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Ollie Canal @olliecanal.bsky.social · 2h

Bounce Light
I bought some UV markers to do bounce light like this. The marker doesn't show up at all under normal light, and it can be feathered easily before it dries, giving you this effect under UV light. This lets you hide stuff in your drawings, too.

#furry #furryart #otter #oc

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Poison @poisondry.bsky.social · 8d

afternoon tea

#inktober #brart

In the late afternoon, a fairy takes a bath in a teacup. Sitting there, she relaxes as the sun shines through the window.

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Amy Rae Hill @amyraehill.bsky.social · 2h

I'm probably not alone as an artist who's a bit burnt out and drained right now. But this. This right here keeps the fire going. Science like Doug's allows my art to exist. We all have to keep working and making and showing up so everybody gets to do what they want to do.

Doug Ellison @dougellison.bsky.social · 3h

On Monday I braced for this most recent round of JPL layoffs by looking around my office for what I cared about most to take it home in case I never got to return. I grabbed just one thing - the beautiful bowl by @amyraehill.bsky.social inspired by the false color postcard I took with Curiosity.

A circular bowl decorated with a landscape scene. The inner surface of the bowl is painted to resemble a landscape with mountains. The top portion is a bright, clear blue sky transitioning into a warm yellow-gold sun. The lower portion depicts dark, rugged terrain. The bowl is sitting on a dark surface with a pattern of bright, colorful, geometric dots and lines.

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saraofwhimsy @saraofwhimsy.bsky.social · 4h

You still have a few hours to take advantage of the 20% off sale! #bsnm 🧶

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saraofwhimsy @saraofwhimsy.bsky.social · 1d

The extended Halloween sale is still going! Get 20% off the Halloween collection through Wednesday, 10/15! Discount will appear automatically in your cart! #bsnm 🧶

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A cauldron filled with glowing ghosts! Made with polymer clay, the cauldron is textured and decorated with glowing stars and spots. The ghosts are rising from the glowing inside of the cauldron.

Three hand painted pendants with silhouettes of trees and little figures in witch hats walking between them

A one of a kind polymer clay crow! This unique little crow shimmers in greens and turquoise over its black feathers. It's wings and eyes are accented in rhinestones of different shades of green to go along with its green glass eyes.

A decorative box with a ghost on the top surrounded by purple flowers, a pumpkin, and swirls. The bottom has more swirls of clay, tiny ghosts, and stars

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Brandon Haber @malderi.bsky.social · 4h

So unthinkable that it has happened for half of Orion's launches so far

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 7h

Once unthinkable, NASA and Lockheed now consider launching Orion on other rockets

“We’re trying to crawl, then walk, then run into our reuse strategy.”…

arstechnica.com

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SpaceNews @spacenewsinc.bsky.social · 3h

SpaceX launches 21 Lockheed Martin satellites for ‘Transport Layer’ military network

This was the second plane of satellites for Tranche 1 of the Transport Layer, part of a planned global network of data transport and sensor satellites known as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture

SpaceX launches 21 Lockheed Martin satellites for ‘Transport Layer’ military network

This was the second plane of satellites for Tranche 1 of the Transport Layer, part of a planned global network of data transport and sensor satellites known as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture

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Samuel Benjamin @samuelxl5.bsky.social · 3h

Thanks for the #artshare! Nothing wrong with being fashionably late once in a while.

For those who don't know me, I'm a photographer from Detroit currently based in OKC. Most of my work is SFW, but I've been known to dabble. I shoot analog and digital, and I sell prints at samuelxl5.darkroom.com

Lyla posing nude for a boudoir photoshoot

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Ryuzuki @ryuzuki98.bsky.social · 6h

This is getting awfully common, but at the very least I’m able to bring something to show for it, this time! Once again, I wound up skipping TittyTuesday, but that won’t stop me from doing my #artshare with you all! As usual, no A/I or N-FTs allowed to this party.

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Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 4h

It’s #tolktober day.15 - Paths of the Dead.

Prompt brought to us by @annebenjamin.bsky.social and Alyssa Thorne (Instagram)

#Tolktober2025 #LordOfTheRings #MiddleEarth #PathsOfTheDead #darkart #Handmade #pencilart #illustration #Fanart #drawing #graphitepencil @rogueprintco.bsky.social

A large stone entrance to an unknown destination. The door is surrounded by human skulls and bones. It’s dark and ominous. 2-4B graphite on 110gsm paper

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JennyUncensored @jennyuncensored.bsky.social · 16h

I have so many moths that you’re getting them back-to-back days 🎃

#digitalart #illustration #spookyseason #halloween

An orange moth on a sage background. Floral and leaf doodles decorate and fill out the image.

So many moths, so little autumn

#digitalart #illustration #spookyseason #halloween

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Bill Krause @admiralbuck.bsky.social · 4h

Decal marking progress - Renown.

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GrahamTG @grahamtg.bsky.social · 7h

Colonial Vipers. Model by Sean Kennedy/ #Lightwave3d render. #BSG #Battlestar

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Candid Mike @candidmike.bsky.social · 3d

That's a happy pupper.

#photography #photographersofbluesky #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin #art #candid #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite

A black and white photograph of a man with long hair and a beanie holding a medium sized dog. The dog is looking at the camera and it looks like they are smiling.

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Candid Mike @candidmike.bsky.social · 13h

Filthy Fucking Metal.

I tried my hand in concert photography last year and shot it like I was doing #streetphotography.

#photography #photographersofbluesky #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #urbangaze #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin #art #candid #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite

A black and white photograph of the back of a man with dreads and tattoos, he has a shirt that says "Filthy Fucking Metal". In the background there is a band playing, a singer in bending down singing into the mic.

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Daily Quindar @dailyquindar.bsky.social · 5h

Context

"That's affirmative, Spider. This is Houston. Reading you loud and clear."
CAPCOM:

Apollo 9, March 06, 1969 at 11:33 AM CST

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 5h

🌊 How are marine robots reshaping the way we explore our ocean planet?

🎧 Tune in to @wcai-npr.bsky.social's The Point to find out how marine robots are helping humans better understand, protect, and work within the ocean:go.whoi.edu/cai

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Vero.Doodles @verodoodles.bsky.social · 6h

Biblically accurate fairy cat wood burning✨🐈🪽🌈

#pyrography #woodburning #catart #cat #painting #fairy

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Joanna🎃 @rainbowofcrazy.bsky.social · 6h

"Ugh, Jo, she's doing it again. Make her stop 😒"

#Inktober Day 15: Ragged

Tips/support is always appreciated via Ko-fi 🐰😻 ko-fi.com/rainbowofcrazy

#art #inktober2025

colourful digital painting of a tabby cat licking the shit out of a white/black mini lop rabbit's head. the hair on his head is all RAGGED and sticks up. rabbit is not amused. cat is having the time of her life. / ko-fi.com/rainbowofcrazy / Rainbowofcrazy.com

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Ruby Soho 🇨🇦 @ruby-soho.com · 7h

Note to self 📝 🧐

Ruby Soho 🇨🇦 @ruby-soho.com · May 9

FUCK AI
Support real artists
Support real creators

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Amy Rae Hill @amyraehill.bsky.social · 8h

Black Hole
#SpacetoberChallenge

Yarn bowl featuring Sagittarius A* black hole with a little astronaut floating over the center while attached to a tether that leads to the yarn feed.

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Samuel Benjamin @samuelxl5.bsky.social · 7h

#space #science #astronomy

Asteroid discovered only 2 days ago will fly by Earth closer than the moon today

2025 TP5 was only discovered on Oct. 13.

www.space.com

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Samuel Benjamin @samuelxl5.bsky.social · 7h

#USAF #aviation

C-32A Carrying Hegseth Makes Emergency Landing In England After Rapid Descent

The head of the Pentagon was heading back to Washington from a NATO conference in Brussels when the emergency was declared.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 10h

James Cameron “is considering a documentary about the making of Avatar — finally giving us a chance to explain, in a meticulous way, why performance capture is the most empowering form of acting.”

Yes, give me a feature documentary about performance capture, please 🙏

Zoe Saldaña Wants James Cameron to Make an ‘Avatar’ Doc That Celebrates Motion Capture Acting

The Oscar winner says a documentary would "finally give us a chance to explain, in a meticulous way, why performance capture is the most empowering form of acting."

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Samuel Benjamin @samuelxl5.bsky.social · 11h

#ESA #space #science #weather

Satellites watch record-breaking ocean waves

Satellite data from the SWOT mission reveals how massive waves act as storm "messengers," carrying a storm's power across entire oceans.

www.space.com

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The Aviationist @theaviationist.com · 11h

Germany Signs Eurofighter Tranche 5 Deal

The new Eurofighters, set to be delivered between 2031 and 2034, will replace part of the German Air Force’s Tornados.

Story: theaviationist.com/2025/10/15/g...

Germany Signs Eurofighter Tranche 5 Deal

The new Eurofighters, set to be delivered between 2031 and 2034, will replace part of the German Air Force’s Tornados. Germany has signed on Oct. 15,

theaviationist.com

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