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Lyn Perkins
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old nerd, does 3d texturing/art/ acrylic paintings; loves animals, science and photography. Collects random things (rocks, tarot cards, fabric samples). I look nothing like my avatar :D
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Store image of a 2-inch stainless steel washer (suitable for a pattern weight) from tbbtoys.com selling for 1.25 USD each. Personally I use rocks (free) from my yard. (wash first)
June 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Is that "All Night Long"? This is the first year I have had one and mine bloomed out a really dark purple, but beautiful
A very dark purple iris is in front of a blurred background of a couple of windows and a garden. The iris is in a vase on a table (not visible in the photo)
June 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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A raccoon looks at my trail camera. The same raccoon that pulled the bubbler out of the water trough and uprooted various herbs.
May 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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"Very Small Living Space"
Something we are getting ready for the Daz3d com marketplace, a fantasy outfit. There are so many pieces (6) we are sharing the texturing duties! The top does barely cover everything, btw.
A woman in fantasy Middle Eastern costume (full turkish pants, vest, asymmetrical top, fingerless gloves, pillbox hat and hoop earrings, holds up a vase that might have contained a genie. She has a Can You Believe This expression on her face. The back has an abstract floral mandala design on a pale gold and purple background. Base figure is Daz 3d Com's Genesis 9 with their Amala morphs and Hallie texture. Clothing mesh by Donnena. Vase mesh by Danie and Marforno (DM).
May 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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It's this cutie!!! SO GOOD
Photo: A cheetah sits in a grass field with only it's head and shoulders showing. It has an adorable toothy smile and big cute anime eyes, because of the dark markings and lashes around the upper eye. Even the whiskers curl up in a smile. Some tags in google lens say it is a female cheetah.
February 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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I bought this deck as a gift for someone else and then went back and bought myself one. It's very available, all the cards are illustrated, even the minors. Just beautiful!
#tarotsky #tarot #tarotofthedivine #YoshiYoshitani
Yoshi Yoshitani's Tarot of the Divine, which includes a sturdy box with a cover illustration of a woman looking at the moon, a guidebook, and fully illustrated cards. Shown are from left to right, the Magician (a fairy like woman with a wand) The Devil (a giant flaming snake in a forest) Justice (an Asian Warrior standing before a castle) The Nine of Cups (a man holding a half watermelon in a lush garden). The row below is The Emperor (a stern Knight), The Chariot (a viking ship pulled by two enormous fish), and The Sun (the Egyptian god Ra standing on a papyrus boat on the Nile). I am cheating on the descriptions, you will have to get the deck to see the whole story :D. The cards are sturdy with a matte finish and white borders and a reversible back design so it doesn't "tell" if the card is reversed if you are dealing them out face-down.
February 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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yes but loook 😍
/also I basically live in a Perth suburb. Same size houses and lots, but more pines and maples. (at least from looking at Google Street view).
A photo of the Pinnacles in Western Australia with a sunset sky and rock formations poking up like ancient monuments.
February 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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I really enjoyed the setting and characters in this one--it's set in a Kentucky coal town and feels very accurate (TWO dollar generals) and has a delightful and spooky haunted house and lots of good reveals AND a very satisfying ending. Would read again.
The cover of Alix Harrow's "Starling House" novel, that shows a looping flock of fluttering starlings, holding sets of keys and bits of honeysuckle vines (both parts of the House). The book sits on a side table of mine that has a table cover from Spellfire gifts and some rocks I use for paperweights (a lump of quartz crystals and a sliced mudstone).
February 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Marge Simpson holds up a potato and says "I just think they're neat."
February 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Stolen from Tumblr:
Chicago guys are always did you really just put ketchup on that hot dog instead of minced garlic, sesame seeds, relish, Polish sausage bits, coleslaw, frosting, pasta sauce, potato wedges, a quarter cup of chocolate chips, grilled sports petters, celery salt, almond extract, mayo, lettuce, cheese, EXTRA ONION, a short of malort, whole tomato, mustard, picle spears, and a little hat from Portillo's? --thunderpibb
February 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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A non pol name:
Gulf of Mexico map , with the Gulf renamed Gulf of Shrimp and Hurricanes. Mapquest is letting you Name Your Own Gulf.
February 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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New model we are working on--jester set! I love it... and it has been driving me crazy with so many pieces; and the pants dangles wants to clip legs SO MUCH. It will have just 6 color sets because of the complexity of coloring it all. Also the hat is bananas but so cute..3d hats hate 3d hair though.
A female 3d model (Genesis9) wearing a "jester costume" made up of a silly 3 pointed hat with metal balls on the tips, a sleeveless top with ruffled sleeve edges and a deep pointed hem, armlets with cuff ruffles, and leg warmers with glossy metallic trim on the top and bottom edges. Background is a low key painted monochrome back with a faint decorative flower mandala in gold. Models' hair is very uncontrolled because of User Errors, lol.
February 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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The prices you see in the online stores are not what we, the artists, often receive:
A column of sales numbers showing the prices I receive for sales of items-- often pegged at 12-16.00 on the visible sales page. While I do split with a partner, the money I receive per sale is between .49 cents and 1.68. Luckily we do some volume but it's not a living wage.
February 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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My partner just finished a cute multipart digital dress for Daz! Textures by me.
A digital model (Genesis 9) with a curly hair "wig" kneels to show off the skirts of an anime-inspired outfit. it has detached sleeves with lace cuffs, a sleeveless top with a ruffled collar and hem points, a two-layer skirt and a pair of leggings textured to coordinate with the rest of the outfit. Model is shown on a plain white background.
February 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Serendipity in the posting queue
Two image posts that aligned in my feed--on top, Carye Mahoney's cat Ginger curled into a neat orange spiral ball; and below it, Thomas Fuchs image of NGC 7822 curled into a neat, partially orange spiral ball, as cozy as Ginger the cat's pose.
February 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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QRP with something watery! 🌧️
A Sea Nymph with scaled human legs sits on a rock on the shore, holding a harp. Seaweed covered rocks are in the background on the left, a crashing wave on the right. In the evening sky above there is a large galaxy rising above the horizon.
February 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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This is who actually makes Space X run.
/Musk always takes credit for other's accomplishments.
A file photo of Gwynne Shotwell, the manager of Space X
February 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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If you are married to a "doll person"...
An old Charles Dana Gibson pen and ink drawing called The Card Players, originally showing a woman on the left and a well-dressed man on the right at a table, the man holding a card in his right hand, ready to play. I altered this version to put a doll head, a disassembled doll limb, and a pair of hemostats on the table. The woman now holds a tiny pair of scissors in one hand. The man is saying "No, I am no giving you some of my hair so you can "make eyelashes."
January 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery 🌱
#BloomScrolling
A garden photo with some kind of swallowtail butterfly feeding on a purple echinacea. The background is blurry. Probably taken two summers ago in June or July.
January 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Stovey posted a comic of a Greek pot black and yellow design showing Sisyphus pushing the boulder up the endless hill. On the boulder is a sign "the fucking dishes again".
January 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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A man calmly mows his lawn inside a yard with a wooden perimeter fence. outside the fence are wheat fields and a very large tornado coming down from a turbulent, stormy sky.
January 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Image showing a pile of delicious bacon on a wooden cutting board. Text says "Bacon cannot solve all our problems. That's what extra bacon is for."
January 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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I found this cicada reference while digging thru photos, in case anyone..needs a cicada underbelly?
#inverts #cicada
The underside of a lightly damaged green cicada I found on the porch of my New Jersey house, it shows a lot of details of the leg and feet structure and the head you might not usually see. Its resting on a crumpled piece of white tissue paper.
January 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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If you see this post something pink :) 🌱
A pink Milkweed blossom with some insect visitors--a japanese beetle, a bumblebee and a honeybee. The background is out of focus.
January 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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I loved, loved this book and it was so satisfying! Lots of wonderful characters and twists and turns and magical prose (and a sweet dog) <3 If you love fantasy give it a look.
The cover for Alix E. Harrow's Ten Thousand Doors of January showing a fancy metal doorknob and rosette plate surrounded by keys and flowers.
January 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM