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Echo Mary @echomary.bsky.social · 1h

BLFC is usually a large chunk of our annual income so this is a pretty dire situation, and any help or support would be GREATLY appreciated.
We're going to update shop listings and get our recent collabs on there, and then work our asses off to recover from this while we keep taking care of Nebby ❤️‍🩹

M. Cromwell @marandart.bsky.social · 1h

Important update: Echo and I will not be at #BLFC as planned. Alt txt/ img for details.

Hi everyone, life update from Laughing Coyote Homestead.
Not only are we grieving the loss of several members of our chicken flock, including beautiful Brave, a rooster I raised from hatching 5 years ago, but life has thrown us an even harder curve ball.
Last night, moments after we pulled our 8-year anniversary pie out of the oven, Echo and I noticed our cat, Nebby, in distress. Turns out that the coolest, sweetest cat in the world had his very first bout of urinary crystals. The night before we were to leave on a 2 day road trip to BLFC. We must attend conventions to pay our bills-- and they're our only chance to see many of our found family and closest friends-- but now, we have to stay home. We must watch over Nebby, administer meds, and find ways to increase his fluid intake to prevent this from happening in the future. I knew male cats struggled with this problem, but even my best at prevention wasn't enough. It is what it is.
We must allow ourselves to love, even if it hurts sometimes.

So. What this means for us is we'll be working harder to make cool art from home, running sales and maybe streams and opening commissions, so we can make it through to January for Further Confusion. (We may not even get selling tables there, either, but will shoot for what we can.) Our life is a financial hopscotch from convention to art fair to convention, and missing a step is going to be quite a leap indeed.

If you appreciate what Echo and I do, whether it be the experimental art, farming, local political activism, or what have you, now would be a fantastic time to help. There’s also lots of inexpensive digital downloads on my PayHip, where you can get crafts to make, sketchbook compilations, and ebooks. Anything helps to recoup the cost of needing to miss a huge chunk of our yearly income. Thank you for your support: the only reason our studio runs at all is because of you. And now it's time to get to work! Stay tuned for announcements for shop sales and commission openings.

www.marandart.com/s/shop
https://payhip.com/MCromwell
https://ko-fi.com/marandart

A tuxedo cat half in a carrier, two hands (ours) holding his head and paw

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puppy, wolfie, laika, neuvonta 🔜 BLFC @kommikoira.bsky.social · 1h

i'm so sorry to hear that this has happened to your cat and your flock. i'm wishing him a speedy recovery as well as the best for the both of you. i was looking forward to you both at BLFC and i'm sorry that you won't be able to make it. you and echo will be in my thoughts

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M. Cromwell @marandart.bsky.social · 1h

Important update: Echo and I will not be at #BLFC as planned. Alt txt/ img for details.

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M. Cromwell @marandart.bsky.social · 1h

Links to support:
www.marandart.com/s/shop
payhip.com/MCromwell
ko-fi.com/marandart

Shop All | The Art of Maranda Cromwell

Traditional fine art of animals in every style & color, from artist and homesteader M. Cromwell. A feast of multimedia creatures.

www.marandart.com

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twist @twist.dog · 10d

impromptu date!

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Chocobo Stormy⛈ @stormdragonblue.bsky.social · 1h

Delfts Blauw Mao.~

A lil idea I had. This might be the most Dutch drawn I've done.

#art #furry #furryart #delftsblauw #delftware #delftblue #stockings #armgloves #tailsock #otter #maootter

Mao otter laying on his belly, big rear visible along with his big tail. Staring at you through his round glasses with a smirk. Of course with the expected neckerchief. Wearing a pair of arm gloves and stockings as well as a tailstocking. All entirely covered by blue hued patterns of flowers, plants and scenes from The Netherlands. In this case one with a boat on the water. The other a windmill. All styled on "Delfts Blauw". Known in English as Delftware or Delft Blue.

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puppy, wolfie, laika, neuvonta 🔜 BLFC @kommikoira.bsky.social · 21h

my biggest badge of pride is that i was quoted by some moralist liberal on twitter once and called a "pervert millennial porn artist"

puppy, wolfie, laika, neuvonta 🔜 BLFC @kommikoira.bsky.social · 21h

people call me a millennial by the way i tweet constantly....... i am 19 lmao

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✨ akki 🌈 🔜 DJing BLFC 10/13 11pm PST 🎲 @sparkledog.bsky.social · 6h

yo!!! if anyone needs a last minute badge for #blfc2025 or just wants to throw me a couple bucks while im stuck on 2 layovers and a 5hr flight, ima be doing these!!! mom still needs some help with bills and id like to be able to throw her cash even while im at the con!

2d coms closed || 3d coms OPEN 2/2 @rainbowfloof.bsky.social · 6h

need a badge for that upcoming con? leave yours at home?? on a tight budget but still want some art???

🔵☁️✈️🧳✨ TRAVEL DOODLES ARE NOW OPEN ✨🧳✈️☁️🔵

👉headshots for $10-$15, sketchy badges w/color for $40👈
no limit!!!! this form will close when i board my plane!

forms.gle/nmJy6kQHbmQJ...

#commsopen

Travel doodles!!

trade offer: u get doodles while im travelling i get: entertainment these are heavily discounted from what i normally charge and are only available while im travelling!

forms.gle

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✨ akki 🌈 🔜 DJing BLFC 10/13 11pm PST 🎲 @sparkledog.bsky.social · 3h

btw if yall want more specifics, mom has a $124 credit card bill due by the 16th, if yall could reallyyyy boost and consider commissioning me that would be awesome so im not stressing about that! 💛

✨ akki 🌈 🔜 DJing BLFC 10/13 11pm PST 🎲 @sparkledog.bsky.social · 6h

yo!!! if anyone needs a last minute badge for #blfc2025 or just wants to throw me a couple bucks while im stuck on 2 layovers and a 5hr flight, ima be doing these!!! mom still needs some help with bills and id like to be able to throw her cash even while im at the con!

2d coms closed || 3d coms OPEN 2/2 @rainbowfloof.bsky.social · 6h

need a badge for that upcoming con? leave yours at home?? on a tight budget but still want some art???

🔵☁️✈️🧳✨ TRAVEL DOODLES ARE NOW OPEN ✨🧳✈️☁️🔵

👉headshots for $10-$15, sketchy badges w/color for $40👈
no limit!!!! this form will close when i board my plane!

forms.gle/nmJy6kQHbmQJ...

#commsopen

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Andrii Frolov @artandriifrolov.bsky.social · 2h

"Rainy Road" - my oil painting

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Squid @squidinu.bsky.social · 3h

party popper!
i colored this Rocco from @knaveofclubs.bsky.social

sketch of a large purple jolly looking piñata monster grasping onto a much smaller annoyed human man dressed in a business suit.

sketch of an ecstatic purple lycañata yanking on another blue and magenta piñata wolf's tail in a loud burst of confetti

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puppy, wolfie, laika, neuvonta 🔜 BLFC @kommikoira.bsky.social · 3h

i'm so normal about transforming into a big, dumb bawking chicken right now

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Aawayeeq @aawayeeq.bsky.social · 13h

Computer,
five-hundred ZatZings.

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puppy, wolfie, laika, neuvonta 🔜 BLFC @kommikoira.bsky.social · 13h

are linden dollars still worth real money in 2025

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MartyθΔ🐮🐻‍❄🏳‍⚧🇵🇸 @martybigburr.bsky.social · 18h

Hey yall I could really use some help to get some groceries while i job search! ive run out of all the food i had left, anything helps keep me from starving!

Cashapp: $merczy

ko-fi.com/martybigburr...

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Millie(let) says FREE PALESTINE @gyro.bsky.social · 18h

more people should have snouts and tails I think

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puppy, wolfie, laika, neuvonta 🔜 BLFC @kommikoira.bsky.social · 15h

rusketusraidat is a terribly tragic story of two cute alt girls from the year 2003 crashing a bougie party only to be drowned by the upper classes. justice for vesala and mira luoti