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Tara Bush

@tarabush.bsky.social

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Fine Art / Illustration https://linktr.ee/tarabushart She/Her Fanart: Dreampencil 🚫 A/l

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Tara Bush @tarabush.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hello #portfolioday
I'm Tara, I'm a freelance artist, and I love dark, surreal, dreamy art. 👩‍🎨

You can get in touch here:
✉️ [email protected]
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A charcoal drawing on toned paper I did of a photograph I took of my friend's daughter. The angle is from below, and the lighting is creating subtle eerie shadows. I wanted a macabre effect to this art, it is unclear if this is a floating head... and also her eyes are translucent, so she appears in a trance. There are mysterious marking down the side of her cheek.

Close up pencil drawing of an eye looking to it's left/straight forward, with what looks like spiders legs crawling out from the bottom lid. There appears to be bits of spider web around the eye. I wanted to create the effect of a sinister symbiotic relationship. The 'host' looks strangely complicit. The artwork is entitled 'Home'.

Pencil and charcoal portrait of agent cooper from twin peaks. The light source is from the viewers right, and casting strong shadows to the right of his face (viewer's left). Black and white.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23h

“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick”

Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

www.thenerve.news

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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 1d

I think some of this was inspired by phone booths still being everywhere in Japan. Despite no one using them, I’m glad they’re still part of the landscape.

Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 1d

If the Stars Are Lit is the debut speculative mystery by Sara K Ellis, exploring the implications of AI, memory, and loss. Cover art by Tara Bush. Order now! www.lunapresspublishing.com/novels
@skateellis.bsky.social
@tarabush.bsky.social

"Speed and expedience are luxuries and time equals money equals a mess out here. Communication almost always equals a powder keg."
If the Stars Are Lit
By Sara K Ellis

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Nick Tankard @nicktankard.bsky.social · 1d

No more putting myself down, I can illustrate/be creative and I will make new work. It’s gonna take some time but I will climb out of this.

A black & white pen and printing ink illustration on white paper of a large Victorian house on a small island surrounded by an estuary. Misty and atmospheric. A figure stands in front of the house.

A watercolour, pen and acrylic illustration of a New York corner. Red brick buildings lit by sunlight create strong angular shapes. A man in a white suit crosses a pedestrian crossing.

A black pen on white paper illustration of a hotel and the liquor store below it. A sign that reads: HOTEL HARTLAND runs vertically down the building, another sign for WOERNERS CIGARS and LIQUORS below it. The hotel is in deep shadow, a man hails a taxi. Across the road a row of shops in bright white sunlight.

A brown ink drawing of Tove Jansson. She has red flowers in her hair, she holds a paint palette and brushes, a canvas with a painting of a sleeping Moomintroll in front of her. Tove wears a striped shirt, belt and skirt, she is smiling, happy and friendly.

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Tara Bush @tarabush.bsky.social · 1d

I think that particular book would suit your style, you should definitely do that!

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Tara Bush @tarabush.bsky.social · 1d

I loved Dark MATTER :)

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Nick Tankard @nicktankard.bsky.social · 1d

For these spooky times from the times when I felt capable of doing spooky illustrations

An illustration of a black cat taking a stroll around a suburb of America at Halloween. Pumpkins, white sheet ghosts outside wooden houses and a crow looks down at it all from the roof of a house. A starry sky. Black crosshatch pen and rolled printmaking ink on white paper. Pencil drawing outlines underneath the ink.

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Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 1d

Keeping up with Drawtober, my latest #art was for the prompt ‘mushroom fairy’, and tbh I’m pretty proud of this one! It’s my first time drawing mushrooms and fungi, and it took absolutely forever…

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Arthur Baron-Clément @arthur.baron-clement.com · 2d

nuclear pastel

Gouache painting of a pastel cloudy sky.

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Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 2d

Word of mouth is so important for books.

If you’ve read something you like, shout it out, leave a review somewhere, ask your library to carry it.

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Mathraptor @mathraptor.bsky.social · Jul 26

A story about a child and the monster under their bed. (20 pages long, I'll be updating this thread as I finish them)

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Tara Bush @tarabush.bsky.social · 3d

why is this real

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.co.uk · 3d

Naiads are a little bit of a problem if you are around fresh water (especially if you cannot see the bottom) in Strangehollow, so think twice before you journey there.
#watercolour #animated #naiad #nymph #siren #folklore #fairytales

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Anato Finnstark @anatofinnstark.bsky.social · 3d

Hornet !
New artwork :)
Stickers : www.redbubble.com/fr/i/magnet/...

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SPiNDLE @aidenr0.bsky.social · 3d

eepy

an illustration by Spindle of the character Asimov napping on a sofa. The view is from outside her house and through an open window. Sunlight is shining through the window lighting up half of Asi

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Tara Bush @tarabush.bsky.social · 4d

Amazing!

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Ste Johnson @steillustrates.bsky.social · 4d

here's another recent illustration for @wolf359project.bsky.social a dreamscape of horror - whats worse than the Borg?

An eerie illustration showing a scene of borg drones hanging as puppets controlled by a imposing figure - tentacles and wrecked starships litter the background

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 4d

Ten short years later, he's shilling the technology that sucks up fresh water...

Hypocrisy takes a decade.

'Do not become addicted to water.'

Sure, George.

a waterfall is coming out of a rock formation

Alt: a waterfall is coming out of a rock formation

media.tenor.com

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Dr Artyom Trakhanov - SHARP EYE IS LIVE ON KICKSTARTER NOW @vor-bokor.bsky.social · 4d

Dog what the actual fuck

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 4d

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia There’s no arguing the use of artificial intelligence in film-making is getting a bad rap. Last week’s unveiling of Hollywood’s first AI “actress”, Tilly Norwood, generated howls of protest from actors’ unions across the UK and US, where the industry is still reeling from last year’s 118-day strike over, among other issues, the threat of AI. And earlier this week, Australia’s Productivity Commission was pilloried by Liberals and Greens alike for failing to recognise the dire impact AI may have on the country’s creative industries. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Djamila Knopf @Polaris #196 @djamilaknopf.bsky.social · 4d

I painted a cat in a drawer. medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper

a painting of a white cat lying in a drawer full of cutlery and miscellaneous items

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Nessa Tweneboah ✨ @thepotenpro.bsky.social · 7d

#iwtv
Obsessed with these vampires

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Ste Johnson @steillustrates.bsky.social · 4d

Dreaming Gods Illustration idea for @wolf359project.bsky.social #startrek #wolf359

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 4d

manifesting the concept of consequences

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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EmilyMegan Art 🌙 @emilymeganart.bsky.social · 4d

I am SUPER excited to share that I am one of the finalists in the Beacon Creature Design category from the Concept Art Association competition!🤩

I am absolutely fully stunned, shocked and beyond honoured to be alongside such established and skilled artists!

#conceptart #creaturedesign

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 5d

Daily bunny no.3101 flying by night

A bunny catches a flight by holding both legs of a bat, who is flying across a starry night sky. Another bat follows closely behind them, and they are currently going over a small body of water.

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Emily L'Orange 🦆🍊 @emilylorange.bsky.social · 5d

ive been working on several rather big pieces or projects and its a good problem to have but it does mean that my little pea brain is not feeling progress even when i put multiple hours a day in

so here's a quick little win for me, a study to warm up for the week #art 🦢
ref by @trueref.bsky.social

a digital painting of a woman crouched on a white box, in front of a white studio background. she is posed in such a way that she is looking at the viewer directly, though her head is tilted forward. she is wearing sporty black underwear but is otherwise nude, with light highlighting her shoulders and hair, and long, sharp, prosthetic claws on her fingers.

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