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Hravn

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Trying to write two connected series (fantasy) in the world I’m building. Creating glass art (and attempting to draw) when not writing. Lover of insects & arachnids, snakes & all weird sealife. EastCoastKin My soul belongs to the sea.

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Hravn @hravn.bsky.social · 11d

For #SleepySep I’m combining #constellations with #sheep.
#EastCoastKin #ArtYear #procreate #art

This may also work for #SensoryArt #rainbows

A drawing on an iPad of a colorful background of circles. The top part has yellow dots for various constellations. The middle part looks cut out and has stars hanging on chains over a hilly 2-dimension area with white fuzzy sheep. The bottom part also has a cut out with some yellow fuzzy sheep.

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𝙲𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 @churchstreetimages.com · 4d

I only make it to the beach once a year, and it's on a busy work trip. But I always make time to get down to the water for a few pics. #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Relax all day Saturday. Link to the feed in comments.
#photography #water #ocean

The tide rolling in from a shallow bay up on to the beach. Making a tiny line of foam and spray that are only ankle high.

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Sasi @moonandbaboon.bsky.social · 6d

— Glitter and Goo —

#NationalPoetryDay #poetry #EastCoastKin

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Glitter and Goo

Sequel to “Toxic Endurance”

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Hravn @hravn.bsky.social · 5d

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Requinoesis✨ @requinoesis.bsky.social · 29d

I hope you like it and can make a lot of creative and positive art from our sharks! Remember to tag your art with the hashtag #Sharktober or #Sharktober2025 so I can see your amazing artwork! 🎨✨

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Requinoesis✨ @requinoesis.bsky.social · 29d

Sharktober 2025 is here! 🌊🦈✨

Most likely I won't be able to participate as I wanted, as I'm overloaded with work, but I made the list for anyone who wants to participate! ✨

#sharktober #sharktober2025 #promptlist

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Rebecca, House of Ogg @earthlingnoreally.bsky.social · 5d

✨It's inescapable that Fridays are #Scape day. And that's today, yayyyy!🎉

Post your scenes to be seen, and repost the ones you like the most!😍🥰

Friday #SCAPE Day

Post your favourite Scape

Landscape

Cityscape

Skyscape

Seascape

Treescape

Interpret the theme as broadly as you like to. Photos, drawings, paintings, poems, etc are all eligible.

Reshare your favourites all day. Come back next week for more. Everyone welcome.

#EastCoastKin

#Scape

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Hravn @hravn.bsky.social · 6d

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Mark @marlsincharge.bsky.social · 15d

One more from Cannon Beach around sunrise

#eastcoastkin #RockinTuesday #photographersunited #photographyofbluesky #blueskyartshow #photography #pnw #oregoncoast #oregon #tidesouttuesday #nature #westcoastphotography #starfish #haystackrock #cannonrock

Wall of muscles at cannon beach at low tide with tall rocks in the ocean distance

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Hravn @hravn.bsky.social · 6d

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Hravn @hravn.bsky.social · 6d

#alphabetChallenge ( #weekNforNights)
#31DaysofHalloween #HumansofBluesky
#EastCoastKin #ArtYear
#classicmono

Fun with my sister on a pier at #night in NJ
#spooky #zombie

Creepy Black and white photo taken at night on a T-shaped pier. A silhouette of a person with arms raised menacingly casts a shadow on the wooden slats from the light behind. The fingers stretch longer than human fingers. The eyes glow a bit.

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Julie. W 🍂 @owlyjules.bsky.social · Sep 2

Its that time again!!:D Here's my prompt list I will be following in October! I will be trying something different this year so I don't make it into too big of a thing. (The last few times I have done it, its almost a full time job...)

Hope you join me on this list or any other you like!:D

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Wealie Arts @wealiearts.bsky.social · 8d

#Spooktober #ArtChallenge starts tomorrow, submit your spooky art throughout October tag them with #Spooktober & daily prompt tag to be included in the feed. No AI or NSFW, all artistic mediums welcome! Follow feed: bsky.app/profile/weal... and engage with other users by commenting & liking posts

#Spooktober Art Challenge description post. Instruction text below overlays an image of three lit Pumpkin Jack O Lanterns.

#Spooktober

Post your creative interpretations of the Spooky Daily Prompts and follow the #Spooktober feed to engage with other artists.

To be included in the challenge feed use the #Spooktober tag along with the daily challenge prompt tags. Images should include ALT Text where possible. Artistic nudity is okay, no NSFW or AI generated Art. Add Alt Text to images where possible.

Follow the Feed and engage with other users posts by liking and commenting to enhance the community!

Daily Prompts

01 #Ghost
02 #Mask
03 #Dungeon
04 #Weapon
05 #Nightmare
06 #BlackCat
07 #Lightning
08 #Zombie
09 #Poison
10 #Vampire
11 #Spider
12 #Shapeshifter
13 #TrickOrTreat
14 #Cobweb
15 #Witch
16 #Darkness
17 #Alien
18 #Mummy
19 #SeaMonster
20 #Wizard
21 #Werewolf
22 #Bat
23 #Pumpkin
24 #Frankenstein
25 #Ghoul
26 #Fire
27 #Monster
28 #Trees
29 #CreeepyCrawly
30 #Mad Scientist
31 #Halloween

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Rebecca, House of Ogg @earthlingnoreally.bsky.social · 7d

🎨Oct Art Challenges w/ daily prompts!
#31DaysOfFungi - @malinadowling
#ArchInk - @blacktrowel
#Invertober - @fossilforager
#Epochtober - @romanlandry
#Paleoctober - @djigr.bsky
#Sharktober - @requinoesis
#Spacetober - @morgandenman
#Spooktober - @wealiearts
#streamink - @streamink

List update soon!

Rebecca, House of Ogg @earthlingnoreally.bsky.social · Sep 2

🎉September update to the #BlueSkyArtShowsss list has arrived!

A comprehensive list of art challenges on Bluesky. Save for easy reference

Comment below for errors or omissions - or if you have a challenge to add (*Include the host name if you know it), thanks!

Make with the art already!
✨✨🎨✏️🗿🪡🧶📸✨✨

#BlueSkyArtShowsss
All challenges are 📸+🎨 unless otherwise specified. 🚫 AI / Original Art Only
Use of [ALT text] strongly encouraged for equal accessibility for the visually challenged/impaired, legally blind
(*ECK = East Coast Kin Arts Collective host)

Monthly Current & upcoming - (for previous months this year go to the end of the list)

Hosted on BlueSky
September -
🎨 #LillasStylePlay2025 - @makeartthatsells
🎨 #SciArtSeptember - @lizlagomorph + @LucyGemArt
#SleepySep - @wealiearts
‬October -
‬🎨 #ArchInk - @blacktrowel
🎨 #Invertober - @fossilforager
🎨 #Epochtober - @romanlandry
🎨 #Paleoctober - @djigr.bsky
‬🎨 #Sharktober - @requinoesis
🎨 #Spacetober - @morgandenman
#Spooktober - @wealiearts
🎨 #streamink - @streamink
‬November -
🎨 #Dinovember - @kaseysnow
‬#NightmareNov - @wealiearts
🎨 #Nudivember - @nudibranch
🎨 #Temnovember - @batmanelvisigodo
December -
#ArtAdventCalendar -@jayispainting.earthskyart.ca
#XtraXmas - @wealiearts

One Day per Month
#BirdWhisperer - @birdwhisperers
#TheCampfire (1st Tuesday)- ECK - @pmgibbs

Monthly theme
Hosted on BlueSky
🎨#ENDANGART - @nollthere
Unhosted, Unidentified Host,
Not Hosted on Bluesky
(for previous months this year go to the end of the list)
- 🎨 #Birdtober, #Entober, #Mathober
mathober.com, #Sciartober, #SciCommInk
@scicommlexicon.com
- 🎨 #Neighvember
- 🎨 brrrdcember, #Decembird,
#Dinocember,#DinoDecember

Other Not originating on Bluesky 🎨
#AnimalDayCal2025 –
http://tinyurl.com/3vh22kn6
#The100DayProject – https://the100dayproject.substack.com/about

Weekly (year-round) New theme each week
#AlphabetChallenge - ECK - @sheena-mck
#SensoryArt - ECK - @subicrn

September 2025

#BlueSkyArtShowsss

Daily posting (year-round) - No theme
#ArtShow
#ArtYear - @annalarssonstudio
#onlybeautifulthings
#SciArt🐡- @flyingtrilobite.com
#urbansketchers - @urbansketchers
#ClassicMono - ECK - (📸 monochrome) - @fotonstudio, @clcart, @victorbz, @fotodefer, @wolfgangwhyte, @dmimaging, @starlitwaltz, @mclellandphotography.com

Specific Days (year-round) - Hosted
Mondays
#BlueSkyMonday - ECK - @arminausejo.com @rina2012
📸 #MacroMonday - ECK - @genypher @elaschneider43 @freyasnowball
📸 #MountainMonday - ECK - @rouxroamer
Tuesdays
#AnimalArtTuesday - @mikecoffeyart
📸 #RockinTuesday - @xobreex3‬
📸 #TagTuesday - @richardbcolon.com
📸 #TidesOutTuesday - @runningpast
Wednesdays
#WackyWednesdayArt - @itsmtntime
Thursdays
📸 #humansOfBlueSky - ECK - @luiscordoba
#PalacesandGardens - ECK - @sabineshutterbug
📸 #UrbanGaze - ECK - @rnantel

#ColourADay / #ColorADay - @wealiearts
#MagentaMon or #PinkMon
#CyanTue or #BlueTue
#RedWed
#YellowThu or #GoldThu
#BWFri or #BlackFri or #WhiteFri
#GreenSat
#OrangeSun

Fridays
#FishyFriday - @victoriapfeiffer
#FiveMinFriday - @captzerp
#FoodOnFriday - @lorettarobinson
#ForestFriday - ECK - @chrisclougholy
📸 #MacroFeatherFriday - @marjoriemcdonald
📸 #macrophotofriday - @macrophotofriday
#Scape - ECK - @jaycee-visionlogic, @rina2012
Saturdays
#BlueSkyArtShow - ECK - @churchstreetimages.com
📸#bnw_macro - ECK - @geraldmfoto
Sundays
#bnw_macro - ECK - @geraldmfoto
📸 #SelfPortraitSunday - ECK - @selfportraiture, @lotuscarroll, @eustace.link
#ShotsInSlots - @kerrieneet
#Stunday - ECK - @handcranked, @alinagrafik, @skarabara
🎨 #SundayFishSketch🐡- ‪@lampichthys ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

September 2025

#BlueSkyArtShowsss
Specific Days Year-Round
Unhosted 📸 # Challenges

Mondays
#AllMetalMonday
#Market Monday
#MinimalMonday
#MosaicMonday

Tuesdays
#TelephoneBox #Twosday
#TerraceTuesday
#TextureTuesday
#ThickTrunkTuesday
#TilesOnTuesday
#TinyWindowTuesday
#TulipTuesday

Wednesdays
#RoseWednesday
#WallsOnWednesday
#WaterfallWednesday
#WeirdBirdWednesday
#WhiteFlowerWednesday
#WindowWednesday
#WindowsOnWednesday
#WordlessWednesday

Thursdays
#AdoorableThursday
#ThrowbackThursday
#ThursdayBins
#ThursdayChairs
#Thursgate
#PubSignThursday

Fridays
#FerrousFriday
#FloralFriday
#FlowersonFriday
#FontsonFriday
#PubfrontFriday
#ShopfrontFriday

Saturdays (#Caturday)
#PostBoxSaturday
#SatARTday
#SaturdayStairs
#SteepleSaturday
#StripesonSaturday

Sundays
#FlowersonSunday
#SignsonSunday
#SilentSunday
#SundaySkies
#SundayYellow

***@saveredlandlibr has tons of suggestions for other daily hashtag challenges to participate in.

September 2025

#BlueSkyArtShowsss

Completed This Year, Monthly with a Daily Theme (May return next year – 2026)

Challenges Hosted on Bluesky

January
#Birbfest2025 - @monkeymintaka
#JanuArty/#JanuArty2025 - @whitneyyoh
#Creaturanuary - @spectralashwood
February
#FebruArty - @whitneyyoh
#FebArt/#FebArt25 - @elunajewelry
#FebruaryElemental - @omegamom
#Februllage - @missprinted @rhedfawell @edincollagecoll
#FishyFeb - @victoriapfeiffer
March
#MakersmARTch - @whitneyyoh
#MarchOfTheMammals - @shunosaurus
#MarchIntoLandscapes - @victoriapfeiffer
#mARTch - @elunajewelry
#MathArtMarch - @ayliean
#MutationMarch - @galusaurus ‬
#smARTist - @kac-art.bsky.social
April
#4Art25 - @elunajewelry
#acoloraDAYpril - @whitneyyoh
#AprilColors - @faunwood
#smARTist - @kac-art
May
#streamink2025/#doodleawaymay2025 - @streamink
#MayBlooms/MayLeaves - @birdsinboughs
#MayJewels25 - @elunajewelry
#Maysozoic - @paleorex
#MothMay - @loadofolbobbins
#shrknd0petography - @shrknd0
June
#dyicad2025/#daisyyellowart - @tammy999
#JuneSea - @birdsinboughs
#smARTist - @kac-art

July -
#dyicad2025/#daisyyellowart - @tammy999
#JuliArty - @whitneyyoh
#smARTist - @kac-art
#USkJulyPrompts2025 - @urbansketchers
August -
#AbstractAug - @wealiearts
#AuGhost2025 - @therealaughost
#AugustAdventures2025 - @byjessicaelena
#AvianAugust - @cookiedoves
#smARTist - @kelseycarnellart
#USkAugustPrompts2025 - @urbansketchers

Challenges Unhosted, Unidentified Host, Not Hosted on Bluesky
#Figuary, #frogfebruary
#Marchitecture
#Plein Airpril
#MerMay (mermains/mercreatures)
#DrawEverythingJune2025 @adorkastock.com, #Junicorn (unicorns),#Kaijune

September 2025

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Macaron (マカロン) @a-macaron.bsky.social · 12d

I have created an easy #artchallenge prompt list that is suitable for total beginners!

I chose simple fall and Halloween objects. You are challenged to draw one each day in any medium you'd like!

Hopefully the hashtag #easyautumn will work! 🎃

#art #halloween #fall #autumn

A jack o lantern and vibes surround a prompt list.

Text

Easy Autumn Challenge

1 Apple
2 sunflower
3 fox
4 mushroom
5 book
6 toad
7 tree
8 mug
9 squash
10 acorn
11 pinecone
12 leaf
13 crow
14 broom
15 spiderweb
16 candle
17 moon
18 owl
19 potion
20 jack o lantern
21 black cat
22 crystal ball
23 witch hat
24 candy
25 mask
26 cauldron
27 gravestone
28 bat
29 coffin
30 skull
31 ghost

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 12d

The Invertober prompt list for 2025 is HERE! If you’re looking for an invert-themed art prompt list for the month of October, here it is 🦀🪲🐚💕 #sciart #invertober #invertober2025

Invertober 2025
1. Japanese sea nettle (Chrysaora pacifica)
2. Red-banded leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea)
3. Giant green anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica)
4. Palmetto weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus)
5. Painted spiny lobster (Panulirus versicolor)
6. Buff-tip moth (Phalera bucephala)
7. Scaly foot gastropod (Chrysomallon squamiferum)
8. Bee-killer robber fly (Mallophora fautrix)
9. Flamboyant cuttlefish (Ascarosepion pfefferi)
10. Common earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris)
11. Dark fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus)
12. Pacific razor clam (Siliqua patula)
13. Banded sugar ant (Camponotus consobrinus)
14. Bobbit worm (Eunice aphroditois)
15. Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing
(Ornithoptera alexandrae)
‪16. Giant isopod (Bathynomus giganteus) ‬
17. Blue-lined flatworm (Pseudoceros concinnus)
18. Black & yellow mud dauber (Sceliphron caementarium)
19. Vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis)
20. By-the-wind sailor (Velella velella)
21. Flame skimmer dragonfly (Libellula saturata)
22. Sea angel (Clione limacina)
23. Pink sand dunes tiger beetle (Cicindela albissima)
24. New Zealand mussel (Perna canaliculus)
25. House centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata)
26. Sea bunny (Jorunna parva)
27. American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis)
28. Pearly green lacewing (Chrysopa perla)
29. Red sea urchin (Mesocentrotus franciscanus)
30. Christmas beetle (Anoplognathus pallidicollis)
31. Death’s-head hawk moth (Acherontia atropos)

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 7d

Happy #Invertober!

Japanese sea nettle (Chrysaora pacifica)

#SciArt #art #invertober2025

A digital painting of a Japanese sea nettle (Chrysaora pacifica), a jellyfish with dark striped pattern on its bell and tangled curly transparent tentacles surrounded by thin hair-like tentacles.

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Hedgehoggrl 📎🦔 🐈 📷 🎨 @hedgehoggrl.bsky.social · 6d

Purple doors, Paris.

#photography #EastCoastKin #AdoorableThursday
#PurpleThursday #Paris #DoorsOfParis

An ornately carvec blue-ish purple double door in an arched opening in an old stone building.

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Carl Paffendorf @pharmerfoto.bsky.social · 7d

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekNforNight
Contemplation
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BlueskyPhotography
#Art #Photography
#Broviravo #Color
#EastCoastKin

Dewy lily pads floating on a pond, lit by moonlight. Clouds and tree branches can be seen reflecting in the water.

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𝙲𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 @churchstreetimages.com · 10d

Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday October 4, 2025
The theme is #Relax

Any art, any skill level
Use both tags to be
included in our feed.
Multiple entries welcome

More details in the comments

#photography #drawing #painting #sketching #writing #poetry #watercolor

Photo of clouds in the sky with text over it reading:
Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday October 4, 2025
The theme is #Relax

Any art, any skill level
Use both tags to be
included in our feed.
Multiple entries welcome

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Hravn @hravn.bsky.social · 8d

#Birdoftheday is #white. (getting this in early)
Two terns at #Bolivar on the #GulfofMexico
#EastCoastKin #bird
#TidesOutTuesday

Two White Sea birds on wet sand with light grey wings, bright orange beaks and black caps. One has its wings up and the other is airborne. The gulf waters flow in the background.

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Hravn @hravn.bsky.social · 8d

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 9d

I have been finding an unusually large number of interdimensional portals on my walks recently. I am calling this one ‘Mystical Bridge Of The Shy Pissing Troll’.

A bridge over a clear river, with a mysterious pisslike stream of water hitting it from above.

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 10d

Art challenges for Sep 29–Oct 31

NEW: #ImageAndVerse (Sunday), #Spooktober (daily), #31DaysOfHalloween (daily), #BirdOfTheDay

See comments for host list + info from hosts

#ArtChallenges #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #art #painting #drawing #ArtPrompt

Art Challenges: Sept 29–Oct 5

Monday, September 29
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay (#PinkMon)
#SleepySep (#DressingGown)

Tuesday, September 30
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#TagTuesday (graffiti/street art)
#AnimalArtTuesday
#ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue)
#SleepySep (#BedtimeStory)

Wednesday, October 1
#WaterfallWednesday
#WindowsOnWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt (odd/unusual)
#ColorADay (#RedWed)
#Spooktober (#ghost)

Thursday, October 2
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens (#gates)
#ColorADay (#YellowThu)
#Spooktober (#mask)

Friday, October 3
#scape (any kind of scape)
#FishyFriday
#ForestFriday
#FoodOnFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay (#BWFri)
#Spooktober (#dungeon)

Saturday, October 4
#BNWmacro
#ColorADay (#GreenSat)
#BlueSkyArtShow (#relax)
#Spooktober (#weapon)

SUNday, October 5
#Stunday (stunning)
#ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone)
#BNWmacro
#ColorADay (#OrangeSun)
#SelfPortraitSunday (#masquerade)*
#Spooktober (#nightmare)

ALL WEEK
#31DaysOfHalloween (anything fall, Halloween, or spooky starting Oct 1)
#ArtYear (any art)
#ArtOfSelfPortraiture
#BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt)
#ClassicMono (monochrome)
#smArtist (purposeful art of any theme)
#AlphabetChallenge (#WeekNforNights)
#SensoryArt (#glamour)

*Embrace masks, costumes, or mystery

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Hravn @hravn.bsky.social · 9d

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