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Kathleen Rowan 🌱

@rowanauthor.bsky.social

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🔸️writing fantasy & sci-fantasy🔸️living real life adventures🔸️marveling at the mundane & the majestic🔸️breathing courage into your embers 🔸️GentlyRowan on AO3 & Tumblr (HZD) 🔸️photography by me & my husband 🔸️🥔 📷 me on a Horizon-inspired adventure to Arches NP

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Kathleen Rowan 🌱 @rowanauthor.bsky.social · Apr 10

#PublicLands
A quote from the #NPS Visitor Center at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming (just S of Yellowstone):

"You must search for the loveliness in America; it is not obvious; it is scattered; but when you find it, it touches you and binds you to it like a great secret oath taken in silence."

In a blue ombre dress spangled with tiny white stars, Kathleen Rowan sits on a low, irregular stone wall, gazing past pines and across Jenny Lake to the hazy blue Grand Teton mountains that rise majestically to the left and right with a sharp V between them.
Photo by Mr. Rowan

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Kathleen Rowan 🌱 @rowanauthor.bsky.social · 10h

You understand the rules.

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Kim Herbst @kiwifruitbird.bsky.social · 1d

More #darktober - Was maybe a year or two ago since I made a #unicorn for these, may as well add another.

black and white illustration of a macabre, unnerving unicorn with a long tail

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Kathleen Rowan 🌱 @rowanauthor.bsky.social · 15h

In case you missed it, I'm reposting unicorns today. 🦏🦄

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Jack The Vulture @jackthevulture.bsky.social · 15d

I don't think I ever posted this camelid inspired unicorn I drew last year. I kinda wana revisit this!

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Natalie @nataliehall.bsky.social · 16d

Unicorning

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Critter Crafter Ally [Commissions Open!] @crittercrafterally.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for the art share, Nodens!!

I'm a traditional artist who enjoys working in ballpoint pen and watercolors. Here are some of my works from this year :>

Traditional ballpoint pen and watercolor artwork of original character Galea - a divine being in the form of a lean man wearing plated monochrome armor and frilled capes studded with violet flowers and eyed jewels, conjuring a polearm spouting violet petals

Traditional ballpoint pen and watercolor artwork of a feminine angelic being with an intricate halo placing her hands on a humanoid head, surrounded by one-eyed beings with feathered wings

Ballpoint pen and watercolor artwork of an upside-down view of an androgynous figure in red and white frilled clothing and a halo around their head lying on the floor, surrounded by flowers, spheres, and two feathered creatures with a single red eye for a head

Ballpoint pen and watercolor artwork of a human Truthless Recluse Pure Vanilla Cookie from CookieRun Kingdom, surrounded by stylized vanilla orchids with blue eyes

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Kathleen Rowan 🌱 @rowanauthor.bsky.social · 17h

I'm a-gettin', I'm a-gettin'!

Kathleen Rowan 🌱 @rowanauthor.bsky.social · 18h

I'd post something clever for you, but my cat insists both my hands are needed for his scritches.

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Athanaca @athanaca.bsky.social · 19d

This is an illustration drawn for the owner of those cute little finches! It's so amazing that their chirping sounds like a cat meowing owo✨

#illustration #digitalart #artwork #originalart #bird #birdart #pet #animalart #cute #commission

Illustration of 3 double-bared finches on the tree

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Kathleen Rowan 🌱 @rowanauthor.bsky.social · 22h

I asked my husband whether I should add that extra line at the end, and he was like, "Go for it!"

Sometimes I forget he is not a measured second opinion available upon request, but an eager novelty appreciator who wants to see what happens when I pull the lever.

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Journeydude @scottishinsider.org · 8d

🪬🧿Unicorns are the best!

#unicorn #joke #funny #animal #rhino #swordfish #humor #alttext

The image is a three-panel joke comparing a unicorn to other animals with horns. The top panel is a horse with a horn on its head. To the right of the horse is the word, "Unicorn". The middle panel shows a rhinoceros with a horn on its nose. To the right of the rhino are the words, "Heavy assault unicorn." The bottom panel shows a swordfish leaping out of the water. Next to it are the words, "High speed submersible unicorn."

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · Jul 2

'Still'
Brown pencils on ivory cartridge paper, 150 × 105 mm.

Belated #Junicorn

Sepia-toned, monochrome drawing of a unicorn in side view, standing in a field of tall grasses, facing right. The unicorn has a rich dappled coat and a gentle expression. Beyond it, a tree is framed in a roundel. The foreground grasses are drawn in negative, with the dark areas around and between them forming their shapes. The whole piece is small and intricate.

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Kathleen Rowan 🌱 @rowanauthor.bsky.social · 22h

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Jack The Vulture @jackthevulture.bsky.social · Mar 2

Thinkin about ancient unicorn

A digital drawing of a unicorn walking to the left. It has its head low and is swishing its tufted tail towards the viewer. It is grey, with darker grey stripes, and darker grey markings on the legs, tail, and mane. Its horn is tan, rough looking, and slightly longer than the head. The hooves are cloven, and anatomy closer to a zebra than a horse.

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Kathleen Rowan 🌱 @rowanauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Right back at you. 💙

Keep your courage up. Pop back by any time you need a rekindling.

Kathleen Rowan 🌱 @rowanauthor.bsky.social · 1d

I'm keeping busy staying up to date on *gestures at everything,* and finding new ways to connect with people and put my skills to use instead of writing, which has been the kind of challenge where I surprise myself by rising to it.

Writing'll still be there when we outlast *gestures at everything.*

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Kathleen Rowan 🌱 @rowanauthor.bsky.social · 1d

💙 I hope you're well!

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Kathleen Rowan 🌱 @rowanauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Saw you pop up in my notifications, my tangy friend. Always glad to see you. 🌱

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Kathleen Rowan 🌱 @rowanauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Gentlefolk, I give you -
the little guy of all time.

Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · Aug 30

Happy weekend!

From c. 3,600 years ago, here’s an ancient Egyptian bead in the form of a curled-up hedgehog! 🦔💙

Blue faience, c. 1985 -1650 BC.

National Museum of Scotland www.nms.ac.uk/search-our-c...

📷 by me

#Archaeology

My photo shows a blue spherical bead in the form of a hedgehog curled up in a defensive ball displayed on a grey background. It is made of Egyptian faience, a ceramic material with a shiny blue glaze. The hedgehog’s face, ears, feet and tail are shown in relief, and the quills are represented by black dots painted over the surface of the bead. A hole for threading runs through the sphere - it can just be seen on the right hand side of the bead. The hedgehog’s long ears suggest this is a desert hedgehog. Desert hedgehogs may have symbolized rebirth because they reappear after hibernating underground in winter. Dated c.1985 - 1650 BC. On display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.

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Rune Hrafnagaldur @lunegrimm.bsky.social · 1d

#WerewolfWednesday 🐺📚

Illustration of a "Werewolf" sitting at lectern

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Kathleen Rowan 🌱 @rowanauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Why saaad?

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Kathleen Rowan 🌱 @rowanauthor.bsky.social · 1d

We also share a passion for shooting robot dinosaurs with arrows, but who doesn't?

Kathleen Rowan 🌱 @rowanauthor.bsky.social · 1d

I think the reason I can enjoy fic or fan art of various ships without ever being tempted to join the shipping wars is that I've always shipped Aloy with the great secret oath taken in silence.

The lust we have in common is wanderlust.

Kathleen Rowan 🌱 @rowanauthor.bsky.social · Apr 10

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Kathleen Rowan 🌱 @rowanauthor.bsky.social · 1d

I've only played the beginning of that one so far. We played it on New Year's, and it's a good party game for people already familiar and interested in the world of Horizon!

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Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · 3d

Some Eurasian tree sparrows for #Birdtober 2

A collection of Eurasian tree sparrow illustrations

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