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Sophie (she/her/ella)

@gildedflowers.bsky.social

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🇲🇽🇺🇲 in 🇨🇦 Makes crowns, paints catrinas, and hopes to do even more! Click "Feeds" below for my art or #artpost Cara: https://cara.app/gildedflowers Eng/Esp/Fr

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Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · Oct 17

Hi! I'm Sophie :) I'm Mexican-American, from Texas, and currently living in Ontario. I made all these headpieces/crowns and also did all the makeup. I hope to expand my skills and share them with you ~

#Meettheartist #headpieces #crowns #catrinas #flowercrowns #Mexicanart #artvsartist #artpost

There is a 3x3 grid of 9 different photos. Top L: Sophie is sitting in a black chair wearing colorful skull makeup and a colorful flower ray crown. Top Mid: Sophie stands before a magnolia tree, wearing skull makeup and a gold leaf crown with magnolias. Top R: A silver art nouveau headpiece with bells and blue beads is resting on a white wig. Mid L: Rose is sitting in a sunflower field at golden hour, wearing a sunflower crown. Center: Sophie is wearing neutral makeup and smiling at the camera. Mid R: Zoha is wearing a colorful flower crown, black lace, and white lace skull makeup. Bottom L: A white, gold, and black headpiece is standing on a black wig stand covered in black lace. Bottom Mid: Sophie is wearing a large gold halo crown with orange and red flowers She's wearing skull makeup and a shirt with Tlahui embroidery. Bottom R: Sophie is wearing a gold ray crown with red roses on the sides and has on black and gold skull makeup.

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Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · Oct 1

It's finally October~! I love #SpookySeason so much

#SheetGhost #Ghosts #Spoopy

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GigerPunk @gigerpunk.bsky.social · 21d

Fuck me this is bleak.
But please, do continue to use GenAI slop thumbnails for your YouTube videos, or your album art, or your book covers or whatever else. I'll continue to refuse to watch/listen/read any of them, knowing already they're not worth the time & that you're a disappointing lazy hack.

‘Children's book illustrator isn't a job anymore.’
I've been out of work for a while now. I made children's book illustrations, stock art, and took various art commissions.

Now I have several maxed out credit cards and use a donation bin for food. I haven't had a steady contract in over a year. two weeks ago, when a client who has switched to AI found out about this he gave me $50 out of "a sense of guilt." Basically pity for the fact that Illustrator, as a job, does not exist anymore.

It was my birthday recently and I sincerely considered not living anymore.
The worst part of all is that the parents who once supported me fully in being an artist sent me an AI generated picture of a caricature of themselves holding a birthday cake with my name spelled incorrectly.

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Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · 23d

¡Feliz Día de la Independencia! ¡Viva México! 🇲🇽

#Catrina #Mexicana #Mexico #artpost

Sophie is standing in front of a white wall, beaming at the camera. She has pale skin and long brown hair made up in two braids/plaits with red ribbon incorporated into them. She is wearing a flower crown made of red and pink roses and yellow marigolds. She is wearing gold filigree earrings, a white Mexican short-sleeved top with colorful embroidery along the neckline, a red fabric belt, and a yellow skirt. She has a Catrina (Mexican decorative skull makeup) painted on her face. Her forehead has a pink dahlia painted on it, representing Mexico's national flower. Her eye sockets, nose hollow, and spaces by her cheekbones are painted a maroon and gold. Her brows have stylized eagle feathers on them and the bottom of her eye sockets have cacti along their bottom to represent the national emblem. On her chin there is a shiny green rhinestone, and there are black swirls painted on her chin and cheeks.

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Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · Jan 16

Día de Muertos 2022 series - 💖💀

Headpiece, makeup, styling, and modeling by me

Photography and editing by Linda Maria Photography

Set by Studio Ethereal

#artpost #art #Catrina #headpieces #crown #crafters #handmade #artsandcrafts #skulls #deathart #DiadeMuertos #DayoftheDead #darkart #fantasy

Sophie is wearing black and is fading into the black wicker chair she is sitting in. She is in front of a black fireplace and matching black wall. There is a golden candelabra, a cow skull, and a black empty picture frame behind her. Candles float above her head. Her eyes are almost closed and she is in colorful Catrina makeup (Mexican decorative skull makeup). She is wearing a bright rose and marigold flower crown with gold rays. Her pale hands are seen resting on the chair arms, and her dark hair fades into the background. She looks vaguely uninterested in the viewer.

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✨🪻Hunter 🪻✨ @deerlordhunter.bsky.social · Aug 6

An updated character design for an old character of mine named Auspicious. Originally a tiefling for d&d he's gone through a few iterations. I'm gonna re-invent him yet again for a new project I'm working on, but I love how this look came out for him and will try to incorporate it 💙🦚🖤

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tono @rt0no.bsky.social · Sep 6

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707Kat @707kat.bsky.social · Sep 6

It's only books that were in the datasets in June 2021 from Libgen and July 2022 from PiLiMI, registered with US copyright office before or within 3 months of the work being pirated. Atlantic made their snapshot in January 2025.

The @authorsguild.org made a write-out about who exactly is covered.

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Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thank you so much!! 💖 I have so many more purposeful ideas, but life and nerves both get in the way (and soon the weather will too, because I can't spray paint in the winter). I hope I can get back into this practice and make more because I miss it

Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · Sep 6

I don't ever plan on using AI, but I also dislike the feeling of being a part of an AI training set. I don't want my face or voice to be used to generate anything, either

Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thank you so much! 💖🌸

Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thank you so much!! It was a great weather day :)

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Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · Sep 5

Omgosh I hadn't, but instant follow! Thank you for sharing!!

Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thank you so much!! Ahh, what a high compliment 🙈🥰 Meanwhile the white sculpture you posted above will live in my head rent-free!! It's so beautiful

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Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thank you!! 💖🌻

Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hobbit vibes 🌻

Model: Rose
Sunflower crown, photo: me

#artpost #flowercrown #sunflower #summervibes #latesummer #headpiece #wearableart #Cottagecore #Hobbitvibes #Hobbitcore

Rose is squatting down in a sunflower field, smiling at a sunflower beside her. She is wearing many layers, including a white peasant top, a beige bodice, a rusty orange apron, a checkered overskirt, and a dark green skirt. They have a large sunflower crown on their curly red hair. She has on hobbit ears and her pale skin is rosy. They have a basket full of sunflowers in their hand, and the sun is beaming brightly behind her through the trees. The whole vibe is very Hobbit-cottagecore.

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Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congrats on getting to 3k!! And thanks for the art share! 🌸

I made the crowns and did the makeup for these :) I took 3 out of the 4 photos below.

The pink photo was taken by Andrea Hunter Photography.

Sophie is wearing a tall, colorful blue, white, and yellow flower headpiece with gold rays. Her face is painted in a monochromatic blue Catrina (Mexican decorative skull makeup), with blue nose and eye sockets and large, dark blue flowers on her chin and forehead. She has on a white shirt and is wearing a gold chain necklace with a dark blue rectangular stone hanging from it. Her skin is pale and her hair is long and a wavy, warm white blonde. Her eyes are closed in a pensive expression. The background is a plain white wall.

Sophie is closing her eyes and holding a magnolia serenely to her ear. She has pale skin and long dark brown hair down to her waist. She is standing in front of a blossoming magnolia tree full of pink and white flowers. She is wearing a headpiece of golden leaves, gold spikes, and magnolia flowers. Half of her face is in normal makeup with pink and gold eyeshadow and black lipstick. The other half of her face is painted in a Catrina (Mexican decorative skull makeup) using the same makeup colors. She is wearing a large black leather choker in the shape of leaves, a dusty pink dress with off-the-shoulder straps, and a gold chain and filigree belt.

Sophie is wearing a flower crown with purple and white flowers. There are rounded silver filigree rays coming out of it with purple, black and white rhinestones. She has pale skin, green eyes, and long dark brown hair. Her makeup is done in a purple and black lace Catrina (Mexican decorative skull makeup), with the eye sockets, chin, forehead, and jawline all featuring purple and black lace drawings. She is wearing a high-collared black lace shirt and silver jewelry. She is outdoors standing in front of a wall of green leaves and small dried white flowers.

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707Kat @707kat.bsky.social · Sep 4

And it's happening. Welcome to subsidising big tech and the AI companies through your utility bills even if you don't use generative AI.

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Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · Jan 23

Silver, Black and Blue Art Nouveau headpiece - 💖💀

I made this inspired by artists that specialize in #ArtNouveau and #Jugendstil #jewelry and #headpieces, such as @auruminarca.bsky.social and Janina Gold Art on IG. More inspo in the thread!

#artpost #art #headpiece #crown #silver #fantasy #craft

There is a warm white wig on a wig stand. The wig stand is facing the wall, and the camera is angled down onto the top of the delicate silver headpiece. There are heavy dark silver filigree pieces serving as the base of the structure. They are shaped like squares and act like a headband. The center square has an additional filigree flower on it with a clear rhinestone in its center. The filigree designs, floral and rounded, are more visible now. It's also possible to see the top hair chain that sits on the crown on the head. It has two triangle filigree pieces on either side of a set of black and blue beads.

There is a warm white wig on a wig stand. The wig stand is facing the wall, showing the back of a delicate silver headpiece. There are three delicate chains that adorn the back of the head. The top chain has two triangle filigree pieces on either side of a set of black and blue beads; these decorations sit on the crown of the head. The second chain is made up of a repeating pattern of silver, blue, and black beads, and hugs along the back of the head. The last chain dangles down beyond the head and rests around the neck; there are long silver chains interrupted by single silver beads and groups of blue and black beads that match the set on the crown of the hair.

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Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · Sep 3

If there are any Día de Muertos events in the GTA please let me know!! Especially if they're not in Toronto I hate the traffic 🥺

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Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · Sep 3

I have been avoiding posting to YT and IG, and every time I think, "Well, maybe I could post, maybe I could find a way to make it work within that AI scraping machine", new information comes out that keeps me from posting after all

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🎃pumpkinnqueenn🎃 comms open~ @jasminefayeart.bsky.social · Aug 25

Crafty weekend- embroidered a little guy on some jeans

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Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · Aug 23

Using bad hair days to practice getting used to wigs again and I feel like an IMPOSTER

(I had a pixie for several years but am way out of the habit)

Sophie is wearing a purple shirt and standing in front of a white brick wall. She has pale skin, green eyes, and short brown hair in a pixie cut with longer bangs.

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Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thank you for your kind words :) 💖 I have a thread somewhere about the history of Catrinas and why they're called that, if you're ever curious. Skull makeup can be done by anyone, we all have skulls, but Catrina and Catrín (the male version) come from a specific context, is true

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Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · Aug 22

I hope this wasn't compressed all to hell

I really loved this field 🌻

Sunflower crown, model, editing: me
Photo: Rose U

#artpost #flowercrown #sunflower #summervibes #latesummer #headpiece #wearableart

Sophie is standing in the middle of a sunflower field with farmland further behind. She is wearing a large sunflower crown and has a basket of sunflowers in her hands. She is wearing a long, patterned navy and white dress, a brown wooden necklace, sandals, and a brown leather bag. She has pale skin and long dark hair. All the sunflowers appear to be turning towards her. The vibe is very 70s.

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