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Meredith Dillman

@sofairyquiet.bsky.social

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Introverted fantasy artist, cat wrangler, and gardener 🎨 • Ink and Watercolor Artist 🌿• Inspired by nature, fairy tales, and myth www.meredithdillman.com/linkhub #art

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Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 1d

My Neofinetia orchid’s first bloom 🌱

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Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 1d

Show prep helper #cats

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Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 2d

Those are pretty!

Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 2d

I can just carry him down the block like a baby 🥹

Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 2d

We went on an adventure for the first time (there was a lot of carrying).

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Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 2d

Hmmm
#art #sketchbook #sketch

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Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 2d

Hmmm
#art #sketchbook #sketch

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Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 4d

I could use more work on pants and shoes, which are both annoying. #sketchbook #art #sketch

Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 5d

The catnip is strong.

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Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 6d

#sketchbook #art #sketch

Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 8d

Wow that’s a lot. I usually get about 80 and it lasts most of the year, but squirrels dug up a lot of them In the winter.

Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 8d

Garlic to plant and some to eat, bc my harvest was low this year. 🌱

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Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 8d

Hair #sketchbook #art #sketch

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Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 10d

Really happy with this - we aren’t good at eye contact over here #sketchbook #sketch #art

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Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 9d

Me: you can adjust the vector strokes in clip studio?!
Them: that was there the whole time
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Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 10d

Really happy with this - we aren’t good at eye contact over here #sketchbook #sketch #art

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 10d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 10d

I was looking for art reference for this and concluded nobody does it like the sexy photos on the internet 😄

Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 10d

I’ve made a few of my own mixes trying to recreat Chinese paints I had that weren’t lightfast.

Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 10d

I get really frustrated doing watercolor sometimes bc I’m trying to match by digital sketch or I can’t get it as dark as ink.

So I just stated a 2nd version and threw some granulating mixes at it.

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Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 11d

Cobalt anything is also great

Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 11d

Just add French Ultramarine Blue to anything #watercolor

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Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 11d

It’s definitely my most complicated piece ever and took a couple years on and off with a failed watercolor version first, that I then redrew.

Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 11d

Haha you have posted that before I did anywhere 😄

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Meredith Dillman @sofairyquiet.bsky.social · 12d

Glow cat says it’s 4pm and I’m no longer allowed to work

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