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Andy Futter
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🌱🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #performer | #drag | #atheist | All views my own | He/Him/His | #AuDHD | #BLM | Los Barcos | Pair bonded with squidsworth.bsky.social
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theweeowl.bsky.social
A new small sea view artwork has just been added to my shop.
If you are interested find me, 'The Wee Owl Art' on Folksy...
folksy.com/items/8589341

#SeaView #Seascape #Daisies #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #TraditionalArtist #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #SupportSmallBusiness #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
A small artwork of a sea view with landmasses in the distance and grey skies. The foreground shows a tangle of daisies. The artwork is on dark blue paper and is mostly a palette of blue and grey. An original art work, please note that the frame is not included. Colour pencil and mixed media on acid free toned artist paper 5 by 7 inches (12.7 by 17.8 cm).
December 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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dannyrobins.bsky.social
Got a sore hand from today’s signing🤣

Thanks to Pickled Pepper Books for having me and to all of you who ordered! Due to the brilliantly MASSIVE demand from you all I’m doing another signing next week so you can still order and receive a personalised signed copy to give as a gift before Christmas!
December 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
andyfutter.bsky.social
The joy when something unusual and interesting is donated at the book exchange at work! A 1965 centenary celebration guide to the beautiful @talyllyn.co.uk !
The cover of an old guidebook entitled ‘Talyllyn Railway’. It shows a black and white photograph of a steam train, face on, on the tracks. A driver is leaning out of the cab on the right hand side.
December 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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peterjfullagar.co.uk
2/2 Any trans-inclusive charity or organisation that needs help with editing or proofreading comms, reports, guides or any other written material; or to help get their message across in plain English – please do get in touch on [email protected]

#TransRightsAreHumanRights #LGBTQIA
December 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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peterjfullagar.co.uk
1/2 Section 28 all over again.

Girl Guiding UK and the WI have banned trans girls and women from joining their organisations.

As a cis person, I cannot begin to understand how this feels for trans people in the UK.

But I can listen.

And I can use my skills to try to help.
December 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 2

No one does bleak-but-beautiful-winter like
artist Rowland Hilder
A bleak and chilly scene of a flat landscape under a hard frost as a pale sun behind thin cloud gives the sky a brown tinge
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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cameronyardejnr.bsky.social
Christmas Ident Calendar Day 2. BBC1's Christmas pudding globe of 1977. The last year of Eric & Ernie & (for a bit), Bruce on the Beeb. They went to ITV in 1978. JICTAR's ratings, now considered definitive, has Mike Yarwood beating M & W on Christmas Day...just! 21.40m to 21.30m.
December 2, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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andydrewz.bsky.social
It's only five days until THE QUATERMASS EVENT at QUAD. If you haven't got your ticket yet, please pop by the QUAD's website and book now. Even if you're familiar with the films, this is a rare chance to see all three on the big screen on the computer company of fellow appreciators of classic telly.
December 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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tobyhadoke.bsky.social
Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who Advent Calendar Day One :

www.patreon.com/posts/advent...
Advent Calendar - Day One | Toby Hadoke
Get more from Toby Hadoke on Patreon
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December 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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nicktankard.bsky.social
The Signal Man.

The initial sketch and the completed illustration.
A pencil drawing of the illustration described in the next Alt Text description. A black pen (crosshatch technique) and printing ink (applied with a small roller) on paper illustration of a man sitting in a wooden chair in a wooden cabin/box. The light from a wood burning stove illuminates his legs, hands and facial features. The man looks anxious, he is wringing a cloth between his hands as he stares into the fire. He wears a black uniform and a shirt and tie. A shelf behind him, a chipped mug and a thick book. Many windows with wooden frames look out onto a dreary darkness. Atmospheric and foreboding.
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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nicktankard.bsky.social
The 1st of December.

This is about as festive as I get. The ghost stories don’t end in October for me, they creep all the way up to the new year.

An unpublished illustration I made for The Signal Man by Charles Dickens a couple of years ago.

🎅🏼 No No No
A black pen and printmaking ink illustration of a man stood outside a railway signal box situated in a dark and gloomy ravine. The Signal box is the only source of light, its light illuminates railway tracks and the rocky ravine surrounding it. The railway track disappears into the mouth of a dark tunnel. At the mouth of the tunnel stands another more ghostly figure. Atmospheric and spooky.
December 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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theweeowl.bsky.social
I've been unwell and haven't been able to draw anything new for a week, but there is still a good choice of artwork in my shop and I'd love to get some sales.
folksy.com/find/item/85...

#Badgers #AnimalArt #EuropeanBadger #Drawing #Painting #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
A small colour drawing of European badgers in a field of bluebells. The foreground depicts a closeup of a badgers head, the background shows two badgers in the bluebell field. Badgers are short, stout, powerful animals that live in underground 'setts' that can extend well over 50 metres long! Members of the mustelid family (which includes pine martens, otters and ferrets) An original art work, please note that the frame is not included. Colour pencil and mixed media on acid free toned artist paper 5 by 7 inches (12.7 by 17.8 cm).
November 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
andyfutter.bsky.social
The audience tonight for our late screening of #Pillion was 50% gay and 50% bi.
November 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
andyfutter.bsky.social
Shirley’s a robot #Strictly
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
andyfutter.bsky.social
I think ‘Claudia’s Jumble Sale’ is new favourite section of #Strictly
November 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
andyfutter.bsky.social
Ok @profanity.accountant How rude have I been?
November 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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emilyherring.bsky.social
This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.

Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right

open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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theweeowl.bsky.social
Fly Agaric Mushrooms. A small original artwork at a small price that can be sent direct as a gift with a message and will easily fit in a standard letterbox.
folksy.com/find/item/85...

#Mushrooms #FlyAgaric #OriginalArt #Drawing #ColourPencil #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
A very small drawing of fly agaric mushrooms in colour pencil. The drawing is in a very loose, soft focus, painterly style. An original art work, please note that the frame is not included. Colour pencil on white acid free artist watercolour paper (postcard size). Approximately 4 by 6 inches (10.16 x 15.24 cm) will fit into a standard 4 by 6 inch photo frame. A very small drawing of fly agaric mushrooms in colour pencil. The drawing is in a very loose, soft focus, painterly style. An original art work, please note that the frame is not included. Colour pencil on white acid free artist watercolour paper (postcard size). Approximately 4 by 6 inches (10.16 x 15.24 cm) will fit into a standard 4 by 6 inch photo frame.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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theweeowl.bsky.social
Black Friday. While the world races for bargains, Folksy are celebrating The Real Deal, It’s not about slashing prices; it’s about shining a light on the true value of handmade.
folksy.com/find/shop/th...

#TheRealDeal #Artist #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #SupportSmallBusiness #bsnm
A photo collage of some of my original artworks, all available on Folksy: A Glencoe mountain scene, a swallow in flight, mushrooms with clover, golden marigolds, a northern lapwing anda landscape with oxeye daisies.
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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doodlebeth.com
There are people on here who get a lot of praise for their funny alt text and I hate it because nothing in the alt describes the photo. They just think they're being funny and clever when they're actually just excluding people.
a11yawareness.bsky.social Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 9d
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.

The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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theweeowl.bsky.social
This barn owl taking it's silent flight among the trees is available in my Folksy shop.
All the work I have for sale is original and affordable...
folksy.com/find/item/85...

#BarnOwl #Owl #Birds #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #ArtFromScotland #ShopIndy #SupportSmallBusiness #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
A small colour drawing of a barn owl at sunset, flying through trees, the drawing depicts the owl, grassland and trees with a red sunset sky. The drawing is on white pastel paper. Barn Owls have some extraordinary adaptations to help them hunt at night, such as silent flight, sensitive hearing and the ability to spot movement in very low light. An original art work, please note that the frame is not included. Colour pencil and mixed media on acid free toned artist paper 5 by 7 inches (12.7 by 17.8 cm).
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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b1nbag.bsky.social
I have finished a three year long project. Original Doctor Who theme remade from the ground up. Going to take a very long nap.😴

youtu.be/pCzrppQtK9Y?...
Doctor Who - Derbyshire-ish 1963 #60thAnniversary #DoctorWho
YouTube video by Peter Miles
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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andreworton.bsky.social
'Oh, undergraduates talking to each other, I expect. I've trying to have it banned.' This is Shada, in TC3, 3rd November 1979. #DoctorWho #CGSets
A CG recreation of Professor Chronotis' room from Doctor Who's Shada. It shows the TARDIS police box standing in a wood-panelled study, lined with bookshelves. A CG recreation of the spaceship cell from Doctor Who's Shada. It shows a grey and white, three-walled room, with the fourth wall open to camera. There are no doors. A CG recreation of two sets from Doctor Who's Shada in studio. It shows Professor Chronotis' wood-panelled study, alongside the grey control room on the Thinktank space station. This shows a central console with a number of reclined seats built around it. A CG recreation of the studio from Doctor Who's Shada. It shows the sets for the Thinktank control room, the Professor's study, the spaceship cell, and the Krarg generation chamber: a vat which is able to rise from a horizontal to vertical position. There is also a large area set aside for blue-screen work, with blue floor and wall cloths.
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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theweeowl.bsky.social
These are closeups of some of the pieces in my letterbox art gift collection. Little original pieces and small prices.
folksy.com/shops/thewee...

#SmallArt #LetterboxGift #OriginalArt #Drawing #ColourPencil #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
A photo collage of three of my tiny letter box gift drawings. All original artworks that are the size of a small postcard. Will fit a 4x6" photo frame. A grasshopper a bee on lavender a ladybird on a snowdrop
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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theweeowl.bsky.social
I wonder if this grey heron drawing will find a place in someone's home for Christmas. If you are interested in purchasing for yourself or as a gift, please visit my shop...
folksy.com/find/item/85...

#GreyHeron #Birds #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ChristmasGifts
A small drawing of a grey heron standing among bulrushes, the drawing is in soft tones. Grey Herons are unmistakeable birds. They are tall, with long legs, a long beak and grey, black and white feathering. They can be found throughout the UK on on canals, ponds, lakes and rivers. An original art work, please note that the frame is not included. Colour pencil and mixed media on acid free toned artist paper 5 by 7 inches (12.7 by 17.8 cm).
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM