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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 3h

More from my older art collection: a rare digital study~ I still absolutely love these color choices!

#LandscapeArt #ArtSky #SaplingArt #DigitalArt

A softly painted mountainous landscape with a dark mountain in the foreground, and a small person in a robe standing on a cliff in the bottom right corner. Before them are four other mountains, fading into a lighter and more vibrant purple, under a sky with soft salmon-pink clouds.

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 3h

Woah, thanks for 100 reposts on this!!

Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · Jun 3

I'm Sapling 🌱a #watercolor painter turning my queer and disabled #OCs into fine art~! #QueerArt

💌Shop: Prints & Originals
🌈Queer Love Letters (Emails)
🖌️Comms: sacredsaplingart[@]gmail[.]com

Currently available prints & originals are listed in the replies!⬇️

A detailed watercolor painting of Chamuel, a masculine angel with medium-brown skin and curly brown hair. He is reclining on the ground on a plush dark blue bed. His right arm, which is partially obscured by large dark pink orchids in the foreground, is propping up his body in a sultry pose. He is gently holding a pink rose, lightly crushed in his left hand. Four of its petals have fallen off, decorating his near-bare chest. He is wearing a translucent, light pink robe that covers his shoulders and drapes over his hip, concealing just enough. With closed eyes, his expression is relaxed. Large, dark-blue wings extend past his calves, and his feet are obscured by a thick pale pink curtain. In the background behind him are three large, light purple orchids. Behind these orchids is an intricate blue and white background of lace, featuring multiple leaf and vine-like patterns and lattice-like hatching.

A detailed watercolor painting of Chamuel, a dark-winged angel with brown skin and curly brown hair, holding his injured lover on his lap as sunlight wraps around them from behind. The injured angel, Sariel, has brown skin and straight hair, with damaged lavender wings and chest bandages. They rest together in the clouds, which are stained purple and yellow from a sunlight glow behind them.

A traditional watercolor painting of a gorgeous warm blue sky day, shining over a majestic reddish and golden canyon with a winding river, similar to a large gorge like the Grand Canyon. Two figures sit on a cliff overlooking it. The one with red hair and pale skin has his arm around the one with white hair and gold skin, who is dressed in white clothes and seems a bit sickly.

An adorable watercolor portrait of two masculine angels kissing in the warm glow of sunlight, coming in from behind. Chamuel, a strong angel with brown skin and curly brown hair, has his hand tangled in Kokabiel's hair as their lips press lightly together. Kokabiel's long turquoise locks fall around his own purple headwings and Chamuel's fingers, highlighting a small gold ring, as his own face is cast lighter with purple shadows in the sunlight.

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 3h

Finally starting to feel a little better. Just super exhausted after being sick, but hopefully on the mend (and hopefully dodging pneumonia too!)

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 1d

I think I've got some followers that may be interested! Check the app for all details to see if you feel like a good fit.
- Fiction (think real people in our history, any art style)
- No a/i
- Paid via Kickstarter

*I'm not affiliated and haven't worked with them, just sharing something saw!

Tapling: Queer Zines 🏳️‍🌈 @taplingzines.bsky.social · 1d

Only one week left! We've already received a lot of wonderful applications, but we're still eager to see what else you all have to show us!

We've Always Been Here is a queer historical zine, aiming to show that LGBTQ+ people have always existed, and always will.

Apply:
forms.gle/MssWPMukkE39...

A graphic with stripes in the background in a blue-green-yellow gradient, reading: "Queer zine! Paid opportunity! One week remaining for artist applications!" Below is a watercolor image of two masculine figures sitting overlooking a canyon, and one has their arm wrapped around the other.

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🔞 #hardcover | NOW LIVE ON KS! @hardcoverart.com · 1d

We are LIVE! Tell your friends! :)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/har...

#hardcover2025 | art for adults 18+ | Retro

The fifth book of the series. This time with the topic: Retro!

www.kickstarter.com

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 4h

Ooooooooooo 👀

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 10h

A little teaser of my artwork that will be featured in #hardcover2025

A cropped preview of a digtal artwork in retro style
A young blond man in a luxurious white shirt layes on a black sofa. He has a golden ring with a blue gem on his finger
Behind them there's a man who presses him down on a sofa with his arm. The man has dark hair with a slick cut.

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🍊 tsu @tsurudraws.art · 10h

Rephrasing for clarity, but please do not use F&F (even blank ones) for commission payments; this is and ALWAYS HAS BEEN against ToS.

If you're getting paid for a service, use invoices.

F&F has no protections in place, especially for buyers, and using it to bypass fees is, again, against site ToS.

Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 8d

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal]

@MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 7h

An old watercolour portrait study"

#art #portrait #traditional #watercolor

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c.e. chant/hades 💀🐊 💬 too many comics @portaltohades.bsky.social · 5h

I apologize but I have a silly request. Could I sell 2 art books? Im attempting to leave the house by going to st augustine with mom and I'd love to get some jerky and popcorn. It's not a necessity, I will survive without them! But it's tradition to get them there. Thank you!

c.e. chant/hades 💀🐊 💬 too many comics @portaltohades.bsky.social · May 20

I have an art book for #tyreecomic ! It's 62 pages at $10! Not only does it have art but I have some brief guides into my page process as well. There is even stuff I havent released publicly in it! It's a great way to support me currently and get a glimpse into my obsession

ko-fi.com/s/f5c5cebbd6

Tyree art book cover featuring various drawings and sketches of the main trio

Art book page featuring Chicahua and Cuicatl. Dialog reads: Cuicatl is the name of Chi's deer. He's a complete bastard to everyone but Chi. He is well known among the nobles for being the deer that bit the king on the ass. He loves Chi and only Chi.

Tletl's art page featuring various drawings and a sketch of her. Text reads: Tletl is the enteral lit flame of Kopitl. The ADHD daughter of the Sun. Her hair moves like fire.

Meztli's page from the art book. Text reads: Meztli, the mood goddess, is viktor's mother. xei calls viktor "Little rabbit" because of Meztli's affinity for rabbits. Her vitiligo changes with phases of the moon. She keeps a rabbit charm that maurice had made for her.

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 4h

I think community submissions are great, like YouTube’s old community captions system! I think it would be good for creators to approve it though, first ofc.

Also, I think we just need to remind people more that posts w/o alt text don’t get shared as much here (and keep that standard up).

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𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 19h

Hi @bsky.app ! Would you consider looking into a more accessible way of providing ALT text?
As an idea, e. g. "Community ALT text". Something that would allow other people to submit ALT text for an image, with an automated approval system, that would make it easier for people with cognitive -

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George @hannahtempler.com · 5h

ive said this before, but the dissonance of marketing AI as an absolute source of unlimited intelligence (the implication being some sort of factuality or neutrality), while a few very wealthy humans manually carve it to say the things they want, should be ringing alarm bells for everyone

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 7h

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

www.theverge.com

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 4h

It is! And it’s really exciting! I hope it leads to some legitimate treatments in the next 5-10 years, so we can really start to feel better.

Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah it seems like everyone has caught something this season! It was weird for me, because I didn’t even go anywhere and still caught a virus haha

Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 4h

Ahhh OCs make the best emotional chew toys haha

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 4h

Awesome, I hope they’ll share it to give it a boost!

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古原十六｜Toroku Furuhara @frhr106.bsky.social · 11h

※ちょうちょの写真です※

アサギマダラに会ってきました！
訪れたのは地元の方が育てているフジバカマ畑。
皆さんとても素敵な方で、楽しくアサギマダラの話を聞かせてくださいました。
来年もまた行きます。

#Furuharaphoto

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t miss the chance to potentially be in our very first queer zine! 🥰 Please share, too!

Tapling: Queer Zines 🏳️‍🌈 @taplingzines.bsky.social · 1d

Only one week left! We've already received a lot of wonderful applications, but we're still eager to see what else you all have to show us!

We've Always Been Here is a queer historical zine, aiming to show that LGBTQ+ people have always existed, and always will.

Apply:
forms.gle/MssWPMukkE39...

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 1d

Ooo so pretty!!

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Oliver 💙 @oliverniko.bsky.social · 1d

#Repostober day 10: Sunset Portrait 💙

#ArtSky #Art

A digital painting with oil like brushes of a feminine redhead facing the side. They hold fingers by their chin and lips, smiling. They have shoulder length wavy ginger hair. They are standing at sunset, painted with colourful high chroma tints of warm colours and blue/green.

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 1d

It’s my personal hope this also leads to more trials and studies around ME’s acquired immunodeficiency-like syndrome. A portion of ME patients develop severe immunological deficits and I hope this also gets talked about more too. It would be absolutely life changing!

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 1d

This is HUGE! Please share so people with ME/CFS can learn about this incredible medical breakthrough!!

It not only helps develop a diagnostic test, but also points to immune and inflammatory changes to aid future treatments. After 80+ years of no treatment, there’s some hope, finally!!

Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 3d

A new blood test demonstrates 96% accuracy in diagnosing myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, offering a potential advance in reliable identification and management of the condition.

Novel blood test for chronic fatigue achieves 96% accuracy

Scientists at the University of East Anglia and Oxford Biodynamics have developed a high accuracy blood test to diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS).

medicalxpress.com

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 2d

Despite being so sick yesterday I still did my (online) Spanish class and I’m so proud of myself! Like I really excelled even through the brain fog and how challenging the material is.

I just joined this class and I think it’s perfectly compatible with how I learn~

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 2d

Yayyyy!!!

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