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Kibi @sailorriceball.bsky.social · Sep 11

I should do some work, but I’m in an Inktober flow today.

Kibi @sailorriceball.bsky.social · Aug 17

Been busy rearranging the garden layout, but today I actually drew something! 🤓

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Kibi @sailorriceball.bsky.social · Mar 31

My illustrations for the Hidden in the Garden challenge over on Instagram.

#illustration #kidlitart #garden #spring

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Kibi @sailorriceball.bsky.social · Feb 15

Hello, I‘m Kibi from Germany. I like doing kidlit styled art using watercolour. Loads of animals appear on my paper out of sudden 😅

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Kibi @sailorriceball.bsky.social · Feb 15

Live keeps me busy, but here is a late Valentine’s for you 😘

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Kibi @sailorriceball.bsky.social · Jan 29

The final bird of the short list is the Cuban Tody. A super fluffy cutie 🥰

#birbfest #birbfest2025 #birds #illustration

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Kibi @sailorriceball.bsky.social · Jan 27

Thank you ☺️

Kibi @sailorriceball.bsky.social · Jan 26

Well, I never got many views to begin with, but when I came back from my hiatus, it git even worse. It’s getting slightly better again, though. But it’s not the same as before I left.

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Jess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social · Jan 22

I thought I’d do a proper intro post with links 👋 I’m Jess aka Loadofolbobbins a textile artist and illustrator inspired by nature, books and coosplaying pigeons. 🐦❤️

Shop: www.loadofolbobbins.co.uk
Birb Zine Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/loa...
Newsletter: eepurl.com/hZtidz

A flat lay of a selection of original bird illustration prints by Loadofolbobbins. They’re all muddled together overlapping to create a joyful mass of birds. The birds you can see as illustrations are a goldfinch, pukeko, white browed tit warbler, curl crested aracari, brown hooded kingfisher, Californian sage grouse, king penguin, red billed oxpecker, bluejay, harpy eagle, Bluethroat, white created helmetshrike and a red and yellow barbet.

A selection of laser cut wooden jewellery featuring illustrations inspired by ivy and the wildlife it attracts. Working from left to right, a small vibrant variegated ivy necklace with a jersey tiger moth stuck to the leaf, a pair of ivy stud earrings (left one is variegated with lime green border & slightly darker green centre, right stud is dark green ivy leaf with light green veining), small wooden charm of an ivy mining bee, a swallowtail moth lapel pin on a illustrated ivy backing card, a large dark green veined ivy leaf necklace with red admiral butterfly stuck to bottom left, a jersey tiger moth lapel pin on a backing card full of ivy illustrations, pair of matching ivy mining bee stud earrings on a backing card, a small wooden charm of a golden hoverfly, a small vibrant variegated ivy necklace, a large dark green veined ivy leaf necklace with a golden hoverfly stuck to the bottom left and a red admiral butterfly lapel pin. Text says Ivy League by Loadofolbobbins

An original digital illustration of a Cassowary bird by Loadofolbobbins. The illustration focuses on its neck and head. A very dinosaur looking bird the Cassowary has a bright reddish orange wrinkled neck and wattle that transitions to a bright intense blue face with sharp angles of the skull visible underneath its skin. It has a beak slightly elongated and pointed downwards. It has a large eye with a yellowy orange iris that is glistening in the sun. On top of its head is a casque, which is an enlargement of the bone from its upper skull and looks almost like a Mohawk and is an array of greens in colour. The background is a splash of light grey ink.

A photo montage of pigeon themed product from Loadofolbobbins. Clockwise from top left a hardback book of illustrations called 100 days of Coosplay by Jessica Taylor and Fred the pigeon, a laser cut wooden necklace showing an illustration of a pigeon coosplaying as a unicorn, a series of three laser cut wooden pins showing illustrations of a pigeon coosplaying as Elizabeth the first, an artist and a roller derby player.

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Kibi @sailorriceball.bsky.social · Jan 26

Yup, Twitter is horrible. I barely see posts of people I follow there anymore. No fun at all. But some people from there haven’t moved over here yet ☹️ I would like to connect with people, but it’s pretty difficult on most platforms (at least for me)

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Kibi @sailorriceball.bsky.social · Jan 26

Not sure about that, cause people don’t seem to care about bad behaviour and stuff. The Insta art bubble is fine, too imo. But I noticed that out of all platforms I use, my posts reach out to more people here than anywhere else even though I do not posting regularly.

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Kibi @sailorriceball.bsky.social · Jan 26

I meant the schedule for posting here 😅 I finished my handful of birbs on time, but I simply forgot to post outside of Insta orz social media will be my death

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Kibi @sailorriceball.bsky.social · Jan 26

The fourth birb from the short list was the Cassowary. To me he seems like a real fashionista.

#birbfest #birbfest2025 #art #fashion

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Kibi @sailorriceball.bsky.social · Jan 26

I’m behind the Birbfest schedule 😱

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Kibi @sailorriceball.bsky.social · Jan 18

The third bird of the short list was the Masked Trogon.

#birbfest #birbfest2025 #sketchbook #art

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Kibi @sailorriceball.bsky.social · Jan 12

I just leave my old stuff where it is. Not that I have much to show anyways 😅

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Kibi @sailorriceball.bsky.social · Jan 12

Beautiful 🤩

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Kibi @sailorriceball.bsky.social · Jan 12

Beautiful indeed 😊

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Pauline @paulinedrawsbears.bsky.social · Jan 8

Presenting todays #Birbfest2025 bird, which I was really looking forward to: the Northern Potoo.
#birbfest #art

A digital drawing of a two nothern potoos, a chick in the foreground and a grown-up in the background. The lighter chick has its eyes closed and looks content while its parent looks lika an alarmed muppet

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Kibi @sailorriceball.bsky.social · Jan 9

Birbfest Day 2 (short list) - Northern Potoo

#birbfest #birbfest2025 #watercolour

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Jess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social · Jan 5

Mornin’ all today’s #BirbFest2025 bird is the Crimson Topaz Hummingbird and this here is my illustration of it….

#BirbFest #Birds #Hummingbird #SciArt #WildlifeArt #BirdArt #ArtSky

An original digital illustration of Crimson Topaz Hummingbird perching on a branch by Loadofolbobbins. Facing its back to the viewer and its head turned to the right the main body feathers have a kind of ombré effect going from a deep rich red through warm oranges to vibrant yellow. Its head is a deep purple/red almost black with a long grey blue beak curving down at the end. It has two long thing tail feathers that curve over each other and are a deep purple blue colour. The other tail feathers just above this have an almost gol like iridescence. The back is a light blue inky splashy wash.

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Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · Jan 1

Hello #Birbfest 🪶

Ross's Turaco illustration with alcohol markers and coloured pencils 🎨

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Jess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social · Jan 1

So here’s my offering for day 1 of #BirbFest2025 a Lady Ross’ Turaco, the punk of the bird world. Love the dark rich blues 😍

#Birds #BirdArt #BirbFest #WildlifeArt #SciArt #ArtSky #Illustration

An original digital illustration by Loadofolbobbins of a Lady Ross’ Turaco bird. With a deep rich purpley blue body and head it also has a pinky red Mohawk like plume of feathers on its head. The bright yellow beak curves and points down with the same colouring surrounding its eye like a mask. It’s perched on a large gnarled branch in grey browns with mossy bits of green. The background is made up of splashy ink marks that are light blue.

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Kibi @sailorriceball.bsky.social · Jan 1

Birbfest Day 1 (short list) - Lady Ross’s Turaco

#birbfest #birbfest2025 #illustration #sketchbook

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Kibi @sailorriceball.bsky.social · Jan 1

To you too!