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Tristan Elwell

@tristanelwell.bsky.social

Artist/Illustrator/Educator Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Winner, Hugo Loser I make pictures of spooky girls and cute cats https://linktr.ee/Tristan.Elwell

6,532 Followers  |  521 Following  |  1,316 Posts  |  Joined: 03.07.2023  |  2.0525

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β€œkilled”
BOOOO!

08.10.2025 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh man. You’re going to lose your shit when you find out about owls!

08.10.2025 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's actually only a slight exaggeration from the modern conception of sauropods! Skinny swan necks (and shrink-wrapped skeletons in general) have been out for quite some time.

08.10.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you see this post a goth or punk girl
#artsky

YOU RANG?

08.10.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Nah man, that’s one of the Balearic Islands.

07.10.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fuckin’ banger! I want the 12” extended remix!

07.10.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My work here is done.

07.10.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a crude drawing of a trash bin with a large human face sticking out of the top of it, surrounded by trash, with the caption "early testing for the public trash bins with human faces that beg to be fed garbage indicated that most found them too unsettling to use. However, the small number of participants, including some investors, who said they found the bins deeply erotic, and attempted to form romantic relationships with the bins was considered promising enough to continue funding the project."

a crude drawing of a trash bin with a large human face sticking out of the top of it, surrounded by trash, with the caption "early testing for the public trash bins with human faces that beg to be fed garbage indicated that most found them too unsettling to use. However, the small number of participants, including some investors, who said they found the bins deeply erotic, and attempted to form romantic relationships with the bins was considered promising enough to continue funding the project."

10/07/2025

07.10.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 503    πŸ” 97    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 6

"So, kids, the lesson for today is that you are meat and you will be forgotten."
– Me, to my students.

07.10.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I only noticed one inconsequential error, which is pretty amazing for anything having to do with color, and, more importantly, he corrected some information for me and introduced a new way of thinking about the central issue.

06.10.2025 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
China's Lost Color
YouTube video by Tor's Cabinet of Curiosities China's Lost Color

Tor is one of my favorite YouTubers, and for a non-expert, he does a REALLY good job of exploring the relationship of color, language, and perception in this video.

06.10.2025 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I'm a historian. Sewage systems have saved more lives than any medical intervention. Vaccines are second and antibiotics third.

Prior to the 1880s, the urban annual death rate was ~25%; it dropped to ~0.5% in under a generation.

Support your sewage system. Dispose of bodies responsibly.

01.10.2025 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 237    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 7
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Spooky scary

29.09.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1647    πŸ” 330    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 1

Hey FLR, checked your profile, you seem pretty OK. Which is why it's so odd that you would jump into a conversation and be a total dick to people you don't know and have done nothing to provoke you. Seems more like the stereotypical behavior of the "other side." Something to think about.

27.09.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lol, I was going to joke that they probably conducted the AI analysis using a photograph only (which would be absurd given that paintings demand first-hand study, examination of materials, support, etc), and then I visited the AI co.’s website & saw this on the front page:

27.09.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 119    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 6

Hear me out: ever rapture prediction is true, but the only member of the elect is always one homeless dude or something, and God’s like β€œthat’s it? Damn, now I have to reschedule AGAIN!”

23.09.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Matinee Monday: The Peanut Butter Solution - Earwolf Paul, June, and Jason discuss the 1985 children’s fantasy film The Peanut Butter Solution.

I only know about this movie from How Did This Get Made

www.earwolf.com/episode/mati...

22.09.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I will be eternally grateful to @lindsayellis.bsky.social for this gif.

19.09.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
19.09.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I know this is a dark time for the arts but I also want to let you know that there are lots of creatives that are doing well! When I reach out to hire artists I OFTEN get turned down b/c they are booked solid, or swamped with work. It's not a hopeless field! People need art and we shouldn't give up!

19.09.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1044    πŸ” 278    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 8
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cody's program: the wenis. full version on youtube.

19.09.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 462    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

As with everything else, it goes back to the dissolution of the monasteries.πŸ˜‰

19.09.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you feel targeted by antifa, try not being a fascist

18.09.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And if you have a DVD/Blue-ray player, libraries still lend those!

19.09.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you don’t you’re probably a psychopath.

19.09.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are people who don’t?

19.09.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They want to kill your kids and they want to be able to put you in jail for saying that

18.09.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 163    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

As always, β€œif I’m so dumb, why am I so rich” isn’t the flex they think it is.

19.09.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And even if you don’t want to read, Hoopla and Kanopy have tons of those movies and shows you’ve been putting off watching.

19.09.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

When they could have done it for free

18.09.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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