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dappled-canopy.bsky.social
@dappled-canopy.bsky.social
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Hello! | 25 | they/them | Japanese/White

I like to draw or paint when I'm able, and I'll try to post art here! As well as follow and re...whatever-it-is from artists I like! I hope this website is good!
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Warming it up plus hand-made whipped cream made it look and taste so much better. I think this is one of the best things I've made!
A close up photo of a slicer of pumpkin pie on a plate with a floral mug beside it. The pie is a rich warm brown with a slightly burnt crust, and has thick whipped cream on top with a sprinkle of cinnamon.
December 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Made my first completely from-scratch pumpkin pie, including fresh squash! (Celebration squash since the market didn't have pie pumpkins.) I made a number of mistakes, but also learned a lot. The recipe is from 1796 as well so it's quite different from what I'm used to, but I like it!
A close up photo of a slice of pumpkin pie on a plain plate with a fork. The inside looks moist and the top is a darker brown colour. The crust is slightly burnt looking.
December 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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October 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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I did some darning on a goat sock and ended up giving this one a little sweater
A close-up photo of a green sock with a pattern of white goats from the neck-up, with horns, little beards, and bow ties.the one centered in the photo has some scotch darning done covering a roughly triangular patch that makes it look like a shawl or sweater covering their back and shoulders. The thread is a darker forest green and makes a type of knitted-looking pattern from the darning.
April 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Kunekune piglet under the orchids
#gouache #painting
A photo of a gouache painting depicting a small baby pig sleeping in a forest under three yellow lady's slipper orchids. The pig is either very tiny or the orchids very large. The pig has an orange coat with dark brown mottled spots on it, and which fades to white on its underbelly. It's also got a pink nose and a cute face. The orchids are large and bright yellow with a shine to them, and they have neat twisty maroon bracts behind the flower, and graceful green pointed leaves. The forest floor has lots of greens, browns, oranges, and yellows, of sprouting seedlings and grass as well as old fallen leaves. The background fades to indistinct trees. The pig and flowers have the most detail, but are still roughly painted with lots of texture, and the rest of the environment is even more rough and blobby. The overall palette is fairly warm.
March 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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I made a snow-caterpillar recently
A snow-caterpillar, made up of five medium-large balls of snow arranged in a gently curved horizontal line along the ground. The head ball is lightly larger, and has two antenna on its head, plus a :3 face that's a bit difficult to see in the photo.
March 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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One of my favourite birthday gifts was this new akabeko shirt! I love akabeko...
#akabeko #赤べこ
A photo of a folded t-shirt on a bed in warm natural lighting that shows a design with the text "AKABEKO" in Japanese across the top and then English across the bottom, alternating red, blank outlined, and black letters. The background of the shirt is a pale yellow which shows through the blank letters and the parts of the akabeko that are usually white. There are three akabeko cows in between the lines of lettering that are facing each other as if having a conversation or dancing.
February 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Snowed on...
#akabeko #digital_art
A large akabeko statue on a concrete block sitting outside, maybe in front of a store on the street or a parking lot. It's maybe three feet tall or more, and has snow piled up and covering its back and the top of its head. The painted design for this akabeko is the stripes on the back, the two circles on each side, and a slightly serious looking face with prominent eyebrows. A digital drawing in soft pastel textures of the akabeko on the cocnrete block covered in snow with a cream-coloured background. The colouring is simple and its roundness is accentuated. Its face has a cute stare.
January 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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My first art post of 2025 will be some art I did in 2023 (But I really like it). It's where my current icon is from! I love akabeko...
#akabeko #digital_art
A digital drawing of 8 akabeko, which are Japanese toys shaped like a red cow with white, gold and black stripes, and a bobble head. Four are of my cute simple one pointing straight ahead and in three diagonal directions. Of the other four, one is another basic one but with a little more embellishment, one is carrying a hammer and ribbons, string, and bell, one is a big statue that has been snowed upon outside, and one is small and has a cat-like mouth. All the drawings have different brush textures and shades for the red.
January 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Here are a couple very blue space-y paintings I did this year

I don't know how hash tags work on this website
#art #gouache #painting
A gouache painting of the moon, painted in light green-white for most of the surface, saturated indigo for the seas, and neon lime-green for the craters. There are stars in the space around the moon, and a saturated blue glow seeping from the edges of the moon as well. The brush strokes are rough and the shape of the moon is a little blobby. A much simpler gouache painting of a gradient of dark cerulean at the top to lighter sky blue at the bottom, with some cute five-pointed stars in butter-yellow dotting the blue. The edges of the blue gradient are rough and the white of the watercolour paper surrounds it.
December 27, 2024 at 6:40 PM
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Nice and cozy for the winter... The cloth looks like tortilla...
A photograph of a small venus flytrap plant nested in a few layers of progressively larger pots with a layer of cloth, a layer of mulch, and a final thicker layer of cloth with the cloth spilling over the side of the pot and providing a swaddled look for the little plant.
December 16, 2024 at 9:43 PM