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🍄Just a Mushroom🍄 @mycotae.bsky.social · Nov 19

Hello!

I'm a Canadian artist focusing in horror, monsters, weird wildlife and mushrooms!

My work is mostly SFW with the occasional mild nudity and body horror.

Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/mycotae

Thank you!

A diving Livyathan melvillei with its mouth open. There are two prehistoric whales silhouetted next to it.

A prehistoric hominid holding an old skull up to the northern lights. There are fire embers floating in front.

A blue and white wolf cuddling with a brown and cream wolf. They are at the mouth of a cave. There are fall leaves and snowflakes floating around them. The background is dead trees.

An undead horse looking over a grassy field at the sunset. A ghost orchid blooms from the right hand side. The shades are red, orange, black and white

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Neal-o-lantern 🎃 @verdantsculpts.bsky.social · 37m

Last day!

Neal-o-lantern 🎃 @verdantsculpts.bsky.social · 13d

🍁🎃🍂🍁🎃🍂🍁🎃🍂

Happy Autumn! I have opened preorders for a few autumn figures. These will be limited through October 15th. I also have glow in the dark Patch Cats that I will be adding in a few days.

🛒 VerdantSculpts.com

A montage of 4 autumn/halloween themed figures. There is a skeletal dragon, a mimikyu with a pumpkin, an orange tabby cat with pumpkins, and a crow sitting atop a dragon skull.

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 56m

OUTLOOK (2025)
Acrylic on Canvas - 12” x 9”

All of my Lumen paintings feature a figure struggling to reach the light, against seemingly overwhelming travails. In OUTLOOK we see the moment of breakthrough and discovery, a daunting obstacle overcome.

www.michaelwhelan.com/shop/outlook/
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A boy rests on a ledge to peer out an open panel in a huge concrete facade that is divided into recessed rectangles. At the intersection of the concrete support beams, the cross braces rust over. Each rectangle on the wall contains a different shape (circle, hexagon, 8-pointed star) sealed and closing off the view outside. Below the boy, a panel tumbles down as he props his hand on the rusted metal frame. Beyond is blue-gray sky.

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Meow🧡💜💖🖤 @squeakitties.bsky.social · 3h

a discord friend posted their cat

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LK @lkcreations.art · 3h

る竹は、抵抗するオークよりも強い
The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists

Overweight little bird 🐦

#art #artsky #ink #sketch

Minimalist drawing of reeds in a pond. A small bird is perched on one of them, bending it.
Brushed ink on paper.

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🌿 Lana @lanaluuart.bsky.social · 4h

A lil WIP

work in progress sketch of inquisitor Arlen sleeping on Dorian Pavus

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 1h

Joseph Mugnaini, Illustration from “The Halloween Tree” by Ray Bradbury, 1972

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 2h

S O W I D E

(Song Sparrow) #birds 🌿

A small brown and white streaked bird sits in a bird bath, its feathers fluffed out so it looks three times its normal width.

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Djamila Knopf @djamilaknopf.bsky.social · 1h

I don't have my own library, so I painted one. medium: Procreate, Photoshop

a digital painting of a woman standing in a library with a big window

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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 1h

🦝 Histoire naturelle des poissons /.
Paris: Chez F. G. Levrault, 1828-1849..

[Source]

Illustration of a colorful fish labeled "Chetodon croissant" from a historical natural history book published in Paris between 1828-1849. The fish features a round, flattened body with yellow, orange, and black markings, including bold vertical and diagonal stripes. Its large eye is red with a black and light blue facial pattern. The dorsal fin is fan-shaped with yellow and black bands. Above the fish, a simple outline of a fish shape is drawn. Despite the "raccoon" keyword, the image shows only a detailed fish illustration, typical of 19th-century scientific plates.

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🍄Just a Mushroom🍄 @mycotae.bsky.social · 1h

Ohhhh NICE!! I hope you have an amazing time ❤️

🍄Just a Mushroom🍄 @mycotae.bsky.social · 1h

EXCITEMENT!!!

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Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 10h

#Paleoctober2025 day 13 and 14 paleoart sketches with the early stick grasshopper Eoproscopia and the strange shaped coelacanth Allenypterus.

#Paleoctober #Paleoart #Eoproscopia #Allenypterus

The Early Cretaceous stick grasshopper perched on a giant horsetail. It has well developed wings.

The lobe-finned fish swimming in the Late Carboniferous tropical shallows.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 2h

Happy #Invertober day 15!

Queen Alexandra's Birdwing
(Ornithoptera alexandrae)

Was a challenge finding consistent references for this one. I think it is a rare butterfly and interestingly, the male and female have different appearances but here's my best guess at the male.

#SciArt #Invertober2025

Digital painting of a colorful butterfly perched on the petals of a yellow flower which is mostly out of view on the right hand side of the image. The butterfly is black on its upper body and yellow on its lower body. Its wings have shades of light blue, light green, and yellow set off by striking black borders, veins and larger patches.

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Nicole aka Nimasprout @nimasprout.bsky.social · 11h

🍄 Amethyst Deceiver 🍄

When the crisp air flicks the fallen leaves autumn is here on the forest floor. 🍂

(Mini print available)
nimasprout.shop/collections/...

Purple hued mushroom with orange leaves in background.

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 11h

Koolasuchus cleelandi Illustration!
In this Illustration, I have depicted a scene of koolasuchus making a desperate attempt to flee the dangers of a fellow Koolasuchus. The seasonal flooding has brought new hunting grounds, and so more competition and fights for those hunting ground rights #paleoart

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Audrey Sargent @stoutheartstudio.com · 11h

I didn’t have time to paint this guy today but I REAAAAALLY wanted to so I made it happen. He’s just a little guy!! 🥹

I think I need to do the series of hummingbirds I keep thinking about.

#Birdtober day 14 is the Costa’s #Hummingbird.

🪶 🐡 #ArtChallenge #DigitalArt #Art #BirdArt #HumanMadeArt

A digital gouache painting of an extremely small, extremely fluffy brownish and cream hummingbird with intense purple and magenta iridescent feathers bracketing his eyes and face. He has a long beak and looks right at the viewer, his super teeny feet gripping a thin branch. Foliage and flowers against a blue sky fill the background. His wings are folded in rest.

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𝖈𝖗𝖔𝖜 𝖑𝖊𝖊 瀬川 @crowlees.bsky.social · 13h

the takahē is a large flightless swamphen from New Zealand! The first of my NZ bird selection for Armageddon con

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Julie. W 🍂 @owlyjules.bsky.social · 14h

Wisptober Day 9 - Mountain

"When walking between the tall mountains, the shepherds could sometimes see the shape of a spectral sheep."

A simpler one!

#wisptober #wisptober2025 #illustration #mixedmedia

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Anthony (Tony) J. Martin @ichnologist.bsky.social · 14h

Glad to see the "Chicago rat hole" (rodent-body imprint) of January 2024 Internet fame was studied more, but just to add my $0.02: Many folks missed the tracks leading away from the body imprint, meaning the squirrel (not rat) fell & splatted in wet concrete, but then walked it off. 🧪🐿️🐾

Photo showing the outline of small rodent body as a negative (concave) impression in sidewalk concrete, with left two limbs clearly defined but missing the upper right limb (arm) and only part of the right rear limb (leg); a thin tail is implied by a pointed imprint behind the main body imprint. The photo is labeled with "Direction of rodent movement" and a red arrow pointing to the upper right of the photo, and a red circle is around a set of rodent tracks in the upper right near the body imprint, labeled as "Rodent tracks."

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 15h

This fall I have enjoyed many golden moments with northern wildlife. #birds #mammals
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Northern FLicker, Red Fox, Ring-necked Ducks

A yellow-rumped warbler perches on a wild rose plant with a golden backdrop of fall colours.

A northern flicker perches on a wolf willow plant with a golden backdrop of fall colours.

A red fox stands amid grasses with a golden backdrop of fall colours.

A small flock of ring-necked ducks swim on a calm wetland that reflects golden leaves.

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 16h

Anna's Hummingbird, for @aro-frog.bsky.social - thanks for your #Waymakers donation! I love these dramatic little guys haha, always so full of fight. 🎨🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt

Illustration of a male Anna's Hummingbird, wings spread and beating fast as he flies straight toward the viewer. He has a shiny magenta head and a dull gray-green body, and tiny tiny little black feet. The background is dark with implied vegetation.

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🥭🌱SmolMango🌱🥭 @smolmango.bsky.social · 1h

Good Morning Bump

[ #furryart #furry #feraldesigns #artsale #adopts #adoptables #Dogs #artshare #furryartist #kofi #art #Dog #designs #commissions #myart ]

Boosts appreciated! 🔁🧡🐶

🥭🌱SmolMango🌱🥭 @smolmango.bsky.social · 5d

Dog Bust Adopts Available Now
ko-fi.com/smolmango/shop

[ #furryart #adopts #adoptables #Dogs #artshare #furryartist #kofi #art #Dog #designs ]

Boosts appreciated! 🔁🧡🐶

Five canine bust adopts that are available for purchase @smolmango 's shop in kofi. From left to right: 1) A blue-eyed canine. Brown base color, cream underbelly, ear tips, and freckles. They're making an ick face while sticking their tongue out. 2) Fluffy golden retriever, facing forward with their tongue hanging out. They have a cyan collar on with a surfboard and shark attached to it. 3) A blue-gray sighthound with brown patches. 4) A orange-brown terrier with a gold collar and earring. 5) A black white and brown Fluffy chihuahua with mural markings. Has a green bandanna on with a floral pattern. Missing part of its left ear and has a star-shaped scar on its cheek.

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VGArtAndTidbits @vgartandtidbits.bsky.social · 1h

Resident Evil 2 / Bio Hazard 2 - unused zombie horse concept.

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Lucas Nunes @lucasjn.bsky.social · 14h

Here's a T. Rex bored to death trying to bite their own tail. My partner asked me to animate it in stop motion, after she watched a video about the very important topic of "could T. Rex chew its own tail like a dog". The puppet is still a work in progress 🦖

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Iveta's Aviary @ivetasaviary.bsky.social · 3h

White-crested Helmetshrike #birdtober #birdart #animalart 🪶

Marker drawing of a White-crested Helmetshrike

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