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Sophie (she/her/ella)
@gildedflowers.bsky.social
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Makes crowns, paints catrinas, and hopes to do even more!
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Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · Oct 17
Hi! I'm Sophie :) I'm Mexican-American, from Texas, and currently living in Ontario. I made all these headpieces/crowns and also did all the makeup. I hope to expand my skills and share them with you ~

#Meettheartist #headpieces #crowns #catrinas #flowercrowns #Mexicanart #artvsartist #artpost
There is a 3x3 grid of 9 different photos. Top L: Sophie is sitting in a black chair wearing colorful skull makeup and a colorful flower ray crown. Top Mid: Sophie stands before a magnolia tree, wearing skull makeup and a gold leaf crown with magnolias. Top R: A silver art nouveau headpiece with bells and blue beads is resting on a white wig. Mid L: Rose is sitting in a sunflower field at golden hour, wearing a sunflower crown. Center: Sophie is wearing neutral makeup and smiling at the camera. Mid R: Zoha is wearing a colorful flower crown, black lace, and white lace skull makeup. Bottom L: A white, gold, and black headpiece is standing on a black wig stand covered in black lace. Bottom Mid: Sophie is wearing a large gold halo crown with orange and red flowers She's wearing skull makeup and a shirt with Tlahui embroidery. Bottom R: Sophie is wearing a gold ray crown with red roses on the sides and has on black and gold skull makeup.
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Freaking loving this consistent -20C. Maybe the canal will open before the New Year? One can dream.
Pic of an ice canal at sunrise, with a bright sun reflecting off the ice surface. Fun fact this was my old work commute, 7km one way.
December 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Police in Edmonton, Canada, have started a pilot project using AI-equipped body cameras to detect faces on a "high risk" watch list.
AI-powered police body cameras, once taboo, get tested on Canadian city's 'watch list' of faces
Police in Edmonton, Canada, have started a pilot project using AI-equipped body cameras to detect faces on a "high risk" watch list.
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December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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My horned art? 🐐

#handmade #leathercraft #fantasy
Close-up pic of the front of a leather wallet, with a green ouroboros dragon carved in it, each scale textured individually, bitting its own tail after having its body shaped as an infinite symbol. Inside the two empty spaces in that shape, a vegvisir rune and an aegysjhalmur rune in silver, and at the bottom in the side of the wallet front a golden valknut rune. The red background is textured as grain Close pic of a leather passport cover, with the symbol of a very lineal deer's head carved and the words "RYVSTRAD pasaporte", dyed in shades of light brown and sewed with beige thread Pic of a mimic chest from D&D lore, made of leather simulating wood and metal bars decorating it. It has 8 bright black eyes, 4 big fangs coming out from under the border of the lid, a long red tongue, 4 big paws with three toes each and a claw at the end of them, and little curved horns at the sides of the lid
September 5, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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Here is a French Christmas ad for a supermarket. It has infinitely better look, story, and message. It actually sparks joy in you rather than leaving you depressed, unlike Coca-Cola and McDonald's AI ads.
December 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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cassandrasuchy.bsky.social
I bring my eyes to the #sky in the hopes that you return my gaze.. ✨

Canon EOS 1N RS
Tamron Sp Di
Kodak Color Plus 35mm

#BlueSkyArtShow #artadventcalendar #macrophotography #filmphotography #artyear #Canon #Tamron #Kodak #onlybeautifulthings #flowers #december #filmphotographers
A film shot of native California plants, silhouetted by the orange setting sun in the background
December 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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cassandrasuchy.bsky.social
It's ok to rest before making your next move 💓

Canon EOS 1N RS
Tamron Sp Di
Kodak Color Max

#blueskymonday #art #macromonday #macrophotography #photography #artyear #Canon #Tamron #Kodak #filmphotography #onlybeautifulthings #hummingbirds #filmisnotdead 📸
A film shot of a tiny hummingbird resting on a branch of a tree filled with flowers. The hummingbird and trees are silhouetted, and a pale blue sky fills the background. There is a tiny red poof out of focus in the foreground, giving the photo a splash of color.
December 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Cling to the light.
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 9

#Photography
A sunset over a fold of tall grasses with bare trees in the distance. The entire photograph has an orange glow. The bright sun overpowers the upper right corner.
December 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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cassandrasuchy.bsky.social
You've come so far and now you're here.. what's next? ✨

Canon EOS 1N RS
Tamron Sp Di
Kodak Color Plus 35mm

#artadventcalendar #macrophotography #filmphotography #artyear #Tamron #Canon #Kodak #onlybeautifulthings #flowersky #bloomscrolling #filmphotographers 🎞️
A film shot of light pink and white Peruvian Lilies. The sun is shining through their petals, casting shadows on others. One lily is in focus in the foreground and the rest are out of focus, but are closely surrounding one another.
December 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar day 9: Art in vintage photo frames once again! This one I should list for sale. It has a very delicate pearlescent background, hard to photograph! I feel it fits the arctic fox very well❄️
#art #traditionalart
Photograph of a traditional artwork in vintage photo frames, depicting an arctic fox on a gentle bluish background with white ornaments. Photograph of a traditional artwork in vintage photo frames, depicting an arctic fox on a gentle bluish background with white ornaments. This angle tries to show the pearlescent effect on the background.
December 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar

9th December! Behind door number Nine we have:

"Eclectic" - Acrylic on 16x20in canvas
Abstract painting A light grey background with splashes of the following colours over the top: metallic blue, pink, yellow, orange, black, silver, red, purple
December 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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lintstorm.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 9: frosty feathers over fuchsia

Hand knit lace brioche stitch in wool 🧶
Close up of a hand knit shawl, featuring a light gray brioche leaf pattern over a purple to pink gradient
December 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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The nickname "Little Billy Biter" for the blue tit is a regional term, primarily in the south-west of England, which originates from the bird's defensive behavior when its nest is disturbed.

Art my own.

#ArtAdventCalendar #AbstractArt #Birds #Folklore
An original abstract artwork of a blue tit, created using watercolour paints on paper.
December 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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stevericketts.bsky.social
"The Road Not Taken"... a poplar grove (cultivated) near Andrew, AB. i captured this in the fall when most of the leaves had fallen but there were still leaves on the trees in the background and the soft late afternoon light was filtering through them

#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
a poplar grove (cultivated, with rows of trees). most of the leaves have fallen but there are still leaves on the trees in the background and the soft late afternoon light is filtering through them, which i accentuated to draw the viewer's eye in
December 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
gildedflowers.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar today features a photoshoot done with a friend for another project I'm working on. I made the crown, did the styling, took the photo, and did her makeup with assistance from Rose.

👑,💀,📸: Me & Rose
🌟: Zoha A.

#artpost #art #blacklace #flowercrown #photoshoot
Zoha stands in front of a brick wall covered in green vines. She has dark brown skin and black hair; her gaze is downcast and somber. She is wearing a bright flower crown made of pink and red roses and yellow marigolds along with black lace on her hair and as a choker. She is also wearing a black shirt, gold earrings, and burgundy and white bangles. Her face is painted in a white lace Catrina inspired by mehndi designs.
December 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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gettoknownature.bsky.social
It's Snow Goose and sunset time

#ArtAdventCalendar #birds 🌿
A pastel sky after sunset is reflected in a still lake below. A small line of geese are silhouetted against the water, swimming towards the left. There are some interesting cloud patterns on the right.
December 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
gildedflowers.bsky.social
Today's #ArtAdventCalendar features a lavender crown in a lavender field~

👑,🌟: Me
📸: Rose

#art #artpost #photography #flowercrown #crown #lavender #flowerfield
Sophie is sitting in a green field of several types of purple lavender. She is facing away from the camera and towards small pine trees. She is wearing a flower crown made of lavender and tied with a dark purple bow. She is wearing a loose white flowing top, a dark green fabric belt, and a sage green skirt. Her long brown hair is half-up in an inverted half-ponytail.
December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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cfiesler.bsky.social
Here's the reality this example illustrates:

It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Day 6 of the #ArtAdventCalender. Here's a work I did during one of the Warrior Painters #PleinApril classes.

#freelanceillustration #digitalpainting
an illustration of a cat just noticing that it's starting to snow
December 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social
Tis the season for… #ArtAdventCalendar!

Day 5️⃣

A shimmering paper dahlia

I pulled this one from the vault in honour of Frank Gehry’s passing today. I was in 💛 with his sinuous architecture.
Close up of a paper dahlia Jumble of paper curls/tubes Petals of a paper dahlia, some open and some curled
December 6, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social
Tis the season for… #ArtAdventCalendar!

Day 6️⃣

In the spirit of the season

#calligraphy
View looking down on a sheet of white paper with a design created using pen and ink and a combination curly lines with sprigs and branches
December 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social
Tis the season for… #ArtAdventCalendar!

Day 7️⃣

#calligraphy doodles, aka versals
Letters c, p, j, k in black micron pen ink and outlined in red or blue decorative lines and circles
December 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Bright and colourful fibre art for a chilly day #ArtAdventCalendar "True Colours", art quilt
Large art quilt, hung on a wall, with a white background, a herd of colourful horses made from a rainbow of fabric.
December 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
gildedflowers.bsky.social
Today's #ArtAdventCalendar features a crown I left back in Texas. I have been considering bringing it back up with me to Canada. We'll see!

👑,🌟: Me
📸: David R.

#art #artpost #pink #smokephotography
Sophie is standing in the woods in front of a large, billowing pink smoke. A small black bird rests on her fingers; her other hand is offering it something. She is wearing a purple and white flower crown with sharp, long green leaves; a black choker; a white short-sleeved shirt; and a black pinafore with thin straps. She has pale skin, long dark brown hair, and is wearing dark pink eyeshadow and black lipstick.
December 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Share your knowledge if/when you can. Teaching other people how to do what you do doesn’t lessen your art - it just means more and better art for everyone.

I appreciate when people are willing to tell me about their brushes, how they study, etc… I want to put that back out into the world.
White text on a blue background, a yellow pencil, and a black blot of spilled ink. The text says “share if you welcome artistic questions”.
December 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM