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sorrel 🪴

@mmechanicat.bsky.social

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art & storytelling for the earth 🌿 they/them. 26. PDX. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (18+) art @sorrel.ink 🌿 @juinreed.bsky.social’s silly little rabbit #art #artist #queerart #comics

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sorrel 🪴 @mmechanicat.bsky.social · Sep 10

we use so many synthetic fertilizers and outside inputs to feed our lawns and gardens. at the same time, we literally throw away the nutrients that are cycling through naturally

very crude illustration of how plants fit into the nitrogen cycle. all plants need nitrogen to grow, but most nitrogen is not usable to them. “conventionally” (aka since mass agriculture and synthetic fertilizers were invented) we add fertilizer to stimulate growth. plants uptake nitrogen into their tissues and, when those tissues die, bacteria help return those nutrients to a usable form in the soil thru the decomposition process. this cycle gets majorly interrupted when we bag up the leaves, over-tidy the soil surface around our plants, etc — and then we have to add those outside inputs back in

full disclosure: all of this is 1000x more complex in real life

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key-lime pie @keymonster.bsky.social · 4d

ICE out of Portland!
#abolishICE #resist #PDX

A digital drawing of a frog standing on a bright red background. The frog is holding a sign that says “ICE out of Portland”. The frog looks mad.

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sorrel 🪴 @mmechanicat.bsky.social · 12h

just have to say that my partner ordered some of your pieces recently and your merch is astoundingly high quality (also so nicely packaged)!!!

sorrel 🪴 @mmechanicat.bsky.social · 12h

don’t worry there’s an intimacy coordinator on-site

sorrel 🪴 @mmechanicat.bsky.social · 12h

my poor baby is going through it with health stuff right now and the only way to help him feel better is to draw your character fucking the lil faun boy raw

Juin-Reed🔞 @juinreed.bsky.social · 2d

If you have the desire to draw a top for the poor boy, here’s a version with some room to do just that 🙏

he isn’t picky, all are welcome!

a repeat of the last drawing except his expression has been modified to match what it would be were he getting fucked

a repeat of the last drawing except with room to draw someone standing behind Ellis.

I would literally love if people attempted this silly art meme/challenge. If you have any questions about it, just DM me!

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sorrel 🪴 @mmechanicat.bsky.social · 19h

banger take 🔥🔥🔥

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May “Bunny” Peterson 🦄 (Mostly Updates ) @goddessblade.bsky.social · 19h

"Transsexuality is bourgeois" reflects the common belief that medicine, technology, and any improvements to quality of life are owed to capitalism. The reality is that capitalism holds these improvements hostage for the sake of wealth.

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Vivian Faith Prescott @alaskapoet.bsky.social · 1d

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#AlaskaSky #AlaskaFlood

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hal brentano 🎨🌿 @sorrel.ink · 20h

hi #PortfolioDay! let’s collaborate! i would love to lend my hand to more editorial art, album/book covers, and spot illustrations — especially for cool projects focusing on environmental issues and #SciComm 🌱

hal brentano 🎨🌿 @sorrel.ink · Jul 20

hello! i'm hal brentano, a PNW-based artist and storyteller. i make art about the relationship between nature and machinery, between humans and the environment 🌿

visit my home on the web at www.sorrel.ink

#art #artist #artsky

digital drawing of a lush, earthlike planet from above. a smaller, rocky celestial body orbits close-by, surrounded by a stylized solar wind. overlaid is text reading “at what point do worlds become resources?”

digital painting of my characters, peter (left, he/him) and marlie (right, they/them), standing against a wall in the snow. marlie is smoking while staring to the side at peter with a faint look of concern

digital painting of a field of daisies overlooking a valley filled with fog

digital painting of a rainbow behind a group of radio towers. a misty road full of cars takes up the foreground

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 1d

Hey there #portfolioday

I'm a Welsh freelance illustrator/concept artist based in the UK. My works are inspired by nature, folklore and wildlife 🍃

Available for work

Portfolio - www.aledthompson.com
Email - [email protected]

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✨🌱t-t-t-Tia🌱✨ @titea-art.bsky.social · 19h

I haven’t promoted this pack in a while and since it’s #portfolioday, here’s a few packs I’ve made for black creatives
go.bsky.app/QzTwVHZ

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ShinonArt | Maagiset Messut 1.11. @shinonart.bsky.social · 1d

Origin of Seal

A fellow rises from the sea,
from the waves uplifts himself,
who counts the isles of the sea,
keeps watch on the water’s fish.
O seal, the portly boy,
that roves around the sea,
rough creature of the ocean field,
thy father was trash,
thy mother was trash,
thou art trash thyself.

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sorrel 🪴 @mmechanicat.bsky.social · 1d

ahh this is such a good follow-up to a terrifying situation 💛 you’re right to be scared about safety, but i’m so happy you were actually able to perform and build community through this

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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 1d

A sequel to my previous essay. Here's what happened the night a self-proclaimed fascist said he was going to come back and kill us. tl;dr I experienced the best thing in my 15 year career of performing.

www.rosalarian.com/post/transge...

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sorrel 🪴 @mmechanicat.bsky.social · 1d

i think i have to find peace and be happy being boring and/or flawed instead of feeling constant, unceasing, paralyzing self-consciousness. by next year i just want to be reading and writing and organizing and making art instead of staring in horror at my social media feed 24/7

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George Outhwaite @georgeouthwaite.bsky.social · 1d

for the illusion of structure, this will be the opening page of my upcoming book* which is really just a random grouping of paintings that happen to share the same dimensions
*pdf

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Spire Greenwood @spiremint.bsky.social · 2d

doodle for a story im toying with as the potential next comic after recoil

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sorrel 🪴 @mmechanicat.bsky.social · 1d

ohhh the composition here is spectacular

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Northwest Museum of Cartoon Arts @nwmoca.bsky.social · 5d

We're a community based museum committed to the values of diversity, literacy and education, presenting the depth and breadth of the PNW cartoon arts connection, and higher education. We will exhibit, teach, and create all aspects of cartoon arts. www.gofundme.com/f/help-launc...

Donate to Help Launch the NW Cartoon Arts Pop-Up Museum, organized by Michael Rosen

In November of 2025 the NW Museum of Cartoon Arts plans to open a Pop-Up M… Michael Rosen needs your support for Help Launch the NW Cartoon Arts Pop-Up Museum

www.gofundme.com

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Nicole aka Nimasprout @nimasprout.bsky.social · 3d

Hey Vancouver, WA friends!

I'm at Dennis7Dees Vancouver location today and tomorrow for their harvest festival!

10-5pm • Sat-Sun • October 11-12

Vendors, donuts, kids activities and of course all the plants to your heart could desire! 🌸🌻🌼🌷💐

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Lilly ⭐️ @mothcub.bsky.social · 4d

The debate.

A small dog tells a woman, "Experiencing the world is beautiful and vivid for me. I smell shit piss and vomit and I love it. You are controlled by ceaseless disgust. You're stunted. Haha."

The woman replies, "Yes. But I can read novels."

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sorrel 🪴 @mmechanicat.bsky.social · 4d

it’s starting to get cold outside and my HANDS HURT. SO BAD

sorrel 🪴 @mmechanicat.bsky.social · 5d

alex schultz is my new enemy. love the bragging about helping to spur the massive surveillance infrastructure which is modern adtech

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Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 6d

This headline 🤣🤣🤣

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"Frightening" Dan McDaid @danmcdaid.bsky.social · 5d

Okay, maybe the average viewer can't tell and doesn't care. But why the fuck would SOMEONE WHO MAKES ART hand that process off to a machine? The big question here is, why don't YOU care?

"Frightening" Dan McDaid @danmcdaid.bsky.social · 6d

Blum too. At least find a new way to say "it's here to stay" jfc

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sorrel 🪴 @mmechanicat.bsky.social · 5d

my third question: WHAT in the capitalist propaganda???? yeah, i’m SURE you think business regulation is limiting, considering you’re using your job title and proximity to power to promote your own book and garner big name reviews! eugh!