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Jess Taylor
@loadofolbobbins.bsky.social
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Textile artist and Illustrator in Portsmouth, UK. 🎨 Inspired by nature, books and coosplaying pigeons. 🐦 https://www.loadofolbobbins.co.uk/
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Jess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social · Jan 22
I thought I’d do a proper intro post with links 👋 I’m Jess aka Loadofolbobbins a textile artist and illustrator inspired by nature, books and coosplaying pigeons. 🐦❤️

Shop: www.loadofolbobbins.co.uk
Birb Zine Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/loa...
Newsletter: eepurl.com/hZtidz
A flat lay of a selection of original bird illustration prints by Loadofolbobbins. They’re all muddled together overlapping to create a joyful mass of birds. The birds you can see as illustrations are a goldfinch, pukeko, white browed tit warbler, curl crested aracari, brown hooded kingfisher, Californian sage grouse, king penguin, red billed oxpecker, bluejay, harpy eagle, Bluethroat, white created helmetshrike and a red and yellow barbet. A selection of laser cut wooden jewellery featuring illustrations inspired by ivy and the wildlife it attracts. Working from left to right, a small vibrant variegated ivy necklace with a jersey tiger moth stuck to the leaf, a pair of ivy stud earrings (left one is variegated with lime green border & slightly darker green centre, right stud is dark green ivy leaf with light green veining), small wooden charm of an ivy mining bee, a swallowtail moth lapel pin on a illustrated ivy backing card, a large dark green veined ivy leaf necklace with red admiral butterfly stuck to bottom left, a jersey tiger moth lapel pin on a backing card full of ivy illustrations, pair of matching ivy mining bee stud earrings on a backing card, a small wooden charm of a golden hoverfly, a small vibrant variegated ivy necklace, a large dark green veined ivy leaf necklace with a golden hoverfly stuck to the bottom left and a red admiral butterfly lapel pin. Text says Ivy League by Loadofolbobbins An original digital illustration of a Cassowary bird by Loadofolbobbins. The illustration focuses on its neck and head. A very dinosaur looking bird the Cassowary has a bright reddish orange wrinkled neck and wattle that transitions to a bright intense blue face with sharp angles of the skull visible underneath its skin. It has a beak slightly elongated and pointed downwards. It has a large eye with a yellowy orange iris that is glistening in the sun. On top of its head is a casque, which is an enlargement of the bone from its upper skull and looks almost like a Mohawk and is an array of greens in colour. The background is a splash of light grey ink. A photo montage of pigeon themed product from Loadofolbobbins. Clockwise from top left a hardback book of illustrations called 100 days of Coosplay by Jessica Taylor and Fred the pigeon, a laser cut wooden necklace showing an illustration of a pigeon coosplaying as a unicorn, a series of three laser cut wooden pins showing illustrations of a pigeon coosplaying as Elizabeth the first, an artist and a roller derby player.
loadofolbobbins.bsky.social
Just 1 week until all the fun of the first ever @backerkit.com holiday market kicks off! I'm going to have some real treats in my shop, including some special freebies if you shop early with me!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...

#Birds #Illustration #ArtShop #BSNM #ArtSky #ChristmasGifts
Loadofolbobbins Holiday Shop Launch Party
Get excited about Loadofolbobbins Holiday Shop on BackerKit - come join!
www.backerkit.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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annieshaoart.bsky.social
One week until the BackerKit Holiday Market begins! I am very excited to see what everyone will be offering!

@loadofolbobbins.bsky.social, @kathryngarner.co.uk and I will be collaborating for some fun sticker freebies!

#BirdArt #SciArt #BSNM #holidaymarket #stickers #prints
Get Ready for Winged Wonderland
From Annie Shao Art - Get Ready for Winged Wonderland
www.backerkit.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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hanaayoob.co.uk
Continuing to to dump my silly thoughts on to screen and paper
A two panel comic titled ‘confessions of an overachiever’ - panel one has a happy Hana (woman with wavy hair wearing purple glasses and earrings) thinking ‘I got so much done this afternoon!’. Panel 2 has a frowning Hana with a ‘1 minute later’ note thinking ‘I should have done more’
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
did we all forget the saying???? what is going on???
Photo of a piece of yellowed paper with thr text in all caps A COMPUTER CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST EVET MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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soengery.bsky.social
Pizza, Pretzel, Donut, Dog
Drawing of a flock of pigeons - including pizza, pretzel, donut, dog
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
loadofolbobbins.bsky.social
If you see this, post your bird art.

#BirdArt #Owls
An original digital illustration by Loadofolbobbins of a Barn Owl in flight. The perspective is as if you were looking up underneath the owl as it’s swooping with claws beneath it to catch pray. It’s wings are together behind it caught in the upward flapping motion. The colouring of the owl is a combination of creams and browns with dark speckled markings across the body, underwing and head. The head of the owl is a slightly richer, almost orange brown. One big black eye can be seen looking beyond it’s claws, intensely focused and there’s a trail of brownish feather beneath it which look almost like a stripe that leads to the small pointed yellow beak. The background is inky wash in dark blue.
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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twinmade.bsky.social
BONUS PRIZE ADDED for a third winner:

A SCARF OF FUCKS!
November 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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bigbeardybooks.bsky.social
not once, plagiarism machines stole everything from human creatives so in no way will I use them to encourage them, turn off as many AI features as I can when I notice them (or are told about them)

Fuck LLMs that have stolen their information
clairesnonsense.bsky.social Claire Waller / Ellie Graves/ Claire Lunn @clairesnonsense.bsky.social · 3d
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋

(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
baddestmamajama.bsky.social Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 4d
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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twinmade.bsky.social
Your chance of winning The Throw of Fucks is currently one in 57. www.twinmade.com/shop/winthet...

Once 60 tickets have sold and every 20 after, I will add a Fuck Scarf into the winnings.
November 8, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
View of the lobster-claw vessel from above 🦞
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
loadofolbobbins.bsky.social
First jigsaw in the wild photo 😁
kathryngarner.co.uk Kathryn Garner @kathryngarner.co.uk · 4d
We are!!! It has a lovely texture and we love the colours! Just not looking forward to all the white and grey bits!! 😄
Puzzle featuring lots of different brightly coloured moths, in progress.
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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kathryngarner.co.uk
Follow my exCELLent Holiday Shop here for a pre-launch follower freebie
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/k...

And check out the shops of my awesome cross-collab buddies
@loadofolbobbins.bsky.social
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...

@annieshaoart.bsky.social
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Drawn to Cells? exCELLent Holiday Shop Launch Party
Get excited about Drawn to Cells? exCELLent Holiday Shop on BackerKit - come join!
www.backerkit.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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kathryngarner.co.uk
The @backerkit.com Holiday Market launches in 10 days and to say we're excited is a massive understatement!!!

There'll be another chance to buy magnets featuring my Cell Paintings. Making these sparked my curiosity and led me to train to be a Scientist!

#sciart #artsky #nephsky #medsky #pathsky
Four bright and glossy rectangle magnets featuring paintings of cells. Clockwise from top left: Small Brown Cell Drawing Magnet, Black Angry Cells Magnet, Orange Cell Drawing Magnet, Purple Cell Drawing Magnet.
November 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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earthandsand.bsky.social
Pigeon and rook, Urban Shadows series, are still available. Lovely small original artworks, signed by myself, and an affordable small artwork.
earthandsandbyanna.etsy.com/listing/4386...
#corvids #pigeons #rook #birds #MHHSBD #art
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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nionwomen.bsky.social
🏊‍♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision.

In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.

Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.

1/5
NION Women Rejects Anti-Trans Narrative at Kenwood Ladies Pond Image of women swimming in the wild
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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amysparkes.bsky.social
I'm passionate about making creative opportunities accessible to all, so I offer a free 6-month mentoring opportunity for children's writers who might find it particularly hard to pursue writing.
Open for applications: 8th - 16th Nov.

www.storygodmother.co.uk/index.php/op...

#WritingCommunity
A square with purple, swirly background. The Story Godmother logo is at the top: The words 'The Story Godmother' above an open book with sparkles around. Text below reads: Free mentoring opportunity for 2026.
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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brianlarossa.com
Hey illustrators/agents!

I’m a #kidlit art director starting work on a new picture book—we’re looking for: expressive, commercial, human characters; texture (printmakingish); AND BATS! Lively, active, swarming BATS!

Please respond w/ samples + folio link.
Please no emails/DMs.

💙❤️ #artcommissions
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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yukfunwow.bsky.social
Think this one is my favourite of our new Xmas card designs
Photo of a risograph printed Christmas card in sky blue and red. It features an illustration of a bauble being put on a Christmas tree. In its reflection is the face of a cat weating a rollneck sweatshirt.
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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simonguy.bsky.social
Follow Coates for this and other entertaining (though not always poet and wombat related) anniversaries.
oddthisday.bsky.social Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 6d
It’s 6 November, and you know what that means, don’t you? YES, THAT’S RIGHT. It’s the 156th anniversary of the death of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s pet wombat
Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s pen and ink drawing of himself mourning his wombat, showing a man kneeling over the corpse of a rotund wombat, its toes turned up. They are in front of tomb bearing the date 6th November 1869, and a palm tree
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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loadofolbobbins.bsky.social
Getting super excited for the first ever @backerkit.com Holiday Market! I've got lots of special bundles planned, some mystery ones and cross-collab freebies with the talented @kathryngarner.co.uk & @annieshaoart.bsky.social

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...

#Birds #ArtShop #Illustration #SciArt
Loadofolbobbins Holiday Shop Launch Party
Get excited about Loadofolbobbins Holiday Shop on BackerKit - come join!
www.backerkit.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC.

It didn't matter.

Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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stephenmcgann.uk
Charisma.
Not rocket science, a dirty word, or a fart at a genteel dinner party. A vessel in which less base ideals can be communicated to the heart. Present at every piece of progress ever made by society. Politics, like all human drama, is laden with theory, but realised in the heart and gut.
henrymance.ft.com Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 7d
This isn't the only takeaway of Mamdani's victory, but it is the most important one www.ft.com/content/92bf...
November 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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lucysullivan.bsky.social
Me & my comics pal @fraserc69.bsky.social were adding our unused TFTQ page to this but the con artist AKA Frazer Brown has put that on hold for now.

Instead Fraser (good one) & I are creating a brand, spankin’ 1 pager for A1 DEADLINE so please…
BACK IT NOW!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dee...
A1 DEADLINE SPECIAL
A1 and DEADLINE, two landmark UK comic book publications ARE BACK! The heart of UK counterculture returns to print.
www.kickstarter.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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smaldo.bsky.social
Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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levparikian.bsky.social
Just had a bit of a cry and it’s not even my country or city. The power of hope.
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM