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thefuzzyslug.bsky.social
Natalie Metzger
@thefuzzyslug.bsky.social
2.5K followers 940 following 2.1K posts
💀 She/her
🎨 Illustrator and designer
🏔️ Pacific Northwest
🔗 https://thefuzzyslug.neocities.org/links
🪲🦀 Here Be Bugs 🕷️🦐
🚫 No genAI
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nickydrayden.bsky.social
A little Valentine's Day treat for you, a throwback to when I made LeVar Burton get teary-eyed over a queer love story with aliens and fractals. 🌈❤️

www.pandora.com/podcast/leva...
LeVar Burton Reads
Listen to LeVar Burton Reads: "Immersive Remix: "The Simplest Equation" by Nicky Drayden" on Pandora - A struggling college student gains new perspective on her studies from her classmate, who's come ...
www.pandora.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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mariannedenton.bsky.social
Hi & tysm friends~

Ladies lunch club loved the bugs yesterday.

I had ≈30 min but used your suggestions:
Biodiversity +undescribed species
gifs of bumblebees playing with balls like puppies & spiders dancing for their life
bugs as pest control & leave the leaves

BIG WIN on the bottom pie chart ☺️💛
mariannedenton.bsky.social Marianne Denton @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 11d
Hello Insectphile Friends!

I’m giving a casual presentation to a “ladies lunch” group next week about insects. I can talk for days about insects, both scientifically & emotionally, but that’s just me.

Tell me & help me, what should I include about why YOU love insects?

Hugs & Bugs!
💚🪲

🌿
Meme of two identical pie charts stacked. The pie chart are divided into equal quarters with a legend on the right. The top pie chart says: Nobody Will Remember: Your salary How "busy" you were How many hours you worked How many Gucci bags you owned The bottom pie chart says: People Will Remember: How much you knew about bugs The time you spent learning about bugs If you knew facts about bugs that made them smile If they learned to love bugs because of you
February 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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saimihanma.bsky.social
I also have a webshop again!

You'll find both my books, all my zines either in print or ebook format, and art prints.

saimihanma.com/shop/
a web banner for the saimi hanma shop over a photo of a snowy dunes and ocean and a lone figure in black on the side
February 13, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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alepresser.com
OK, HEAR ME OUT
It's a regular DnD aligment chart, but there are new itens. On top, there a "Goblin" right after goo, neutral and evil, and on the botton there is "Disaster" right after lawful, Neutral and Chaotic. The results are: Lawful Goblin, Neutral Goblin, Chaotic Gobiln, and then "Full of good intentions Disaster", "Just a disaster", "An Evil Disaster" and the last one is "Disaster Goblin".
July 19, 2023 at 10:59 AM
thefuzzyslug.bsky.social
Artists, quote with something silly!
illustration of a budgie with long slender smooooooth human legs with cute little teal tennis shoes, various poses, main one is setting on a perch looking grumpy with legs crossed, others include triumphant wings out half crouch, straddle stretch looking through lets, sitting on ground with legs bend in repose, happy outstretched legs walking
February 12, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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franzanth.bsky.social
LOOK AT THIS 'PILLAR

Short story, I tried to draw as many species from my backyard as possible and got burnt out real quick, so I started paying other artists to do it.

I tried to rear this baby, nicknamed Charizard, in 2020. I failed, but it's now immortalized as a @mothmonarch.bsky.social piece.
mothmonarch.bsky.social MOTH👑MONARCH 2026 EDITION @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 4d
🌘 "Starchild" 🌟
Commission for @franzanth.bsky.social & at last another of my Golden Orbits.
Digital artwork of a dragon head caterpillar (Polyura schreiber) with the many dots on its horned head and chubby body rendered to resemble little stars, a few actually being tiny four-pointed stars. Above its head a partially eclipsed moon is framed between its inner horns, and large four-pointed stars rest on the center of its upper head and hang on either side of its head between its outer horns. More stylized rays and stars radiate out into the edges of the image, rich textured gold against a dark blue framing the green bug's body. The caterpillar is outlined in metallic gold and has fairly realistic face details and feet. Art by Moth Monarch.
February 11, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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xxyxxy.com
Another little heart astronaut just floated into view at xxyxxy.com! Hello there!

#ceramic #astronaut #necklace
A little ceramic astronaut with a yellow faceplate and a heart on its chest.
February 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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abistevensart.bsky.social
There's less than 2 days left to back for some awesome eye-full sea creature enamel pins from Warped Ocean! 👁👁👁
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...

#artistSupport #DarkArt #SciArt #Pintopiac#Backerkit
Warped Ocean
Dive into the darkest depths with me and discover warped denizens of the deep! The watery sequel to Celestial Beasts will emerge from the depths in January 2026.
www.backerkit.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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bittelmethis.bsky.social
My wife read GRIZZLED to the kids tonight for bedtime. There were oo’s and aww’s and I-didn’t-know-that’s!

My oldest is 11 now. He was 2 when I sent my first email about this idea. 🥹

GRIZZLED comes out in 21 days!!!!!!!

(Oh, and it’s technically for adults, but tweens/teens are welcome, too. 🧪)
bittelmethis.bsky.social Jason GRIZZLED Bittel @bittelmethis.bsky.social · Oct 31
🐻GRIZZLED🐻: Love Letters to 50 of North America's Least Understood Animals

Def the biggest & most personal project of my career. Featuring artwork & foreword by Joel Sartore, as well as insights from a bajillion amazing scientists. 🧪

❤️‍🔥I HOPE YOU LOVE IT❤️‍🔥
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804002...
Grizzled by Jason Bittel: 9781426223358 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Funny, fascinating, and scientifically grounded, this charming book reveals unknown details about 50 well-known animals. Effortlessly readable, Grizzled reintroduces nature lovers to species they th...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:04 AM
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chrisdeleon.bsky.social
four panel comic, a primitive deer looking animal says indohyus my brother, I've decided to search for more food in the waters. a yellow version of a similar small primitive deer type animal says you will regret this pakicetus the environment will force you to adapt the original animal replies in frame two. I just need some shrimps lol I will be perfectly fine. panel 3 says 35 million years later. hear a modern enormous whale is right next to a modern deer making really big long drawn out whale moaning noises in panel 4. the deers ears are perked up and the camera is closer with a text above the deer's head wtf.
February 10, 2026 at 3:27 AM
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kbspangler.com
Uhoh those the were load-bearing witches.
February 9, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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telekitnetic.bsky.social
#telekitneticart #formline #indigenousart

🚮⚙️ You cannot automate the human experience

(Sticker up now) 👉 ko-fi.com/s/3ecf690ed7
A picture of a 3-inch anti-generative AI holographic sticker with a formline design on it. The design has a black border with sparkles lining it. Text within the border reads “you cannot automate the human experience.” The formline design depicts a decapitated robot head with vacant eyes. Next to it are two ravens, with one raven perched on the head with a piece of the robot’s antenna in its beak. A picture of a 3-inch anti-generative AI holographic sticker with a formline design on it. The design has a black border with sparkles lining it. Text within the border reads “you cannot automate the human experience.” The formline design depicts a decapitated robot head with vacant eyes. Next to it are two ravens, with one raven perched on the head with a piece of the robot’s antenna in its beak. This picture shows the sticker in more detail, being held up by fingers.
February 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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gianttourtiere.bsky.social
EVERY HOUSE SHOULD HAVE A DEMON SUCKING BOWL
iacobuscaesar.bsky.social Jacob @iacobuscaesar.bsky.social · 7d
This Super Bowl Sunday, I’d like to introduce you all to the magical curse bowls used in Upper Mesopotamia and Syria in late antiquity. Written in Mandaic (as here) or Syriac Aramaic, they trap demons who trespass on a household by sucking them in with spiraling spells to the center of the bowl.
A Mandaic curse bowl in the Royal Ontario Museum. It has a spiraling Mandaic text that leads to an encircled x at the center.
February 8, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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nimasprout.bsky.social
Salamander Reading ✨
Available!
Size: 2x3.5"
Acryla gouache and ink
$55 (US shipping included)

DM to claim
Hand holding a small painting of a salamander reading
February 8, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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mrtylercrook.bsky.social
If you’d like to commission me for an 11x17 ink and acrylic watercolor page, now’s the time! mistercrook.com/store

I don’t plan to open commissions again this year and there’s only a handful of slots left!

#ArtPost #OriginalArt #ArtCommissions
The Watcher Commission
YouTube video by Mr. Tyler Crook
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February 7, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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scoutprime.bsky.social
LOL.... i wanted to hear JD getting booed at the Olympics and when i searched for it on YouTube i got this
February 7, 2026 at 6:59 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
anyway, it’s true and bears repeating. leave substack.
February 7, 2026 at 5:22 PM
thefuzzyslug.bsky.social
🥰💖🥰💖🥰💖!!!! #SciArt
emmalerae.bsky.social Emma LeRae @ ECCC 10024 @emmalerae.bsky.social · 8d
Dinosaurs Survived!

All 15 designs so far.

www.emmalerae.com/store.html
An image showing 15 illustrations of birds paired with dinosaur skulls. Below each reads the words "Dinosaurs Survived!" with the geological formations and locations of each.
February 6, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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histoftech.bsky.social
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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emmalerae.bsky.social
Test prints have been made. I need to tweak a few things here and there before they’re finished and then I’ll order stickers and throw them up on my website.

#sciart
#paleoart
Photo of 5 art prints with birds sitting on dinosaur skulls.
February 5, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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xerxes.gay
Furries have already achieved the dream of every shit silicon valley technology and in a more ethical and less cringe way

The metaverse: VRChat
NFTs: adoptable fursonas
Typing words into a text box and having art appear: commissions
February 4, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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lalahaenzy.com
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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maxamari.bsky.social
I can't quarantine Mr. Sharpie in another room any more because he's figured out he can move the vent covers.

This guy is walking around in the ducts like John fucking McClane.
A gray and white cat is sitting on the INSIDE of a HVAC vent grate.
February 1, 2026 at 2:43 PM
thefuzzyslug.bsky.social
anyway...
illustration of a chonky rat in the classic hellmo pose, arms raised and out, flames rising behind, googly eyed flat expression, staring into your soul
February 3, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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rj-palmer.com
Godzilla doodle 😈✏️
photo of a pencil sketch of godzilla's face. The sadness in his eyes betrays the smile he is attempting
February 2, 2026 at 8:03 PM