara #goddessofmercy #carvedwood #lacquer #Japan #buddhism #buddhhistantiques #bodhisattva #japaneseantiques #japanesebuddhism #buddhiststatue
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Monochrome Purity (not fitting in any frame) Charcoal on paper, 50*40cm. 2.10.2026. Ref. : photo of a (anonymous) nude in the largest German youth magazine, 1995, ("Bravo": "Love - Sex Report '95", this series was educational, not pornographic). #history #traditionalart #charcoaldrawing
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Bodhisattva Maitreya, a little bit sad and lonely, maybe?
Charcoal sketch  of a Nepalese bronze statue of Maitreya
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Boys in Art @boysinart.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Hyacinthus Lawrence MacDonald (Findo Gask 1799-1878 Rome) White marble Signed and dated L. MACDONALD SCULP, ROMA, 1842 Height 141 cm
Hyacinthus

Lawrence MacDonald
(Findo Gask 1799-1878 Rome)

White marble
Signed and dated L. MACDONALD SCULP, ROMA, 1842
Height 141 cm
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
WIP: Graphite pencil and willow charcoal on A2 paper (Lana Dessin) 30.9.2026.
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today's charcoal practice sketch : study of a wooden sculpture of the 11-headed Avalokiteshvara ( Kannon), Japan, 13th century ( Kamakura). Ref: photo by the Nara National Museum. Typical for this kind of sculpures is the "innocent childlike expression".
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Otto Sohn-Rethel: "Studie nackter Jünglinge", Anacapri 1933. (CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
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Men in Art @meninart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Károly Ferenczy: Boys on the beach (1912) #art #men #male
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Alain Truong ♎🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @alaintruong.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Parcours du monde 2026. Yann Ferrandin Kannon Bosatsu, Japon. Bois, laque et feuille d'or. Hauteur : 105 cm sans la base, 124 cm avec la base. Datation estimée de la sculpture : Epoque de Heian (794-1184) - période de Fujiwara (794-1160), 11ᵉ siècle - début du 12ᵉ siècle.
Sculptée suivant la technique du Yosegi-Zukuri mise au point en particulier par le maître Jōchō.
 
Le test de datation du bois au C14 (CIRAM n° 0325-OA-393R-1) est compatible avec la période présumée de la sculpture.

Historique : Cette sculpture provient possiblement du temple Eikyu-ji, région du Kansai, Japon. Collection privée, Japon.

Publication : Catalogue d'une exposition sur les arts anciens japonais, daté Showa 13 (1938), Japon.
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It is unknown who the central female figure is: maybe Aurora, maybe Mary or Venus. The nudity of the putti and children symbolizes the purity and innocence of the early morning. (Wikipedia) "The Morning" by Runge is a famous but very atypical painting of German romanticism.
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Der Morgen" Philipp Otto Runge, 1808 Oil on Canvas 109 × 85,5 cm Hamburger Kunsthalle (Public domain via Wikimedia) de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Mor...
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Buddhist Art @buddhistart.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
#Maitreya, The Future #Buddha. A Gilt Copper Alloy Figure. 13th/14th century. Khasa Malla Kingdom. 12 ½ in. (31.8 cm) high. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism
#Maitreya, The Future #Buddha. A Gilt Copper Alloy Figure. 13th/14th century. Khasa Malla Kingdom. 12 ½ in. (31.8 cm) high.
#BuddhistArt #Buddhism
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
No sketch today, only some tests for drawing skin tone. Finally I decided for: 1. Sienna burned, 2. yellow ochre light, 3. blue violet dark, 4. light yellow.
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velocom.bsky.social @velocom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A drawing of a butterfly. I drew it with colored pencils on white paper. #butterfly #drawing #traditional #velocom #insect #coloredpencils #nature
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Kona Jaxon @konajaxon.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Garis Edelweiss
Artwork by Garis Edelweiss
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Ludwig von Hofmann, "Freie Berliner Kunstausstellung 1893" Lithography, poster for the "Independent Berlin Art Exhibition 1893", 101,8 x 69,5 cm. Printed by Meisenbach, Riffarth & Co. CC BY-NC-SA @ Kunstbibliothek
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Charcoal and pastel chalk on A3 paper ( Lana Dessin). 23.9.2026. The equinox is a good time to try some colors, I guess.
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viladis1971.bsky.social @viladis1971.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today's Sketchbook Page. (Graphite on A4 paper) (Ref: 20 year old photo of an 19 yo Thai model, found online.) (I guess I used this ref 3 times before).
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Otto Sohn-Rethel: "Nackte Jünglinge pflücken Orangen", 1928, Anacapri. Oil on canvas. (CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
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viladis1971.bsky.social @viladis1971.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
c. 1900
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Kona Jaxon @konajaxon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ry Cooder & V.M. Bhatt - Ganges Delta Blues www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuwn...
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Ganges Delta Blues
YouTube video by Ry Cooder - Topic
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Karrttikeya @karrttikeya.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Second study of the "Ragazzo nudo seduto". This time trying to be a bit more faithful to the photo reference. Done with graphite in my A4 drawing book ( Lana Dessin). 20.9.2026.
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Edvard Munch, The Sun, 1916
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