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𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 20h

Esyllt, kofi reward for @nelybean.bsky.social

#Art

Portrait of a fantasy fox original character, smiling

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Aleks 💬🔪 - comms closed/YCH open @yamikuruku.bsky.social · 23h

finished raffle prize for @leahtrsv.bsky.social 🥰

[ #artsky #art #ocsky #digitalart #digitalartist #illustration | #dnd ]

A bust up of a dark skinned human with dark long hair being tied into a ponytail, the sides are shaven. She has red eyes and freckles and multiple facial piercings and teeth necklace.
The character is looking directly at the viewer, seeming a bit displeased.

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𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 22h

thank you so so much ^^

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𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 1d

Lo'äsa, kofi reward for @strawbaby.bsky.social

#Avatar #AFOP #Navi | #Art

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𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 1d

Thank youuuu ♡♡♡

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𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 1d

this is so cute

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JanaW Finearts @janaw-finearts.bsky.social · Sep 12

🍀 #introduction Update🍀

I’m Jana, a part-time #watercolor and mixed-media artist from Germany 🎨 I love capturing nature in small, vibrant Polaroid-style #paintings. Each piece is handmade at my kitchen table.
I sell via DM or polaroidpaintingsde.etsy.com

#LandscapeArt #art #nature #artforsale

watercolor painting sheet featuring four distinct landscape scenes arranged in a grid - two on the top row and two on the bottom. Each scene is labeled with a number and a title, and they vary in mood, color, and natural setting.

Top Left – “19 Reed” A sandy path winds through tall, golden reeds and grasses, leading toward a calm body of water. The scene is bathed in warm sunlight, evoking a peaceful, coastal or lakeside atmosphere. The colors are soft and earthy, with yellows, browns, and hints of blue.

Top Right – “20 Dead End” A rocky trail ends abruptly at a cliff edge, where a single tree stands in full bloom. The sky is dramatic, painted in rich pinks and purples, suggesting either sunrise or sunset. The mood is contemplative, with a sense of isolation and beauty.

Bottom Left – “21 Purple” A vibrant field of purple flowers stretches across the foreground, with a distant tree line under a bright blue sky. The colors are bold and saturated, emphasizing the lushness and vitality of the landscape. It feels like a warm spring or summer day.

Bottom Right – “22 First Light” A rocky shoreline meets crashing waves as the sun rises over the horizon. The sky is filled with soft pastel tones—pinks, oranges, and light blues—capturing the gentle tranquility of early morning. The scene conveys freshness and renewal.

Square watercolor framed with a black line on a rectangular, portrait-oriented paper. A vivid cluster of red and orange chili peppers hangs against a bright blue background, with touches of green stems and leaves adding contrast. The glossy highlights emphasize their smooth, curved shapes. Number 108 is written in the bottom left corner.

Square watercolor framed with a black line on a rectangular, portrait-oriented paper. A small lush island with bright green trees and large pale rocks sits in the middle of a calm, clear lake. The vivid reflections and detailed greenery evoke a peaceful summer atmosphere. Number 107 is written in the bottom left corner.

Square watercolor framed with a black line on a rectangular, portrait-oriented paper. A solitary tree with a thick canopy of green leaves and clusters of bright orange fruit stands on a sunlit coastal slope. Tall grasses and rocky patches surround its base, and in the background, the sea glistens in shades of blue under a pale sky. Number 103 is written in the bottom left corner.
Around the painting are a yellow and a white Posca marker, two watercolor pans, and a paint palette filled with various shades of blue.

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JanaW Finearts @janaw-finearts.bsky.social · 1d

600 lovely followers 💕
That calls for a little #ArtShare!

✨ like & RT
✨ Drop your art
✨ compliment a strangers art
‼️No AI /nsfw

I paint small watercolor pieces (mostly nature 🌿✨) — can’t wait to see what you’ve been creating!

#TraditionalArt #selfpromo #ArtistsOfBluesky

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𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 1d

Lo'äsa, kofi reward for @strawbaby.bsky.social

#Avatar #AFOP #Navi | #Art

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Tulchip @ emergency move aid fundraising 🥀 @tulchip.bsky.social · 2d

Out of suggestions from some folks Ive opened the fund raising goal on my Ko-fi, any funds coming in from there will go towards allowing me to move safely despite my disability and afford all the necessities i will need without it affecting my medical budgets..

ko-fi.com/tulchip/goal...

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𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 2d

We really need to get louder if we want for anything to change.

𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 3d

Hi @bsky.app ! Would you consider looking into a more accessible way of providing ALT text?
As an idea, e. g. "Community ALT text". Something that would allow other people to submit ALT text for an image, with an automated approval system, that would make it easier for people with cognitive -

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𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 3d

Alt4me is great, but we need Bluesky to figure something out that wouldn't rely exclusively on the labor of their users. Or, at the very least, they should make it easier to request that help (with a click of a button for example).

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𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 3d

would make the ALT text feature accessible for more people.
It is the websites responsibility to offer enough tools to make their spaces accessible, but if we don't acknowledge that there's an issue with the current format, they will have no reason to even consider it.

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𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 3d

Also, from what I've heard, there aren't many volunteers and posts don't often get the help that they need because there's a limited number of people who even know about it.
Creating a feature that's built into the website directly could help reach more people who are willing to help and

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𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 3d

People have mentioned alt4me in the comments, and that was the first time that I l've heard about it. While it is great that it exists, it does not help with people refusing to engage with an art post when it doesn't have ALT text, because it's unlikely that they would check the comments.

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𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 3d

Nvm there's an h, I'm so fucking dyslexic

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𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 3d

Catacter... CATacter... CAT 🐈‍⬛️

Character* sorry I pussyfied Ivory, Maxie

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Susan @packrat153.bsky.social · 17d

Artists! How do you draw hair?

Trying to play with it and try new things, but probably still leaning on bad habits. lol

#art #ocs

Roman has long, copper orange hair that's partly wavy/curly but long enough that the weight pulls most of it straight.

Airk's dark purple hair came out really shiny looking, with teal rim lines. It's pulled back into a ponytail with a bit of loose, wavy bangs framing one side of his face.

Apple's brown hair is mostly short and wild and flying everywhere to match her energy, with a longer braided portion with an orange ribbon hanging down her shoulder.

Kul's shorter version of his brown hair is swept mostly to one side to show his ear with his silver bonding (wedding) earring. He's an orc.

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𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 3d

Woo, surprise, I'm posting chatacter art for once

Ivory, kofi reward for @xanthouransong.bsky.social

#Cyberpunk2077 #OC | #Art

Portrait of a Cyberpunk 2077 original character winking and showing their tongue.

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𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 3d

Hi @bsky.app ! Would you consider looking into a more accessible way of providing ALT text?
As an idea, e. g. "Community ALT text". Something that would allow other people to submit ALT text for an image, with an automated approval system, that would make it easier for people with cognitive -

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𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 3d

+it would be directly available to all people, and we wouldn't have to rely on (unfortunately) limited knowledge about a feed for that.

𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 3d

That's not the same thing, but thank you for letting me know.

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Blue Owl Song @blueowlsong.bsky.social · Aug 19

New pinned post! I recently updated my shop and have more of my original works available as prints, stickers, pins, throw pillows, and phone cases!

Redbubble:
www.redbubble.com/people/BlueO...

Cara: cara.app/blueowlsong

Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/blueowlsong

#supportartists #artshop #artistshop

Luminous Depths, Aug 2025

Mixed pen illustration of a serpentine, bioluminescent deep sea dragon for Smaugust, curled in an S shape, with the tail at the top and head at the bottom. The body of the dragon is mostly black with shades of dark blue, purple, and dark teal, and there are brightly colored spots, with the biggest being green spots resembling the patterns of orcas and behind large barely visible black eyes. More elongated yellow, light green, and light blue spots are scattered along the trunk while smaller spots of varying colors including pink and orange line the spine. Large colorful glowing fins emerge from the middle back and under the chin, and the tail to the neck is lined on the dorsal side and underside with a continuous multicolor fin.

The background is almost completely filled in with black pen, with some shapes cut out from the darkness, including squid and shark shapes near the top with light coloring in teal/purple and yellow/orange respectively, bubbles throughout, and a few strange deep sea inspired creatures, as well as distant glowing green, yellow, and purple lights. By the dragon's head is a colorful creature with a dolphin shaped body and a head with a mouth that is like the trunk of an elephant with teeth lining it. There is a large glowing coelacanth in the middle left by an orange snake, and an eel-like creature at the top with an orb by its mouth like an anglerfish near the squid.

Framing everything is the very long and thinner tail and body of another creature, another sea serpent that is much bigger and has a small sail on its back like a sailfish.

Sea Turtle Reef, Mar 2020

Acrylic painting of a green sea turtle swimming down through turquoise waters lit by sun beams and facing a lovely and warm toned coral reef with various kinds of corals and anemones, sea grass, and stone. Several tropical fish including clownfish, angelfish, tangs, and others swim among the reef. In the background a few schools of fish are visible, and there are a few large jellyfish, one very close to the sea turtle.

Pangender Snowbank, Aug 2025

Digitally painted landscape with a pink and peachy orange sunrise sky, the sun slightly blurry and yellow, rising over a mostly pink river with chunks of floating ice that reflect the peachy pink river, and a distant snowbank lined with trees marks the horizon on the right, and curves into the river slightly. The bottom left snowbank in the foreground has more distinct shapes cutting into the water to form a shore/bank as well as snow dusted reeds and a few small trees. Snow is falling on the scene.

Leaping for Life, Aug 2025

Abstract deer leaping upwards with a curved back, curly multipronged antlers, and loosely defined legs, with looping lines crossing through and overlapping the deer and forming the background, which is fully filled in with color. Some areas are scribbled a lot and have small white spaces as a result, most of which are filled with spots of color. Others are open and have patterns, cross hatching, color fills, several spots with blended colors, and a section to the left with colorful repeated lines interrupting each other. The deer is breathing out bands of color and is colored in multiple patterns.
The colors of the piece are a full spectrum from pinks and purples to yellow, orange, red, greens, and blues.

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𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 3d

Better ideas are very welcome btw. This one was just something that came up in a discussion with other disabled artists and art enthusiasts.

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𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 3d

If you support this idea, please get as much attention to it as possible 🫶

𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 3d

Hi @bsky.app ! Would you consider looking into a more accessible way of providing ALT text?
As an idea, e. g. "Community ALT text". Something that would allow other people to submit ALT text for an image, with an automated approval system, that would make it easier for people with cognitive -

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