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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · Oct 16

Support ya Sammy, Makin' rad arts! | #VisibleNB |🇨🇦
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• Etsy: etsy.com/ca/shop/SamK...
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• Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/samkalensky
I'm on most other social media:
@samkalensky

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 13m

see ya'll in a little bit~ we open at 11 :)

SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 12h

Thank you so much Eryn that’s so sweet 🥹 ❤️

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Eryn @eryn.bsky.social · 12h

If you're in Vancouver or the area this weekend, you should go see my buddy Sam!

Do some shopping for Xmas or for yourself or for your friend Eryn whom you love. Just spitballing here.

SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 3d

Excited to see ya'll at the NightmareBeforeXmas market this weekend!
www.instagram.com/reel/DPjXCQt...
I'll be sure to take some pics to share here too <3

vendor spotlight samkalensky nightmarebeforechristmas market oct 11th & 12th
1880 triumph street vancouver bc

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 13h

Booths all set up finishing it up with merch tommorrow! Excited to see ya soon!

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · Sep 2

Akadenchu - [yokai] - An adorable Tanuki which disguises itself as a young child wearing a red denchu (a type of sleeveless Haori.) - At twilight, it asks adult passerby to carry them on their backs, when picked up, it cheers! flapping its legs like a child. Cute!! - samkalensky.com/products/aka...

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 1d

In #JapaneseFolklore there is a #yokai known as azuki baba (bean hag). She often appears on rainy autumn nights, glowing white through the mist, singing hoarsely as she shakes and washes beans by the river. She is a more sinister variant of azuki arai who despite singing about...
#FolkyFriday
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An old woman sits beside a river washing a strainer of azuki beans. Trees with autumn leaves above. Swirling mist around her.

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 1d

...eating people, generally just enjoys scaring them. Azuki baba on the other hand actually catches & eats humans. She appears in stories used to scare children into good behaviour. They say she could even be another yokai in disguise.
1. Matthew Meyer @yokai.com
2. Sam Kalensky @samkalensky.com
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Sticker created by Sam Kalensky depicting an old woman with a red hair scarf holding a green Biel of azuki beans. She has one eye closed.

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Thomas N. Perkins IV @tnperkins4.bsky.social · 1d

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カパ太郎は散歩中/KAPATARO is waking on. @kapataro114.bsky.social · Sep 1

カパ太郎は散歩中

妖怪no.263 re-take
『#花子さん/はなこさん』

人間界と異世界を繋ぐ力を持つ少女。
トイレにある道具を使役する事もできる。

>instagram
instagram.com/kapataro114/
>threads
threads.net?xmt=AQGz872s...
Bluesky
bsky.app/profile/kapa...

#イラスト #illustration #妖怪 #Yokai

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 1d

Thanks Rick 🙏

SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 1d

Anyway really hoping this weekend pays off I really need a W 🥲

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 1d

…Then the bot ignores that and starts going on about what they sell/their service and it’s incredibly despairaging 😩

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 1d

Recently I’ve been getting emails asking if I ship world wide and they make it sound like someone’s gonna buy something from my shop, but then I tell them I can’t ship stuff right now due to the nation wide postal strike, but I can let them know as soon as it’s over!

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 4d

Muku-mukabaki - [Yokai] - Riding Chaps made from a deers pelt, worn by a nobleman who was assassinated during a hunting trip on Mount Akazawa. His death inspired his orphaned sons to avenge him, however unlike the valiant Soga Bros, These chaps are as timid as a deer! samkalensky.com/products/muk...

Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro (百器徒然袋) [1784]

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Ian Zell @ianzell.bsky.social · 2d

This pikmin art I made a while ago has a whole new meaning since the recent Nintendo teaser

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 2d

Could be but it’s definitely a muscle thing, persisting today as well 😵‍💫😮‍💨

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 24d

To celebrate the 5th anniversary of my Yokai zine project; I’ve made the PDFs for both zines available via my patreon for purchase;
•Part 1: www.patreon.com/posts/139043...
•Part 2: www.patreon.com/posts/139038...
also available for all supporters pledging $5 or more!
• patreon.com/samkalensky

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 2d

Good to know I’m not alone haha thanks😂❤️😵‍💫

SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 2d

Thankfully Not feeling sick just sore

SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 2d

Thank you 😵‍💫

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · 2d

The Man With Many Faces: Japanese Urban Legends youtube.com/shorts/OVnp8...

Japanese urban legends in under 60 seconds!

#japanesehorror

The Man With Many Faces: Japanese Urban Legends

YouTube video by Tara A. Devlin

youtube.com

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 2d

I sneezed really hard earlier and turned my head at the wrong moment and I think I sprained my neck or somethin’ cause it hurts swallow now. 😵‍💫 (muscle pains)

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 2d

Here. Have a small bunny cake.

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jam @jammyness.bsky.social · 2d

This is still open. Canadians, if you're concerned about payment processors interfering with your ability to access legal content (and stand with adult creatives against censorship), make sure to sign!

Michelle Keep @jmkeep.bsky.social · Sep 3

Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators.

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

#nsfw #censorship #canpoli

@acvalens.net

Petition e-6695 - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 3d

Excited to see ya'll at the NightmareBeforeXmas market this weekend!
www.instagram.com/reel/DPjXCQt...
I'll be sure to take some pics to share here too <3

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