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JC Amberlyn
@jamberlyn.bsky.social
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Artist, author of nine how-to-draw books, photographer, animal and nature aficionado. Transformers/anime/cartoon geek. She/her.
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jamberlyn.bsky.social
Posting this so I remember it this spring...
Wow.
mothsprout.bsky.social ✺ 𝕸𝖔𝖙𝖍 ✺ @LVFC @mothsprout.bsky.social · Jan 11
My first long sleeve shirt, Coyote Eclipse, COMING SOON!

(Hopefully by this spring)
January 12, 2026 at 2:08 AM
jamberlyn.bsky.social
Something mindless+fun instead of dwelling on angst.
Wasn't sure what the difference between "stayed, visited, and stopped" so went with stayed=overnight at someone's house or lodge, visit=camped overnight, stop=gas/stopover while traveling.
West and South ftw
tenpages.github.io/us-level/us....
January 9, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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uniboar.bsky.social
The artist behind these has been doing this longer than most of us and we are so lucky to be able to enjoy the breadth of her work. She needs heart surgery and could really use community support atm

www.patreon.com/TerrieSmith
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
jamberlyn.bsky.social
Hi, I'm Unknown Virus That Mimics Meningitis (combined with an unknown-at-the-time pork allergy).
swandog.bsky.social Swandog / Xenia Eliassen @swandog.bsky.social · Jan 2
Hi, I'm .22 bullet.
January 2, 2026 at 6:12 AM
jamberlyn.bsky.social
Happy New Year! It's now 40 years from 1986 and '87- I want to get back in touch with the creative+adventurous energy I had back then.
So here's some new art! Last year, I tried making plush, posable #artdolls for the first time. A cotton candy fairy dragon, then 3 animal fairies as gifts recently.
My posable plush art dolls. L-r: Bichon Frise, Black Lab, Gray Kitty and Cotton Candy Dragon.
January 2, 2026 at 6:03 AM
jamberlyn.bsky.social
A belated Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to those who celebrate. I hope you've had good company, good food and good times. ... I tried to get my hobbits to wear these old "antlers" with varying levels of success. Rosie wisely stayed out of sight, lol. #dogs #germanshepherd #Kelpie #pittymix
Sam wears some antlers. Pippin is not sure this was in the job description. Merry just wants to be loved.
December 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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keymonster.bsky.social
Felt shiny this morning so you all get some of my favorite art of my bird ranger and shiny hoarder, Fritti of the Smokecrest!
[ #art #illustration #ttrpg ]
A digital illustration of a blue jay-like bird man standing on a tan background. He is wearing a red cloak and is holding an amazingly shiny red gem.
December 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
jamberlyn.bsky.social
I meant to #draw a cute bat for Halloween. Better late than never! Allen's Lappet-browed #bat. I got the opportunity to follow biologists into a cave while they tagged some of these lil guys for a study.Got some great photos! Study showed they travel 50ish miles to get food near Grand Canyon! #art
Pencil sketch of Allen's Lappet-browed bat.
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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coelasquid.bsky.social
Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
Frustrated little dude gripping a pencil saying “how do I pack this down into something I can actually share?” While swirling rainbows labeled “INFINITE POTENTIAL” float around them. Little dude frowns at a tiny grey box, exclaiming “all that work for THIS?!” Little dude shoves the grey box into another little guy’s hands; Frowning, stomping off, and saying “Here you go, I made this, it sucks.” Second little dude cracks open the box, swirling rainbows project out onto their face. Second little dude stares in awe at all the swirling rainbows now floating around them.
August 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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thornwolf.com
#SanDiego locals, on Dec 7 the Volcan Mountain Foundation is hosting an artist’s reception for their 2025 grant recipients (me!) where I’ll be discussing my painting “Forest Treasures - Mountain Lion” based on my Volcan Mountain residency. Hope to see you there! volcanmt.org/events/event...
A watercolor and pen painting of a mountain lion surrounded in a circle by the following elements: Western tiger swallowtail butterfly, Palmer ceanothus, Mountain quail feather, bigcone Douglas fir pine cone, Checkerbloom, Black oak leaves and acorns, Grape soda lupine
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
jamberlyn.bsky.social
Last post did not want to properly upload one of my gryphon sketches, trying again.
Gryphon sketches
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
jamberlyn.bsky.social
#Gryphons!
Sat down and sketched various gryphons, including a cockatoo based critter. Trying to draw more! #mechanicalpencil #drawing #Griffins
Cockatoo gryphon #mechanicalpencil Old grizzled gryphon with feathers like eyebrows and muttonchops. Gryphon sketches in mechanical pencil
November 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
jamberlyn.bsky.social
Reposting this so I can research it later. Searched the database and yup, one of my books is listed. AI companies need to respect copyright law like anyone else, especially when they're trying to profit off of other people's work.
Anyone have any experience with this/this group?
clpolk.com C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · Nov 18
every author in the class action, please file the claim.
arstechnica.com Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
November 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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funhouseradio.bsky.social
“One thing about us humans is that, wherever we go, we produce a lot of trash,”
#weird #animals #ecology #biology
www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
City Raccoons Are Evolving to Look More Like Pets
City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals
www.scientificamerican.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
jamberlyn.bsky.social
Here, have some engagement.
Yes, I still exist! Just busy caregiving and trying to find hope and motivation in today's world. Also need more income, lol. Trying to get the gumption to post more often. Maybe have some art to post next.
Hope ya'll are well.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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bedupolker.bsky.social
Not all pollinators are bees... but many still steal the yellow and black striped look.
A two panel comic with no dialogue. The first panel features a shaky nervous hoverfly, a type of fly that's yellow with black stripes like a bee, standing in a line only filled with other honeybees. One bee stands in front like a bouncer. Panel 2 is a closeup of the hoverfly holding out an ID that is clearly fake, as the picture is that of a bee.
August 4, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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shimi.bsky.social
Hey There Little One
hey there. little one. i’ve been trailing your scent through the wasteland for days. don’t run. i’m not here to hurt you. i’m here to tell you—you’re not wrong. all your life you’ve twitched at shadows, felt eyes where there were none, ached like something was missing just under your skin. they called it dreaming. they called it madness. but i’ve seen it. i’ve seen you. and you’re real. not some soft mistake. not a too-bright child who never learned to settle. you are claws. you are hunger. you are song written in wet leaves and dirt. you are what came before language. don’t you remember? when you used to listen with your whole body? when you could read the sky like scripture? when sleep came only after circling down, nose to tail, heart to moss? you used to know these things. before they taught you to be still. before they filed your teeth and stuffed your mouth with plastic. before the quiet got so loud you forgot how to feel. but i didn’t forget you. and you didn’t lose it. it’s all still inside— the instinct, the kin-sense, the aching need to run without name or reason. the snarl that isn’t anger but love with no words. you’ve tried to play nice. tried to keep your head down, your tail tucked. but i see you. i see what’s under the mask. the beast that paces. the soft creature still watching the trees for a signal. for a friend. for a way home. listen. this world isn’t safe. but it was never meant to be. we weren’t made for steel boxes and lonely kitchens. we were meant for packs. for muddy paws and rib-warmth and eyes that say i know you. i don’t promise ease. but i promise this: you are not alone. you were never alone. so rise. panting, blinking, wild with grief— but rise. and when the night presses in, don’t whisper. howl. howl into the void until something howls back. and then run to it. run to the ones who remember. run like your name depends on it. because it does. i’ve waited so long. we all have come back. come through. come home. — Shimi & Critter
July 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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rebeccanaturalist.bsky.social
My latest article goes into the kneejerk "kill it with fire/shoot it/etc." response that too many people have to #wildlife that are just minding their own business, instead of looking to more benign ways to deal with them. rebeccalexa.com/kill-it-with... #animals #nature #ecology #conservation 🌿
Kill it With Fire: On Wildlife Scapegoats - Rebecca Lexa, Naturalist
If you’ve ever seen a photo of a spider and responded “KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!!”, or responded to a picture… Read more Kill it With Fire: On Wildlife Scapegoats
rebeccalexa.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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ani-obsessive.bsky.social
Storyboard art for The Secret of NIMH (1982), dir. Don Bluth, Don Bluth Productions

Sketches by Don Bluth, paint by unknown artists
July 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
jamberlyn.bsky.social
Got a new computer recently (spiffy HP Omen-OMG those gamer LED lights, I love (I am easily amused))
Somehow got a free #Corel #Painter Essentials + #Paintshop Pro with it, so installed those. This is the result of playing around with the programs last night.
#Rusty the Red #Fox #digitalart #sketch
Digital art sketch in Corel Painter Essentials 8 of Rusty the Red Fox pup. I used to love painting with Painter, apparently still do.
July 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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bettyjiang.bsky.social
Siren
July 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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parsleydraws.bsky.social
coyo-tea
#traditionalart #canines #coyote
Description: A tiny coyote in a teacup. Below the teacup is text reading “coyo-tea.” Materials: micron pens, posca paint markers, white gel pen. Commentary: Sorry I had to (draw this pun).
June 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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erinhansonartist.bsky.social
Crystalline light filters through the oak tree in this impressively large oil painting of the Texas Hill Country. The brush strokes are thick and impressionistic, conveying a sense of movement throughout the painting.

Crystal Hues
Original Oil Painting
by Erin Hanson, 2020
60 x 96 in

#natureart
Crystal Hues Original Oil Painting by Erin Hanson, 2020 60 x 96 in About the Painting Crystalline light filters through the oak tree in this impressively large oil painting of Texas hill country. The brush strokes are thick and impressionistic, conveying a sense of movement throughout the painting. The colors vibrate with intensity, capturing the beauty of the wide outdoors. https://www.erinhanson.com/portfolio/crystal-hues
July 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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fossilforager.bsky.social
A lil tribute to the kelp forests along the California coast 🌊✨
An illustration featuring a leopard shark, bat ray, and the California state marine fish: the garibaldi. They are swimming next to giant kelp and illustrated on a vibrant blue background.
July 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM