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Helen Whistberry
@whistberry.bsky.social
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Pen name for autistic/ace indie writer & digital artist, introvert, worried soul, they/she. 🚫NO A/I!

ART PRINTS: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/whistberry/

threadless tshirts: https://whistberry.threadless.com/

Other links: https://linktr.ee/whistberry
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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · Oct 16
Marketing? Very well (sigh).

Big thread of all my art and books! (Most of my books are also illustrated!)

Cool t-shirts and other merch with my art available in my threadless shop:

whistberry.threadless.com
Photo of a light blue tshirt with an illustration of a red crab holding up a chocolate cupcake with pink frosting in each front claw. It is standing on a beach with blue waves behind it and the caption beneath the image reads I come in peace. Black tshirt with an illustration in white of a raccoon standing on its hind legs with its front paws raised above its snarling face. The words Fix Your Heart are spread between its paws in the blue, white, and pink colors of the trans flag. Photo of a black tshirt with an illustration in white of a fantastical-looking squid with red eyes and tangled arms. It is holding a large white pearl in one tentacle. Pink tshirt with circular image of a small tropical frog with black legs and pink and blue coloration meant to evoke the colors of the trans flag. It is sitting amidst large tropical green leaves that have white and pink patterns on them.
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salvaterra.bsky.social
A sale at INPRNT.

And here's an additional 15% discount code on my prints:

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www.inprnt.com/gallery/salv...

#artprint #bsnm #ttrpg #cartography #inprnt #print #art
print screen of some prints of my INPRNT shop with maps, crystals, islands, etc
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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omarrayyanart.bsky.social
"Diego's New Pony"
A new drawing available today on the Every Day Original website, part of their Beyond the Every Day gallery.
everydayoriginal.com/product/dieg...
🦄
#art #drawing #graphite #fantasyart #mylittlepony
Pencil drawing by Omar Rayyan. A young child calmly riding a gruesome monster, his new “pony”.
November 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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monstermonger.bsky.social
When you’re sitting behind a stall while selling your work at an art event, you just wanna do stuff with your hands in the downtime…. Here’s a bunch of doodle pages from two events I was at recently lol :D
ink drawing of a headshot of a dragon dressed as a horse. the background is colored red with marker. a small journal page filled with ink drawings of the artists' view behind their art stall. there's a floral tablecloth, a piece of wood used as a stand, and several zines. an ink drawing of a red dragon sprawled across two journal pages. there's a sticker of a salmon zooming toward it on the top right corner, with the words "oh my god watch out." other random animal doodles cover the rest of the page.
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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keithwdickinson.bsky.social
Rossy will also draw aliens in disguise if you ask him nicely. 😊

#AttackMars
Coloured pencil sketch. Four aliens standing in a kitchen dressed in so much tartan - kilts, scarves, tam o shanters - you almost can't tell they're aliens... almost.
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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laurelgale.bsky.social
Gotta look sharp for the ladies.

#wildlife
A photo of a male mule deer, lying on a bed of leaf litter and licking his fur.
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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jayaprakash777.bsky.social
Huh. My book COME TOMORROW is on this list.

bookriot.com/the-best-hor...
The Best Horror Books From Around the World
These 8 books that take place from the Philippines to Iceland to Nigeria have real-life serial killers, surreal apparitions, and more.
bookriot.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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backwardsknight.com
Go give this a read, and check out the rest of the interviews! and check out The Book Bazaar as a whole!
blog.readindiefantasy.com Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 1d
We're ending the day with an interview with @backwardsknight.com, author of The Dark Side of Super, an interconnected collection of super-powered shorts, as he runs his crowdfund campaign for an audiobook as part of @the-book-bazaar.com:

www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter... #AMoRaR
A blue dragon in the background with the logo to The Book Bazaar and a promo image for The Dark Side of Super. The text says An Interview with Matthew Siadak.
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
whistberry.bsky.social
threadless email: Did whistberry's shop grab your attention? See something you like?

Why yes, yes it did grab my attention, threadless. And yes, I did see something I like. You are correct! Thank you very much for this very useful email! 🤷‍♂️🙃
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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juliartworld.bsky.social
It’s a bear. Finding the right rendering style for the fur took me a while, but I‘m so happy how it turned out.

It’s one of the patreon stickers for this month and will also be a print later.
#animalart #feralart
digital drawing in procreate. A grizzly bear sitting and holding a branch with blueberries. He looks happy. Around him are more blueberries plants and a few birch trees. Two crows are sitting on either side on a tree. One has a berry in its beak another one squints at the blueberry branch.
November 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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bisonrimant.fr
They have been adopted 🙏🥲

Thanatos the soul reaper, Mantis, Zarol'grokh the Knacker and Gerard
Woodcarving, a standing quokka on a workbench Woodcarving, a humanoid mantis wearing a dress, on a workbench Woodcarving, a humanoid draconid with a round duck on its head
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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c0nc0rdance.bsky.social
Mexico got the coolest species of turkey: Meleagris ocellata.
c0nc0rdance.bsky.social c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Aug 15
I love this photo of a male ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) by Charles J. Sharp because it looks like it's mid-ballet. The 'danseur noble' takes the stage.

'Ocellated' is from Latin 'ocellus' meaning "little eye", referring to the eye-like spots on the tail feathers...

(📷: Charles J. Sharp)
A male ocellated turkey appears to dance among the fallen leaves of well-cleared forest. It has a light blue head, with lumpy yellow 'eyebrows', iridescent and many-colored tail similar to a peacock's, and dark body feathers lined with yellow-gold coloration, which gives them a gilded look. CREDIT: Charles J. Sharp.
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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ruths-portraits.bsky.social
Pallas’s warblers are the best warbler and you can’t change my mind! #birding 🪶
Coloured pencil drawing of a Pallas’s warbler on a wooden slice
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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chaceverity.com
Also important: DH is free on itch right now but will be leaving the platform after Christmas
chaceverity.com Chace Verity @chaceverity.com · 4d
Still half off!

Dithered Hearts is not included in the sale because itch's current policies demand that I take no payment for it, so you can grab Dithered Hearts for free on itch only for a limited time

chaceverity.itch.io/dithered-hea...
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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heknitt.bsky.social
Happy early thanksgiving! 🍗

#whimsical #cottagecore #frog #christmasvibes #thanksgiving
A knitted frog with big eyes standing, wearing a knitted roasted turkey outfit
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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himmapaan.bsky.social
Autumn Leaf 3
Watercolour, approximately 80 × 132 mm.

I lost my way with this one. The extent of the rust spots were paving my way to overworking even without my own blundering, and I of course walked merrily -- and then tearfully -- right into it.

1/3
Watercolour painting of an autumn leaf, predominantly red towards its upper part, with a small area of yellow-gold at the lower end towards the stem. The leaf is covered all over with reddish-brown rust spots, with a large area of black on its upper right.
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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fiversdream.bsky.social
Hello everyone! We are now on the final week countdown for the Book Bazaar Backerkit event! That means you've got SEVEN DAYS left to pledge to the GULA fundraiser and get one of these two prints along with a shiny, shiny paperback.

#art #booksky #backerkit #fundraising #indieart #indiewriters
fiversdream.bsky.social Elliott Dunstan @fiversdream.bsky.social · 1d
-The main event -- the GULA paperback!
-And, of course, a full set; the paperback, the ebook trio *and* your choice between two prints -- The Heart Of The Matter and How Does Your Garden Grow? (Or with the magic of add-ons, you can get both!)
A watercolor-and-acrylic painting in red, blue and white of a (more or less) anatomically correct heart. Cut-out collage letters in black and white read 'Ativan', 'Topamax', 'Elavil' and 'Seroquel'. A white-on-black sketch of a faceless girl walking on a crumbling sidewalk over a precipice. Below her feet, under a section of brick, lies a white expanse filled with skeletons all entangled with each other and in various states of clear distress -- one is reaching out into the empty space at the left, where flowers are falling from a wilting plant. Above and behind the girl are building, with strange scenes in every window; an angel with eyes in its wings, the aftermath of a gunshot to the head, a body hanging from the ceiling. In the next building over there are men with guns for heads wearing suits, a boarded up window, a computer (literally) melting down, and a woman with wires fixed to her back. Over top of the second building are shards of what look like glass, with massive eyes peering through the holes in the scene.
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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artofrob.bsky.social
“Bullseye”

Available as a giclée art print in my Etsy shop.

Give art for the holidays…my Thanksgiving Storewide 25% Sale is happening now thru Sunday, December 7th!

Find ”Bullseye” here:
theartofrobhusberg.etsy.com/listing/8763...
“Bullseye” giclée art print We’re in the middle of autumnal woods and the leaves are falling. Our cat friend has been enjoying a solitary, undisturbed meander amongst the trees, savoring the sights, sounds, and smells, when a rather bold leaf has the temerity to land on and stick to the middle of his face. Such undignified effrontery! He is clearly quite consternated. A rather bemused little bird looks on from a safe distance in the branches above. Rendered in black ballpoint pen & coloured pencil. The leaf is the only thing in the drawing that’s in colour.
November 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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thesurrealari.bsky.social
Why do you treat life like a race?
Are you that eager to get to the finish line?
#whistpr
whistprword.bsky.social #Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 21h
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for November 26, 2025: #RACE

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Drawing of 3 race horses with jockeys in a race. The figures are sketchily drawn and the background is beige with stains and aging to make it look like a still from a very old movie or a sepia photograph.
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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dubonicplague.bsky.social
NINETEEN LITTLE STAB WOUNDS IS BACK!

But only until the end of the month.
There’s a limited supply of paperbacks so… hustle 🕺🪩🕺

All sales will be donated to Transgender Law Center. More info in my pinned post.

Get your copy here: dreadstonepress.com/product-cate...
Disco skeleton lounging in bed, reading Nineteen Little Stab Wounds after dancing the night away.
November 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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hlkfotos.com
Hadn't seen the skunk in a while (since we brought the cat and his food inside, pretty much). But it dropped by! Still making the rounds! Looking nice and round!

🦨
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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nudibranch.bsky.social
We're inching towards the end of #Nudivember, but don't pass by our little cutie for day 26, Acanthodoris lutea.

Info: www.seaslugforum.net/showall/acan...
Photos: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47472-A...
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
whistberry.bsky.social
New shirt design in my threadless store!

The Black Rabbit

threadless is having a huge sale!

Get t-shirts, mugs, hats, stickers, notebooks, even a shower curtain at a discount. Great for gifts!

whistberry.threadless.com
Photo of a light green t-shirt with the image of a black rabbit with red eye leaping over a semi-circle of fanciful looking black flowers with white highlights.
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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whistberry.bsky.social
Went in a bit of a different direction with this month's #BirdWhisperer... seemed like it was all about the eyes with this spotted owlet 🪶
Digital drawing of part of the face of a spotted owlet to emphasize the big, round yellow eyes and golden beak. The feathers around the beak and eyes are a light beige interspersed with a dark brown that echoes the brown background.
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
whistberry.bsky.social
Working on new shirt design... does one of these options jump out at you? (in a good way, not a scary way)

1) dark blue against white
2) colorful against blue
3) blues and greens against white
4) white against black background
Drawing of a ring of fantastical looking sea creatures such as shark, fish, octopus, eel, jellyfish, stingray circling around as though they were swimming and chasing each other. This option is a very dark blue against a white background. Drawing of a ring of fantastical looking sea creatures such as shark, fish, octopus, eel, jellyfish, stingray circling around as though they were swimming and chasing each other. This option has each of the creatures colored in a different color against a blue background. Drawing of a ring of fantastical looking sea creatures such as shark, fish, octopus, eel, jellyfish, stingray circling around as though they were swimming and chasing each other. This option has a soft blend of green and blue shades creating an almost tie-dye effect against a white background. Drawing of a ring of fantastical looking sea creatures such as shark, fish, octopus, eel, jellyfish, stingray circling around as though they were swimming and chasing each other. This option is in white against a black background.
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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whistberry.bsky.social
New design in my threadless shop!

They are having a huge sale right now... great time to get gifts for others or yourself for less 🙂

Available in lots of different t-shirt colors! Also hats, mugs, pillows... all froggy! 🐸

whistberry.threadless.com
Picture of a bright orange t-shirt in close up to see a very colorful frog surrounded by brightly-colored dots in an abstract pattern. The frog is basically dark brown but is covered with dashes and dots in bright colors to form pleasing patterns.
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM