Alca
@alcaillustration.bsky.social
Artist / Illustrator - Flora, Fauna, Fungi, Fantasy
Digital and Traditional Mediums
Current Obsessions: Pathfinder, PLUR1BUS, Romantasy novels
Digital and Traditional Mediums
Current Obsessions: Pathfinder, PLUR1BUS, Romantasy novels
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GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository
www.animal-photo-references.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A painting of a kitty and the kitty that inspired it. 🐱 10x10" acrylic on canvas. She was a commission and a wedding gift, so I'm glad the client loved it! Those are the most nerve wracking type of comms. 😅
May 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A painting of a kitty and the kitty that inspired it. 🐱 10x10" acrylic on canvas. She was a commission and a wedding gift, so I'm glad the client loved it! Those are the most nerve wracking type of comms. 😅
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a quick redwood forest critter pattern for your feed ☘️💕
February 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
a quick redwood forest critter pattern for your feed ☘️💕
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✨💌USEFUL LINKS FOR ARTISTS🎨🍊:
A 200+ link spreadsheet of some of the best references and websites out there, for free on google sheets! This blew up on twitter ages ago, and I just went through and tested all the links and added more. send to ya buds <3
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
A 200+ link spreadsheet of some of the best references and websites out there, for free on google sheets! This blew up on twitter ages ago, and I just went through and tested all the links and added more. send to ya buds <3
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
USEFUL LINKS FOR ARTISTS
docs.google.com
February 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
✨💌USEFUL LINKS FOR ARTISTS🎨🍊:
A 200+ link spreadsheet of some of the best references and websites out there, for free on google sheets! This blew up on twitter ages ago, and I just went through and tested all the links and added more. send to ya buds <3
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
A 200+ link spreadsheet of some of the best references and websites out there, for free on google sheets! This blew up on twitter ages ago, and I just went through and tested all the links and added more. send to ya buds <3
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Probably my favorite sticker design from last year. Wizard Lizard ✨🧙♂️🦎 Based on a Western Fence Lizard.
February 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Probably my favorite sticker design from last year. Wizard Lizard ✨🧙♂️🦎 Based on a Western Fence Lizard.
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It means you can download and transfer to a device via USB, which is not how most of us use Amazon. this is a good explainer.
www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books
It’s bad if you like to keep ebook backup copies.
www.theverge.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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i have realized these guys think the CDC creates outbreaks and NOAA creates climate change, like they're some sort of council of warlocks instead of an advance warning system
February 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
i have realized these guys think the CDC creates outbreaks and NOAA creates climate change, like they're some sort of council of warlocks instead of an advance warning system
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"Things might be tough but it's great for artists! They'll create more!" You might not believe me but going through a lifetime's worth of stress Every Single Week for years and years- is actually not the optimal set of circumstances that inspires artists to create
January 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
"Things might be tough but it's great for artists! They'll create more!" You might not believe me but going through a lifetime's worth of stress Every Single Week for years and years- is actually not the optimal set of circumstances that inspires artists to create
Just watched Treasure Planet for the first time and I think it would have made a great animated series. There was a lot of neat world-building that didn't get thoroughly explored in the short hour + thirty minute run time.
January 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Just watched Treasure Planet for the first time and I think it would have made a great animated series. There was a lot of neat world-building that didn't get thoroughly explored in the short hour + thirty minute run time.
December 1, 2024 at 3:12 AM
My friends and I are starting a new Pathfinder campaign soon, and this time I'm acting as "assistant DM". I'm helping to fine-tune the plot and lore, flesh out NPCs, write some side quests, and will probably play many of the female NPCs. Anyone done something similar before? So far, I'm enjoying it.
November 30, 2024 at 1:28 PM
My friends and I are starting a new Pathfinder campaign soon, and this time I'm acting as "assistant DM". I'm helping to fine-tune the plot and lore, flesh out NPCs, write some side quests, and will probably play many of the female NPCs. Anyone done something similar before? So far, I'm enjoying it.
I'm an artist with a (non-art) part time job to help pay my bills, winter markets to prep for, failed projects I ran out of time for, holidays and birthdays coming up that I need to socialize at, I'm not getting enough sunlight, the government is about to tear itself apart, and I'm so so so tired. 🫠
November 28, 2024 at 5:23 AM
I'm an artist with a (non-art) part time job to help pay my bills, winter markets to prep for, failed projects I ran out of time for, holidays and birthdays coming up that I need to socialize at, I'm not getting enough sunlight, the government is about to tear itself apart, and I'm so so so tired. 🫠
Post your favorite Pokemon, wrong answers only.
November 26, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Post your favorite Pokemon, wrong answers only.
If you see this, post your bird art 🪶
November 19, 2024 at 8:16 PM
If you see this, post your bird art 🪶
Hi everyone, I heard we're all finally moving here :) I do art, usually featuring flora, fauna, or fantasy. I like hiking and hunting for fungi, and playing a witch in my latest Pathfinder campaign. Here's a video of my bookmarks, made at home and featuring my own designs. Happy to be here 👋
November 16, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Hi everyone, I heard we're all finally moving here :) I do art, usually featuring flora, fauna, or fantasy. I like hiking and hunting for fungi, and playing a witch in my latest Pathfinder campaign. Here's a video of my bookmarks, made at home and featuring my own designs. Happy to be here 👋