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Helen Whistberry
@whistberry.bsky.social
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Pen name for autistic/ace indie writer & digital artist, introvert, worried soul, they/she. 🚫NO A/I!

ART PRINTS: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/whistberry/

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Other links: https://linktr.ee/whistberry
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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · Oct 16
Marketing? Very well (sigh).

Big thread of all my art and books! (Most of my books are also illustrated!)

Cool t-shirts and other merch with my art available in my threadless shop:

whistberry.threadless.com
Photo of a light blue tshirt with an illustration of a red crab holding up a chocolate cupcake with pink frosting in each front claw. It is standing on a beach with blue waves behind it and the caption beneath the image reads I come in peace. Black tshirt with an illustration in white of a raccoon standing on its hind legs with its front paws raised above its snarling face. The words Fix Your Heart are spread between its paws in the blue, white, and pink colors of the trans flag. Photo of a black tshirt with an illustration in white of a fantastical-looking squid with red eyes and tangled arms. It is holding a large white pearl in one tentacle. Pink tshirt with circular image of a small tropical frog with black legs and pink and blue coloration meant to evoke the colors of the trans flag. It is sitting amidst large tropical green leaves that have white and pink patterns on them.
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
Alright it's the 15th. 10 days to Christmas.

Would someone in your life benefit from a calendar featuring animals???

We have 47 Love Notes From Nature calendars left. When they're gone, they're gone forever.

Bonus? The proceeds fund our native plant project in Philly!

Get one at SquidFacts.net!
a calendar page for April that shows two orcas jumping over a yacht that says "Fin Flips sink Ships" with a sunset in the background
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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sygnin.com
If you see this post your birb art 🐦

#birds #birdsky
Art of a red crowned crane standing in front of a golden sun
December 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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jillsunflower.bsky.social
Dreamy clouds ☁️✨
A photo taken in the summer at dusk, looking up at a late sunset sky fading from light blue to dark indigo, with little wisps of clouds lit up in pink. Silhouetted trees frame the bottom of the photo. Topics: photography, night, nature, sky, cloudscape
December 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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tinylongwing.bsky.social
This little gem for today's #ArtAdventCalendar is a Black-throated Blue Warbler done for Waymakers in 2024. So tiny and so vibrant!

🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt
Illustration of a male Black-throated Blue Warbler on a spring twig with new leaves emerging at the tip. He is a vibrant blue on his back, has a black mask that extends down the throat and flanks, and a fluffy white belly.
December 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
whistberry.bsky.social
Advising writers not to turn over your precious words to random people on here who comment on your posts or DM you offers to beta read or edit. There's a lot of scambots on here now, so please be careful and try and recruit beta readers from people you know at least a little bit.
December 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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lacrimamundi.bsky.social
This is your reminder that the Indie Ink Awards 2025 are now open for voting.

Please take a couple of minutes to show those amazing indie books some love.

Thank you! 🫶

#IndieBooks 👀📚💙
#IndieInkAwards2025
Indie Ink Awards 2025 - Indie Story Geek
indiestorygeek.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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jennygaitskell.bsky.social
Beach Crow watches ten Saint Nicks burst jingling from a pub.

Got a Crowmas fella too, she says. Frostfevver Huggermug.

Drops sparklies from nightskies for us. Like secrets, savvy, luck.

Cos there's many winter spirits, luv. For birds. And beasts. Or bugs.

#whistpr 1/10
December 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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meganoconnorart.ca
I finished this drawing today: a hermit thrush. It’s one of my favourite local birds: they are a bit shy and sound like flutes in the trees. #Birds #SciArt
Coloured pencil drawing of a small brown and white bird with dark spots on the chest, perched on the branch of a conifer.
December 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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ardenpowell.bsky.social
It's me! On Jan 12th I'll be attending a virtual Q&A to chat about FLESH AND BONE, my queer gothic-western horror-romance novella! It's free to join, come talk about monsters and gay cowboys with us.
December 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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skullsandsheets.bsky.social
The Grey Mare of the mist
A mari formed from mist with a crown of 4 candles
December 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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jayispainting.earthskyart.ca
For #artAdventCalendar Day 15

Carstairs Redux
42×34″ 107×86 cm
Oil on Canvas
2025
Painting of a swirling storm cloud over a field with a road on the far right
December 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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kerriedoodles.bsky.social
Day fifteen of #ArtAdventCalendar

Here’s a little watercolour of a Jenny Wren.
A watercolour painting of a Wren. The bird is perched on the ground and surrounded by blue Forget-Me-Not flowers.
December 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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vantid.bsky.social
Gouache and watercolor sketch of Yolo the baby king vulture. He’s such a cute baby. 🥹
A loose painting of a young king vulture looking very close into the camera. He is panted with warm purples and golden ochres.
December 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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skidarstudios.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 15
Queenfisher, gouache on watercolor paper
Original sold!
Prints available
A female bolted kingfisher in gouache on watercolor paper. Colorful patterns with stars and a moon behind her
December 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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kateanderson.bsky.social
A work in progress for day 15 of #ArtAdventCalendar I finally saw the white deer that lives in our neighborhood! It was the coolest thing! She is piebald and many neighbors have gotten photos of her over the years.
#NatureArt #WildlifeArt #AnimalArt #piebald #whitedeer
A drawing of a piebald white tailed deer with brown fur on her head and shoulders and mostly white elsewhere.
December 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
whistberry.bsky.social
I know it's a longshot, but do any of my birding friends have a photo of a nightingale in flight that I could use as reference for a drawing?
December 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
whistberry.bsky.social
My latest #BookReview is for a touching, slice-of-life romance that handles the heavy subjects of transphobia and dysfunctional family dynamics with sensitivity & care. The winter & festive holidays settings make it an appealing read on a cold day. Got this one in the itch bundle linked in comment!
Book Review: To Drive the Hundred Miles by Alec J. Marsh — HELEN WHISTBERRY
Touching romance tackles heavy subjects with sensitivity
www.helenwhistberry.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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alextomlinson.com
Postal birds! 🐦✉️
December 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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taterdash.bsky.social
Acrylic painting of my friend's cat watching... waiting... planning...

#coastcard #art #acrylics #cat #looming
Picture of a cat behind a cat door where the lighting is such that there is a dramatic shadow over her eyes, like she's planning something evil.
December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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jdsampo.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 15

“Rattan Pachyderm”, Newport, RI 2024
Close up of a rattan elephant sculpture from ‘The Great Elephant Migration’ exhibition at Salve Regina University in Newport, RI. The sculpture is one of 100 life sized sculptures.
December 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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nambroth.bsky.social
"Primed" Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5" x 7" Oil on panel

Doing a series of stretches (right wing over leg, left wing over leg, up and back wing stretch) before he zooms off to swear at other hummingbirds.
A small oil painting of a male ruby-throated hummingbird, mid stretch, his tiny wings arched behind him and his tail fanned, while his chest and flank feathers are fluffed out. He's sitting on a little twig with a few lichens on it. The artist watermark reads: copyright 2025 Jennifer Miller "Nambroth" featherdust dot com
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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sunshyneart.bsky.social
Day 15 of #ArtAdventCalendar
I love the challenge of controlling alcohol inks, but also letting them do their beautiful thing in combination. Inspired by my home. 🇨🇦😊☀️
"Majesty" alcohol inks on ceramic tile 4x4
linktr.ee/sunshyneart

#Art #AlcoholinkPainting #ArtYear #MountainArt #TreeArt
Alcohol ink painting featuring a stylized mountain scene, against a blue sky with a large orange sun in it. Purple, white capped mountains are stacked on the left side and stretch into the distance. On the right is a grove of various shapes of green trees with four oblong magenta ones among them. A large stylized evergreen is in the centre with smaller evergreens to the left in front of the base of the first mountain. A waterfall flows down into a river running between the large tree and the grove. Small pink flowers grow on one of the green hills in the foreground.
December 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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vladhat.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 15

Festive in their own special way.

#art #artsky #crafts #printsky #printmaking #traditionalart #prints #ink #blockprint #witchsky #occult
Linocut of two robed figures in a temple with a black goat. They're holding a lantern and a cup. The goat has a censer. They are by two swirling columns and underneath an elaborate archway. There are candles on tbe ledges and hanging from the ceiling in lanterns.
December 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
whistberry.bsky.social
Chapter 14: The Sinking Swamp

Illustration 14/52

#WrensAria, a charming if slightly eccentric animal fantasy arrives in 2026
Digital drawing in white ink against a black background of a creature shown in profile facing to the left with a body resembling a seahorse and a dragon-like head with sharp white teeth and red eye.
December 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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whistberry.bsky.social
The big Smashwords sale is running through the end of the month!

You can grab ebook copies of any of my books for a reduced price!

Fantasy, horror, mystery, stories, novellas, novels... something for every taste!

www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
Image of 9 books covers for books by Helen Whistberry: Roadkill, shows a highway with animal skeletons on it; The Final Voyage of Avery Mothmere, has a black cat playing with an old-fashioned sailing ship; When Your Heart is a Broken Thing, has a white rabbit crying red tears and a red rabbit with skeleton exposed crying blue tears; Once Upon a Wave of Witches, with co-author Eli Belt, has a green kraken tentacle sweeping through turbulent blue waves; The Tail of Nightshade, has a gray mouse among purple nightshade blooms; The Melody of Trees, has a red fox among twining tree branches; The Weird Sisters, has a full moon behind tombstones with a hand visible lying on the ground; The Avenging Angel, has a full moon behind a mansion; The Ghostly Groom, has a full moon behind a tombstone with a black bird on top of it.
December 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM