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SwanLir 🦢🌊
@swanlir.bsky.social
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Irish🇮🇪/English🇬🇧
| Polymer Clay Artist/Sculptor🖌️
| Handmade Jewellery💍 — Earrings, necklaces, and keyrings
| Queer 🌈 & Chronically ill ♿
| They/Them 💜
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swanlir.bsky.social
Hi, I'll be vending at the Fleetville Community Centre Christmas craft fair this year, again! It'd be nice if you could pop by and say hello if you're able to!

#christmasmarket
November 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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jeremycshipp.bsky.social
Getting lost in the haunted catacombs is a great way to get your steps in.
September 17, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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heykatu.bsky.social
I made some Procreate brushes for an art nouveau style piece I did, and I wanted to share them here!
An Alphonse Mucha inspired, art nouveau styled digital art piece featuring a Rubenesque fallow-deer girl with large antlers, flowing purple-and-auburn hair, and a drapery blue dress. She is surrounded by ornate frames with peonies and leaves decorating them. The text reads: "Art Nouveau Brushes: a few Procreate brushes by Katu." It includes two links: "ko-fi.com/katu" and "witchbriar.com". An art nouveau frame surrounds some examples of procreate brush textures. The text reads: "Textured paint brush. Hatching brush (tilt canvas to angle). Burnt edges liner." It includes two links: "ko-fi.com/katu" and "witchbriar.com". This image features two close-ups of the cover image in screenshots taken directly from procreate. The example on the left shows the liner in better detail, and the example on the right shows more of the hatching brush. The text reads "Natural-looking lineart. Subtle textures and imperfections. Uniform parallel line hatching that won't give you carpal tunnel." It includes two links: "ko-fi.com/katu" and "witchbriar.com". Another illustrative example of the brush textures, this time in the form of a decorative whorl. The text reads: "Three high quality handmade brushes for Procreate, plus a random pencil brush that I don't have examples of!" It includes two links: "ko-fi.com/katu" and "witchbriar.com".
June 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
swanlir.bsky.social
I'm really proud of how this commission turned out, and thankfully the person who received this piece, adored it!

#smallbusiness #polymerclay #jewellery
June 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
swanlir.bsky.social
I've been working on taking product photos for Etsy, starting with this glittery green gnome phone charm and despite not being good enough for it, I've fallen in love with this photo and decided to post it here!
A product photo of a handmade gnome phone charm with a long glittery green hat and a squat glittery green body, a round pink nose, and a long white beard. It is made from polymer clay. The gnome is dangling at a slight angle in front of a plain white background and ever so slightly out of focus.
April 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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pixelatea.bsky.social
Little something for today's daily :)

#interiordecorating #pixel_dailies #pixel #pixelart
@pixeldailies.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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spiritcrowart.bsky.social
Friendly reminder that this exists! You can have a whole feed dedicated to your art and you can send it as a direct link to your friends and potential clients. 😎

And you can set up a feed for other purposes, like fandoms and hobbies!
spiritcrowart.bsky.social Lizzi 🐦‍⬛🌸 @spiritcrowart.bsky.social · Jun 22
▶️ Creating an Art Feed + Advanced Tips!

This #tutorial is based on SkyFeed v0.10.0 and is for artists setting up personalized Art Feeds on BlueSky. I used this guide as a basis (kai-blueskytips.carrd.co#one) and added some additional tips! All images have alt text for full context.
Creating an Art Feed Using SkyFeed v0.10.0 + Advanced Tips! This tutorial was made in June 2024, written by Lizzi (@subbirban.bsky.social). Special thanks to kai-bluskytips.carrd.co for compiling the original art feed tips; thank you to @jam-etc.bsky.social, @gracklecrackle.bsky.social, @kamu.bsky.social, and @mythiccvixen.bsky.social for writing the original posts. Thank you to @setenza.art for the quote repost tip that I will cover later in this guide!
April 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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fiadh.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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rachellynndesigns.bsky.social
I want to be a cryptid ✨

[ #artsky #woodart #cryptidart ]
A wood pin engraved with the design of a jackalope. The pin sits on a bed of moss.
March 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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appledoodles.bsky.social
I've spent the last couple of days setting up anEsty account, I have almost 40 listings and more incoming 🥰 I appreciate anyone who checks it out #art #stickers www.etsy.com/shop/AppleDo...
keychain of karlach from baldur's gate 3 posed on a d20 stickers of glep from smiling friends with a bong stickers of a cutely drawn mothman bright neon pink pin of sylveon from pokemon
March 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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sunberry.bsky.social
[ #ad ]

Good timezone, lovely berries, & get your green thumbs out!

We're playing Urban Jungle, turning concrete boxes into green havens~ Imagine Unpacking meets plant parenthood 💙

Come hang out: twitch.tv/sun_berry 🌿

Thank you to @prhound.bsky.social on behalf of Kylyk Games for the game code!
Illustrated scene of an orange cat resting in a cat bed, surrounded by all kinds of indoor plants. Text reads, "Sunberry plays Urban Jungle. Sponsored. Thanks to PR Hound on behalf of Kylyk games!" A cozy anthropomorphic strawberry wrapped in a blanket rests in the corner.
March 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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sunberry.bsky.social
Happy St Patrick's Day! Might I offer you cute clovers, dinosaurs, and rainbows for cozy coloring time?

Support indie autistic artists and human made art for good luck! (b/c fk those A/I coloring books, they exist and make me so infuriated)

🛍️ ko-fi.com/s/f62b6a80b1

#ColoringPages #CuteArt #BSNM
Displaying three different spring-themed coloring pages with dinosaurs on a dark blue background with a bright blue grid frame around it. One has T rexes, clovers, and rainbows, the other features a brontosaurus with a rainbow and a pot of gold, and another features a bouncing triceratops with the text "spring has sprung!"
March 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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rachellynndesigns.bsky.social
Just my luck…

[ #artsky #witchyart #illustration ]
A deer skull with a four leaf clover growing out of the eye socket. The phrase “just my luck” floats overhead.
March 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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cafebunstudio.bsky.social
Hello I'm back from being a hermit (maybe)
Here's an accurate representation of me
A sticker with a sleeping bunny and the Text "always tired" on it
January 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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whistberry.bsky.social
For #JanuArty today, texture! Don't usually work in a realistic style but I was pleased with the textures I was able to achieve in this one as a challenge. #art
Art piece of a digital painting of a dunnock, a small mostly beige and brown bird. It is shown from the side so that you can see the pattern of the feathers on its wings and side belly. It is standing on a branch against a blurred background which are both less realistic, but the bird is done in a photorealistic style with great attention paid to detail.
January 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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sunberry.bsky.social
2025 Art Bingo Card!

I wanted to tease some of my art plans, as well as provide incentives for me to continue pushing forward with my art~ (I am highly little treat motivated if you didn't know 👀🍦🍵)

Let me know if there's any bingo spot you're most looking forward to, or if you make your own!! 💙
bingo chart with text on top: "2025 "I wanna draw..." bingo, template by almakrowan, art plans by Sun_berrry", and text on the bottom: "for every bingo you get you're entitled to a treat, for scoring all fields you're entitled to a big treat". Each box is filled with goals like "self portrait", "perspective practice," "Tits. Serious honkers", "Magical Girls", "Warrior Cats OC", "Emote Sets," "Dinosaur art", etc The background is filled with drawing of green leaves.
January 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
swanlir.bsky.social
Art Vs. Artist

It's been an exciting year for me art wise, as I finally had the courage to start selling my work! I've made many new fellow artist/small business friends!

I can't wait to see what this new year brings and how my small business will grow!

#artvsartist #artvsartist2024 #artbusiness
January 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
swanlir.bsky.social
Happy new year! 🎆🎇
January 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
swanlir.bsky.social
I attended the Mill Green Midwinter Magic event yesterday! Met loads of other lovely stall holders and had some wonderful chats with both them and the visitors to the event!

#polymerclay #polymerclayjewellery #handmadejewellery #christmasmarket #uksmallbusiness
December 22, 2024 at 11:51 AM
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jakeillustrates.bsky.social
If there's ever a post of mine that you share, make it this one

The UK government is considering allowing copyright exceptions for AI training. Below is a letter I sent to my MP explaining why this is a terrible idea, along with instructions on how to forward it to your own MP

justpaste.it/fpyt5
Template Letter to MP Concerning AI Training
justpaste.it
December 15, 2024 at 5:37 PM
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abandonambition.com
If anyone wants to understand why small businesses like me are struggling with #GPSR #gpsr, here's a small snapshot of a list of questions I'm trying to get resolved.

Oh, there's a €20,000 fine for non-compliance, so that's cool.
December 14, 2024 at 5:33 PM
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christopherdohm.com
Just a bunny tagging along with the crowd...

#rabbit #deer #photography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography
December 17, 2024 at 1:27 AM
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aelestial.bsky.social
Okay, completion rate 50% (or 25%😂) ✍️✍️✍️
December 17, 2024 at 4:29 AM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
I know that Gray Catbirds are extremely common for my East Coast friends, but we don't get them on the West Coast and I think they're nifty birds. It was especially nifty to get this as my Costa Rican lifer this morning at @tapirvalley.bsky.social

#birds #costarica
A small bird with smooth, slate-gray plumage perched on a thin branch. The bird has a slightly curved, pointed beak and a long, dark tail with a subtle reddish patch near its base. Its head is tilted upward, and the background is filled with soft green leaves and branches.
December 17, 2024 at 3:29 AM