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Mai ★

@whyst.bsky.social
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Stranded alien. Art. Books. Geek. Wanderer. Bad at sleeping. Science nerd (not a scientist). History nerd (not a historian). Dino nerd (not a dinosaur) There's always time for roller coasters and ice cream artofmaivan.com artofmaivan.com/links

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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I also post a lot of free content over there, often before I post here and occasionally things I only share there. You can sign up as a free member, if you're interested 😊 Have a great weekend everyone!
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I've been working on a new thank-you package for my patrons, so this is a last call for this one! Adventure tier receives everything in the 4th image. Voyage tier receives a print of one of the paintings and a layered Perseverance. Please sign up by Oct 31 if you're interested 😊 patreon.com/c/whyst
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Get more from Mai on Patreon. Join for free or become a member for just $1/month. Hi everyone! My name is Mai, an illustrator, 3d artist, and storyteller…
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hey all! Just wanted to share a couple more shots of these original gouache and watercolor paintings I did for my patrons 😊 On top is a floating, 3D layered cut-paper illustration of Perseverance, one of the Mars rovers! #TraditionalArt #Gouache #Watercolor #Space #Nasa #JPL #MarsRover #Astronomy
A gouache and watercolor canvas painting with bright, twinkling stars illuminating blue and white nebulae clouds, edged by tendrils of dark blue and green cosmic dust along the corners. The painting is sitting on a little wooden display easel on a table.A gouache and watercolor canvas painting with bright, twinkling stars illuminating blue and green nebulae clouds, contrasted by dark swirls of cosmic dusts threading amongst them and around the edges. Atop the painting is a floating 3D paper cutout border with a scattering of stylized stars on top and a multilayered paper craft depiction of Perseverance, the Mars rover, in silhouette at the bottom left. The rover is shown from the side and looking up at the star-filled skies. The painting is sitting on a little wooden display easel on a table. The painting is shown from a three-quarters side view to show how the 3D paper cutout border sits elevated off from the surface of the canvas.A gouache and watercolor canvas painting with bright, twinkling stars illuminating blue white nebulae clouds swirling against pink and purple ones, with dark swirls of cosmic dusts threading through them and along the borders. Atop the painting is a floating 3D paper cutout border with a scattering of stylized stars on top and a multilayered paper craft depiction of Perseverance, the Mars rover, in silhouette at the bottom left. The rover is shown from the side and looking up at the star-filled skies. The painting is sitting on a little wooden display easel on a table. In the lower right is a text that reads patreon dot com slash whystPhoto showing a few items laid out on a brown table. At the top is a folded blue and white tote bag depicting sunrise on a ringed planet as seen from space, the background full of stars. Below is a series of smaller items. The first is a khaki colored drawstring bag with a black ink logo of a spaceship and the text "Art of Mai Van". Besides that is a mini gouache and watercolor canvas painting with bright, twinkling stars illuminating blue and white nebulae clouds, contrasted by dark swirls of cosmic dusts threading amongst them. Below the painting is a floating 3D paper cutout border depicting stylized stars and a multilayered paper craft of Perseverance, the Mars rover, in silhouette and looking up in wonder. The final item is a small wooden easel to display the canvas painting on.
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thank you kindly! 😊
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Green Summer 🌳🌿🌱 Hey all! Join me, if you will - a little late 😅 - as I continue to take a look back at my work from the last several years 😊 Here are some green ones for summer! Peace, love, and kindness to you all 💚🧡 #SciFiArt #SciFi #DigitalArt #3DArt #Space #Spaceship
3D digital illustration of the Firefly-class spaceship, Serenity, as she departs a planet on yet another adventure, soaring across green-blue nebulae, stars, ringed planets, and distant moons.3D digital illustration from the perspective of someone sitting in the cockpit of a spaceship looking out a large viewport filled with green, nebulous gas and bright stars. Ahead, another spaceship is visible heading towards a large space station orbiting a planet, the local sun just starting to peek over the horizon. Inside the cockpit, viewscreens with data and lit-up buttons surround the pilot, along with two floating holograms showing a 3D rendition of the spaceship and space station ahead.
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
One can never have too many ships 😊 Ink and markers on toned paper. Black background added digitally, because my black marker was out of ink 😅 #SciFi #SciFiArt #SciArt #TraditionalArt #Space #Illustration #Spaceship #bsnm
An illustration featuring several spaceships, all rendered from the side view, as they fly from left to right against a black background. The ships come from a variety of science fiction movies and TV shows, including The Expanse, Star Trek, Star Wars, Dr. Who, and Marvel, and are all rendered in a similar style and color scheme. Next to the illustration are two of the tools used in the drawing, a black pen and a Duck Blue marker.An illustration featuring several spaceships, all rendered from the side view, as they fly from left to right against a tan, toned paper background. The ships come from a variety of science fiction movies and TV shows, including The Expanse, Star Trek, Star Wars, Dr. Who, and Marvel, and are all rendered in a similar style and color scheme. Next to the illustration are two of the tools used in the drawing, a black pen and a Duck Blue marker.An illustration featuring several spaceships, all rendered from the side view, as they fly from left to right against a tan, toned paper background. The ships come from a variety of science fiction movies and TV shows, including The Expanse, Star Trek, Star Wars, Dr. Who, and Marvel, and are all rendered in a similar style and color scheme. Next to the illustration are two of the tools used in the drawing, a black pen and a Duck Blue marker.An illustration featuring several spaceships, all rendered from the side view, as they fly from left to right against a black background. The ships come from a variety of science fiction movies and TV shows, including The Expanse, Star Trek, Star Wars, Dr. Who, and Marvel, and are all rendered in a similar style and color scheme. Next to the illustration are two of the tools used in the drawing, a black pen and a Duck Blue marker.
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Happy World Sea Turtle Day! 🪸🐢 Sharing an old favorite in celebration, because turtles are awesome! 💚 I did this commission a few years ago for the nicest family at San Diego Comic Con 😊 Have a turtle-rific day! #WorldSeaTurtleDay #TraditionalArt #AnimalArt
Colored illustration of a family of sea turtles happily swimming in the ocean, with sun rays shining through the water, creating dancing refraction caustics on the sandy bottom and on the turtles' backs. The mother turtle is gliding gracefully through the water and looking proudly at the camera. One of her baby turtle is dancing energetically in front of her and looking mischievously at the camera, and her other baby turtle is swimming serenely by her and looking shyly at the camera.
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Jen Rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I am obsessed with this finalist in this year's Michigan “I voted” sticker design contest
Cat saying "I voted now let me sleep"
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Hey California! Today is the last day to register to vote and get a Vote by Mail ballot! I know a lot of people tend to skip the primaries, but this is an important one, so go vote! And now, back to art 😊
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Thank you so much for coming to San Diego!! 🩵 My sister and I took the day off work and drove 3.5 hrs to be there and we had an awesome time! 😊
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Always nice when a friend stops by for a visit 😊
A bird sitting on the ledge outside a window visible through, and slightly hidden by, a sheer teal curtain and a white curtain, looking directly into the room as if to say hi
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
An X-wing a day keeps the Empire away ✨ Happy May the 4th! Let's do something a little different this yr. At the link in my profile is a list of charities. Pick one, donate $10 (or more!) today or tmw, send me a screenshot of your receipt, and I'll send you a free 5x7 original sketch of an X-wing 😊
Illustration of an X-wing starfighter with its S-foils locked in the iconic X-shaped attack position while zipping through space in a tunnel of bright, white streaks of starlight. To the top left adorning the illustration are two small origami X-wings, one orange and one yellow.A close up, angled view of a drawing of an X-wing starfighter with its S-foils locked in the iconic X-shaped attack position while zipping through space in a tunnel of bright, white streaks of starlight. To the top left adorning the illustration are two small origami X-wings, one orange and one yellow.
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Note: The one you receive will not look exactly like the one pictured. Since they're hand drawn originals, each one will be unique. Plus, I'm going to have fun with these and play with different ideas. After all, one of the ways to fight the darkness is with joy 😊
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
For those who would like to but are unable to donate right now - we all experience hard times sometimes - I'm also going to do one free giveaway (combined entries from all my socials). Just like and/or comment on this thread to enter :) Let's help make the world a slightly better place!
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
An X-wing a day keeps the Empire away ✨ Happy May the 4th! Let's do something a little different this yr. At the link in my profile is a list of charities. Pick one, donate $10 (or more!) today or tmw, send me a screenshot of your receipt, and I'll send you a free 5x7 original sketch of an X-wing 😊
Illustration of an X-wing starfighter with its S-foils locked in the iconic X-shaped attack position while zipping through space in a tunnel of bright, white streaks of starlight. To the top left adorning the illustration are two small origami X-wings, one orange and one yellow.A close up, angled view of a drawing of an X-wing starfighter with its S-foils locked in the iconic X-shaped attack position while zipping through space in a tunnel of bright, white streaks of starlight. To the top left adorning the illustration are two small origami X-wings, one orange and one yellow.
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
It's a beautiful spring day and everything is in bloom! Think I'll find a nice shady spot under a tree and just read a book and listen to the birds today 😊🌸 #BloomScrolling
Beautiful white roses, mostly in full bloom with a few buds visible, and greenery all around on a bright, sunny Spring dayBright magenta-colored bougainvillea flowers in full bloom and surrounded by greenery under a clear blue sky on a bright, sunny Spring dayAn apple tree with several green fruits visible growing among the lush green leaves in a shady area on a bright, sunny Spring dayA nectarine tree with several red/orange fruits visible growing among the lush green leaves on a bright, sunny Spring day
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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
My latest Paris dispatch on how 300 streets outside of schools became some of the coolest places in the city. But even more importantly, these family-centric improvements provide ubiquitous reminders that this society prioritizes children
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Cool streets
Paris's school streets are effectively sculpting out instant parks in the locations where they'll provide immense public health benefits to the city's most vulnerable populations
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Digital illustration of a squadron of TIE starfighters speeding towards a ringed gas giant that dominates most of the star-filled space. The sun is just beginning to peek around the horizon of the planet, spilling light on the planet's rings and TIE fighters.Digital illustration of a squadron of X-Wing starfighters, with their S-foils locked in attack position, all speeding towards a ringed gas giant that dominates most of the star-filled space. The sun is just beginning to peek around the horizon of the planet, spilling light on the planet's rings and the X-Wings.Digital illustration of the Firefly-class spaceship, Serenity, as she departs a planet on yet another adventure, soaring among blue and purple nebulae, stars, ringed planets, and distant moons.Digital illustration of the Firefly-class spaceship, Serenity, as she adventures among brightly colored nebulae, stars, and eclipsing planets and moons. The ship leaves a trail of brightly colored bubbles in her wake as she sails through the river of space.
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Pink Purple Spring 🌸🪻 Hey all! Join me, if you will, as I continue a look back at my work from the last several years 😊 Here are some pink/purple ones for spring! Peace, love, and kindness to you all 🩷💜 #SciFiArt #SciFi #DigitalArt #3DArt #Space #Spaceship
Digital illustration of a large, multi-leveled space station orbiting a cloud-covered planet, the space above filled with stars and bright nebulae. A rising sun illuminates a transport ship inside a hyperloop tunnel formed of evenly spaced rings originating from the space station and extending to either side, encircling the planet. Projected from and between the rings is a transparent shield, whose hexagonal pattern is subtly visible. Digital illustration of the Hubble space telescope in orbit, illuminated from below by the beautiful Earth and from above by a bright, purple nebulae filled with stars and wonders. The nebulae sits within a ring that ressembles a camera lens, with the position of the ring and space telescope below together forming the shape of a keyhole in space, as Hubble helps us unlock the mysteries of the universe.Digital illustration of the Firefly-class spaceship, Serenity, as she adventures among brightly colored nebulae, stars, and eclipsing planets and moons. The ship leaves a trail of brightly colored bubbles in her wake as she sails through the river of space.  Digital illustration of a spaceship jetting across brightly colored nebulae, stars, exploding planets, and other wonders of the universe.
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
They are home and safe and seem happy and healthy! I can now go and have some dinner ... before returning to obsess over more pictures and videos!
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Science is good. We should fund it.
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Sarah Sweet @sarahsweet.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
NASA failed to predict the real splashdown risk.
Tabby stands on hind legs with one paw outstretched toward a TV displaying a capsule above water.
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Two panel comic. Panel 1: a digital kiosk at the entrance of a parking garage with a dispensed ticket. The screen display reads: PLEASE TAKE TICKET BELOW. Panel 2: a T-Rex is sticking its little arm out the window of its partially opened car door, trying to reach the ticket.
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I am forever in awe at what we can achieve when we ask the big questions, set the big goals, and work to achieve them together, united across this life, this time, this world that is both so big and so small. To all of you amazing ppl out there, be curious, be extraordinary, and, above all, be kind🩵
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
For as long as I can remember, I have always been in love with space. With our extraordinarily beautiful, wonderfully mysterious, vast-in-time-and-space-beyond-human-comprehension universe ✨🩵 More on these later, but I just wanted to share this one today to welcome home the crew of Artemis II!
A gouache and watercolor canvas painting with bright, twinkling stars illuminating blue and white nebulae clouds, contrasted by dark swirls of cosmic dusts threading amongst them. Atop the painting is a 3D paper cutout border depicting more stars and a multilayered paper craft of Perseverance, the Martian rover, in silhouette and looking up in wonder at the universe.A gouache and watercolor canvas painting with bright, twinkling stars illuminating blue and white nebulae clouds, contrasted by dark swirls of cosmic dusts threading amongst them. The canvas is displayed on a mini wooden display easel.
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
BTW, if I've been a little quiet here, it's because I'm currently on a little trip... You can see me boarding my flight in this video from Mission Commander Reid Wiseman, along with a few million fellow voyagers 😁 Fist bump, Rise! www.instagram.com/reel/DWfCc9w... #Artemis
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Reid Wiseman on Instagram: "Fist bump, Rise! Very emotional moment zipping up Rise, knowing we are bringing 5,647,889 names with us on this journey around the Moon. For all! People from around the...
157K likes, 1,179 comments - astro_reid on March 29, 2026: "Fist bump, Rise! Very emotional moment zipping up Rise, knowing we are bringing 5,647,889 names with us on this journey around the Moon. F...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/04/2026
The #Artemis II astronauts said they needed more superlatives to describe their view of the eclipse, when the Sun was behind the Moon and its near surface was faintly illuminated by Earthshine
Captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, this image shows the Moon fully eclipsing the Sun. From the crew’s perspective, the Moon appears large enough to completely block the Sun, creating nearly 54 minutes of totality and extending the view far beyond what is possible from Earth. The corona forms a glowing halo around the dark lunar disk, revealing details of the Sun’s outer atmosphere typically hidden by its brightness. Also visible are stars, typically too faint to see when imaging the Moon, but with the Moon in darkness stars are readily imaged. This unique vantage point provides both a striking visual and a valuable opportunity for astronauts to document and describe the corona during humanity’s return to deep space. The faint glow of the nearside of the Moon is visible in this image, having been illuminated by light reflected off the Earth. [alt text from NASA]
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/03/2026
Please enjoy this message from the Norwegian consumer protection council www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...
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A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator
YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
A demonstration for your rumination 👀 My latest modeling show reel 😊 It's been too long since I put one of these together, I forgot how much fun it is! And work 😅 But mostly fun, to see years of work sitting together like this 😊 Thanks for watching!🩵 #SciFiArt #SciFi #DigitalArt #3DArt #DemoReel
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Mai Van || Modeling Reel 2026
YouTube video by Mai Van
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Link! www.artofmaivan.com/store/so-far... Thanks for checking out my work! Peace, love, and kindness to you all 🩵
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
"You can't take the sky from me" A page from my art book 😁 Still so proud of this! Took forever, but so worth it 😊 If you know someone who might be interested, would appreciate a share! Link below. There's a flip-through video that previews the whole book! #SciFiArt #SciFi #DigitalArt #3DArt
A top-down view of a detailed 3D model of the spaceship Serenity, Firefly class, depicted in elegantly clean and simple black and white with no texture details, like an unpainted marble statue. To the side of the model is an illustration featuring the 3D model, this time painted, flying through a colorful blue, purple, and red spacescape filled with stars and eclipsing planets. The ship leaves a trail of bright, colorful bubbles in its wake, as if it was sailing through the very river of space.A hardcover book standing on a table with the cover depicting a blue, star-filled spacescape with galactic gas and dust clouds swirling around a ring of light, the title on the bottom right visible as "So Far: The Art of Mai Van". A blue, silver-foiled bookmark is leaning against the book, showing a similar spacescape, but this one depicting the edge of a large planet with its moon rising over the horizon behind it.
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Thank you so much, that's very kind of you to say! 🩵😊 It's exactly what I'm always trying to achieve, but you never know if you've succeeded or not. I'm so happy to hear it worked, even if it's just this once! 😊
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Also, I'm looking into changing some things this year and that might affect the availability of prints of my work. Just a heads up, in case there's one you're interested in or have been thinking about 😊 Thank you, as always, for checking out my work and for your support! artofmaivan.com/store
Digital illustration of a squadron of TIE starfighters speeding towards a ringed gas giant that dominates most of the star-filled space. The sun is just beginning to peek around the horizon of the planet, spilling light on the planet's rings and TIE fighters.Digital illustration of a squadron of X-Wing starfighters with their S-foils locked in attack position all speeding towards a ringed gas giant that dominates most of the star-filled space. The sun is just beginning to peek around the horizon of the planet, spilling light on the planet's rings and the X-Wings.Digital illustration of the Landsat 5 satellite floating serenely above Earth, its antenna pointed towards the planet. Dawn arrives on the planet as the sun lights up the clouds, while space remains dark but also bright and filled with colorful nebulae and starsDigital illustration depicting a massive black hole, with streaks of light soaring gracefully along the event horizon and into the singularity, set against a backdrop of bright blue and purple nebulae and a sea of twinkling stars. Witnessing it all, her back to us and attached to a long serpentine tether disappearing into the foreground, is a cat astronaut in a spacesuit, serenely floating amongst the great unfolding story of our beautiful universe.
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Blue Winter ❄️ Hey all! Join me, if you will, as I take a look back at some of my work from the last several years 😊 Here are some blue ones for winter! #SciFiArt #SciFi #DigitalArt #3DArt #Space #Spaceship
Digital illustration depicting an X-Wing starfighter in the foreground and his wingman off to the right, both ships hurtling toward two TIE fighters in the distance, the X-Wings' red lasers firing in staccato bursts to meet the enemies' green lasers. Behind the two TIE fighters, two planets are visible backlit by a bright, distant sun, with rings circling one of the planet. Digital illustration of a detail-filled underbelly shot of the Venator-class Star Destroyer capital ship from Star Wars as it flies overhead, all thrusters glowing hot, through a blue and teal colored spacescape filled with stars and towards a bright, swirling nebula, that appears both turbulent and serene at the same timeDigital illustration of the spaceship Rocinante from the TV show The Expanse, her engines glowing brightly against the blackness of space broken here and there by the light from distant stars. She is flying towards a ring in the distance which is emitting a bright light like a beacon, with nebulous clouds of gas and dust swirling in towards itDigital illustration of the arrival of the Firefly-class spaceship Serenity at the cloud covered planet of Persephone, one of its moons peeking out from behind the horizon. Multiple thruster contrails signifying ships leaving the bustling planet appear as tiny streaks in the distance. Serenity's engines are flaring orange hot and throwing off embers that softly transitions into little leaves soaring on the wind.
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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
JANUARY is a postcard-writing game about two artists living ordinary lives over five decades, in a world besieged by giant kaiju. By Indiecade-winning, Ennie-nommed game designer and artist Shing Yin Khor, in collaboration w/ illustrator Jared Andrew Schorr. www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
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JANUARY
A postcard writing game for two people, set in a kaiju-filled alternate history, about distant but persistent friendships.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
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WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
The oldest-known humpback whale recording was hiding in an archive www.popsci.com/environment/...
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The oldest-known humpback whale recording was hiding in an archive
The audio, etched onto a plastic disc in 1949, predates the era when researchers could even recognize whale calls.
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A moment of calm for your timeline 🩵 A friendly midweek reminder to take care of yourself, physically and mentally. Close your eyes, take a deep breath, hold, let it go. Repeat. Grab yourself a glass of water. Drink the whole thing. Breathe. Stay healthy, stay strong, my friends. Love to you all 😊
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland. They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Thanks so much! 🩵😊
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Gandalf ✨ #art #sketchbook #traditionalart #drawing #middleearth #tolkien
Pencil drawing of Gandalf the Grey from the movie The Lord of the Rings, with a separate slip of paper on which is written one of his quotes. It reads "I've found it is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk, that keeps the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love"
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
It's time to talk to you about my cat.
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Vital Cat Update
It’s time to talk about my cat. To which you might be saying, “Chuck, I didn’t know you had a cat!” and I’d respond with, “I didn’t know I had a cat either…
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Silent Night || Colored Pencils on Toned Paper . . . Happy 2026, my fellow intrepid travelers on this crazy adventure we call Life! #art #sketchbook #traditionalart #animalart #drawing
A colored pencil sketch of a fluffy reindeer with large antlers on blue-gray toned paper, highlighted in white. The reindeer sits against a background-less blue-gray field, except for a rectangular box extending vertically from the lower section of the reindeer's antlers down to the top half of the reindeer's head, within which a blue, atmospheric glow fades upwards towards black, and white stars fade to white snow falling gently through the clear, crisp air. Two large crystalline snowflakes keeps the reindeer company on this cold winter night.
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
This museum has a cat, therefore it is a good museum. That is all.
A fluffy, oh so soft looking, black cat, curled up sleeping on a red cushioned chair. The temptation to pet was overwhelming, but I managed to control myself and let the little one sleep in peace.
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Happy Holidays everyone! 🩵✨
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Reincarnation - Gold Foil Print — Art of Mai Van
"No harm ever came from reading a book" Description: High quality gold foil print of the illustration “Reincarnation" Size: 4.72in x 4.72in Paper: 18 pt matte paper with Soft Touch coating an...
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
And I'm extending the free shipping deal until Tues, Dec 23rd! Enter code FREESHIP25 at checkout If you're ordering for Christmas, I'm not sure it will make it on time anymore, but I'm making daily runs to the post office to get orders out as quick as possible. Store link is in next post 😊
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Death is only the beginning Wrapping up the year with a shop update! New items have been added and a few updated, like this 2025 edition of the gold foil print of my "Reincarnation" illustration😊 Vinyl stickers are also currently on sale! #Art #AncientEgypt #History #AncientHistory #TheMummy #bsnm
A square, gold picture frame displaying a print featuring an ancient Egyptian wall relief style painting of two women in gold masks, both holding a sai in each hand, posed and ready for ceremonial battle. Surrounding the two figures are rows and columns of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics embellished in shiny gold foil, with a large, stylized winged scarab adorning the bottom.Two vinyl stickers held spread apart. The first is of an illustration of the golden Book of Amun-Ra, with hieroglyphics and scarabs etched on to the cover and the Eye of Ra etched onto the round slot where one is to insert the key to open the book. The second sticker is of an illustration of the black Book of the Dead, with similar hieroglyphics and scarabs etched on to the cover, but with a winged scarab replacing the Eye of Ra on the round slot for the key.Two digital illustrations, shown side by side, in the style of an ancient Egyptian wall hieroglyphic relief painting telling the story of the movies The Mummy and The Mummy Returns in a series of static sequential scenes laid out from left to right and down in several rows. The first illustration starts with Rick O'Connell's confrontation with the statue of Anubis in Hamunaptra and ends with our heroes on their camels riding into the sunset at the end of the movie The Mummy, while the second illustration starts with the discovery of the Bracelet of Anubis and ends with our heroes in the dirigible flying into the sunset at the end of the movie The Mummy Returns.
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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
The jaw-dropping Minerva Bowl from the Hildesheim Treasure, a hoard of Roman silver unearthed in 1868 in Germany. In high relief, Athena-Minerva sits on a rock, holding a cane or pedum, wearing her magnificent helmet. Note her little owl on the left. 🦉 🏺 1/ 1st c. CE, #AntikensammlungBerlin 📸 me
This gilded silver bowl features a detailed sculptural relief of Minerva (the Roman version of the Greek goddess Athena), who sits on a rock throne and holds a cane in her right hand and a shield in her left hand. The goddess is wearing her battle headgear and flowing robe, and to the left of Minerva's right hand is her symbol, the owl (look closely). The bowl has two handles, each measuring 3.4 centimetres (1.3 in) in length. The bowl itself weighs 2.388 kilograms (5.26 lb), having a 25-centimetre (9.8 in) diameter and 7.1 centimetres (2.8 in) in depth. Her foot is completely sculpted in the round and sticks out over the edge of the inner ring of the bowl, over the broad interior margin, which is decorated in a pattern of engraved palmettes.
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The EAS Agamemnon. Ink and markers on 11x17 Bristol Board This may be one of the most detailed single-ship drawings I've ever done! And possibly the neatest. I used a ruler 😅 It almost felt like I was back in drafting class! Which I loved, so wins all around 😁 #SciFiArt #SciFi #TraditionalArt
A detailed drawing, rendered in ink, markers, and colored pencils, of the EAS Agamemnon, an Earth Alliance Omega-class destroyer from the space scifi show, Babylon 5Fully inked, detailed drawing of the EAS Agamemnon spaceship, ready for the next step using markers and colored pencils to add depth, form, and colorsPencil sketch of the EAS Agamemnon spaceship, with only the front section of the ship inked so far and the rest waiting to be inked
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Mai ★ @whyst.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
How about you? Do you remember a time when you wanted something that you have now?
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