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Elle Waterbury (they/them)
@bardowelle.bsky.social
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Queer humanist, radical feminist, perpetual student, Trekkie, birdwatcher, fiber artist. Doodler and writer of bad fiction. Huge fan of ancient history, folklore and mythology, and women. Lover of soups.
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My girlfriend just started playing this game and it's so gosh darn cute!

Very moss-core girlie bop🪲🍄🌱

The only way to improve this is to let us pet the big dog
#art #Silksong
Drawing of the character Hornet from the game Hollow Knight: Silk Song. She is sitting on a mossy rock and looking at a firefly.
September 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
bardowelle.bsky.social
Considering the weather has me looking like the Witch of the Waste, that glow is definitely chemically induced
Screenshot of the Witch of the Waste from the movie Howl's Moving Castle sitting in a chair and looking like she's melting.
June 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
bardowelle.bsky.social
Just finished this today. Thanks to @maryannefranks.bsky.social for a great book. Enlightening and thought provoking!
Book cover for the book "Fearless Speech: Breaking Free from the First Amendment" by Mary Anne Franks
April 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
bardowelle.bsky.social
New year, new me!
Well... Same me, but with more hair than last year lol
#art #newyear #selfportrait
A round self portrait over a mint green background. My light brown hair is fluffy and wavy. I'm wearing a grey button-up and blue sweater vest. My chubby gray cat is hanging onto my shoulder. In a circle around me are some of my favorite things: a pumpkin, mushrooms, lavender, a bee, a branch of autumn oak leaves with a cluster of acorns, stars on strings, a round tufted titmouse, a cup of coffee, a book and pencil, yarn, and knitting, crocheting, and sewing needles.
January 3, 2025 at 4:24 AM
bardowelle.bsky.social
I finished painting my bee hotel while I was off work for Thanksgiving! I'm going to let the paint air out over the winter and put it up in the spring :)
#savethebees #bees #pollinators
A bee hotel. It is shaped like a house with an open front and stacks of cardboard tubes inside for bees and other bugs to rest in. I have painted the sides white with dark blue flowers and the roof is light blue with dark blue details.
November 29, 2024 at 6:43 PM
bardowelle.bsky.social
I found this old drawing while cleaning out my computer files and I still love it. Maybe I'll redo it someday. #art
A fancy picture frame with a drawing of a screaming bluejay looking over her shoulder at you. She is wearing an orange bonnet.
November 24, 2024 at 7:04 PM
bardowelle.bsky.social
I have a mushroom growing with my indoor orange tree! So cute!
#fungifriends
An orange mushroom is growing out of a gap in the soil inside a flower pot.
August 4, 2024 at 4:05 PM
bardowelle.bsky.social
Still getting back into the swing of drawing and practicing on my favorite cartoon wlw 🩷🖤
#art
Fanart of Marceline and Princess Bubblegum from Adventure Time. Marceline is wearing red fishnet stockings, denim shorts, chunky boots, and a crop top band tee. Princess Bubblegum is wearing khaki shorts, red sneakers, and a white sweater with a red, yellow, and blue stripe. Both have their hair in pony tails and Marceline has an undercut. Marceline is holding Princess Bubblegum midair and acting like she is going to vampire-but Process Bubblegum who is giggling and holding into Marceline.
January 16, 2024 at 4:12 AM
bardowelle.bsky.social
Time for the yearly self portrait! Bonus points for anyone who knows the book, it was my birthday gift from my partner this year 💝
#art
A person (me) sits and reads a vintage copy of The Captive by Edward Bourdet. They have short, wavy, brown-blonde hair that is longer on the left side. A black and white floral shirt collar is folded over the neckline of their grey and teal patterned sweater. The cuffs of the floral shirt are also folded over the cuffs of the sweater. They are wearing dark green corduroy pants and black nail polish. A gray cat is clinging to their chest and staring at a mug in their hand. The handle of the mug is the stem of a red capped mushroom.
January 14, 2024 at 5:57 AM
bardowelle.bsky.social
I just finished a full rewatch of Adventure Time and remembered how much I love this little guy ❤️
#art #adventuretime
Peppermint Butler from Adventure Time sitting cross-legged, posed like Baphomet with one hand pointing up and one hand pointing down. He has a flange over his head and a gold plate with spiraling snakes in his lap.
January 13, 2024 at 6:44 AM
bardowelle.bsky.social
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME~!
Celebrating by ordering a couple new used books. Then on Saturday I'll be going to a local used bookstore and getting more even more books 💚
Cover of the book Vampires and Violets: Lesbians in Film by Andrea Weiss. The cover shows the image of a woman in a suit putting a cigar into her mouth. Cover of The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England by Carol F Karlsen. The cover shows a woodcut style image of gallows with four women hanging, three more women in line under the gallows, and several men on foot, horseback, and one on a ladder directing the women to the gallows. Cover of A History of Israel, Fourth Edition by John Bright. The cover shows an illustration of an ancient city in the Levant and an arid steppe landscape surrounding it.
January 4, 2024 at 10:09 PM
bardowelle.bsky.social
I posted this a while ago on my Tumblr after I first got my stupid iPad. Damn if it isn't super convenient for doodlin' #art
A young bespectacled man in a maroon crop top, emerald green capris, waist-high fishnet stockings, and gray ankle boots socks or his tongue and makes a V with his fingers.
January 4, 2024 at 2:31 PM
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Scribbled some stuff at work recently because I've been working on some new character designs. I've got some slightly more polished versions, but I'll post those when I get sick of polishing
A young woman, facing the viewer, sticks her tongue out and puts her arm over a young man's shoulder, making a V with her fingers on that hand. She has a round face and curly hair that is undercut but long on top and pulled back into a ponytail. Her young man friend has a short beard, a bridge piercing, and is smiling at the viewer. He is also wearing a wide brimmed hat with the brim pinned up on his left side. A young man facing the viewer with short, curly, undercut hair and a cute smile. An older woman standing next to a big, fluffy draft dog. Her hair is up in a bonnet and she has a thick, long scarf wrapped around her shoulders and waist, held in place with a belt buckle. She's also wearing a waist-high apron over baggy pants that are tucked into thick boots with a strip of fur at the top. Her dog has an embroidered harness with tassels hanging off the chest strap
January 2, 2024 at 5:57 PM