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ollie 🪱
@thinginthedirt.bsky.social
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he/they, 26 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
illustrator, printmaker, fiber artist, birder 🕊
bulgarian-american living in spain
audhd
🆓🇵🇸
⚔️ no ai ⚔️
portfolio: https://ollierollie.artstation.com/
prints: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/thinginthedirt/
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ollie 🪱 @thinginthedirt.bsky.social · Oct 14
#PortfolioDay Hi, I'm Ollie! I'm a queer illustrator who loves worldbuilding and stories. I am open to work on ttrpgs, book covers, game assets, characters, and more.

🎨 ollierollie.artstation.com
✉️ inthedirt@mailfence.com
a medieval manuscript style digital illustration. text at the bottom reads "god blessed me by making me transsexual for the same reason he made wheat but not bread and fruit but not wine: so that humanity might share in the act of creation. - julian k jarboe." in the center of the piece stands a trans person with top surgery scars, body hair, and facial hair. they are nude, with a red cloth partly draped over their body, and they hold a loaf of bread in one hand and a cup of wine in the other. in the dark blue background behind their head is a sun/halo and 5 stars, and on either side of them are stalks of wheat. there is an arched golden frame around them, and around this is an illuminated border of grapevines. pixel art isometric bedroom in warm earthy colors. the walls are wood paneled with 3 indistinct posters and there is a soft orange carpet. a cat naps on the bed in a patch of sun and a record is playing in the corner. there is a beanbag near the bookshelf and a book resting open on the floor. digital map of Ortesia, the industrial fantasy city from my old dnd campaign, in a monochromatic color scheme (mostly green). there is a river opening out into the ocean, with a city spanning across several islands. islands include: a marketplace and shops, a lighthouse, a religious complex, a central palace, an upper class neighborhood, and three fancy manors. the main part of the city is on the west of the river and on the northeast is the larger gnome quarter and industrial neighborhood. in the water there are ships of various sizes and in the countryside there is farmland and forest. a train exits the city from one of two parallel tracks running along opposite sides of the river. a propaganda poster in a medieval style that reads: "attacks on trans people have always been the harbinger of fascism... throwing us to the wolves will not keep you safe... class solidarity above all else!" the words are broken up by a drawing of a canary in flight with a speech bubble that says "the rich want us fighting a culture war so that we don't wage a class war" and there is an illuminated border with blue thorned flowers and hearts
thinginthedirt.bsky.social
i may live in a boring town but there's some things u get everywhere in spain, like a noontime vermouth or 2 on a cold rainy saturday ✨
2 vermouths with olives and orange slices and a small bowl of olives in between them
November 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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janus.bsky.social
Hey people if you’ve been wanting to get off Spotify but don’t know how or what to do after, i wrote this guide for @fightforthefuture.org - with tiered steps from alt-casual to ultimate DIY nerd!
How To Ditch Spotify and Support Music in the Age of AI Slop
There’s no shortage of reasons to quit Spotify in 2025. Artists and fans have been departing the platform in droves because they’re fed up with the company paying artists virtually nothing, using algo...
touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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jordancollver.bsky.social
It was this time last year that I was wholly distracted from pressing project deadlines by making this ragtag troupe. Currently resisting the pull to add new recruites...
Illustrations of Medieval helmets resembling the faces of Muppets characters Gonzo, Kermit, Piggy, Animal, Fozzy, and Sam Eagle (as an Aztec, being truly American).
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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jojovego.bsky.social
Mountain Goat Storage Jar #Pixel_Dailies #Pixquare #pixelart #Ceramics #Goat #AncientHistory
An ancient clay jar decorated with geometric lines and a stylised depiction of a mountain goat at the centre. A mountain and blue sky with clouds are depicted in the background.
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
thinginthedirt.bsky.social
i'm so close to finishing silksong and after playing so long it felt like it was never gonna end, i wish it wouldn't
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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sonnyross.bsky.social
Sloppers fuck off. If you can’t do it yourself maybe learn to be happy as the audience

www.sonnyross.com/shop/aisucks
A naive floral illustration with a severed hand that was already all fucked up because it was made by a slopper. With the text “I don’t use ai I’m not a fucking loser”
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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retrotechdreams.bsky.social
The Secret of Monkey Island (1990)
October 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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sambamjo.bsky.social
my personal tarot series im revisiting but im stronger
A series of tarot art based off of the artist’s life and experience. There are 9 cards in gradients of blue, pink and orange.
November 13, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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thinginthedirt.bsky.social
this is now available as a print!

www.inprnt.com/gallery/thin...
sample print of the piece in the quoted post
September 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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orangeblossombitch.bsky.social
'Light of my eyes, light of my eyes'

PEAK THIS ABSOLUTELY INSANE BORDER @littlestpersimmon
DID FOR OUR OCS!!
#art
November 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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bigartthread.bsky.social
Oil paintings by South Korean artist Guimi You, 2020s, whose work captures mundane scenes in her daily life.
Painting in a soft style with a blue-green palette, depicting a woman in overalls and floppy hat standing in the center of a garden path surrounded by succulents, flowers, and trees, with a beige house in the background. Painting in a soft style with a yellow, mint, and rust-colored palette, depicting a figure sitting on a bench in a backyard garden, surrounded by trees and potted plants, against a yellow sky. Painting in a soft style with a blue and grey palette, depicting a cafe with flowers and a big window showing the street outside. A small round table holding a pastry and latte is in the lower foreground, and we see a figure's hand coming up from the bottom drawing in a notebook. Painting in a soft style with a blue-green, orange, and light pink palette, depicting a park with a large curving pond in the center, with various figures standing and sitting around its edges, surrounded by flowering pink trees and green forest, and an orange mountain in the background.
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
thinginthedirt.bsky.social
holy shit just saw my first kingfisher 💙🧡
November 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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thesunxix.bsky.social
Still no orders this November so don’t mind if I try putting some of the stuff in my shop out there! If you’re looking to fill stockings, or that empty space in your gallery wall, or just generally vibe with colorful, vibrant art - you’re in the right place 🙂‍↕️

ko-fi.com/thesunxix/shop
#art #sticker
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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racheldeering.bsky.social
Morning.
Crow on a Bamboo Branch, Kawanabe Kyōsai, c.1887.
Painting as described.
November 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
thinginthedirt.bsky.social
love getting woken up 3 fuckib days in a row by my neighbors
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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ascalaphid.com
Brother Gregor never spoke and often spooked the neophytes with his appearance, but he was a gentle soul and a phenomenal cook and knew more ways to prepare a fish than the abbot knew hymns
gharial of the cloth
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
thinginthedirt.bsky.social
i'm so tired of having to do everything on the computer or phone 😩 makes me feel like i'm living half a life
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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dieselbrain.bsky.social
#SaveSpeech

This new version of Chat Control is apparently being pushed through a backdoor and could possibly be voted on TOMORROW

Contact your MP/MEPs and demand that chat control be OPPOSED

www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-cont...
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
thinginthedirt.bsky.social
realizing i've been with my partner half a decade... it doesn't feel like it's been that long
November 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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taylornprice.bsky.social
European green crab
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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houndsaint.bsky.social
Chronology of carving
a rabbit wrapped in briars and roses, facing left, drawn on a linoleum block the same rabbit, but the background has been carved away The same rabbit, but the background and briars/leaves have been carved away The final carving, set against a green and white cutting mat background
November 30, 2024 at 11:55 PM
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dryad.technology
STOP having "conversations" with ChatGPT and START talking to your stuffed animals like a normal person
snapcube.gay Penny Parker @snapcube.gay · 8d
everyone needs to grow the fuck up and start playing pretend with toys
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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linnybobinny.bsky.social
if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM