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Sarah Farooqi

@sadiekate.bsky.social

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Into art, illustration, writing, and board games. Favorite subjects to draw or photograph are buildings and landscapes, and I like writing about the possibility that everything could turn out even better than we imagine. (she/her) #art #photography #wip

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Sarah Farooqi @sadiekate.bsky.social · Feb 12

Welcome to my piece of the sky, new followers. :D

I've been quiet lately, mostly because my work on 1001 Odysseys is taking up all of my writing time and I don't have any fresh illustrations or photos to show you...yet.
Innovations Ultimate is on its way, and I'll share that once it gets here.

Sarah Farooqi @sadiekate.bsky.social · 6m

The grasses of the wetlands dry and go to seed in the autumn, making a wide, rustling field in the midst of the trees. The birds were active here too.

Original photograph, taken by me at the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary.

#photography #bird

A photograph shows a nuthatch (a bird with a pointy beak, white face, and black and gray striped wings) perched on the weather-worn trunk of a dead tree. It's ready to launch into the air at the first sign of trouble. (Topsfield, MA)

Sarah Farooqi @sadiekate.bsky.social · 22h

I interrupted my daily walk today to spend about an hour sketching Swains Pond. The clouds kept rolling by overhead, dimming the whole landscape and then returning it to glowing, brilliant splashes of autumn leaves.

#art #PleinAir #painting #PoscaMarkers

A sketchy and impressionistic painting of an autumn landscape. A rocky outcropping in gray peeks through a variety of trees in yellow, mustard, and brick red. Green pine tree branches sprout throughout and a blue-gray sky with clouds glows behind.
It's all reflected in the foreground, depicted by rough, rippling strokes to show the surface of a pond. (Melrose, MA)

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Sarah Farooqi @sadiekate.bsky.social · 1d

Oh hey, it's Innovation! At Essen!

Asmadi Games (Chris) @asmadigames.bsky.social · 1d

For the first time ever, our games are for sale at a booth at Essen! Innovation Ultimate and base 4th edition, and new print runs of Mottainai and Meow, and of course the Good Puppers you deserve.

Booth# 3F111, as part of the IPA

A shelf with the best games ever made on it! Innovation, Mottainai, Meow, Good Puppers

Sarah Farooqi @sadiekate.bsky.social · 1d

While the weather was amazing yesterday, we went to a wildlife sanctuary that's just north of Boston. The birds were very active, flitting about from tree to tree and calling to each other.
#photography #bird #nearbynature2025

A photo of a tufted titmouse (a small bird with a white belly and gray faux hawk) looking at you with a curious expression. Its delicate claws grasp a rough branch, and blurry leaves fill in the glowing background. Is 'bird watching' the act of watching birds, or the act of birds watching us? (Topsfield, MA)

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Sarah Farooqi @sadiekate.bsky.social · 2d

There's just something about autumn along a pond in New England.
#photography #landscape

A photograph of an entire autumn forest reflected in the surface of a pond, interrupted by clouds of water lilies and the outline of a floating duck. The leaves on the trees are brilliant, glowing splotches of orange, gold, and green. (Melrose, MA)

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Sarah Farooqi @sadiekate.bsky.social · 4d

Went to the pond yesterday to enjoy the beautiful autumn day and take a few pictures of the ducks and the changing leaves.
#photography #bird #nature

Several ducks glide across a pond under the watchful gaze of a great blue heron. Gold-tinged green leaves reflect in the surface of the water. Ducks include green-winged teals and mallards. (Melrose, MA)

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 5d

Here's another capture of the same rock wren. It cracks me up because the bokeh ball reminds me of a halo in a religious Medieval painting.

laurel-gale.pixels.com/featured/div...

#birds #nature #wildlife 📷

A photo of a rock wren standing on a rock in front of a river. Sunlight is reflecting on the river, creating a single perfect "bokeh ball" that is reminiscent of the halo drawn around religious figures in Medieval art. The result is a funny wildlife photograph.

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Floral Frolic 🔜 YoumaCon & Kumoricon @floralfrolic.bsky.social · 10d

Soon! You too could be like this raccoon, riding a curling stone to victory!

Our latest game with @asmadigames.bsky.social launches tomorrow! Don't miss out!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/asm...

Raccoon with flowers laying on a yellow topped curling stone.

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Sarah Farooqi @sadiekate.bsky.social · 12d

Fundice and Dicelium.

I did not do this on purpose, the puns demanded to be freed.

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Sarah Farooqi @sadiekate.bsky.social · 16d

I'm still here! Sorting through 25 years of digital files is taking awhile, so I'm not posting so much.
Please accept this inky doodle of some cat-esque animals. #doodle #ink #animal #blackandwhite

Doodles of four animals and one face done in ink and grey ink wash. The first animal looks kinda squirrel-cat-like, the second is a smarmy cat sitting on its round bottom, the third is an abstract cat with a small head, the fourth has a white face, and the face itself looks like it might belong to a chipmunk (?).

Sarah Farooqi @sadiekate.bsky.social · 19d

One of the cats in the left sample has 2 tails.

Sarah Farooqi @sadiekate.bsky.social · Sep 21

The question really becomes what counts as being part of board gaming? I personally like a really broad view. Game conventions and stores, sure, but also games at home and games you inherit from the people around you. Bridge nights, chess in the park, summer camp.
A big topic for another time.

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Sarah Farooqi @sadiekate.bsky.social · Sep 21

Of course, I never even considered that board game conventions existed. I don't know if there was a FLGS nearby. All the games we played were from toy stores or classics found in grandma's basement or another game to play with a standard deck of playing cards.

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Sarah Farooqi @sadiekate.bsky.social · Sep 21

My board gaming in the 90s was exclusively with family or school friends. Genders were equally mixed, and the games we played were casual or traditional. Not much need to QB Taboo.
Even when we started playing MTG in the 00s, we didn't run into QB problems because we already knew each other.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · Sep 11

A gull right as it dives underwater. I think it's an immature ring-billed gull

#birds #nature #wildlife

A photo of a gull with white and brown feathers just as it dives underwater. The tips of the gull's beak and wings are underwater, while the tail is up with the feathers fanned.

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Sarah Farooqi @sadiekate.bsky.social · Sep 8

If you set your standard price high enough, you will be able to offer pieces at sale prices sometimes. For example, if you sold 5 pieces for $30/hr, you could essentially give away a sixth piece. Your average would still be $25/hr.
The crux of course is selling the first 5. Genuinely: good luck.

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Sarah Farooqi @sadiekate.bsky.social · Sep 3

Fill your mouth with water and the pill, look down so the pill floats up into your throat, then swallow.

Sarah Farooqi @sadiekate.bsky.social · Sep 3

I think you can 'train' where your hair parts, but it takes a while? I went from center to side ages ago but don't recall doing much more than always parting it where I wanted the new part.

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Grigory Lukin ✨️is on sub✨️ @grigorylukin.bsky.social · Aug 21

Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident"

grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w...

#Worldcon

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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · Aug 21

A variety of still photos from my trip to Háifoss in Sept 2022 that I posted the video of. Beautiful and impressive place :)

#Iceland

A wide view of a huge waterfall falling from the top of a flat-topped mountain into a wide canyon. There are a couple of waterfalls at the bottom. The sky above is a wonderful blue and there are lines of basalt columns and other interesting geology on the cliffs. A river can just be seen at the bottom of the photo, in shade.

Long exposure photo of the bottom of a waterfall hitting the rocks below, with a rainbow on the left hand side.

Long exposure photo of the bottom of a waterfall hitting the rocks below, with a rainbow on the right hand side - very different effect from the previous photo.

The photo is mostly of a rainbow - with some weird shaped basalt lava rocks at the bottom left and spray from a waterfall at the bottom right. The rocky bits look a bit like old troll heads, reclining & looking up at the view.

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Sarah Farooqi @sadiekate.bsky.social · Aug 18

I feel like there was someone who was working on a tag and icon-a hand with a spiral-but I haven't been able to find it again.
Hoping to be able to focus on what IS IN a post when I tag it. Helps discussion stay on topic and is shorter that way.

Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · Aug 18

To creators out there who post art/things they've created without the aid of generative AI:

Is there a commonly used short hashtag that emphasizes positive, not negative?

I've seen #NoAI #CreatedWithoutAI but both focus on negative. Would love to find short tag that focuses on human aspect.

Sarah Farooqi @sadiekate.bsky.social · Aug 17

I do this from time to time.
Other tags that might be helpful in your search are specific traditional media types.
Your proposed hastag is challengening because I prefer to talk about what my art IS rather than what it is not. A tag about being made by a human would be easier. (Is there one?)

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BostonTimelapse @bostontimelapse.org · Aug 15

The Hub of the Universe

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · Aug 12

I just now finished packing for the Worldcon art show. Whew!
Setup is tomorrow :)

Here's a dragon for your evening (or morning!)
"Ascent" lino block print
#dragons #linoprint

A dark blue-black ink print on white paper of a dragon flying upward from a circle representing the night sky. A crescent moon hangs above jagged mountains and trees dot the lower part of the print. Limited edition 11 of 30, title is Ascent, signed Katie Croonenberghs

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Sarah Farooqi @sadiekate.bsky.social · Aug 12

Yeah, lessons were learned that day.