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Mariposa Miniatures @mariposaminiatures.bsky.social · Feb 8

Hi, hi Bluesky! I'm Mariposa 🦋
I'm a sculptor who makes happy little handmade friends and whimsical jewelry 💖
Hope to see you around!~

A hand holds a miniature green frog figurine.

Four pastel rice ball charms are lined up in a row.

Three metallic, berry pink fairy garden mushrooms sit in a moss garden.

A metallic red strawberry necklace hangs off of a velvet ring box.

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Nix (is TIRED) @nixsmis.bsky.social · 1d

🎃SPOOKY WING-ITS OPEN🎃
~36 hours only

link to FA journal for ALL INFO/TOS/etc (click this): www.furaffinity.net/journal/1123...

examples: www.furaffinity.net/gallery/alis...

Form link: forms.gle/BAedxRnWc1Mt...

#furryart #furry #art #commsopen

a small banner saying "Weekly Wing-its" in a large curly font, with a big bold "SPOOKY" curving over it in chunky orange letters, and prices underneath: "$95 flat colors" and "$160 simple cel shading". the background is heavily textured, with linework of previous character art filled in with various shades of purple, orange, and green for halloween

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Dan Johnson @coil.bsky.social · Aug 28

While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI:

At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.

AI impoverishes us at every step of the process:
- data centers pollute our environment
- energy use drives up costs
- content theft robs creators of income
- the actual output is used to displace workers and depress wages
- using it harms our mental health and impairs our competence
- the flood of AI slop is damaging our sociopolitical landscape

All in service of making a worse product - and world - to enrich a handful of already spectacularly wealthy people

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Kness @kness.bsky.social · 1d

New stuff coming up tomorrow maybe :)

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Britt Wilson @britterson.bsky.social · 1d

I know I’ve said this before but, I have definitely peaked this time.

My hand holding 4 cartoon crocodile ceramic charms (these ones are for your crocs!) each one has a different goofy face.

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Mariposa Miniatures @mariposaminiatures.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much for all of the love on these beetle friends 🥺💖
If you would like your own set of beetles to keep your plants company, I have lots of sparkly, color-shift beetle friends available here:
www.mariposa-miniatures.com/products/fai...

Fairy Garden Beetles (Set of 3)

Even your plants deserve some friends! These iridescent fairy garden beetles add a magical pop of color to your fairy gardens, potted plants, and terrariums. Each mini beetle has super shiny color-shi...

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Dayna @whimsycalling.bsky.social · 1d

Harvesting harvest moons is no easy task. First ya gotta wait for harvest time. Then ya gotta go to the moon. Then ya gotta sweet talk her into letting you harvest her. It's a whole thing.

#sospooky #cuteghost #ghostart #lightupghost #handmadeHalloween #whimsicalasheck

A light up ghost figurine with a starry witch hat carries an orange moon. Candycorn and fall leaves in the background

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Kenny Goblins @kennylogins.bsky.social · May 21

jazz!
@juhuachai
"optimal posting times" "stagger your posts" if you see me you see me. it's in gods hands and i am not praying
7:57 PM • 02 Mar 23

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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · Oct 17

o̶n̶e̶ ̶f̶l̶e̶s̶h̶,̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶e̶n̶d̶

colored piece, fanart of Harrow from Harrow the Ninth
she's floating into the black space, holding a giant sword close to her chest, frowning in anger and sadness, tear rolling down her face painted as a skull
she's surrounded by many skulls with "IX" on their forehead, and ribcages, and bones

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Channing 🔜 Designercon @littleguys3d.bsky.social · 2d

Ok here it is, the official Halloween shop announcement! Stock will be limited so set your alarms if you want any of this oops-all-cats Halloween update!
This Monday Oct. 13th at 6pm mountain time!

4 big and 4 small Skelly cats glowing brightly in the dark

A group of green and purple alien kitty figurines seemingly beaming down from a UFO, while an alien kitty in a smaller ufo little guys packaging is resting behind them

A set of four miniature cat figurines, a skeleton cat, ghost cat, black cat, and pumpkin cat. The skeleton is being picked up by a finger and thumb coming from the top left corner of the photo. All the figurines are about the size of a thumbnail.

Find your time zone and set an alarm!
Pacific: 5pm
Mountain: 6pm
Central: 7pm
Eastern:8pm
Hawaii: 2pm

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Strat Lacy Art @stratlacyart.bsky.social · 3d

Hey y'all, just 13 more until I reach my goal for these!

stratlacyart.com

Art Tshirt with the phrase "RADICALIZED BY BASIC DECENCY" surrounded by flowers.

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Mariposa Miniatures @mariposaminiatures.bsky.social · 2d

Oh my gosh I am IN AWE at the level of expression all these kitties have. And the black cat with the hair standing up? Amazing 1000/10 😍

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Dayna @whimsycalling.bsky.social · 3d

Will this post help me hit 1k followers? I just need two more please 😁
These will all be available for preorder this Friday on my website Whimsycalling.com

#cats #spookycat #cutehalloween #halloween2025 #sculpture #catcore

3 Figurines. From the left, a black hissing cat, a Candycorn cat hybrid, and a pumpkin with a cat face. Surrounded by fall leaves, Candycorn and twinkly lights in the background

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Alma K. Rowan @almakrowan.bsky.social · 3d

🍂🍄🌼

#art

An illustration I did in 2023; a small fairy traveler with a flower for a hat, standing on a top of a mushroom, looking up and ahead. There are falling leaves around her, and a single flower just by the mushroom she's standing on.

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Mariposa Miniatures @mariposaminiatures.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you so much 🥰

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 5d

This right here. I love my art friends and art community, but I'm also trying to run a business as a freelancer/selling products and I need the reach! Every time we scatter to different platforms it's a little harder to exist as a working artist whose primary visibility is only online.

Up On Goblin Hill @upongoblinhill.bsky.social · 5d

As much as folks might not want to believe it, artists who sell their work cannot survive exclusively on platforms that cater to primarily other artists. The Circulating The Same Five Dollars™️ model can't feed us or pay bills for long. We need places where we can be seen and discovered.

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Vero.Doodles @verodoodles.bsky.social · 4d

Say 6 (Ring) of #peachtober25

A cute fairy found a lost ring! I really love the idea of small people / big world and had a lot of fun getting to play with that here! I especially love her leaf and flower petal clothing!🧚‍♀️💍✨

#peachtober #fairy #kidlit #illustration #spotillustration #fairycore #art

A small fairy wearing green leaves and flower petals as a dress, is holding a large golden diamond ring and has it on around her waist. Her wings are reddish pink and look to be resembling a flower. Her hair is pinkish blonde and her eyes are green. She also has a small golden sword charm on her hip. She looks surprised at the size of the ring as she tries to hold it up. She also has a small flower on her head, fashioned like a bow. She stands between two sets of large blades of grass sprouting from the earth.

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Chet (The Beast Boutique) @thefategremlin.bsky.social · 9d

Bunch'a new turtles up and ready for adoption.

thebeastboutique.etsy.com

[ #thebeastboutique #queermarket #geometric #lgbtart ]

two turtle magnet figurines. on the left the turtle shell is painted in the colors of the bi pride flag. on the right, the shell is painted in the colors of the rainbow flag.

the shop name, the beast boutique, watermarks the image.

three turtle magnets painted in Jewel tones with metallic accents.

left to right, a deep blue turtle with horizontal golden stripes on one side of its shell, an alternating polka dots on the other.

a dark purple turtle with a line of gold dots down the center of its shell. corresponding diagonal lines radiate out from the central line, angling upwards on the top of the shell, and downwards on the bottom half. The space left by the two sets of lines on either side of the shell is filled with more matching lines

a dark green turtle with silver dots down the center of its shell. corresponding diagonal lines radiate out from the central dots, angling upwards on the top half of the shell, and downwards on the bottom half of the shell. the negative space left by the two sets of diagonal lines, there are more polka dots.

the shop name, the beast boutique, watermarks the image.

a photograph of a row of three sleeping Fox figurines, and a row of matching turtle magnet figurines in front of them.

back to front, left to right, the figurines are painted thusly:

pink Fox with golden ripples, emerald green Fox with geometric shapes outlined in gold, black fox with a faux mosaic look outlined in gold.

pink turtle with golden chevrons and scales, green turtle with golden diagonal lines on the shell, and black turtle with cool gold, silver and copper dots decorating the shell like chains running parallel to one another.

the shop name, the beast boutique, watermarks the image.

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beverlylove / Bev Johnson @bevsi.bsky.social · 4d

you actually don’t need to justify your clothes or home decor being colorful with “girlhood” or “inner child” like maybe u just like to have fun

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Mariposa Miniatures @mariposaminiatures.bsky.social · 4d

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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value in art 💫 artist support @illusshare.bsky.social · 7d

{shares 🙏} ♡☆ Welcome to value in art! 🎨 an account to share your #commissions #store and #adoptables ! ♡ our mission is to offer a helping hand to artists and an accesible place of reference for art lovers who are looking to get some art 🩷

a digital illustration showing art items (brushes, an eraser, a tablet and some pencils) with a graphic on top detailing how to get shared by this account, steps are tagging @illusshare.bsky.social or #VIASHARE in the post or reply! NO AI ALLOWED

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H (エイチ) @therealhanamaru.bsky.social · 13d

Gotta participate in this year's -tober challenge

SLEEPTOBER 2025 COMING IN CINEMA NEAR YOU

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Nicole 🐸🌿 shop update live! 🎃 @munespice.bsky.social · 11d

im hosting an october prompt list called #smalltalestober 🐸 feel free to join in weekly or daily or whatever works for you :3

This October, I will be hosting Small Tales-tober - #smalltalestober - an art prompt meant to encourage storytelling, creating characters, and celebrating both tall AND small tales :) 📚

Information: There are 6 overarching themes to break up the month with 31 total prompts for folks to have fun and interpret!

🐸October 1-5 is Hocus Croakus🐸
-Magic frog, spells, broom, bog, cauldron-

🌙October 6-10 is Dance in the Woods 🌙
-moonlight, bug band, dark forest, ghosts, waltz-

🫖October 11-15 is Critter Tea Party🫖
-teapot, candles, little chairs, top hat, caterpillar-

🪴October 16-20 is Fantastic Garden🪴
-roses, snails, seedlings, bloom, greenhouse-

🍄October 21-25 is Fairy Circle🍄
-mushrooms, goblins, decay, mossy log, fossil-

🎃October 26-31 is Harvest Festival🎃
-bat, costumes, spirits, underworld, feast, jack o’ lantern-

🍂How to Join In🍂
• Create something inspired by the weekly theme and/or the daily prompts. Feel free to join in weekly, daily, whenever is most fun ☺️
• Since this prompt list used to be called #froggyfall , frogs are still highly encouraged!! 🐸
• Any medium welcome (except generative AI). Writing, music, paint, digital art, collaging, textile arts, sculpture, photography you name it :D
• Be sure to tag both #smalltalestober and #smalltalestober2025 so we can find the art!
• Browse the tags and try to encourage each other’s creations when you can!

An additional info pic that says to have fun! Work will be featured with permission on IG @smalltalestober and it’s important to tag work with #smalltalestober and #smalltalestober2025

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Gay Breakfast @gaybreakfast.bsky.social · 12d

Sincerely, thank you so much. 💙❤️

It’s been a scary time to be queer indie artists. From gen-ai and tariffs, to attacks on free speech, we are navigating some stormy skies. We are so grateful to have your support in any capacity. Thank you!

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Gay Breakfast @gaybreakfast.bsky.social · 12d

📣🐦‍⬛ real artists making cool shit! 🎨🌈

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“Hell yeah!” Screams a crow against a rainbow backdrop, their eyes sparkling in trans colors.

The crow is clearly the Chaotic Queer Corvid Collector familiar, now showing off their rainbow tipped chest feathers as they raise their wings and smile, “Real artists are still making cool shit!”

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 21d

Just in case some people missed the memo:
DO NOT USE ULINE. EVER.

IDGAF if you think they "have the best prices" or "have the best tape". Buying from them because of one of those reasons just tells me your morals have a price tag.

Throw your packaging sources in the comments.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 21d

Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.

Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.

(Published 2022)

That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial

A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.

www.propublica.org

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