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Joanna Hastings @joannahastings.bsky.social · 3h

Fish in a sea of moons, dreams of being a moon itself, dreams of a shoal of moonfish in a deep blue drift of space.

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 1h

Since I drew firefox, I just had to draw fernfox too 🦊🥬

A green fox shaped creature with a dense leafy tail and big floppy ears with one ear flopped over

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 19h

"what if there was a trapper who lived here but one day he was out to check his traps and slipped in the water and drowned, but the cabin's still there" WHAT? Bob Ross, WHAT?

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Steven Strang @alchemicalrat.bsky.social · 19h

Go to your camera and search ‘boat’ and post one that you like.

Paintingnof a clinker-built wooden boat flying in a cloudy sky. Only one person is aboard, standing in thevstern holding the tiller.

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 18h

So one thing I really want to do for next year is have little printed out cards that have the information all my cover artists, because I cannot overstate how much they're the reason people come to my table. I want something people can take with them or photograph!!

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soulonfireart.bsky.social @soulonfireart.bsky.social · 17h

Graphite drawing of a missing shoe.... #graphite #drawing #B&Wart

Graphite drawing of a chair draped in cloth, a camisole left on it, and only one shoe....

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 16h

Daily bunny no.3475 has left the seabed

Two bunnies stand on the shore by the ocean, next to a seaside cottage. A seabunny (actually a sea slug) crawls onto the beach like a caterpillar, and the land bunnies address him

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rike @rikedraws.bsky.social · 15h

mondfisch-begegnungen 🩵 — #kleinesKunstretreat

eine tintenzeichnung eines mondfischs mit blauen und türkisfarbenen klecksen auf dem papier. ein paar scheinen hinter dem fisch zu verschwinden

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Ligus @greyauk.bsky.social · 14h

#SundayFishSketch 👻🐟

a black card board print of a pacific viperfish, sideview, a long small fish with very visible teeth

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Alan K. Dell @alankdell.bsky.social · 13h

It's my birthday today! 🎉 Have 38% off my entire set of books on Itch-io. Ends today. itch.io/s/205518/38t... 💙📚🪐 | 📦📚 | 📢📚

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38th Birthday Sale

A bundle by Alan K. Dell, $14.21 for 5 games

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 9h

When you buy a book, you're not just buying a ready made experience or adventure, but you'll also helping authors pay their bills, their groceries, and making life a little bit better for you both.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 18h

Thank you! It was a fun challenge

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Lu @rendernev.bsky.social · 22h

Old card catalog card and an autumnal hippocampus.

My drawing of a hippocampus on a card catalog card. The colors are orange, yellow, and a blue background.

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Draw More! 🇨🇦🏔🎨😎 @doryr.bsky.social · 22h

It’s a howling wind out there, so it’s birds on the drawing board. Happy Saturday all!

Drawing of a monochrome tit from a photo…I’ve never seen one of these in real life. Feather practice!

Watercolour and ink drawing of a Black-capped chickadee surrounded by leafy branches.

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taterdash 🦇 @taterdash.bsky.social · 21h

Acrylic plein air from a workshop on Art Hill in Forest Park. Really pleased with this one! #art #acrylic #pleinair #landscape

8x10 inch acrylic painting on canvas panel of a view from a hill in Forest Park St Louis. The focal point is a sycamore (I think) tree that has turned yellow-orange. It's surrounded by greener pines and there's a red-roofed mansion in the background. The horizon is distant trees. The sky is blue and clear and the foreground is a grassy slope. It's pretty painterly, mostly big shapes and sort of pastel color sensibility.

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Crumplings 🐌 @crumplings.bsky.social · 21h

Hazel and bramble woodland spirits, handmade from paper mache and painted with acrylic inks. 🍂 Both now listed in my shop at shop.crumplings.co.uk! :)

Two paper mache figures with huge gremlin ears, speckled colourful cloaks, and black glass eyes. They are standing in bright natural light in front of a lantern and jars with decorative dried plants and branches as well as a patch of moss.

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 21h

it kills me when I see someone complain about a single typo in a published book bc I'm like listen that is not a typo, that is a SURVIVOR that made it past ten gazillion pairs of eyeballs, and it should be honored as such

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 23h

What sort of bird is this again?

A brown bat laying on the floor with its eyes closed

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Alan K. Dell @alankdell.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

ICYMI for my 38th birthday this weekend you can get 38% off of all my books in this sale on Itch-io! They also come as a bundle. itch.io/s/205518/38t... Ends midnight Sunday 💙📚🪐 | 📦📚 | 📢📚

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38th Birthday Sale

A bundle by Alan K. Dell, $14.21 for 5 games

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Rune Hrafnagaldur @lunegrimm.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

-In denial over and over again- A personal piece finished the lineart for all the way back in January and then just never properly finished for no reason.... But better late than never! #art #illustration #medieval

A red kite with a lions head sitting on a skull with an arrow and snake beside it

Same illustration just in black and white

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BeckyKidus @beckykidus.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Started this one back in 2021... And found the will and time to finish it just now. Very happy with the end result, though! "Everything the Sun Touches", graphite, A4. #SciArt #lion #caturday #drawing #art #graphite

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ElectroCeratops @ehrenenglish.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

I'm splitting hairs at this point, so that means it's background time. #SciArt #invertart #tigerbeetle

Six spotted tiger beetle painting in progress.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 17/10/2026

Love the look of this one! (although all your birds are always great)

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Annie Shao Art @annieshaoart.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

#Birdtober2026 Day 16: Iridescent, one of my favorite effects to draw and paint! Here's a not-so-common-looking Common Grackle. Prompt list by @kaylafiskbirds.bsky.social #BirdArt #SciArt #Birdtober #Birdtoberclub #FineArt #Copic

Detailed marker drawing of a Common Grackle perched on a thin stalk. The light is hitting the bird so that its iridescent blue head and gold, purple, and blue highlights can be seen throughout the body and tail.

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Jen C Mars @jencmars.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Eight days of vaquita drawings It’s been good to see so many artists and streamers raising funds and awareness over the past week. I hold on to hope, and I appreciate the many people who work tirelessly year round to try to protect those that remain, and to give them a chance to recover Vaquita.mx

Photo of an open sketch book on a wood desk showing a page filled with pencil drawings of vaquita porpoises in various sizes and angles. A hand holding a pencil is visible on the left side

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Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷 @crawlieswithcri.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Who needs 27 sec of Chonky Chippy packin' in the seeds? I mean...who doesn't?! #MentalPalateCleanse Allen's Chipmunk, Rogue River NF #mammals #becurious

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 17/10/2026

Oh, that's good to hear! I have a lot of sensory issues around shirts in particular so I love hearing these are comfortable for folks 💜

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 17/10/2026

After some more record heat, it is quite delightful!

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 17/10/2026

This made me start singing "...and our flag was still there" in my head lol 🏳️‍🌈💜

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 17/10/2026

Reminder that this sale is ongoing! Great opportunity to stock up on t-shirts at a reduced price... if not from me, there are so many great artists on threadless 💜

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Jasmine 🏴‍☠️ @abyssangler.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Artist! Quote with your character just existing!

A pencil drawing of a man alone at sea playing his fiddle.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 17/10/2026

Cold front! Cold front! Being pelted by acorns (it is heckin' wimdy...) but totally worth it Cold front! Autumn reverie 🍂

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 17/10/2026

Sometimes you just feel like screaming #SciArt #Whistober

Digital drawing of a cicada perched on wood. The cicada has a mostly black body with pea green, mustard, and burgundy highlights. Its wings have touches of a bright green near the body and are mostly transparent. The insect's shadow is being cast behind it onto the wood.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 17/10/2026

Yep, people love to talk about tentacles but I think only squid technically have them?

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James “Vamp” Fleet @horrorfilms101.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

“I don't think $30k is a life-changing amount of money.” You can’t post this on BlueSky, the key demo here is liberal arts-friendly person who’s pretty sure they’ll have to work until they die of a heart attack on shift and have their ashes dumped in a Count Chocula box.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 17/10/2026

Yeah, for accessibility reasons, I'd love to have audiobook versions of all my books but the cost is prohibitive without some kind of fundraising effort if you want to employ real, live human voice artists (and you do want to employ real, live human voice artists)... #NoAI

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Ello @ellohcee.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

#Artober day 6 - fish (Giant snakehead) #art #stars #celestial

Digital art of a giant snakehead, a dark fish with a long body, a lighter underside, and marbled markings that range from teal to peach. The fish is angled upwards against a dark background with stylized stars and a sun begin its head, rays of light fading into the distance.

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Katie Fuller @katiefullerart.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Here are some more of my Procreate creations for #BirdtoberClub 2026 (specially for you @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social 😉) I think Instagram suppressed my post with the dipper because I mentioned the c word - climate!

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DrRelling @drrelling.dev · 16/10/2026

Probably the most stressful and satisfying whittle of my life 🙂 I think this is as far as I can take the concept for now.

My hand holding a carving of two balls in cages connected by chain links, all called from the same block.

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 16/10/2026

A paused a lot of much more urgent projects just to crochet these silly pumpkins with yarn I got on clearance and probably doesn’t have enough to make a second set. Annoyingly, I kinda love them.

Three crocheted pumpkins in yellow green and orange

Three crocheted pumpkins in yellow green and orange. Hand holding one for scale

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 16/10/2026

It might be fun to draw the maximum number of leggies that would fit on the page 🤔😂

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