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CJ Gladback
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Digital 3D and fiber artist who loves explanation and context, figuring out what I'll sustainably post on a short form site again. Find me on tumblr, twitch, and other places: https://linktr.ee/cjgladback
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CJ Gladback @cjgladback.bsky.social · Nov 22
Short form content! This buddy, named Jackson in honor of the kind neighbor gardener who first introduced my sister & me to his tomato #hornworms, was born in spring 2022, for a weekly challenge with the theme "cozy." He is beloved; something about cuteness, #gardening, #knitting, and #bugs.
cjgladback.bsky.social
Well hey there! I'm live on Twitch for the first time in several months, mostly looks like I'll be figuring out the very basics of Krita. I am underprepared as usual but look forward to doing anything digitally creative again for a bit! Join in if you'd like! Happy weekend.
January 17, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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k-hermit.com
This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end!

It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
January 12, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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spacey3d.bsky.social
cutie downy showing off their identifiable tail feathers! you can tell they're no hairy! ❄

downy woodpecker, 2025/12/8
#birds #nature #photography
closeup photograph of a downy woodpecker leaning out from a small branch. their tail is spread out, showing white tail feathers on the edges with small black spots. it is actively snowing with a blurry snow background. by spacey3d
January 2, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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marcmagus.bsky.social
This whole thread is incredibly charming.
dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Dec 20
THREAD.

My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.

I've collected his work here...
Bridget the cat infiltrates the 'Abbey Road' cover shoot and becomes THE definitive fifth Beatle.
December 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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nataliebsketching.bsky.social
Support us dry dry humans
A two-panel comic drawing. The first panel says “why use water-hungry AI…”, accompanied by an abstract drawing of a dark cloud extending fingers into Earth or water. The second panel says “when you can support dehydrated artists?”. The image is of a skull next to a paintbrush and a palette. The skull says “we’re very low impact”.
December 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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lazer-t.bsky.social
Cabbage moth caterpillar, basswood carving

Made as a gift for someone IRL
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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obialik.bsky.social
Full credit to this team. Not only did they make an ultrablack fabric inspired by the Magnificent riflebird (Ptiloris magnificus), they went ahead and made an awesome dress 👗 with it. 🧪

Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A black dress, created with the new ultrablack fabric (seen around the blue patch). Yes, if I had the right body for it, I would definitely wear that. a Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of barbs/barbules from a feather of the magnificent riflebird (Ptiloris Magnificus), a species of bird-of-paradise family. Inset image of bird, photo credit: Eric Gropp, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63294234. b Black dress inspired by bird-of-paradise, fashioned with black polyester blend (BPETB) and a centerpiece consisting of the ultrablack wool (UBW). c Schematic of two-step method to create UBW. d UBW and the control fabric, PDA-dyed merino wool (PDAMW), under two different standard lighting systems. e Photographic image of (1) white merino wool (WMW), (2) plasma treated WMW (40 W 80 min), (3) PDAMW, and (4–8) plasma treated PDAMW (40 W 5, 30, 50, 80, and 110 min, respectively) (Diameter of samples: 38 mm) under standard lighting system with corresponding SEM images (e1-e8). Scale bars = 1 μm; Inset scale bars = 5 μm. f Schematic for two directions of tactical flashlight in dark room. g Flashlight illuminating from directly ~30 cm above the fabrics (i: WMW, ii: BMW, iii: PDAMW, iv: flock, and v: UBW). h Flashlight illuminating from ~60° slanted angle to ~30 cm away from the fabrics. (Diameter of samples: 38 mm).
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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rosemarymosco.com
Another comic from this past year. Sometimes I'm in awe about how incredibly small birds can be.
In a comic strip panel, person in a red shirt walks through a sunlit forest. The text says "Sometimes I go looking for a tiny part of the universe." "This part only takes up as much space as: half an apple, a salt shaker, or 2 ping pong balls." Each of these items is shown. Galaxies and stars swirl as the text says "But somehow, in an unfathomably huge universe," and then there's a complex mess of forest leaves, with one tiny Wilson's warbler in one corner, and the text says "this one tiny part". There's a close up of the warbler, blazing yellow against a sparkly yellow background, and the text says "can fill up my whole heart."
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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nodegroup.xyz
Cabin
#Nodevember #Nodevember2025 #b3d #GeometryNodes
Poster-print style render of a tree house over a pond
December 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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delaneyking.bsky.social
Starting from scratch isn't knocking everything down and resetting to zero, it is carrying forward the lessons with a clean plan. Building your tower on much higher, more stable ground.
November 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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kkentart.bsky.social
AHHH! CAT!

Trying to capture the pure unbridled crazy of a Cat? On canvas? A foolhardy quest.
“ !! “
Acrylic on 12” x 12” polyester of violently bright colours, wrapped over canvas stretcher.

#cat #zoomies #crazycat #funnyfeline #art
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 AM
cjgladback.bsky.social
Trying to get a state employee to wake up to the...massive global conspiracy they're complacent in? during business hours is like flirting with a barista at work. We can neither shut you down bluntly nor engage at the level you want. The only response you'll get is 1) nothing or 2) kicking you out.
November 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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lespreuh.bsky.social
Pas mal le ciel ce matin, continue comme ça système solaire
Ciel bleu aux nuages rosés aux travers d'une fenêtre Ciel aux couleurs orangés au travers d'une fenêtre
November 4, 2025 at 6:56 AM
cjgladback.bsky.social
Man, I love a good dawning realization in fiction. Every emotional version of it is delicious, but especially for spooky month the metaphorical "oh no I didn't even think to prepare for that threat but I've just understood the shadow I've been standing in this whole time as it steps up behind me."
October 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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byelacey.bsky.social
it's that time of year, it's time to get your flu and covid booster shot unless you're from massachusetts then it's time for your flu and covid borcester shot
October 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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artneverath.bsky.social
My Drawing for the First Week of Fall in Yum (Warm & Cozy Drinks) ! 🍂 made a Mulled Wine 🍷 Hope you like it!
painted in Procreate!

Thanks for the support and @kazzzuverse for the invite🙏🏻❤️
October 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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poqu.bsky.social
trying out linocut hehe
photo of two black and white prints of a tiger crouching in the plants. next to it is the carving of the lino black and white print of the tiger on thinner paper which was possibly for chinese painting
September 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social
Javier Mayoral
Meaning of a black cat with yellow eyes the text over it says: "A black cat crossing your path often signifies that the animal is going somewhere "
September 1, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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julienkaspart.bsky.social
I put together a little trailer for our Steam store page.
The project is basically done at this point and I'm super stoked to finally release it soon!

store.steampowered.com/app/3775050/...

#b3d #godotengine #gamedev
June 24, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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tinylongwing.bsky.social
A sweet fuzzy Phidippus californicus, California jumping spider, watching the world from a patch of Swiss chard. Private commission for @halffizzbin on tumblr. I love these cute little teddy bears so much 💗🎨🐡🕷️#invertebrate
A female P. californicus sits perched on a chard stalk. She has bright shiny blue fangs and is covered in fine tan fuzz, and she has some lovely long eyelashes. The background is soft out-of-focus chard leaves in green and red.
January 21, 2024 at 4:02 PM
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lespreuh.bsky.social
Wanna swing?
August 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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benmce.bsky.social
Replanting
Digital painting of a landscape with a large airship burning a forest in the distance. Two people plant trees in the foreground.
August 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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marissadraws.bsky.social
I tricked him into sitting on my planner instead of my computer by pretending to write in it.
Black cat with white bib happily sitting on a planner holding a mouse hostage.
August 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
cjgladback.bsky.social
I am soon to edit a forty minute video of mostly the back of my hand. In other news, setting up a craft tutorial video in the wild is difficult. (Anything is better than filming in the cave that is my vine shrouded room in the summer, though.)

Context below 🧵
August 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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hagihino.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM