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Kaleidechse @kaleidechse.bsky.social · 10h

10th entry for #OC-tober, starring Lex and Ria.

"Whoa, hehe... Relax. It was mostly smoke and noise. None of the really dangerous stuff." - "I do not care. You will never do that again." - "But she-" - "NEVER. AGAIN. Do you understand?" - "Uh... yes. Yes, of course."

#oc #digitalart 🎨🦎

A digital drawing showing two of my Werewolf-Elf OCs, Lex and Ria.

Ria is stabbing a clawed finger at Lex' chest while he recoils and puts his hands up in defense.

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Kaleidechse @kaleidechse.bsky.social · 1d

A little something for #GetToKnowMeTober2025.

Since I'm already spamming y'all with Ria's pack, here's a different #OC that's really precious to me.

The Stranger emerged from a random Blender test and insisted on becoming my artist companion. More of a familiar by now, I suppose. 😄

A 3D model of my OC, The Stranger.

He is standing in a grassy landscape, showing a simple stone-like texture and being overgrown with plants. This is a render from 2023, based on an ancient Blender experiment from 2012.

A 3D model of my OC, The Stranger.

He is floating upside down while mimicking the rubbery appearance of a yellow balloon. A sign in the background displays information about the chemical element helium, like it would appear in the periodic table.

Three handmade plushies of different sizes, depicting The Stranger and two of his younger siblings with the extremely creative names "Mini" and "Tiny."

The glowing part of a lantern, depicting The Stranger in a style similar to stained glass.
The lantern is made of thin colored paper behind a cardboard frame. Three small LED lamps provide the light.

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Kaleidechse @kaleidechse.bsky.social · 1d

9th entry for #OC-tober, starring Feng and Thakon.

"LET GO OF ME!!!" - "Not before you've calmed down." - "CALM DOWN?!? THAT LUNATIC TRIED TO BLOW ME UP!!!!!"

#oc #digitalart 🎨🦎

A digital drawing showing two of my Werewolf-Elf OCs, Feng and Thakon.

Thakon is blocking the way of a furious Feng while holding her arms. Her face and arms are covered in soot, and the ice armor on those body parts is missing.

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Kaleidechse @kaleidechse.bsky.social · 1d

Hatte den noch gar nicht auf dem Schirm, aber hab gerade in einen Trailer reingeguckt. Ja, die Empfehlung werd ich mir auf jeden Fall merken. 👍

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Ankle-biting Meerkat @techk.at · 2d

Not sure if many know, but considering it is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, this might just feel fitting.

If you ever come across a website that does a CloudFlare security prompt, and it asks you to "copy" something - DON'T. This is an attempt to get you to run malware. It's becoming more common.

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Madeleine Fjäll @madeleinefjall.bsky.social · 1d

FINISHED MY SCARF

As usual my phone struggles to show the correct colours so :^)
It is more like the first photo irl, but I kinda want it to be more like the second one 😔 maybe I can dye it

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Kaleidechse @kaleidechse.bsky.social · 2d

Day 8 of #OC-tober, starring Areon.

"By the ancestors - what was that?" - "Probably payback for whatever Feng did to Lex yesterday." - "I'll check on-"
"DAMN IT, FLOWER BOY!!!"
"She's fine. You'd better go and check on HIM."

#oc #digitalart 🎨🦎

A digital drawing of Areon, one of my Werewolf-Elf OCs.

He was just startled by an explosion while writing in his journal. The quill slipped across the page, leaving a trail of ink behind, and he accidentally knocked the inkwell off the table.

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War and Peas 🧿 @warandpeas.bsky.social · 2d

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4-panel-comic by War and Peas Panel 1: A witch in a black dress and pointy hat stands next to a broken vase on the floor. She looks at her black cat, Lord Nibbles, and says, "Another broken vase?" Lord Nibbles sits calmly on a table. Panel 2: The witch says, "Great. Now I have to get a new one." Lord Nibbles watches her from the table with a sly expression. Panel 3: Later: The witch, holding a new vase box, declares, "No more throwing down!" Lord Nibbles looks on with a scheming gaze. Panel 4: The witch places a bouquet of flowers in the new vase while Lord Nibbles, now inside the new vase box, triumphantly declares, "Another victory." The box is tipped over, revealing Lord Nibbles' true plan all along.

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Kaleidechse @kaleidechse.bsky.social · 2d

That's really unnerving - and sadly, it's not surprising.

It reminds me of another experiment two years ago. That one also showed heavy biases regarding gender and skin color in faces that Stable Diffusion generated for specific occupations.

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Humans Are Biased. Generative AI Is Even Worse

Text-to-image models amplify stereotypes about race and gender — here’s why that matters

www.bloomberg.com

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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 2d

Study of 1.4M online images finds women appeared younger than men in 3,495 occupations & categories, most stark for high-status jobs. When generating & evaluating 40K resumes, ChatGPT assumed women were younger, less experienced; older men more qualified. newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/news-release...

Women portrayed as younger than men online, and AI amplifies the bias - Haas News | Berkeley Haas

In a sweeping study published today in Nature, researchers at UC Berkeley Haas, Stanford, and Oxford/Autonomy University documented extensive age and gender distortion across online media—and found th...

newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu

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Kaleidechse @kaleidechse.bsky.social · 3d

Day seven of #OC-tober, starring Lex.

"What are you working on?" - "Oh... just improving an old recipe. Had some ideas how to make it more efficient."

#oc #digitalart 🎨🦎

A digital drawing of Lex, one of my Werewolf-Elf OCs.

He is wearing an apron and gloves, standing at a table with various tools and some glass bottles while using a pipette to drop some kind of liquid into a small cauldron.

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Kaleidechse @kaleidechse.bsky.social · 6d

Day five of #OC-tober, starring Feng and Areon.

"This is stupid. I don't need training for punching people." - "Well then, show us. Try punching Areon." - "Uh, alright... but it's not my fault if he gets hu- whoaAAAAA!"

#oc #digitalart 🎨🦎

A digital drawing of two of my Werewolf-Elf OCs, Feng and Areon.

Areon is throwing Feng over his shoulder while she realizes that training is not going the way she expected.

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Kaleidechse @kaleidechse.bsky.social · 6d

Fourth drawing for #OC-tober, showing Ria.

"Do you really think you can walk up to him and throw that dagger point-blank?" - "Of course not. But it is still good exercise that will be useful for certain situations."

#oc #digitalart 🎨🦎

A digital drawing of my Werewolf-Elf OC Ria.

She has just thrown a dagger into the heart of a training dummy that is wearing a paper crown.

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Kaleidechse @kaleidechse.bsky.social · 7d

Showing my workspace for #GetToKnowMeTober2025!

The left one is going to be my crafting space once it's fully set up. The digital stuff happens at my PC desk - let's hope I can keep it clutter-free. 😅

#humanartist #GTKM25Artist

A workbench with two shelves that hold various boxes and notebooks. An incense burning stove and a wolf sculpture (for incense cones) sit on top of it. A mosaic is hanging on the wall, showing a lizard and the text "Kaleidechse."

A desktop with a PC screen, mouse and keyboard. A drawing tablet is in front of it, with the stylus lying on a colorful two-finger glove.

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Kaleidechse @kaleidechse.bsky.social · 8d

Third #OC-tober drawing, starring Thakon.

"Ugh. By the Eight, they really haven't matured past primary school... And even schoolkids know how to keep their voices down."

#oc #digitalart 🎨🦎

A digital drawing of my Werewolf-Elf OC Thakon.

He is sitting on a folding stool, hunched over and holding a steaming mug of tea. Two speech bubbles are intruding from the left - one outraged and cursing, the other amused and mischievous.

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Kaleidechse @kaleidechse.bsky.social · 8d

Taking part in #GetToKnowMeTober2025!

I used the introduction as an excuse to try out my fineliners properly.

Also starring some plushies that insisted on joining the fun.

#humanartist #GTKM25Artist

A sheet of paper, surrounded by plush versions of Leonardo and Raphael from the 2012 TMNT.

The paper says:
"Hi, I'm Kaleidechse (and I haven't drawn with fineliners for 20 years.)
38 years - she/her - computer scientist and overall nerd
draws traditionally & digitally, creates 3D models, sews plushies"

Next to a drawing of myself, there is a footnote about my name: "or Kali. I picked that name not thinking about audio."

Kaleidechse @kaleidechse.bsky.social · 9d

Second drawing for #OC-tober, with Feng and Lex.

"Hey Flower Boy, the boss wants to... oh, what you got there?" - "None of your- HEY! HANDS OFF!" - "Huh. That's pretty." - "Give it back! RIGHT NOW!"

#oc #digitalart 🎨🦎

A digital drawing showing two of my Werewolf-Elf OCs, Feng and Lex.

Feng is holding up a pendant with a purple flower, examining it. Lex is stretching as far as he can, trying to get it back.

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Nazfx Studios @nazfx.com · 9d

Flannel or no flannel? 🌕🐺👀

Sewing pattern for patrons till Oct 5
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www.patreon.com/nazfx_studios

[ #werewolfwednesday #werewolf #furry #plush #plushie #plushart ]

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Kaya's Kosmos @kayas-kosmos.bsky.social · 10d

Introducing the cloverkin!

Tread carefully in the woods, it can be hard to spot these magical beings.

#Flowerpunk #Art

A drawing of eight tiny little clover people known as "cloverkin" crossing over a mossy log. One is sitting on a broken branch stump, one is waving at us, one is showing a four-leafed member a tiny leaf they found while the four-leafed cloverkin holds a tiny staff and looks impressed. There is a parent and child cloverkin skipping along the branch behind them and at the far end of the log, one cloverkin is giving another a piggyback. In the background there is a forest and a river.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 9d

Wizards of the Coast is hosting a Twitch stream to support Trans Lifeline, a hotline and non-profit organization offering direct support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.

Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!

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Neal-o-lantern 🎃 @verdantsculpts.bsky.social · 10d

🍁🎃🍂🍁🎃🍂🍁🎃🍂

Happy Autumn! I have opened preorders for a few autumn figures. These will be limited through October 15th. I also have glow in the dark Patch Cats that I will be adding in a few days.

🛒 VerdantSculpts.com

A montage of 4 autumn/halloween themed figures. There is a skeletal dragon, a mimikyu with a pumpkin, an orange tabby cat with pumpkins, and a crow sitting atop a dragon skull.

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Kaleidechse @kaleidechse.bsky.social · 10d

My first drawing for #OC-tober, starring Lex and Ria.

"Later. I never eat in the presence of others." - "Oh, come on! You don't need that mask around us. Look, I'm not shaving my arms, either." - "I said LATER."

#oc #digitalart 🎨🦎

A digital drawing showing two of my Werewolf-Elf OCs, Lex and Ria.

Lex is offering her a piece of cake. Ria looks at it but keeps her arms crossed, refusing to eat it now. The picture is labeled "#1 - secret."

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Kaleidechse @kaleidechse.bsky.social · 10d

Glad to see it caught your eye! 😊 I hope you have lots of fun with it!

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Ralph Ruthe @ruthe.de · 11d

Guter Typ:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXC...

Shoe store owner responds to act of vandalism in creative way

YouTube video by 6abc Philadelphia

www.youtube.com

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