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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open!
@sacredsapling.bsky.social
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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
🌈 Queer history zine @taplingzines.bsky.social
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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · Oct 13
Hi #PortfolioDay! I’m Sapling, a genderfluid watercolor painter and narrative illustrator~ 🌱

I love body diversity, especially queer, intersex, and disabled characters!

Comms: tally.so/r/3NNaJ0

Also, I’m moderating a queer zine with an open call for artists (paid) at @taplingzines.bsky.social 🩷
A watercolor painting of two Congolese male twins posed for a photo together at a club. One is shirtless, with paint on his skin and medium length turquoise ombre twists that partially cover burn scars around his eyes and upper face. His skinnier twin has long dreadlocks with hair jewelry, no scars, and blue lipstick with gold eye makeup. The background is a foggy blend of purples and deep blues. A detailed watercolor painting of a dark-winged angel with brown skin and hair holding his injured lover on his lap. The injured angel has brown skin and hair, with damaged lavender wings and chest bandages. They rest together in the clouds, stained purple and yellow from a sunlight glow behind them. A watercolor of the angel Chamuel snuggling a jackalope-dog-like creature with turquoise fur and pink wings curled up on the ground. The picture is cozy, with a soft gradient of deep teal, periwinkle, and light pink. Paw print stars track along the background. 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.
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portaltohades.bsky.social
Ugh.
a painting of a woman laying in a bed with a blue blanket and a white pillow
Alt: a painting of a woman laying in a bed with a blue blanket and a white pillow
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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littlestpersimmon.bsky.social
Ecstasy
Three panels of two southeast asians experiencing the enormity of love. One with long white hair transforming into someone bigger than life to catch a darker haired one falling helplessly
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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taplingzines.bsky.social
Jan Falk ( @thistlearts.bsky.social ) is planning to bring us a European, Rococo-style piece, with some Achillean and gender-nonconforming representation. Expect decorations like silk, taffeta, powdered wigs, and other fashion of the time!

#Rococo #QueerArt #QueerZine #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory
A digital illustration of Hans and Henry from Kingdom Come: Deliverance, standing surrounded by foliage while posed cozily together. The top of the image says "Page artist" in a white box, and a colorful banner across the bottom says "We've Always Been Here."
November 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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nooskadraws.bsky.social
✨BUST COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN!✨

to help me pay for extra expenses in preparation for top surgery in jan, i've decided to open up bust commissions! 🏳️‍⚧️

send me your beloved tavs, durges, dnd ocs, rooks, inquisitors, ocs, and more to: 🌿[email protected]🌿(pls don't dm me on here!) (rts = 💖🙏😭)
nooska's bust commissions are OPEN! 1 character: £45 / $59 (USD) 2 characters: £90 / $118 (USD) contact: alex_dingley@hotmail.co.uk payment through paypal invoices Bust commission examples. Left: A digital illustration of Sir Radzig Kobyla from Kingdom Come Deliverance (and also history). He has short cropped brown hair, a brush moustache and goatee. He wears his grey-beige hood lined with red, embroidered with plants and the Skalitz crest. He is surrounded by iris flowers. Right: A digital illustration of Sir Hanush from Kingdom Come Deliverance (and also history). He has short cropped brown hair and a full dark beard. He has hazel eyes. He wears a breastplate adorned with gold metal details. He wears a blue and gold robe. He is surrounded by yellow gladiolus flowers. Digital illustration of two character busts. One is a teal green skinned man with a pink curly moustache and red wavy hair. His eyes are black with blue irises. He grins in a wide smile at the person next to him. The other person is a pink skinned tiefling with white horns. She has light pink long hair, pink eyes and dark purple lipstick. She wears a crown inset with a purple gemstone, and small silver hooped earrings.
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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amradio.bsky.social
… I have a medical expense…

Would anyone like an art commission around 200$ or so?

(Skeb-like,digital art, or custom idea/layout requests are accepted, too.)

*you have to reply to this post to make contact, cuz my DMs are closed (bots)*

Not sure what you want?: ko-fi.com/amradio/comm...
A.M. Radio's Commissions
Artist/ Illustrator/ Writer Making comics and doing commissions! https://linktr.ee/La_Engine
ko-fi.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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sacredsapling.bsky.social
#Nzuzi introduction thread! #OC

Nzuzi’s a young man from DR Congo who’s fun and fruity and queer~! 💗 He’s intersex, autistic, selectively mute, and super super tall and lanky.

He was taken from Congo at a young age with his twin, and they were raised in orphanages and on the streets. 🥹
A watercolor portrait of Nzuzi, a young black Congolese man. He has full lips with gloss on them and make up around his eyes with no visible scarring on his face, unlike his twin. He has long dreadlocks and they’re tied back in a high ponytail with a few loose ones around his face with gold hair jewelry.
October 19, 2024 at 9:28 AM
sacredsapling.bsky.social
Finally got this transferred btw! I’m hoping to get some line art done soon~

I’m in for a busy few weeks at work before end of year break (which means resting every hour outside of work), but maybe I can sneak some artmaking in~ I hope!
sacredsapling.bsky.social Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 24d
Almost done transferring this sketch! Hoping to get some line art done this weekend too~ #ArtWIP
A photo of a paper showing Nzuzi and Nsimba, two male Congolese twins, on a hospital bed. The room is cluttered, with two beds, shown from a birds eye view. They’re snuggling together, with an IV in Nsimba’s arms and bandages on his face. The drawing is barely visible, except for the parts that are drawn over in pen, about 70% of the piece. The paper is taped to a watercolor pad, with the pens lines having transferred graphite onto the watercolor paper.
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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sacredsapling.bsky.social
💜 Quote your purple #art 💜
Two male Congolese twins, posed in foggy purple club lighting, together for a photo. Nsimba is shirtless, with a blue glowstick around his neck. He has vibrant turquoise ombre two-strand twists, partially covering the burn scars on his face and around his eyes. Nzuzi, who Nsimba is resting his hands on, is making a peace sign and has a cute muted expression with blue lipstick and gold eyeshadow, while in a white mesh shirt with pearls. His hair is in partially tied back dreadlocks. Both of them have bright purple highlights on their skin.
November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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lena-withan-h.bsky.social
Having an OC ship is fucked up, I wanna see my little blorbos being lovely but that means I gotta do it myself, messed up tbh.
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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sharfdoesntknow.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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perplexingly.bsky.social
Frankenstein triptych
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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dovegraveyard.bsky.social
I’m doing a mini shop opening from today till the 26th!!
Get in on it while u can 🤙

✨ dovegraveyard.com ✨
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
sacredsapling.bsky.social
Btw I highly encourage everyone to also check out Meg’s feminist and decolonial art project “Women of 1000” ✨
taplingzines.bsky.social Tapling: Queer Zines 🏳️‍🌈 @taplingzines.bsky.social · 2d
Meg Hyland ( @womenof1000.bsky.social ) will be illustrating pre-colonial Ecuadorian queer history, focusing on the Tolita culture of 350 BC to 400 AD, with her stunning colored pencil skills!

#Ecuador #Indigenous #QueerHistory #QueerZine #LGBTQZine #TraditionalArt
A colored pencil art piece of an older Indigenous woman wrapped in a blanket, sitting by a fire at night as she looks up at the stars. At the top is a white box that says "Page Artist" and on the bottom is a colorful banner that says "We've Always Been Here."
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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anthonyhurd.bsky.social
My archive sale is now on for the next week. These are the last remaining pieces from sold out print runs over the last year or two. Anything left will go back into the archives at the end of the sale.
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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loremistress93.bsky.social
I'm on the hunt for artists/illustrators that specialise in landscapes and scenery, or who love drawing nature! 🌷🏞️🌳

I'd especially love to hear from BIPOC artists, but this is an open call! Self promo welcome, please comment with examples/portfolio links if possible ☺️

#art #illustration
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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sacredsapling.bsky.social
QRP with something watery~ 🌊

#ArtTrain #Watercolor
A watercolor portrait of muscular white man with sunkissed skin and a brown manbun, tied back with a red ribbon, posed with the open seas behind him. His white shirt shows a glimpse of a shark tooth necklace, and a swirl of conjured water surrounds him.
May 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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sacredsapling.bsky.social
Btw, this starter pack has nearly doubled in the past few weeks. So, if you wanna see more traditional art on your feed, check it out~!

go.bsky.app/31gv2cN

#Watercolor #Watercolour #Acuarela #TraditionalArt
November 29, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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sacredsapling.bsky.social
I’m Sapling 🌱 a #watercolor artist with a mostly bi system~! Here’s some bi OCs

#Chamuel: A bi omnigendered angel

#Nsimba: A blind & bi Congolese goof

#Gabriel: A bi genderfluid disaster

#Melchor: The most anxious bisexual man you’ll ever meet
A work in progress watercolor painting of a masculine figure with brown skin in a tender pose with bright pink orchid flowers around him. A translucent pink robe rests over him, and he also has dark blue wings. A watercolor portrait of Nsimba, a young Congolese man with dark skin and pink twists that partially cover the top half of his face. Underneath them you can see burn scars and differently shaped eyes that are also blue and clearly blinded to some extent. His expression is fairly neutral with his lips, slightly parted, and there is a turquoise shape behind him. A watercolor painting of Gabriel, a young Filipino adult with masculine features, a lot of freckles, blush, lip gloss, and pink nail polish. He’s sipping bubble tea in a turquoise sweater with a pink background behind him. There’s a star on his cheek and a couple in the background and his curly black hair is highlighted gold at the tips. A quick digital drawing of Melchor holding a bike and helmet on an orange and yellow background. He’s a thin and built Filipino guy with medium brown skin, a strong nose, and slicked back black hair.
September 23, 2024 at 6:31 AM
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amaretta.bsky.social
Being an artist is amazing, like... what do you mean I can just put what's in my head on paper and dream up all sorts of beautiful things and stories??
Dreaming up things as I type this because I multitask
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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anaisfae.art
Hey! I have reopened my Inprnt so US & international folks can now buy my art from there~ www.inprnt.com/gallery/anai...
watercolor painting of a cute stoat standing in a pile of fallen leaves, looking up at a blob of light floating above. The stoat has two tiny horns and a very boopable snoot. tiny watercolor painting of a tabby cat sleeping peacefully in a bunch of lush blue-green leaves. watercolor painting - a blue tiger drinking purple starry water. Its eyes are yellow with a bit of purple around the pupils, and it has a white and somewhat star-shaped mark on its forehead. Also its ears are very fluffy. watercolor painting, a raven standing in a starry night. It has stars on its wings.
November 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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bmmbooshoot.bsky.social
A photo of a hand holding a needle dangerously close to a red balloon. the balloon is labeled "me" and the needle is labeled "un-nameable gender feelings". below there is text: girl not now can you not see this is not the ideal sociopolitical climate to be experiencing dysphoria in
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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lunaramis.bsky.social
Miss Ada!!! She's an Oc I created and haven't drawn since 2019 😭 She's a Klinklang gijinka ⚙️
I always loved her dearly but i also kinda stopped being interested in pkm gijinkas the same year... welcome back I guess !!
#art #oc #pokemon
doodle of a girl with white skin, light grey hair and grey eyes, wearing a black dress with an orange scarf. She has angel features (halo and wings) made from gears and metal scraps.
November 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
sacredsapling.bsky.social
This is getting misconstrued (once again). Why is censorship of this still bad? Because it allows governments and dictators to decide *what* is considered “child porn.”

Like they can say it’s queer sex education. Or a person “looks” too young. Or a survivor’s real story (this has happened).
sacredsapling.bsky.social Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · Sep 22
But what about drawing “child porn”?

Personally, ick. But censorship? Still no. It’s fiction. And calling it “child porn” does a disservice to every survivor.

First of all, that’s a terrible term. It’s CSAM. But second, CSAM involves *actual* children. (Con’t)
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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doodlemancy.com
hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage: doodlemancy.dreamwidth.org/20757.html

🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
ARTISTS!
I need your help!

In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.

Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
A picture of a frog on a leaf with the SICB and Skype a Scientist logos on the bottom right with the following words on top: "Call for Artists!" Learn about the latest animal research adn create art inspired by the science at the SICB meeting in Portland, OR. Deadline to apply: dec 12, Project dates Jan 3-7, Stipend $1000"
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM