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Lucky ⚔️

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Background for a community theater project my friend was part of. Hatcherfield High from The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals. I’m actually pretty sure they didn’t end up using it which is totally fine cause it was a total rush job lol.

A drawing depicting a school hallway. The main focus is 6 blue school lockers. The first of which (furthest left) just has some post it notes taped on it along with some blood. On the floor in front of it lays a crumpled piece of paper and a used cigarette. The next one is opened reveling a green jacket hanging on the top along with some books and some crumpled paper on the shelf thingy that separates the locker into a top and bottom. There is also a Hamilton poster up partially covered by the jacket, a Black Friday poster, and a worksheet/test hung up with a magnet that is marked with a B+ grade. In the bottom section is a pink backpack and a brown paper bag lunch which is clearly stinky with flies around it. There is also an apple core and a love note hung up. The door of the locker has a mirror, a pencil holder with a pen in it, and various magnets stick on it along with a good amount of blood. Next over has two papers tapped on it along with several sticky notes. The papers are a notice about a new after school musical and basketball try-outs. The lockers also has some green goo on it. The floor in front of those two lockers has a blood spill with some green glop in it. Next locker one has some graffiti that reads “Fuck Clives Dale!”, in front of that locker is two spray cans of paint. Next locker also has graffiti in the form of a peace sign and a random tag plus some blood. In front of it is two used cigarette and some ash, and a crumpled up soda can with is on its side spilling out some soda. The last locker also some posters/papers on it but the text isn’t readable. The whole thing has some green writing and spots/ splatters of green ooze and blood around.

June 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM

Lucky ⚔️

@lucky-scars.bsky.social

Something I’ve noticed: I have a sweet dog who is always pretty snuggly but she tends to either lay between my legs or fully on top of me. The exception is when I have a migraine she just lays her lil head on me. It’s pretty cute but confusing lol. Anyone know why she might do that?

#dogsofbluesky

June 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM

Lucky ⚔️

@lucky-scars.bsky.social

Used a mobility aid today & had this interaction w/ a family friend:

Him: did u like injure ur leg or
Me: I’m just disabled
Him: oh well ur not like very disabled, ur like a little disabled
Me: thanks for the vote of confidence

Ty for telling me MY experience w/ MY disability, I rlly needed that

June 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM

Lucky ⚔️

@lucky-scars.bsky.social

Redid this old sketch of my mom, i never feel like I’ve improved enough at drawing but hey improvement is improvement, right?

A pretty shitty sketch of a lady sitting on a couch holding tea and looking tired

A slightly better drawing of the same lady sitting with her tea

May 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM

Lucky ⚔️

@lucky-scars.bsky.social

It’s not my best work but here is a rock I painted for my grandma to bring to my great-grandparents grave since she’s visiting them. It’s Jewish custom to put rocks by graves. It has a few sides but I only have a pic of this poodle one (they had a poodle) the other has names & then one w/ flowers.

A photo of a small rock that is painted vibrant purple with a tiny drawing of a black standard poodle laying in grass and a pink heart.

May 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Lucky ⚔️

@lucky-scars.bsky.social

A made a pin for my friend of their cat (cause we were bored while tabling an event lol) and I think he likes it

#catsofbluesky #catsky

Picture of a person holding a button pin with a white background and a drawing of a tabby cat and the name “Cooper” + some sparkles next to it. The cat who is in the drawing is standing next to it sniffing it curiously

Person holding a pin with a drawing of a tabby cat with the name “Cooper” and some sparkles next to it. They are showing the pin to the camera

May 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM

Lucky ⚔️

@lucky-scars.bsky.social

I made a bracelet today and it’s brought me a lot of joy. It the first piece of candy (or candie?) I’ve made.

Materials used was some red purler beads & black string. Both my friend brought to a hang out. Another friend taught me how. So $0 in materials <3

#candy #crafts #braceletmaking

A photo of some brackets on a pale person’s wrist on a black background. The first of which is a double row candy-type bracket with different shades of red beads, the next of which is a leather band with a pattern, one with small reflective black beads and a silver connector bead, lastly one with circular white beads, along with some flat white ones that spell out “LOU” in gold lettering.

The red bracelet from the last picture but being held not worn

April 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM

Lucky ⚔️

@lucky-scars.bsky.social

Added some Dino pizzazz to one of my vests ✨🦖✨🦕✨

(Vest is made from a hand-me-down flannel with the sleeves cut off, pins have been collected for free/gifted, patches are handmade from hand-me-down & ripped denim shorts and fabric paint/markers)

#punkdiy #punkpatch #dinos #sewing

A photo of a blue flannel vest with varied pins and a painted Dino egg patch on the (viewer’s) left shoulder

A closer look at the Dino egg patch sewed on with white thread.

The back of the vest is also flannel with a large patch below the collar. The patch is of a triceratops skull in grey and blue. It’s sewn on with the same thread as the previous patch.

A closer look at the triceratops skull patch on the back of the vest.

April 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM

Lucky ⚔️

@lucky-scars.bsky.social

My mom ask me to draw her friend’s office (he’s a psychologist), since he’s no longer using it. It’s finally gonna get to him Thursday (hopefully) after literal months of being just around my apartment. I legally have to say that the muppets have been editorialized & are less horrifying in person.

A drawing of a room with a couch and two leather chairs. The floor is wooden with a carpet. The main thing your attention is drawn to is the muppets on every surface. Sitting on the heater is Kermit looking like a sleep paralysis demon. On the windowsill is the two old guys in the audience of the muppets. On top of the window is a small plushie of cat in the hat (not legally considered a muppet). On a cabinet is the purple monster muppet wearing like a royal shirt and sunglasses. A muppet of just a bald man in a Hawaiian shirt and Ernie of Bert & Ernie fame. (Also not legally a muppet). Other things that stand out is the somewhat bizarre colorful art that is on the walls and the mason jars filled with colorful candy in the cabinet. There is also a subway sign for city college-137 st station mounted above the bright red couch.

The drawing of the office, printed out, framed in a black frame, and wrapped in bubble wrap for transport. It’s printed out a good bit bigger than a piece of paper

April 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM

Lucky ⚔️

@lucky-scars.bsky.social

Mina’s helpful contribution to me mending my pants 😂 Not my cleanest mending job ever, but if you look at the whole pant you can’t really tell

#dogsky #dogsofbluesky #mending #punkdiy

A picture from the point of view of the person taking it, looking down at their lap where they are holding a sewing needle and attempting to sew up some pants, however a dog had plopped herself onto not only the person’s lap but the pants making them hard to access….

A photo of the inside of a pair of sweatpants showing a mending area. Where the stitches are is a visible line but it’s fairly clean job. You can also see a bit of a dog in the photo as they are sitting on the rest of the pants that were mended.

A zoomed in photo of the pocket of the black sweatpants now right side out. If you look closely by the pocket you can see where was mended but it’s not especially visible.

A photo of the same pair of sweatpants but with the whole pants in the photo. They are black with white printed on patches with different punk iconography. The small line made from mending is not noticeable at all.

March 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM

Lucky ⚔️

@lucky-scars.bsky.social

But even if alt text was just for people with accessibility needs, it would still be worth your time to add it. Accessibility is worth everyone’s time, and if you think it’s not worth yours, congrats that’s ✨ableist✨

alex @dremenec.com · Oct 28

Generally we think of alt-text as the domain of those with accessibility needs.

However alt-text is useful for many reasons, which benefit your viewers, as well as you, the creator!

An infographic. There are six panels.

1. "Slow internet. Alt text is shown in place of unloaded images." a drawing shows a phone with poor signal, and alt text is visible where the image should have loaded.

2. "Findabillity. Alt text helps to search content." A drawing shows someone searching 'dog with banana' and a post is shown underneath without the words 'dog' or 'banana'. It is implied to be part of the alt text.

3. "Screen readers. Alt is read out to people using text-to-speech software". There is a drawing of the output a screen-reader would show when viewing an image with alt text on bluesky.

4. "Translation. Alt text can be translated". A drawing shows a post being translated. The alt text is also translated into german.

5. "Readability. Text in images can be made legible" There is a drawing of some truly awful handwriting inside a speech bubble. The alt text clarifies what the text is supposed to say.

6. "Disambiguation. Description helps clarify intent." There is a drawing of a post with a picture of a creature. This is styled after the famous optical illusion of a rabbit and a duck. The alt text clarifies that the animal is a rabbit. It definitely looks more like a duck.

March 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM

Lucky ⚔️

@lucky-scars.bsky.social

I refuse to like a post if it has a photo w/o alt text. It’s so easy to do on Bluesky and shows a lot about your character and sense of empathy. Especially if you’re posting something political, disabled people deserve to be part of the revolution.

March 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM

Lucky ⚔️

@lucky-scars.bsky.social

It took M (7 y/o) 2ish weeks to finish the books in his curated library. Nimona was picked 1st and got a like (expected), BFG also was a like (surprised me), and Ranger got a boring (expected). Here are the new picks: Flora & Ulysses, Saving Winslow, and Fish in a Tree. Hope he likes these

A bird’s eye view of a cardboard box. In it is three book piled in a pyramid shape. On the bottom is a light blue and white ombré book called “Flora & Ulysses”. It has a small card of paper with writing in blue pen with that title of the book and bullet points though the writing is cut off by the book on top of it. The top book is a true blue with yellow lettering that says “Saving Winslow” and a drawing of a donkey. The piece of paper on this one says “Saving Winslow” with the bullet points “animal rescue”, “heartwarming”, & “Easy read”. The other bottom book is light blue. It also has a piece of white with the same blue writing.

March 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM

Lucky ⚔️

@lucky-scars.bsky.social

Got to visit my godson the other day 😭🥺 Already so big!

#catsofbluesky #catsky

Gray kitty sleeping in a gray cat tree with his head peaking out.

Gray kitty sleeping in a gray, fuzzy cat tree

March 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM

Lucky ⚔️

@lucky-scars.bsky.social

Hi! Want cool art of ur pet while supporting a queer, disabled artist? You’re in luck! I’m offering comms! Slap-up’s can be shipped to u. Ex 1 (w/cat) is $15-$25, ex 2 (w/ bun) is $25-$35 & slap-ups r $5-$15. Dm me!

#dogsky #dogsofbluesky #catsky #catsofbluesky #petsofbluesky #art #artcommissions

A cartoonish drawing of a sitting brown & orange dog and a tabby cat. The dog is a mutt with white areas & wearing a red bandanna. The kitty is looking at the dog. The background is a light blue circle.

A brown pitbull and a cream bunny “lady and tramp-ing” a carrot. The bunny is sitting on a table with a white table cloth, the dog is sitting behind the table. The background is a starry night.

A slap-up sticker with a drawing of a senior pug. He has sunflowers on a scrunchie like collar. It has the name “Ziggy” with a lightning bolt. There are also hearts and stars. In the corner there is a drawing of a potted plant with a little sun and a skull which is on one side of an arrow and the arrow is pointing to the plant.

March 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM

Lucky ⚔️

@lucky-scars.bsky.social

Dog.

#dogsofbluesky #dogsky

Dog sitting on a bed looking directly at camera. Dog is a terrier build with cartoonishly large ears. Mostly black and white coat with orange eyebrows and checks and a gray snout.

March 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM

Lucky ⚔️

@lucky-scars.bsky.social

Just for done with a brain mri w/ contrast that I used sedating anxiety meds to cope with and I feel like I was on a road trip for like 17hrs so far and we just stopped for gas and got out of the car for a rest stop.

March 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM

Lucky ⚔️

@lucky-scars.bsky.social

Mina’s enjoying a slow morning in the sun, I cannot begin to explain how jealous I sometimes am of this dog.

#dogsofbluesky #dogsky

Dog laying on the bed in the sun, eyes half closed. She has a short black and white coat with orange eyebrows and cheeks. She has a terrier build with comically large ears. The bed has flower sheets and a blue blanket.

Same dog but sitting up lazily and yawning. Her snout is move visible, it is grey and you can see some more organs patches on her shoulders. She is wearing a harness with a flower + Dinos pattern on it.

The dog in the same position but looking at the camera, ears at attention.

March 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM

Lucky ⚔️

@lucky-scars.bsky.social

I share photos of my hellhound, Mina on a mutual aid discord I’m part of & people have come up to me irl and told me they love seeing updates about my gremlin. So I’m gonna try to share some here because I want to spread any joy I can.
#dogsky #dogsofbluesky

A head of a dog who is laying on a bed, they have their mouth open and are playfully chewing on someone’s hand. The dog is mostly black terrier with a grey shout and orange eyebrows and cheeks. They also have comically large ears.

March 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM

Lucky ⚔️

@lucky-scars.bsky.social

Being chronically ill means literally trading health for happiness. Somehow I am still both very sick & deeply depressed.

#chronicillness #disability

March 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM

Lucky ⚔️

@lucky-scars.bsky.social

I have a 7 y/o lil brother who is really into reading but constantly complaining he has read everything at home. He loves the library but he can’t always go. Here is my solution: I saved some books from when I was his age & created a library system for them (all at once is overwhelming)
#booksky

A photo of two short cardboard boxes on a radiator. One is labeled “book bin!” and the other is labeled “return bin!”. On the wall above is a piece of paper taped up that is labeled “Lou’s library - Rules:”

A closer picture of the contents of the “Book Bin!”. It shows three books inside, one is “Nimona” and it has a card on the cover partially covered by the other books however you can see the bullet points “fantasy” & “Graphic Novel”. The next book is called “Ranger in Time: Hurricane Katrina Rescue”. You can see the whole index card for this one it has the book name and then the bullet points, “Time Travel”, “Dogs”, “Real life events”, “Natural Disasters”, & “Adventure”. The last book is “BFG”, it is also partially covered but the part of the index card visible has the bullet points “A fav of Lou’s”, “Fantasy Creatures and Magic”, & “Pictures”.

A closer look at the “Return Bin!”. It has two diy cardboard dividers that are messily taped in, diving the bin into three sections. The sections have paper at the bottom of the bin labeling each one. The first is labeled “Like” with some hearts + a thumbs up drawn and has the writing “more of this type pls”. The handwriting is written in sharpie and messy. The middle section is labeled “Dislike” with a thumbs down drawn next to it and has the bullet points “This was too hard”, “upsetting/scary”, & “Don’t like this genre*” written under it. It also had the text “*type of story” written at the very bottom of the label”. Lastly, is a section that is labeled “boring” with a drawing of a thumbs to the side”.

A closer photo of the piece of paper taped to the wall labeled “Lou’s Library - Rules:”. Next to the label is a doodle of an open book. Under the label is a list:
“1. Look in the Book Bin for three handpicked book selections
—> They each have a card on the cover with some topics/descriptions of the book
2. Pick a book to try out
—> You must try each book before before getting new books
—> While I recommend at least 2 chapters, you only have to read 1 before giving up
3. Once you have read/tried a book put it in the return box
—> rate the book by putting it in either 'like’, ‘dislike’, or, ‘boring’
4. Once all books are in the return bin, you will get 3 more books based on your ratings”

February 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM

Reposted by Lucky ⚔️

🌸Bibi🌸♿ (formerly bibicosplays)

@bibiblossoms.bsky.social

🌸 Knee Brace Giveaway 🌸

I'm giving away at least 3 Knee Braces for pre-order from my store @bibipins (someone kindly paid for them)

Rules:
🌸 Follow me and Repost
🌸 No giveaway accounts
🌸 Comment which brace you'd want!

Open Internationally
Ends March 14th 11:59PM MST

February 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM

Lucky ⚔️

@lucky-scars.bsky.social

Went out to get coffee & walked by a sick squirrel w/ an infected eye. Omw back an older lady was giving it nuts. She didn’t live on that street, just keeps a bag of nuts for squirrels w/ her. She just got eye surgery, empathized w/ the lil guy. She left it food, “everybody’s gotta eat” she said.

February 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM