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an octopus made of sandpaper @sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

playing with feather :) 📷

Photo of two California condors at the zoo, one adult, one juvenile. They are laying down with the adult resting their head on the juvenile, who has a greenish tag number 39.

Photo of two California condors at the zoo, one adult, one juvenile. They are playing with a large feather. The adult is holding it, and the juvenile is reaching over, bill open wide, to grab it.

Photo of two California condors at the zoo, one adult, one juvenile. They are playing with a large feather, both holding one end in the bills.

Photo of two California condors at the zoo, one adult, one juvenile. They are playing tug-of-war with a large feather.

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an octopus made of sandpaper @sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social · 4h

Aster does but nobody wants to cuddle with him 😞 he wants a hug Eve sort of does sometimes but pretends they don't The unicorns, despite looking cute and fluffy and huggable to do not (except baby Mimi who always wants to be held). Deer family yes 👍 Picki no 🚫 do not try or she'll bite hard

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 4h

Redpoll for lazyscience on tumblr! Thank you for the #Waymakers donation! 🪶🎨 #SciArt #BirdArt The Waymakers challenge is a race and fundraiser hosted every September by @theyoungcenter.bsky.social to help immigrant kids in the US. Join us again next September!

Illustration of a Redpoll perched delicately on the dead head of a pink flower, part of a cluster growing from below the viewer's perspective. The bird is a small pale finch with a yellow beak and little red crown patch, and brown flank streaking. It looks to be a bright sunny day, which illuminates the spiderwebs strung between the drying twigs.

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🐝Martiwikiwi COMMS OPEN🐝 @martiwikiwi.bsky.social · 8h

What a Monday. Anyway, have my nb aroace wizard threat dressed to kick asses with their new forbidden magics and Otto, their guide dog. #oc

Drawing made with pencil and watercolours featuring my original character Prince Fireopal posing on a white background with their white cane in their right hand and their guide dog Otto in their left. They wear a cute chain main on a grey one-piece made of wool matched with purple long boots decorated with black laces. A big purple wizard hat on their head with a black veil covers their face, but their shinny white eyes gleam.

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🐝Martiwikiwi COMMS OPEN🐝 @martiwikiwi.bsky.social · 8h

Have Stargazer too, the most anxious and depressed of my OCs. Today matching his gender neutral son's outfit colours. #OC

Drawing made with pencil and watercolours featuring my original character Stargazer posing on white background. He's dressed in a chest armour matched with a black and white jacket under it and long black boots and gloves. On his shoulder he has the crest of the Church of the Stars, an eclipse. On the armour he wears a purple cape. He wears a flower crown.

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an octopus made of sandpaper @sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social · 14h

Dinotopia (2002) 😅 the Tyrannosaurus attack scene scared me so bad we never finished watching it lol. also caused me to have the worst nightmare of my life (nightmare strangely did not involve dinosaurs)

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Eliza Stein @elizastein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Different kinds of tiger moths (their bright colors are a warning that they are toxic to eat) 🐅 #art #ceramics #pottery #invertebrates

Two mugs with paintings of tiger moths. The one on the left is still in bisque stage, the one on the right is done. Pottery by Phil stein, painting by me.

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KIT! OCtober! @kitnkadoodle.bsky.social · 22h

“Rowhan, you know when you play with my horns it tickles a little.” Hollis sighed and rested his cheek against his chest, which was vibrating with laughter. “I know. I’m gonna play with them anyway, I love how your voice sounds when I do.” “Very well. I suppose I’ll allow it.” Hollis blushed.

Rowhan looks satisfied with himself as he runs his fingers around Hollis’ horns.

Hollis looks relaxed and happy. His hair is green and orange as it turns to autumn colors. He’s wearing a sunflower in his hair.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#boktober 3

ornamental drawing of a flying rooster in a swooping down pose, wings wide open, long tail feathers trailing backwards

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an octopus made of sandpaper @sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

October 4 still really hot so not many species out, though a lot of individuals at the bird baths (mostly finches and munias)

Starting at 7:45am: European starling, California scrub-jay, red-shouldered hawk, California towhee, Cassin's kingbird, scaly-breasted munia, Swinhoe's white-eye, house sparrow, Allen's hummingbird, Bewick's wren, yellow-rumped warbler, house finch, orange-crowned warbler, and lesser goldfinch. Starting at 8:45am: black phoebe, California towhee, scaly-breasted munia, Swinhoe's white-eye, white-crowned sparrow, yellow-rumped warbler, house sparrow, lesser goldfinch, northern mockingbird, house finch, Allen's hummingbird, and European starling.

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

nice of you to join us Mr Bond

silly digital doodle of a james bond villain stickfigure humanoid but they are holding a lobster with a fishtank helmet like the one spongebob episode in their arms

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🐝Martiwikiwi COMMS OPEN🐝 @martiwikiwi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

☕SEPTEMBER POST FOR KOFI SUPPORTERS IS READY (sorry for the delay) 🦮This time Time Traveler plays dirty to convince Wizard Prince to join him in a holy mission. ☕Support me on kofi for 3€/month and get access to my comic sketches and yadda yadda. ☕ ko-fi.com/post/WARRIOR...

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WARRIORS OF THE STARS CH5 September 2026 comic sketchbook post

Marta Selusi added a post for members!

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Ello @ellohcee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#Artober day 2 - gold #art #dragon

Digital art of a black dragon with a long neck curled close, its jaws parted and showing teeth. Spines run down the dragon’s neck and back and its horns curve back. Gold chains hang from the dragon’s neck, horns, and teeth. Its visible eye is black with a marbled gray iris and a gold star shape in the center. A glowing white circle illuminates parts of the dragon from behind, rays of light reaching out against a dark, marbled background.

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Blue-footed Booby for magpiesmiscellany - thank you for the #Waymakers donation! I had to get more sulids in here🎨🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt The Waymakers challenge is a race and fundraiser hosted every September by @theyoungcenter.bsky.social to help immigrant kids in the US. Join us again next September!

Illustration of a Blue-footed Booby perched on a lumpy dark rock overlooking a broad sea. The booby is looking over its right shoulder, showing us its goofy yellow buggy-looking eye. It has a shaggy cream-streaked head, white breast, dark wings, and bright turquoise blue feet, the color of which reflects off the lower belly.

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Oldest sis spent a long weekend with us, got to introduce her to the Smol-ticid, Ms Neonella vinnula 🧡 #EmotionalSupportSpood #Arachtober

Tiny dark orange jumping spider with little yellow-tipped palps and stripy legs

The little stripy lass, looking away from you

The tiny lass, 1.5mm long, navigating the vast dunes of a human hand

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Ello @ellohcee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#Artober day 1 - wings I tried to go for an art nouveau style #art #angel #artnouveau

Digital art of a fallen angel with dark fur and feathers, black on their hands and feet and at the end of the tail. They have two main pairs of wings and several smaller wings on their back and head. The angel’s face has gold markings and stars, their visible eye glowing with a pupil that resembles a star. The angel wears gold jewelry and manacles on their wrists and ankles, chains dangling from them. A long gauzy blue fabric wraps around and drapes from the angel in elegant waves. In the background is a very stylized halo behind their head in an art nouveau style with circles of delicate flowers, swirls, and various other designs. The borders of the image are a soft peachy orange color on a muted blue background.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Beetle 5/11 - Tetraphyllus #Art #SciArt

illustration of a dark, round beetle with iridescence that makes its otherwise black body and wings appear in vivid rainbow colors like a soap bubble.

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

For Leucrotta on tumblr, this absolute muppet - I mean, Great Horned Owl. Thank you for the #Waymakers donation! 🎨🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt The Waymakers challenge is a race and fundraiser hosted every September by @theyoungcenter.bsky.social to help immigrant kids in the US. Join us again next September!

Illustration of a fluffy juvenile Great Horned Owl trying to look extra-threatening with its huge yellow eyes, angry eyebrows, and fuzzy stubs of its ear tufts. The rest is a lump of downy owl body. Complete muppet. It is tucked away behind spruce branches, huddled next to a tree with rough gray bark.

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an octopus made of sandpaper @sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

October 3 not so many today, probably because it's hot

Starting at 7:45am: Nuttall's woodpecker, American crow, yellow-rumped warbler, white-crowned sparrow, Swinhoe's white-eye, California scrub-jay, house sparrow, northern mockingbird, Cassin's kingbird, Allen's hummingbird, scaly-breasted munia, California towhee, house finch, and Bewick's wren. Starting at 8:45am: European starling, western bluebird, lesser goldfinch, scaly-breasted munia, Swinhoe's white-eye, Allen's hummingbird, California scrub-jay, northern mockingbird, house finch, Cassin's kingbird, white-crowned sparrow, turkey vulture, mourning dove, Anna's hummingbird, and yellow-rumped warbler.

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cambrian epic wet animal @dinoserious.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#invertober 2, king ragworm (Alitta virens) #invertober2026

colorblock drawing of a rather colorful king ragworm curling around itself. its labeled in stylized text, each word in an opposing corner. there are four point stars dotting the empty blue background space, and a little gold crown hovering over its head

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

YOU SCOUNDREL YOU FIEND I WILL FIGT YOU IN THE NAME OF THE MOON LIGHT

silly digital drawing of a sailor pink rosey moth, she has a pink dress and red boots and red bow and her big moth antennae are hair

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fenfrond art 🐌🍻🐛 @fenfrond.neocities.org · 02/10/2026

cosmic elf and the house in the hills | elf 171 | #art #elfyear #peachtober

an illustration of a cosmic elf - a smiling being with pointy ears and a starburst-shaped head - holding up a piece of a landscape above their head. the landscape is made up of grassy hills, a waterfall, a big tree, and a berry bush, with a small house build on the tallest hill. the house features a bright red roof and a smoking chimney. the background is a gradient of blues with ghostly outlines of hills behind the cosmic elf, and birds in the sky.

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an octopus made of sandpaper @sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Aster evolution #art #oc #ocsky #queerart 🎨

Drawing of my trans man OC Aster at four different ages. The first is him as a child. He was thin with long blond hair tied in two braids. He looks sad and tired and wearing a long pink striped dress. The second is Aster as a teen. He has his hair in one braid and looks unhappy, arms folded, maybe self-conscious or uneasy. He wears a long blue dress. The third is him in his mid-20s after he escaped his abusive home. He has his hair down and messy and wears a short mud and blood stained nightgown and dirty socks. He looks a bit haunted. The fourth is him in his later 20s when he has settled into his new life as a man. He looks confident and stands with his hands on his hips. His hair is down again but a little less messy. He wears a green shirt hanging open and long brown pants.

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A very cozy Willow Ptarmigan for tisorridalamor on tumblr! Thank you so much for the #Waymakers donation! 🪶🎨 #SciArt #BirdArt The Waymakers challenge is a race and fundraiser hosted every September by @theyoungcenter.bsky.social to help immigrant kids in the US. Join us again next September!

A cozy-looking Willow Ptarmigan cuddled up in a loaf with eyes closed, amid grass and leaves and purple flowers. The bird has a short, stout black bill, a red eyebrow, and beautiful mottled gold and black and white feathers for camouflage among the summer browns and dappled sunlight.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#boktober 2

ornamental drawing of a sitting rooster with its head looking back, wings tucked behind, tail feathers curving, the overall shape of the animal forming a near circle. the lines are mostly made of smooth curves.

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an octopus made of sandpaper @sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

finally updated the bird list for my backyard and there's 90 species exactly so far

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Zuccnini @zuccnini.bsky.social · 17/02/2024

Halloween dinosir [#oc #art]

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Jason GRIZZLED Bittel @bittelmethis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Spotted Lanternflies… should you squish ‘em? 🧪

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

✨️Original artwork available. I rather lost momentum with this one; but as always, grateful to anyone happy to give it a home. 🙏 Barnacle Goose. Ink on Fabriano Medioevalis, approximately 132 × 85 mm. £180 + £5 UK Special Delivery or + £15 International tracked postage.

Drawing in black ink of a barnacle goose standing on a patch of rocky ground surrounded by wild grasses.

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disjointed lemon @disjointed-lemon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

trying to get better at hands, took a while to be happy with the rendering on these

a pair of pale hands playing a 9-stringed wooden lyre on a summer's day, seen from the perspective of the person playing it. they're wearing loose blue sleeves with yellow cuffs.

tags: #fantasyart #lyre #painterly #furryartist

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🪻Aiks/Atom (semi hiatus) @aiksandatoms.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#atomland #oc #ocart #illustration #ocsky #periodictableoc #art 🌟 Agnes (she/her) and Aurelian (he/him) are having a quick chat and catching up on things!! This was the perfect opportunity for me to design Agnes’s room—I think she would keep lots of mirrors and photographs around

Art of Agnes and Aurelian, the personification of silver and gold respectively. They’re chatting with each other in Agnes’s apartment room, which is decorated with silvery ornate mirrors, pictures and a spiralling staircase. Golden light spills into the room.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#InverteFest announcement: The December art book will be our 8th and last edition. We've been doing this since 2024 but my real life responsibilities have changed. We might revive the idea in the future in one form or another, but no promises. If you want in, this is your last chance.

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Auraboo @auraboo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

IT'S WEEN 🎃 Seasonal art repost time! #art #fantasy #watercolor #ocs

Watercolour illustration of a purple wizard in green robes and a black hat adorned with tiny skulls conjuring colourful, ghostly spirits out of a spellbook. Next to him is a pale blond elf dressed as a vampire holding a potion bottle, looking a bit spooked.

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libby/lucky/bunnie ✨💜 comms open‼️⬇️ @luckybunnie268.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

more Halloween sketchbook fun 👻💜🍁🎃🖤💚✨

sketchbook page with alcohol marker doodles of various different colored jack o lanterns with a variety of faces.. another drawing of the Pokemon Phantump

closeup of the drawing of Phantump, a Ghost type Pokemon that looks like a tree stump with a spooky face and branches, made using alcohol and acrylic markers. the background is indigo, dark blue, and neon green, and there is a red fall leaf next to it.

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Critter Crafter Ally [Sketch Comms Open] @crittercrafterally.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mini drawings from last month that became a trio! Used some scrap drawing paper that I didn’t want to toss :> #TraditionalArt #OriginalArt #BallpointPen

A trio of square blue ballpoint pen drawings of androgynous figures: one leaning against a short staff, one looking at a snake with a beaked face, and one hiding their face behind a round bird

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cambrian epic wet animal @dinoserious.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

no proper #invertober list this yr so im freewheeling like when i did bugtober back in 2021. so heresssss squash bug !! #invertober2026

blocky line drawing of a squash bug (Anasa tristis) on a yellow/orange background of simplified squash leaves and flowers. "SQUASH!" is written in the bottom right corner

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✨ Alppy ✨ @mxalppy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’ve reached my goal for rent but the goal for bills needs to be reached now. I was able to pay the water bill thankfully. Light bill, car bill, and my loan bills. Any help is appreciated and thank you SO MUCH for helping me reach the rent goal. 🩷 I’m still selling my pokemon cards too!

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fenfrond art 🐌🍻🐛 @fenfrond.neocities.org · 01/10/2026

elf of oak | elf 170 | #art #elfyear #peachtober

an illustration of an elf leaning back in a pile of (oak) leaves and joyfully looking up at an acorn weevil held on their fingertip. the piece is very orange and yellow and red. the elf wears patternful clothing with plaid and polkadots and rings.

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

American Tree Sparrow for a J.W. Thank you so much for your #Waymakers donation! 🎨🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt Together we raised $1594 this year to help immigrant kids in the US. They need it more than ever - it helps find family, ensure their safety, & provide legal support & basic supplies. Thank you all!

Illustration of a very round cute fluffy American Tree Sparrow perched on a thin twig in pale winter sunlight. Falling snow blankets a twiggy shrub in the background. The little sparrow has a rufous crown, eyestripe, and back, a black and yellow bill, and a soft gray belly with a black central spot.

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KIT! OCtober! @kitnkadoodle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hi everyone! My commissions are open! Just in time for Spoopy Season and Holidays! Check out my commission menu! With a little help from my magical angel corgi! Have questions? Feel free to reach out! I accept Venmo and PayPal! Please feel free to share with friends and family! #commissionme

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#boktober 1

ornamental drawing of a rooster with one wing open, sitting on a branch with leaves and a single red flower. the details are filled with ornamental dots and lines.

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an octopus made of sandpaper @sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

decided to sit for 15 minutes each morning at 7:45am and 8:45am for the next few days and keep track of all the birds I see/hear. here's October 1

Staring at 7:45am: orange-crowned warbler, scaly-breasted munia, Swinhoe's white-eye, California scrub-jay, American crow, white-crowned sparrow, Allen's hummingbird, house sparrow, lesser goldfinch, house finch, California towhee, yellow-rumped warbler, and killdeer. Starting at 8:45am: California scrub-jay, black phoebe, northern yellow warbler, Swinhoe's white-eye, cedar waxwing, yellow-rumped warbler, house sparrow, European starling, lesser goldfinch, California towhee, Cassin's kingbird, northern mockingbird, Nuttall's woodpecker, Allen's hummingbird, Anna's hummingbird, house finch, mourning dove, black-headed grosbeak, and bushtit.

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flo 🦭 team comedy @talasterism.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

my new pookie :) we are doing monthly oneshots with friends now so i made a fairy sorcerer painter!!! i love them already.... cant wait to design more outfits for them as we progress hehe #art #dndart #ocsky

an art of juno (they/them), a feminine fairy person with junonia butterfly wings. they have butterfly wings over their face as well. bellow is their painting supplies with the arcane spellcasting focus. the text on the left reads "Juno, they/them, lvl 1"

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KetrinaDrawsALot @ketrinadrawsalot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

SHRIMPtember concludes a Devonian decapod whose descendants become shrimp 🦐, lobsters 🦞, and crabs 🦀 (but not Dendrobranchiata -- prawns 🍤). #shrimptember #palaeopalaemon #paleoart #education #SciArt

The ancient ancestor of shrimp, Palaeopalaemon newberryi, as a spooky ghost

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