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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Orange Tree. Drawn in Procreate on my ancient iPad. If you'd like it in your house, it's available as art prints at my INPRNT store, and on a variety of products (including phone cases, stickers and notebooks) at my Redbubble shop! www.inprnt.com/gallery/puff... www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1833...

A stylized orange tree in a small bonsai pot on an aqua-blue background. The tan trunk and branches stand tall with a slight curve. The leaves and oranges are drawn to fit in an ovaloid shape, and the leaves are a gradient of colors, from yellow-green at the top to dark blue-green at the bottom.

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 08/09/2024

My interior illustration for the FFXV Wanderlust Zine! The greatest thing about being in this zine was getting to draw one of my favorite critters from the game! Created in Procreate on iPad. #finalfantasyxv #ffxvwanderlustzine

Quetzalcoatl from Final Fantasy XV, drawn in Procreate for iPad.

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Gveanel @gveanel.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Boosty commission for Lucienere. My boosty: boosty.to/gveanel

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Alexandria Neonakis @beavs.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

New personal painting. Inspired by the scene in Fantasia that I feel like I’ve built my entire art style and personality around.

A white Pegasus floats in a pond underneath the shade of hanging wisteria. She holds a wing out over her foal who is floating in a patch of sunlight in front of her

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Rearranged my entire website (and axed SO MUCH OF IT) in preparation for submitting a proposal for an art show and now I'm just like What was I going to do next?? >_>

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Loish @loish.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

this was a fun little process vid to put together.

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jaca🌱 @jacadamia.com · 21/04/2026

to CREATE is to CONNECT

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Me too! Gluten-free baking is even more like performing chemistry than regular baking is!

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I grew up loving and making bread. I lost so much with my celiac diagnosis but most especially I lost the joy of breadmaking. I’m hoping to get that back.

On my crossed legs, a large hardback book with a photo of a beautiful rustic load of bread on an olive green cover. The title at the top in cream text: “The Art of Gluten-Free Bread.” Below the bread photo, the subtitle and author: “Groundbreaking Recipes for Artisanal Breads and Pastries” by Aran Goyoaga. (Beyond the book’s cover, you can see my cat in the background, loafed on the floor.)

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Gustavo Rinaldi @gusrinaldi.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Lets post some Fire 🔥 art

Drawing of a dragon flying away from a huge forest fire.

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

First mind horse of the year! Happy New Year 🐎 🎉2026🎉

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

First mind horse of the year! Happy New Year 🐎 🎉2026🎉

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RJ Palmer 🔜 LBX 637 @rj-palmer.com · 24/12/2025

Hey new folks, here's a collection of top tier artists you can follow. Concept Artists: go.bsky.app/TyNJQ99 Creature Designers: go.bsky.app/SBCxqoa Pro Illustrators 1: go.bsky.app/79aS32C Pro Illustrators 2: go.bsky.app/D3T5kF Good Paleoartists: go.bsky.app/RYwJUEK

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Thank you! 😁 I’m so pleased with how he turned out!

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Just gotta say I had an absolute blast looking at photo references for suits. I looked at HUNDREDS of the fanciest suits, on some frankly very stunning models, and I discovered that tailored suits may cost an awful lot of money but they are worth every penny. No, I did not buy one, but I wanted to!

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

"Bouquet" My art piece for Rowan for the @charityartauction.bsky.social this year, which raised money for Doctors Without Borders. I was so excited Rowan chose Gladio; I don't get to draw him all that often! A fun event for a worthy cause. #gladiolusamicitia #finalfantasyxv

A black-and-white illustration with spots of color representing a waist-up portrait of older Gladiolus Amicitia, dressed in a fine suit and holding a bouquet of long-stem roses in his arms. He looks out at you with a soft smile. His eyes are amber, and his shirt, the roses, and the ribbon binding their stems are deep red.

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Every streaming service has its good and bad. Tidal is one of the better ones for artist pay, but not as many artists are on it. Apple Music and Amazon Streaming are better for artist's pay than Spotify, but then you have to deal with Apple or Amazon.

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I think that’s really indicative of the problem, actually! Artists used to be able to make a living on album sales. With the streaming landscape, and the scummy way the streaming services calculate royalties, artists can’t just make albums anymore. So we get less music.

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Exactly! I have a little Sony Walkman mp3 player that holds a LOT of music and when I have a hankering for a song I can just play it and I don’t have to be connected to wifi to do it!

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

That’s fair. And I really should have said ‘consider buying in addition to streaming’ because honestly streaming is just convenient. When I said buy, I meant digital albums. MP3 players do still exist, and when you buy and download, you can play the song whenever you want.

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Time to share my most-reblogged post on tumblr… if you buy an artist’s album, they make more money than the royalties from 5,000 streams on Spotify. Support artists and buy instead of stream. #spotifywrapped #spotify www.tumblr.com/puffbirdstud...

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💬 50 🔁 14015 ❤️ 14581 · Since it’s Spotify Wrapped season I thought I’d share this reminder that streaming services are killing the music industry. Musicians can’t make a living like this. If you…

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Scott Wills paints a background for the first run of Samurai Jack (2001–2004), created by Genndy Tartakovsky, Cartoon Network Studios

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

My YouTube feed just pushed a video where a curator at the British Museum talks about a cuneiform tablet in the collection and the curator’s name is Irving Finkel and he looks exactly like his name sounds and he’s so excited about cuneiform tablets that I could listen to him for hours…

A cartoon drawing of a dapper balding man in round wire-rim glasses and a three-piece suit and a giant fluffy white beard, holding a rectangular tablet in one hand and gesturing excitedly with his other hand.

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

The Auction is TOMORROW! Check out the auction’s Bluesky feed for links and bid to tell me to draw something Final Fantasy! Creatures and beasties, Warriors of Light and Scourge Abominations… and all funds go to support Doctors Without Borders!

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Thank you 😭 I was a slug all weekend because I couldn’t be anything else, and I’m tired of being a slug but also I want to get better… I’m gonna sit here and drink my mug of hot broth and play my vidya game…

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I called in sick to work today because I’m still hacking up a lung even though I’m feeling a little better—but because I’m feeling a little better, my brain is telling me “hey! since we’re home, we should Get Stuff Done around the house!” Please help me tell it to Shut Up

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Day 11 of art show prep… the one that was done in the beginning is still the only one done, but I have made progress! Two in good shape, and two prepped boards waiting in the wings.

A painting of a leafless tree silhouette against a sunset. Seven black birds sit in the branches, spread out, all looking to the left.

An unfinished painting; the drawing depicts a woman leaning to the side, her hands nearly cupping her face. Two ghastly arms with long, clawed fingers ominously reach for her.

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Molding paste applied to one canvas 💪 and now it’s time to get ready for the day job 😂

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Thank you!! I am… more than a little stunned…

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kanda @kandaem.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

i don't usually work with a lot of green so this was actually a lot of fun 💚✨ time to start something new! twitch.tv/kandaem #art #oc

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

I wasn’t expecting anything to come of it so it came as a huge surprise..! I definitely have my work cut out for me 😅

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

I think today I’m going to make do—I have two blank (or essentially blank) canvases that I can start with, and if I get those done in a reasonable time, I’ll consider getting more. It’ll give me time to make more thumbnails, too. Of the 10 thumbnails I made last night, one has promise.

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

(Basically, “do I need to go shopping for canvases?” The answer is, naturally, “YES, you imbecile! You ALWAYS need more canvases!” Unless I’m talking to my business budget self, who looks at all this and says “You can make do.”)

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Day one of art show prep: Inventory. What do I have? What’s finished, what’s not? Of the finished stuff, what’s appropriate to the show’s theme? Of the unfinished stuff, what will work and what won’t? What materials do I have and what can be repurposed?

A butcher-block table with a bunch of painting canvases and boards laid out on it—all in various sizes and various stages of completion, from still wrapped in shrink wrap to finished.

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Right now I have maybe an hour a day that I can spend on art, so I’ve gotta be somewhat methodical about this so I can accomplish everything while not panicking…

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

I 100% thought, from the submission guidelines, that it was a “submit the one you want to show” type of submission but hey I work better with deadlines

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

WELP I had one painting ready and it was perfect for an upcoming show so I submitted it at the last minute The gallery emailed today to tell me I’m accepted to the show They’re asking for UP TO NINE PAINTINGS So I guess I know what I’m doing this month

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

The trick is finding a job that lets you create when you’re off the clock. If you can find one that fulfills you without draining your creative energy, all the better.

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

The thing about being an artist is that you have to recognize when your art isn’t earning enough for you to live, and then do something about it—but that doesn’t make you any less an artist. There’s no shame in a day job. You can always revisit that decision when your art earns its keep.

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Anyway, I’m working now. Not sure how that’s going to affect my art workflow but I’ve done this before and I’m sure I’ll manage! 💪

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I managed to land a job a week after I decided I needed one. In this economy. Not sure how to advise people on how to duplicate my success; pretty much every job I’ve gotten, I heard about from friends/neighbors and therefore had someone to vouch for me before I interviewed.

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Basically, they wanted to make sure people on Medicaid “deserved” to be there. But the measures they were using don’t account for all the ways in which people suffer.

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

To clarify, in our state, while on Medicaid, we could not hold assets (bank accounts, extra cars, property) in excess of $2,000. So, want to save up for a down payment on a house? NOPE.

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Puffbird Studio @puffbirdstudio.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Which I finally did, when my husband received student loans to finish his education. Because in our state they counted as INCOME even though we paid them directly to the university.

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