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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · Oct 16

Support ya Sammy, Makin' rad arts! | #VisibleNB |🇨🇦
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I'm on most other social media:
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Ian Zell @ianzell.bsky.social · 1h

This pikmin art I made a while ago has a whole new meaning since the recent Nintendo teaser

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · Sep 2

Akadenchu - [yokai] - An adorable Tanuki which disguises itself as a young child wearing a red denchu (a type of sleeveless Haori.) - At twilight, it asks adult passerby to carry them on their backs, when picked up, it cheers! flapping its legs like a child. Cute!! - samkalensky.com/products/aka...

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 1d

Excited to see ya'll at the NightmareBeforeXmas market this weekend!
www.instagram.com/reel/DPjXCQt...
I'll be sure to take some pics to share here too <3

vendor spotlight samkalensky nightmarebeforechristmas market oct 11th & 12th
1880 triumph street vancouver bc

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 3h

Could be but it’s definitely a muscle thing, persisting today as well 😵‍💫😮‍💨

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 2d

Muku-mukabaki - [Yokai] - Riding Chaps made from a deers pelt, worn by a nobleman who was assassinated during a hunting trip on Mount Akazawa. His death inspired his orphaned sons to avenge him, however unlike the valiant Soga Bros, These chaps are as timid as a deer! samkalensky.com/products/muk...

Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro (百器徒然袋) [1784]

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 22d

To celebrate the 5th anniversary of my Yokai zine project; I’ve made the PDFs for both zines available via my patreon for purchase;
•Part 1: www.patreon.com/posts/139043...
•Part 2: www.patreon.com/posts/139038...
also available for all supporters pledging $5 or more!
• patreon.com/samkalensky

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 16h

Good to know I’m not alone haha thanks😂❤️😵‍💫

SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 16h

Thankfully Not feeling sick just sore

SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 16h

Thank you 😵‍💫

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · 19h

The Man With Many Faces: Japanese Urban Legends youtube.com/shorts/OVnp8...

Japanese urban legends in under 60 seconds!

#japanesehorror

The Man With Many Faces: Japanese Urban Legends

YouTube video by Tara A. Devlin

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 16h

I sneezed really hard earlier and turned my head at the wrong moment and I think I sprained my neck or somethin’ cause it hurts swallow now. 😵‍💫 (muscle pains)

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 18h

Here. Have a small bunny cake.

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jam @jammyness.bsky.social · 1d

This is still open. Canadians, if you're concerned about payment processors interfering with your ability to access legal content (and stand with adult creatives against censorship), make sure to sign!

Michelle Keep @jmkeep.bsky.social · Sep 3

Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators.

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

#nsfw #censorship #canpoli

@acvalens.net

Petition e-6695 - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · 1d

Excited to see ya'll at the NightmareBeforeXmas market this weekend!
www.instagram.com/reel/DPjXCQt...
I'll be sure to take some pics to share here too <3

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · Sep 28

The Squasholiger. - [Fearsome Critter] - A friend to farmers, it Is grown to hunt garden pests! One part lion, One part tiger, One Part Squash! it might be the result of Tigrine Cat-Squashes, mingling with tom-cats! - samkalensky.com/products/squ...

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · Oct 8

Cougarfish - [Fearsome Critter] - a tremendous species resembling the catfish caught along the Mississippi, but far larger & incomparably more savage, named for their huge hind claws they reach up & pull log-driving lumbermen under, quickly ripping them to shreds... samkalensky.com/products/cou...

a fearsome fish with claws on its fins. - art by samkalensky.com

@samkalensky a fearsome fish with claws on its fins!

@SamKalensky - a fish with claws on its fins!

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · Oct 9

Hidebehind - [Fearsome Critter] - Best described as: "The terrifying sensation of being watched or stalked by an unkown presence through the woods at night." - because its so elusive and fast, no satisfactory description of it exists. Full story: samkalensky.com/products/hid...

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · Nov 26

Kicklesnifter - [Fearsome Critter] - A small creature, very shy they hide in beards & are constantly giggling to themselves - Only seen peeking out at you when you're drowsy and about to drift off to dreamland after a delightful dinner... ~ DEEP DIVE: samkalensky.com/products/kic...

a small buggy guy with four arms and a hat hes laughing at u. - Kicklesnifter art by @samkalensky (on the piano)

a small buggy guy with four arms and a hat hes laughing at u. - Kicklesnifter art by @samkalensky (on a plant)

a small buggy guy with four arms and a hat hes laughing at u. - Kicklesnifter art by @samkalensky ( on a tree )

a small buggy guy with four arms and a hat hes laughing at u. - Kicklesnifter art by @samkalensky (hes hiding in my hair)

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · Jan 27

Flambeau Ambler - [Fearsome Critter] - Shades of the "All Blue!" - This mystery fish from Flambeau Lake, Wisconsin was said to have been any chef's dream meat: its texture and taste changed depending on how it was prepared. It was quickly overfished. – More: samkalensky.com/products/fla...

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · Apr 3

Hinoshu - [Yokai/KaNoMushi] - A hard worm or polyp that rolls around the spleen of the host, causing extreme pain & dizziness. it gets excited when viewing pleasant sights such as Zen gardens, ruining the atmosphere. Cured with rare acupuncture techniques. - samkalensky.com/products/hin...

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · Nov 13

Sazae-Oni - [yokai] - These monstrous molluscs are said to disguise themselves as beautiful woman who dance on sparkling waves on moonlit nights, or otherwise act as a drowning damsels in distress, a front to stealing sailors treasures & "family jewels" 🐚🌕 Full story: samkalensky.com/products/saz...

a fearocious monsterous mollusc appears from its shell holding two golden balls in each hand! art sticker by samkalensky 2024

sam holds up the sea shell with the yokai sticker inside against the autumn leaves in the background

the sticker resting on a lush background samkalensky 2024

The inspiration for my piece was Toriyama sekien's bestiary, "horde of haunted housewears" 1784 drawn during the edo period

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · Jan 17

Today I logged in, opened social media read some comments, immediately felt like tearing off a robots head, so I did!!!! 8D - 🚫🤖 - Nab one here: samkalensky.com/products/sup...

a sticker featuring a decapitated blue robot with NOAI painted on its forehead oil seeps out from below, text reads: "NO SPAMBOTS. SUPPORT HUMAN ARTISTS. CREATEDONTSCRAPE.COM"

the same sticker with more stickers in the background.

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · May 18

Wara Ningyo - [Curse] - An effigy made of straw, tied with string typically into the shape of a human. These dolls were intended to be used as protective wards against disease but today they're more infamously tied to curses & dark rituals (Ushi no Koku Mairi) samkalensky.com/products/war...

an unhappy straw doll nailed to the bottom of a tree branch. art sticker by samkalensky

a straw doll nailed to a tree art by samkalensky

Samkalenskys art of Hashihime/the hour of the ox ritual: https://samkalensky.com/products/ushi-no-koku-mairi

Toriyama sekien Edo period Gazu hyakki yagyo.

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · May 17

Mekurabe - [Yokai] - An Immeasurable number of vengeful, ghostly skulls of those killed by Warlords. They pile up in massive skull-shaped mounds outside of their mansions, their cold gaze unrelenting. Taira no Kiyomori glared them down as though in a staring contest.. samkalensky.com/products/mek...

a pile of skulls stare at you - art sticker by samkalensky.com.

Samkalensky detail shot. I love my wave haori.

Toriyama Sekien’s Konjaku hyakki shūi [1781]

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SamKalensky @samkalensky.com · May 14

Menreiki - (面霊気) - [Yokai | Noh masks] - sixty six ancient Noh masks that where brought to life as they where perhaps "enchanted by the raw talent of the performer who first wore them" well maybe these masks came alive, perhaps from the proceeding decades of neglect.. samkalensky.com/products/men...

Menreiki - (面霊気) - [Yokai | Noh mask] - "Spirit-Masks" - "Sixty Six Ancient Noh Masks that where said to be brought to life as they where perhaps "enchanted the talent of the performer who first wore them."  These masks, once used in outstanding performances, gained a soul themselves: Either from the essence of the performers raw talent, or perhaps through the following decades of neglect... It has been said that when Noh masks are left alone; they may move at night, if more than 4 are gathered they might start talking.. It's important to take good care of such treasures!"

a ghostly mask radiates spiritual energy Samkalensky.com

Menreiki floats above several masks loin the ones that appear in the following photo

the original menreiki - Toriyama Sekiens Hyakki Treasure Bokkuro [1784]

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