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Heatherface Wixson @thehorrorchick.bsky.social · 12h

Oh no, we’ve lost Drew Struzan. What an amazing talent…. :(

An illustration compilation of a ton of art created by Drew Struzan.

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Madalyn McLeod @madalynmcleod.bsky.social · 8h

Huh, that explains some things.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 11h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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🌿Rowynn Ellis @rowynnellis.bsky.social · 8h

Oh hay it’s #portfolioday !!!
My name is Rowynn and I love to illustrate monsters and mythical creatures ^^
www.rowynnellis.com

#fantasyart #illustration

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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · Oct 17

Hello BlueSky! :) My name is Julie Dillon,and I'm a freelance fantasy artist living in Portland, OR. I like making character focused illustrations that touch on mythological and fantasy themes.
Instagram: @juliedillonart
website: www.juliedillonart.com
email: [email protected]

A minotaur with a sword sunk in his chest and several cuts on his body, but from each cut flowers and flower petals flow instead of blood. His face looks sad and pleading, and he raises a hand as if to fend off an attacker.

A king and his knight steal a quiet moment away together in a hidden alcove. The king leans in for a kiss and the knight subtly draws him close. The yearning is palpable, haha.

Medusa stands proud and regal atop the stone statues of many soldiers that she's petrified.

A sad selkie woman floats below the water, tenderly embracing one of the seals that swim around her.

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Madalyn McLeod @madalynmcleod.bsky.social · Apr 8

Hi #portfolioday !

I'm Madalyn, a fantasy artist & illustrator working with traditional media. My art is inspired by folklore, dreams, and nature. Nice to meet you!✨

www.madalynmcleod.com
#fantasyart #oraclecards #fae #watercolor

'Anxiety' for my oracle deck. A naiad that looks very much like water, with half her face hidden beneath the water. Swirling eddies form in front of her face, blending with her hair.

'Sylph'. Traditional art of a wise airy fae flying through a purple moonlit sky with a spirit owl and a lot of green moths. They look ephemeral, and appear to be unraveling as they move through the sky, in a surreal way. There is a spiral pattern in the sky, and in her hair.

'Illusions Lifted'. Mixed media traditional art of a spell being broken, and things are seen as they truly are for the first time. A girl sits in a barren wasteland, holding a small flock of birds close to her, but they fly away and become monsters.

'Potential' for my oracle deck. A dryad that looks very much like a tree, holding a magnolia in front of a twilight sky, with a hopeful expression. Abstracted airy lines swoop upwards, representing potential. Made with colored pencil, watercolor, and a little white gouache.

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Madalyn McLeod @madalynmcleod.bsky.social · 2d

Such a smiley kitty 🖤

Madalyn McLeod @madalynmcleod.bsky.social · 2d

Ffs.

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Meandering M🌿 @pathwaymoments.bsky.social · 3d

This pop of purple is October’s gift! 📷🌱

The purple asters are shining stars every October!

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Madalyn McLeod @madalynmcleod.bsky.social · Dec 19

Witches ✨

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Natasa Ilincic @natasailincic.bsky.social · 5d

“Yew tree on Lothrie Burn”, watercolour on hot pressed cotton paper.

I always stop to look at this tree on my daily walk, it was about time I painted it! :)

Now available through
everydayoriginal.com/artistprofil...

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Yvette d’Entremont @dentremy.bsky.social · 5d

Colour burst along the Sackville River, Nova Scotia.

A bright blue sky and vibrant fall foliage in oranges, yellows, greens, and reds are reflected in a shallow river. Scattered leaves and rocks are visible in the front of the photo.

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bram | cody 🌱 @bramblebug.bsky.social · 5d

I think this aptly expresses how deeply misunderstood art is by GenAI people. the act of creation is intertwined with our whole being. art is not math: you can’t put it in a calculator and have it solved for you. I would also rather leave the planet than allow a soulless machine to create for me.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 5d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 28d

people who want other people to stay in sad little grey boxes forever and never be happy in their bodies or desires are villains and cowards and they may be winning right now but by god they will lose as water smooths stone and roots break it, because that fierce joy is roots and water and life

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Sam Guay @samguayart.bsky.social · Jul 22

Excited to share the final art for my Commander Sealed playmat! All profits go to The Trevor Project and Trans Lifeline in a 50/50 split. Supporting these LGBTQ+ hotlines feels extra pertinent this year, both on a personal level and in the wider expanse of things. I love you, please stay here 💚

A painting of a beastly "hellmouth" with a queer faerie and imp inside, sharing a goblet of starlight.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 9d

look ai is completely destroying the world with massive pollution and is using up water at a concerning rate but at least you get to use technology that lies to you and is the primary propaganda mechanism by fascists

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 9d

Listen. If you didn't want to be seen as the Twitter escape pod, you shouldn't have deliberately fostered a community of people so united by their contempt for arbitrary authority and love of absolute free speech that they were willing to abandon a platform they'd been using for 15 years

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Erin Hanson @erinhansonartist.bsky.social · 8d

Colored light filters through the branches of these Japanese maple trees. The abstract pattern of light and dark looks like filigree.

Autumn Mosaic
Original Oil Painting
by Erin Hanson, 2021
48 x 27 in
www.erinhanson.com/portfolio/au...

#autumn #fallcolor #beauty #natureart #dailyart #oilpainting🎨

Colored light filters through the branches of these Japanese maple trees. The abstract pattern of light and dark looks like filigree. Each brush stroke is thick and impressionistic, adding to the movement of the piece.

"Autumn Mosaic"
Original Oil Painting by Erin Hanson
2021
48 x 27 in
ORIGINAL SOLD
3D Textured Replicas Available
Canvas Prints Available

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Lee Zimmerman @zim2918.bsky.social · 9d

The sky is surreal

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 10d

We did not weather nigh two decades of “lazy millennials are destroying every single industry” to turn around and do this to Gen Z!!!

Fortune @fortune.com · 10d

“We millennials know that there’s no such thing as work-life balance. My career is my life, my life is my career. I would never be at peace if I wasn’t working so hard.” trib.al/suc3yU6

Astronaut says Gen Z often quits when things get uncomfortable—here’s the Jeff Bezos Blue Origin training that taught her to push through | Fortune

From space rockets to 13-hour workdays, this millennial astronaut reveals the mind trick that can make discomfort your secret weapon to success.

trib.al

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Madalyn McLeod @madalynmcleod.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks!

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Shannon Stamey @wsstamey.bsky.social · 11d

Happy Friday, mongrels.
WIP. Private commission.
Oil and pencil on paper.

Unfinished artwork of a woman’s ghost floating through a redwood forest.

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Madalyn McLeod @madalynmcleod.bsky.social · 11d

Sounds like an upgrade to me.

Michaela Joffe @joffeorama.bsky.social · 11d

we're not going to have a good, sustainable social media site as long as it is made or run by tech people. that is why I am building my own out of water, small rocks, moss, snails, brightly colored shrimp, one of those sucking fish, a mermaid statue. I'll be honest, this may actually be an aquarium.

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umbra⛧ @umbrapsv.bsky.social · 11d

We are telling you that you have Nazis in your bar and you keep ignoring us. So we get louder thinking that you aren't hearing us, only to yell back some nonsense like waffles.

Either you kick out the Nazis from your bar, or you become a Nazi bar.

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Jenna DeVillier @jennadevillier.bsky.social · 13d

More character art!! Huge thank you to the amazing @carolinejamhour.bsky.social for this gorgeous painting of Medusa 💚

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