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SamKalensky @ fanexpovan A243
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SamKalensky @ fanexpovan A243 @samkalensky.com · Oct 16
Support ya Sammy, Makin' rad arts! | #VisibleNB |🇨🇦
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In #2025 i..
• Attended 11 IRL events! (Got to design a poster for @bonusstagevan.bsky.social 😎)
• Finished 49+ Art Stickers!
•👺 Reached Milestones, 200 Cryptids, 291+ Yokai (Almost reached 500!)
Despite rough life stuff It was a fun year! Thank you all!
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December 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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I've drawn and written a bestiary containing about 200+ Critters, Cryptids & other obscure topics on my website~ samkalensky.com/collections/... (also check out my exhaustive bestiary on yokai!👺)
January 4, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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Umibōzu - 海坊主 - [Yokai] - mysterious ocean giants that vary in size from human size to titanous. They are often said to resemble a balding monk. Usually appearing on calm nights, right before a storm, they ask for a barrel… an easy ward is said to be a lit cigarette. samkalensky.com/products/umi...
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September 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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KaneNoNaruKi - "Money trees" - [Yokai Bonsai] - Exceptionally rare trees, bearing thousands upon thousands of broad Golden Ryo coins for leaves. Planted by the sichifukujin; the trunks & branches form auspicious phrases such as blessings, for wealth or longevity! samkalensky.com/products/kan...
A bonsai tree with Koban coins tor leaves sticker art by samkalensky sams stickers of the Shichifukujin benzaiten and fukurokuju sit behind the tree close up of the sticker tripinch depicting the sichifukujin with a kanenaruki in the background, the takarabune is coming to pick them up! - source Currency Museum of Japan: https://www.imes.boj.or.jp/cm/research/nishikie/001004/005/
September 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Whopper-hoppers - [fearsome critter] - massive grasshoppers that were attracted to the Great Plains by the agricultural abundance & giant crops which were planted across rural America. They were scared away by the foul breath of St Urho!
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Sam’s sticker art of a whopper hopper next to a porcelain lady for scale Next to a truck carrying an equally large apple Sticker alone standing near a building A vintage postcard mid 1930s by frank d pop Conrad
July 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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It's like how Japan uses "8 million" to simply mean "big number."

It is a number beyond the ability of the human mind to contain.
jonbois.bsky.social Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 9h
it's unbelievable to me that someone could actually be a trillionaire. i think most of us have trouble internalizing how much money that truly is. let me put it in simple terms for you: a trillion dollars is three million dollars
February 6, 2026 at 4:46 AM
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For those lacking clarity it’s more like 3 million millions… not just three million dollars
jonbois.bsky.social Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 9h
it's unbelievable to me that someone could actually be a trillionaire. i think most of us have trouble internalizing how much money that truly is. let me put it in simple terms for you: a trillion dollars is three million dollars
February 6, 2026 at 4:41 AM
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The fuck? Get this outta here. #abolishice
ICE agents are in 5 Canadian cities. We asked what they do
YouTube video by CBC News Alberta
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February 6, 2026 at 4:33 AM
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I'm definitely on board with a Beatles movie, but it should be about how they're secret agents traveling around the world doing secret agent stuff against an evil league of villains, who are probably the Rolling Stones, and it should look like this
February 6, 2026 at 3:54 AM
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Today I logged in, opened social media read some comments, immediately felt like tearing off a robots head, so I did!!!! 8D - 🚫🤖 - Nab one here: samkalensky.com/products/sup...
a sticker featuring a decapitated blue robot with NOAI painted on its forehead oil seeps out from below, text reads: "NO SPAMBOTS. SUPPORT HUMAN ARTISTS. CREATEDONTSCRAPE.COM" the same sticker with more stickers in the background.
January 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Uggh no never???? What the fuck is wrong with you!?!!??
the-independent.com The Independent @the-independent.com · Dec 10
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 4:13 AM
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-Doraimon- digivolves toooo….
February 6, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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New painting for The Year of the Horse exhibit at Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco. Symbolizing perseverance and enlightenment. Opening tonight 5-8pm www.moderneden.com/search?q=Amy...

"Inner Journey"
Acrylic on canvas
4" x 4"

#art #painting #surrealism #nature #horses #contemporaryart #snail
Acrylic painting of a horse in a snail shell sitting in the grass under a hazy moon.
February 5, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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Boroboroton - [Tsukumogami] - A tattered and torn patchwork kotatsu comforter, after decades of collecting dust came to life, out of moth eaten holes rolled empty eyes, Now, the ragged covers roam, seeking vengeance against an empty hearted owner who threw it away! samkalensky.com/products/bor...
a torn kotatsu comforter roams the woods! Art sticker by samkalensky 2025 wandering through mud. Boroboroton art sticker by samkalensky 2025 some sheep-skin stuffing art sticker by samkalensky2025 Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro (1784) Toriyama sekien
December 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Hossumori - [Tsukumogami] - An old “hossu” which after nine years of being handled by a zen master, came to life, it began sitting lotus style in deep meditation. Much like Daruma, it stares with an unrelenting gaze, seeking enlightenment. Perhaps it is unstoppable... samkalensky.com/products/hos...
Hossumori sitting lotus style, samkalensky 2025 Hossumori and Mokugyo Daruma meditating together in front of a big buddha statue. samkalensky 2025 a hossu, a brush used by zen masters, for shooing away flies and bad vibes! The original by toriyama sekien
December 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Mokugyo Daruma. - [Tsukumogami] - A wooden fish which after 9 years of meditative use, sprung to life in the guise of daruma. Much like the legend himself: it stares forward with a deadpan expression & seeks enlightenment. Like Hossumori, perhaps its unstoppable... samkalensky.com/products/mok...
The wooden drum its on a pillow and stares forward, its has sprouted a beard and wears a towl on its head. there are 3 hossumori meditating behind it. Art by #samkalensky 2025 far shot of the same ohhhhhhhm... an actual mokugyo (wooden fish) 'sitting up' on an ornate pillow Toriyama sekiens original art work from "Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bokuro" (1784)
December 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Shibeamon-Tanuki -[Yokai|Tanuki] - Sumoto Castle's Kabuki loving Tanuki, who would transform into an old man & frequent the Nazaka theatre with his wife, paying with leaves disguised as gold. Sadly he was mauled by guard dogs... Soon, venerated as 'God of theatre!' - samkalensky.com/products/shi...
art by samkalensky (yo thats me!!) - the shelf mushrooms made an ideal stage. Incidentally; the style of make-up I illustrated him wearing is called “Kumadori” The style of dramatic pose is called “Genroku Mie!” another pose on the ground Ehon hyakku monogatari 1841 in which shibeamon transformed into a human and was MAULED BY DOGS. :") [This Sumoto “Yadanuki statue” is part of the area's ‘Eight Tanuki challenge.’ - Around Sumoto city There are 8 other tanuki statues to be found, You can read a lot more about the other tanuki on the ”Sumoto City Revitalization Center - Eight raccoon dogs committee” website. ]
December 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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"First Foot" - It said the first person to cross the threshold of a house on New Year's Day is called "The First Foot" To ensure the best luck for the coming year, it's best if they are a dark haired, cross-eyed stranger with a unibrow carrying a shovel full of coal! samkalensky.com/products/fir...
the first foot, collecting coal art sticker by @samkalensky on the shelf mushroom entering my muddy front door :") ["The First Foot" - “A Scottish Custom on New Year's Eve”, published in "The Illustrated London News" 30th Dec 1882]
January 1, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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'Snow Hens' - [Fearsome Critter] - Ol' Paul once imported a flock of 8000 Chinese chickens to his camp. Some of 'em began to act coldly: Only nesting in the cold winter snow, and layin' hard-boiled eggs! The huge eggs took 7 chickens working together to lay just one! samkalensky.com/products/sno...
sticker art by samkalensky of a 'Snow Hen' it resembles a silkie chicken. with sparkly feathers, it breathes cold a freezing breath. a proud snow hen nests atop of a massive hard boiled egg out side shot of the snow hen in front of sams aviary/green house James Stevens 'Paul bunyan' [1925] via –https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70060/pg70060-images.html
January 10, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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Yarikecho - [Tsukumogami] - A war-tassel that was once part of a Kiyari (A ceremonial spear) which broke off after being hoisted by Japan's strongest warrior! Now it charges forth to attack, he always strikes first! Leader of the “Mushroom Purification Squad!” samkalensky.com/products/yar...
Yarikecho leaps to smash some shrooms! art by samkalensky SMASH THE mushroom men! My art of the 3 zenfusho koinryo and yarikecho i'll have bios up explaining the other two soon :) Toriyama Sekein’s Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro Part 2 (1784).
January 14, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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Koinryo - [Tsukumogami] - A Tsukumogami made from the 'pelt of a vicious beast' it wears a lacquered Inro box on its head and grips a tiger clawed rake, it is known to suddenly sprint at ridiculous speeds towards its targets! 2nd in the “Mushroom Extermination Squad" samkalensky.com/products/koi...
koinryo a yokai with a face that is very difficult to describe, next to the shelf mushrooms art by samkalensky On top of the mushrooms art by samkalensky samkalenskys art of zenfusho koinryo and yarikecho Zenfusho, Koinryo and Yarikecho by toriyama sekien, edo period.
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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Zenfushō - [Tsukumogami] - An antique teakettle which sprung to life at an otherwise tranquil Zen Tea Ceremony, It overflows, Splashing all over & leaping about causing a ruckus! Following the example of a certain tanuki. - Final of the “Mushroom Extermination Squad" samkalensky.com/products/zen...
Zenfusho leaping above the shelf mushrooms sticker art by samkalensky black and white leaping over my kettle! Zenfusho Koinryo and yarikecho by samkalensky 2026 the original by toriyama sekien in the Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro (1784)
January 27, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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ChawGreen - [fearsome critter] - A varmint from the Ozarks which resembles a bear with a striped tail like a Barbers Pole. known to steal chewing tobacco; it chews it and then spits it out, just like a man would! Hunters trying to bag it are always unsuccessful... samkalensky.com/products/cha...
a satisfied chawgreen walks along a mossy tree branch: its tail sways behind it. Tobacco dribbles from its mouth. art by samkalensky 2026 walking in the garden walking amongst the succulents *Ptew* Vance Randolphs "We always lie to strangers" 1951 -In which he describes two critters: "Another mythical varmint often included in an unsuccessful hunters bag is the chaw-green it resembles a bear they say, but has a long tail striped like a barbers pole. the chaw-green is alleged to steal tobacco which it chews and spits like a man." ... "Also known as a tobacco thief is the bear-behind, which has hindquarters like a bear, but a head which resembles that of a certain Missouri congressman; the name of this creature is a kind of pun on bare-behind, and there are several allegedly funny stories about it."
January 29, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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Tesso - [Yokai|Onryo] - The vengeful spirit of a priest which manifested as a gigantic Rat with iron sharp teeth and claws! he commanded a plague of 84,000 rats to tear up all the books and sutras in temples across Kyoto! - Full post: samkalensky.com/products/tesso
a gigantic rat-man art sticker by samkalensky part of my hyakki yagyo collection follow and support for many more! - patreon.com/samkalensky Tesso and some of my favorite yokai books <3 Shout out to my yokai friends!! Tesso on the porchlight my Tesso sticker [2025] next to Toriyamas Tesso [1779] as seen in "Japandemonium" [2017]
August 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM