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TORO
@destinytoro.com
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Illustration ➕ Animation ➕ Patterns

Inspired by the flora, fauna, and indigenous arts of
📍Borikén/Puerto Rico

#NoAI

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➕➕ #Stunday Sunday ➕➕

(IYKYK 😉)

📍New Orleans, 2016
Warm toned photo of a wall in a snoball shop. Multiple menus overlap, a string of Christmas lights with two working bulbs, and the word "FROZEN" in uneven individual letter cutouts. There is a small window showing a very cool toned scene outside.
January 11, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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Belly has the quietest, breathiest purr of any cat I've ever spent time with.

I'm used to drooly cats with very loud engines!

So it's really lovely when she wants to cuddle her face as close to my face as possible so I can hear her subtle lil purr, it's precious.

Happy belated #caturday 🖤
A black cat with a white locket lounges on a gold satin pillow.
January 11, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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🔷 #BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant 🔷

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#art #illustration #PuertoRico #BskyNightMarket
Blue, pink, and gold abstract Puerto Rican mountain landscape illustration, on a photo of plants. destinytoro.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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Happy #Birbfest2026! 🐦‍⬛

Here is a Purple Gallinule (Gallareta Azul) and a Common Gallinule (Gallareta Común) from my sketchbook last year 🖤

#Birbfest #BirdArt #ArtSky #SciArt #illustration #PuertoRico
Illustration of a Purple Gallinule and Common Gallinule on a muted pink background
January 10, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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Art train!! 🚂

Finally catching up on posts 😅🖤 Thank you for including me @newmoonrain.bsky.social!

I don't have the capacity to tag folks, so if you see this & would like to join, consider it your invitation!
Blue, green, yellow, and red-orange llustration of a hand tree with a cosmic river flowing down it, bordered by various sketches of hands and stars. Blue, green, and pink illustration of a path winding through the mountains Illustration of a person with a Taino-style heron head Illustration of trees
January 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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Quote with your pink art! 🌺

#ForestFriday #art #illustration #PuertoRico #BlueskyPR
Pink, green, and purple illustration of a path leading through a mountain forest
January 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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I have pet commissions available in my shop! Prints and canvas can be shipped to US/CA/PR and digital only are open to anyone 🖤

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Illustration of a purple tabby cat loafing on top of green ivy vines with rainbow light reflected in an arch around her. Purple and pink line and dot border.
January 8, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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➕➕ #WaterfallWednesday ➕➕

Join borikenmailclub.com this month to get January's Puerto Rican waterfall postcard 🖤
Front and back of a pink, green, and blue abstract Puerto Rican waterfall postcard, on a photo of the sky and trees with text "Borikén Mail Club, borikenmailclub.com"
January 7, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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➕➕ #AnimalArtTuesday ➕➕

You can purchase previous Borikén Mail Club postcards in my shop, like this Pájaro Bobo Menor or Mangrove Cuckoo! All of the flora & fauna are based on species here in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

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#art #illustration #BskyNightMarket #BlueskyPR
January 6, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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“Be kind, be involved, believe in your art,” he said. “At a time when people tell you art is not important, that is always the prelude to fascism. When they tell you it doesn’t matter, when they tell you a fucking app can do art you say, if it’s that important, why the fuck do they want it so bad? The answer is because they think they can debase everything that makes us a little better, a little more human. And that, in my book, and in my life, includes monsters.” Quote from Guillermo del Toro
January 6, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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➕➕ #Stunday Sunday ➕➕

📍Shreveport, Louisiana, 2015
Photo of a couch/bed with gray sheets and a bold blue blanket with a gray cat lounging in shadow looking to the right out of frame. Behind is a window letting light in, between two parted red curtains.
January 4, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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When I say, “Can I rub your belly, Belly?” she flops over and exposes her tummy. Can you guess why her name is Belly? Lol
Belly, a black cat, laying on her side looking at you like “please pet my tummy, it’s not a trick, no really, I promise! I just want to fall asleep with you rubbing my belly”
January 3, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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"And it isn't only life and sustenance and connection that reverberates through our water. When you input colonialism, murder, war, greed... those messages reverberate just the same... Our sacred waters are being poisoned physically and metaphorically by force."

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Illustration of aji and bixa plants with a machete and bow/arrow crossed in the center. Handwritten text reads "NO KINGS, SIN REYES"
January 3, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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Agreed 🖤🖤🖤
A green, blue, and pink illustrated print of a manatee mom and baby by a mangrove tree, framed in a light wooden frame, on a blurry background.
January 2, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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Happy #Birbfest2026! 🐦‍⬛

Since I'm focusing on my local birds, here is a Puerto Rican Euphonia or Jilguero from my sketchbook last year 🖤

#Birbfest #BirdArt #ArtSky #SciArt #illustration
Illustration of a blue and yellow bird with handwritten text "Puerto Rican Euphonia, Jilguero" on a photo of a muted green and peach sky
January 2, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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First Borikén Mail Club drop of 2026!! Sign up this month to get all 3 mailed to you from Puerto Rico 🖤 (The oracle card mini-print will be revealed on March 1st!)

Learn more & join here: borikenmailclub.com

#art #illustration #indigenousArt #BlueskyNightMarket
Graphic of 2 colorful illustrated postcards of a Puerto Rican landscape and a Zebra butterfly. A third postcard is blurred and reads "oracle card mini print". Text on the graphic reads, "Borikén Mail Club, January/enero, February/febrero, March/marzo, borikenmailclub.com". On a photo of a Puerto Rican sky and trees.
January 1, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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I had a feeling I’d hit 666 followers on New Year’s Day and it makes my dark, heathen, ex-evangelicult heart happy 🖤🌚
TORO @destinytoro.com 666 followers 541 following 2.4K posts Illustration + Animation + Patterns Inspired by the flora, fauna, and indigenous arts of ° Borikén/Puerto Rico #NoAl destinytoro.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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You can find the full prompt list and details here! www.monkeymintaka.com/birbfest
Briefest 2026 1. BRONZEWING PIGEON 2. MANY-COLOURED RUSH TYRANT 3. RAZORBILL 4. GOLDEN-HEADED MANAKIN 5. KING EIDER 6. NORTHERN EMERALD-TOUCANET 7. STELLER'S SEA EAGLE 8. ANDEAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK 9. INDIAN PARADISE FLYCATCHER 10. AMERICAN PURPLE GALLINULE II. MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD 12. COMMON REDPOLL 13. WHITE-EARED PHEASANT 14. SILVER-EARED MESIA 15. SHORT-EARED OWL 16. EURASIAN WIGEON 17. SPANGLED COTINGA 18. TUFTED JAY 19. RED-LEGGED SERIEMA 20. DALMATIAN PELICAN 21. ORNATE FRUIT DOVE 22. GALAH COCKATOO 23. NUTHATCH 24. NEW HOLLAND HONEYEATER 25. COMMON KINGFISHER 26. COMMON CUCKOO 27. RED-BEARDED BEE-EATER 28. LITTLE PENGUIN 29. RED JUNGLEFOWL 30. OYSTER CATCHER 31. INDIAN PEAFOWL @birbfest.challenge #Birbfest2026 MonkeyMintaka
January 1, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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Happy #Birbfest2026! 🐦‍⬛

As usual, I'm modifying this art challenge to fit birds from Puerto Rico/Caribbean since that is what I focus on, and I'll be skipping days.

Today, I offer a Tórtola Rabiche, or Mourning Dove 🖤

#Birbfest #BirdArt #ArtSky #SciArt #illustration
An illustration of a mourning dove with text "Tórtola Rabiche, Mourning Dove, destinytoro.com" on a photo of plants.
January 1, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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Happy New Year, Justine!! 🖤
January 1, 2026 at 4:36 AM
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#artVartist 2025

Fue un año difícil y bueno. Estoy orgullosa 🖤
Photo of TORO on a colorful illustrated background, surrounded by 8 colorful illustrations
December 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Los garrapateros (Smooth-billed Ani) are visiting this morning for the first time in a while! What a lovely gift for NYE 🖤 They’re one of my favorite birds.
December 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Love it when block lists automatically take the trash out. But I always appreciate your block suggestions too.
@outofctrl54.bsky.social • User Blocked by "Users who have used the R word"
December 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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6/ Why the black bull? My Popi was born next to Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro in Puerto Rico and died by Toro Bayou in Louisiana, where I was born.

I now live close to Toro Negro, where countless generations of my ancestors were born, lived, died. It's not a full circle, it's a spiral 🌀
December 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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5/ If you are- or know!- a musician, poet, creator that needs a short #NoAI animation for their next project, my portfolio video shows various examples for various budgets.

Watch the full version & contact me to collab here:
destinytoro.com/animation
December 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM