Betsy Streeter 🐋
@betsystreeter.bsky.social
Artist, Cartoonist, Teacher, made of all recycled materials
Creator Sloth and Manatee, Brainwaves, bunnyfrogcatsnake
Funny lil Saturday email: https://buttondown.email/thespaceboat
Books: https://bookshop.org/shop/betsystreeter
No AI, man.
Creator Sloth and Manatee, Brainwaves, bunnyfrogcatsnake
Funny lil Saturday email: https://buttondown.email/thespaceboat
Books: https://bookshop.org/shop/betsystreeter
No AI, man.
Pinned
The Space Boat
The Space Boat is a weekly bit of comics, and art, and links, and friendship, in your email. By Betsy Streeter. Read it here, or subscribe to get it emailed to you on Saturday mornings Visit my websit...
buttondown.com
The Space Boat letter is a bit of friendship and comics that comes out Saturday mornings from me
buttondown.com/thespaceboat
buttondown.com/thespaceboat
Reposted by Betsy Streeter 🐋
Do you make...
Paintings, pots, sculptures, sketches, photographs, quilts, digital art, beading, textiles, mini figs, printmaking & any other visual art...
Whatever skill level you're at, if you made it, it's mostly sfw, and not AI (never AI) I want you to participate!
Starts in 4 days!
#art
Paintings, pots, sculptures, sketches, photographs, quilts, digital art, beading, textiles, mini figs, printmaking & any other visual art...
Whatever skill level you're at, if you made it, it's mostly sfw, and not AI (never AI) I want you to participate!
Starts in 4 days!
#art
#ArtAdventCalendar
In its 11th year, #artadventcalendar participants post an original piece of art from Dec 1-24. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, textiles, beading, photography. If it’s art and it beautifies th…
earthskyart.ca
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Do you make...
Paintings, pots, sculptures, sketches, photographs, quilts, digital art, beading, textiles, mini figs, printmaking & any other visual art...
Whatever skill level you're at, if you made it, it's mostly sfw, and not AI (never AI) I want you to participate!
Starts in 4 days!
#art
Paintings, pots, sculptures, sketches, photographs, quilts, digital art, beading, textiles, mini figs, printmaking & any other visual art...
Whatever skill level you're at, if you made it, it's mostly sfw, and not AI (never AI) I want you to participate!
Starts in 4 days!
#art
Wisdom
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Wisdom
OK I had some extra paper so here's this
Complete with soundtrack
Complete with soundtrack
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
OK I had some extra paper so here's this
Complete with soundtrack
Complete with soundtrack
This made me think of this timpani player we used to see who would look totally comatose until the last second and then suddenly come to life, jump up, do a bunch of amazing shit, and then go back to sitting on his little stool
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This made me think of this timpani player we used to see who would look totally comatose until the last second and then suddenly come to life, jump up, do a bunch of amazing shit, and then go back to sitting on his little stool
OMG
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
OMG
This is very good advice - nice solid supplies especially things you go through like paper and pens are great. And if your friend is an artist the brand/type they like is super bonus.
Oh no I just saw a picture of the art supply suitcase go by so it must be time for my yearly psa: don't buy that.
I've been given it many times in my life and it was usable once: in 1989.
"But I don't know what to get my artist friends/talented cousins for the holidays!"
I will help.
I've been given it many times in my life and it was usable once: in 1989.
"But I don't know what to get my artist friends/talented cousins for the holidays!"
I will help.
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
This is very good advice - nice solid supplies especially things you go through like paper and pens are great. And if your friend is an artist the brand/type they like is super bonus.
Goofing around with stop motion, meddling cat-free edition
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Goofing around with stop motion, meddling cat-free edition
Thanks to Erika I watched this today also and it is just lovely. And silly. And informative! All the things.
This morning I had the thought, what would it take to start screenprinting. And it turns out that Jim Winters, this amazing artist we know, made a really extensive and lovely video on the process, in collaboration with his husband.
Wow is this the opposite of slop:
vimeo.com/910587735?
Wow is this the opposite of slop:
vimeo.com/910587735?
Golden Gate Dawn
In September of 2023, Santa Cruz artist Jim Winters created a 12-color reduction screenprint of the Golden Gate Bridge. His husband documented the process and produced…
vimeo.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Thanks to Erika I watched this today also and it is just lovely. And silly. And informative! All the things.
I wrote/drew this years ago, way before I knew anything about neutral or task-positive brain modes or anything. I was thinking about how Sloth and Manatee balance one another as they encounter the world. Now I'm re-seeing it on this whole other level.
betsystreeter.com/the-tao-of-s...
betsystreeter.com/the-tao-of-s...
The Tao of Sloth and Manatee
Sloth is a tree and Manatee is a forest
betsystreeter.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I wrote/drew this years ago, way before I knew anything about neutral or task-positive brain modes or anything. I was thinking about how Sloth and Manatee balance one another as they encounter the world. Now I'm re-seeing it on this whole other level.
betsystreeter.com/the-tao-of-s...
betsystreeter.com/the-tao-of-s...
Oh hello
The Little Bee-eater is the smallest of the African bee-eaters, growing only 15-17cm long. They are incredibly common, with an estimated 60-80mil individuals across Sub-Saharan Africa. As their name suggests, they feed on insects, primarily bees, wasps, and hornets.
#huevember #birds
#huevember #birds
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Oh hello
Aw these are cool
This little one has sold! But I have a few spaces left if you’d like to commission your own in time for Christmas! www.ruths-portraits.com/product-page...
Bird Portrait Christmas Ornament (Commission) | Ruth's Portraits
Commission your own bird-themed Christmas ornament with your favourite species! Hand-drawn on wood slices with lightfast coloured pencil Each slice is a minimum of 5cm (sizes vary from 5-6cm) Each sl...
www.ruths-portraits.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Aw these are cool
Ooh cooool
Thought: Space Invaders only it's little blops of slop
Thought: Space Invaders only it's little blops of slop
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Ooh cooool
Thought: Space Invaders only it's little blops of slop
Thought: Space Invaders only it's little blops of slop
Woa this is cool
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spoon-tamago.com/shigeru-ban-...
This Housing Project for Noto Earthquake Refugees, Constructed Without Any Nails or Adhesives, Just Won Japan's Most-Prestigious Design Award
On New Year’s Day 2024, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Ishikawa Prefecture’s Noto Peninsula. The death toll reached 245 and 76,144 housing units were damaged. Many residents were displaced amid the...
spoon-tamago.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Woa this is cool
spoon-tamago.com/shigeru-ban-...
spoon-tamago.com/shigeru-ban-...
Get em get em there's even a bear sticker by me!
AND smarties. Smarties!!
AND smarties. Smarties!!
Fuck my life. I have a mountain of these now. Please buy one. www.mulebooks.com/store/2025-s...
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Get em get em there's even a bear sticker by me!
AND smarties. Smarties!!
AND smarties. Smarties!!
Reposted by Betsy Streeter 🐋
Fuck my life. I have a mountain of these now. Please buy one. www.mulebooks.com/store/2025-s...
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Fuck my life. I have a mountain of these now. Please buy one. www.mulebooks.com/store/2025-s...
Tap tap tappity tap tap
November 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Tap tap tappity tap tap
Slow Down Sloth, an art print by Betsy Streeter
Gallery Quality Prints
www.inprnt.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Hello @inprnt.com has a sale on and they do a really nice job and here is the Noctopus
www.inprnt.com/gallery/thes...
www.inprnt.com/gallery/thes...
The Night Octopus, an art print by Betsy Streeter
Gallery Quality Prints
www.inprnt.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Hello @inprnt.com has a sale on and they do a really nice job and here is the Noctopus
www.inprnt.com/gallery/thes...
www.inprnt.com/gallery/thes...
Aw, this is really cool.
Yesterday we had a special #MonkeyCruise stream in honor of Jane Goodall! Her contributions to primatology and our understanding of animal intelligence changed the worldview of whole generations and her caring and critical voice will be missed.
Referenced artworks below...
Referenced artworks below...
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Aw, this is really cool.
I would totally have had these on my wall
Almost anything can be treated as a map. Projections, charts, and diagrams are all ways of flattening the world so we can understand.
But the real magic happens when we enjoy those maps together. MAPS FOR KIDS is here! Let's meet our three maps: visionarypress.com/pages/maps-f...
But the real magic happens when we enjoy those maps together. MAPS FOR KIDS is here! Let's meet our three maps: visionarypress.com/pages/maps-f...
Maps for Kids
Celebrate information graphics!
visionarypress.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I would totally have had these on my wall
Wowee!!
Happy Tuesday! We had an amazing sky this morning 15 minutes before the sun came up before everything quickly dissipated into gray. It was a tough choice in coffee shop voting but this one took it. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Wowee!!
Reposted by Betsy Streeter 🐋
Tried to set up to do some stop motion here's what I got came out great didn't it?
Thanks Seven
Thanks Seven
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Tried to set up to do some stop motion here's what I got came out great didn't it?
Thanks Seven
Thanks Seven
Oh I love these colors
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Oh I love these colors
HELLO FRIENDS
I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago.
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
HELLO FRIENDS
Tried to set up to do some stop motion here's what I got came out great didn't it?
Thanks Seven
Thanks Seven
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Tried to set up to do some stop motion here's what I got came out great didn't it?
Thanks Seven
Thanks Seven