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EmilyMegan Art 🌙

@emilymeganart.bsky.social

A few copic marker and pencil animal studies! 🖊️

#art #drawing #animals #sketch #ink #studies #markers

Drawings of a Caracal, jumping spider and Maned fox in black and white copic marker and pencil

November 14, 2024 at 8:52 PM

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Marko (Nerd and Jock Comics)

@markoraassina.bsky.social

November 14, 2024 at 7:53 PM

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Erin Freeman

@beachrelaxin.bsky.social

Some birds just know they're beautiful.

Blue Jay

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography #ThursJay #corvids

A medium-sized bird with a white face, a black beak and necklace, a blue crest and back, blue wings with white marking, and a blue-and-black barred tail stands on a tiny offshoot of a thicker bare branch with its back to the camera and facing the left of the photo. Its head is turned just slightly back over its left shoulder, and the sunlit photo has a background of bright, blue sky that nearly matches the bird.

November 14, 2024 at 6:11 PM

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Daniele Pea

@danielepea.bsky.social

Got a rainbow at the end of today’s mental health hike:

View towards downtown Portland with cloudy skies and a rainbow arcing from the horizon to the top right of the frame.

November 14, 2024 at 6:20 PM

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MicheleMuse 💙🌈🦋🇺🇦

@michelemuse.bsky.social

I truly love the way we are all trying to lift one another up and bring some joy.

November 14, 2024 at 2:23 AM

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David Salter

@davidsalter.bsky.social

I drew this short eared owl about 3 years ago
Drawn with Polychromos coloured pencils
🪶🦉

November 13, 2024 at 7:09 PM

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The Smokin Grasshopper 🦗🍃

@smokingrasshopper.bsky.social

We got this 🫶🏼

November 14, 2024 at 10:46 PM

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PJ Coffey - They/Them @homebrewandhacking@mastodon.ie

@homebrewandhacking.bsky.social

Cats.catscatscats.

By seeBangNow

Panel 1: A person's hand reaches down to pet a cat, but the cat is clearly uncomfortable and says "PLEASE RESPECT MY PERSONAL SPACE."
Panel 2: The same cat is being petted again, but this time it's arched its back and is hissing.
Panel 3: The text "ALSO CATS" appears at the top of the panel.
Panel 4: A person is sleeping peacefully in bed, but a cat is curled up on their head. The cat is purring contentedly.

November 14, 2024 at 8:42 AM

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Denise Andréia 🌼

@denisestange.bsky.social

It can't be just me...right?

🙄🙄

November 13, 2024 at 6:52 PM

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bongodave

@bongodave.bsky.social

November 13, 2024 at 6:23 PM

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@ontopunk.bsky.social

Edinburgh, Scotland — bringing the goth vibes.

I love that city.

November 13, 2024 at 5:00 PM

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glastomichelle.bsky.social

@glastomichelle.bsky.social

It was a bit grey out there this morning so here is some of yesterdays sunshine to brighten things up. Taken in Glastonbury not long after sunrise.

November 14, 2024 at 9:23 AM

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David H Headley

@davidhheadley.bsky.social

I love that my timeline is full of bookish types again!

November 14, 2024 at 11:28 AM

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Henrik Spranz 🦋

@spranz.org

A well known waterfall in #Austria. I love to be there when it's raining - for the solitude, colours and mood.
#waterfalls #naturephotography
#landscapephotography

A big beautiful waterfall captured from like 40 meters away. The used ultra wide angle lens captures the stream flowing between the mossy rocks towards the viewer. The scene is photographed in the rain, which makes the colours more intense and the impression moody. The water looks creamy because of a bit longer shutter time.

November 14, 2024 at 8:57 PM

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LeaLyster

@lealyster.bsky.social

November 13, 2024 at 8:05 PM

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David Blanchflower BSc

@davidbflower.bsky.social

Nearly Full Moon, 1749UT 14 November 2024. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #SciArt #astrophotography #photography

The Moon nearly full on a dark background.

November 14, 2024 at 6:07 PM

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Sande

@sande0724.bsky.social

For real 😲

November 14, 2024 at 12:23 PM

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Chuck Wendig

@chuckwendig.bsky.social

The world may be bad but at least we have birds

*buries you in birds*

p.s. don't forget, alt-text is good, turn it on to be required in your settings, thanks

A bluebird on a wooden post in the right of frame, facing left. The background is blurry autumnal yellow. The bluebird looks stalwart in the face of some unknown force or threat. Or maybe he's just anxious. Who can say? Photo by me, Chuck Wendig

In an autumnal yellow tree, a cedar waxwing perches -- leaning forward -- on a lower branch, what may be a yellowjacket wasp pinched in its beak. In the upper right is a harder-to-see waxwing, too, mostly concealed. Photo by me, Chuck Wendig

Close-up portrait shot of a tree-concealed Cooper's Hawk. The hawk is facing up and to the right, its eyes a golden-orange hue. Can only see half the bird -- upper half, obviously. The bird looks vigilant. Or maybe constipated, I dunno. Photo by me, Chuck Wendig

An absolute borb-shaped birb. This bird is a gray junco, and it is perfectly round and fuzzy and looks like a dumpling, but don't eat it, it's not a dumpling, it's a bird. White middle, gray upper, tiny beak, beady black eyes. It seriously doesn't look real. It's on an evergreen branch with a little pinecone propped next to it. Photo by me, Chuck Wendig

November 14, 2024 at 1:26 PM

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Jenna Park

@jennapark.bsky.social

Feels like I'm just posting to the void since I'm just getting started here, but why not. I write a weekly newsletter, and this week I write about how far away from reading and critical thinking we’ve come. It's lacking in our education, COVID learning loss, social media attention spans, all of it.