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thepeculiarmaple.bsky.social
River Jacobs
@thepeculiarmaple.bsky.social
5 followers 25 following 37 posts
23 yrs old ✨
Welcome to The World of My Craft! ⚔️🗺️
📝🎨"Specialize in some, but dabble in many." 🖼️🪡
PFP is of Mossmerr Gillsbane, my original character
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thepeculiarmaple.bsky.social
This art...the pallete, the colors, the just energy?! Made me feel something
gabeirg.bsky.social gabeirg @gabeirg.bsky.social · Nov 17
glorious evolution #Arcane #Viktor
February 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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cameronmukwa.bsky.social
Hey friends, I have a book announcement! I recently illustrated Em Dickson's "Beyond They/Them: 20 Influential Nonbinary and Gender-Diverse People You Should Know," and it's now available as part of Barnes & Noble's sale for the pages event!

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/beyond-the...
#booksky #art
Beyond They/Them: 20 Influential Nonbinary and Gender-Diverse People You Should Know|Hardcover
Beyond They/Them is a captivating, gorgeously illustrated book celebrating 20 trailblazing nonbinary, genderqueer, and two-spirit individuals who have left an indelible mark on music, sports, film and...
www.barnesandnoble.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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troubledminnesotan.bsky.social
Since more and more instances are popping up of terrible men using autism as a scapegoat for their behavior, I’d like to link an article I made for the Nib in 2018. I hate that its continued to be relevant today thenib.com/james-damore...
Autism Isn’t To Blame For Bad Behavior | The Nib
Autism is a developmental disability, not an attitude or personality.
thenib.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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madalynmcleod.bsky.social
Do it.
Chalk art that says “PROTECT TRAN$ PEOPLE” in pretty pastel colors. Seen at Pride in Minneapolis.
February 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
thepeculiarmaple.bsky.social
I mean, if I am being honest part of this is I just sometimes am in sketch and concpet mode, not "create a masterpiece" mode so :'>

I also have eyesight issues XD
February 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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eellie.bsky.social
Valentine's Hippo💕
February 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
thepeculiarmaple.bsky.social
drakeis.gay Drake Gator @drakeis.gay · Feb 5
watch out for this! for folks who don't know:

- windows+R opens the run window which lets you run any program
- ctrl+V pastes

so this puts some malicious command on your clipboard, then convinces you to run it yourself. don't.
February 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
thepeculiarmaple.bsky.social
THIS 🙌🏼❤️❤️
carminedeville.bsky.social Carmine 🖤✨❤️ @carminedeville.bsky.social · Feb 4
ALSO SUPPORT DISABLED, CHRONICALLY ILL, AND TRANS AMERICANS EXTRA HARD RIGHT NOW FUCKIN HELL I CANNOT YELL ABOUT THIS LOUD ENOUGH, people are going to die in droves from skyrocketing prices and lack of access to health care
February 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
thepeculiarmaple.bsky.social
"Dobby the housecat" (a painting or a friend of mine)

#cat #abstractpainting #brightcolors #neoncolorscheme
A extremely cartoony stylized painting of a friend's cat! The curious cat has a red nose, with an orange snout, yellow tan chin, orange spots around the green eyes, pink head, with green stripes on the forehead. The ears of the cat are pink, orange, and slightly yellow. The cat wears a sparkly blue collar with a magenta tag on it. The tail is also magenta, and curls off to the left side of the painting. The cat has big green eyes, with yellow in them. There are white spots here and there to highlight the reflection of fur, and the lineart is done in a dotted-line type of pattern to signify fur, whiskers, and texture. The background is cyan blue with glitter in it. To the bottom right is the signature "RJ".
February 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
thepeculiarmaple.bsky.social
Haven't posted in a bit, butttt, I did this piece recently while feeling a lot of feels?

All I know is this: the green represents vitality, creativity, and life, flowing through the hands of the subject. :>
A canvas surrounded by bright green masking tape The canvas has a cyan and dark blue background, with lots and lots of large overlapping brush strokes in light and dark shades that cross cross each other diagnonally. The center of the canvas features the faint sketch outline of an outstretched hand made out of white charcoal pencil. The same piece from before, but the hand is now almost completely done (save the thumb) in warm hues of gold along the creases in the hand, with light brown highlights, and dark brown and even black areas in spots to add depth and life. The hand is still outstretched and in a dark and light blue pattern This is the completed work. The background surrounding the hand is a vibrant green color in an almost mist type texture. The edges of the hand are yellow, which create a magical almost glowing effect around the hand. The hand is that of someone who is black, with red, orange, gold, and brown hues. There are some white highlights on the hand to better outline their fingers, palm, and the wrist of their hand.
February 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
thepeculiarmaple.bsky.social
"Cool Dude Saber Cat"
A thickly lined drawing of an anthropomorphic saber cat. The cat has Periwinkle fur, with neon blue zig-zag stripes on the side of it's face. The saber teeth are long and jut down rather than up (which makes it look more walrus than cat like). The ears are big and fluffy, with neon blue in the center. The hair is long and messy, with messy bangs. The hair is a gradient red, pink, and orange color. The saber-cat anthro wears glasses with a rainbow tint to them. The character has a slightly smug look, like it just got told a slightly stupid joke.
January 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
thepeculiarmaple.bsky.social
"Ricky, when I catch you Ricky!"

A sketch made for someone I am friends with.

They embody this dudes energy.
A Drawing done in solid-color gouache. The drawing is of an anthropomorphic racoon with brown eyes and a devious grin on it's face. It wears a shirt saying "trash panda" on it. The Font above it's head read's "Ricky". and it is neon green with a slight shine to it. The font style is from Street Fighter.
January 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
thepeculiarmaple.bsky.social
A rose, a magical dining room with leave and stained glass, and a mushroom with bugs and a dandelion!
January 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
thepeculiarmaple.bsky.social
A very whimsical and fun rendition of my grandma's cat, Sadie, done on cardboard with paint in multicolor!
January 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
thepeculiarmaple.bsky.social
Gracie, the yellow tan and brown retriever-collie-shepard mix. (A commission for a family member)
January 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
thepeculiarmaple.bsky.social
A painting process for my childhood friend

My process for drawing includes sketching out the idea using a reference (not shown), taking the guidelines and making them make sense, removing any that are unnecessary, and then painting over top of what I lay down!

I used paper here.
pencil sketch of a very happy smiling open-mouthed labrador retreiver, done in a cartoony style, with thin line art a more touched up version of the previous sketch. her eyes are warm and caring. the final product. a smiling labrador retreiver, with a dark black nose, bright pink tounge, and big front teeth that look slightly goofy. her eyes are a warm brown, her coat a spotted yellow and white. the background is a purple and blue color that swirls.
January 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
thepeculiarmaple.bsky.social
Some tattoo idea I have come up over the years!
A tattoo idea of a crow, done in purplish black watercolor, with many dots its body and wings that hang down an abstract drawing of a heart crying, with cracks in it that are shaded, and eyes that have the words "love" on them, with a tree branch formed by one of the cracks and birds flying away. there are crystals that grow out of the side of the heart, as well. An interpretation of a neuron. It is spiky and rough, with red yellow and dark red and light blue (from outer layer to inner layer, it looks like a star shape). The neuron has little tendrils that extend off the page colored yellow and blue and red and dark red, as well. A blue koi fish with multipl silver sparkles around it and tiny leaves around the edge. The koi fish has a magenta blooming rose on it's head, a red rose to the right that hasn't bloomed, and lavender to the left that is purple. The background is black, and the tiny leaves around the drawing form a circle. The koi's eyes are purple.
January 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
thepeculiarmaple.bsky.social
Just got here, hoping to grow my art! Super excited to show what I've done so far, so be prepared for a bunch of older uploads of art I've completed.

-River, aka, the peculiar maple
a red fox is standing in the snow looking up
Alt: a CGI red and tan fox is standing in the snow looking up while tippy-tap dancing it's feet back and forth, tail wagging
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January 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM