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Michael C
@avech.bsky.social
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I exist. So do you.
I post pictures and videos of things I have seen.
I post pictures of music I am listening to.
Let's share these experiences.
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Michael C @avech.bsky.social · Mar 13
September 30 2017
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I'm calling it here. I tried to develop a picture that didn't really draw the eye anywhere. Mixed Media illustration of Rayquaza for my friend! #8x10 #pokemon #fanart #pokeart #canvas #markerart #mixedmedia #watercolor #Rayquaza #dragon #dynamic #borderless #signed
A water color illustration of Rayquaza from pokemon. Rayquaza is a green Chinese dragon with a slender snake-like body. It is descending from dark clouds and its mouth is open. The dragon itself is brightly contrasted to the background. There are fine lines drawn around the creature itself to help distinguish some detail in the design. The background colors are out of focus. On the lower portion of colors there is some more inking of abstract lining. It helps to give a sense of motion and definition to that portion. Over the whole illustration is a white marker for highlights. There is some used to represent smoke coming out from its mouth and around its face. There are limited highlights among the dark colors at the top of the picture helping to represent clouds. There are more highlights around the monster helping to represent motion.
January 10, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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Second step - some more colors and lines. I'm very proud of the mush line work down below. I feel it makes the picture have more movement #8x10 #WiP #pokemon #fanart #pokeart #markerart #watercolor #fineliner #Rayquaza #dragon #dynamic #scene
A water color illustration of Rayquaza from pokemon. Rayquaza is a green Chinese dragon with a slender snake-like body. It is descending from dark clouds and its mouth is open. The dragon itself is brightly contrasted to the background. There is thin line work all around the dragon helping to define its shape. In the bottom, brighter, portion of the background colors there is more line work. These lines are all connected but are loose and disjointed contouring more to the colors.
January 10, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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Took this at the Scaffold Site at the Tower of London about a year ago. Happy #foliagefriday! #flower #flowers #photography #flowerphotography #Scaffold #TowerOfLondon #rose #bouquet
A small bouquet of roses lying on what looks like wet crystal. Behind it is a sculpted pillow. Except for the red roses in the bouquet the picture has a rather blue hue.
January 10, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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Here is the first marker and brush pass for the Rayquaza for my friend. Gotta let it dry in the sun a bit before I do the next bit. #8x10 #WiP #pokemon #fanart #pokeart #markerart #watercolor #Rayquaza #dragon
A water color illustration of Rayquaza from pokemon. Rayquaza is a green Chinese dragon with a slender snake-like body. It is descending from dark clouds and its mouth is open. The dragon itself is brightly contrasted to the background.
January 9, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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This is what the world feels like when you are over 6 ft tall. #tall #over6ft #6ft #headinclouds #roof
A picture looking down from the roof. There is a woman checking their phone. She is standing on a cement driveway with a red car to the left and a blue green car behind her. There are shadows of a tree all around.
January 7, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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It's been a while, but I made a cake today! This is a cinnamon banana cake with butterscotch icing. Happy Birthday friend! #baking #cake #birthdaycake #cinnamon #banana #butterscotch #lowcarb #ketocake #happybirthday #bakedgoods #homemade #dessert
A peach colored cake sitting on a blue plate. The plate is on a kitchen counter with an out of focus stove visible behind the cake. The cake itself is whole with a rough frosting on the outside. Covering the top of the cake are slices of banana. A peach colored cake sitting on a blue plate. The plate is on a kitchen counter with an out of focus stink visible and dish scrubbers in the background. The cake itself is whole with a rough frosting on the outside. Covering the top of the cake are slices of banana.
January 7, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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I picked up this #fullmoon puzzle as a gift for my mother when vacationing in #London last February. I purchased it at Stonehenge, which makes it cooler I think. #gift #present #moon #puzzle #500pieces #Stonehenge #lunar #coloredmoon #spiral #mystic
A picture of a puzzle with its picture sheet next to it. The puzzle is square with images of full moons spiraling out from the center. There are 48 different pictures of full moons. There are quite a few different colors of the moons as well, as no two moons are exactly the same. There are 4 purplish pink moons, 7 orange red moons, 5 blue and 5 grey moons, as well as many shades of brown and yellow. Some are more ovular than circular. They sit on a background of black. A picture of a man taking a selfie. The man's face and shoulders take up the lower right quarter of the photo. Behind him at the same level as the head is Stonehenge. there is deep green grass and a very blue grey cloudy sky. The man is wearing a tan overcoat, rainbow scarf, orange beanie and yellow glasses. He has a mustache and beard.
January 6, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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We propped up our telescope last night to check out the Wolf Moon. Here are some pictures of it! #moon #fullmoon #wolfmoon #astronomy #photography #astrophotography
A picture of the full moon on January 3, 2025. A picture of the full moon on January 3, 2025. A picture of the full moon on January 3, 2025.
January 5, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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First Friday of the year and you know what that means #foliagefriday! This holly bush is actually heavenly bamboo! What a nice splash of color in the winter grey. #nature #photography #naturephotography #bush #red #berries
A fully green bush with bright red berries growing on it. The bush is sitting in a brown leafless brush with dead leaves on the ground. It is lit by a bright sun.
January 2, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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After the balls drop on New Year's Eve they transform into New Year's Adam. #transrights #NewYearNewMe #HappyNewYear #jokes
January 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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I received an engraving pen for Christmas. The first thing I've made is this cat, which will eventually become a magnet, for my partner. #engraving #rock #present #3dart #art #craft #crafts #skill #firsttry #cat
A small cat shaped rock. It is a white grey color with some minor details. You can see some definition for legs and the head, along with indentions for the eyes and ears. The tail comes down below and curves to the left. It is sitting on the fingers of a hand. The engraving is facing us. A small cat shaped rock. It is a white grey color with some minor details. You can see some definition for legs and the head. The tail comes down below and curves to the right. It is sitting on the fingers of a hand. It is facing away from us so we see its back. A small cat shaped rock. It is a white grey color with some minor details. You can see some definition for legs and the head, along with indentions for the eyes and ears. The tail comes down below and curves to the left. It is sitting on the tips of fingers on a hand. The way it is being held has the body leaning away from the camera.
December 31, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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This is a must watch for every holiday season, even the ones that aren't relevant. The 'Goes Wrong' troupe was flung to stardom with this presentation of "Peter Pan". #CornwallPolytechnic #PeterPan #GoesWrong #PeterPanGoesWrong #vignette #pantomime #BBC #holiday #christmas
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December 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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I got her out in September but she took 3 months to thaw. Now spinning the one and only Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas. #mariah #mariahcarey #Christmas #merrychristmas #thaw #seasonal #allIwantisyou #red #redvinyl #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylcommunity
A picture of an album cover sitting between a cat on the left and the record on the right. The cal is sitting on top of a digital audio receiver and looking at the camera with a sleepy face. She is mostly grey with some darker striping and white around the mouth. The record cover is white with a woman in a red Santa styled dress. She is kneeling in a field covered in snow. The sky is also snow colored. To her left is a prominent writing of the artist and title. Mariah Carey Merry Christmas. To the right is the album which is a Christmas red. It is sitting on the turntable waiting to be played.
December 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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My family celebrates Christmas and Chanukah at the same time. This year some friends joined us. #celebration #holiday #Christmas #Chanukah #Christmakauh #family #friends #presents #gifts
A picture of a living room decorated for the winter holidays. There is a decorated tree in front of a large window.around the tree is a large, large, grouping of presents. On the wall is a TV showing the fireplace channel. A wider picture of the same living room. Many presents have been opened and several more people are visible in the picture. There is general chaos along the ground as people, puppies, and trash.
December 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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I went with my partner, my mother, and my aunt to Meow Wolf in Grapevine, Texas, today. My partner and I have been before but it was their first time. They very much enjoyed it! #adventure #meowwolf #meowolfgrapevine #therealunreal #family #outing #art #interactiveart
There is what appears to be the front of a 2 story house, with a small patio that stretches to the right. The house is 1 step up from a stone walkway. There are some small planters lining the front of the house that are brightly lit by ground lighting. There is a large tree in front of the house, to the right in the frame. A person is touching the tree and there are some benches at its base. The 2 story house has several windows on both stories that are open and brightly lit from within. You can see several people inside the windows. There is a small shed further in the back of the green yard. It appears to be night with stars in the sky.
December 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Very slow day today #substituting in the library. But I got to do some art! I drew this for a student 2 years ago and I have now made an ink version for kids to #color. I decided to color one while I sat waiting for things to happen. #Pokemon #art #fanart #pokeart #Charizard #fire #markerart
A dynamic pose of a Charizard from the pokemon franchise. The Charizard is colored with varying shades of orange and yellow with the inside of its wings colored a deep teal. The pose that Charizard is in appears to be at the beginning of a shoulder bash. Its forward shoulder is dipped lower than its back shoulder and the body is pointed away from the viewer as though in a charge. There is a small signature next to the front leg of MJC.
December 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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This #foliagefriday I have a beautiful #rose bloom. My camera was having a panic attack deciding on macro or not, but I think it came out gorgeous. #nature #photography #naturephotography #chinarose #peach #pink #portrait #flowers
A large pink and peach colored bloom of roses. They are mixed together in a cluster that lists toward the right of the picture. They are perched upon a deep green bush that is out of focus and spreads across most of the bottom and up the left side of the picture. Behind the green bushes is the side of a white brick house that is very out of focus. The roses themselves are at varying depths of clarity within the picture.
December 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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In the midst of putting lights on houses I snapped this for #foliagefriday! This is a pair of satsuki azalea at my sister's. #nature #photography #naturephotography #evergreen #azalea #flowers #pink #white #mixed #pair
A pair of brightly blooming flowers pointing away from each other. Both flowers are mixed pink and white striped. They both sit on a bed of green leaves with some grey masonry filtering through.
November 29, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Here is a cleaner, blown up version. The original #sketch was on a 5" x 8" sketchbook page. You can see in the scan the shading got pulled too, but the inking of the lines helped to bring out the contrast. #Sonic #SonictheHedgehog #lineart #inks #copy #enlarged #fanart #sonicart
A highly contrasted ink illustration of Sonic the Hedgehog. He is in a dynamic pose, facing toward the viewer, but looking to the right (his left). Only one arm is visible as the other is behind him hidden by his body. There is smoke or steam coming off his back leg which is in a stylized shadow. There is a large black shadow below him.
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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I hope everyone had a pleasant #Thanksgiving. Don't mind me, just doing my duty as the most physically stable person in the family to put up lights this morning. #seasongreetings #holidays #lights #family #roof #rooftop #chimney #bluesky #house #morning
The head of a man is in the bottom right corner of the picture. He has longer hair and bright orange sunglasses. He also has a prominent split mustache and a beard. The man appears to be sitting on a rooftop with a chimney behind him on the opposite side of the frame. There are some hills in the background with a bright sunny sky taking the top half of the photograph. There are white fluffy clouds covering most of the sky and sun, but they aren't so thick that they are blocking it completely.
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Here is a picture of Sonic I drew in a sketchbook over a decade ago. I have recently gotten it blown up and inked so the students can color them when they finish their work. #sketch #pencil #pencilsketch #sketchbook #art #Sonic #Sega #action #fanart #sonicart
A dynamic pose of Sonic the Hedgehog. He is facing toward the viewer. Sonic is in a bent knee pose leaning forward. There is smoke coming off the back of him. There is some stylized shading on the smoke as it trails off of Sonic. Sonic has his left leg closer to the viewer and his right leg further in the picture, with less detail and more shadow.
November 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Trouble sleeping tonight and I don't know why. Sleeping is a skill I never was talented at. #awake #tired #sleepless
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Look at hims inch! #inchworm #moth #nature #caterpillar #photography #insectphotography #worm
A close picture of an inchworm. The worm is primarily grey with black, white, and yellow spots. It is inching toward the right and in an upward inch position. It takes up roughly the center 60% of the image with the background and surface are stone.
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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One of the kids at a school where I #substitute asked for a picture of #CousinIt from #theaddamsfamily. Not to be confused with Pennywise from #StephenKingsIT. #marker #alcoholmarker #art #fanart #multimedia #pen #addamsfamily
An illustration of cousin it from the Addams family. The character is shaped like an isosceles triangle. He is colored in varying shades of yellow to brown. The character is completely covered in hair so the marker strokes are of various sizes and thicknesses. He has circular sunglasses with a purple tint. Below his sunglasses is a large moustache. He has a black bowler cap that is tinted dark blue.
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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I have finalized the mockup of my #Rayquaza picture I am going to do for a friend. The sky is going to be more space than purple. #pokemon #markers #beach #night #dragon #witness
A detailed but not terribly refined illustration of the dragon pokemon Rayquaza coming down from the sky. The scene is taking place on a beach at night time. There is a person on the edge of the beach standing on grass underneath a coconut tree. The person is watching the Rayquaza come out of a cloud. The multiple shades of blue in the ocean give a sense of movement. The sky is a deep purple.
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 AM