Crystal Odenkirk - Art & Design
@crysodenkirk.bsky.social
Visual Artist, Graphic Designer, Writer, Professional Geek
https://crysodenkirk.com
expect art, art history, graphic design, paganism, lgbtq+, feminism, progressive politics, coffee, classical studies, and sun conures.
https://crysodenkirk.com
expect art, art history, graphic design, paganism, lgbtq+, feminism, progressive politics, coffee, classical studies, and sun conures.
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Books with illustrations and photos that predate AI are going to be at a premium someday, when future generations look back and want to learn real history and realize it's all been obscured by this kind of AI slop bullshit.
youtu.be/6qiqWjO3Ldg?...
youtu.be/6qiqWjO3Ldg?...
AI Images Are Destroying History Accounts
YouTube video by Miniminuteman
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December 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Books with illustrations and photos that predate AI are going to be at a premium someday, when future generations look back and want to learn real history and realize it's all been obscured by this kind of AI slop bullshit.
youtu.be/6qiqWjO3Ldg?...
youtu.be/6qiqWjO3Ldg?...
This week's drawing practice prompt is: Forks. Can you find the correct angles of reflection? Post your drawing in the Youtube community, to my discord, or post to Bluesky with the tag #cryschallenges
youtube.com/shorts/-P2zj...
#artprompt #drawingchallenge
youtube.com/shorts/-P2zj...
#artprompt #drawingchallenge
Weekly Drawing Challenge: Forks #cryschallenges #artchallenge #drawingprompt #drawingpractice
YouTube video by CrysOdenkirk Art
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December 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This week's drawing practice prompt is: Forks. Can you find the correct angles of reflection? Post your drawing in the Youtube community, to my discord, or post to Bluesky with the tag #cryschallenges
youtube.com/shorts/-P2zj...
#artprompt #drawingchallenge
youtube.com/shorts/-P2zj...
#artprompt #drawingchallenge
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Old stone fireplace
6”x6” oil
6”x6” oil
December 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Old stone fireplace
6”x6” oil
6”x6” oil
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My painting OWL’S CLOVER
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December 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
My painting OWL’S CLOVER
Holiday shipping deadline is coming up fast! Order by 12/14 for pre-Christmas delivery
Use code HOLIDAY20 for 20% off everything
Holiday shipping deadline is coming up fast! Order by 12/14 for pre-Christmas delivery
Use code HOLIDAY20 for 20% off everything
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What is with cards coming with envelopes that don't have any glue on the flap anymore? The last three birthday cards I bought I went to send it and realized the envelopes didn't seal. Why would you even sell that? They should at least list it in the item details
December 7, 2025 at 5:31 AM
What is with cards coming with envelopes that don't have any glue on the flap anymore? The last three birthday cards I bought I went to send it and realized the envelopes didn't seal. Why would you even sell that? They should at least list it in the item details
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More of this nationwide please!
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
More of this nationwide please!
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Today is a holiday, so I'm taking it easy and working on my art all day. The intricate details of this piece require such delicate work that I draw lines using only the weight of the ballpoint pen.
#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls
#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls
December 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Today is a holiday, so I'm taking it easy and working on my art all day. The intricate details of this piece require such delicate work that I draw lines using only the weight of the ballpoint pen.
#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls
#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls
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A chilly cardinal for the #BirdOfTheDay #Borb theme. 🐦
#Birds #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBlueSky
#Birds #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBlueSky
December 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
A chilly cardinal for the #BirdOfTheDay #Borb theme. 🐦
#Birds #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBlueSky
#Birds #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBlueSky
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#PudgyHorse Lascaux Tribute 2. A companion piece to the first, following one of the other cave horses with a darker colour morph. Again, painted with pigments made by Mary Sanche from Cretaceous rocks from the Albertan badlands. From 2020.
#ArtAdventCalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar
December 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
#PudgyHorse Lascaux Tribute 2. A companion piece to the first, following one of the other cave horses with a darker colour morph. Again, painted with pigments made by Mary Sanche from Cretaceous rocks from the Albertan badlands. From 2020.
#ArtAdventCalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar
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🧵 THEY WANT TO BAN THE RIBBON SKIRT BY CAMERON MUKWA IN TULSA OKLAHOMA
Did you know that children seeing someone wearing a Native ribbon skirt is "garbage"? That there are people out there who are so scared of fabric that they want a picturebook banned from schools? That
Did you know that children seeing someone wearing a Native ribbon skirt is "garbage"? That there are people out there who are so scared of fabric that they want a picturebook banned from schools? That
December 6, 2025 at 7:46 AM
🧵 THEY WANT TO BAN THE RIBBON SKIRT BY CAMERON MUKWA IN TULSA OKLAHOMA
Did you know that children seeing someone wearing a Native ribbon skirt is "garbage"? That there are people out there who are so scared of fabric that they want a picturebook banned from schools? That
Did you know that children seeing someone wearing a Native ribbon skirt is "garbage"? That there are people out there who are so scared of fabric that they want a picturebook banned from schools? That
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After struggling, and almost chucking this piece in the recycling, I think these two otters are finished. I started a while ago and picked it up again this week, and it came together very slowly. Take care and have a good day.
#OriginalArt #Otters #MHHSBD
#OriginalArt #Otters #MHHSBD
December 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
After struggling, and almost chucking this piece in the recycling, I think these two otters are finished. I started a while ago and picked it up again this week, and it came together very slowly. Take care and have a good day.
#OriginalArt #Otters #MHHSBD
#OriginalArt #Otters #MHHSBD
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PETIRROJO EUROPEO /Erithacus rubecula/ cantando como un campeón en una mañana fría cuando el sol empezaba ya a deshacer la escarcha
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
PETIRROJO EUROPEO /Erithacus rubecula/ cantando como un campeón en una mañana fría cuando el sol empezaba ya a deshacer la escarcha
Look, I'm just saying, my apartment has four rooms and there are bookshelves in three of them.
Now pardon me while I go make my fifth cup of coffee for the day...😆🦜
Now pardon me while I go make my fifth cup of coffee for the day...😆🦜
🐦 Which Kawaii Birb are you? 🪶
Also, plugging my book because I worked really hard on it, pls like? 👉👈 I teach you how to draw the cutes!
IT HERE: birdhism.com/products/kaw...
#smallbusiness #birds #art
Also, plugging my book because I worked really hard on it, pls like? 👉👈 I teach you how to draw the cutes!
IT HERE: birdhism.com/products/kaw...
#smallbusiness #birds #art
December 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Look, I'm just saying, my apartment has four rooms and there are bookshelves in three of them.
Now pardon me while I go make my fifth cup of coffee for the day...😆🦜
Now pardon me while I go make my fifth cup of coffee for the day...😆🦜
Pantone really just picked "white" for the color of the year? Seriously.
a kermit the frog is driving a car and looking out the window .
ALT: a kermit the frog is driving a car and looking out the window .
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Pantone really just picked "white" for the color of the year? Seriously.
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My great grandmother painted for fun. I grew up with one of her paintings – a stand of pine trees weighted down with heavy snow. I’ve always loved that painting so I thought I would create my own version. I hope you enjoy the results!
SNOWY TREES, 12x12”, Acrylic ©2025 Jim Musil
SNOWY TREES, 12x12”, Acrylic ©2025 Jim Musil
December 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
My great grandmother painted for fun. I grew up with one of her paintings – a stand of pine trees weighted down with heavy snow. I’ve always loved that painting so I thought I would create my own version. I hope you enjoy the results!
SNOWY TREES, 12x12”, Acrylic ©2025 Jim Musil
SNOWY TREES, 12x12”, Acrylic ©2025 Jim Musil
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
The only part of the Epstein files that should be redacted is the names of the victims, and these should be changed to "Victim 1" "Victim 2" etc so that by the end when you're at victim 36274 people will finally grasp the magnitude of it.
Anyone else who is in them should be named and visible.
Anyone else who is in them should be named and visible.
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The only part of the Epstein files that should be redacted is the names of the victims, and these should be changed to "Victim 1" "Victim 2" etc so that by the end when you're at victim 36274 people will finally grasp the magnitude of it.
Anyone else who is in them should be named and visible.
Anyone else who is in them should be named and visible.
Warmish Take: Your practice drawings shouldn't look good. If they do by accident that's great but if you're focusing on just one aspect as a study, everything else that goes into making a piece great will necessarily fall to the wayside. If you learned from it, it's not "bad." It's practice.
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Warmish Take: Your practice drawings shouldn't look good. If they do by accident that's great but if you're focusing on just one aspect as a study, everything else that goes into making a piece great will necessarily fall to the wayside. If you learned from it, it's not "bad." It's practice.
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Day 3 of #ArtAdventCalendar and I'm going for another bird....chances are there'll be alot of birds this month 😂. This was from a fab @birdwhisperers.bsky.social prompt run by stunning artist @amandamakepeace.bsky.social I wish I'd had time to do more this year!
#ArtSky #BirdArt #SciArt #Procreate
#ArtSky #BirdArt #SciArt #Procreate
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Day 3 of #ArtAdventCalendar and I'm going for another bird....chances are there'll be alot of birds this month 😂. This was from a fab @birdwhisperers.bsky.social prompt run by stunning artist @amandamakepeace.bsky.social I wish I'd had time to do more this year!
#ArtSky #BirdArt #SciArt #Procreate
#ArtSky #BirdArt #SciArt #Procreate
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My goal this season was to get a "good" puffin in flight photo. Anyone who has photographed puffins at all will know the challenge; they are small, fast, fly in "noise" with rocky backgrounds, and other birds crowd the scene.
This is my favorite
#puffin #newfoundland #photography #wildlife
This is my favorite
#puffin #newfoundland #photography #wildlife
December 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
My goal this season was to get a "good" puffin in flight photo. Anyone who has photographed puffins at all will know the challenge; they are small, fast, fly in "noise" with rocky backgrounds, and other birds crowd the scene.
This is my favorite
#puffin #newfoundland #photography #wildlife
This is my favorite
#puffin #newfoundland #photography #wildlife
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If we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.
December 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.
It's much too early to be internally running around screaming.
December 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It's much too early to be internally running around screaming.