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Emil L’Amour
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30 ⟡ nonbinary ⟡ they/them ⟡ PNW ⟡ Hobby artist and nature enthusiast with a love for fantasy, aquatics, and palæontology. #art
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Emil L’Amour @vireosy.bsky.social · Oct 14
Hey there! I’m Emil, a hobby artist who loves the ocean, prehistory, and fantasy. Warm palettes with muted colours are my jam, and a lot of my work focuses on marine life.

Links: vireosy.carrd.co
Prints: inprnt.com/gallery/vire...
Tip jar: ko-fi.com/vireosy
Rendered in a rough painterly style, a shortfin mako shark leaps from a calm ocean tail over head, sea foam trailing its body in a loose arc. The shark, looking nearly metallic, is rimmed with orange light as a pale yellow sun hangs in a hazy orange sky and frames its streamlined figure. Drawing of a horseshoe crab rendered in warm browns and cool shadows. It has a smooth horseshoe-shaped carapace with occasional spiked protrusions along subtle ridges of its shell and the edge of its abdomen. Its long tail is angled sharply to the right as if in motion. The background is a pale teal color. Drawing of a coconut octopus. It has a small dark brownish red body with a yellowish siphon and striking white suckers along its wriggling arms. The background is a teal color. A California sea lion rendered in rich brown and orange tones rests upon a rock in teal shore waters below a softly glowing orange sky. Its slender head is raised to look over its back and to the right while a large crest of white sea foam frames its figure.
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aledthompson.bsky.social
A bit of greenery
A hill covered in mossy rocks and fallen trees in a forest
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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vireosy.bsky.social
❄️ POLAR LIGHTS 4: EVENTIDE ❄️

POLAR LIGHTS is returning for volume four, with apps tentatively open Nov 17th! We're a digital charity zine focused on Arctic and Antarctic life; annual proceeds benefit ASOC.

More info: polarlightszine.tumblr.com/about
#polar_zine
A blurred photo of the Aurora Borealis over Iceland with text overlaid. "Polar Lights 4: Eventide, A charity zine for Arctic and Antarctic life". Centered in all caps is "Polar Lights 4 Schedule" while underneath is the schedule in two columns: November 17: Applications open; December 15: Applications close; January 9–12: 1st check in (optional); February 6–9: 2nd check in (optional); March 9: Submissions due; March 9–31: Formatting; March 31: Rough PDF sent; April 6: Zine goes live; May 1: Free to post; June 5: Proceeds donated. In the bottom left are the Tumblr and Itch.io logos next to the username "PolarLightsZine", and to the right is a credit line "Photo by Federico Di Dio on Unsplash".
November 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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babeandoak.bsky.social
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
Writing alt text infographic “WRITING ALT TEXT - IDENTIFY WHO - EXPRESSION - DESCRIPTION - COLOUR INTERESTING FEATURES “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head”
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
vireosy.bsky.social
babbling creek in summer

(Bug Off! Zine, 2021) 🎨 #art #pokemon
Pokémon fanart of a Masquerain hovering above a forest creek. Leaves peek in through the top left corner, obscuring a view of the sky reflecting on the water. Near the bottom of the piece, a pair of Surskit skate across the water's surface. The piece uses a minimal composition and limited palette to suggest the environment.
November 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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bighippoart.bsky.social
Diving gannets #sciart
Illustration featuring a group of gannets deep diving in a fish hunting frenzy.
November 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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poodlewool.bsky.social
if you see this, post your bird art!!
a traditional media painting of a robin tugging at a worm a traditional media painting of 4 african penguins a traditional media painting of a crow in a madrone tree a traditional media painting of a secretary bird lifting up a viper
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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alridpath.bsky.social
ART TRAIN OUTTA THE STATION WEW WEEEEW!!! 🚂🎨

Wowzers I got tagged TWICE for these yay! Usually I never get tagged ONCE!!! Thanks fen & @vireosy.bsky.social !!!

4 pieces I like!

Tagging ummm idk

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& YOU THE VIEWER 🫵
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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raptorkizzie.bsky.social
Heyo! Art train!
I've got some... shtuff™ of mine

Tags (only do if you want, no biggie 💖):
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@basedmoni.com
A group of kemonomimi champions in action poses standing in front of a shattering mountain and floating islands. From left to right: A kudu male mage in blue robes, a snow leopard female monk in gold tunic and maroon pants, a saurosuchus berserker male with dragon horns wearing furs, armor, and a dark tunic, a golden tiger male temple guard wielding a long pole arm wearing golden armor, and a tyto female ranger with a bow wearing a dark blue cloak/hood. Caldarus, a dragon deity human hybrid, from Fields of Mistria. He is sitting in the quiet of the forest, playing a lute for a gathering of smaller animals (squirrels, rabbits, and various birds). He's seated on a tree stump by the side of a small body of water/waterfall. Kumali (a golden tiger kemonomimi man) embracing his partner, Luka (a rabbit kemonomimi person). They are wearing red and gold robes to celebrate the Lunar New Year (the robes have swirling gold patterns, and corresponding tiger and rabbit decals). There are red flowers and lanterns surrounding them, and golden brushstrokes in the background. A koi mermaid (female) laying atop some water lilies and water ripples. She has pale peach skin and hair, spotted with black and orange on her torso and tail.
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
vireosy.bsky.social
Art train! 🚂🎨
I bring some critters

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Drawing of an emerald green snail on a pale yellow background. It is a tree snail with a brownish body and blue-grey tints, and its most striking feature is a bright green conical shell adorned with a single yellow stripe wrapping around in a spiral. Drawing of a south polar skua calling in mid-flight on an icy ocean blue background. It has a brown body with a whitish head and a dark grey beak with a white mouth. Its wings are tipped with white bands ending in dark brown. Drawing of a horseshoe crab rendered in warm browns and cool shadows on a pale teal background. It has a smooth horseshoe-shaped carapace with occasional spiked protrusions along subtle ridges of its shell and the edge of its abdomen. Its long tail is angled sharply to the right as if in motion. Drawing of a grey long-eared bat at rest on a pale chartreuse yellow background. It has a fluffy body with a light underside, dark wings, and large ears that roughly double its size.
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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orsomoretti.bsky.social
Palaeoplatyceros hispanicus- a muntjac-like deer from the Middle Miocene of Spain. Numerous antlers found on Otero Hill in Palencia allow to trace the age-related dimorphism of these animals. The illustration shows an adult, possibly even old, animal and a younger deer in the background.
An extinct muntjac-like deer with branched antlers.
November 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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anaisfae.art
Polar night
watercolor painting of a polar bear looking at green northern lights, with a forest in the background.
June 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
vireosy.bsky.social
Got my hands on FAERIE HOUNDS OF YORK and literally now is The best time to read it – a cold and melancholy gay romance perfect for the season. A quick read too, a nice treat
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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verdantsculpts.bsky.social
Y’all should be using ALT text on every image you post. But ESPECIALLY images with text. Like seriously. At least half the images I see nowadays have no ALT text. Please use it.
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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samanthamash.bsky.social
Had the chance to illustrate for Quanta again, and got to draw one of my favorite animals: sharks! This is for “Shark Data Suggests Animals Scale Like Geometric Objects” by Joanna Thompson. It was really fun to focus on all sorts of species, from the large Whale Shark to the small Spiny Dogfish
Illustration of sharks of different size and species. The species range from a large Whaleshark to a small Spiny Dogfish. The sharks are many colors: green, blue, teal, and pink. There is seaweed behind them and a dark abyss of an ocean
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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It’s #garweek ‼️
Drawing of a very long gar trying his best to fit into a square aspect ratio
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
vireosy.bsky.social
white-spotted jellyfish

Happy #WorldJellyfishDay!
#art #sciart 🎨🦑
Drawing of a white-spotted jellyfish on a blue background. It has a large mushroom-shaped bell covered in white spots and trailing semi-translucent tentacles that also end in white spots.
November 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
vireosy.bsky.social
❄️ POLAR LIGHTS 4: EVENTIDE ❄️

POLAR LIGHTS is returning for volume four, with apps tentatively open Nov 17th! We're a digital charity zine focused on Arctic and Antarctic life; annual proceeds benefit ASOC.

More info: polarlightszine.tumblr.com/about
#polar_zine
A blurred photo of the Aurora Borealis over Iceland with text overlaid. "Polar Lights 4: Eventide, A charity zine for Arctic and Antarctic life". Centered in all caps is "Polar Lights 4 Schedule" while underneath is the schedule in two columns: November 17: Applications open; December 15: Applications close; January 9–12: 1st check in (optional); February 6–9: 2nd check in (optional); March 9: Submissions due; March 9–31: Formatting; March 31: Rough PDF sent; April 6: Zine goes live; May 1: Free to post; June 5: Proceeds donated. In the bottom left are the Tumblr and Itch.io logos next to the username "PolarLightsZine", and to the right is a credit line "Photo by Federico Di Dio on Unsplash".
November 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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authorkaraj.bsky.social
I really love this Vincent Van Gogh quote:

"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."

No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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🐧 SUPER SPECIAL PIN DROP: I've partnered with World Wide Fund For Nature NZ...bringing you the cutest Kororā pin just in time for the holidays! Celebrating 50 years in Aotearoa <3

25% of sales donated to WWF NZ to support their work advocating for our wildlife!

DIVE IN: pepperraccoon.com #birds
a digital image of a little blue penguin (kororā) enamel pin, a photo of a real one, and the WWF logo a digital image of a little blue penguin (kororā) enamel pin and the WWF logo a digital image of a little blue penguin (kororā) enamel pin, a photo of a real one, and the WWF logo
November 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
vireosy.bsky.social
New monthly bulletin on Ko-fi! There were a lot of small things last month, so it wasn't so bad really. Or I'm just looking forward to the coming months.

ko-fi.com/post/October...
October 2025 Bulletin
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November 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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great horned owl 🦉
#birds
Black and white digital illustration of a great horned owl perched in the branches of a pine tree, with a full moon behind it.
October 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Ghost T. rex digital painting for Halloween.

#dinosaur #halloween #painting
Digital painting of a ghost T. rex
October 31, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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vireosy.bsky.social
grey long-eared bat

Happy #BatAppreciationDay!
#art #sciart 🎨🐾🦊
Drawing of a grey long-eared bat at rest on a pale chartreuse yellow background. It has a fluffy body with a light underside, dark wings, and large ears that roughly double its size.
April 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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vireosy.bsky.social
🦆 a quiet pause (ATLA fanzine, 2019) #art
Fanart for Avatar: The Last Airbender. Illustration of a Fire Nation garden pond covered in clusters of lily pads; a pair of turtleducks swim across its surface. In the back is a small wooden bridge, and on a rock island in the water is a squat stone lantern. The sky is reflected on the surface of the water near the bottom of the composition.
November 9, 2023 at 6:45 PM
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ardenpowell.bsky.social
These are all novellas under 45k words (some under 20k!) so you could definitely read them all over the weekend. Bite-sized queer horror, perfect to creep you out just a little bit right before bedtime.
ardenpowell.bsky.social Arden Powell 🍂🍁 @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 15d
It's Halloweentime! Come get some queer horror for the weekend! Southern gothic, historical western, horror-romance, folkloric fae, and it's all gay 🖤🎃🍂

Itchio: ardenpowell.itch.io
Amz/KU: www.amazon.com/stores/Arden...
The Bayou illustrated cover art: a minimalist black church surrounded by bare trees in front of a full moon or a pale sun, with a staring alligator underneath. Queer 1930s southern gothic horror. In the Pit of Your Stomach: An Interactive Horror Story illustrated cover art. Comic book style drawing of a ramshackle house and shed in an overgrown yard. Stone steps lead to a pit under the house where a giant skeleton lays. A skinny humanoid figure creeps out from behind the house. Colours are solid blacks and sickly yellow-greens. A CYOA choose-your-path horror story. Flesh and Bone: an MM horror romance novella by Arden Powell. Cover art: yellow silhouettes of two cowboys on horseback ride inside the body of a huge black dog on a crimson background under an outline of the Rocky Mountains. Gay 1800s gothic western horror-romance with werewolf body horror. The Faerie Hounds of York illustrated cover art: a woodcut-style wolf rearing up against a dark green background. Gay 1800s gothic romance with a bittersweet ending.
October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM