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franz
@franzanth.bsky.social
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i draw bugs and stuff. offline on the weekends.
please ask before using my images.
he/him 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇩

contact: franzanth at gmail
portfolio: franzanth.com

Hashtags: #Art #SciArt #Gardening

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · Dec 3
Activities for this season of #InverteFest:

Community science
www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv...

Art book submission form
docs.google.com/forms/d/1jHk...
franzanth.bsky.social franz @franzanth.bsky.social · Aug 4
Greetings, chordate comrades. #InverteFest is upon us.

tl;dr: Over the last 7 days every April, August, and December, we invite you to show the internet your coolest bugs & slugs.

Go find critters, post your art, write wikipedia pages, do whatever you like to celebrate invertebrates with us!
What is #InverteFest? It's a periodic event where we invite you to celebrate the overlooked invertebrate fauna around you and share the joys of discovery online. #InverteFest takes place every April, August, & December over the last 7 days of the month. Going out? 1. Find invertebrates 2. Share observations online using the hashtag #InverteFest 3. Interact with others who are celebrating the event NOT Going out? - Post your squid painting - Stream a game where you play as a crab with a knife - Selfie with your 27 beetle enamel pins - Write wikipedia pages Questions? ask franzanth / maureenbug / saimihanma More info and ideas on: invertefest.com
franzanth.bsky.social
Invertebrate DLC for Megaquarium WHAT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH5r...
Megaquarium: Invertebrilliant Collection (Trailer)
YouTube video by Tim Twice Circled
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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abistevensart.bsky.social
Warped Oceans is LIVE! 🎉
AND we already unlocked the Crab, Lobster and Oarfish pins in gold and rainbow!!! 🥳🥳🥳
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...

#artShop #Pintopia #WarpedOcean #Backerkit
Warped Ocean
Dive into the darkest depths with me and discover warped denizens of the deep! The watery sequel to Celestial Beasts will emerge from the depths in January 2026.
www.backerkit.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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abistevensart.bsky.social
Both Crab pins are funded!! 🥳🦀
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
#artShop #pintopia #warpedOcean #backerkit #darkArt
An image with two of the same pin design in 2 colour-ways: it's a crab with one claw larger than the other and lots of stylised eyes all over it's shell and larger claw arm. The top one is gold plated and coloured red, white and green. The bottom one is rainbow plated and coloured in shades of green, blue, pink and purple. The word 'unlocked' is written vertically on both sides of the image.
January 23, 2026 at 11:30 AM
franzanth.bsky.social
the princess and the pea, but it's freelance artists and their tablet pens
January 23, 2026 at 9:24 AM
franzanth.bsky.social
hamburger is just ruojiamo with more verticality
acorviart.bsky.social alicia 🍳 @acorviart.bsky.social · 1d
overheard at costco, one guy explaining to his friend in mandarin that a pizza roll is like a baozi with pepperoni, reigniting the eternal debate: is a pizza roll a baozi
January 23, 2026 at 3:52 AM
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acorviart.bsky.social
overheard at costco, one guy explaining to his friend in mandarin that a pizza roll is like a baozi with pepperoni, reigniting the eternal debate: is a pizza roll a baozi
January 23, 2026 at 2:53 AM
franzanth.bsky.social
fish are fun and games until you're expected to draw every scale and fin ray
quailnoises.bsky.social Lina @quailnoises.bsky.social · 1d
Born to draw weird invertebrates forced to draw thousands of fish
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 AM
franzanth.bsky.social
born to make art, forced to answer emails
January 23, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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jesncin.bsky.social
Whenever Americans talk about how "it's strange that Indonesia is such a big place with a massive population, the biggest Muslim majority country in the world in fact! Yet they have such little international influence!" I want to shake them and scream THAT'S BY YOUR GOVERNEMENT'S DESIGN YOU FOOLS
January 23, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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saimihanma.bsky.social
From now until the end of the month, you can get ebook versions of all of my zines in a bundle for $5.

That includes:
5 Minute Daily Drawings : Year 1
5 Minute Daily Drawings : Year 2
Insert An Invert
August Arthropod Art
Nudivember 2024
Nudivember 2025

itch.io/s/179175/6-z...
6 Zine Bundle by Saimi
A bundle by Saimi, $5.00 for 6 games
itch.io
January 22, 2026 at 5:58 PM
franzanth.bsky.social
this must be the work of an enemy stand
rachelnuwer.bsky.social Rachel Nuwer @rachelnuwer.bsky.social · 2d
With most psychedelic drugs, you never know what you're going to get. But this mysterious mushroom from China - without fail - causes users to hallucinate tiny people: crawling up walls, popping out from under furniture and marching under doors. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans
Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.
www.bbc.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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rachelnuwer.bsky.social
With most psychedelic drugs, you never know what you're going to get. But this mysterious mushroom from China - without fail - causes users to hallucinate tiny people: crawling up walls, popping out from under furniture and marching under doors. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans
Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.
www.bbc.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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corbin.io
I'm excited to release Just the Browser! It helps you remove AI features, ads, shopping integrations, and other annoyances from desktop web browsers.

This project includes configuration files, a simple setup script, and guides for manual installation. It supports Chrome, Firefox, and MS Edge.
Just the Browser - Just the Browser
Remove AI features, telemetry data reporting, sponsored content, product integrations, and other annoyances from web browsers.
justthebrowser.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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delightmonster.bsky.social
A reintroduction: I'm a disabled and autistic artist/writer in America. I sell stickers, stationery, and other supportive darkness for the best—and, more importantly right now—the worst parts of life.

The Midwinter Heartache collection is out now:
bigchallenges.bigcartel.com/category/mid...
January 22, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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delightmonster.bsky.social
time to tap the sign again
delightmonster.bsky.social kate horowitz (she/???) @delightmonster.bsky.social · Aug 4
I'm now available for many different kinds of editorial & art work (2nd image); please send any relevant job postings & gig opportunities* my way. Absent those, I will accept memes (3rd image) & treats. 🍓

*Remote work only. My current level of disability does not permit a commute.
Selfie of Kate, wet from the rain, standing in front of a rainbow. Text reads “hire me! - writing -editing - teaching -custom sticker design” Photo of Kate’s plaid-coat-covered back as she walks toward the water. Text is a list of professional skills, including science-medical writing, copywriting, copyediting, and proofreading, teaching, illustration, and merch design Selfie of Kate wearing a pink windbreaker embroidered with an angry strawberry. Kate is making the strawberry face. Text is a list of other ways people can help, including buying stickers from her shop and sending memes and snacks.
January 22, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
That first Chalcoscirtus lass I found, in 2022, and figured she was a baby of some larger species (some Phidippus spiderlings look similar). But no, she's full grown, tiny, and lovely. 🖤
#EmotionalSupportSpood
Tiny black jumping spider with bright yellow palps and orange legs, shiny all over, somewhat chonky. Peering at you from a dry pine needle The little lass running along the pine needle, basically the same width as her. Handsome shiny black with orange legs Side view of the creature running along the pine needle. She's pretty stubby The lass peering up at you from under the pine needle
January 22, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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kiabugboy.bsky.social
Spiriferid
#Brachiopod #3Dart
3D model of a generic spiriferid Brachiopod. It superficially looks like a clam where the sides of the shell tapers into points But Brachiopods are Lophophorates, not molluscs
January 22, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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echinoblog.bsky.social
*laugh* a FASCINATING observation of this sea cucumber, Paracaudina from Australia doing.. something. Blowing bubbles? A great big "WHAT?" #echinoday www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Paracaudina bacillis
Paracaudina bacillis from Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron/Point Nepean Rd, Blairgowrie VIC 3942, Australia on January 20, 2026 at 09:03 AM by Jak Grimm. Wonder what the pearl bubble is?
www.inaturalist.org
January 22, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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orangeblossombitch.bsky.social
Lil' Yafa crab 🍊🦀
Swimming around pinching colonizers 😝
#art #ocean
A blue-brownish crab with light blue dots amd a partial tatreez pattern from Yafa on its back. It is surrounded by a border of looped lines with seashells and starfish in the corners.
January 22, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
See the problem/advantage of this is that my book at page 42 has a photo of a chocolate midge, Forcipomyia sp., and without this lil dude we would have NO chocolate. All hail the lil chocomidge!! 🍫
me holding open a book on two pages, left is a macro photo of a tiny chocolate midge specimen, very brown very fluffy, on the right you can see the title "The pollinators" a book on a dark red background, book cover is white with a bright yellow, green, blue metallic fly with a huge abdomen text Natural History Museum The secret life of flies Erica McAlister "After reading her book, it is obvious: flies rock." The spectator
January 22, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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smoothdunk2.bsky.social
[AI bubble bursts] billionaire tech bro: the stupid consumer did not understand it
3 panel comic Panel 1: Orange Guy standing at a stall with a sign that says “Shit Sandwich, £500” Pink Guy walks up to the stall, Orange Guy gestures excitedly at the sign. Panel 2: Pink Guy continues walking past the Shit Sandwich stall. The Orange Guy looks dejected Panel 3: Orange Guy says “Wow. That guy can’t read”
January 22, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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nicodelort.bsky.social
A photo that shows on the right side a swan resting on the surface of a lake, under snow covered branches coming from the left side of the picture. In the background, out of focus snow-covered trees. The overall palette is very muted, blue-grays. The swan's warm white plumage and bright orange bill stand out. A photo of a flock of eleven cackling geese flying out of thick fog in perfect V formation. In the bottom left, the top of a snow covered tree. The sky is very overcast and the overall color palette of the image is muted grays and blues. A photo showing the surface of a lake. In the foreground, two tall branches stand above the water, and on the right side of the those branches, a swan sleeps, curled up on itself. In the background, snow covered trees. The overall color palette is very muted, mostly gray, except for warm glow of sunlight hitting the back of the trees and the surface of the water. A photo showing, in the foreground, on the lefthand side, a swan and on the righthand side, gnarled branches of a dead tree above the water, seemingly reaching towards the swan. In the background, out of focus snow-covered trees. The overall color palette is very muted but a warm glow illuminates the whole image. A sliver of sunlight hits the surface of the water and illuminates the swan.
January 21, 2026 at 8:28 PM
franzanth.bsky.social
i just saw a chonky grasshopper sitting on a metal fence, staring into the distance, possibly contemplating its life choices, and i was like, same bruh
January 22, 2026 at 6:04 AM
franzanth.bsky.social
the plot thickens
transitionalform.bsky.social Laura Cooper @transitionalform.bsky.social · 3d
Our paper on the mysterious Devonian organism Prototaxites has now finally been published! See the paper here (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) and our explainer thread below!
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
January 22, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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ehrenenglish.bsky.social
Tiger beetle face! Reference photo from Ben Salb, check his stuff out, insane! That tiger beetle blue/green metallic is just so good.

I may have spent too long on this. I got carried away. But I had fun!

#art #SciArt #invertart #tigerbeetle
Tiger beetle face illustration
January 21, 2026 at 6:15 PM