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@durianpokes.bsky.social

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Caro @durianpokes.bsky.social · May 21

Hi I’m Caro! I’m a former story artist for animation who is currently tattooing in LA✨ I’m a fan of fun, whimsy, and comics🌞
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Color tattoo of the character Astarion from Baldur’s gate. There are lines suggesting fire/flames hind the character. This is further enforced by the use of back-lighting to inform the artist’s color choices. The tattoo is primarily made up of the colors black, blue, yellow, pink, and red.

Colorful, crayon-style tattoo of a terrier-esque dog jumping amongst bushes and flowers. Blue dotted lines in the background depict sprinkler water. The overall vibe of the tattoo is very joyful and carefree. All the colors used are basic colors, such as those you’d find in a box of crayons markers.

Tattoo of the characters Aryll and Link from Legend of Zelda Wind Waker. Aryll is chasing Link while holding a pig.

Color tattoo of a feminine figure in a float-y pose; they are surrounded by stars and sparkles around their head and at their feet are what appears to be puffs of smoke.

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Caro @durianpokes.bsky.social · 5d

Roosting pigeon 🐦🌻

Colorful crayon-style tattoo of a pigeon roosting in some sunflowers

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Caro @durianpokes.bsky.social · 4d

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Caro @durianpokes.bsky.social · 5d

Been auditing a figure drawing class

Caro @durianpokes.bsky.social · 5d

Roosting pigeon 🐦🌻

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Caro @durianpokes.bsky.social · 15d

lately I’ve been revisiting pencil and I feel like I actually draw more intentionally with it. When I lightly lay down a foundation then go over it with more confident lines I feel like I’m sculpting the drawing.

Caro @durianpokes.bsky.social · 15d

From mid high school through college I drew almost exclusively in pen because I read that it builds mark-making confidence. I think it’s absolutely true to an extent, but I have a hard time shaking off the idea that I’m not a “good” artist if I can’t draw something straight in pen

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Reiko Murakami @reikomurakami.bsky.social · 16d

Doing house chores, is it me leaving my mark on the space or is it the space that defines my identity and role?

A ghostly figure in the kitchen. The drawing focuses its hands holding a cup, while its face is cut off and its outline is disappearing into the background

A ghostly figure in the kitchen. The shape of the figure is defined by the dark background since the figure itself is the unrendered negative space in the composition

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 17d

Some transgender people see only darkness in front and behind them.

The current climate is especially accelerating this.

Transgender people just want to love the people they love and live their lives as themselves.
Let's all join hands and change the world🫶🌏🫶

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Tred @tredlocity.bsky.social · 18d

Podcast where I review films based on how integral the sex scenes are to the plot.

Weapons: 0/10 (you can cut the sex scene and the movie still works)
Oldboy: 10/10 (sex scene is important for the ending to work)
A Bug's Life: 0/10 (no sex scene)

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Caro @durianpokes.bsky.social · 21d

Steven Universe clothes line ✨💗👖

Cute, colorful tattoo of a pink shirt with a yellow star, and a pair of jeans on a clothes line. Stars and sparkles surround the clothes and there is the suggestion of wind and movement

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Caro @durianpokes.bsky.social · 21d

Steven Universe clothes line ✨💗👖

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Katie Cook @katiecandraw.bsky.social · 22d

Seeing the Bill Watterson originals full of pencil lines of stuff that didn’t work, scuffs the eraser didn’t pick up, white out galore and more was something I needed to see to remind myself that nothing is perfect the first go and tweaks need to be made and you’re allowed to try again.

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Sami Mark @samimarkart.bsky.social · 23d

This country is making me sad and scared but that’s a good excuse to try to do some more good. I’m raising money with this sticker to help support Brave Space Alliance, a black and trans run organization. Community spaces are so important in uncertain times. 100% of profits donated!
#bsnm #bugsky

Hand holding a sticker with a pink, blue and white butterfly with circular text reading “protect trans lives”

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るぅ１ｍｍ @ruuwanmm.bsky.social · 24d

お部屋がどんどん可愛くなっていくよ

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Caro @durianpokes.bsky.social · 24d

Sorry I didn’t know how to end it once I got the main points out (2/2)

Artist asking a tattoo client if they are ready (to get tattooed).

Text reads: I’m still an artist. I delight in telling people I’m an artist. I’m just taking some time to redefine what being a creative looks like and means to me.

Artist dismayed looking at some shitty work they just did.

Text reads: I do spend some time grieving what I expected of myself when I was 17. I grieve the person I thought I was before executive dysfunction and skill regression and other mental health hiccups.

Artist dancing with a sunflower.

Text reads: But now I have to nurture the version of myself that is here. It is scary, uncertain, and hard as duck. I will forget I felt any of this when my luteal phase starts.

Tulip and sunflower making out.

Text reads: at least I’ll have these drawings as proof that I did at some point feel self-assured. That I am doing ok, and that

Caro @durianpokes.bsky.social · 24d

Life update maybe (1/2)

Drawing of the artist excitedly saying: Idk where this came from, but I suddenly feel the need to express (& document via comic) that…

Drawing of the artist gleefully riding an idealized animal cell, arms outstretched, surrounded by floating phospholipids; text reads: I’m so glad I went back to school!

Drawing of the artist as an awkward teen, artist in a cramped cubicle pulling back the curtain and saying: This box is my home!

Text under drawing reads: When I went to CalArts, I felt like a pace was set up for me, and I had to keep up or I was a failure.

Drawing of the artist crying in the corner of a mail room while someone nonchalantly talks on the phone and picks up their mail beside them. Thought bubble above artist reads: Who gets their mail at 3am?

Text below reads: You could argue that I didn’t have to give in to the pressure, or that I fabricated those standards in my head, but I started college when I was just 17. I had a narrow idea of what I needed to do to “make it” and I trusted the adults around me.

Artist walking through school campus, text below reads: But at a community college, where my classmates are all ages and at various stages of life, I feel much more at ease. I feel like I’m doing exactly what I need to do, for myself, at this stage in my life.

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Caro @durianpokes.bsky.social · Sep 13

villagers

two sketches of a character wearing a pink hood and long blue and yellow dress with a red gem on her chest. in the left drawing she stands with her hands on the gem and in the right drawing she appears to be curtsying

Caro @durianpokes.bsky.social · Sep 10

Questionnn have you been able to avoid seeing ai art on Pinterest? Or is it pretty widespread already

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Caro @durianpokes.bsky.social · Sep 10

i have a sticky note titled "life change urges" because i experience this feeling so frequently. maybe if a pattern develops it'll show me what the heart wants...

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sirena de dos colas @fantocha.bsky.social · Sep 10

Colorful and Notable Medieval Demons #medievalsky #medievalart #medievalbestiary #bestiary #bestiario #demon #demons #demonio #demonios #marginalia

The horse HATES HIS GUTS. Ill admit maybe im a bit off on the period of this one

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Simone Grünewald @schmoedraws.bsky.social · Sep 9

Telling a story with light <3

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Deb JJ Lee 🔜 Lightbox 112 @jdebbiel.bsky.social · Sep 8

the program // the art

Evangelion fanart of rei during the final scene with the spear

Illustration in a warm toned natural history exhibit

A red table illustration with apples and martini glasses. An iridescent snake slinks through the canvas

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Caro @durianpokes.bsky.social · Sep 8

I’m sorry you’re going through this and it’s causing you any doubt; I found myself in a similar mindset and applied to community college as a result (I’m taking courses for something not art-related now :..))

Caro @durianpokes.bsky.social · Sep 7

After this term I’m only taking one class per semester bc what the fuck (I am doing too much)

Caro @durianpokes.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thanks so much! 😭