FREE COMMISSION RAFFLE Happy Holidays my friends! One winner only🎉 ✅Follow ✅Like ✅Repost ✅Comment what you want in simple words. Example: "ninja + racoon + warm colors* Ends on Friday!

If your month (year??) also seems determined to end on a rotten note, maybe a steep discount on queer indie books will help? Buying books can't make things WORSE, right 🌈📚 🌈🚀💫 🌈💜

I'm running my 5th round of Palestine charity postcard preorders! They will be open until January 1st, after which all the proceeds from the cards will be donated to the Sameer Project's paypal account. Here are my postcards if you'd like to participate; neonufo.bigcartel.com/product/pale...

Happy Solstice 🦉 #kidlitart #watercolor #gouache

Yutyrannus trio closing in on Dongbeititan 🦕 inspired by how the original material for Yutyrannus was a trio of individuals possibly indicating social behavior, and then the limited material for Dongbeititan includes a rib bone with a theropod tooth embedded! #paleosky #yutyrannus #dongbeititan

steppe polecat (MusteliZine, 2025) 🎨🦊 #art #sciart

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Gay bullfinches ❄️❄️❄️ #illustration #eurasianbullfinch #bird #ornitology #animalart

Time to once again post "The Online Artist's Lament" --

Warmth in the depths of Winter ❄️🔥 Nature illustration for the awesome Emil. Thank you again!

I'm reposting this not for doomerism purposes but because she talks about some ways that you can identify AI images, which people who follow me may or may not already know about

❄️ Polar Lights 4: Apps Closed! ❄️ The final batch of email results have been sent out and the form officially closed. Thank you immensely for the incredible response thus far! I'm amazed and humbled at the growth this zine has seen each year. 🩵 #polar_zine

I fear I come across as more professional than I actually am 😬; I guess all I can do is continue trying my best

Apps close today at 17:00 PST!! #polar_zine

Looking to add a pop of color to your home? Check out my shop! Lots of options available. :D www.blindcoyote.com/shop

Howdy, this is important. I'm trying to collect funds for taxes in January--so, I am on limited time--after so many setbacks this year from moving, to medical bills + car repairs. I wasn't able to make my last quarterly payment. If even 500 people donated $5 each, I'd more than reach my goal (2/2)

I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.

I hate to ask for help, but even a small donation will help towards cremation costs and such. I wish I could offer art or literally anything but it wouldn't be responsible for me to take on even more commissions right now. ko-fi.com/siarczek

extremely realistic basilosaurus reconstruction

Looking for an *L.A. based* artist who (against all odds) has time for a poster gig before the end of the year. It's for a science + art event. We can offer $500 for the gig. Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.

I can’t believe an albatross just walked right by me… 😭🪶

The bleak winter 🦌

I took a detour to the edge of the city to take a picture of these amazing sundogs over Winnipeg caused by ice crystals blowing around in the sky.

"You shouldn't make art for the money" buddy I'll take it one step further and say we shouldn't have to labor for capital at all but in the meantime pay an artist

From the ferns 🌿

'Two Sirens' Ink on Moleskine sketchbook paper, 128 × 206 mm, from 2020. #ArtAdventCalendar

Apps close in one week! Thank you for the incredible response thus far! #polar_zine

I don't know who needs to hear this but sometimes a sketch is just meant to be a sketch and not a finished piece. Not everything has to be a "finished" thing. Maybe the sketch IS the finished version of that thing. If you learned from it, took what you needed, it had its purpose fulfilled.

I was expecting to feel better by now; this sucks. My head is killing me.

🧵 Understand WHY you're posting your art. 📈If it's for numbers/gratification: You do you, hop on trends, but understand some creators won't want to engage with you because of differences in goals. 💰If it's for income: use metrics to gauge your MARKETING skills, not your value as an artist. (+)

"Everbright On Dark Days" Female Northern Cardinal, 10"x8" Oil on panel The days are dark and short, and my mood seems to follow. But sometimes a thin ray of sun cuts through for a moment, and lights up the things I love, reminding me of how wonderful and beautiful they are, and it keeps me going

Hate to say it but they're right, sometimes the motivation comes after you start doing the thing, not before...

I'm going to be in this! I'll be writing a story for another bird this year, a seabird this time. 10 more days to submit your application!

Large batch of results sent out! There’s still a little over a week to apply 📨 #polar_zine

I don’t feel very well, so I think today I’ll send off the latest batch of zine results and take it easy with some soup.

November bulletin up after delays getting back home! ko-fi.com/post/Novembe...

Happy decembirb #ArtAdventCalendar

Here's all six PNW fern watercolors I did for the sticker set. I'm really happy with how they all came out, and I think they make really cute little pieces! The originals are painted all around 2.25 to 4.25 inches give or take a half inch. I have 3 of the originals left www.kamakru.com/original-art

Fuck Spotify. There's lots of alternatives

If you tell people you like the art they make, you will eventually reach the creative people who screencap compliments and save them in a special folder to read through when times are hard. I have 5MB of one individual being rad about my writing. They have their own FOLDER. Be that person.

It's with heavy hearts that we share that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude brought joy to millions of people at the Academy and across the world during his 17 year tenure. We will miss him dearly. 🤍

This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"

I have a story in Volume 3: Midnight! It's a documentary-style nature piece on the South Georgia Pipit, except there are also ghost whales. All proceeds go to the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, a charity for protecting the Antarctic wilderness ❄️✨

Happy Antarctica Day! ❄️ Did u know I host a zine for polar life whose proceeds benefit ASOC? There are currently 3 volumes you can get for $2 each, all full of original art and writing! 🛒: polarlightszine.itch.io

❄️ POLAR LIGHTS 4: APPS OPEN! ❄️ A digital charity zine for polar life, we welcome nature ARTISTS and WRITERS at any level with an appreciation for these extreme environments. • More info: polarlightszine.tumblr.com • Apply here: forms.gle/s515VFAhKG9h... #polar_zine

I took part in this last year and will be returning! Such a fun project for a great cause!

Please go buy mine from MY shop if you want this, it’s so obvious how low quality the aliexpress one is too… www.mothsprout.com/product/i-ve...

Hello, thank you for 2k here!! I’m happy I’m able to reach folks who love wildlife and nature

yeti crab #art #sciart 🎨🦑🦀

They grow bacteria on those hairy arms and then lick the bacteria off for a delightful snack, isn't that gross and cool?