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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open!

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#Watercolor artist | Turning my #OCs into fine art ✨ some 🔞 #SaplingArt genderfluid, 30, ♿️ 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇸 EN/ES 🩷 Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SacredSaplingArt 🎨 Comm waitlist: https://tally.so/r/3NNaJ0 🌈 Join our queer zine @taplingzines.bsky.social

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · Jun 3

I'm Sapling 🌱a #watercolor painter turning my queer and disabled #OCs into fine art~! #QueerArt

💌Shop: Prints & Originals
🌈Queer Love Letters (Emails)
🖌️Comms: sacredsaplingart[@]gmail[.]com

Currently available prints & originals are listed in the replies!⬇️

A detailed watercolor painting of Chamuel, a masculine angel with medium-brown skin and curly brown hair. He is reclining on the ground on a plush dark blue bed. His right arm, which is partially obscured by large dark pink orchids in the foreground, is propping up his body in a sultry pose. He is gently holding a pink rose, lightly crushed in his left hand. Four of its petals have fallen off, decorating his near-bare chest. He is wearing a translucent, light pink robe that covers his shoulders and drapes over his hip, concealing just enough. With closed eyes, his expression is relaxed. Large, dark-blue wings extend past his calves, and his feet are obscured by a thick pale pink curtain. In the background behind him are three large, light purple orchids. Behind these orchids is an intricate blue and white background of lace, featuring multiple leaf and vine-like patterns and lattice-like hatching.

A detailed watercolor painting of Chamuel, a dark-winged angel with brown skin and curly brown hair, holding his injured lover on his lap as sunlight wraps around them from behind. The injured angel, Sariel, has brown skin and straight hair, with damaged lavender wings and chest bandages. They rest together in the clouds, which are stained purple and yellow from a sunlight glow behind them.

A traditional watercolor painting of a gorgeous warm blue sky day, shining over a majestic reddish and golden canyon with a winding river, similar to a large gorge like the Grand Canyon. Two figures sit on a cliff overlooking it. The one with red hair and pale skin has his arm around the one with white hair and gold skin, who is dressed in white clothes and seems a bit sickly.

An adorable watercolor portrait of two masculine angels kissing in the warm glow of sunlight, coming in from behind. Chamuel, a strong angel with brown skin and curly brown hair, has his hand tangled in Kokabiel's hair as their lips press lightly together. Kokabiel's long turquoise locks fall around his own purple headwings and Chamuel's fingers, highlighting a small gold ring, as his own face is cast lighter with purple shadows in the sunlight.

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 4m

It’s my personal hope this also leads to more trials and studies around ME’s acquired immunodeficiency-like syndrome. A portion of ME patients develop severe immunological deficits and I hope this also gets talked about more too. It would be absolutely life changing!

Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 5m

This is HUGE! Please share so people with ME/CFS can learn about this incredible medical breakthrough!!

It not only helps develop a diagnostic test, but also points to immune and inflammatory changes to aid future treatments. After 80+ years of no treatment, there’s some hope, finally!!

Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 2d

A new blood test demonstrates 96% accuracy in diagnosing myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, offering a potential advance in reliable identification and management of the condition.

Novel blood test for chronic fatigue achieves 96% accuracy

Scientists at the University of East Anglia and Oxford Biodynamics have developed a high accuracy blood test to diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS).

medicalxpress.com

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 20h

Despite being so sick yesterday I still did my (online) Spanish class and I’m so proud of myself! Like I really excelled even through the brain fog and how challenging the material is.

I just joined this class and I think it’s perfectly compatible with how I learn~

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 20h

Yayyyy!!!

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Loui Stonehill @louistonehill.bsky.social · 1d

GERMANY IS SWEEPING CHAT CONTROL OFF THE TABLE!!
[this is the lit translation]

Due to pressure from the Danish population and other EU countries, the Danish leadership in EU has pulled the regulatory suggestion from the agenda

HA

#chatcontrol

Tyskland fejer kontroversielt 'chatkontrol'-forslag af bordet

Der vil alligevel ikke blive stemt om det danske forslag i EU's ministerråd i næste uge, oplyser det tyske parlament.

www.dr.dk

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 20h

Ooo good luck!! Wishing that for you!

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 20h

Right? Me too haha. I have 15k or more and I’m like honestly its just responding to people who join my art shares, gossiping about OCs, or complimenting artists. I have like three hot takes haha

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KJETLL // dtiys pinned! @kjetll.bsky.social · 21h

👁️🫦👁️

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 20h

Sorry for dropping offline suddenly! I got hit with such a terrible cold (not covid though, fortunately) and was totally out of commission. I still feel like shit but I think I’m on the improving side and will continue to, inshallah!

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 2d

Aw, that sounds nice! I’ve been meaning to message that I’ve been so sick lately (chronic and more) but I do want to meet up again sometime!

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · Aug 15

Updated my commissions form! Very limited slots but I'm so excited to start painting other characters~ tally.so/r/3NNaJ0

#Commissions #ArtCommissions #Watercolor #Acuarela

Sapling's Commission Waitlist

Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.

tally.so

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 2d

I totally get it! One of my conditions causes unrefreshing rest, so basically sleep does nothing and it’s so hard to start on a low battery!

Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 2d

So much!

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · Sep 6

What is your style?

Semi-realistic highly detailed watercolors, definitely influenced by how my eyes work! I’m don’t consider myself visually impaired, but I do struggle with low contrast and have poor peripheral vision—which translated to bright colors and tiny, small paintings!

A photo of an intricate watercolor painting of a reclining masculine figure with dark wings in barely any clothing, except stockings, underwear, and a translucently painted silky pink shawl. He has medium brown skin, curly brown hair, and is crushing a rose onto his chest with a lifted and gloved hand. Giant pink orchids, painted with lovely realism, surround him. Some pink fabric falls to the right side, and detailed hand painted blue lace fills the background.

A scan of a watercolor sketchbook page of Nzuzi, a skinny Congolese man, with four colorful illustrations. One is him in a flowy blue and yellow dress at sunset, one is his hand with painted nails and a curves pinky, one is him smiling with a look of love, and one is him as a kid holding a knit blanket around him.

A traditional watercolor painting of a young Mexican boy with messy hair and lifeless skin, lying peacefully on his side in a green lush field with red geraniums and fluffy white flowers.

A photo of my hand holding a fairly small watercolor portrait painting of two masculine figures gently kissing. One with brown skin, Chamuel, has his hand tangled in Kokabiel’s long turquoise hair, which frames his paler face and purple headwings. A golden sun glow is behind them. Chamuel has some gold arm bands and a subtle gold ring with an inset turquoise gem.

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#PortfolioDay @portfolioday.bsky.social · 2d

Tuesday, October 14th is #PortfolioDay! If you are a creative looking for work, this is the tag for you.

Read on to find out how to participate and visit portfolioday.art for more!

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Nova & Mali @novamali.bsky.social · 2d

HUGE COUPON SALE!

WE'RE MOVING! Before the end of the year, we're moving into a new place that has an office so we can finally stop working in our living room.

I don't want to have to move all the books and merch with me, so I'm running a huge coupon sale this month.

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 2d

This is an amazing project and I hope it succeeds! You should connect with New Moon Network (you can find them on IG), they might be able to share this or put you in touch with community members to help make this a reality!

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Jack Parker @mxjackparker.bsky.social · 4d

I'm tired of looking for stories from trans and intersex sex workers and finding far more instances of people speaking over us than instances where we get to speak for ourselves. We're 20% of the way to an anthology seeking to combat that!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxj...

A picture of the Kickstarter page showing the project is £3251 funded out of £15700 with 77 backers and 27 days to go.

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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 2d

"Waiting for Inspiration" -- my eleventh piece for my solo show @gallerynucleus.bsky.social!

#illustration #kidlitart #watercolor #watercolour #gouache #storybookart #fantasyart #cozyfantasy

watercolor and gouache painting of a young witch sitting in front of a mossy tree on a sunlight October afternoon looking wistfully up at a blue butterfly, writing tools around her, waiting for inspiration to strike

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve had four infections in two weeks. Being immunocompromised sucks ;;__;;

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 2d

Oh wow, this is jumping off! If any of you all want to support a severely disabled artist, I had an Etsy with some of my favorite watercolor prints and originals~ www.etsy.com/shop/sacreds...

When I have energy, I add more pieces to it haha. xD

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 2d

Right?? It's literally like a constant brain stress (which also doesn't help energy levels lol).

Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 2d

You're so welcome!!

Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 2d

Not at all!! 🤞

Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 2d

Also idk what Elon has to do with this. He doesn't have a Cluster B disorder, and even if he did, one radical person does not represent a whole population of people.

Either way, I'm done with this conversation and disappointed that anti-stigma art led to more stigma.