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Ligus
@greyauk.bsky.social
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she/they 🌈 introverted nature nerd
artist
#sciart
https://ko-fi.com/ligus , Insta: grey8auk
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Ligus @greyauk.bsky.social · Oct 26
reintroduction

Hi I'm Ligus,

I'm a traditional artist from Berlin.
#SundayFishSketch made me start painting again and I fell in love with fish and marine biology.
I'm also trying to boost other #sciart .
Sometimes there will be some dog and crow posts ;)
Oil painting before I stopped painting again. Giant "floating" shark behind people who are just walking or cycling. All those people are from science history (besides the silver ants lol) Red necked grebe commission They are sitting on their nest. On their back is one chick, the other is hiding behind them. watercolour Black Tetra watercolour, sideview One of my first commissions be a friend 3 framed paintings and one paintings in process. A scallop, an eel, a dino and a sea horse in process. Mostly watercolour.
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colpizen.bsky.social
Hey it’s #WorldPneumoniaDay 🩻🔬 Here is my #SciArt lung #inkillustration
"Lung Harvest"
Illustration created during the first Covid lockdown
#cartanatomy
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Illustration of lungs + coronavirus, with anatomical sections and mixed with cartography + botanical patterns. Ink on watercolor paper 350g Lana.
November 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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tamvmat.bsky.social
Snailposting you say?

Here's an illustration I did for fun
A collection of snails on a tree sapling
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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emilyjaneart.bsky.social
Art train! 🚂

Next station:

This train is accepting invertebrate art and photos. Show me your bugs! 🪲🐡
A photograph of an illustration on Kraft card with a Posca paint pen on top of a green and gold embellished spiral bound planner. The illustration shows a blushing crab with claws outstretched and a little heart. The text reads 'I love you more than this!* *Even when I'm crabby'. Art by Emily Jane Foster. A photograph of an illustration on Kraft card with a Posca paint pen on top of a green and gold embellished spiral bound planner. The illustration shows two Click beetles (jellybean shaped beetles with black head, black sort of semi-circle shaped thorax and orange-ish elongated abdomen). They are turned towards each other with their antennae touching and a little pink heart above their heads. The text reads 'I really think we click'. Art by Emily Jane Foster. A photograph of a mixed media earwig Mum and nymph on Kraft card. The text reads World's best Mum. There is a Posca pen resting on it. Signed by Emily Jane Foster. A photograph of a mixed media Posca pen, Staedtler pigment liner and Prismacolour pencil illustration on Kraft card with a Posca pen resting on top of a green and gold embellished planner. The illustration shows a yellow sea bunny, a nudibranch, with the words Easter Bunny next to it. Signed Emily Jane Foster.
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
greyauk.bsky.social
Do the fish people get llamas at their conferences, too 🧐?
I need to paint more insects.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
greyauk.bsky.social
"We're snailposting, post your snails."

And because Lorrain doesn't do art trains -
Here are some of her snails 🤗🐡
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lorrainesimeart.bsky.social Lorraine Sime @lorrainesimeart.bsky.social · 13d
Snail weather just now. The rain doesn’t seem to stop. #sketchbook #snails #drawing
A sketchbook page filled with a mix of quick sketches and detailed drawings of white lipped snails.
November 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
greyauk.bsky.social
We're snailposting, post your snails!

Team green snail \o/ 💚🐌
watercolour sketch a green snail "Julia e quisita". the name is written underneath. the snail is bright lemon green and is sitting on abstract pastel coloured algae. Sideview
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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zitronenkaffee.bsky.social
He's off to a new home! ☺️
zitronenkaffee.bsky.social Zitronenkaffee @zitronenkaffee.bsky.social · 2d
From the archive, a Barsoi, one of the most elegant dog breeds

#kleineKunstklasse #ArtYear
Acrylic painting of a white barsoi head from the side
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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catalyst-artworks.bsky.social
Whohoo, online sales are finally up! This pitcher plant painting is for sale at Cline House Gallery until Dec 20th.

Sales link: clinehousegallery.com/product/c-r-...

#botanicalart #bloomsky #painting
Water soluble encaustic painting of a cluster of pitcher plant leaves and flowers in different stages of life.
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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liapas.bsky.social
It’s #WorldPneumoniaDay. Here is my #SciArt lung #embroidery, she breathed (2018) with a poem about ease of breath stitched between the bronchi.

🧪🐡🧶 #Medsky
An embroidery on a pale natural linen. There is a bone white diagram of a vocal apparatus, trachea, and bronchi/lungs. In between the branches of the bronchioles are small words embroidered in cursive in thin burgundy thread. They read: she breathed. Inhaled. exhaled. she knew. that breathing. was beauty. was the way. inside. to outside. when her breath. tightened. she found. ways. to soften. be still. to allow that. in. of the out. breath. to be. the. way through. she found the throughline. somehow. it. also found her. still. and breathing. deeply. each day was. new. each breath. a. different. path. always. through her. and. throughout her. such a. simple. thing, breath. such a journey. through. trees. and. branches. how the body knows. to still. itself. if we learn how. to. listen deeply.
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
@franzanth.bsky.social asking if he can use one of my old entries for the invertefest submission poster, me being like "sure!" thinking it will be the fancy Ditpera... but then it is the meme mosquito lol

i have made my legacy i must embrace it now
franzanth.bsky.social franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 2d
#InverteFest season is almost here, which means it's time to submit your bug & slug art! The form closes at 100 entries.

Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
announcement image that says Have bug & slug art? Submit to #InverteFest Digital Art Book. Publishing every April, August, December. Download previous editions & find the submission link at InverteFest.com/#Artbook the image is decorated with artwork of various animals from various artists, featuring insects, slugs, and so on.
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
greyauk.bsky.social
old fish skech ... I think I haven't shared this one here 🐟🐡
a watercolour sketch of the frontal view of a fish with the moth wide open background is dark blue and the fish is silvery white
November 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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carlwiens.bsky.social
*Jurors’ Choice Award *
Art Gallery of Northumberland 46th Annual Juried Show. The exhibition runs until January 3 at Victoria Hall in Cobourg. Honoured to be recognized amongst all the great work on display!

12 Local Warblers (banded at PEPtBO in 2024)
Acrylic on birch panel, 31.5” x 31.5”
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
greyauk.bsky.social
🐟 🐡
nataliajagielska.bsky.social Natalia Jagielska @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 3d
Did you know. That the meme-explosion that was the wooden model of Sacabambaspis (an Ordovician jawless fish) held at a Museum in Helsinki, was created by a pioneering Estonian fish paleontologist and palaeoartist, Elga Mark-Kurik. 🧵
Valentina Karatajute-Talimaa and Elga Mark-Kurik on Kreuzritter lake (Kryzhiuochiu ezheras), under an umbrella, north of Vilnius,Lithuania, 1977 (photo H.-P. Schultze). Model of sacabambaspis helsinki
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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cop-watcher.bsky.social
MORE ART. MORE PUBLIC ART.
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
greyauk.bsky.social
#goodgreennews feed
rebeccarhelm.bsky.social Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 3d
There's something that feels a bit dead about the world right now, but tens of thousands of people just came together to help us solve a 100 year old mystery about a little blue jelly, and I find that heartbreakingly hopeful:
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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nomarsh.bsky.social
Really appreciate the opportunity to pause and reflect on things! 🐳
thephrasemaker.bsky.social thephrasemaker.bsky.social @thephrasemaker.bsky.social · 8d
South Scrimshaw: Nathan O. Marsh on Nature Docs, Solo Dev, and The Grand Budapest Hotel

Indie dev and artist Nathan O. Marsh has built one of the most distinctive new worlds in indie gaming almost entirely alone. South Scrimshaw, a hand-painted, free-to-play visual novel about alien whales and…
South Scrimshaw: Nathan O. Marsh on Nature Docs, Solo Dev, and The Grand Budapest Hotel
Indie dev and artist Nathan O. Marsh has built one of the most distinctive new worlds in indie gaming almost entirely alone. South Scrimshaw, a hand-painted, free-to-play visual novel about alien whales and speculative ecology has quietly earned a following for its meticulous art and unconventional storytelling. With South Scrimshaw Part Two nearing release, I chatted with Marsh about the long road of a solo dev, the films and games that shaped his artistic sensibility, and the patience it takes to build a world this strange and beautiful by hand.
thephrasemaker.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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artbyemilytull.bsky.social
We're snail posting, post your snails
Hand embroidered snail on a cream fabric background
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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drkatfish.bsky.social
ngl, the Pacific salmon lifecycle has been my Roman Empire since watching that one Magic School Bus episode as a small child #SundayFishSketch
A sketched diagram showing the different stages of a sockeye salmon's lifecycle
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
greyauk.bsky.social
A smol #SundayFishSketch of a Shiny loosejaw.

#kleinekunstklasse 🐡
A little watercolour sketch of a deep sea fish. The bodey is long and black with little light spots running downbits side. It has sharp teeth and little red "cheeks". The latin name is written above and a pencil lies under it for size reference.
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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delphine-art.bsky.social
Hi! 🌊

I'm proud to introduce Oceans Unmined, a #sciart project for #ArtSeaMatchmaking 💙
We'll make #coloringpages of #deepseacreatures and we'll organise workshops for children to raise awareness about #deepseabeauty and #DeepSeaMining 🐙

More #marinebiology and #art soon!

#ClarionClippertonZone
This is the logo of my sciart project called Oceans Unmined, the logo shows a polymetallic nodule with a tiny anemone living on top of it. It symbolises the frailty and wonder for the deep sea ecosystem. For this project I'm collaborating with a marine biologist and ichtyologist called Gayathra Bandara. The project is for ArtSea Matchmaking, a DSBSoc-initiative. The purpose of this project is to reach out and raise awareness. Gayathra and I will organise workshops and teach children about deep sea mining, the creatures that are threatened by it and what we can do to help, all while we have fun creating art.
November 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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studio-mbj.bsky.social
It’s been a crazy family health crisis kind of month, but I finally made it back into the studio to finish up this 24x36” acrylic on canvas painting titled ‘Huggies and Snackies’. A beautiful stalked carnivorous sponge is joined by pink brittle stars and a golden crinoid. Cuties 😍 #deepsea 🐡🦑 #art
A stalked carnivorous sponge is being hugged by pink brittle stars on a rocky deep ocean outcrop beside a golden crinoid. 24x36” acrylic on canvas, #deepsea #deepseaart #deepocean #carnivoroussponge #sciart
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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colpizen.bsky.social
Thanks Lespreüh ! I'm taking this opportunity to steer the Art Train towards the famous #sciart hub + by inviting who wants to come aboard + quote, enjoy the trip 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃 :)
Illustration of insects, golden and indian ink on raw cotton canvas Illustration, indian ink on watercolor paper 350g, Cartanatomy "Récolte pulmonaire" Illustration, "Panoramique de l'œil ", indian ink on watercolor paper 350g Illustration of moth on raw cotton canvas
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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wellmanneredxs.bsky.social
The extraordinary benefits to which human ingenuity and inquiry can be put - probiotic treatment boosts bat survival from white-nose syndrome, a catastrophic fungal infection. Just as pro-biotics balance your tum, so they balance a bat's chance at life. Thanks for this incredible work, WCS!
albertabats.bsky.social Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇 @albertabats.bsky.social · 8d
🦇ICYMI: a great video on our work developing a "probiotic" to help bats survive white-nose syndrome infections. This beautifully shot video also gives a good primer on what the probiotic is all about. This was 2yrs ago -good news...our studies show the probiotic is working!
youtu.be/VOtuiB6aiLE?...
WCS Bat Probiotics YouTube
YouTube video by WCSCanada Western Bat Program
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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beckykidus.bsky.social
Show me how you draw/paint snow ❄️

This critter is an Anhui musk deer - a very rare sight, both in real life and in artwork!

#SciArt #traditionalart #art
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
greyauk.bsky.social
I need a winter coat.
Can someone stop me from buying a giant fake fur coat so that I can run around like Edward Gorey?!
November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM