just sold out of "mask king" so the only tiny linoprint I have left on my site is "herbalism" below - will try and make another design in the next few days but got to get the awen first shop.frankduffy.co.uk/product/herb... #art #printmaking #witchsky #crow #skull

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sending some things out to people in the post today. here are a few of the things

Have re-committed to art (as praxis, not just a fuzzy concept) this Mercury retrograde. Am still refining my aesthetic, so I'm trying out covering the styles I like particularly And sketching local flora has reintroduced me to some *very* interesting folks 🗡️ 🎼 💐 ✨ #ArtSky #WitchSky #Herbalism

The little cat meows at the wizard. He meows back. The little cat looks offended.

november 2025’s zine, « SILVERING THE LANDSCAPE », is a 8.5x14 poster zine made with digital and analog processes, mainly from photos i’ve taken over the past few months during my walks, housed in a hand-punched, rubber-stamped vintage envelope that reveals a small portion of the interior

I’ve been experimenting with a bit of illustration layering in my sketchbook 💙

Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...

New baby smell

It was always a bit of a tense moment for Jacques, but it just was by far the best hot chocolate you could find. #gouache

So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.

Sometimes you pause to marvel at the fact that the mods of this platform have been deleting the accounts of mothers begging for money to save their children's lives in the middle of a genocide for 2 years now, and this is just...normal. We live in utter depravity.

I expect nothing less from the brilliant @amalelmohtar.com, but this is gorgeous and heartbreaking in every way. You all should read it. Free Palestine.

Today is the anniversary of a Canadian atrocity.

art. medusoid girl

Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

Finally free of covid, dragged this drawing out... Graphite, charcoal & ink on moleskine #darkart #folkhorror

Lovely job for @nationaltrust.org.uk Dinefwr: for every xmas they commission a local fibre artist to create tree decorations of the wildlife on site. But they realised they'd never told the public about the decorations. So they commissioned me to illustrate & create interpretation panels:

I would like to bring awareness to a trauma response that no one talks about: Compulsive lying. Some who have been serious trauma learned lying to survive. And we truly shame this SO hard in the therapeutic community that they don't get help. Because they can't. Please be more compassionate.

an experiment I dunno

and here is a nice mushroom shop.frankduffy.co.uk/product/quee... #art #printmaking #witchsky #mushroom

hello good morning here are some nice crows shop.frankduffy.co.uk/product/moon... #art #printmaking #witchsky

just reminding everyone that my reputation as a bog witch stems from when i met the oldcroghan man, went summarily mad, and the spagnum moss refused to let me go. this poem is from back in 2019-ish.

sorry I didn’t get back to you earlier - I didn’t have time to reply when you first contacted me and since then I’ve been crippled by fears that you hate me because I wasn’t immediately available

Never play board games with an accountant.

"and the devil said you don't want it but would be something like black black black black black black black black black black black black black black green black black black black black pink" - Rebecca Tamás

I am often to be found caring for the unknown dead, who emerge, shattered, from their ancient and forgotten graves. Collecting them, burying them, praying them back to their rest. It makes me think, sometimes, of the transphobic refrain that in a thousand years our bones will somehow betray us.

I would argue that midwifery is actually the oldest profession. A number of other mammals have similar practices of checking in on herd members labouring. We have the capacity to help each other and we have always done this. THAT is natural. To help is to be human.

Part 220 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd This is an Elamite Ibex statue dating back to the 2nd Millennium BC of ancient Iran, a significant artifact because of its materials and intricate design. Made of gold and silver made in Elamite culture.

A 35-day deep-sea expedition in the Southern Ocean has uncovered 30 new species: from a carnivorous “death-ball” sponge to iridescent armoured worms, black corals and even the first-ever live footage of a colossal squid in its natural habitat. buff.ly/9uVWJvN #ShareGoodNewsToo

Snitches are how 99% of FBI cases work, or someone talking when they shouldn't. It's almost never breaking encryption. So, keep using signal because its the best option we have. Do not switch to telegram which is DEMONSTRABLY less secure.

Once again the internet provides us with an immortal phrase that nobody will ever guess the context of.

The modern trend of science fiction conventions (often funded by shady entities doing greenwashing) that frame science fiction as some kind of tool to 'fix' the climate/future is so frustrating to me. Depending on art to provide a blueprint for scientific/social progress is absurd.

Ultimately, framing science fiction as a utopian 'fix the future' solution instead of art is not dissimilar to claiming genAI can do the same. It's a form of cultural greenwashing, imo, that distracts from the actual work of holding our institutions responsible for capitalist ecocide.

related piece of unasked for advice: do not take it personally when people do or do not buy your work because people are wild (see below & following post). i had 1 woman at a market really annoyed with me bc I had no prints of hedgehogs. she stormed off. you just have to shrug & take it on the chin

Absolutely no comfort to anyone trapped there but this sounds like a great reason not to set up on substack in the first place for anyone else

This has lost me thousands of pounds (not to mention book sales) and put me in a state of terror and panic. I urge anyone thinking of moving their list from Substack, or wanting to know more about how Substack works, to read it....

gouache sketch using whatever i had left on the palette and tray, with some paint pens to see how they behave together (better than expected for ~12$ Marshalls' knockoff Poscas)

y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"

I've just begun being 30-something and I'm already obsessed with hot home-cooked meals, fermentation, gardening, needlework and fiber crafts, sleeping eight hours a day No I'm genuinely excited to be getting old 💤

An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜 🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)

Just saw someone described as an "ontologist" and now I want Clinical Ontologist to be a job title. Welcome to the Department of Clinical Ontology. Let's go over your chart. I see that you are. Are you still as you were or are you otherwise? For your case of being, I prescribe becoming.

please help my friend @sirivplouff.bsky.social out!! they are a very kind, very smart, very funny person whose presence on this planet literally enriches it, and it would be really appreciated if anyone could help from near or afar 💕

Please share & give to help Alaa's family survive Israel's continuing genocide, which has left Palestinians starving, sick, & homeless in harsh winter conditions while support falls away after the 'ceasefire':

Please share & donate to help Ahmed's family survive Israel's continuing genocide, which has left Palestinians starving & homeless under winter rains, donations have slowed a lot since the 'ceasefire':

anyway I could do with a bit more cash this month (lol who couldn't) & so here are a few things available on my website. as always super grateful for any shares! shop.frankduffy.co.uk #art #printmaking #witchsky

I don't care how many dance parties the Pope throws. It shouldn't distract from the harm the Catholic Church has caused.

22/11/25