HARK!
Merry Meet - A Call to Action!
Artists & dreamers of the dark, unite - Your chronicle awaits.
The Nocturnal Advent 2025 is here.
#NocturnalAdvent2025
EVERYONE WELCOME
🖤 Rabbit Holes also welcomed but please keep to theme 🖤
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The Nocturnal Advent 2025: A Chronicle of Shadow and Solstice Light
#NocturnalAdvent2025
Step into the velvet darkness where Yule magic truly resides. This is not the season of tinsel & commercial cheer, but of ancient frost, sacred rites, & beings who walk the longest night.
For 31 days, together we will chronicle a tale woven from gothic elegance, pagan roots, & the deep, haunting beauty of the winter solstice.
Create breathtaking, hyper-detailed visual chapters of a world where witches light candles with whispered spells; where Krampus is not a monster but a necessary judge; & where the returning sun is celebrated with bonfires and blood-oaths.
Weekly Themes
· Week 1: The Awakening Shadow (Dec 1-7):
The first stirrings of ancient magic. Lighting candles, weaving protective charms, & the arrival of the season's first, formidable heralds.
· Week 2: Echoes of the Old Gods (Dec 8-14):
The veil thins. Carols for forgotten deities, spectral feasts, & pacts sealed under the sacred mistletoe. The balance between darkness & light is palpable.
· Week 3: The Heart of the Long Night (Dec 15-21):
The climax of the solstice. The brewing of potent spells, the cracking of secrets, & the vigil for the dark gift-bringer on the longest night.
· Week 4: The Feast of Shadows (Dec 22-28):
The celebration & its aftermath. The unwrapping of destinies, the grand feast between worlds, & the beginning of poignant farewells.
· Week 5: The Ember's Glow (Dec 29-31):
The quiet outcome - The release of sacred objects, the final candle, & carrying the season's light into the unknown new year.
Daily Hooks
· Dec 1: A single flame defies the endless night.
· Dec 2: A witch's hands weave a spell of evergreen protection.
· Dec 3: A silent judge prowls, assessing worth not by goodness, but by resilience.
· Dec 4: A letter is sent, but the recipient wears horns, not a fluffy red hat.
· Dec 5: A coven of confectionery and spice dances under a sugar-snow moon.
· Dec 6: Two gifts are left: one of reward, one of consequence.
· Dec 7: A sacred circle is forged from holly, thorn, & feather.
· Dec 8: Their hymns are spells, their breath the runes of winter.
· Dec 9: At the witching hour, the wooden sentinel awakens.
· Dec 10: A blessed brew is stirred to life for the sleeping orchards.
· Dec 11: The laughter of ghosts echoes from a feast long since consumed.
· Dec 12: The sky itself tears open for the passage of the sacred hunt.
· Dec 13: A pact is sealed not with a kiss, but with a drop of blood & magic.
· Dec 14: The forest god returns, his touch making winter itself bloom.
· Dec 15: The kitchen altar: where gingerbread runes hold the future.
· Dec 16: To receive the gift, you must first break the shell.
· Dec 17: The art of wrapping shadows and secrets.
· Dec 18: They dance to burn away the past and summon the sun.
· Dec 19: An angel plays the symphony of the cosmos for a sleeping world.
· Dec 20: The sun is a log, dragged from the woods and brought into the heart of the home.
· Dec 21: A child witnesses the truth of the gift-bringer.
· Dec 22: The box opens to reveal not an object, but a destiny.
· Dec 23: A feast where the guests are as eternal as the stories they tell.
· Dec 24: A dark angel gifts a single, star-like ember to a sleeping child.
· Dec 25: The quiet, blissful peace after the storm of magic.
· Dec 26: Gratitude is delivered on silent, black wings.
· Dec 27: The twin kings of the season part ways at a snowy crossroads.
· Dec 28: A final, ethereal kiss from a love that transcends death.
· Dec 29: The sacred bough is thanked, then returned to the universe in smoke.
· Dec 30: The last light dies, &!from its smoke, the new year is born.
· Dec 31: Standing on the threshold between the past's darkness & the future's mystery.
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🖤 Let’s create fearlessly. Absolutely No Limits 🖤
#NocturnalAdvent2025 🖤
All Artists & dreamers unite.
Nocturnal Advent 2025: a 31-day challenge to redefine the season with gothic grandeur, pagan roots, & lush detail. Let's weave a darker, more beautiful Yule story, from first flame to final omen.
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#NocturnalAdvent2025
Begins: 1 Dec 2025
21.11.2025 21:30 — 👍 28 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 23
Red flowers blooming among green leaves on a branch, with a white container visible in the background.
Created this painting inspired by a photo my friend took of myrtle flowers. I used markers on paper, which was tricky because the inks spread easily. They ended up looking a bit more like camellias than myrtle, but I still like how it turned out!
#art #drawing #marker
14.11.2025 17:49 — 👍 102 🔁 18 💬 2 📌 0
"I Am Such An Ivy!" coming in November.
"I Am Such An Ivy" is a fictitious autobiography by the enchanting, albeit a little conceited, Professor Ivydog of Shihtzu U. Translated from the original Shih Tzu by Al Handa.
- Al Handa
#kindleunlimited #shitzu #dogstory #humor #booksky #doglover
28.10.2025 19:33 — 👍 129 🔁 91 💬 2 📌 14
No, not in game. A bunch of Sim streamers are boycotting the game because EA sold it to a Saudi Prince billionaire 😑 I used to stream the sims myself on twitch but haven’t had the time in a while.
11.11.2025 16:38 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
★★★★★THE DEAD AND THE DYING - 'Lin Anderson is a fantastic author and every one of her Rhona MacLeod books is so interesting, so tense, and so informative - it is difficult to put the books down.' https://bit.ly/4nrA9Q8
#Thriller #LinAnderson #CSI #TheDeadAndTheDying
29.10.2025 05:45 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
★★★★★ Review DRIFTNET - 'This is a thrilling, captivating and utterly put-downable tale which held me from the first page to the last. Read it - you won’t be disappointed' https://bit.ly/4nm35c5 #LinAnderson #Driftnet #KU #Thriller #BloodyScotland
29.10.2025 06:00 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
★★★★★THE DEAD AND THE DYING - 'Lin Anderson is a fantastic author and every one of her Rhona MacLeod books is so interesting, so tense, and so informative - it is difficult to put the books down.' https://bit.ly/4nrA9Q8
#Thriller #LinAnderson #CSI #TheDeadAndTheDying
05.11.2025 05:45 — 👍 6 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
★★★★★ Review DRIFTNET - 'This is a thrilling, captivating and utterly put-downable tale which held me from the first page to the last. Read it - you won’t be disappointed' https://bit.ly/4nm35c5 #LinAnderson #Driftnet #KU #Thriller #BloodyScotland
05.11.2025 06:00 — 👍 46 🔁 45 💬 0 📌 0
Love the Sims ♦️ Sucks it has so much political stuff around it. Lovely tribute 💝
10.11.2025 21:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Done ✅ thank you 🙏
03.11.2025 15:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
30.10.2025 19:50 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
photorealistic, an AUTUMN WIND DRAGON made of swirling leaves and mist soaring through a twilight sky. It is chased by a COPPER-GREEN AIRSHIP-SPECTER, a ghostly dirigible with tattered sails. A large, mechanical MOTH with copper-green wings flies alongside the specter. Style of mythic steam-fantasy. Textures: swirling leaves, tarnished copper, ethereal ghost ship, delicate moth wings. Hues: bronze, patina green, sunset orange, and deep twilight blue.
photorealistic, a circle of RUNE-CARVED STONES glowing with soft light during a SAMHAIN ritual. A SCARLET WOLF, its fur the color of blood, sits obediently before the stones. In the center of the circle, a CHRONOMETER-PHANTOM—a ghostly, complex timepiece—floats, its hands spinning backwards. Style of dark Celtic magic. Textures: mossy rune stones, thick wolf fur, glowing magical energy, translucent clockwork. Hues: deep scarlet, mossy green, stone gray, and ethereal gold.
photorealistic, a WHISTLING BROOMSTICK RIDE at midnight, soaring past the OWL POST where spectral owls deliver messages. The scene is being disrupted by a GEARSTORM-CURSE, a whirlwind of rusty gears and metal shards. A single, brave RUST-colored RAT automaton clings to the broomstick, trying to navigate the storm. Style of whimsical dark fantasy. Textures: wooden broomstick, feathery owls, rusty metal, chaotic wind. Hues: silvery moonlight, deep rust brown, and inky night sky.
photorealistic, pages from a FAREWELL STORYBOOK are tearing themselves out and dancing (DANCE) in the air around a majestic GOLD OWL automaton. The owl is the centerpiece of a CLOCKWORK-HALLOWEEN celebration, its gears whirring as it conducts the final dance of October. Style of enchanted storybook. Textures: aged paper, polished gold, intricate clockwork, magical light. Hues: warm gold, parchment cream, deep night blue, and warm candlelight.
The Samhain Embers 🐉🍂🔥
As October wanes, the final magic ignites. Wind dragons race spectral airships, rune stones hum with ancient power, a gearstorm curses the midnight sky, and a storybook's last pages dance in a clockwork farewell.
#WRB25 #Cozytober #SteampunkHalloween #PathOfConvergence
28.10.2025 18:37 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Blue and silver colored crochet adult booties/slippers size 8/9
Karina
My Crochet Today- I made another pair of these slippers. Crochet Slipper Bed Socks Booties Silver and Blue Size 8/9 . Proceeds of sales go towards the dogs vet bills. Thank you debbiecrochets.etsy.com/listing/4393...
27.10.2025 04:15 — 👍 31 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 0
A photo taken inside the museum. Light streams through a window with multiple stiles, casting sharp diagonal shadows on the floor. A person sits near the window talking with her companion. In the distance, high-rise buildings are visible through the glass.
Here’s one of the photos I took with my phone at the Art Institute of Chicago in 2015, my favorite place to visit in town. It turned out rather interesting, so I’d like to share it.
Self Containment (2015)
Shot at the Art Institute of Chicago.
#photography #museum
25.10.2025 02:06 — 👍 121 🔁 20 💬 1 📌 1
I have light up earrings but haven’t seen the lantern shape! You better Patton that!
26.10.2025 15:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The comic book style is cool with this concept. I love the little graveyard 🪦 🏮
26.10.2025 02:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Witches' Royal Ball: An Autumnal Convergence
Day 25 - Lantern
#wrb25
#aiart #synthart
Hosted by: @fudonutsunele.bsky.social
25.10.2025 22:51 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Omg 😱 little lantern earrings 🏮 🏮 Creative combo 🖤
26.10.2025 02:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
#ai #art #aiart #aiartcommunity #aiイラスト #Halloween2025 #caturday #happycaturday
#AiTober from @sleepykitdrew.bsky.social
#WRB25 from @fudonutsunele.bsky.social
#AIHalloween2025 from @agatha8infinity.bsky.social
#OctoberPromptList from @genevievesaidive
Black cat + Scream + Lantern + Skeletal Glam
25.10.2025 22:03 — 👍 28 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
Great shot with the mysterious crystal ball 🔮
25.10.2025 05:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
#ai #art #aiart #aiartcommunity #aiイラスト #FanArtFriday
#WRB25 from @fudonutsunele.bsky.social
Divination with the lovely @gxai.bsky.social and @spicycreations.bsky.social for #FanArtFridayAI
24.10.2025 22:47 — 👍 29 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 2
We’d say you’re a Quack 🦆
22.10.2025 04:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Awe 🫢 a reptilian vow renewal 💍
22.10.2025 04:10 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#ai #art #aiart #aiartcommunity #aiイラスト #dragontuesday
#WRB25 from @fudonutsunele.bsky.social
Veil
21.10.2025 20:46 — 👍 53 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
photorealistic, a chaotic GOBLIN COOKIE KITCHEN inside a hollow tree. A PLUM-colored CAT is batting at a KEYHOLE-SPIRIT, a tiny, mischievous wisp of light trying to steal a cookie. Jars of glowing ingredients and bizarre cookware clutter the scene. Style of whimsical dark fantasy. Textures: rough tree bark, sticky dough, feline fur, shimmering spirit light. Hues: deep plum, warm brown, golden cookie glow, and green goblin skin.
photorealistic, a castle made of AUTUMN CLOUDS at sunset. A SILVER RAVEN automaton is perched on a turret, its head cocked as it monitors a complex PRESSURE-GAUGE-HAUNT, whose needle spins wildly, causing the castle walls to ripple. Style of steam-powered fantasy. Textures: swirling cloud matter, polished silver, glowing glass gauge, cold metal. Hues: sunset pink and orange, silver, deep blue.
photorealistic, an ENCHANTED SCARECROW WALTZ in a moonlit cornfield. Several scarecrows are dancing gracefully, their straw skirts twirling. They are surrounded by a cloud of MONARCH BUTTERFLIES that glow with an ethereal orange light, mimicking their movements. Style of magical realism. Textures: burlap and straw, soft corn silk, delicate butterfly wings, dewy night air. Hues: orange and black of monarchs, silver moonlight, gold of dried corn.
photorealistic, a HOWLING HAT rests on a fence post in a misty field. The sound is visible as a cone of distorted, shimmering air emanating from it. THE HEADLESS GHOST stands nearby, gesturing towards the hat as if it is the source of its voice. Style of spooky folklore. Textures: worn felt of the hat, misty air, translucent spectral cloth. Hues: monochrome misty grey, with a slight shimmer from the sound waves.
The Goblins' Riot 🍪🐦⬛🏰
On the nineteenth, the chaotic and playful spirits claim the night. Goblins bake, scarecrows waltz with butterflies, a cloud castle trembles, and a headless ghost finds its voice. Not all Halloween magic is terrifying.
19.10.2025 20:30 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
#wrb25
19.10.2025 19:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0