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J.M. Elam
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Artist | Writer Louisville, KY She/her/any (BLM🏳️‍🌈🍉) 👇 Shop | Patreon | More👇 https://linktr.ee/jmelam
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J.M. Elam @jmelam.bsky.social · 17d
Day 1 of transforming tiny, forgotten pieces of paper into something beautiful.

#arttober2025 #nightsky #spookyhouse #autumn #halloween
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J.M. Elam @jmelam.bsky.social · 11h
Day 18 of transforming leftover paper into something beautiful.

Watch the painting process here:

youtube.com/shorts/mB95s...

#arttober2025 #nightsky #upcycling #tinyart #stargazing #starrysky #crescentmoon #moonart
Art-Tober Day 18 | “I Miss The Sky”
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 13h
This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
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J.M. Elam @jmelam.bsky.social · 1d
Art-Tober Day 17 | “Down The Rabbit Hole”
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J.M. Elam @jmelam.bsky.social · 1d
Day 17 of transforming leftover paper into something beautiful.

Down The Rabbit Hole | Ink and Watercolor (2025)

#arttober2025 #rabbithole #bookworm #dreaming #reading #learning #imagination #upcycling #bookmark #downtherabbithole #falling #art #illustration
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J.M. Elam @jmelam.bsky.social · 1d
You can watch the painting process for days 1-16 in this YouTube shorts playlist:

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J.M. Elam @jmelam.bsky.social · 1d
ICYMI here is my Art-Tober 2025 progress for days 13-16 🍂✨

#arttober2025 #inkart #watercolor #bleachart #upcycling #minipainting #originalart #bookmarks #magic #witchesbroom #littleghost #spookyseason #pumpkins #jackolantern #mythology
Art-Tober Day 13 | “Ghost Parade” (a painting of a parade of little ghosts) Art-Tober Day 14 | “Flight Magic” (a painting of a flying broom leaving a trail of magic behind it) Art-Tober Day 15 | “Smashed” (painting of a pumpkin smashed into the ground) Art-Tober Day 16 | “Daphne” (painting of Daphne transformed into a Laurel tree)
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ACLU @aclu.org · 1d
The men that the Trump administration unlawfully deported to an El Salvador mega prison have since been moved to Venezuela.

In a new court filing, we're making sure they get to challenge our government’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport them.
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J.M. Elam @jmelam.bsky.social · 2d
Art-Tober Day 16 | “Daphne”
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J.M. Elam @jmelam.bsky.social · 2d
Day 16 of transforming leftover paper into something beautiful.

Daphne | Ink and Watercolor (2025)

#arttober2025 #mythology #daphne #greekmythology #minipainting #laureltree #bookmark
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J.M. Elam @jmelam.bsky.social · 2d
Art-Tober Day 16 | “Daphne”
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Art-Tober Day 15 | “Smashed”
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J.M. Elam @jmelam.bsky.social · 3d
Day 15 of transforming leftover paper into something beautiful.

Smashed | Bleach, Ink, and Watercolor (2025)

#arttober2025 #pumpkin #jackolantern #upcycling #tinyart #spookyseason #halloween
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J.M. Elam @jmelam.bsky.social · 4d
Day 14 of transforming leftover paper into something beautiful.

Watch the painting process here:

youtube.com/shorts/KlChH...

#arttober2025 #magic #flyingbroom #witchsbroom #upcycling #tinyart
Art-Tober Day 14 | “Flight Magic”
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J.M. Elam @jmelam.bsky.social · 5d
Art-Tober Day 13 | “Ghost Parade”
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J.M. Elam @jmelam.bsky.social · 5d
Day 13 of transforming leftover paper into something beautiful.

Ghost Parade | Bleach, Ink, and Watercolor (2025)

#arttober2025 #littleghosts #spookyseason #upcycling #tinyart #art #bookmarks
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J.M. Elam @jmelam.bsky.social · 5d
Art-Tober Day 12 | “Hunter’s Moon” (painting of a full moon shining over treetops)
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J.M. Elam @jmelam.bsky.social · 5d
I wanted to upcycle leftover and forgotten pieces of paper into something beautiful during October.

ICYMI here is my Art-Tober 2025 progress for days 6-12🍂

(Day 12 is in the comments)

#arttober2025 #tinyart #upcycling #bookmarks #artchallenge
Art-Tober Day 8 | “Stuck Inside” (painting of little ghosts watching the moon through a window) Art-Tober Day 9 | “Attic Ghosts” (painting of little ghosts haunting an attic) Art-Tober Day 10 | “Mushroom Hunting” (painting of a mushroom) Art-Tober Day 11 | “Dawn” (painting sunlight singing through a tree at dawn)
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J.M. Elam @jmelam.bsky.social · 5d
These are two of my favorite #bookmarks from my #arttober2025 #upcycling #artchallenge 🍂

#folklore #art #mythology
Art-Tober Day 6 | “Shears of Fate” (painting of a pair of golden scissors and thread) Art-Tober Day 7 | “The Sandman’s Domain” (A painting of gold light shining through a low window, illuminating golden sand shifting and transforming.)
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`Tek @thetekshow.bsky.social · 5d
Happy indigenous peoples day!
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Taylor Joan Carlson @teejcarlson.bsky.social · 6d
Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 5d
ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver
Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.
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J.M. Elam @jmelam.bsky.social · 6d
Art-Tober Day 12 | “Hunter’s Moon”
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J.M. Elam @jmelam.bsky.social · 6d
Day 12 of transforming leftover paper into something beautiful.

Hunter’s Moon | Watercolor (2025)

#arttober2025 #huntersmoon #fullmoon #moonlight #upcycling #tinyart #art #painting
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J.M. Elam @jmelam.bsky.social · 7d
Art-Tober Day 11 | “Dawn”
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J.M. Elam @jmelam.bsky.social · 7d
Day 11 of transforming leftover paper into something beautiful.

Dawn | Bleach, Ink, and Watercolor (2025)

#arttober2025 #dawn #trees #sunlight #upcycling #bookmarks #tinyart #art
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