iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I remember that you like to draw night sky and skies in general... Yesterday I tried my first Orion nebula shot and thought it's something you'd like to see too. Been a while since I was on bsky too 😅

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

same... so ist es viel besser. Aber hier aufm land gibts eh nicht viel geknalle auf ein gutes 2026! mal schauen was dieses jahr so für uns vorbereitet hat >:3

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

what a nice trend idea #artvsartist2025! oh boy did a lot happen this year. I finished my apprenticeship, took so many pitures of birds and other animals, started with (digital) aquarell art, went to my first real events, worked hard to resocialise... so so much happened that I'm greatfull for!

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

and so another year passed. Happy new year yall and lets see what 2026 has prepared for us! and till next time, as always Stoay cozy, stay curious 🐾 #photo #firework #newyear

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Wait that's snow?! Huh... Damn I haven't seen such nice snowfall in my lifetime! I thought it's glitter. I'm a sucker for bokeh too.

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

"you will be visited by three spirits" The three spirits #birds

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

No joke, this would've been mine (For clarification: a random person posted this pic in a group chat and it was so random I took a screenshot)

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

#Yellowhammer in the rain taken around a year ago on a hike. The rain cought the group off guard but we managed to find shelter #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography #bird

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

SHROOOOMSSSS! 🍄 Love how photogenic these little guys are. Thinking about making a small batch of photo prints — would anyone be interested if I auctioned them? Let me know your thoughts! anyway, its getting late... Stay cozy, stay curious 🐾 #photo #photogrpahy #macro #mushroom #macrophotography

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

I'M BACK! TLDR social media is hard, specially when you have nothing to show but I'll try to post more Went out #briding this morning. New gear, new bird 🥳 I think those are redwings and Reed Buntings and as usual: critique/tips & tricks welcome anyway stay cozy, stay curious🐾 #photography #photo

picture showing a Reed Bunting looking to the right, pearching on some tall grass

picture showing a Reed Bunting percing on tall grass

picture of a redwings... sadly the bird goes under all the leaves, bad editing from my side ig

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Hey! I also captured my first Eurasian wren today! Pretty little bird. Love you pic too! 🥰

Picture shows a little Eurasian wren chilling

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

ye, but I like it that way! The steel arrived today, welded it up and forged it down ready for its first fold ^w^ Then also went out to take some wildlife shots, sadly nothing caught so here is a pic of some shrooms I found on my way home 😋

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

aight! you motivated me to at least go to the garde. It was already dark so its all syntethic light but I found some shrooms and a spider too! ☺️

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Made a new design with #XylendriaChronicles theme that I'm gonna use for a #phonecase. Printed version failed, pla and tpu don't mix, barely any color options and new filament required just for one case = I ordered one instead 😅 Anyway, Stay cozy, stay curious 🐾 #draeing #sketch #diy

The finished design I made to be printed. Ofc in xylendria Chronicles theme

A first try for printing my own case. It failed which lead me to the decision to just buy a premade one

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Triet taking some pics from yesterday's #lunar #eclipse. My lens is still broken, so they're not the best Anyway, Stay cozy, stay curious 🐾 #photography #lunareclipse #nightphotography #moon #night #nightsky

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

I FORGOT ABOUT BSKY!!! Sorry for being absent recently — Literally forgot about bsk 😭 The knife has actually been finished a while baclk. Went great for a first try, but there’s room for improvement (see comment for more info ☺️). As always, Stay cozy, stay curious 🐾 #knifemaking #metalwork #knife

finished knife, my first try on making pattern welded steel!

For a first it really went well but there where quite a few hickups. Biggest one, damn that steel was hard to forge by hand. I supose the high manganese concentration made it very stiff, and therefore hard to stretch out. Damn, I would love to have a forgepress...

then I undercalculated the billet, and the knife turned out smaller, thinner and narrower then expected. But even so, I still love it!

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

it has started! welded up my blanks ad forge welded them. Sadly the big hammar hasnt arrived yet so my dad simply hleped with an axe 😅 (PS: yes I cant weld 😑) anway: Story cozy, stay curious 🐾 #knifemaking #forging #diy #crafting #blacksmith #damascus

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

A new way of making spoons I came up with last year. Got in contact with some local tea & coffee shops for a colab but sadly my lathe broke I'm curently focusing more on blacksmithing again but when I have some spare money, I'll make sure to get a lathe again! #lathe #woodworking #craft #handmade

closeup of the spoon. basically the outside is turned, then cut in half and then the inside is turned

and a picture of the spoon as a little present

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Done! ☺️ I am really happy with the result, specially the tail I'm proud of! But I did change the posture a little bit which setback shading, but definetly worth it! tips, tricks and critique always welcome! Anyway, Stay cozy, stay curious 🐾 #digitalart #OC #drawing #furry #art #xylendria #digital

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Todays work. Finally figured out how to switch between smudge and blend. GAMECHANGER!!! Comments, critique, tips&tricks as welcome! Anyways, Stay cozy, stay curious 🐾 #WIP #drawing #digitalart #art #OC #Xylendria #infinitepainter

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

New #drawing in the making! I always envisioned shadows old God form to be something like that. Sally there prob won't be much "screentime" of him like that in the books. Critique, tips & tricks welcomed! Anyway... stay cozy, stay curious 🐾 #wip #drawing #digitalart #xylendria #rtpls #commentpls

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

!!!Big news!!! I am now an officially trained professional woodsculpter 🥳 That's all actually 😅 Anyway, Stay cozy, stay curious 🐾 #apprenticeship #Amaterasu #okami #woodworking #woodcarver #woodsculpter

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Does this go as round birb? Found this little fella in a hike for some long exposure shots on a river Bank 😋 #bird #birdphotography #photography #photo

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

A friend of mine is making watches. Today I did some random on the spot #pictures of them with kitchen utensils. A pot for reflection, Pizza carton for shade and cups as holders🤣 #improvise #photo #photography #watch #wristwatch #lightplay

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Small little #weekendproject! I made a similar cupboard a while back to fit inside a bigger cupboard (don't ask 😅) and my mom requested another one. Made out of really crappy pallet wood and stained with a varnish mix. #woodworking #crafting #diy

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

oh so thats how they'Re called! when I was in italy there where a bunch of them, there I was able to caputre this beaut! (but I like yours too, I like some casual pictures from time to time too!)

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

only small post today. Made a new sticker for my telegram collection! anyways, stay cozy, stay curious 🐾 #telegram #sticker #telegramsticker #digitaldrawing #drawing #infinitepainter

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Drew the second type new. And for this one also the first time, so no old and new comparison 😅 Critique, tips & tricks are always welcome. Specially about designing such "pages"! Anway, stay cozy, stay curious 🐾 #digitalart #drawing #art #OC #characterdesign #Bestiary #rtpls #commentpls #xylendria

Todays drawing is a Bestiary page for the ghost lichtlein of type "care & belonging". In maho theyRe called lihulis and have a cresend moon with a dot in the middle. Its supose to be a symbolic hug XD
Lihulis are the caretakers of their plane. They gather around places of pain or stress -- comforting wilting plants, grieving creatures or arguing beings. Oh and apparently they also smell a bit of cinnamon :P

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Journeyman's piece of #okami #amaterasu over the days! Thought I'd share a collection of each day, showing the process a bit better 😊 #apprenticeship #wood #woodsculpture #woodworking #woodcarving #relief #woodrelief #carving #sculpture #sculpting

A picture a classmate mate of the process

Day 6-7
Forming the wolf wasn't all that hard actually but the legs, and even worse the paws, damn that was hell! I never really made paws, I cant even draw that nicely so this was a big burden XD

3-4th day.
I realized that I cant, or at least shouldnt, form the cliff before the legs are defined so I stoped it. Instead I switched to the flames but efter forming that too, it was finally time to start with the wolf part...

End of day 1.
I mainly focused the cliff cause I was too scared to actually start forming out the wolf XD

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Added a description! I'll also include an older version of this ghostlichtlein-type. Which one do y'all prefer? I prefer the new one honestly😅 Anyone interested to know more about Xylendria, shall I post more lore content? Anyway, Stay cozy, stay curious🐾 #drawing #xylendria #art #OC #character

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Day 8 journeyman's piece Tried to finish it today but waxing everything took longer then expected. So in the end I didn't finish it today 😮‍💨 Added color, sanded the top surfaces and carved a chamfer Tomorrow it's done, I promise!😅 #woodworking #carving #woodcarving #okami #amaterasu #sculpture

Journeyman's piece day 8
I tried to finish it today but failed! I added coloring, sanded everything that needed sanding, looked for chips and so on

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Day 7 journeyman's piece Welp, what's there to say... Cleaning... Mostly did the backside and started sanding the sun. I'm hoping to finish it tomorrow so I can still buy some stuff... But we'll see #sculpture #woodworking #woodsculpture #okami #amaterasu #relief #carving #woodcarving #woodwork

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Day 6 journeyman's piece *Sarcastic* big day today! Nah jokes aside... Lots of cleaning, cleaning and now cleaning...😮‍💨 Oh but I did Router the borders today!😋 And extra pic from insta while me working 😊 #woodworking #okami #carving #woodcarving #relief #sculpture #amaterasu #woodsculpture

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Day 5 journeyman's piece Started the cleanup process. Mostly cleaning up the fire and sun. Today was a slow day, not much happened 😮‍💨 #woodworking #carving #relief #okami #amaterasu #sculpture #apprenticeship

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

"quick" #drawing of a ghost Lichtleins (creature of my book #xylendria) to train #Aquarell colors and fineline art some more. I honestly envy artists like @watanabetakao.bsky.social who can simply do fineline art so well ☺️ Still need a lot of practice 🥲 #digitaldrawing #digitalaquarell #fantasy

"quick" drawing of a ghostlichtlein. A creature from my book "xylendria Chronicles", plop g up everywhere and anywhere near their avenari (yet another creature). This little fella is of type "freedom/fun"

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Whops, forgot to post day 4 of journeyman's piece 😅 Now everything starts to take longer, cuts need to be set thoughtfully and we're slowly getting into shape (at least imo 😂). Today's focus was head and neck Thoughts, critique & tips n' tricks are welcome #woodworking #carving #okami #amaterasu

Journeyman's piece day 4. Focus today was on neck fluff, face and some work on the sun background. Things are slowly getting there but as the shape takes its final form, so does every cut take more time to calculate *sigh*

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Journeyman's piece day 3 Today I mostly focused on the front part. Head, neck, front legs... That kinda stuff. As always, tips, tricks or simple critique is very appreciated! Anyway... Stay stay cozy, stay curious 🐾 #wood #woodcarving #carving #okami #amaterasu #sculpture #woodsculpture #rtpls

Photo was taken after my third day on working on my journeymans piece!

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Welp... Not really good in arts, more in sculpting but here are a few things I'm honestly proud of!

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Journeyman's piece day 2 Focused on the flames, and the body today! Rough work only, cleanup will be done at the end ☺️ Tips, tricks & critique very appreciated anyway... Stay cozy, stay curious! #apprenticeship #woodcarving #carving #okami #amaterasu #relief #sculpting #commentpls #rtpls

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

I'll call it done! I always thought landscapes are easy with Aquarell but I struggled hard😆. And in the end it kinda lost the aquarell touch... But what do y'all think, any critique, tips or tricks? @rythulian.bsky.social anyway: Stay cozy, stay curious #rtpls #drawing #digitalart #digitaldrawing

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Hey, its finally happening! Journeyman's piece time (day 1)🥳 Honestly, I already made some minor mistakes but dunno... Its surprisingly fun. We're all listening to music, eat some snacks and chit chat around ☺️ And as always: Stay cozy, stay curious 🐾 #woodcarving #sculpture #woodworking

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Continued the #landscape #drawing a little bit (yes, I'm slow 😤). Its still a #WIP, but its surprisingly getting somewhere! I'm starting to like it ☺️ Critique, tips and tricks are as always very welcome. Anyway, its getting late... Stay cozy, stay curious 🐾 #sunset #aquarell #commentpls #rtpls

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

#Penguin! there'll be some sort of competition and we (coworkers) were asked to make trophies/prices at work today. We decided to do #lowPoly #animals but in the end I was the only one who actually made low poly😅 Used wax color, I'll polish it tomorrow☺️ Stay cozy, stay curious🐾 #craving #woodcarving

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

#Otter on the moon One of my first and yet fav #animal #sculpture I made during apprentencship! Also the first time #carving felt more fun then a chore😅 Any tips, tricks or critique? maybe some other sculpter wanna join😊 Anyway, Stay cozy, stay curious🐾 #woodworking #woodcarving #wood #handcraft

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

saw this and just needed to do it too! lovely idea indeed XD Still a total newcomer but I supose you can see a tendency ^w^. Lets see how things look in like a year or two and as always: Stay cozy, stay curious!

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

🥳FIRST TEST🥳 The first iterations of pins are hereby done! Sadly there are quite some complications and I prob cant offer much details in real production but hey, thats exactly why I'm doing this test, to see the flaws and improve #testing #enamelpin #test #testseries #smallcreator #craft #WIP #art

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

#WIP of a #landscapeDrawing ☺️ Yeah, I kinda forgot that landscapes are really not my strong suit 🥲 Welp, lets see how it'll turn out ^^ (PS: thank you @rythulian.bsky.social for inspiring me ^w^) #landscape #sunset #aquarell #digital #digitalart #commentpls #rtpls

Landscape drawing with some for ground already

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

May I present to you ✨holy✨

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Shadow1004 @shadow1004.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

#WIP of my ongoing book project: #xylendriaChronicles. A first #refsheet for shadows weasel form. I lost the original file after buying a new tablet, which killed the joy to finish it... One day It'll finish it XD anyway, stay cozy, stay curious 🐾 #digital #digitaldrawing #infinitepainter

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