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Elaine Snowden ❄️ @elainesnowden.bsky.social · 19d

It's October so naturally I'm attempting a drawing-a-day thing.

🦊 First up, it's #Fox

#Illustration #sadinKtober25

An illustration of a fox with its tail curled under its chin. Behind is a starry sky.

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Elaine Snowden ❄️ @elainesnowden.bsky.social · 1d

🕯Day 19 - #CandleSnuffFungus

#Illustration #sadinKtober25

Elaine Snowden ❄️ @elainesnowden.bsky.social · 2d

🌹 Day 18 - Tuberose

#Illustration #sadinKtober25

Illustration of a pink flower with a cartoon face. They look worried and are holding their petals up with leaf arms.

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Elaine Snowden ❄️ @elainesnowden.bsky.social · 3d

🦡 Day 17 - #Badger

#Illustration #sadinKtober25

Illustration of a badger against a green background

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Elaine Snowden ❄️ @elainesnowden.bsky.social · 4d

🪘🪲 Day 16 - #EyedClickBeetle

Couldn't get the idea of a beetle in a beatnik poetry club playing bongos out of my head.

#Illustration #sadinKtober25

Illustration of a green and yellow beetle with an asymmetrical haircut, wearing a black beret, round sunglasses, and playing bongos.

Elaine Snowden ❄️ @elainesnowden.bsky.social · 5d

🩸🍄 Day 15 - #BleedingFairyHelmet

One of these fun(guys) is a tad melodramatic

#Illustration #sadinKtober25

An illustration of small, pink mushrooms with red splats on the top of their caps. They all have little faces and arms, and one is acting scared about the red splat while the others are unimpressed

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Elaine Snowden ❄️ @elainesnowden.bsky.social · 6d

💠 Day 14 - #NightGladiolus

#Illustration #sadinKtober25

Illustration of a night gladiolus against a dark blue background. Wavy strands representing the scent emanate from the centre of the flower

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Elaine Snowden ❄️ @elainesnowden.bsky.social · 7d

🎃 Day 13 - #JackOLanternFungus

#Illustration #sadinKtober25

Drawing of a group of orange mushrooms. They have little faces, like carved Pumpkins.

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Elaine Snowden ❄️ @elainesnowden.bsky.social · 8d

🪙🪲 Day 12 - #GoldsmithBeetle

#Illustration #sadinKtober25

Illustration of a yellow-gold beetle wielding a tiny, goldsmith hammer and aiming it at two chunks of gold in front of him.

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Elaine Snowden ❄️ @elainesnowden.bsky.social · 9d

🎣 Day 11 - #Anglerfish

I now realise that the wee fish should be gazing at the light 🙈

#Illustration #sadinKtober25

Illustration of an anglerfish looming over a smaller fish who is unaware of their presence.

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Elaine Snowden ❄️ @elainesnowden.bsky.social · 10d

🌚 Day 10 - #Moonflower

#Illustration #sadinKtober25

An illustration of a moon against a dark, night sky. Clouds surround it.

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Elaine Snowden ❄️ @elainesnowden.bsky.social · 11d

🐺 Day 9 - #Wolf

#Illustration #sadinKtober25

Illustration of a howling wolf silhouetted against the moon.

Elaine Snowden ❄️ @elainesnowden.bsky.social · 12d

🐈 Day 8 - #SphinxMoth

If you listen, you can hear it hiss "Rachel!"

#Illustration #sadinKtober25

Illustration of a shivering, hairless cat (sphinx cat) wearing a fluffy robe across its shoulders.

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Elaine Snowden ❄️ @elainesnowden.bsky.social · 13d

💜 Day 7 - #LilacBonnet

#Illustration #sadinKtober25

Illustration of a lilac bonnet mushroom against a night sky. The mushroom has a smiling face on its stem.

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Elaine Snowden ❄️ @elainesnowden.bsky.social · 14d

👑 Day 6 - #QueenOfTheNight

#Illustration #sadinKtober25

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Elaine Snowden ❄️ @elainesnowden.bsky.social · 14d

🦝 Day 5 - #Raccoon

Finished it late yesterday and the light was too bad to take a photo

#Illustration #sadinKtober25

Illustration of a raccoon clinging to a branch.

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Elaine Snowden ❄️ @elainesnowden.bsky.social · 16d

🧙‍♀️ Day 4 - #BlackWitchMoth

Poor thing's sad 'cause they're an omen of death in some places, so folks are afraid of them.

#Illustration #sadinKtober25

An illustration of a sad looking moth, resting on a lit lightbulb.

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Elaine Snowden ❄️ @elainesnowden.bsky.social · 17d

🍄 Day 3 - #HoneyMushroom

#Illustration #sadinKtober25

An illustration of mushrooms at night. They're glowing green.

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Elaine Snowden ❄️ @elainesnowden.bsky.social · 18d

🌙 Day 2 - #NightBloomingJasmine

#Illustration #sadinKtober25

Illustration of night blooming jasmine. White, star-shaped flowers and green leaves, against a dark blue background.

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Elaine Snowden ❄️ @elainesnowden.bsky.social · 19d

It's October so naturally I'm attempting a drawing-a-day thing.

🦊 First up, it's #Fox

#Illustration #sadinKtober25

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Reposted by Elaine Snowden ❄️

Dublin Commuters @dublincommuters.bsky.social · Sep 1

If you’re in a car that’s stuck in traffic this morning, remember it’s not the bike & bus lanes that’s causing the congestion you’re stuck in…. It’s all the cars 🚙 🚗

Safe and efficient transport infrastructure will help the people in those cars choose another option

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Reposted by Elaine Snowden ❄️

Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · Aug 29

Here is my main opinion on AI, in every capacity: What is the point of technology? Is it to make our lives better and easier, or is it to make a very small percentage of people richer? The latter is what AI is doing. The people actually doing the coding are making themselves redundant.