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franz
@franzanth.bsky.social
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i draw bugs and stuff. offline on the weekends. please ask before using my images. he/him 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇩 contact: franzanth at gmail portfolio: franzanth.com Hashtags: #Art #SciArt #Gardening 🦋 elder #49,927
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · Aug 27
Activities for this season of #InverteFest:

Community science
www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv...

Art book submission form
docs.google.com/forms/d/1jHk...

Writer/artist collab anthology
bsky.app/profile/saim...
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Jimmy Makepeace @jimmymakepeace.bsky.social · 4h
Hello #Portfolioday

My name is Jimmy Makepeace and I am an illustrator and sometimes animator based in Bristol UK.
A woman rides on the back of a dragon with a bow and arrow over a blasted landscape. A barbarian stands surrounded by skeletons in a throneroom backlit in red A sleep paralysis demon sits atop a burned out tank against a crimson sky Elric of Melnibone is gently pushed forward into the future by an unseen breeze, he's stood atop a boat surrounded by candles
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Critter Crafter Ally [Commissions Open!] @crittercrafterally.bsky.social · 59m
Happy #PortfolioDay!

I'm a traditional artist who works in ballpoint pen and watercolors. I also enjoy sharing my sketchbook drawings! Currently looking for commission work for October and November! 🙏

Website & Shop: allyartandweb.com
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/crittercraft...
Traditional ballpoint pen and watercolor artwork of original character Galea - a divine being in the form of a lean man wearing plated monochrome armor and frilled capes studded with violet flowers and eyed jewels, conjuring a polearm spouting violet petals Traditional ballpoint pen and watercolor artwork of a feminine angelic being with an intricate halo placing her hands on a humanoid head, surrounded by one-eyed beings with feathered wings Ballpoint pen and watercolor artwork of an upside-down view of an androgynous figure in red and white frilled clothing and a halo around their head lying on the floor, surrounded by flowers, spheres, and two feathered creatures with a single red eye for a head ballpoint pen and watercolor artwork of an androgynous humanoid angelic being in silver and pink armor, flanked by pink flowers and tentacles and holding an embellished arrow
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Sarah Smith - Nature Artwork @doedryadart.bsky.social · 2h
#Portfolioday
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Sarah Smith - Nature Artwork @doedryadart.bsky.social · Apr 8
Hello #Portfolioday 🌼
I'm an oil painter inspired by nature, and I especially like painting animals and plants. I have a wildlife biology degree and enjoy detailed work. I sell originals and prints and am interested in illustration!
lostthicket.etsy.com
ko-fi.com/doedryadart
[email protected]
An 11x14" oil painting of a mossy forest, viewed from the shadow of a large tree. Painting of a bighorn sheep perched at the edge of a cliff overlooking a vast canyon landscape. Painted turtle sunning itself on a worn branch in the middle of a swamp. Hare hiding in the undergrowth surrounded by detailed foliage.
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Mellow Lugosi’s Dead 🧛🏻‍♂️ @flyingtrilobite.com · 2h
Not surprising. The AI bubble needs to burst faster.

By @joeonhere.bsky.social, illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins for @futurism.com. #scicomm #noAI 🧪
The More Scientists Work With AI, the Less They Trust It
A preliminary report shows that researchers' confidence in AI software dropped off a cliff over the last year.
futurism.com
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1h
"People may be using artificial intelligence, but that doesn’t mean it’s useful"

@eryk.bsky.social in @techpolicypress.bsky.social is really great:

www.techpolicy.press/generative-a...
Generative AI’s Productivity Myth | TechPolicy.Press
People may be using artificial intelligence, but that doesn’t mean it’s useful, writes Eryk Salvaggio.
www.techpolicy.press
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 8h
yesss!
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Ghost @ghostlycorvid.bsky.social · 1d
Out here educating the nation's youth about the existence of the coolest bug in the world
🎨 @cochayuyocreations.bsky.social
Calla the trilobite beetle wearing orange flannel and a workshop apron The same, but standing more to the side so the table is visible A back view to show off all that gorgeous work Yuyo did
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 18h
yeah feels like the people who actually know it already has a different name for it
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 19h
top 10 anime betrayals
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 19h
also tell him to *pretend* to look interested
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 19h
provide more bugs
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Kim Hu // Work Account @elbowrocket.bsky.social · 20h
portfolio day tomorrow, oh boy-
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 20h
yeah see feels like there's a story on how it got so ubiquitous lol
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 20h
petition to collect crab names in all languages
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 20h
yeah for some reason the name osmanthus is so ubiquitous in english literature that even chinese-born/raised authors use it over whichever native name the story is set in. it's so baffling to me
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Amazing Digital Carcass @amagire.bsky.social · 20h
"in order to post on website you must have at least one [1] friend" was a good standard actually
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 20h
never thought i'd be here but i finally found a petty little hill to die on
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Darcy Shapiro @darcyshapiro.bsky.social · 20h
Our new show on @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social, Endlings, is live! 🧪 #scicomm
This Is The Last Ever Passenger Pigeon
YouTube video by Bizarre Beasts
www.youtube.com
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 20h
can we go back to 2023 please
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 20h
i'm wondering how well-known osmanthus tree even is to english speakers? if people had to google "osmanthus" as often as "gui", i feel like the second name is less immersion-breaking.
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 20h
i don't typically complain about anachronism but not gonna lie i'm somewhat bothered by how ubiquitous the greek "osmanthus" and "chrysanthemum" are in fantasy stories set in pre-1700s china.

i think "osmanthus" just sounds so foreign to my asian ass brain. it haunts me.
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 20h
it's interesting how languages adopt plant/animal names from various different sources. some get local translations, some get butchered hard, some get accepted as is.

feels like each name has its own, long history on how it got to the other side of the planet.
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Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 23h
GUESS WHAT. I made a tutorial on how to craft your own magnetic currency puzzle from the Noss Saga, including the STL files to 3D print them for free.
They are the perfect fidget toy. Make some!
#Tutorial #NossSaga
How to make Qupi chips
Want to make your own magnetic puzzles like the currency chips in the Noss Saga? Free STLs included for you to print at home.
www.joaquinbaldwin.com
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 21h
i heard about this shit, apparently some platforms even visually change the speaker's mouth to match the translated audio too
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 1d
definitely noticing this past 100 shares
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