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Tuonenkalla
@tuonenkalla.bsky.social
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Traditional Artist | 1989 | Lapland, Finland | Nonbinary

🌐 https://linktr.ee/tuonenkalla

🎨 Mostly animals and nature, with some creatures, monsters, mythology and humanoids mixed in

💚 environment, human rights, lgbt+
🚫 no.A.I, N.F.T
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Tuonenkalla @tuonenkalla.bsky.social · Nov 15
An artist living in the cold North, being inspired by my surroundings; the nature and its animals.
My own heritage and its culture history, as well as old beliefs and myths color my works as well. #art

Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/Tuonenk...
Commission info: tuonenkalla.carrd.co
Info sheet of artist "Kalla" Tuonenkalla. On a brown background, featuring a drawing of their fursona that is a grey-colored lynx with brown snake tail. Includes drawings of their child as a baby lynx and their two cats. Info texts read: Asexual. Nonbinary. They're located in the northern Finland, and are Finnish-Karelian. Their family consists of a child and two cats. As a hobby they collect treasures from the nature, collect books and grow plants. Their tools of choice are different traditional media like watercolors, color pencils, gouache and soft pastels. Kalla's likes are: Nature and animals, self-sustainability, arts & crafts, photography, culture history. Kalla's dislikes are: Capitalism, inequality, societal expectations of "good and respectable" life, generative AI, NFT & art theft. Traditionally painted and drawn art depicting a lynx standing on a branch above the water, taking a drink from the lake. Ripples are formed on the water surface and the surrounding nature is covered in mist, making the atmosphere dream-like. Traditionally painted and drawn art depicting two arctic foxes in white winter fur, running through the sky. In the sky there are many many stars and big auroras. Traditionally painted and drawn art depicting a wolf standing, facing the viewer, head low and careful. In the picture a night has fallen, all is dark, except for the wolf that is blue in color and ghostly, glowing. The artwork is called "Spirit of the Wilderness", signifying that the wolf is not a real, living wolf, but rather a ghost or a spirit of the wilderness and its symbol the wild wolf, or what is left of them.
tuonenkalla.bsky.social
Tonight I have lost my mother, after a sudden finding of a fierce and advanced, already incurable illness.
I have no words. Simply the endless sadness, a knowledge that from now on, no-one will ever love me as deeply and dearly as she did.
I feel alone and lost, but try to live on for my child ❤️
January 29, 2026 at 5:28 AM
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brendelbored.bsky.social
Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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arnaerr.bsky.social
oh to be the hero of kvatch riding shadowmere around the lake rumare looking for some ayleid ruins to explore 😳

#art #tes #oblivion
January 25, 2026 at 7:56 PM
tuonenkalla.bsky.social
quote with your horn art!

#art #ocsky
Reference sheet of a moose character named Čilketys. They are a normal colored dark moose except for their head and the area around the hooves that are white. Horns appear either those of a reindeer or as if they were a lichen growth. White areas of Čilketys glow in the dark. They're an eerie sight to be seen.
January 24, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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retquits.art
so don't get too comfortable.

#art
A digital painting of an ice cube, followed by several hands closed over each other with water pouring from them. Bold text on the art reads: "ICE MELTS".
January 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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doomedsarcoma.bsky.social
the guilt of killing it
January 23, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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secondatbest.bsky.social
The Amber Tree, this month’s riso print

I’ve always had a love for amber fossils, so this one was a great excuse to do a bit more reading on the prehistoric insects preserved within and trees that were responsible.
January 20, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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sculptedreef.com
A close up of a recently finished Coral Garden, lovingly made from teeny tiny glass beads 💖

#ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Corals #JanuArty 🦑🐡
Tiny beaded corals, in rose gold and green, and purples with pink.
January 21, 2026 at 4:17 AM
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January 20, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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mikeyokite.bsky.social
I'll let this video I have saved to my hard drive speak for itself.

Keep going and don't be afraid to fail.
January 12, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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alexdecampi.bsky.social
The realest thing ever said about working in the arts
ethankocak.com Ethan Kocak @ethankocak.com · Jan 5
Natural talent is nothing compared to the ability to keep making shit long after everyone else has given up
January 15, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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crits4cats.org
Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 AM
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mxmorgan.com
well, evening plans changed. went ahead and made 60 swatch squares available - completely free to purchase and royalty free to use. tips appreciated but never required.

bloop: ko-fi.com/s/b772a32998
January 10, 2026 at 5:17 AM
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athanaca.bsky.social
🪁 A design approach based on traditional kite and Wallcreeper!Maybe will make it possible for flying in the future?🧐

#bird #birdart #illustration #digitalart #kite #design #animal #animalart #conceptart #ornamental
A traditional Chinese kite design based on the specie - Wallcreeper
January 10, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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amyraehill.bsky.social
A drama in the cosmos viewed by an audience of one 🐱

(something to calm the nerves)
January 9, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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serenamalyon.bsky.social
Celestial Reunion - watercolour and acryla gouache on paper
for Magic: The Gathering's "Lorwyn Eclipsed". AD: Jameela Wahlgren

An emotional reunion between two elemental gods. I was asked to lean into a stylized representation of them, and I had a lot of fun playing with the intertwining shapes.
Two elemental gods, one of sun, one of the moon, intertwine. Together they create an eclipse.
January 9, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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vexnir.bsky.social
❄️🌕🦌🌲❄️

#art #traditionalart #sketchbook
Sketchbook page with 1 large illustration and 2 small ones on the side. The large illustration shows a ghost deer running through a snowy field under a pink moon. There’s some tall trees on the right side the image. The other two small drawings on the side of the page are a pinecone and a white bellflower
January 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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magicmooshka.bsky.social
it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI
recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best. It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.
January 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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birdfrogdraws.bsky.social
the star bringer
Noel Hugs Orion
January 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
tuonenkalla.bsky.social
Look at my first ever character design adopt! I already have many ideas 🧡
sighs.bsky.social ˗ˏˋ 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙨 ˎˊ˗ @sighs.bsky.social · Dec 28
🍁Sweater Squirrel🍂
Illustration of a red squirrel furry design for adoption. Gradient sweater like pattern that end at the elbows and chest. Character has a black tail and green eyes. Line less digital art.
January 5, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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hatamaluvanka.bsky.social
🎭 Winter celebration's disguise ❄️🌟🐐

#art #digitalart #draw #drawing #illustration #украрт #ukrart #krita #oc
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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jagalart.bsky.social
All that is golden
January 3, 2026 at 6:46 AM
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maijakarala.bsky.social
Sad news: As of this year, Finland allows the killing of about a fifth of our grey wolf population annually, regardless of whether the particular wolves cause any harm. This on top of harm-based permits and poaching puts our endangered wolf population at risk.

More info: www.sll.fi/ajankohtaist...
A digital portait of a gentle-looking grey wolf, based on an individual who formerly lived in Ähtäri Zoo. #SciArt
January 3, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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maijakarala.bsky.social
Christmas break fantasy doodles, before work resumes tomorrow. A wild winged unicorn and a dragon peeking into an abandoned garden.
A drawing of a robustly built unicorn with large swan-like wings, cloven hooves and a donkey-like tail. The drawing is made in rosy, purplish and bluish pastel shades. There's a hint of rolling grasslands in the simple background. A drawing of an arch-shaped gateway through a crumbling stone wall, with a red dragon peeking its head through. On the inside, there is an overgrown pathway with vegetation and fallen stones littering the ground.
January 4, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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jlgribbleart.bsky.social
I wanted to play with the visual vibration between a vivid red and ultramarine blue. It didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped - I might try again some time with different pigments. #Art #Watercolor #Mermaid
A glowing mermaid holds their hands to their face and looks into the eyes of one of the many clown fish hiding in their hair. The mermaid is bracketed by bright red coral; the ocean behind them an ultramarine void.
January 3, 2026 at 11:47 PM