Radio 3's The Essay, "Symphony of the Wild" which featured me thinking about the intersections between primates, hominins & musicality is out - the five episodes (I'm in the final one, linked below) make up a lovely pod just over an hour long! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

📚 🗃️ Wonderful new #history book out this week: #CrucubleOfLight: Islam and the forging of Europe from 8th-21st century. In the current climate of rampant xenophobia and especially Islamophobia, this is a vital read. Here's my full jacket quote ⬇️ www.panmacmillan.com/authors/eliz...

Lovely day on the Murrumbidgee

Lovely video of an American eel just hanging out and living it's eelsome best life.

Animation by Matt Williames ( @mattwilliames ) & Sangeun Song* | (based on Shiyoon Kim's Nelbert the Introvert) #penciltest #sakuga #genga #2danimation

I explained all this to my mom last night, as well as all the other horrors queer people were subjected to during WWII, and she was horrified. She didn't know. This knowledge has been hidden from most people.

This orange idiot has taken over my brain and it doesn’t even have a name yet.

Chimkims! Had to remind myself that animals in the world I'm building don't have to be "normal". Ip may or may not put jumpers on them in the winter [ #art #artwork #illustration ]

#bskycensorship Bluesky team, get your act together challenge

This orange idiot has taken over my brain and it doesn’t even have a name yet.

California bay laurel, underrated native tree imo. They can be pretty spectacular when they grow in a big cluster like this

This is an illustration drawn for the owner of those cute little finches! It's so amazing that their chirping sounds like a cat meowing owo✨ #illustration #digitalart #artwork #originalart #bird #birdart #pet #animalart #cute #commission

Master of escape

Triassic weirdos

Karstic stone forests are a rare habitat these days but the exposed former carbonate platform of Lemuria is an ideal ground for this habitat to form. Its a paradise for many small critters and specialized weirdos, some of which you can see here.

I wanted to try my hand at the fairly classic koi tattoo but with a personal twist. This one depicts a coelacanth which are lobe-finned fish known as "living fossils". They're relatives of our own fish ancestors prior to our lineage leaving the water. #art #coelacanth #tattoo #tetrapod #paleontology

Sphinx custom for peach-pup

what a haunting call

Do NOT believe the misinfo going around There absolutely have been MASSIVE TOS updates Most notably: 1) Specifying no FICTIONAL noncon 2) No "dangerous" kink 3) No DISCUSSING self harm, suicide, or substance abuse unless its "educational" So what can we DO about it? #SaveSpeech 1/🧵

THE HOLLOWED NIGHT. ISSUE 2 INCOMING.

TELL bsky you have an issue with this! 1) KEEP talking about it - don't let this issue fade away 2) Submit feedback to bsky! TELL them its not okay! On PC: on the right under "trending" On mobile: on the left under "settings" 2/🧵

Whenever I feel anxious before starting to make any type of art I listen to Frank Sinatra, to calm myself and travel.. so today I drew him my way 😂 get it? No? Okay...

preview of my piece for @arcanefineartzine.bsky.social ! a wonderful zine full of fine art reimagined with Arcane 💛 Sevika my queen 🤲 👑 you can pre-order it rn and snatch so many more goods along with the artbook!! arcanefineartzine.bigcartel.com #art #fanart #arcane #sevika #digitalart

I thought I knew the story of the "lost world" off the east coast of Britain, inhabited by Mesolithic people until rising sea waters engulfed it around 8,000 years ago... But I didn't know about the *tsunami*. Holy hell. 1/

ftr this isn't the first time bluesky has done stupid as fuck shit. I was here in the trenches in 2023 watching them pull dumb moves and get yelled down by everyone to back down, successfully. the people running this place are not on your side but they are hilariously easy to bully. go hard.

Burger 🍔 #art

Tired. Time to bully bsky again.

In light of bksy’s content restrictions, I wanted to share *why* we’re building this zine. We believe print media is far harder to censor and is a way to protect queer art. Even though this first book is SFW, we hope this project grows so we can celebrate eroticism, kink, & other censored topics!

You might see several artists mad about the bluesky policy update banning non-con, even artists who do not make that kind of material, and wonder why it's such a problem. If that's you, here is a quick breakdown: 🧵

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

For some inexplicable reason, this brilliant 1938 anti-Appeasement cartoon by the great David Low came to mind when I looked at the list of the Mega-Powerful / Hyper-Rich at yesterday’s Windsor Castle nosh up for our superhuman masters.

Any other neurodivergent artist out there who have a hard time figuring out what “fills the well” so to speak? The things that actually put go-juice back in the system at a decent rate? #art #sketch #sketchbook #furry

Honestly, I so love this art with Eon. So minimalistic, concise, but very vomiting 🥰 #ocsky #artsky #scifi #cyberpunk #cyborg

Have a great weekend everyone

sparrow

Borzoi Brothers Bite Ballet on the Beach

I love you, little Zavacephale rinpoche (pronounced zah-vah-SEF-al-ay rin-POH-shay)

Caught my cranes doing their dance! I believe these are mine because they ended up next to my backyard right after this. Sadly, I think this proves that Junior crane is the one that is missing :(

Knight and Kiss Angelic [ #art | #oc | #knight ]

Q. how is redwood like your werewolf boyfriend? A. it loves having a knot in whatever place will drive you most insane

Mesozoic Art II virtual gallery event is happening tomorrow, see you there! eventfrog.de/de/p/fuehrun...

When my beloved filth beasts are so dirty that we MUST go to the beach, for there WILL be dog bathing ...fun for all; zooming fun for them, grooming fun for me

#SciArtSeptember Day 18: Cenote A Mayan tetra, from a photo by Marco Endruweit. - #FishArt #tetra #wildlife #sketchbook

Some joy. Mother Phoenix, when she chooses, is still fastest!

Gargoyle coded

There are several reasons my kennel name is Earth Sea (to honor LeGuin, although Always Coming Home is my favorite of hers). Earth and Sea: generations of pack doing this is a big one. All of us, matched in joy and intention.

Very happy that I decided to try a Huion tablet and Clip Studio Paint.