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Avius @avius.bsky.social · 8h

Thanks for re-sharing! As a new follower I didn't know about this. I am truly spooked. It's haunting and and moving in the best way. I've used a sketchbook to process trauma in the past, and it's mind-blowing how those feelings and emotions can come through in the art.

Avius @avius.bsky.social · 9h

Mine was taken kind of far from the beaten path, in an abandoned nuclear power plant site near Nashville. You can see more of the location in the Flickr album. Lots of very interesting rust and monolithic concrete.

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Avius @avius.bsky.social · 1d

Also you should know that those foreboding bells are actually just someone clinking dishes in the kitchen, accidentally caught in my slow-mo video. But someone should lay down a pipe organ accompanyment.

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Avius @avius.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh lovely! I think I've been there. www.flickr.com/photos/avius...

Concrete and Sky

Between the outer and middle containment walls, the space is dominated by vast sweeping curves, the reflections of your surroundings, and the contrast between rust-stained concrete and lush, green wet...

www.flickr.com

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Avius @avius.bsky.social · 1d

#zombieskulltober post number 7. Hand-created from several different kinds of goo. Maybe one of these times I'll post a peek at the process? #Halloween #darkart #haunting

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Avius @avius.bsky.social · 3d

Zombies as a metaphor for the Irrevocable Trust

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Avius @avius.bsky.social · 3d

#sketch #timelapse #zombie

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Avius @avius.bsky.social · 3d

#zombieskulltober number 7. Fresh sketch. I got too carried away with the color last time so keeping this one black and white. I also need to talk to my therapist about why so many of my zombies seem to be ex-aristocrats. Timelapse in the replies. #inktober #halloween #darkart #horror #rebelle

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Avius @avius.bsky.social · 3d

#zombieskulltober number 6. Posting one from a few years ago to catch up. Hand-sculpted, painted, mixed media. Sold to a private collector/sicko. #halloween #darkart #horror #props #haunting #sculpture

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Avius @avius.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks! It's my own special recipe.

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Avius @avius.bsky.social · 4d

#zombieskulltober number 5. Posting one from a few years ago to catch up. The process for this was time-consuming, so I haven't made many more this way. The results are great though! Sold to a private collector. Hand-sculpted, mixed media. #art #darkart #horror #props #haunting #sculpture

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Laughing Squid @laughingsquid.com · Jun 6

Adam Savage visited with animatronics expert Mark Setrakian to learn more about "The Stalker", an incredibly sturdy five-legged robot. laughingsquid.com/five-legged-...

Ingeniously Designed Five-Legged Robot Transforms Into a Sturdy Platform

Adam Savage visited with animatronics expert Mark Setrakian to learn more about "The Stalker", an incredibly sturdy five-legged robot.

laughingsquid.com

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Avius @avius.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks! It was fun letting this one get really drippy

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Avius @avius.bsky.social · 4d

A lot of platforms are slowly or even totally removing your ability to curate your own feed, so if their algorithm decides that slop might increase your engagement, it will start shoveling it in there without asking, even if you don't want it. That's one big reason I've forsaken Meta and Twitter.

Avius @avius.bsky.social · 4d

Here's the final since the timelapse only keeps it up for 1/24 of a second. Note to self- let it record for like 10 minutes at the end.

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Avius @avius.bsky.social · 4d

#zombieskulltober 04- another quick digital painting in #rebelle but this time I took a #timelapse. #darkart #horror #halloween #zombie #art

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Avius @avius.bsky.social · 5d

It's #zombieskulltober and I'm huffing and puffing to catch up. Here's 03. Digitally painted. #darkart #horror #halloween #zombie #art #rebelle

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Avius @avius.bsky.social · 5d

Putting on the gooey gross parts are the most fun! I have to wear gloves.

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Avius @avius.bsky.social · 5d

This homemade #zombie is greeting the neighborhood dog walkers who dare to go past my house.

Hand-sculpted and painted. Body is built out of an old lamp my neighbor threw on the curb, and an old suit from the thrift store. #zombieskulltober number 2

#halloween #darkart #horror #sculpting

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Avius @avius.bsky.social · 5d

I'm very sad that I didn't hear about #zombieskulltober until today-- but I am committed to catching up. Here's number one.

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Avius @avius.bsky.social · 11d

Now the union should hire some software developers and create their own ride hailing app, so the drivers can collectively set their own prices and keep their own profits.

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welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social @welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social · 13d

The Webster Wagner Mansion in Montgomery County, New York, built in 1876.

#abandonedplaces

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Avius @avius.bsky.social · 14d

AI slop.

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Avius @avius.bsky.social · 28d

The bishop doesn't know what that is because he's never seen one.

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Avius @avius.bsky.social · Aug 15

I almost dropped my phone. Jackalopes are real. This is like finding out unicorns are real, but they are horses that have been mutated by a plague. Amazing.

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