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Mike Z
@mikez.bsky.social
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Guild Eleven co-founder and artist. I mostly work with watercolor.

Guild Eleven = my creative friends!
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🌙🐇 #art
White gouache on black paper: a rabbit person in silhouette stands upon a rocky outcrop with a curling tree. The moon is full.
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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🍂 #gnomevember 🍂
A gnome wears a tree stump pulled down over his eyes. The stump has leaves and mushrooms growing from it. Payne’s grey watercolor and white gouache on toned paper.
November 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Wabbit wizardry.🐇
#art
A long-eared rabbit in a cloak casts a spell, which manifests as light between his hands. Watercolor on toned paper.
November 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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I heard it was Squirrelzilla day. #squirrelzilla
A pencil drawing of mutant squirrel with a spiky back. Nearby is a barrel of something radioactive.
November 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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An early experiment with color inks.
#autumn #art
A crooked tree with golden leaves and mushrooms at its roots. Ink splash sky.
November 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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🍂 #gnomevember 🍂
A sketchbook displaying a drawing of a gnome and two pumpkins before him. He is leaning with his elbow on one pumpkin, head in hand.
November 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Snowman Wizard knows what time it is, but the cemetery squirrels aren’t ready to let go of Halloween just yet.
A snowman wizard holds up his staff as two ghost squirrels fly about. There are gravestones in the background.
November 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Last caw before October closes.
#art
Coffee painting of a white crow perched on a branch before the full moon.
October 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Happy Halloween!
#art
A rabbit in a hat sits with a pumpkin at the bottom of a pumpkin tree. Painted with sepia and Payne’s grey watercolor.
October 31, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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A haunted place.
#art
A twisty tree sits on a ledge overlooking the landscape. Two pumpkins rest at the bottom of the tree. A skull coasts by in the air. Watercolor.
October 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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The rag and bone man and his companion cat. #art
A creature made of bones pushes a cart of random wares. A cat in a top hat sits in front.
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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You are carrying too many bricks.
#art
A ghost is carrying a basket of bricks across the sky. The wick on his head holds a flame.
October 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Sleepy moon. #art
A crescent moon with a sleepy face hangs in the night sky below a gnarly, leafless tree that stands on a ledge. Watercolor and gouache.
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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A basketful of bespoke beasties, arriving exactly when they mean to.
#guild11mysterium #art
A painting of some creatures in a basket: a violet amphibian, one with a sort of beak and brown fur, one with fur, fangs, and horns, a blue bumpy lump, and a green thing with a tentacle snoot. Acrylics on wood panel.
October 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Summoning the messenger. #art
A rabbit wizard holds out his hand as a bird appears, perched on his finger.
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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I’m still working on my piece for the #guild11mysterium prompt, “Bespoke Beasties.” In the meantime, here’s an old color pencil drawing that fits the bill.
Some scruffy looking creatures gathered together: a green guy with a toothy grin, a blue furry fellow with small horns, one with brown fur and big eyes, a purple dragon. An eye on a stalk pops up from behind.
October 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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In the clearing, in the gloaming. #art
A painting of a skeletal, ghostly beast… an old legend, possibly gnu.
October 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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There really should be an acorn emoji. 🍂
A drawing of an autumn spirit. A leaf covers her head, obscures her eyes, and continues down her back. She is holding an acorn that is larger than her head.
October 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Good Sunday morning to you.
#art
A drawing in graphite and white pencil on toned paper. A portrait of a dragon with large ears, a narrow snout, and overhanging teeth.
October 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Pumpkin patch of the dragon.
A monochromatic watercolor painting of a tiny dragon in a pumpkin patch.
October 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Just two friends hanging out in the mushroom garden. #art
A snail and a rabbit. The snail is much larger than the rabbit, and the mushrooms are also proportionately quite large. Sepia and white oil paint on wood panel.
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Second prompt for Guild Eleven Mysterium: "Decrepit Domicile."
#Guild11Mysterium
Gouache painting of an old birdhouse, upside down and held by a branch running through it. Red glows inside of it. There is a yellow leaf and a green leaf on the branches.
October 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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All mind flayers really want is to show off their thespian skills by performing Shakespeare. #ttrpg #art
A painting of a mauve humanoid with a tentacled face holding a skull.
October 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Nor’easter bunny. #art
A rabbit person walks against the wind as leaves blow past. His long scarf trails behind. Graphite and white pencil on toned paper.
October 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Sunken punkin. #art
A pumpkin diving helmet sits at the bottom of the sea. Close by there is strange sea life, including a squidish acorn and a leaf-tailed fish. Painted with coffee.
October 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM