Behold! I drew this as a gift for a friend. They always get this fellow in their starting hand - a dragon named Deathfang (based on Flamecraft by Cardboard Alchemy, art by Sandara Tang). Media: Winsor&Newton pastel watercolours, drawing inks, watercolour paper. #art #tabletopgames #dragon #fantasy

✏️ Ottomans’ Visual Poems; "The Art of Drawing Poems". Examples of how, in the Ottoman era, quatrains were written in various geometric shapes and presented with an aesthetic appearance: #Art #Poem #Poetry

Fun fact: despite a popular opinion that his deteriorating mental health had a visible linear impact on his drawings, Louis Wain easily switched between his typical drawing manner and the psychedelic experimental style.

New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation

do people post comics here... anywho! a really old one! Dragon Whiskers (2019)

It's been a while! Life is hectic, but here is an update on the latest piece: it became a painting on a suitcase. Materials: Posca acrylic markers #art #decoration

A little something I am working on. It will become an acrylic marker decoration on a suitcase. Materials for the grape plates: Caran d'Ache Neocolour II crayons Marker swatches (top right and bottom left): Posca markers #art #food #graphicdesign

Artists’ “purpose may lie in being that counterpower—demonstrating alternatives + standing up to gov’ts, institutions, corporations + so on—to societal bullies. Artists shld also be a counterbalance to trends + conformity. Existing outside the norm is a very precious + important position in society”

POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY! @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social are advertising a full-time 6-month postdoc position to work with Andrew Dunning on redeveloping the Medieval Libraries of Great Britain project as a sustainable, open-access digital resource for manuscript studies. 🖊️ Apply by 14 July

A little work in progress: a sketch for a future lino. A great blue heron, if I am not mistaken. Blue pencil on tracing paper. #SciArt #sketch #art

Here is a little story about the #earlymodern emoticon "<3" and the complex symbolic meaning of this typographical entity that I posted yesterday. Follow me, for catholic symbolism and some #bookhistory, dear #skystorians of the blue skies. Here we go...

June's Treasure of the Month is our new digitised collections - Linnean Online. The platform makes images of our herbaria, specimen and manuscript collections available for researchers around the world. It will also allow us to grow this important resource in the future. Read more: buff.ly/8E3OiOT

I have just submitted the last essay of this academic year! Freedom!

News | Bristol Museum launches urgent fundraiser to acquire Turner artwork – organisation has just one week to raise £100,000 to buy the painting, which is to be auctioned at Sotheby's on 2 July

hypernormalisation

I've slapped together approximately 173 pages of material that aims to teach programming a personal website with HTML and CSS to artists, animators, writers, music producers, etc. F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live ✨ Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne More info below 👇

The latest resource available for members. Download the 100-slide presentation I created for a lecture on the Data and Design - Ticket to Destination. designreviewed.com/member-resou...

We're excited to be looking for our first ever Maker in Residence this summer! We're seeking a MiR who can inspire our audiences through their creative response to our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225. All the details are on our website, closing date 14 July. www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac...

Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet. ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.

Our Lady of the Cow Parsley, 1923, by #ElisabethSonrel (French, 1874-1953). Private collection; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:So... #artherstory #womenartists #WorldArtNouveauDay

I just discovered Megan's fun video responding to those annoying ai animated tiktok videos about medieval hygiene. A sister in arms at the fake history frontline! Watch, subscribe, etc. youtu.be/Fs5EUe_p6Zo?...

Let's remedy the fact that I have not posted my art for a while. This piece is for an upcoming #TTRPG campaign (Dishonored 2d20 system). It will be a disaster expedition inspired by At the Mountains of Madness, Dishonored franchise, and The Terror. #watercolour #art

For #Caturday Botero’s wonderfully oversized bronze cat, Gato (1987), is a symbol of Barcelona. Botero’s work is easy to recognize by the comical way he represented anatomy in a disproportional yet visually pleasing way. #Spain 🗃️ #arthistory #art #cat #cats #catsofbluesky

Wow! This ewe has such striking markings which are accentuated by her horns #IcelandivSheep

Born #onthisday in 1868, the legendary Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott. Read about the remarkable photographs of his ill-fated final expedition and how this iconic visual record has helped to keep his legend alive: publicdomainreview.org/essay/r... #otd

Happy Friday All! We’ve got stationery to go, open until 6. www.instagram.com/p/C6_UOBltXG...

Oxford Translation Day celebrates literary translation with a vibrant range of workshops, readings, and talks, culminating in the award of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize. This year, Oxford Translation Day takes place on 14 June. View the full programme here: occt.web.ox.ac.uk/ev...

As well as our own events, the Society offers a running list of #history events taking place across the UK bit.ly/44jIkDM Our list, sent by historians, includes conferences, lectures, CfPs, exhibitions and funding calls. It's updated weekly and RHS members are sent regular updates #Skystorians

We’ve acquired a remarkable group of rare medieval manuscripts that reveal new insights into life in Britain & Ireland during the Middle Ages – from religious dialogue to daily urban life. Items include…

On 17 June, Tim Noad will talk about his career as a calligrapher, including his work for the royal coronation. Book now for this lecture at the University of London, sponsored by the Irene Wellington Trust 👇 📝 www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Art History and the medieval stuff were ok, but maybe it's time to make a change.

Remember, the TrueRef timed gesture tool is 100% free! 🤍 trueref.art/trueref-gest...

Medieval psalters be like 🌺🌿🌿🌿🌿🌺🌱🌱💫 🌿🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🌼🌱💫 🌿🟡🟦🟦🟦🟦✨🌱💫 🌿🟡🟦🤴🏾🦄🌝🟦🦚💫 🌿🟡🟦🟦🟦🟦✨🌱🍆 🌿😼🟦🤺🥀🏹🟦🐕💫 🌿🟡🟦🌸🦜🐉🟦🌱💫 🌿🟡🟦🏹🐒🐝🟦🌱💫 🌿🟡🟦🟦🟦🟦eatus vir 🌿🟡🟡🧜‍♂️🟡🟡🌷🌱💫 🌺🌿🌿🌿🌿🌺🌱🌱🌼

'Folklore and the Senses', our hybrid conference in collaboration with the Department of Folklore & Ethnology @ucc.ie, is fast approaching and the deadline for booking to attend in person is 6 June 2025. View the programme & download the booking form here: folklore-society.com/event/folklo...

Join us next Tuesday, 3 June, at 5:30pm for a lecture by Susanne Lachenicht (Uni Bayreuth) on 'Aliens in the City! Pop Culture, Media and, ‘Othering’ in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century London'. 1/5

"I have nothing to hide! I don't need digital privacy!" Well... - AI companies are scraping your data - Scammers are using AI to get better at their schemes - And yeah, a new era of government surveillance... A starter guide to protecting you online life:

The Medici Archive Project is offering 12 short-term fellowships for pre-doc students and postdoc candidates, working on fields related to early modern Italy (preferably with a specific emphasis on Tuscan or Medici history). Deadline: 15 June. www.medici.org/fellowships/

Giuseppe Arcimboldo creates an ingenious assemblage of fruit and vegetables to depict Rudolf II, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, as Vertumnus, the Roman god of the seasons, growth, plants & fruit (1591)

When Vesuvius erupted in 79AD, a group of painters/decorators fled Pompeii, leaving behind their unfinished work & these paint pots & mixing bowls. Pigments shown here range from yellow (ochre) to blue (Egyptian Blue) to red (Haematite) smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...

Orange aficionado 🍊 #art #traditionalart #cuteart

#Skystorians! Join me & the @historylabplus.bsky.social‬ team online on 19 June @12:30 to explore how historical researchers (across all periods) can make themselves more visible to UK policy makers. For details👉 www.history.ac.uk/events/historical-research-and-policy-making & 🧵

That should do the trick.

www.404media.co/researchers-... Lack of research ethics pt. 3

Typical* things to be mindful of when drawing, modelling, writing about, making, or buying *late middle ages* plate torso armour. (this example is ca 1400) This applies to fantasy armour too. Once you know the rules, you can modify or break them with informed, logical decisions

I am doing an online talk today on the topic of a Tudor witchcraft case 👇 There are a few tickets left apparently. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blood-magi...

It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.

Submit an article to the Society's journal, Transactions. We welcome research articles and commentaries on historical debate / practice. Our journal covers all historical subjects, chronologies & geographies bit.ly/3OujmeL Articles appear Open Access to ensure wide circulation #Skystorians 1/2

A.I MUST BE STOPPED.