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Tara Bush

@tarabush.bsky.social

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Fine Art / Illustration https://linktr.ee/tarabushart She/Her Fanart: Dreampencil 🚫 A/l

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Tara Bush @tarabush.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hello #portfolioday
I'm Tara, I'm a freelance artist, and I love dark, surreal, dreamy art. 👩‍🎨

You can get in touch here:
✉️ [email protected]
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A charcoal drawing on toned paper I did of a photograph I took of my friend's daughter. The angle is from below, and the lighting is creating subtle eerie shadows. I wanted a macabre effect to this art, it is unclear if this is a floating head... and also her eyes are translucent, so she appears in a trance. There are mysterious marking down the side of her cheek.

Close up pencil drawing of an eye looking to it's left/straight forward, with what looks like spiders legs crawling out from the bottom lid. There appears to be bits of spider web around the eye. I wanted to create the effect of a sinister symbiotic relationship. The 'host' looks strangely complicit. The artwork is entitled 'Home'.

Pencil and charcoal portrait of agent cooper from twin peaks. The light source is from the viewers right, and casting strong shadows to the right of his face (viewer's left). Black and white.

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Djamila Knopf @Polaris #196 @djamilaknopf.bsky.social · 10h

I painted a cat in a drawer. medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper

a painting of a white cat lying in a drawer full of cutlery and miscellaneous items

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Nessa Tweneboah ✨ @thepotenpro.bsky.social · 2d

#iwtv
Obsessed with these vampires

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Ste Johnson @steillustrates.bsky.social · 9h

Dreaming Gods Illustration idea for @wolf359project.bsky.social #startrek #wolf359

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 11h

manifesting the concept of consequences

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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EmilyMegan Art 🌙 @emilymeganart.bsky.social · 16h

I am SUPER excited to share that I am one of the finalists in the Beacon Creature Design category from the Concept Art Association competition!🤩

I am absolutely fully stunned, shocked and beyond honoured to be alongside such established and skilled artists!

#conceptart #creaturedesign

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 20h

Daily bunny no.3101 flying by night

A bunny catches a flight by holding both legs of a bat, who is flying across a starry night sky. Another bat follows closely behind them, and they are currently going over a small body of water.

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Emily L'Orange 🦆🍊 @emilylorange.bsky.social · 23h

ive been working on several rather big pieces or projects and its a good problem to have but it does mean that my little pea brain is not feeling progress even when i put multiple hours a day in

so here's a quick little win for me, a study to warm up for the week #art 🦢
ref by @trueref.bsky.social

a digital painting of a woman crouched on a white box, in front of a white studio background. she is posed in such a way that she is looking at the viewer directly, though her head is tilted forward. she is wearing sporty black underwear but is otherwise nude, with light highlighting her shoulders and hair, and long, sharp, prosthetic claws on her fingers.

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Justin McElroy @thoughtographic.bsky.social · 22h

Mothman

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schmandrew @schmandrewart.bsky.social · 1d

James C Mulligan is a joke passing himself off as a real artist.

The evidence is damning.

Ki @ SHOP IS OPEN ✨ @gawki.bsky.social · 2d

James C Mulligan is going after vids and people who call him out for selling AI images. He’s using copyright as an excuse to get them removed, which is so baffling considering he’s a serial tracer. He has claimed official Bambi background art as his own, but there’s so much more.

A long 🧵

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @hayao.lol · 2d

this AI crap has exactly the same vibe as Chili Discourse, a bunch of bad faith shitheads trying to make nothing into something through sheer volume

I'll be doing my part by blocking every single AI advocate that crosses my path bc I simply do not care enough to sort them out

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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 2d

Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916), “Interior of Courtyard, Strandgade 30” (1899), oil on canvas, 47 x 66 cm.

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Tara Bush @tarabush.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, that's definitely an idea :)
You can always use a different medium, gouache or oils?

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Tara Bush @tarabush.bsky.social · 2d

Draw a screenshot from some classic b&w film...might ignite a spark

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 3d

Both seasons of Interview with the Vampire are on Netflix. One of the best literary adaptations in the history of television, it takes all the source material's strengths and transmogrifies all its weaknesses, like The Terror. Cruel, disgusting, sexy as fuck. Plus: Eric Bogosian! Do not walk, RUN.

Sam Reid as Lestat and Jacob Anderson as Louis in Interview with the Vampire

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Tisha Mark @tishamark.com · 3d

Something tiny for you today 🎨

Tisha Mark ©2025, Tiny Moment No. 2501, oil on Arches oil paper, 3"x3"

Original is available:
tishamark.com/product/tiny...

#art #painting #bsnm #TraditionalArt #ArtYear

Photo of a hand holding an original seascape oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Tiny Moment No. 2501" oil on Arches oil paper, 3"x3" (2025). Seascape painting with a white textured clouds in a dark stormy sky over a dark blue sea with a rocky shore that has hints of green moss and red algae. A paint palette with puddles of oil paint and a palette knife are visible in the background.

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Tara Bush @tarabush.bsky.social · 4d

😍

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Bru.ib⭐ @bruib.bsky.social · 4d

⚪If you see this, post something monochromatic⚫

Unusually for me, this is an IRL artwork.
A paper experiment, made from 100's of paper strips.
#art #paperArt #darkArt #quilling

Paper, folded and curved into a flowing abstract design.

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Interview With The Vampire Fanpage @iwtvupdates.bsky.social · 5d

Forbes celebrates the premiere of #InterviewWithTheVampire Season 2 on Netflix, noting how AMC’s decision to invest in #IWTV proves that prestige TV with bold, unapologetically queer story and complex LGBTQ+ characters can thrive with the support of a committed studio and passionate fanbase.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5d

The reviews for Bad Pedophile are in! Such as "Haven't laughed this much at a movie in my life, 4/5 stars."

Probably haven't ever laughed as much or as consistently at a movie before

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Tara Bush @tarabush.bsky.social · 5d

Salt beef beigel!

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Tara Bush @tarabush.bsky.social · 5d

Oh my god...jealous

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Tara Bush @tarabush.bsky.social · 5d

Ooooh love

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Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 5d

Meditate noodling over a previous daily

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Jaws Stone - indefinite hiatus @jaws-stone.bsky.social · 7d

Apologies for this post, but I've more or less hit rock bottom. I am emotionally exhausted and burnt out. I've not drawn for weeks and by now it does not feel like an easy fix. If you have any desire to support me, it'd mean more than ever as I physically can't work atm.
www.patreon.com/only_jaws

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Patreon is empowering a new generation of creators. Support and engage with artists and creators as they live out their passions!

www.patreon.com

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Vanessa McKee @vanessamckee.bsky.social · 6d

Aunt Gladys

Watercolor portrait of a terrifying Amy Madigan in the movie WEAPONS.

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