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(Sue K.) 🇨🇦 Artist, drummer, relaxer. She/her #yeg Currently into: all things Tolkien, Arkham Horror LCG, pixel art, gouache painting, Long Covid recovery, hockey #canucks, my cats Currently out of: my wheelchair now, except for longer trips!

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tumblesticks @tumblesticks.bsky.social · Oct 22

I did a fan art!!

Here’s Círdan the Shipwright, one of my all-time favourite Tolkien characters, inspired by Ben Daniels in The Rings of Power

you can read more about him here tolkiengateway.net/wiki/C%C3%AD...

#trop #lotr #art

Procreate painting of Círdan the Shipwright, inspired by the character in Rings of Power. He faces us, bearded, blue-eyed and silver-haired, with a sunset and the sea in the background, and stars just beginning to show in the night sky above.
The piece is done in a chalky, cel-shaded style.

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tumblesticks @tumblesticks.bsky.social · 28m

congratulations! So happy to have you as mayor!

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Lefty @lefty.unhingedfellowship.lol · 4h

Adar for #inktober arctic and #tolkientober transformation. My drawings don‘t always turn out the way I want them to, but this one did 🤗

#adar #theringsofpower #pasteldrawing

Black and white portrait drawing of Adar, looking down with an intrigued expression, his cloak and long dark tousled hair covered in ice.

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tumblesticks @tumblesticks.bsky.social · 2d

thank you, I hope so too! It's probably just a cold, but she's just so miserable and it hurts to see her so droopy and scrungly-furred 💔

tumblesticks @tumblesticks.bsky.social · 3d

Many dollars and one slightly offended cat later:
Esme doesn't have pneumonia! But she did need subcutaneous fluids, an appetite stimulant, & a series of antibiotics/antivirals for the next few weeks.
She also received many compliments (all warranted) for how beautiful and good she was

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tumblesticks @tumblesticks.bsky.social · 3d

My little girl cat is extremely sick with something (fever, sneezy nose, lethargy) and we're headed to the vet right now. She's only lived with me less than a year but she means everything to me and I am so stressed right now. Prayers and good thoughts appreciated

A dilute calico cat sitting in front of a window. She is young (1 1/2 years old) and her fur is not as well kept as usual :(

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 3d

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

The Obama Hope poster, but it's a frog and it says "Hop"

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tumblesticks @tumblesticks.bsky.social · 4d

wow. this is beautiful

tumblesticks @tumblesticks.bsky.social · 4d

congrats, this looks like such an excellent set!

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 5d

Welcome, new folks joining Bluesky!

Need a brief respite from super depressing news? I recommend following the folks in these starter packs, so you get the occasional photos and art of wildlife and nature (not AI or stolen stuff):

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · Nov 12

Support real creative folks instead of thieves:

Nature photographers:
bsky.app/starter-pack...

Nature artists: bsky.app/starter-pack...

Bug people: bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Frank Elavsky ⌁ @frank.computer · 7d

It is rational to fear what covid does to the body.

And this ableist machismo, separating "fear" and rational thinking, isn't helpful here. They aren't dichotomous.

It is rational to mask in order to avoid covid, long covid, spreading covid, and causing others to have long covid.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7d

(and i think it is a demand that stems from fear more than a rational assessment of the threat environment)

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tumblesticks @tumblesticks.bsky.social · 6d

good reminder! :) it's -1° here, I should throw a hoodie on Dan & go open the window for a bit before bed!

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Amalas @amalasrosa.bsky.social · 7d

Hey hey #portfolioday
I’m Amalas and I’m open for cover work.
I love to draw urban scenes and human connections found between concrete and steel, sprinkled with some nostalgia

[email protected]
cara.app/amalasrosa
azantianlitagency.com/our-artists/amalas-rosa

Book cover for the YA book ICEBREAKER by A.L. Graziadei showing the two male main protagonist facing each other and holding onto each others collar.

Digital art of my original characters Aran and Tao as young adults out at night in their local nyc neighborhood kissing. Tao sits on a bicycle and Aran bends down slightly to kiss him.

Mock cover of Suzanne Samin and my upcoming graphic novel. The title still r wads Fear Of Falling but we changed it now to Wherever I’m With You.

The cover shows a brick house fall and Aran and Tao sitting on the rooftop, their legs dangling down the edge, and in big letters underneath them it reads “fear of falling”

Digital art of original characters Aran and Tao as young teenagers on a hot summer day walking down the streets in their local nyc neighborhood and playing around with a basketball.

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Joezer the Joezerian @joeblivion.bsky.social · 7d

Y'all need to see this Bilbo and Gandalf from the Portuguese version of The Hobbit. Illustrated by António Quadros

A whimsical and charming illustration of Bilbo meeting Gandalf outside of Bag End

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tumblesticks @tumblesticks.bsky.social · 7d

I can’t take any credit for the composition here, this is of course another excellent tutorial from Ruth Wilshaw that I did my best to follow.
When looking through her library, I immediately thought of Eryn Lasgalen from LotRO when I saw this one, and had to try and get it done for Tolkientober

tumblesticks @tumblesticks.bsky.social · 7d

#tolkientober #tolkienTrewsday Day 14: Colours 

After the defeat of Sauron and the destruction of Dol Guldur, the wood elves celebrate as colours begin to return to the once dark forest of Mirkwood, now renamed Eryn Lasgalen (Wood of Green Leaves)

7”x7”, gouache on 100% cotton coldpress

A small gouache painting in teals, greens, and yellows. A tangle of moss-covered tree branches in the foreground are darker, and in the background lighter. Bright new leaves sprout from all the foreground trees, and small round lanterns that glow with a soft yellow light are hung from various branches

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tumblesticks @tumblesticks.bsky.social · 11d

Fire department was doing testing in our building. Immediately after hearing “testing, testing” through the speaker I looked over and saw Stitch standing on the end table and making this face. He did not move AT ALL for at least a minute

Photo of a white cat, standing up with his front paws on a living room end table. He’s looking into the distance, and his mouth is shaped in a tiny little frown. How could an interesting stranger be somewhere in the house and not pay attention to gentle Stitch?

tumblesticks @tumblesticks.bsky.social · 12d

wow this is so wrong, I'm sorry!

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tumblesticks @tumblesticks.bsky.social · 14d

oh wait, they're shipping with other carriers, off to shop!

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tumblesticks @tumblesticks.bsky.social · 14d

wow, this looks great, I'll definitely try them once the postal strike is resolved!

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tumblesticks @tumblesticks.bsky.social · 14d

Got our covid vaccines today!

And despite all that's going on with Alberta politics rn, the nurse at AHS made sure to ask enough questions so both my husband and I qualified for the high risk category (which meant we didn't need to pay)

She genuinely wanted as many people vaxxed as possible

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ciil 🦭 @ciil.bsky.social · 16d

1am delirious motivational comic from moi #comic

comic of seal being self conscious abt sucking but evil ominous aggro positive seal screams at her that actually its cooler to try and flop than not try and not flop. seal screams AT LEAST I DID IT BROOOO

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tumblesticks @tumblesticks.bsky.social · 16d

Acalico Mouth yes a place for a box put box in calico mouth can trust calico for giveing good cronmch to box. friend calico

#caturday

a small calico cat biting the top flap of a cardboard box. along the top of the flap is an almost perfectly even row of teeth marks from previous bites

a cardboard berry box, on a table. the tops have been completely chewed, just little crescent bites taken out of the tops of all the sides

tumblesticks @tumblesticks.bsky.social · 16d

put box in calico mouth

calco Mouth perfec t size for put box in to c\ronch! inside very Sharp and Perforate box crunch sound put box in Calico Mouth. Put Box In Calico Mouth. no problems ever in calicco mouth because good Teeth and Bite for box weak cardboard side and flaps.

#caturday

photo of a small calico cat with her mouth open, top fangs exposed and about to sink into a delicious cardboard box

a closer photo of the same calico cat, still trying to bite the cardboard box. Her tongue is out and her eyes are intense!

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deeg 🤍 @deegoo.bsky.social · 18d

Pyaari is so decent 🥺

Two drawings and two small photos of the cat, Pyaari. The drawing on the left is wearing a blue dupatta. The drawing on the right is in a gold sari with a dupatta on the head.

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tumblesticks @tumblesticks.bsky.social · 18d

that mustang is a gooood yellow

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