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Swandog / Xenia Eliassen
@swandog.bsky.social
Old (53) cryptid-thing ΘΔ, furry/fantasy artist & crafter, birbmom, nonbinary ⚧️ (she/they), demi/ace, disabled/chronically ill ♿️ (MS, PsA, etc.), neurodivergent ♾️ (AuDHD) & US import in Norway. Socialist/antifascist! ✊️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🍉
🚫️NO AI🚫
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Welcome, new followers! 👋❤️ I guess I should do a new intro! 😅 I'm Xenia, a nonbinary, ND, disabled, chronically ill artist in Norway (originally from US). I love to draw all fantasy and furry critters, but especially winged ones! 🪽 I'm also an old-school traditional artist learning digital media. 😊
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I took my very first photographs of a Fan-tailed Cuckoo today! They've been a Nemesis Bird of mine for many years now so this is a big deal for me :)
#birds
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Travis enjoys volunteering his time at the town fair's, though thankfully most of his job involves keep himself and others properly hydrated in the hot Texas summer.
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Reductive figure drawing comm I forgot to post !
November 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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this is why representation in games matters
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Oh also here is the other pen I got in France, it is a mournful sardine
November 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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ALT Text benefits everyone

Alt text helps with accessibility, identifying/explaining elements you might not get to in your posts and makes your posts/work more discoverable - Make sure to toggle it on to “require alt text” in your settings
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Here’s all the little cicadas together. Put a little varnish on them. Now I just need to cut them out, scan them, and get them in some frames.
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Apparently they emailed a *lot* of artists this morning. It was $900 for two weeks worth of work. It was Crayola lol
I am SO TIRED of getting emails from giant companies asking me to do two weeks worth of work for them for like $800. Has this shit gotten worse over the years? Why are these massive corps asking me to work for less than minimum wage? I swear it didn't use to be this bad.
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Cozy prints 🧡🤎

[ #cuteart #traditionalart #artshop ]
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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My dog has been helping me with my perfectionism lately
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Holiday vibes incoming… 🎄🌈

[ #cuteart #artshop ]
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Why?! Just because. 🤣🤘

I asked myself "What's have you always wanted to draw, but haven't?"

Donkey came to mind. I just find them so personable and adorable!! 💙🫏

#donkey #donkeys #animal #animalart #ArtYear #bskyart #nature #farm #farmlife #nature #illustration #fun #donkeylife #adorable
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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🌃
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Green car💚
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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White wolfie is all done and off to their new home soon 🥳
freakhoundstudios.com/wolf47
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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For Poyus!
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet:

“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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crazy

IG em_clarkson
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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My parents captured some really cool photos of the northern lights last night. Wish we could have seen them here!
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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the way basic human decency hits these days is crazy
So the streamer Ludwig recently found out that one of his earliest regular viewers, who was trans, passed away and tonight he's doing a charity stream for the Trevor Project. So far he's raised over $46,000 in about 5 hours. www.twitch.tv/ludwig
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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There he goes
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Q: Why are Bugs so silly?

A: Because they don't have a serious bone in their body

*loud booing*

Anyway here's Apache degeeri, a silly derbid planthopper
November 14, 2025 at 3:55 AM