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sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social
an octopus made of sandpaper
@sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social
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they/he. transmasc agender, aroace. artist, writer, 27-year-old spider I post pictures of my OCs and bugs mostly. my links: linktr.ee/sandpaperoctopi #art / #oc / #writing / #invertebrates / #cats
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an octopus made of sandpaper @sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social · Apr 8
Hi happy #PortfolioDay !

I'm Morgan, a queer artist mostly focused on original character and nature subjects. I have a shop, and I do commissions through Ko-fi!

🛍️ Shop ☕ Ko-fi 🔗 More Links
Illustration of a dark-colored snail. The body is sort of dark gray with reddish streaks and lines along the top and sides. The shell is dark brown and turning lighter and warmer in color as it spirals in. The background is off-white with squiggles and little stars. Drawing of a very long scaly pinkish gray dragon with curved black horns, a hairy gray mane, bird feet, and a somewhat humanlike face. The dragon, named Eve, has one foot on the shoulder of a human trans guy named Aster who looks like he is struggling under the weight. Aster is pale with wavy blond hair, and he is wearing a white blouse and brown pants and boots. The background is blue with a tan border. Drawing of two winged guys on a blue sort of stained glass-like background with a yellow lace-like border. There is a dark circle behind them. One guy, Lace, is a bit smaller with top surgery scars and curly brown hair. He is wearing star earrings and white pants, and he has long, narrow wings like a barn swallow. He is holding a knife to the throat of the other guy. The other guy, Nemato, is paler with long red hair. He is wearing a white skirt and has more rounded wings patterned like a shrike. Lace looks angry, but Nemato looks almost calm, or even enamored, and is not fighting back. The two guys are glowing a bit. Drawing of four sturgeon swimming through the water with bubbles. The first is brown and swimming to the right while the rest swim to the left. The second is bluish-gray and has a little chip out of a fin. The third is pale yellowish brown and slim. The fourth is darker and gray.
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SAHASA 🐙 @sculptedreef.com · 2h
🩵 Everybody's favorite and uniquely colorful Octopus species 🐙 O. briareus 😌 (Caribbean Reef Octopus)

🐙 Hand sculpted from clay
🪸 Patiently made from tiny glass beads

#ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
A close up of a fairly large sculpture depicting the species Caribbean Reef Octopus, a bluish teal octopus with a maroon webbed pattern. A small sculpture depicting the species Caribbean Reef Octopus. A bluish teal octopus with warm bronze patches. It is holding a genuine pearl. A mixed media artwork featuring a hand sculpted octopus depicting the species Caribbean Reef Octopus. With many colorful hand crafted corals made from tiny glass beads. A close up of a Caribbean Reef Octopus sculpture with some beaded corals.
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aorticinkwell.bsky.social
✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 2h
⭐️Hello~ I’m Nicole a.k.a. “Aortic Inkwell”⭐️

I’m an artist that loves to draw sad dreamy elves and silly plague doctor comics.

Check the link below for other platforms I’m active on as well as ways to support my work~

✨ ko-fi.com/aorticinkwell ✨
Image of five separate pieces sampling my art. Top left: Sad elf languishing in furs and jewelry. Bottom left: Sketch of an elf with decorative feathers adoring their headwrap. Middle: A horned, winged, fiery elf spirit. Top right: Sketch of an elf witch. Bottom right: illustration of a worried looking elf.
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sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social
an octopus made of sandpaper @sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social · 2h
trans unicorn
Rough sketch of a unicorn person excitedly pointing to himself and saying "boy!" over and over to a confused trans man that is sitting near him.
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fossilforager.bsky.social
Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 7h
FALL SHOP UPDATE! 🍁
New enamel pins, stickers, prints, and so much more will be added to my site this Friday 10/10 @ 11 am PDT!
You can preview everything here!
🛒🐛: shop.fossilforager.art
A mockup image with white bubbled text that reads “Shop Update! October 10th @ 11 am PDT” with a link url below (shop.fossilforager.art). There is a collage of sticker sheets and enamel pins around the text, featuring insects and deep sea marine creatures on a whale skeleton. The sticker sheets have weevils and sea creatures. They are placed on a yellow-orange gradient.
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velveteenmango.bsky.social
Velveteen Mango 🥭 ⭐ @velveteenmango.bsky.social · 5h
performance [OCs - Kiki and Darpan]
Digital art piece of two characters. Kiki smiles and claps as Darpan hits a dance pose. They are indoors, in a place with yellow walls and doors, it is nostalgic and dreamy.
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blessedscavengers.bsky.social
phoenix @blessedscavengers.bsky.social · 9h
it’s been ages since I’ve posted here but I’ve added a couple new sticker designs to my shop for my fellow bird lovers! blessedscavengers.etsy.com
#birdart #etsyshop #art #animalart #turkeyvulture #blackandwhitewarbler #linocut
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kyphi.bsky.social
Kyphi🦇 Comms Open @kyphi.bsky.social · 9h
A comm I did a few weeks ago for @poetofchaos.bsky.social of a tender moment between their boys Corvell (L) and Fallastiel (R).
#commission #art
Two men stand facing each other. The left is clad in red and black, with a crown of spikes and roses on his head. The right had long, wavy purple hair, dressed in simple clothes. He has his hand resting on Corvell's (L) lower back, and his other hand resting gently in Corvell's. Behind them is a simple gold frame
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kyphi.bsky.social
Kyphi🦇 Comms Open @kyphi.bsky.social · 9h
A PWYW #commission done for @foolsunberry.bsky.social of their gorgeous OC Ilya! #art
A figure is sat with a pipe in their right hand. Smoke drifts lazily and frames the figure, who is looking at the viewer
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vexnir.bsky.social
Adam 🪿 @vexnir.bsky.social · 9h
Fall fashion catalogue 👢👢🍄

#art #cuteart #gouache
Two gouache illustrations shaped like postal stamps, side by side. The first one is a ghost wearing a triangular red hat and brown leather boots with high heels. The second one is a blushing amanita mushroom holding its hat, with „fashionable” written underneath
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zuccnini.bsky.social
Zuccnini 🎃🦖 @zuccnini.bsky.social · 8h
Goobi on the Heirloom pumpkins
[ #art #watercolor #oc ]
Watercolor artwork of Goobi on green and orange pumpkins
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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 7h
I've been seeing my favorite fuzzy friends around! 🍂🐛
Illustration of a wooly (sometimes spelled woolly) bear caterpillar. It's fuzzy and cute and has a happy little smile. There's lines radiating around it and above it says "it's wooly time!" in lowercase hand lettering. The background is a light orange checkered pattern.
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byjessicaelena.bsky.social
Jessica Elena @byjessicaelena.bsky.social · 20h
LEAF!!

#art #peachtober
A playful digital drawing with lots of doodles and scribbles, featuring flowers, leaves, a frog guy, a ladybug and a fish.
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ellohcee.bsky.social
Ello @ellohcee.bsky.social · 20h
Artober 4 - eclipse
#art
Digital art of a dragon cast in shadow, looking up at the dark sky which shows a solar eclipse, bursts of light showing around the edges. The sky is filled with stars, some of which are swirling towards the center. In the lower half the sky lightens, partially obscured by clouds of peach and teal.
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aiksandatoms.bsky.social
🪻Aiks/Atom (working on OC site) @aiksandatoms.bsky.social · 19h
#bweirdoctober2025 #atomland #oc #OCsky
Day 7: Home
Most of the CoA characters live in an apartment building shaped like the periodic table!
Art of my OC Oskar, a blue haired person with a flower crown. They’re giving a tour of Atomland’s apartment estates, a green building shaped like a periodic table. The background is colored primrose yellow, green and teal. The piece is titled “Welcome to the Estates!”, with Oskar commenting “And yes, it’s shaped like the periodic table.” in a separate panel. Oskar introducing someone to the Estates, a periodic table shaped apartment building. Text reads “Hi, I’m Oskar, and welcome to Atomland! Starting with our first stop…the estates!” An apartment hallway with doors labeled 28, 29 and 30.
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pipagaopoetry.bsky.social
Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 22h
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We’re still going!

@sfdirewolf.bsky.social @thellpsx.bsky.social

#ConnectingGaza
Two Years of Genocide+: Crips Aren’t Done Sending eSims to Gaza
Two Years of Genocide+: Crips Aren’t Done Sending eSims to Gaza   Two years, what the fuck. It really has been two years to the day since Israel’s heightened and prolonged genocide against the…
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sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social
an octopus made of sandpaper @sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social · 21h
more munias 📷
Photo of two male scaly-breasted munias visiting a clay water dish in the grass. They are small, round birds that are mostly brown with a black and white scaly chest.
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deathbyufo.bsky.social
🌜 DeathByUFO 🌞 @deathbyufo.bsky.social · 21h
#bweirdOCtober2025 -Day 7: Home

Thought this was a fun little idea. Home is where the pictures of your loved ones are or something.
#art #oc
A drawing of a fancy photo frame on a table next to a fancy lamp. Inside the frame is a picture of Benjamin, Joshua, and Casey smiling together
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irrlichtwinter.bsky.social
Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 1d
Day seven of #invertober
Scaley-Foot Gastropod

Today was a real struggle, but tkat said, we made it a whole week! :D
#invertober25
drawing of a snail on a dark blue background. The snail has a beige and orange coloured house on its back. Its body is read, transitioning into a foot covered in many beige scales.
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dinoserious.bsky.social
cambrian epic wet animal @dinoserious.bsky.social · 1d
#invertober day 7 scaly footed gastropod

#invertober2025
geometric art of a scaly footed gastropod on a background of a stylized cutout-esque ocean floor. "SCALY FOOT" is written in large white letters, arrow pointing to the gastropod
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zuccnini.bsky.social
Zuccnini 🎃🦖 @zuccnini.bsky.social · 4d
This weeks shop update: More plush pals!

Any plush order this month comes with a free tiny clay halloween cookie! (the one on the purple one's head)
ko-fi.com/zuccnini/shop
[ #art #plush ]
Photograph of many tiny plush dinosaurs with different hats around a gorde pumpkin Plush dinosaurs around a tiny pumpkin
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petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 1d
Day 7 #Invertober2025 - Scaly foot gastropod (Chrysomallon squamiferum) 🐌

SNAIL. BYE.

#SciArt #invertebrates
semi-realistic drawing of a Scaly foot gastropod, a very fancy black shiny shelled snail with a red soft body but it is covered in little black scales, on a black background. semi-realistic drawing of a Scaly foot gastropod, a very fancy black shiny shelled snail with a red soft body but it is covered in little black scales, on a white background.
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luckybunnie268.bsky.social
libby/lucky/bunnie 🐰💜🐇🩵 @luckybunnie268.bsky.social · 1d
🪼💜✨ #digitalart #illustration #art
swirly stylized jellyfish on a bright aquamarine blue background
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sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social
an octopus made of sandpaper @sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social · May 2
I wanted to draw that pose too, so here's another unicorn :)
#oc #ocsky #art 🎨
Drawing of a lilac and tan-colored faun-like unicorn lying on their back eating flowers, their legs crossed in the air. They have a fluffy mane and goat beard, a chipped gold horn in the middle of their forehead, golden hooved feet, and a long fluffy tail. Their head is resting on a fallen log like a pillow, and there are yellow and white flowers, rocks, grass, and brown butterflies around them. They look a bit grumpy at being disturbed. There is an apple beside them, another snack.
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quilbug.bsky.social
Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 1d
Doing a little peak👀

🪲ID Guess: Variable Ladybird
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts
A photograph of a ladybird peeking over the edge of a green leaf. From this angle, the dark underside of the beetle can be seen. Its head, thorax, legs and elytron are a bright yellow-orange while its underbelly, eyes and edges of its elytron are black.
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an octopus made of sandpaper @sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social · 1d
munia time 📷
Photo of several scaly-breasted munias perched in a lantana bush. They are very small brown birds. The male has a scaly-looking chest and darker back while the female is plain.
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