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@cuttledreams.bsky.social

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Not asocial, just bad at it. Sometimes draws bugs and other stuff. Hope you like some of it. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/cuttledreams Tips/Comms: https://ko-fi.com/cuttledreams

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cambrian epic wet animal @dinoserious.bsky.social · 8h

#invertober 8, bee killer robber fly. GO my diptera 👐

#invertober2025

thick lineart drawing of a bee-killer robber fly from the side, head angled to look towards the viewer. there is a pattern of simple bees and honeycomb on the yellow background

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werbug( ፝֯֟ •ॢ◡-ॢ) @iridescent-bug.bsky.social · 13h

cloud (my pet tarantula)

#cloud #spider #pet #pets #petportrait #cool #art #oilpastels #painting #acrylicpaint #artwork🎨 #artist #smallartist #sciart #tarantula #petspider #canvas #boldcolors

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 16h

FALL SHOP UPDATE! 🍁
New enamel pins, stickers, prints, and so much more will be added to my site this Friday 10/10 @ 11 am PDT!
You can preview everything here!
🛒🐛: shop.fossilforager.art

A mockup image with white bubbled text that reads “Shop Update! October 10th @ 11 am PDT” with a link url below (shop.fossilforager.art). There is a collage of sticker sheets and enamel pins around the text, featuring insects and deep sea marine creatures on a whale skeleton. The sticker sheets have weevils and sea creatures. They are placed on a yellow-orange gradient.

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defenestratin @defenestratin.bsky.social · Dec 20

OFF!!!!!

#offgame #lebatteur #thebatter #offtherpg

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Tallulah Cunningham @yesthattallulah.bsky.social · 1d

Two in one: Hope these help.

A Spotted bat perched on a fried chicken burger. The bat has large long pink ears. And is blotched in white and chocolate brown.

a Japanese house bat slurping a noodle from a big bowl of Kitsune Udon. There is a slab of fried tofu and two pieces of Naruto style fish paste (those ones with the pink swirls inside them)

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Blue Appaloosa @blueappaloosa.bsky.social · 1d

Fish cranial kinesis model is now listed in my Etsy shop! Hopefully useful for showing the mechanism that opens and closes a teleost fish's mouth.

(Ships from US) blueappaloosastudio.etsy.com

#SciArt #SciComm #BSNM #ArtShop #Fish

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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 1d

Cooloola monsters are weird, chunky insects endemic to South East Queensland, Australia. They're probably related to king crickets (Anostostomatidae), but not much is known about their evolution. The wingless females live permanently underground. #EverydayEnsifera

📸: Visit Gympie Region

A pale insect with tiny eyes digging underground. It looks almost like a fat potato with legs.

Source: https://www.visitgympieregion.com.au/great-experiences/wildlife/

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Astra Fauna (Sarah Dahlinger) 🔜 Granite State Comic Con @astrafauna.bsky.social · 12d

Some turtle anatomy I did back in the day

Skeleton, muscles, and surface of a red eared slider

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Kasey Snow @kaseysnow.bsky.social · 1d

I'll be hosting a #Dinovember art challenge again this year! Here are some lesser known dinos (and some classics) to learn about and draw! Feel free to tag me if you draw one!

Some references if you need them: tinyurl.com/8dhta63u Thank you @pyrokittytavern.bsky.social ! ❤️

#dinovember2025 #SciArt

KaseySnowArt's 2025 Dinovember prompt list.
1. Velociraptor
2. Spicomellus
3. Corythosaurus
4. Ceratosaurus
5. Mendozasaurus
6. Gallimimus
7. Megaraptor
8. Kentrosaurus
9. Coelophysis
10. Shunosaurus
11. Pachyrhinosaurus
12. Dryosaurus
13. Dilophosaurus
14. Stegouros
15. Alvarezsaurus
16. Edmontosaurus
17. Daemonosaurus
18. Medusaceratops
19. Plateosaurus
20. Scelidosaurus
21. Khaan
22. Ichthyovenator
23. Einiosaurus
24. Pelecanimimus
25. Zalmoxes
26. Diplodocus
27. Minmi
28. Falcarius
29. Ambopteryx
30. Deinocheirus

KaseySnowArt's Dinovember prompt list rules for 2025. Text reads:

Do as many (or as few) as you want!
Mix and match days, pick your own, etc

Draw, paint, write, sculpt, or even research and share facts about these critters!

Use the #dinovember2025 hashtag and tag me so I can see what you create!

Include the prompt list in your post if possible to help others get inspired by dinosaurs this month!

Watch me draw: twitch.tv/KaseySnowArt

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Jagal @jagalart.bsky.social · 1d

heather weevil

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EarthnAshes @earthnashes.bsky.social · 2d

In which the past comes back to haunt you. Literally. In a sense, at least.

My DnD character Ishmael sits with an apparition of his daughter's child self in a surprising turn of events, and reflects on his mistakes.

Fullbody commission for my homie Kyrit! THANK YOOOOOOOOOOOOU 🙏 ;w;

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cambrian epic wet animal @dinoserious.bsky.social · 2d

#invertober 6, buff tip moth. branch animal

#invertober2025

color block drawing of a buff-tip moth on a backdrop of faint stylized branches and leaves. there is a dark frame around the image, with "Phalera bucephala (buff-tip)" is written at the bottom in white

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 2d

Day six of #invertober
Buff-Tip Moth

#invertober2025

sketchy drawing of a moth. It has brown-grey beige wings, and a floofy brown and grey body.

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Creophilus @creophilus.bsky.social · 2d

Day 6 Invertober: Phalera bucephala. Watercolour. Lengthy watercolour.

Verdict: insufficient appendages.

#Invertober #Invertober2025 #SciArt

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Skreemre @skreemre.bsky.social · 3d

True node dragon #dragon #dragonart #eclipse #creatureart #myth

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Mariposa Miniatures @mariposaminiatures.bsky.social · 2d

More fairy garden beetles in pretty colorshift shades because I'm a crazy person!

Which of these colors do I make into beetle charms next? 🤔

[ #cuteart #artshop #sculpture #fairygarden ]

Three miniature beetle sculptures in a moss garden with sparkly dark blue/dark purple colorshift shells

Three miniature beetle sculptures in a moss garden with sparkly dark magenta/orange colorshift shells

Three miniature beetle sculptures in a moss garden with sparkly teal/purple colorshift shells

Three miniature beetle sculptures in a moss garden with sparkly lavender/pastel blue colorshift shells

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Delta Hexagon @deltahexagon.bsky.social · 2d

bugtober - Aquatic and Mandible

i missed yesterday so i decided to merge these two prompts together into some kinda water critter with a retractable lower jaw and a good ole butt snorkel. ALWAYS need a butt snorkel

www.tumblr.com/spiderdungeo...

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Yitanran @yitanran.bsky.social · 2d

A portrait Commission

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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 2d

A pair of Cartorhynchus lenticarpus, swimming in the shallow coastal waters of Early Triassic Asia

#paleoart #sciart #art

Illustration showing a pair of Cartorhynchus swimming in coastal waters

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Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 5d

are you in need of assistance, mermailady?

the knight octopus will fight for your grace.

#monstrosilist #octopus #ttrpg #b&wart #bestiary

black and white drawing of an octopus wearing bespoke armor, wielding a lance. the armor also has crab pincers.

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Ligus @greyauk.bsky.social · 2d

This was supposed to be the #SundayFishSketch ...
The bumby snailfish is refusing to get painted at the moment :/ ... I may return to it later or try again.