Rune Winters - Formerly Laura Garabedian
@wintersrune.com
Artist, Noodle-Dragon-Wrangler, Half-Ass Homesteader - FairyTalesWithTails.com -
Tagging #art and #Windhound (Silken Windhound)
NO AI-NFTs-CRYPTO
Tagging #art and #Windhound (Silken Windhound)
NO AI-NFTs-CRYPTO
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Oops guess it was #portfolioday yesterday and I missed it but Happy day today I guess?
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I’ve curated another starter pack, this time to make it easier to find artists working in the illustration and comics fields! (If you qualify to be on this list but are not on it let me know, I will fill it up until it hits the 150 limit!)
go.bsky.app/JU83vmM
go.bsky.app/JU83vmM
December 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I’ve curated another starter pack, this time to make it easier to find artists working in the illustration and comics fields! (If you qualify to be on this list but are not on it let me know, I will fill it up until it hits the 150 limit!)
go.bsky.app/JU83vmM
go.bsky.app/JU83vmM
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Mini painting - upturned mushroom with evergreen
December 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Mini painting - upturned mushroom with evergreen
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Alas no rest for artists trying to make their mortgage payment. 😞
New artwork is now available!
DM to claim (Venmo/PayPal preferred)
New artwork is now available!
DM to claim (Venmo/PayPal preferred)
December 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Alas no rest for artists trying to make their mortgage payment. 😞
New artwork is now available!
DM to claim (Venmo/PayPal preferred)
New artwork is now available!
DM to claim (Venmo/PayPal preferred)
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The audiobook of "Swordheart" by @tkingfisher.com is on sale at Chirp for $3.99 today. It works as a standalone even tho the series (Hugo finalist World of the White Rat) technically starts with Clockwork Boys.
Daggerbound (Swordheart #2) comes out next August!
www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/s...
Daggerbound (Swordheart #2) comes out next August!
www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/s...
Swordheart
A New York Times bestseller from a “master” of the genre (Travis Baldree, author of Legends & Lattes): When Halla inherits her great-uncle’s estate, she receives an ancient sword which, once unshe...
www.chirpbooks.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The audiobook of "Swordheart" by @tkingfisher.com is on sale at Chirp for $3.99 today. It works as a standalone even tho the series (Hugo finalist World of the White Rat) technically starts with Clockwork Boys.
Daggerbound (Swordheart #2) comes out next August!
www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/s...
Daggerbound (Swordheart #2) comes out next August!
www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/s...
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I’ve met a fair number of dudes at dog parks who are like “yes, my dog is one-eighth mighty Alaskan gray wolf” and I’ve nodded politely at what is very clearly a Labradoodle.
December 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I’ve met a fair number of dudes at dog parks who are like “yes, my dog is one-eighth mighty Alaskan gray wolf” and I’ve nodded politely at what is very clearly a Labradoodle.
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The lessons for heavy DIYers to take from this, btw:
If your doctor says your insurance won't approve a newly-released drug you really want to try, don't despair. Ask them if they're willing to do a "peer to peer" if you draft the justification for them to edit to save time.
If your doctor says your insurance won't approve a newly-released drug you really want to try, don't despair. Ask them if they're willing to do a "peer to peer" if you draft the justification for them to edit to save time.
December 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The lessons for heavy DIYers to take from this, btw:
If your doctor says your insurance won't approve a newly-released drug you really want to try, don't despair. Ask them if they're willing to do a "peer to peer" if you draft the justification for them to edit to save time.
If your doctor says your insurance won't approve a newly-released drug you really want to try, don't despair. Ask them if they're willing to do a "peer to peer" if you draft the justification for them to edit to save time.
I hate it when that happens
Found the chart! It was on Twitter, username was @ DelKittyy but I'm not sure if they were the original maker or not.
December 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I hate it when that happens
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Red fox’s Dream🦊🔆
*Try to express the colors hidden in the fox’s fur
#illustration #fox #animalart #originalart #digitalart #wildlife #portrait
*Try to express the colors hidden in the fox’s fur
#illustration #fox #animalart #originalart #digitalart #wildlife #portrait
December 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Red fox’s Dream🦊🔆
*Try to express the colors hidden in the fox’s fur
#illustration #fox #animalart #originalart #digitalart #wildlife #portrait
*Try to express the colors hidden in the fox’s fur
#illustration #fox #animalart #originalart #digitalart #wildlife #portrait
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Drawing again has made me realize how often I’d see a piece of art I admired and I’d think “That’s so cool, I could never do that,”
when I couldn’t have any idea of what style or vibe I’d cultivate if I just kept practicing. If I’d even want to make something like that once I’d learned how.
when I couldn’t have any idea of what style or vibe I’d cultivate if I just kept practicing. If I’d even want to make something like that once I’d learned how.
December 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Drawing again has made me realize how often I’d see a piece of art I admired and I’d think “That’s so cool, I could never do that,”
when I couldn’t have any idea of what style or vibe I’d cultivate if I just kept practicing. If I’d even want to make something like that once I’d learned how.
when I couldn’t have any idea of what style or vibe I’d cultivate if I just kept practicing. If I’d even want to make something like that once I’d learned how.
Two miniature graphite pieces that are down in Trinidad hanging in the miniature show at the Kuehl Fine Art Gallery
December 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Two miniature graphite pieces that are down in Trinidad hanging in the miniature show at the Kuehl Fine Art Gallery
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A little spark of light and color, for this long winter night 🌟
Angel of the Frozen Star - oil on panel.
Angel of the Frozen Star - oil on panel.
December 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A little spark of light and color, for this long winter night 🌟
Angel of the Frozen Star - oil on panel.
Angel of the Frozen Star - oil on panel.
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Happy Winter Solstice!
Return to the light by gradual degrees... 🥲
Return to the light by gradual degrees... 🥲
"You saved me," he said. "Not just from the Mouse King - from a terrible curse, too. Will you do me the honour of accompanying me to my home, the Land of Sweets?"
They travelled by swan over gold-flecked oceans & silver-edged cities. 4/
#ArtAdventCalendar
#NHPNutcracker
They travelled by swan over gold-flecked oceans & silver-edged cities. 4/
#ArtAdventCalendar
#NHPNutcracker
December 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Happy Winter Solstice!
Return to the light by gradual degrees... 🥲
Return to the light by gradual degrees... 🥲
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We got an aura frame for ourselves (thanks to those who recommended it for my mom and nana, they’ll open theirs later…crossing fingers) and it’s already paid for itself in laughs due to the fact that we can now cycle through all the memes others have made of our dog. 🐕 🏄🏻♀️🌊
December 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
We got an aura frame for ourselves (thanks to those who recommended it for my mom and nana, they’ll open theirs later…crossing fingers) and it’s already paid for itself in laughs due to the fact that we can now cycle through all the memes others have made of our dog. 🐕 🏄🏻♀️🌊
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1/5 Seeing some tech/ai slop accounts online claiming that AI has always been used in games, pretending GenAi is a part of that, when its absolutely not.
Yes, AI has always been a part of games in: NPC behaviors, Data Mining, PCG’s (Procedural Content Generation) etc
All different from GenAi!
Yes, AI has always been a part of games in: NPC behaviors, Data Mining, PCG’s (Procedural Content Generation) etc
All different from GenAi!
December 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
1/5 Seeing some tech/ai slop accounts online claiming that AI has always been used in games, pretending GenAi is a part of that, when its absolutely not.
Yes, AI has always been a part of games in: NPC behaviors, Data Mining, PCG’s (Procedural Content Generation) etc
All different from GenAi!
Yes, AI has always been a part of games in: NPC behaviors, Data Mining, PCG’s (Procedural Content Generation) etc
All different from GenAi!
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These walls that kept me safe
December 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
These walls that kept me safe
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Binding design for the 150th anniversary edition of Edward Fitzgerald's translation of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, published by The Folio Society, 2009.
Gold, copper, and silver gouache on blue Winsor & Newton pastel paper.
#ArtAdventCalendar
Gold, copper, and silver gouache on blue Winsor & Newton pastel paper.
#ArtAdventCalendar
December 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Binding design for the 150th anniversary edition of Edward Fitzgerald's translation of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, published by The Folio Society, 2009.
Gold, copper, and silver gouache on blue Winsor & Newton pastel paper.
#ArtAdventCalendar
Gold, copper, and silver gouache on blue Winsor & Newton pastel paper.
#ArtAdventCalendar
Great horned owl behind our house! I think/hope it's the juvenile that we called Gronker that we saw a few years ago. This was about their favorite spot to hang as well. I'll find a video of them soon. (Hopefully)
December 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Great horned owl behind our house! I think/hope it's the juvenile that we called Gronker that we saw a few years ago. This was about their favorite spot to hang as well. I'll find a video of them soon. (Hopefully)
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Making art is not all joy and fungus reanimated bunnies! That’s okay. That’s normal. That’s part of why art is important and also why artists and writers need to be paid for their work. If you keep dragging yourself back even when it’s hard, you’re doing fine.
December 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Making art is not all joy and fungus reanimated bunnies! That’s okay. That’s normal. That’s part of why art is important and also why artists and writers need to be paid for their work. If you keep dragging yourself back even when it’s hard, you’re doing fine.
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So particularly if you are new to this and seeing frequent “if you don’t like making [art] don’t be an [artist!]” and thinking “But sometimes I DON’T like it…” and Imposter Syndrome is gathering you close and whispering you’re-nothings in your ear, please push it away.
December 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
So particularly if you are new to this and seeing frequent “if you don’t like making [art] don’t be an [artist!]” and thinking “But sometimes I DON’T like it…” and Imposter Syndrome is gathering you close and whispering you’re-nothings in your ear, please push it away.
Me, but art. I love art. It's still my job. And there are bits that feel like excruciating and self inflicted torture
I have a fantastic job that I love, but it’s still, y’know, my job. Roughly 95% of the time, I would still rather be stretched out on the beach with a margarita and a bird guide.
(Roughly 20% of the time, I would rather be stretched out under the beach being gently scavenged by hermit crabs.)
(Roughly 20% of the time, I would rather be stretched out under the beach being gently scavenged by hermit crabs.)
December 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Me, but art. I love art. It's still my job. And there are bits that feel like excruciating and self inflicted torture
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I would like to articulate one of the BIGGEST misconceptions about cat breed genetics by talking about the NEBELUNG!
An extremely rare breed with only SIX(6) in the whole US, and no breeders, yet one that thousands of folk online are convinced they own.
Your cat is NOT any breed, and that's okay.
An extremely rare breed with only SIX(6) in the whole US, and no breeders, yet one that thousands of folk online are convinced they own.
Your cat is NOT any breed, and that's okay.
December 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I would like to articulate one of the BIGGEST misconceptions about cat breed genetics by talking about the NEBELUNG!
An extremely rare breed with only SIX(6) in the whole US, and no breeders, yet one that thousands of folk online are convinced they own.
Your cat is NOT any breed, and that's okay.
An extremely rare breed with only SIX(6) in the whole US, and no breeders, yet one that thousands of folk online are convinced they own.
Your cat is NOT any breed, and that's okay.
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But I also hate it because the more misinformation spreads, the more it gets treated as common knowledge which also makes it harder to track breed-specific health issues, or preserve these rarer breeds.
People are in love with the idea of having rare breeds, but hate the folk educating about them.
People are in love with the idea of having rare breeds, but hate the folk educating about them.
December 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
But I also hate it because the more misinformation spreads, the more it gets treated as common knowledge which also makes it harder to track breed-specific health issues, or preserve these rarer breeds.
People are in love with the idea of having rare breeds, but hate the folk educating about them.
People are in love with the idea of having rare breeds, but hate the folk educating about them.
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So, why does this matter? I mean, while it's ultimately harmless, I hate the idea that there are THOUSANDS of people who are in love with the IDEA of having a nebelung while the actual breed is currently on the verge of extinction. And because unethical folk will breed for color to sell a "rare cat"
December 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
So, why does this matter? I mean, while it's ultimately harmless, I hate the idea that there are THOUSANDS of people who are in love with the IDEA of having a nebelung while the actual breed is currently on the verge of extinction. And because unethical folk will breed for color to sell a "rare cat"
I guess Toy Story isn't bad? But also maybe not great? Depends on who I am in the story 🤣😅
The #1 movie when you were ten years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
I literally wrote the book on her (Oct. 27). Expect a lot of biting.
I literally wrote the book on her (Oct. 27). Expect a lot of biting.
December 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I guess Toy Story isn't bad? But also maybe not great? Depends on who I am in the story 🤣😅