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architect, illustrator, nature enthusiast disabled birder (est. 2022) with a slow-growing life list (127) all of my art is from my bed .ᐟ None of us are free until we are all free. #birdart #illustrator

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a traditional painting of herons in flight among trees, green, pink and white hues

a traditional painting of herons in flight among trees, green, pink and white hues

I painted herons in flight. medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper

04.03.2026 15:02 — 👍 1117    🔁 275    💬 16    📌 4
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🎉 happy 30 years to the OG
🔍how many secrets and shiny #Pokemon can you find?

27.02.2026 22:58 — 👍 1751    🔁 629    💬 31    📌 2
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frog spawn - watercolors on paper

27.02.2026 22:46 — 👍 300    🔁 95    💬 2    📌 0
A photo of a small white feather floating on top of clear, still water, with brown, fuzzy, and decaying leaves and branches completely covering the pond floor.

A photo of a small white feather floating on top of clear, still water, with brown, fuzzy, and decaying leaves and branches completely covering the pond floor.

🪶

23.02.2026 16:58 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A photo of a white-breasted nuthatch diving down midair, wings tucked.

A photo of a white-breasted nuthatch diving down midair, wings tucked.

weeeee

23.02.2026 16:55 — 👍 17    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
A photo of a white-breasted nuthatch perched on a pine branch, seen in profile, with its distinct pointed body position and slender, slightly turned up beak.

A photo of a white-breasted nuthatch perched on a pine branch, seen in profile, with its distinct pointed body position and slender, slightly turned up beak.

White-breasted nuthatch, one of many in this tree yesterday. We share an affinity for pines 🥲
#birds 🪶

23.02.2026 16:54 — 👍 18    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

something abled people don't get is you can have just one day a week where you are too sick to work, and that's enough to disqualify you from nearly all full-time jobs. it doesn't take a lot

22.02.2026 00:20 — 👍 4735    🔁 1840    💬 54    📌 61
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Happy 40th old friend.

21.02.2026 15:12 — 👍 7866    🔁 2620    💬 14    📌 9
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wishful thinking

19.02.2026 01:47 — 👍 1136    🔁 345    💬 7    📌 0
A person of water leans their forehead against the sun. 
Waves cascade from their head, the ocean a pattern upon their garb. 
The cascading waves and birds upon the surface of the ocean create some unheard song. For all is still for a moment.

A person of water leans their forehead against the sun. Waves cascade from their head, the ocean a pattern upon their garb. The cascading waves and birds upon the surface of the ocean create some unheard song. For all is still for a moment.

Stillness

#ink #watercolour #art

17.02.2026 16:57 — 👍 2136    🔁 506    💬 4    📌 2
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Pareidolia

15.02.2026 18:34 — 👍 3026    🔁 883    💬 11    📌 0
Paper aquatic plant replicas

Paper aquatic plant replicas

New work- aquatic plants- mostly invasive. These are paper sculptures.

26.10.2025 21:46 — 👍 226    🔁 70    💬 7    📌 3
A monochromatic pink illustration of a pigeon mid-flight, wings up, feet out and forward, tail fanned, drawn over a large checkered grid, which, where overlapping with the bird, is darker and more saturated, and where not, is lighter, closer to the background color. White highlights are shown on the bird, which look almost cloud-like and then trail off the bird into actual clouds. A bright white, blurred circle appears above the bird, alluding to a sun. Zupiz is signed in the bottom right corner.

#art #illustration #birdart #birds

A monochromatic pink illustration of a pigeon mid-flight, wings up, feet out and forward, tail fanned, drawn over a large checkered grid, which, where overlapping with the bird, is darker and more saturated, and where not, is lighter, closer to the background color. White highlights are shown on the bird, which look almost cloud-like and then trail off the bird into actual clouds. A bright white, blurred circle appears above the bird, alluding to a sun. Zupiz is signed in the bottom right corner. #art #illustration #birdart #birds

🌸🩷

11.02.2026 04:15 — 👍 83    🔁 26    💬 1    📌 0
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Children of Termina

08.02.2026 16:42 — 👍 5766    🔁 1734    💬 35    📌 13
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Inorganic rose,
liquid metal,
wisdom and tundra

My new oc! #fantasy #oc

18.01.2026 01:11 — 👍 764    🔁 180    💬 11    📌 0
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to contemplate from the inside ✶

20.01.2026 23:14 — 👍 2944    🔁 779    💬 13    📌 0

Happy #blackhistorymonth! Black folks please drop your dono links / art posts / anything you’d like to promo below, and everyone please share others stuff around if you’re able 🥳🩷

02.02.2026 19:19 — 👍 893    🔁 666    💬 135    📌 5
a collection of all 31 drawings of birbs i did for birbfest 2026

a collection of all 31 drawings of birbs i did for birbfest 2026

and here's all the birbs together! it has been a month full of feathery silliness🪶✨ which was your favourite birb?
#birbfest2026 #art #digitalart #birdart #sciart

01.02.2026 11:01 — 👍 344    🔁 100    💬 12    📌 1
Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir, illustrated by Ernanda Souza. A MTG card featuring a dark-skinned Zhalfirin woman amongst a forest, standing with her head held high and one palm forward, a heron-like bird flying beneath her.

- Artist’s portfolio: 
https://www.behance.net/ernandasouza

- Card details:
https://scryfall.com/card/mat/230/jolrael-voice-of-zhalfir

Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir, illustrated by Ernanda Souza. A MTG card featuring a dark-skinned Zhalfirin woman amongst a forest, standing with her head held high and one palm forward, a heron-like bird flying beneath her. - Artist’s portfolio: https://www.behance.net/ernandasouza - Card details: https://scryfall.com/card/mat/230/jolrael-voice-of-zhalfir

Bloodbraid Elf, illustrated by Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe. A MTG card featuring a dark-skinned elf standing in profile, paused mid-movement with flowers and petals swirling around her. 

- Artist’s website: 
https://www.artofedge.com/

- Card details:
https://scryfall.com/card/slc/2009/bloodbraid-elf

Bloodbraid Elf, illustrated by Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe. A MTG card featuring a dark-skinned elf standing in profile, paused mid-movement with flowers and petals swirling around her. - Artist’s website: https://www.artofedge.com/ - Card details: https://scryfall.com/card/slc/2009/bloodbraid-elf

Cultivate, illustrated by Hillary Wilson. A MTG card featuring two dark-skinned children, smiling as they squat on either side of a vibrant purple plant in a forest, one watering it and one tending the soil. 

- Artist’s website: 
https://www.hdwilsonart.com/

- Card details:
https://scryfall.com/card/sld/246/cultivate

Cultivate, illustrated by Hillary Wilson. A MTG card featuring two dark-skinned children, smiling as they squat on either side of a vibrant purple plant in a forest, one watering it and one tending the soil. - Artist’s website: https://www.hdwilsonart.com/ - Card details: https://scryfall.com/card/sld/246/cultivate

Sol Ring, illustrated by Thomas Zenteno. A MTG card featuring a dark-skinned figure with glowing gold eyes, a colorful beaded ring around their neck, surrounded by light. 

- Artist’s website: 
http://www.thomaszenteno.com/

- Card details:
https://scryfall.com/card/sld/249/sol-ring

Sol Ring, illustrated by Thomas Zenteno. A MTG card featuring a dark-skinned figure with glowing gold eyes, a colorful beaded ring around their neck, surrounded by light. - Artist’s website: http://www.thomaszenteno.com/ - Card details: https://scryfall.com/card/sld/249/sol-ring

Four stunning Magic cards illustrated by Black artists 🌟
▸ Top left: Ernanda Souza - Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir
▸ Top right: Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe - Bloodbraid Elf
▸ Bottom left: Hillary Wilson - Cultivate
▸ Bottom right: Thomas Zenteno - Sol Ring

02.02.2026 03:54 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hi #Portfolioday! I love environments and lighting keys. I'm a Visual Development Artist available for full time and freelance opportunities. I recently wrapped on an animated feature with House of Cool, and past clients include Sony, Netflix and Nick.
💼: thomaszenteno.com
📩: thzenteno@gmail.com

13.01.2026 18:03 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

happy Black history & futures month! Black people are the blueprint, don’t forget!!!

02.02.2026 00:55 — 👍 31    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 0
An illustration of a loon biting a white snake in half with an 8 pointed star above its head. The illustration is very high contrast in red, black and white.

An illustration of a loon biting a white snake in half with an 8 pointed star above its head. The illustration is very high contrast in red, black and white.

#resist

01.02.2026 00:24 — 👍 2197    🔁 717    💬 10    📌 6

stunning!!

31.01.2026 07:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
It's a quiet winter morning in Cretaceous China. Mist clings to the bank of a frozen lake, but shadows from adjacent trees hint at their impending dispulsion from the coming sun. From the crunchy, leaf-strewn shore comes a turkey-sized, black and white, bird-like dinosaur, Caudipteryx. It steps onto the ice: one foot, then the other. All is OK. But then... whoa. WHOA. What's happening to the first foot? It's sliding away! And foot two? Also sliding! What fresh hell is this? _Solid, slippy water_?

Caudipteryx leans forward, arms spread, tail raised, showing its striped tail fan. It stands there, legs akimbo, as frozen as the water beneath it. This is going to get worse before it gets better.

It's a quiet winter morning in Cretaceous China. Mist clings to the bank of a frozen lake, but shadows from adjacent trees hint at their impending dispulsion from the coming sun. From the crunchy, leaf-strewn shore comes a turkey-sized, black and white, bird-like dinosaur, Caudipteryx. It steps onto the ice: one foot, then the other. All is OK. But then... whoa. WHOA. What's happening to the first foot? It's sliding away! And foot two? Also sliding! What fresh hell is this? _Solid, slippy water_? Caudipteryx leans forward, arms spread, tail raised, showing its striped tail fan. It stands there, legs akimbo, as frozen as the water beneath it. This is going to get worse before it gets better.

New #paleoart at #Patreon for #FossilFriday: Caudipteryx encounters a frozen lake, is unsure, prob. makes wee bokking noises as its feet slide apart hilariously.

Lots of discussion about the colour data of this animal in my Patreon post. www.patreon.com/posts/149439...
#sciart #fossil #dinosaurs

30.01.2026 12:52 — 👍 486    🔁 173    💬 8    📌 2

the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.

30.01.2026 16:40 — 👍 23829    🔁 5558    💬 236    📌 128

and it’s for sale for some lucky person that isn’t me, rip: www.etsy.com/listing/1870...

27.01.2026 15:15 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Mecha orchid mantis expertly crafted from various small metal parts, airbrushed in white and pink, posed with its forelegs and abdomen up.

Mecha orchid mantis expertly crafted from various small metal parts, airbrushed in white and pink, posed with its forelegs and abdomen up.

this is everything to me
artist is Eli Yoo of MCA Studii

27.01.2026 15:15 — 👍 382    🔁 120    💬 6    📌 4
9 photos composed in a rectangular grid (portrait orientation) featuring yellow subjects. From top left to right:
1. Yellow ginkgo leaves against a blue sky; 
2. Yellow scaffolding extending upwards far beyond a flat roof (unclear why lmao) cypress trees in front and blue sky beyond; 
3. Yellow butterflies painted on a white store facade; 
4. Stepped building facade against a blue sky - the lowest face is yellow and the upper two are white; 
5. Yellow flowers on a green vine; 
6. A shuttered window glowing yellow at night; 
7. A bright yellow fire extinguisher in front of a shop and with a white moped nearby; 
8. Yellow and white tiled shop facade; 
9. A yellowish/orangeish striped cat standing on a driveway near a house and its gate, sunlight dappling across the shot.

9 photos composed in a rectangular grid (portrait orientation) featuring yellow subjects. From top left to right: 1. Yellow ginkgo leaves against a blue sky; 2. Yellow scaffolding extending upwards far beyond a flat roof (unclear why lmao) cypress trees in front and blue sky beyond; 3. Yellow butterflies painted on a white store facade; 4. Stepped building facade against a blue sky - the lowest face is yellow and the upper two are white; 5. Yellow flowers on a green vine; 6. A shuttered window glowing yellow at night; 7. A bright yellow fire extinguisher in front of a shop and with a white moped nearby; 8. Yellow and white tiled shop facade; 9. A yellowish/orangeish striped cat standing on a driveway near a house and its gate, sunlight dappling across the shot.

1/19-1/25 ☀️ yellow week
#photography

27.01.2026 01:23 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0