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Yvonne Rathbone
@yrathbone.bsky.social
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Creative, artist, writer, ME/CFS, ND, super queer, infinitely NB, aro/ace. I no longer do politics. I do me. I do loving connection. That is enough.

#actuallyautistic #noodlegang #tmnt

Art is the inside of the world
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Yvonne Rathbone @yrathbone.bsky.social · Nov 12
I'm getting that it's actually cool here to introduce yourself and your interests so that people can connect with each other.

I am an artist working in gelli printing and paperplay. I sew historical costumes for animal headed dolls, play jigsaw puzzles, and work on a life philosophy of joy
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gettoknownature.bsky.social
Let's #FallBack six months to the May day I took one of my favorite turtle photos. LOOK AT THIS CHONKER!

(Snapping Turtle, Red-eared Sliders, Painted Turtles) #herps 🌿
An enormous turtle lays on a small wooden dock with a range of much smaller turtles around it. Its huge head neck rests on a wood post almost like a pillow
November 27, 2024 at 9:59 PM
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ha-nah.bsky.social
When this stunning photo of a swallowtail sipping on a pink/orange zinnia popped up on my feed I just had to draw it. Hope you don't mind me referencing your amazing photo, I had a lot of fun. (And annihilated a few #prismacolor #coloredpencils in the process... RIP PC929 "Rose")
A two by three grid of images showing the slow progress of drawing a blue swallowtail (inaccurately) on a pinkish-orange zinnia (also inaccurately) based on the photo I quote-posted. The top left image shows mostly pink petals. The top middle shows the first lower zinnia complete with a partial blue swallowtail with its body and lower wing segment done. The flower now has a green stem and middle yellow bit that I kind of made up as I went along. Top right shows the entire right wing of the butterfly done and now I begin coloring a block of teal behind the butterfly and flower in acrylic paint pen. Specifically Sharpies Creative Acrylic Paint Pens. I am on the fence about them, took some fiddling to get a smooth lay down. I'm not angry, just not holding back the facts. For a few minutes there everything was all... you could see pen marks real bad. Bottom left I start to regret doing this in colored pencil as the left wing of the butterfly is now complete, the stem of the second flower done, and the teal background creeps up the page looking like a child colored in the sky with a water-based crayola marker- sorry, I said I wasn't mad. Bottom center sees most of the second flower done and this is where my "Rose" Prismacolor colored pencil begged for death. The bottom right shows the complete piece- minus my signature. I am not too worried about someone stealing this as I basically referenced a photo I do not own to make it (I do not sell art/prints, I am purely a hobby artist trying her best.) This render now lives in a frame in my room. To forever remind me of what I lost: My Rose Prismacolor colored pencil. That's what I lost. Prismacolor says "Oh, we have our pencils available open-stock, just buy a replacement!" $2.29 at my local art store. For one pencil. You're darn tooting right I was carving that pencil with a knife towards the end. Eventually though the pencil extenders just don't have anything to grip. That's life, sometimes you lose your grip on things.
November 27, 2024 at 6:18 PM
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solomonrdavid.bsky.social
Behold, the death metal locusts of the south ⚫️🦗💀🎸

aka Lubber Grasshopper
A large black grasshopper is seen holding on to a plant. A large black grasshopper is seen on a plant, with a person’s fingers in the frame for scale.
November 26, 2024 at 3:07 AM
yrathbone.bsky.social
jigsaw puzzler and artist here, Amazon now has this ai chat feature, Rufus. You can ask it "who is the artist?" for a puzzle and it'll tell you whether there's any information given by the company. if there is none, I don't buy. Legit brands will tell you

#jigsawpuzzle #contentscrapers #aiart
November 23, 2024 at 4:50 PM
yrathbone.bsky.social
A detail from a recent print, wasn't happy with the rest of it, but this part turned out interesting

#gelliprint #monoprint #abstract
a gelli print, colorful splotches of paint in an abstract pattern
November 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
yrathbone.bsky.social
Another color study. Liquitex* has a transparent titanium white that I'm loving.

Golden has a bunch of cool transparent colors, like yellow oxide!, which is usually opaque.

so this study, yes, transparent tints that aren't zinc yellow!

*not plugging any brands
November 20, 2024 at 5:28 PM
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crevicedwelling.bsky.social
I don’t think there’s much I’ve seen that can beat this little Cosya Rican snail
a snail with a mottled yellow and black shell, red at the apex and aperture, with glistening gray flesh and long eyeless stalks above two beady black eyes
November 17, 2024 at 10:48 PM
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waldgnomin.bsky.social
Yeah!
November 17, 2024 at 11:15 AM
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kristinandrews.bsky.social
Woah! Lots of new followers- here’s a video introduction, thanks to @lizwhitmere.bsky.social

youtu.be/M68DgpRTsZc?...
Unlocking The Secrets Of Animal Minds | ONsite
YouTube video by TVO Today
youtu.be
November 15, 2024 at 12:42 AM
yrathbone.bsky.social
PLEISTOCENE TOE BEANS!
November 14, 2024 at 6:55 PM
yrathbone.bsky.social
What's the ettiquette around making starter packs? Do you let people know? Ask if they want to be on one of yours?

#startpacks #feeds #lists
November 14, 2024 at 6:47 PM
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Geometriphylogenetics xkcd.com/3010
November 13, 2024 at 1:03 PM
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Some illustrations I did for Scholastic a couple of years ago about how the Rapa Nui moved the Moai statues. The theories are always changing. I also show some of my sketches, such a fun project! #sciart #kidlitart
November 14, 2024 at 1:39 PM
yrathbone.bsky.social
Today's collage went well

#collage #paperarts
A collage of an ornate flower using colored and textured papers.
November 14, 2024 at 4:20 AM
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menestune.bsky.social
Green Sea Turtle gliding through her day, having no idea the gift she gave me by letting me witness her for a moment. 🦑

#turtle #ocean #maui #aloha #peace
#goodmorning #nature #wildlife
#snorkeling #underwaterphotography
#photography
Sea turtle gliding thru shallow water of blue and green over sandy bottom. Cool reflections at the top of the water.
November 13, 2024 at 4:39 PM
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secretsluglab.bsky.social
This is fun! One of my photos is up on a species page for WORMS (World Register of Marine Species), the beautiful Cyerce piercei:
www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=... 🧪🦑 #Invertebrate #Sluglife #Seaslug
Photo of the sacoglossan sea slug Cyerce piercei.
November 13, 2024 at 4:46 PM
yrathbone.bsky.social
A color study. I was lacking tints, very pale colors and off whites, so I made a study, ended up with 5 paint colors, mixing with PW6, and then mixing the tints with each other, noting general recipes like "1+3" etc. That's the logical side of the color study

#artprocess #colortheory #makingfodder
November 13, 2024 at 6:10 PM
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aztecacecropia.bsky.social
Hot new pub! Honeybee nests are super symmetrical, the pattern of cell contents is mirrored on either side of the comb. This symmetry:
1 is unique to each comb in the nest
2 evolves over time while maintaining symmetry
3 aids in thermoregulation and rearing
4 conserved across Apis
shorturl.at/vqKhV
November 13, 2024 at 5:43 PM
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burrowingowl.bsky.social
Good morning! #birds
Burrowing owl peeking out from behind a concrete embankment.
November 13, 2024 at 1:35 PM
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betsystreeter.bsky.social
I love this so much
moudhy.bsky.social Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · Nov 13
May as well dive right in.

Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?

According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”

Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
A round, light brown tablet made of clay with three lines of cuneiform scripts. Two rulings, or traced straight lines, enclose the writing. The photo also shows the sides of the tablet, including a few damaged parts.
November 13, 2024 at 5:38 PM
yrathbone.bsky.social
Got hit with PEM after rearranging furniture in my art studio
I have, however, managed to organize my studio so I'm not using up all my EF. Used a lot of insights I've made, and I love it. Now I just have to sit my ass in the comfy chair binging shows until the PEM gets better.

#me/cfs
November 13, 2024 at 5:17 AM
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vickyveritas.bsky.social
690 - 660 million years ago, the pressure of the ice sheets over what would be someday be Pikes Peak of Colorado injected sand into the fractured bedrock below the ice of the landmass, then near the equator, suggesting the ice must have covered the entire planet, or #SnowballEarth ⚒️🧪🪨
Dark red to purple bands of Tava sandstone dissect pink and white granite. The Tava is also cross-cut by silvery-gray veins of iron oxide. Photo by Liam Courtney-Davies from the Conversation.
November 12, 2024 at 10:50 PM
yrathbone.bsky.social
I'm getting that it's actually cool here to introduce yourself and your interests so that people can connect with each other.

I am an artist working in gelli printing and paperplay. I sew historical costumes for animal headed dolls, play jigsaw puzzles, and work on a life philosophy of joy
November 12, 2024 at 11:25 PM
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sarahkite.bsky.social
even cats know how to fuck w/Elon
Screenshot of story headline about cats using SpaceX satellite dishes as cozy warm beds, with accompanying pic of about five cats in a dish surrounded by snow. Here’s the text: Outdoor Cats Are Using $500 Starlink Satellite Dishes as Self-Heating Beds The devices—developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX-have a warming feature to prevent snow buildup from disrupting the signal Margaret Osborne Daily Correspondent January 14, 2022
June 1, 2024 at 2:18 AM
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jaclynf.bsky.social
Y'all know I'm going to fight. I'm going to build with communities of resistance and refusal. You'll hear from me about that, trust. But today I want to share another hot tip for survival in dark times: plan for joy. 1/x
November 7, 2024 at 1:15 PM