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heyvapril.bsky.social
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@heyvapril.bsky.social
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they • digital + traditional artist • lesbian • making weird little guys • No Ai

for work/collaborations: heyvapril@gmail.com

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heyvapril.bsky.social
I love this little corner of my home
Photo of an unstained wooden corner desk. From left to right is a shelf of wooden boxes stacked holding a bunch of art supplies, multiple art projects littered across the desk - none finished #art #artspace #artdesk #artstudio #painter #traditionalartist 🎨
July 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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wizardcleave.bsky.social
I designed this sticker to help support my favorite hooman’s top surgery journey. All funds raised goes directly to support them. Sharing this with a friend means the world.✨🖤

wizardcleave.bigcartel.com
gofund.me/d09635e4

#topsurgery #LGBTQ+ #support #sticker
July 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
heyvapril.bsky.social
QRP a picture of when your pet was little

A puny itty bitty baby
Photo of a tiny little black cat named Juniper with bright green eyes sitting atop a paint splattered denim lap #catsofbluesky #blueskycats #cat
June 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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parkparr.bsky.social
The Rift, 2023
A square painting against a white background. The painting depicts a landscape with blue and green foliage over an orange underpainting. In the center a white and blue star emerges from the foliage and a glowing blue halo surrounds it illuminating the leaves.
June 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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roxanegay.bsky.social
Yes. I am right. I am seeing how Chat GPT is ruining students critical thinking and writing skills in real time. It is not the future. It is a tool designed to render the populace helpless, to make people doubt their innate intelligence, and to foster overreliance on technology.
davidpham5.bsky.social davidpham5 @davidpham5.bsky.social · Jun 19
@roxanegay.bsky.social maybe you’re right.
kottke.org kottke.org @kottke.org · Jun 19
A new study from MIT’s Media Lab (not yet peer-reviewed & small sample size): ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills. [time.com]
June 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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kiki.whitecanof.monster
sorry I’m so quiet, I’m redecorating your house in my mind
June 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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paintingpagan.bsky.social
You know, I talk a lot about being a wizard, but I want to make one thing perfectly clear: you can not be a real wizard and a TERF.
So this year's #Pride miniature is this wizard (I know we're halfway through June don't come for me 😭)

#Miniatures #MiniPainting #Nerdlings
June 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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greybriar.art
Having a baby bird day. Just want to be scrungly, sleep a lot and eat every 5 minutes. #art
A very stylized drawing of a tired baby sparrow
June 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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thekeythief.bsky.social
SHIELD • YOUR • NEIGHBORS

Here in #LosAngeles, we protect our neighbors at all costs.
A family of 3, outlined in green, hide behind a roaring bear, as large foreboding black shadows with nightsticks and helmets lurk behind it. A green star outstretched at their feet as they try to hide from view. Text at the bottom reads in call caps: "SHIELD YOUR NEIGHBORS"
June 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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caitliwinx.bsky.social
Plagued with all your memories
#artsky
Drawing of a nude elf woman holding a halberd
May 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
heyvapril.bsky.social
Planted some natives in the gorge near my home this morning. A big restoration project is happening to try and bring the land back to as much pre settler state as it can be (we did some very fucked up and real strange shit to the gorge) and it felt nice to be a very very puny part of it all 🌱
Photo of me on my knees in some grass with trees behind me planting a native willow. Im wearing a camo hat that says WZRD, striped overalls, a black tshirt and gardening gloves. A trowel lays at my side #nativeplants #nativeflowers
June 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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jambookshopuk.bsky.social
If👏 Creativity👏 Has👏 No👏 Value👏 In👏 Society👏 Then👏 Why👏 Are👏 So👏 Many👏 People👏 Going👏 To👏 So👏 Much👏 Trouble👏 To👏 Steal👏 It👏
June 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
heyvapril.bsky.social
I think she’s hungry…
Photo of a black cat with green eyes in a gentle bite and hold position on my ankle that has a blue sock. She’s looking up at the camera as if to say “how dare you not know what I desire” The table in the back is littered with work in progress small paintings and a paper working out further small paintings #cat #blackcat #catsky
June 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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cosmicdevilart.bsky.social
Worm abduction
Woodburned art piece. Shows a UFO piloted by a worm. It is abducting worms.
June 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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breebird33.bsky.social
reminder that my graphic novels and myself are queer if you're looking for something for the queer kids in your life (or want something cozy for yourself)🌈✨
hardcover copies of Garlic & the Vampire, Garlic & the Witch, and The Firelight Apprentice stacked on top of a lace doily and surrounded by purple flowers
June 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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nocontexttrek1.bsky.social
Star Trek Lower Decks scene. We're outside on a planet with large industrial buildings in the background at night. Hovering in mid-air is Captain Ransom. He's floating and shooting rainbow colored fire out of each arm. His eyes glow yellow.
June 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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thisclaw.bsky.social
BEDZɨSH (CARIBOU)
www.thisclaw.com/s/shop

#beadwork #beadedjewelry #earrings #indigenousart #nativebling
brown fringe earrings either gold ends on black rabbit fur backdrop
May 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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serenamalyon.bsky.social
Up to No Good - acryla gouache on board

✨All prints on sale✨
A giant black cat's silhouette cuts through the cityscape at night. It stares at the viewer, back arched.
May 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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paintingpagan.bsky.social
Fortifying my protective wards against the Evil Wizards curse

(Remembering to take my antidepressants)
May 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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calumalexanderwatt.bsky.social
The Duchess of Death
The Return(again!) of The Duchess
May 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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utilitylimb.bsky.social
wearing a Protect The Dolls shirt to show my support for everyone who paints warhammer minis
May 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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leslielevings.bsky.social
Look who came back safely from firing! (And will be part of a shop update Saturday at 11am Pacific)
A ceramic lidded vessel sculpted in the shape of a box turtle Multiple views of a ceramic lidded vessel sculpted in the shape of a box turtle A ceramic lidded vessel sculpted in the shape of a box turtle, this time with lid off
May 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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burntflowers.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 #rollandpaint

Charging + Repeating Pattern

Paints: Payne’s Gray, Chromium Oxide Green, Venetian Red, Green Gold, Cobalt Orange

#watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #OnlyBeautifulThings #abstract #abstractArt
An abstract watercolour painting. A large dark gray mountain is covered in rows of fuzzy orange dots. On the left side of the mountain, three red lines snake up between the dots, erupting above the surface of the mountain. Another red line does the same on the right side of the mountain. Running down the right side of the painting are large circles of green and metallic green gold. Across the grey-pink sky are five large pale red wavy lines.
May 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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theferocity.bsky.social
This is one of the most profound essays I’ve read in years. You don’t need me to tell you that Hanif Abdurraqib is one of the finest writers of our time, but this essay in particular is a hard-won offering. Please read it and share with people you love.
In Defense of Despair
The feeling is most commonly framed as an end point, a level of despondency that cannot be overcome. But it doesn’t have to be so.
www.newyorker.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM