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cursedzebra.bsky.social
CursèdZebra
@cursedzebra.bsky.social
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40 • Non-binary • What the fuck are They talking about/is She serious? • Disabled • Neurodivergent • Artist • D&D • F1 • Sega Mega Drive owner

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More practice with alcohol markers. I'm getting there. What I'm realising is you really need to blend colours that are very similar. Which is why you can buy them in sets of 200 for a million pounds.

Also the paler, more transparent colours are much more useful than the darker ones.
A drawing of some Monstera plant leaves, made using alcohol markers. The colour blending is better in some places than it is in others.
January 18, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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I drew these in my rubbish sketchbook because I didn't know how well I'd do, and didn't want to waste a page of my *good* (empty) sketchbook. But I think I kind of nailed it.

The top down view could be better but the other 2 I'm quite pleased with.
3 pencil drawings of raven skulls in on the page of an A4 sketchbook, alongside a cheap as shit blue plastic mechanical HB pencil. Written on the page are the words "Raven Skull Study - based on Google images, so accuracy isn't guaranteed"
January 18, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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I went with a light grey brush pen. It looked too flat with just the gold, but the black fineliner was too harsh. This is a good balance I think.
Watercolour painting on A5 paper. Muted shades of dark purple, dark blue, teal, and red in a cloudy marble like effect. Over which are gold cracks which follow the cloudy marble texture.
January 16, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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Another experiment with the Graphitint watercolours. I can't decide whether I prefer the gold cracks with or without the black fineliner outlining them.
Watercolour painting on A5 paper. Muted shades of dark purple, dark blue, teal, and red in a cloudy marble like effect. Over which are gold cracks which follow the cloudy marble texture.
January 16, 2026 at 6:46 PM
cursedzebra.bsky.social
I can also recommend the #GameChanger style pride pins. I've got a matching sticker on my water bottle too.
An enamel pin in the style of the Game Changer loop-de-loop using the Non-binary flag colours. The Pin says "We've been here THE WHOLE TIME" It is pinned to my canvas art bag. You can see some fineliner pens clipped to it, as well as a purple crochet heart badge and a wooden zebra badge.
January 16, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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I decided to paint one of @roseschmits.bsky.social's tentacle pots.

Derwent Graphitint watercolours and fineliner on A5 paper.
A watercolour painting on A5 paper of one of Rose Schmit's Tentacle pots. A Ceramic vase shaped pot, upside down, with many tentacles curling out from the opening of the pot. It is painted with with a muted teal coloured paint which is kind of splattered across the tentacles and the lower half of the pot. (On my painting it is Slate Green from Derwent's Graphitint paint set)
January 15, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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This didn't come out as well as I hoped. But it was practice for blending with alcohol markers and I learned a bit from it.

I don't like the thickness of the cracks. They don't look natural.
An A5 peice of white paper, with cracks drawn with silver paint marker, outlined with black, and then the gaps between coloured in with alcohol markers in shades of purple, pink and grey.
January 12, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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I'm trying the same graphite water colours as yesterday on some black paper.

I did some swatches earlier and they do show up when dry.

But painting with them is very hard because the wet pigments and wet paper just look black so you just kind of have to hope for the best.
Swatches of 12 differernt colours of graphite water colours on black paper. The paints have a slightly metallic look.
January 10, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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I got these water colours in an art subscription box in 2020, and played around with them once at the time, but that's it. I decided to have another go with them.

Water colours are not usually my thing, but enjoyed this.
Black 'neurographic' lines curving, and swirling and interesecting. The gaps between are filled with with graphite water colour paints in mixtures of shimmering slightly metallic colours. The same painting as the last image, on A5 paper, alongside the black brush pen and watercolour palette that I used to make the painting.
January 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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Mint Vienetta!
Mint vienetta ice cream in a glass dessert bowl
January 7, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Amazing start to my new journal. Phenomenal. Perfect. 10/10
A purple leather a5 size 6 ring loose leaf binder. On the first page in large hand drawn calligraphy style letters, some idiot has written "2026 Jounal". It's me. I'm the idiot.
January 7, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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@jontyscorner.bsky.social it seems it was in fact not just me.
A youtube screenshot showing my comment from a year ago underneath a YouTube video, that says "does anyone else sing "super mod Dave" to the tune of the Blankety Blank 'Super Match Game' tune? No? Just me? Ok..."
January 4, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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Oink oink mother fucker
A pink pig in a grey pinstripe waistcoat and trousers, a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up, a blue tie, a monocle, and bowler hat. He has a moustache and a fancy cane, which he looks a vaguely like he might hit you with.
January 3, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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Of course I got the one that everyone uses wrong now, and is annoying with.
Screenshot of the gif in the quoted post telling me my 2026 word is "out of pocket"
January 1, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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This Echiveria is already getting ready to flower, which is quite early I think. It will probably grow a good foot or so more before it actually blooms.

I have 2 of these plants and last year the other one flowered, so it seems they are taking it in turns.
An echiveria lilacina plant in a large lavender chamber pot. It is already producing an approximately 8 inch stem reading to flower in the spring. There is also a second bud of a stem beginning to poke through.
January 1, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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I am captain of the watch. A tough job for someone who doesn't drink.
You are now forced to have the same job as the main character in the last book you read. What is your job?
December 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Richie and Eddie from bottom. Richie is standing to up and saluting the TV. Eddie is sticking 2 fingers up to it.
December 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Micro Machines feels Christmassy. I'm pretty sure I got it for christmas one year and presumably spent all day playing it, because why would you do anything else?
My TV showing the Mega Drive game Micro Machines. 4 small pixilated cars on a tablecloth with cereal hoops marking out a race track
December 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Mmmmm purple...
My hand holding a pyramid patterned glass containing some slices of lemon, a glass straw a mysterious purple liquid (it's schweppes tropical soda and tonic). It is backlit by various multicoloured fairy lights
December 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Popped down to the little Morrisons to pick up a couple of bits, and saw they had a little stand of sorry looking plants. So I rescued this little succulent. Some kind of echeveria (Draco? Maybe a satellite?) Looking a bit sad and dehydrated, but I'm sure some natural light and water will perk it up
A small succulent plant in a pink glazed terracotta pot, about 3 inches wide. It has long flat leaves with little points on the end, that are green and slightly purple on the edges. It looks a bit shriveled and dehydrated.
December 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Hedgehog.
An orange, into which cocktail sticks with various combinations of pickled onions, green olives, Quorn cocktail sausages, pickled cornichons, and cubes of cheddar have been pierced, creating a spiky ball, or hedgehog of savoury snacks foods.
December 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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I think I'm going to read Babs Tarr's Motor Crush next, which has been on my shelf for a while.

Sci-fi professional bike racing with a side of illegal street racing. Seems like my kind of thing.
The cover of Motor Crush by Babs Tarr. A woman sitting on a motorcycle looking back over her shoulder, and carrying a wooden club with nails in it.
December 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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One more for today.

'The Spell' by Cellar Darling.

Melodic metal featuring some hurdy gurdy - what's not to like?
A Vinyl Record. The cover of 'The Spell' by Cellar Darling. Art work of a woman holding an anatomical heart, dancing with death, who is holding an hourglass. The inside of the album cover featuring a double page piece of dream like artwork featuring the death and the woman from the cover.
December 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Birdeatsbaby (formerly) and Crimson Veil (presently)

A band that has changed their name due to a shift in style over the years, from dark cabaret to prog metal?

Birdeatsbaby baby have been in my regular rotation for a few years now I think. Hex by Crimson Veil was new last year.
4 CD albums by Birdeatsbaby The Bullet Within Tanta Furia There she Comes-a-tumblin' The World Conspires [CW drawing of blood, and suicide by gun] The back covers of the 4 albums in the previous photo [CW blood] Hex, by Crimson Veil. A red vinyl record and its cover.
December 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Mishkin Fitzgerald, Hana Piranha, and Hviress.

These are grouped together because they're close collaborators.

Lots of piano, strings, guitars, syths. I'm not good with genres...

Bitchhouse by Hviress came out this year and *might* be the only 2025 album I bought, but it's a good'un!
4 CD albums: Grace's Cradle by Mishkin Fitzgerald Wingspan by Hana Piranha Seraphim by Mishkin Fitzgerald Bitchhouse by Hviress [CW for Blood] The back covers the albums in the previous photo.
December 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM