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Mad Dash Studio
@maddashstudio.bsky.social
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Please check out my handmade stop-motion piece, "Esperanto"on YouTube
https://youtu.be/hdczPJRGp7Y
I make art. Often, (but not always) miniature, and often (but not always) whimsical
For music, visit
@braveeye.bsky.social

Link hub: www.MadDashStudio.com
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Just finished this wee fox kit who's been sitting sketched on the panel for over a week
#Miniature #painting #Acrylic on birch
4 in. Square
Title: TBD
#fox #foxy #foxen #art #paint #Artyear #miniatures #minipainting #ArtofBlueSky #dollhouse #forest #wildlife #nature #animalart #animals #wallart
A light skinned hand holds a small miniature painting in front of a lot of art supplies The painting is about four inches square and shows a young red fox kit peeking out of its den. The den is under a swath of moss, and the whole scene is surrounded by melting snow. A miniature painting on wood. The painting is about four inches square and shows a young red fox kit peeking out of its den. The den is under a swath of moss, and the whole scene is surrounded by melting snow.
June 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Rough commute.
#rainbow #sketch on gray paper
Not very refined but I enjoyed the vibes
A very rough multicolored sketch of a horned humanoid clutching a disposable hot-drinks cup and looking tired
May 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Playing a homebrew D&D game, and I've been illustrating some of the loot and artifacts. I'm not a very skilled digital artist, so this is a good excuse to practice! This cube is based on 19th cent. reliquary jewelry boxes.
#DnD #GIMP #DungeonsAndDragons #DigitalArt #ArtYear #crystal #Art
A digitally painted faceted crystal box, assembled with some kind of metallic framing The outline is octagonal, but the overall impression is of a beveled cube A digitally painted faceted crystal box, assembled with some kind of metallic framing The outline is octagonal, but the overall impression is of a beveled cube. L
May 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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How Do They Rise Up
It's not the Glorious 25th of May, but my lilacs are blooming. And sometimes you have to wear the lilac. Because of reasons. #TerryPratchett #Discworld #Nightwatch #Lilac #ArtYear #PolymerClay #GNUSTP #Handmade #Resist #Vimes
A lilac brooch made from polymer clay. The flower and leaves are the only color in an otherwise black and white image. The background is a black shirt with lace The brooch is being stabilized by a thumb and forefinger.
May 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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RFK Jr. #autism #rant was just a big mixup-
He was extrapolating from a study by Barnes & Barnes, which concluded:

*They can't play baseball
*They don't wear sweaters
*They're not good dancers
*They don't play drums

Unfortunately, the original subjects were *not* Autistic, so his data was skewed
A really rather horrible picture of a fish head wearing lipstick, false eyelashes and a party hat. A Screenshot from the original video for "Fish Heads" a song from 1980 by Barnes & Barnes, made popular in the Dr. Demento show. The lyrics are as follows: Fish heads, fish heads Roly-poly fish heads Fish heads, fish heads Eat them up, yum Fish heads, fish heads Roly-poly fish heads Fish heads, fish heads Eat them up, yum In the morning, laughing, happy fish heads In the evening, floating in the soup Ask a fish head anything you want to They won't answer, they can't talk I took a fish head out to see a movie Didn't have to pay to get it in They can't play baseball, they don't wear sweaters They're not good dancers, they don't play drums Roly-poly fish heads are never seen drinking cappuccino In Italian restaurants with Oriental women Yeah Ask a fish head anything you want to They won't answer, they can't talk Ask a fish head anything you want to They won't answer, they can't talk
April 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Work in progress for "The Art of the Miniature XXXiii"
I might title it "Below the Light" original photo from Horton Point, NY
#miniature #seascape #landscape #artyear #WIP #Beach #LongIsland #ArtistsofBluesky #painting #acrylic #vacation #mini #sea #tinyart #dollhouse #seagull
A tiny painting is held between thumb and middle finger of a light skinned hand. The painting showed a beach scene or seascape with a large rock in the foreground and a barely visible tiny seagull. The image is about 3 inches wide by 1½ inches tall (the whole piece of paper is about 4 inches by 2 inches) The original photo is of the beach below the Horton Point Lighthouse
April 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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My completely
hand sculpted
handpainted
Hand animated
stop-motion short film
. "Esperanto"
has been selected for the Jim Thorpe Film Festival
I'm excited to share with a public audience
It's only 6 minutes - I'll attach the link below! #shortfilm #Stopmotion #Filmfestival #ArtYear #Film #animation
A barely lit scene of a room. The viewer is facing the back of a couch, lit with a blue glow. There's a television screen on the wall. A Laurel, or sectoral logo is overlaid onto static, which reads "Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival Official Selection 2025" Sharp eyes might notice that the tv is unplugged.
April 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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This 33mm² miniature painting of the "Punk in Drublic" album cover. Part of a series I did of 30 mini covers and counting!
#NOFX #Hardcore #Punkrock
The thumb and index finger of a light skinned hand holding a miniature acrylic painting is the NOFX Punk in Drublic album cover. Surrounding the cover image is blue painters tape which had many dabs or black, white, and vermilion paint on it.
April 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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A very rough and ready study as a warmup for some upcoming miniatures
A light skinned hand holds a very rough miniature painting of a nightscape. There are two bridges with their lights reflecting on the water below.
April 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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April Fool
(This most treasured of April Fool's jokes)
Image shows a tumblr post. Text reads "what a good morning!! im gonna draw a dog!! apRIL FOOLS I DREW TWO DOGS THEY'RE BEST FRIENDS" Another commenter adds "the only good april fool's joke" with a cartoon of two minimalist lineart dogs. One of whom is wagging is tail.
April 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Little gratuitous fish doodle.
India ink, & watercolor.
Did you know that India ink is waterproof once it's dry? Now you do! #ArtTips
#watercolor #ArtYear #Fish #Art #Sketch #Doodle #IndiaInk
A painting of a stylized jumping fish. The fish is a radiance of red to golden yellow. It's fins and tail are blue and it has a large, dark eye that seems to look at the viewer.
March 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Long time no post - Been scrambling
But I *had* to come out of the woodwork for #Stab Vampire Hunters' Chatelaine
🦇🧛‍♂️🦇
Polymer clay, vintage glass, reclaimed chain & asst findings
#makersmARTch #mkrsmARTch #ArtYear #ArtShow #Vampires #Buffy #Stake #Polymerclay #Art #Chatelaine #Steampunk #Buffy #BtVS
A polymer clay chatelaine - vampire-hunting kit. A large oak faux hewel brooch with carrots vampire hunting tools hanging on short chains. At the yop of each chain is a red faceted bead- these are reclaimed vintage glass and/or crystal. The tools, left to right, are a wooden mallet, a small clay bottle with a potato pet label saying 'aqua benedicta' a long handled mirror in antique silver, a bulb of garlic and a wooden stake wrapped with copper wire.
March 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Been waiting way too long to ask this:
Hey, @eve6.bsky.social, do you like my Heart in a Blender miniature album cover painting?
🖤
#miniature #altrock #painting #ArtYear #ProjectEsperanto #Artshow #Bugs #Handpainted #90s
Acrylic on hot press paper
33mm²
From a series of 27 mini album cover paintings
A light skinned hand holds a framed miniature painting. The painting is a one and a half inch square version of the 1998 self-titled album from artist Eve 6. The image has a white or off-white background, and shows some red and black abstract shapes in the left side. (These are stylistically obscured text) The right side of the image is taken up by the black and white image of a fly- possibly it a house fly or similar species. The fly is somehwhat stylized. It seems to be investigating or consuming smudge or smear along the bottom of the image. A square framed miniature painting. The frame is white on the outer edge and has an inner outline of greyish wood The painting is a one and a half inch square version of the 1998 self-titled album from artist Eve 6. The image has a white or off-white background, and shows some red and black abstract shapes in the left side. (These are stylistically obscured text) The right side of the image is taken up by the black and white image of a fly- possibly it a house fly or similar species. The fly is somehwhat stylized. It seems to be investigating or consuming smudge or smear along the bottom of the image.
March 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Bring on the "OMG I WANT TO EAT IT" comments!
🍫 🐇 🌸 🥚 🍫
This happens with things that are not even pretend food
They're not wrong; I do make forbidden snacks.
Wish I was a better photographer, though 😅
#Easter #Earrings #miniature #chocolate #polymerclay #miniatures #humanmade #handmade #artshow
A nine-square photo grid of miniature polymer clay Easter-themed Earrings. Mostly being held in light skinned hand, some set against a light backdrop. Most are little inch tall baskets with colored eggs and chocolate. Top Left- Natural/ straw- colored basket with green grass pastel eggs and tiny chocolate bunnies Top Center- white basket with pastel eggs and white chain instead of a curved handle Top Right- Natural colored basket with pink Easter grass blue flowers and chocolate bunnies with little bow ties Middle Left - Wow basket, green grass, eggs are soft primary colors chocolate bunnies with bowties Middle Center - no baskets- two asinine decorated chocolate eggs with white chocolate flower motif Middle Right - larger conical white basket with yellow Easter grass, pastel eggs and decorated chocolate egg Bottom Left- small white basket with green grass pastel eggs and decorated chocolate egg Bottom Center - natural colored basket with green grass, pastel eggs, and decorated chocolate egg Bottom Right - white basket with green grass, pastel eggs and chocolate bunny A miniature polymer clay Easter basket Earring against a kraft paper background. A conical white basket with yellow Easter grass, five pastel eggs and a larger decorated chocolate egg A miniature polymer clay Easter basket Earring accented with tiny flowers. A rounded white basket with green Easter grass, pastel eggs and a larger decorated chocolate egg A miniature polymer clay Easter basket Earring, accented with a green glass bead. A rounded white basket with green Easter grass, eggsin soft primary colors eggs and a chocolate bunny with a green bowtie. Basket is about an inch tall.
March 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Soup.
For my Family.
I avoid lettering, but these needed text
Years back I bought a full set of antique type- Garamond.
It was time
I sifted through a LOT of lead to find upper & lower-case
& assembled dedicated words with clay handles
#Pendants & #Earrings
#letterpress #Soup #SoupForMyFamily #memes
A light skinned hand holds two polymer clay pendants hanging from a yellow or gold cord. The pendants resemble soup cans, these are blue on top and white on the bottom, with a metallic gold colored star at the center like a seal. There are strips of c text appliquéd onto the cans which read SOUP - for * my - FAMILY. The cans are around an inch tall. A light skinned hand holds a polymer clay pendant with a red jump ring hanging from a black cord. The pendant resembles a soup cans, it is ombre red on top and very pale pastel rainbow on the bottom, with a metallic gold colored dot at the center like a seal. There are strips of text appliquéd onto the cans which read soup - for * my - family. The can is just under an inch tall. A 9-Square photo collage grid. In each square, a light skinned hand holds one or two polymer clay soup can charms. Some are pendants and some are earrings. All but two images have text which read "soup - for * my - family" . Top Left it is a pair of earrings with a rainbow accent bead. These are ombre red on top and very pale pastel rainbow on the bottom, with a metallic gold colored dot at the center like a seal. The text is inlaid and inked in black. Top Center is two pendants hanging from a gold or yellow cord. One is in nonbinary flag colors, this one has a rhinestone as its center seal and the other is on Bisexual flag colors and white. There are strips of text appliquéd onto the cans which read SOUP - for * my - FAMILY Top Right - a pair of earrings with no text, ombre red and pastel rainbow with a red faceted accent bead Middle Left - two pendants hanging from a gold or yellow cord. These are blue and white with metallic gold stars in the middle. Text is appliqué Middle Center - is the only solo pendant. If it's ombre red and pastel with applique text- all lower case "soup - for * my - family" Middle right- Two pendants. Ombre red and pastel. Appliqué text. Bottom Left - a pair of earrings with no text, ombre red and pastel rainbow with a faceted amber glass accent bead Bottom Center - Two pendants These are blue and white with Rainbow bands around the middle. Text is appliqué Bottom Right- is a pair of earrings with a Yellow swirled glass accent bead . These are ombre red on top and very pale pastel rainbow on the bottom, with a metallic gold colored dot at the center like a seal. The text is inlaid and inked in black.
March 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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It looks SO GOOD framed
A framed miniature Painting of the Album Art for the 1997 record "Let's Face It" by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. The frame is reddish brown wood. Both frame and painting are square. The painting is only 1½ inches across. It's a white record with red text at the top and a group of people in the bottom right corner.The text is deliberately obscured or muddled
March 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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I'm running a giveaway on Instagram for 1 of these handpainted mini album covers (Framed)
🎨🖼💿
If you wanna play "I Spy" or you know a fan of these artists- Come over to IG & Enter!
I'll be posting about these all week- stay tuned🩶
#miniature #minipainting #Punkrock #AltRock #Emo #SkaPunk #Giveaway
A very busy image. There are 20 miniature paintings, all of which are album covers. They are laid out in a grid 4 high and five across. The original paintings are about 33 millimeters square (around 1½ inches) There are text bars at the top and bottom, both of which say "Album Art Giveaway on Instagram" Which albums are recognizable is subjective, but the oldest one is "Blind Melon" featuring the iconic Bee Girl. I'm never sure how much to write in alt text, but, you know what since we're here: the albums, left to right Top Row: Eve6 - by Eve6 ; I Get Wet - by Andrew W.K.(Reconciling the Art with the sound was an EXPERIENCE) ; everything goes numb - by Streetlight Manifesto; Observations on the Human Condition - by Survay Says!! (Yes, it's spelled that way on purpose) ; Rise or Die Trying - by Four Year Strong (This one was so fussily detailed I thought I might explode) Second Row: BlindMelon - by Blind Melon ; Let's Face It - by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones ; Under the Cork Tree- by Fallout Boy (I am obligated to add "by Panic at the Disco" here because of internet rules) Goldfinger - by Goldfinger ; The Finer Things - by State Champs (Might have been my favorite one to paint) Third Row: Bad Hair Day - by Weird Al Yankovic (I am still sad about how badly I messed this one up- my grid line was off by a couple millimeters and like 2 degrees of rotation) ; Bleed American - by Jimmy Eat World (I got this one on CD *brand new*) ; Cease and Desist - by The Longest Monday ; How it Goes - by Big D and the Kids Table; A Hangover You Don't Deserve - by Bowling For Soup Bottom Row: Monster - by REM ; The Orchard Record - by BraveEye ; Crimson - by Alkaline Trio (I think this one is the best painting from a technical standpoint) ; Turn the Radio Off by Reel Big Fish ; Anthem - by Less Than Jake
March 1, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Somebody asked me for the #BearPride flag, probably years back. Took me a while, but I got there! #Pride #TheFirstPrideWasARiot
A small brick pendant (made from polymer clay) resting in a light- skinned palm. At the top of the brooch is a band/strap/ribbon, which has the colors of the 7-stripe Bear Pride Flag. It is accented with an inset black paw print.
February 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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I use this meme a lot, but that doesn't make it less true
Text post, which says: "Me: *sees beautiful art* I should compliment the artist! Me: *knows nothing of art terms* It's shiny! The lines go whoosh whoosh and that makes me happy The colors give me feelings. So clean, so vibrant. I would lick it."
February 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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The #GenderFluid flag honestly should have come up sooner, but it's here now, and that's what matters!
#Pride #PolymerClqy
A small brick pendant (made from polymer clay) resting in a light- skinned palm. At the top of the brooch is a band/strap/ribbon, which has the colors of the 5-stripe Genderfluid Pride Flag. It is accented with an iridescent white butterfly or moth A small brick pendant (made from polymer clay) resting in a light- skinned palm. At the top of the brooch is a band/strap/ribbon, which has the colors of the 5-stripe Genderfluid Pride Flag.
February 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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(I'm sorry for the spammish flood of Pride Riot Bricks but look I've just made a BUNCH of new designs and I love them, okay?)
I've been meaning to do the Queer Pride flag for AGES and a request came at the perfect moment.
I also love Queer as a descriptor.
#Queer #Pride #LGBTQIA #PolymerClay
A small brick pendant (made from polymer clay) resting in a light- skinned palm. At the top of the brooch is a band/strap/ribbon, which has the colors of the 9-stripe Queer Pride Flag. (Some of them are really subtle in this lighting) A small brick pendant (made from polymer clay) resting in a light- skinned palm. At the top of the brooch is a band/strap/ribbon, which has the colors of the 9-stripe Queer Pride Flag. It is accented with a light green polymer clay moth- resembling a Luna Moth.
February 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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I confess, I was gonna say "no" when somebody asked for an Ally brick, but I had leftover Beetlejuice Stripes... so okay
#Pride
A small brick pendant (made from polymer clay) resting in a light- skinned palm. At the top of the brooch is a band/strap/ribbon, which has a representation of the "Straight Ally" Flag- black and white stripes accented with a rainbow triangle emblem
February 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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I got a request for the 8- Stripe Rainbow Gilbert Baker Pride flag. This makes me happy.
#Rainbow #Pride #LGBTQIA
#PrideRiot
(As with all of my Pride Bricks, these are in my shop)
A small brick pendant (made from polymer clay) resting in a light- skinned palm. At the top of the brooch is a band/strap/ribbon, which has the colors of the original Gilbert Baker 8-stripe Rainbow Pride Flag. A small brick pendant (made from polymer clay) resting in a light- skinned palm. At the top of the brooch is a band/strap/ribbon, which has the colors of the original Gilbert Baker 8-stripe Rainbow Pride Flag. It is accented with a pink and white polymer clay flower.
February 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Omg this is *luscious*
Text image that reads: Me: *sees beautiful art* I should compliment the artist! Me: knows nothing of art terms It's shiny! The lines go whoosh whoosh and that makes me happy. The colors give me feelings. So clean, so vibrant. I would lick it.
February 27, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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And here's the #painting itself. Acrylic on hot press paper #Wyeth #ChesterCounty #ArtHistory #Landscape
A small framed painting. The painting is about 2 inches tall by 3 inches across. The black square frame is probably about 4 or 5 inches across. The painting depicts a landscape of rolling hills covered in gold grain or hay. Trees can be seen in the distance, and greener hills beyond.
February 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM