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@animartin.bsky.social

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Alan Martin @animartin.bsky.social · 25d

Bit late with my Green Woodpecker for the September #BirdWhisperer submission, but hopefully its still the last Wednesday of the month somewhere in the world 👀
#BirdArt #birds #illustration
Gouache on paper

Gouache painting of a European Green Woodpecker perched on a mossy piece of tree bark. It has mostly green feathers, a creamy white breast and head, but with a black patch around its eye. There's some bright red plumage on its head like a mohawk.

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Alan Martin @animartin.bsky.social · 8h

Looking through an old hard drive and found a character sketch I did years ago of a young Banshee for a short film that never happened.

#Banshee #Irish #Illustration

Pencil sketch with muted digital colours of a young girl sitting on top of an old gravestone. She's wearing a pale old traditional Irish dress and has extremely long purple/grey hair that fades into a wispy trail. She has a sad expression and is absent-mindedly making a daisy chain.

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Alan Martin @animartin.bsky.social · 2d

The other hens say she'll have egg on her face but she doesn't give a cluck

#buddumTss #b3d #animation #chicken #egg #birdart

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Alan Martin @animartin.bsky.social · 8h

Looking through an old hard drive and found a character sketch I did years ago of a young Banshee for a short film that never happened.

#Banshee #Irish #Illustration

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 21h

Some recent hens. They do look good together like this. 🐔

Friendly reminder that I have a Ko-fi by way of a tip jar, if you enjoy my work and would like to send a little material support. Thank you so much to everyone who contributes. ☺️🥲🙏💙

Link also in profile.
ko-fi.com/himmapaan

Four small silhouette drawings in black ink, each about the size of a business card, of a hen encountering another small animal in each one: a dragonfly, a frog, a wren, and a squirrel.

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Astra Fauna (Sarah Dahlinger) 🔜 Granite State Comic Con @astrafauna.bsky.social · Sep 10

That time I painted a lion fish wyvern ❤️

For @evilrobotgames.bsky.social

A wyvern with the spines and stripes of a lion fish

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 1d

My Palaeo Portrait Art Print Pack is here!
20 portraits of very old, very dead things (nicer than it sounds), for just £20.
Get yours here: dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/4389...

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Stieven @stievenvdp.bsky.social · 1d

roar

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Athanaca @athanaca.bsky.social · 2d

Family time! 💞

#grebe #bird #illustration #digitalart #originalart #animal #animalart #birdwatching #birder #cute #artist

Illustration of Great-crested grebe and it’s chicks

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Character Design References @characterdesign.bsky.social · 2d

Animation by Felix Colgrave ( @felixcolgrave )*

#sakuga #2danimation

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DUCKS @ducksfilm.com · 2d

I cannot tell you how good it feels to read comments like this! Especially for festivals I couldn't make it to in person 🥲

A comment from user @jaydeeknights, the text reads :

"I saw this at the Sitges film festival. It was amazing and our
favourite film of the six that we saw. I wish the creator could have
seen the magical reaction from the kids and adults in the audience."

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Alan Martin @animartin.bsky.social · 2d

The other hens say she'll have egg on her face but she doesn't give a cluck

#buddumTss #b3d #animation #chicken #egg #birdart

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Kevin Parry @kevinbparry.bsky.social · 3d

Cutting a ghost 🔪👻

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David Ziggy Greene (Jam bookshop) @jambookshopuk.bsky.social · 3d

OK, going to have trouble paying rent again this month due to back injury.

Would appreciate so much the spreading of my online shop to get some cool orders sent out next week.
All signed.

davidziggygreene.bigcartel.com

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Alan Martin @animartin.bsky.social · 3d

Boop loop

#b3d #animation #loop #dino #dinosaur #allosaurus

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 4d

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Blender Artists @blenderartists.org · 4d

'Young Escherstein!' by Jim McNeill

https://blenderartists.org/t/young-escherstein/1611820?mtm_kwd=bsky

#b3d #blender #blender3d #blenderrender #blendercommunity #3d

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.co.uk · 5d

Stand back! I’m going to harvest this fantasy fruit with my whim-sickle!

Will I ever shut up about my book that's live on kickstarter? Yes... but you've got less than 24hrs to back this project here: buff.ly/Mg3qB6F

#watercolour #artbook #painting #crowdfunding #fantasyart #folklore

a colourful teal blue beetle with loads of long blue spines coming from its carapace with glowing red ends. It has a dark pink body and dark yellow wings.

A great lumbering moss and vine covered beast with long arms and short legs, bipedal and a gaping mouth but no eyes. Just a really good sense of smell...

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Alan Martin @animartin.bsky.social · 5d

I just backed Savage Strangehollow - Art & Folklore By Emily Hare on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

Savage Strangehollow - Art & Folklore By Emily Hare

Explore an enchanted realm of vast forests, unforgiving mountains and uncharted waters

www.kickstarter.com

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AJ Jefferies @moonjam.com · 5d

So, I stumbled across this animation (left) that a professional studio made for a commercial client last year and a lot of it seems VERY familiar to my 2023 'PEAS' animation (right)...

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Lucas Nunes @lucasjn.bsky.social · 5d

Here's a T. Rex bored to death trying to bite their own tail. My partner asked me to animate it in stop motion, after she watched a video about the very important topic of "could T. Rex chew its own tail like a dog". The puppet is still a work in progress 🦖

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 5d

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 6d

Our printer sent this video of an actual finished Mileships book in motion 👀

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Alan Martin @animartin.bsky.social · 6d

Four loops looping in a loop for #PortfolioDay

#b3d #animation

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Waltjan @waltjan9.bsky.social · 6d

Hey #PortfolioDay

I'm Jean, French illustrator & concept artist.

Email: [email protected]

A painting of a giant cemetery in the fog. The colors are based of orange but with different values going from dark to light in the background. A character with a top hat is holding a lamp in the middle of the composition.

A painting of a character with a top hat in a forest walking confidently into a bright light.

A painting of the interior of a clock tower, a character with a top hat is sitting in front of the clock dial, his lamp next to him. Small metallic creatures are next to him.

A painting of a Character with a top hat dancing in a cemetery at night

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Bianca 🌼 @biancathemaker.com · 6d

Hey #PortfolioDay! I'm Bianca, an Animator & Artist. What I've been most proud of recently are these anim loops I made from scratch in Blender :D My full website is at biancathemaker.com RTs appreciated as I'm trying to migrate over from the Blue Bird Website 🤍🤍🤍

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