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27 | He/Him | 🏳️‍⚧️ | Drawings, Paintings, and Weavings!
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astrodermis.bsky.social
How does it feel to float? #artsky #sketchbook #painting #art
Painted in acrylic gouache across a sketchbook spread is a self portrait— at the bottom center is a profile shot of me, painted with a messy mullet and sideburns. I am looking straight ahead with a wide, unfocused stare. On the right and left are sketches of my legs in chunky tennis shoes and socks during a stroll around an unknown location. Legs and shoes are partially obscured by clouds. The brush strokes are quick and textured and entirely done in shades of blue.
November 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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elierlick.bsky.social
A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.
October 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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surgeonshall.bsky.social
These little tools are apple scoops. They date from the 1800s and are made of sheep bone. They were common in apple-growing districts. The marrow has been hollowed out to allow the user to scrape off pieces of apple if they had few teeth and couldn’t afford dentures.
Four sheep metatarsals that have been hollowed out to make a spoon
October 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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umisida.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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aerialembroidery.bsky.social
'Senescence' - my new aerial embroidery of a warm Autumn landscape. Moorland ponies dot the grass while a stream cuts through the scene. Now available along with a miniature of the same theme: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a...
An embroidery landscape depicting an aerial view of Autumn moorland. It has brown trees to the north of the hoop, grass to the south, with a road and stream cutting through it all. An embroidery landscape depicting an aerial view of Autumn moorland with brown bushy trees and a pale blue stream cutting through. An embroidery landscape depicting an aerial view of Autumn moorland with brown bushy trees, a pale stream and country road.
October 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
astrodermis.bsky.social
one of these days I will have a weaving that’s actually done and something I want to post 😔
October 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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heebiebeebies.bsky.social
I cannot recommend you enough to install the Wikipedia app on your devices and use it like you would any search engine. Nowadays they even have tabs so you can open many articles at once.

And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 25d
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social
Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.

Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.

This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
October 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
astrodermis.bsky.social
The Upper West Side Experience #artsky #art #sketchbook #sketch #ink
Black ink on paper. This is a sketchbook doodle inspired by ornate motifs embellishing buildings in the Upper West Side, Manhattan. On the bottom left, there is a cross hatched lantern that sits beside an abstraction of the end of a swirly metal gate. There is a crescent moon sketched on the top right of the small doodle. The composition is made up of several swooping swirls of crosshatched metal structures.
October 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
astrodermis.bsky.social
Judgment (of the outfit someone wore when they died) (this angel is probably a he/they)
#sketchbook #sketch #angel #traditionalart #pen
Scribbled in black ink is a smug angel, whose right hand is raised to let a butterfly rest on his fingers. His hair is long and nearly blends in with the olive leaves in his hair. He wears a very impractical robe, one breast out and part of his stomach visible. His wings and robes seem to melt into abstract shapes in this otherwise simplistic sketch. He looks down with a small smirk
October 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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oregonzoo.bsky.social
let the gourd times roll
October 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
astrodermis.bsky.social
Weaving update: learning tablet weaving!!! 🧶 I lost track of my laurel leaves WIP and still need to untangle part of my weft 😭 I hope to make this into a headband

Pattern for the WIP is from here: ladyelewys.carpevinumpdx.com/2023/09/06/e...

#weaving #wip #tabletweaving
Photo of a sample band of white and green twisting together to make an alternating leaf pattern. The loom sits on top of a checkered desk, an extra weaving card, and various pieces of stationery. There is a moomin coaster as well. Finished sample of my first tablet weaving pattern: my left hand holds a blue and gold alternating band that is rolled up into a little circle. At full length it’s over five feet long. The blurred tip of my loom sits in the bottom right corner of the background.
September 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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pebble1250.bsky.social
Hylics
September 28, 2025 at 5:11 AM
astrodermis.bsky.social
I’ve been slightly tempted to hide my trans flag in my bio for safety reasons but I think I’ll keep it out of spite
September 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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emmalerae.bsky.social
Stickers are in!!!!

Get 'em while they're hot

www.emmalerae.com
A picture showing stickers of an illustration of a Styracosaurus with a bloody horn and feet standing over the remains of a Daspletosaurus it's just gored and stomped to death. The Styracosaurus is in purples and blues with bright red blood everywhere. Underneath are the words "Survive out of Spite".
September 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
astrodermis.bsky.social
A man can dream (about winning the lottery and the prize is a Louet Loom of my choice for free)
September 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
astrodermis.bsky.social
Hunting for sport #artsky #sketchbook #sketch #drawing #doodle
Sketch on paper. A horned demon(?), dressed in a tattered coat and sandals, looks right at the viewer as they toss a small ball of yarn (on the viewer’s left) as if they’re about to chuck it over. Their hand to the viewer’s right is partially open with a loose strand of yarn wrapped around their ring and pinky fingers. The rest of the strand loosely drops below. Drawn with brush pens with purple for the outline and pink as the filler.
September 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
astrodermis.bsky.social
What’s happening in this neck of the woods? #art #artsky #painting #acrylicgouache
Triangular painting taken over a backdrop of wood. The painting depicts a cyan horned creature poking their head through what could be a purple bush or abstracted rubble. Their eyes are bright red with vertical slits for pupils. The side of their face is shaded with a bright reddish pink, similar to the bright reddish pink background so that there’s a glowing contrast.
September 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
astrodermis.bsky.social
WIP on low blood sugar

#sketch #sketchbook #art #artsky #ink #traditionalart #weaving
Sketchbook illustration of an anthropomorphic buck dressed in a thick shawl as his hands rise from below and quiver. He holds a long tapestry needle between his teeth. His asymmetrical antlers are adorned: on the viewer’s left, a boat shuttle used in weaving swings toward your direction off of thread. On the right, there are unfinished tapestry weavings strewn up and down parts of the antler. He stares forward with exhaustion. Colors used: maroon ink for the outline and darker shading, softer reds, oranges, yellows, and a touch of warm green. The backdrop is colored in with bright yellow brush pen. Sketched with the thought of trying to finish a craft while low on fuel. You tell yourself it’ll just be five more minutes.
September 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
astrodermis.bsky.social
Hoping to weave a lot this weekend because I am tired 😔
September 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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drlindseyfitz.bsky.social
Apropos of nothing...
jientho.bsky.social jientho.bsky.social @jientho.bsky.social · Sep 11
THIS 👆🏾!
September 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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aerialembroidery.bsky.social
'All paths lead to water' - my newest aerial embroidery, inspired by the grounds of Antony House, Cornwall! I loved the radiating paths through the trees leading to the water edge so here's my take on the landscape... with kayakers! Now available here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a...
An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. The landscape depicts green-blue water, piers and kayakers with fluffy wool trees and rich green grass. An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. The landscape depicts green-blue water, piers and kayakers with fluffy wool trees and rich green grass. An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. The landscape depicts green-blue water, piers and kayakers with fluffy wool trees and rich green grass.
September 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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kyu.channel
September 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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trungles.com
Reissuing this as a point of etiquette
Impish cartoon self-portrait of the artist, a fellow with sticky-up hair and round glasses, shouts at you: You NEVER NEED TO FOLLOW ME BACK!!! I want to follow your posts, not insinuate myself into your life! BUT IF YOU DO FOLLOW BACK AND WE DEVELOP A NICE RAPPORT OVER TIME, THAT WOULD BE TOTALLY CHILL.
September 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
astrodermis.bsky.social
politely influencing my lys with weaving propaganda and I think it’s succeeding
September 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM