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Mike Z
@mikez.bsky.social
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Guild Eleven co-founder and artist. I mostly work with watercolor.

Guild Eleven = my creative friends!
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Check out my Linktree! Prints & such.
https://linktr.ee/artistmikez
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Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · 12d
Reintroduction post:

Hello! My name is Mike, and I create traditional art. I mostly use watercolor, but I like to experiment with other media now and then.
A portrait painted in coffee: a woman’s face in profile. Her hair is long and full of butterflies. A sleepy crescent moon below the branches of a leafless tree, which stands on a curling rocky ledge. A clockwork aquanaut with a glass sphere head full of mechanical components is greeted by sea creatures. Five odd little monsters hanging out in a wicker basket.
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An aboleth drawn with white pencil on black paper.
A drawing of a monstrous sea creature, with tentacles and a fish tail.
January 7, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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2026 is coming in hot at Humble with @bobworldbuilder.bsky.social's Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG Megabundle to upgrade your game nights!

Supports @childsplaycharity.bsky.social.
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January 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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skullgrin140.bsky.social
I'm going to be putting a lot of my work up on Ko-Fi during this year, if you like what I do and wish to support me it's always appreciated 👇
Buy Skullgrin140 a Coffee
Become a supporter of Skullgrin140 today!
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January 6, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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jordanwthatcher.bsky.social
These hearts came out so clean! And the metallic clay makes them so shiny.

After a coat of gloss glaze they are going to really sparkle!
A handmade polymer clay heart container inspired by LoZ.
January 6, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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petersealy.bsky.social
“Aurora Borealis,” from my series “In The Round”

Available as a ready-to-hang, 36"x36" float-mounted ChromaLuxe print on aluminum.

#art #opart #digitalart #blueskyartshow #artprint #chromaluxe #artibles #intheround
“Aurora Borealis,” digital print from my series “In The Round”
January 6, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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jordanwthatcher.bsky.social
I'm looking for ideas for candy I can craft for Valentine's Day 🤔 Is there any food or candy that you think says "I Love You" best?
January 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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sommerjamfilm.bsky.social
#BelieveInFilm #BlackAndWhite
📷 Nikon Fe
🎞️ Lucky 100
🧪 ilford ilfosol3
📍 #NYC The Met
Looking downtown at the front of the met. Mostly in shadow but with a beam of light hitting the tops of the columns
January 6, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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danhawk333.bsky.social
Almost done. Had some energy to burn after work apparently
11x17 pen and paper #wip
#surreal #macabre #PenAndPaper #TraditionalArt #DarkSurrealism #DarkArt #Art #InkSky #GrimDark
A mammoth skull on a fur robed skeletal body surrounded by tenple looking stone ruins
January 6, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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whistberry.bsky.social
CW: pet loss

Today's #JanuArty theme is #pet. We're coming up on a year since we lost this precious person. Here's a painting I did of him doing his absolute favorite thing, dozing in the sun 💜
Digital painting of a very small brown chihuahua lying among bright green grass sprinkled with yellow dandelion blooms and white dandelion clocks. He is facing to the left in three-quarter profile and has his eyes closed as he absorbs the warm rays of a summer sun.
January 5, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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jordanwthatcher.bsky.social
Eureka! 💗
One side of what will be a two-sided polymer clay Heart Piece.
January 5, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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hulkhoquinn.bsky.social
Part 10 of my Elden Ring Journal. Just 3 non bosses who killed me more times than they probably should’ve. Still embarrassed about the miners tbh.
Journal type illustrations of a giant bear. Giant dog creature and a zombie like miner with a pickax. #gaming #art
January 5, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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Second breakfast for the owlbear.
A photo of my sketchbook, showing a drawing of an owlbear on a stone in a stream, fish in beak.
January 4, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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whistberry.bsky.social
Chapter 33: A Broken Promise and A New Conspirator

Illustration 33/52

#WrensAria, a charming illustrated animal fantasy wherein I see how many different animals I can draw! Coming soon!
Digital drawing in white ink against a black background of a ring-tailed lemur. Its body is in profile and sitting in such a way that its extremely long black and gray striped tail wraps around and hides everything but its left leg and foot. Its face is turned toward the viewer to show bright, round eyes, a black nose, and tufted upright ears.
January 4, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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jedwardneill.bsky.social
Hi everyone.
Tonight I'm showing off my newest style of artworks.
While this one looks like an original painting, it's actually a Plak-mounted print.
This particular piece is titled 'Penultimate.' It's one of my favorites from last year.
Want one?
shadowartfinds.etsy.com/listing/4394...
🌙🌙🌙
January 4, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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my-solastalgia.bsky.social
#JanuArty #down #stunday #eastcoastkin #blackbird #winter #birdoftheday
Photo: A blackbird in flight is coming in from the left for a landing on a thin tree branch. Background is winter grey.
January 4, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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woodpigpress.bsky.social
As we're opening to submissions in less than 11 hours, we're currently looking at AI-generated-text detection tools. I wish this wasn't necessary, but sadly it probably will be. Does anyone have any recommendations? Internxt seems quite good, and has decent privacy terms.

#booksky
January 4, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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skullgrin140.bsky.social
"Sole Survivor"
January 4, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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sarcasticsharkart.bsky.social
Work in progress!! He's coming along nicely. Haven't been feeling well, so going slower than normal. Should be able to finish today. 💙🤙

Isn't he adorable?! 🤣🦝

#racoon #TrashPanda #animal #animalart #nature #wildlife #ArtYear #bskyart #sketch #illustration #Arizona
Work in progress of a Micron pen illustration of a Trash Panda sleeping in a tree.
January 4, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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danhawk333.bsky.social
Day 2 progress point. Deliberate light day and taking my time
11x17 pen and paper #wip
#surreal #macabre #PenAndPaper #TraditionalArt #DarkSurrealism #DarkArt #Art #InkSky #GrimDark
A mammoth skull on a fur robed skeletal body surrounded by tenple looking stone ruins
January 4, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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Is he a dwarf?
Or is he a gnome?
When he’s underground, is he at home?
Or does the garden suit him instead?
Nobody knows.
Particle Man.
A drawing on toned paper of a humanoid with a large nose and beard. Lyrics contorted from Particle Man with apologies to They Might be Giants.
January 4, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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fivehaikuspoken.bsky.social
5haikuSpoken:
issue 18

Poets
@poetsheikha.bsky.social
Melissa Dennison
Tracy Davidson
Jerome Berglund
Tony Williams

#5haikuSpoken #haiku #micropoetry #poetrytok #poetry
January 4, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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tstld.bsky.social
Sketch of a little Magpie

Pastel and fineliners

#art #birds #nature
Sketch of a magpie made with pastel and fineliners on toned paper.
January 3, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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cascadecrisis.bsky.social
Quick sketch in Nomad Sculpt.
Started with a human head and zero ideas.
It turned into this bat demon.

Happy New Year!

#ttrpg #art #artist #fantasy
3D “sketch” of a bat/demon head.
January 3, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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jordanwthatcher.bsky.social
I have some beanies I'm getting ready for Valentine's Day 💗 #bsnm
A pink beanie embroidered with a Heart Piece from the LoZ: A Link to the Past. A stack of beanies embroidered with a Heart Piece from the LoZ: A Link to the Past. The beanies are light pink, heather grey, cardinal red. A closeup of the embroidery so you can see the quality of the digitizing. I created the graphic in Wilcom Studio and embroidered these on a Barudan embroidery machine.
January 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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spookshow71.bsky.social
tangled temple gates

#digitalart #fantasy #rpg #d&d
A figure walks toward a large gate opening in a dense jungle-like environment
January 3, 2026 at 2:43 PM