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Gigantic aurora Pokemon in a nostalgic nighttime dreamscape of ice and sparkling stars. There are 12 kinds of creatures in this illustration - some obvious, others well hidden. Can you find 'em all?

Only on the darkest arctic nights can you encounter this Primordial Pokémon. It manifests as aurora and ice, gently towering over the pole's frigid denizens...

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(There are 12 kinds of Pokémon in this #art! Can you find 'em all? Some are well hidden. Have fun & don't give away answers! 💕)

A quartet of tiny collared parachute mushrooms growing like tiny white balloons floating on wirey stems. They grow from a decayed bit of wood I’ve picked up against a background of sunlit forest undergrowth. All photo by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

I'm watching the Parliamentary debate about the self-ID e-petition and my JAW IS ON THE FLOOR.
The MPs speaking are hitting ALL the key pro-trans talking points:
- transphobic bias in EHRC
- nightmare of SC ruling
- toilet bans are awful
- must hear trans voices
- IGLA rainbow map

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Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss | The Observer New national guidance suggests officers look for menstrual tracking apps or abortion drugs

"Police have been issued guidance on how to search women’s homes for abortion drugs and check their phones for menstrual cycle tracking apps after unexpected pregnancy loss"

"...police could bypass legal requirements for a court order to obtain medical records..."

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Analogue trash, ADBT doing a dj

Guest dj, matt of vieon doing a dj

Indie, electro, bangers! At nan moor's in Todmorden

I got up close with a Portuguese man-o-war and my god these animals are shockingly beautiful.

Diorama of the redbeer'd bar made out of lego. Features regular visitors, such as dogs, djs, the current lord mayor of brum and decorated with plants and a pride flag.

In Birmingham for Redbeer'd rocks night. Good times

BUGS!!!!! some of my fave lil guys!!!!

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI

The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

Dead Black-headed Gull alongside the wording: please report sightings of dead birds.

Please report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza.
📌In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...

#Ornithology #UKBirding

a picture of the Mite Queen from "Knock on the Coffin Lid"

I absolutely LOVE designs like these, dark fantasy arachnid designs are so cool.

A drawing in an illustrative style of a woodland area with two large trees in the foreground. The drawing has white line art and the palette is green, white and yellow. An original art work Colour pencil and mixed media on acid free toned artist paper 5 by 7 inches (12.7 by 17.8 cm). This is a standard photo size in the UK and USA and should be easy to DIY frame. Sold unframed

'Woods are not like other spaces. They make you feel small…like a child lost in a crowd of strange legs'
- Bill Bryson
https://theweeowlart.etsy.com/listing/1676937154

#Landscape #Trees #OriginalArt #Drawing Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ScottishArtist #ShopIndy #bsnm #ArtShop

"Lord of Plains" - faux woodblock/linocut style art of a heavily stylized Przewalski's horse. Intended as part of a series with the Lord of Meadows piece. #art #horse #wildhorse #fauxlinocut #linocut #illustration #printmaking

a foggy winter morning. the sky is purple and pink with a couple glowing clouds. the twilight hour casts a dusty lilac light over a dusting of snow across a field behind a small farmers' fence. a few semi-bare trees and bushes fade into the background.

ok it's been a rough start to the month here's a pink sky to cheer up the feed a bit #art

Embroidery depicts an owl in a tree, the trunk is wound by a snake climbing, there’s a deer at the lower portion of the trunk, there’s a tortoise to one side approaching a river that has a fish swimming downstream and a hedgehog at the very top, above the tree. There is writing down one side, but I don’t know what it says.

The Homestead and the Forest, cot quilt, May Morris, embroidered by Jane Morris, 1889.

watercolor painting of a fluffy black and grey cat with antlers

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Digital art of a dark elk with glowing white eyes and antlers standing in a foggy grove at night. Bits of plants and vines hang from the antlers, while its back is covered in a softly glowing moss. Glowing white lights trail through the air around the elk. Its breath comes out misty in the cold night.

This is originally from 2020 but heavily touched up just now. This was inspired by some article I saw about reindeer in Finland with their antlers painted in reflective paint, but I used an elk instead bc I like their creepy bugling
#art #elk

Quick digital sketch of a Java Sparrow, a round bird with a big chunky pink beak, black head with white cheeks, gray-brown belly, black and white undertail, and pink feet. It is perched on a thin twig and faces directly toward the viewer with a blade of grass in its beak.

One of my quick sketches from my old Bird ABCs project, of trying to fill out the alphabet with birds I have seen in the wild in person, here's J: Java Sparrow (O'ahu 2016) 🎨🪶🐡

Petition: Do not stop transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards The previous government proposed changes to the NHS constitution which would mean transgender hospital patients in England may not be treated in female- and male-only wards. We believe that this segre...

Friends, a petition I've created to go to Parliament for the protection of Trans Healthcare in the UK has just gone live. If you are in the United Kingdom, please sign and share this. If you are not in the United Kingdom, please share it.

#Trans #LGBTQ #UK

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Foggy Hearsall Common, Coventry

Foggy Hearsall Common, Coventry

The fog returns

Stenwold Maker

Cheerwell Maker

Tisamon

Tynisa

Did some pen and ink drawings of the main characters from Shadows of the Apt by @aptshadow.bsky.social

This is my first time drawing in this style and it was a learning experience for sure!

Everyone should have one New Year's Resolution and it should be "get unapologetically weirder on purpose"

This is an image of a creative art challenge called “JanuArty 2025.” It features a list of daily prompts for the month of January, encouraging participants to create art in any medium or style. The list of prompts is as follows: 1. A Favorite 2. Color 3. Shapes 4. Shadow 5. Light 6. Space 7. Marks 8. Tone 9. Texture 10. Blue 11. Triangle 12. Pink 13. Tool 14. Plant 15. Animal 16. Clothing 17. Furniture 18. Yellow 19. Liquid 20. Primary 21. Happy 22. Monochrome 23. Opposites 24. Sweet 25. Vegetable 26. Broken 27. Red 28. Flat 29. Curve 30. Green 31. Angle The bottom of the image reads: “Any medium, any style, any way you like; new or old, soft or bold, a prompt a day to create in your way.” Hashtags are included: #JANUARTY #JANUARTY2025. The credits mention it is inspired by @MLEVEL.BSKY.SOCIAL and created by @WHITNEYOH.BSKY.SOCIAL. The design includes a simple notebook background with doodle-like elements on the side.

It’s almost time! I’m so giddy about this 🤩 there is going to be art flooding our feeds again and it’s going to wonderful 🥰

ICYMI : #JanuArty begins on the 1st

#art #artchallenge

A Delicious Melon and Fungal Pilgrim, freshly made and ready to pack.

www.martintomsky.com/shop?categor...

#art #bsnm

Shiny chrome pointy nails

Finally got myself shiny claws

Some artwork for #Crustmas from one of my favourites - Alister Hardy's 'The Open Sea - The World of Plankton' in the New Naturalist series, published in 1956

So, my one nod towards Crustmas, our only terrestrial UK ostracod, Terrestricythere elisabethae that I was lucky enough to photograph earlier this year, with David Horne, the UK’s main ostracod guy. A very fun day. #crustmas #ostracod #UK