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Kari Dru
@karidru.bsky.social
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Blind painter, tea drinker, and weird hermit. They/He

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#ArtAdventCalendar

My journey of sky photography continues. My least worst lunar eclipse shot. Nice and eerie.
A red moon with a crescent sliver of silver at the top. Clouds roll by underneath it. Everything is errily green. I don't know why but it looks cool so i'm rolling with it.
December 9, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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I need to turn over my laundry but you see the problem i am having.
Awkwardly shot photo of a torbie cat deeply asleep in the armpit of someone wearing a plum floral robe in a wood paneled den.
December 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Time for #ArtAdventCalendar.

"What should I share this time? Wait, I drew this? I mean I CLEARLY drew this, but WHEN?"

I have no memory of this piece but strongly suspect it happened one of those days where I did fast sketches for people.
An ink sketch of a sleeping fledgeling gryphon with black wings and a fluffy lion's tail wrapped round itself. There is a suggestion of a nest around it in hastily drawn dry vegetation.
December 8, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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I trade you quiche, a pic I took because i was pleased at how it came out.
A cast iron skillet with a quiche in it. It's nicely browned on top and is visibly full of mushrooms and asparagus. Hidden is the caramelized onion "crust".
December 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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My cat: Showing signs of having been dumped for poor health by a bad breeder.

Everybody: Is that an MC?

Me: I mean he's An Orange as far as I can prove anything but no, he lacks THE CHIN.

My mom: I found your cat on Animal Planet! He's the pretty one!
Fluffy butterscotch and white cat loafing on red and purple bedding. He has delicate, extra triangular facial features and a bent ear.
December 7, 2025 at 5:22 AM
karidru.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar time!

It's snowing again but I can hardly believe it's winter so I come bearing one of my favorite autumnal pieces.

Sasquash. Watercolor and ink.
Watercolor painting in warm golds and reds contrasting with cool purples of a creature that looks like some kind of anthro pumpkin striding through an oak forest at sunset. There are a lot of abstracted textures in it. The composition takes itself more seriously than it probably should.
December 7, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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I've been a bit unwell and out of it for the past few days so I am behind on #ArtAdventCalendar and so to make up for it, I'll include three pieces today; three times I drew my little guy, Static Void, who is always ready when I don't know what to draw.
An amorphous, inky creature with a staticy outline who somewhat resembles a black cat in winter except its ears look like hands. It restures with an actual hand towards a jagged fissure in the side of the page. Its eyes are wide and curious or alarmed. Ink drawing of the inky static creature who resembles a cat usually but this time it is hunched in on itself a bit and looks more like a bean or gourd. It sits on top of an old television, acting as the antenna. Not doing a very good job, as the screen is all static in rows. It gestures with its ear-hands and looks to the left, from which direction a strong diagonal of light is falling, but you can't see what has the inky creature's attention. Ink drawing of a catlike, inky static creature with handlike ears. It is reclining on a ledge with one clawlike hand dangling. It stares wide eyed at you.
December 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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My kittens being right where I wanna be. I'm often told Claes looks mildly disapproving all the time, but I think she usually looks like she's on the work zoom with the ceo while nobody can see she's wearing spongebob jammie bottoms or something. Acorn otoh looks innocent. Don't let her fool you.
A tricolor cat and a black tuxedo cat cuddled up together on a black comforter, staring defiantly into the camera.
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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One thing I've been working on this year is sky photography. For #ArtAdventCalendar day 2, please enjoy a summer moon on a gorgeously cool evening in August.
A photograph of a gibbous moon shining through patchy clouds. Silhouetted treetops form a maze around the weaving bit of sky.
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Oh yeah, it's also #ArtAdventCalendar

An old one, but I really think I was onto something.
A phone pic of a slightly overworked watercolor of an anthro whipporwhill doing some kind of magic spell sending purple smoke out an arched window. It wears a nubbly looking blue cloak and a gem on a gold chain.
December 2, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Happy Inkvent day 1! I've had Celestial Skies in my Benu Christmas all month. I'm gonna have a problem if they're late releasing the big bottles.

This is my favorite we've seen for a WHILE. It feels like Iroshizuku Syo-Ro and Diamine Garland had a baby. (Light's awful today. With and without flash)
A notebook page of messy fast writing with a sparkly, winter themed resin fountain pen lying across it, lit by warm indoor light. The ink is a nice peacock color and the plummy sheen can be seen well. Same as the last one but the flash illuminates the glitter in both the pen and the ink. The ink shimmer is a greeny gold.
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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I need to eat a food and shovel a bit more and take some trash out and write an email but this is my torso. You see the issue I am having. It gets worse. Acorn is curled against my butt.
Upon an alpaca poncho wrapped burrito of some kind relaxes a deeply contented tuxedo cat.
December 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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People have no idea what age even looks like. No filter no makeup, no hair dye. Mid 40s.
Very pale person in a green tank top with significant glasses and long hair beneath green trees. Signs of age include darkening hair, shadows under eyes, and softness around the jawline, but skin remains soft and unwrinkled.
November 30, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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How tf did you get in here and what do i do about you?
Little brown bird very much inside a house.
November 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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I also have an Acorn!
A torbie kitten with wide green eyes and forward whiskers who sits up proudly like a Bastet statue, tho she's obviously 3 seconds away from doing something ridiculous.
November 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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I am tired, I am flaring, I am grumpy, the genderqueer sky is probably responsible, so i decided to go see the genderqueer sky.
Naked, twisty trees against a green and purple sky.
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Sometimes it really is like that tho...

(Fenris of beloved memory.)
A black and white cat flopping around playfully on a massage table. The belly is not always a trap but you can see from his face that it was a trap just then. He has a black marking on his face that is hella phallic if we're being honest. It looks like the suit of spades if we're being kind.
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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I do understand. 1 was my usual style. Until the long covid got worse and I had to calm the heck down. Then 2 became my usual style. I'm still proud that I was ever that precise... but loose is kinda fun. I found I had to frame it as a choice. "I want to try something new..."
A watercolor painting of a long haired woman on a couch, drinking whipped cream on cocoa, and looking out at the rainy day. It is in a book illustration style. Outlines are precise, there are tiny little details, and there are freehanded straight lines. Watercolor of a fluffy cat and a red haired woman sitting on a broken down fence, watching the moon rise over trees in autumn leaf while the sun illuminates everything from behind the viewer. Everything is very sploshy.
November 8, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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I belong to... a book club with four people in it and we really liked Sparrow Hill Road. We made diner food at home about it.
A lunch on corningware plates that includes a side salad, a burger, fries, half a strawberry waffle, fruit cocktail, and a cup of coffee. In the distance can be seen a trick or treat jack o lantern and a pomegranate.
November 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Moon's cool tonight.
Full moon with large rainbow halo and a streak of cloud cutting across it. Tree foliage and power lines are also in shot.
November 4, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Friend and i went on a "leaf drive" but it was still pretty early.
A stretch of green park land under the dappled shade of mature trees. The leaves are beginning to turn. A path stretches off into the distance. A sturdy maintenance shed looks oddly inviting. Giant trees in interesting leaf. A peek at a distant overlook can be barely glimpsed between them. An outdoor stage beneath large trees. The same outdoor stage, pulled back to show the seats as well. It looks like a cross between football stands and Roman ruins.
November 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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@kristadb1.bsky.social i took some potential watercolor shots for you the other day. I was gonna put them in that one thread but i keep getting distracted before I can find it.
An interesting tree with needle like leaves and shaggy bark over red wood. Probably some kind of cedar. A round, raised flowerbed full of assorted mums, with trees in the background. A cute old house with a tower, a bay window, a screen porch, and essentially a lot of interesting details for sketching. There are cars in front of it and nearby trees just starting to turn. A shaded set of benches in a garden. Across the street are old, brick apartment buildings.
November 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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It's a wide ranging community with diverse tastes and interests, these days. The fountain pen i am using today:
A benu astrogem fountain pen in the frosty, sparkling, and blue colorway "christmas", sitting on black fabric.
November 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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She was originally my then-roommate's. He's a Sumerian pagan.

Cat tax. :)
A dappled silver tabby with white mittens and a fluffy exposed belly sprawled lazily across an unmade bed.
November 1, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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My current ko-fi goal is Puca's vet bill, currently on my credit card. If you're doing better than lots of people, I could use a hand.

Cat tax: unamused by the elevator butt.

ko-fi.com/karidru
A tuxedo cat on a shag carpeted ledge elevates her back end for a scratching hand at the base of her tail.
October 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM