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Iben Krutt 🇳🇴

@ibenkrutt.bsky.social

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I draw monsters and monster accessories.
Snakk norsk til meg!

✉️ [email protected]
🌍 https://www.twolegsatnoon.com

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Iben Krutt 🇳🇴 @ibenkrutt.bsky.social · Jan 12

Hello #portfolioday

I'm a hobbyist/freelancer that specialize in fantasy illustrations featuring animals and speculative biology.

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💚💛🩵, 2025
@corviforms.bsky.social's Avi being treated at the parrotlet spa

A brown gryphon basks in a mossy clearing while three parrotlets preens its head and neck feathers. They're surrounded by chickadees, butterflies and a queen snake.

January 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM

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@ibenkrutt.bsky.social

Painted portrait commissions featuring various birbs

Portrait of an anthropomorphic quail with glasses. Client @haubitze.bsky.social

Portrait of an owlbear with glasses. Client @namofako.bsky.social

Portrait of an anthropomorphic falcon with a headscarf. Client @siriadlerius.bsky.social

December 2, 2024 at 2:01 PM

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@ibenkrutt.bsky.social

Fader Martin, 2022
A priest who Saw (too much).

An anthropomorphic swift holding a Wreath of Christ rosary and looking worried. The lyrics are from "Bak et halleluja" by Kaizers Orchestra.

An anthropomorphic swift meeting a biblically accurate angel.

November 13, 2025 at 5:00 AM

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Lucky-Fy

@lucky-fy.bsky.social

Hunters Unlucky

Hilton’s writing is very pleasing to read; the words flow easily & are chosen with care, depicting scenes with welcome precision.

Plot points get foreshadowed & every scene builds upon the other in meaningful ways, making active reading a very rewarding experience.

#traditionalart

"The sun rose and made the grass glow golden [...]. Now he just felt worried." Traditional coloured pencil drawing depicting a golden field and a sunset, with the Storm's silhouette in the foreground.

Traditional sketch of an imagined scene from Hunters Unlucky. The setting is a forest, with a few trees and gnarly plants. Pathar, an old whitened ferryshaft, is laying on the grass loaf-style (did you know deer absolutely loaf? Very cute) and telling a story to an audience of young ferryshaft, who's ear silhouettes make the foreground. In the background, Storm, the young ferryshaft protagonist, can be spotted hiding behind the trees, listening in.

Traditional pencil drawing depicting the first creasia raid scene. The foreground shows the lifeless head of a young ferryshaft, killed in front of Storm. Storm is in the middle ground, distressed and his fur standing on all ends. His big ears and drawn back and he is seemingly moving away from the corpse. The background features a nameless ferryshaft foal with a shocked expression.

"He lay down next to Tollee, who draped her head on his shoulders, and fell instantly asleep". Traditional pencil drawing depicting two ferryshaft. One, all white (Storm), is curled on himself with his legs tucked against him. The second one, Tollee, is resting her head on his shoulders. Her ears are partially ripped in places and her fur is brindled.

November 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM

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Rhigu (comms open!)

@rhigu.bsky.social

Finished commission for Liz! Thank you for your continued support!!

A woman with iridescent wings stands in front of an aurora sky, reaching up to cast magic with her hand.

November 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM

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thank u, hexed

@lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social

if you or someone you know is googling "alecto the ninth release date," help is available. you are not alone

thank u, hexed @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social · 2d

googling "alecto the ninth release date" as self-harm

December 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM

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alix e. harrow

@alixeharrow.bsky.social

tapping the sign

a grainy image of john waters saying "remember, pornographers have always been on our side. Brave, ready to fight for our rights. Smut is our friend."

December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM

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Brave Burattino 🪱

@braveburattino.bsky.social

Magpie Harpy

December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM

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Abigail Hilton

@alhilton.bsky.social

Thank you, Iben!! This contest resulted in so many cool interactions, so much artwork, and so many reviews. Thank you for doing such neat thing for my books, and I hope you get to paint something fun!!

Iben Krutt 🇳🇴 @ibenkrutt.bsky.social · 6d

Contest is over and winners have been contacted about their prizes! Thank you to everyone who joined - I hope that even if you didn't win, that you still enjoyed the ride :)

December 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM

Iben Krutt 🇳🇴

@ibenkrutt.bsky.social

Contest is over and winners have been contacted about their prizes! Thank you to everyone who joined - I hope that even if you didn't win, that you still enjoyed the ride :)

A list of the winning raffle ticket numbers

December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM

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Beren's Reverie

@berensreverie.bsky.social

The Blue Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus. #paleoart #sciart 🐡

February 5, 2024 at 9:58 AM

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Shepherd

@neolithicsheep.bsky.social

authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action

Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.

arstechnica.com

November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM

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Welsh Bollocks

@welshbollocks.bsky.social

In winter lone shopping trolleys form groups for warmth and protection. The alpha trolley, seen at the centre with double child seats, will lead the group. A younger line trolley can be seen on the left, it can take days to be accepted by the group.

November 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM

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Animal Photo Reference Repository

@animalphotorefs.bsky.social

The repository site will always be open-access and free to use: with so much AI noise online now, I can’t put it behind a paywall.

But: this project is not funded. It runs entirely on donations.

Considering joining the Patreon to get sneak peeks of new photos & help decide what taxa go up next!

Non-AI animal images for art, academics, media, and more!

www.patreon.com

January 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM

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Alyssa Harad

@alyssaharad.bsky.social

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 13d

I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.

November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM

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Rii Abrego

@riibrego.bsky.social

"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace

November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM

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chira 🎋

@artofchira.bsky.social

after having witnessed the birth of the internet and existing online for 3 decades I can confidently say no feedback is more validating than tumblr reblog tags

March 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM