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Ms_Owly
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Probably starting over … again.
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Probably won’t have time for traditional pen and ink today, but I really like these ouroboros I drew in #Procreate
Digital Ink drawing of a medieval dragon-ouroboros with poppies Digital ink drawing of a snake-ouroboros with chrysanthemums and Art nouveau inspired swirls
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
msowly.bsky.social
Since I’m just trying to get back a drawing habit, and reclaim some skills, I’m not trying to make like “art”. So I’m having fun filling pages with multi-day drawings! Today’s prompt was Blackberries.
Pen and ink drawing of blackberries Full page of pen and ink drawings. From top to bottom:mushrooms, blackberries, cotton grass
November 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
msowly.bsky.social
Today the prompt was fern. I feel like maybe I should go back in and add more, but also thought what if I cut it up and collaged it?!
Ink rendering of ferns and leaves Collage of ferns and leaves. Rendering done in pen and ink, collage done digitally in Procreate. Close up of some leaves I particularly liked. Sketchbook with pen and ink drawing of ferns and leaves
November 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
msowly.bsky.social
Tried something different today. A small detailed field of cotton grass blossoms, medium cotton grass, and a large version. I kinda wish I had squished them closer together, and been less worried about losing or hiding bits. But I did accomplish the goal of rendering today’s prompt: cotton grass!
Pen and ink rendering of Cotton grass, full image Close up of Pen and ink rendering of Cotton grass. Grassy field with blossoms surrounded by larger detailed plants Close up of Pen and ink rendering of Cotton grass, large
November 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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ddbtorres.bsky.social
it's dangerous to go alone
take this lil rat with you
a rat warrior wearing a black armor standing on its hind legs to hold a black sword
July 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
msowly.bsky.social
Today’s prompt was everybody’s favourite: fly agaric. Weird posting-crop though 🤷🏻‍♀️
Mushrooms and leaves rendered in ink.
November 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
msowly.bsky.social
Today’s prompt is “Acorns”. I’m thinking about adding colour to this? I wish I had thought more about some of the hatching, but I am glad I put pen to paper. #Ink #NoAI #Drawing
Ink Drawing of Acorns and Oak Leaves.
November 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
msowly.bsky.social
Trying to get out of my rut. I bought a book with drawing prompts (not AI prompts!!) to try to get the old brain-engine running. Today was Thistle!
#InkDrawing #NoAI
Ink drawing of thistles.
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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abigaillarson.com
Halloween is almost here 🖤🍷🩸
Illustration by Abigail Larson for "The Horror Tarot" depicting a seance scene in tones of red. Hands rest on a planchette hovering over a Ouija board. There's a red curtain backdrop, and a vintage brass lamp with a red glass shade lights the scene. Small candles and a red glass water pitcher and goblet are arranged on the table. An illustration by Abigail Larson from "The Horror Tarot" depicting someone fast asleep in a large green antique bed while goblins with glowing yellow eyes and shadowy hands creep out from the darkness unnoticed. Illustration for the Horror Tarot of the Queen of Cups card showing a vampire in a Victorian dress drinking blood from a goblet. This illustration is from "The Horror Tarot" deck published by Insight Editions and illustrated by Abigail Larson. Illustration is a stylized version of "the chariot" tarot card depicting a black horse-drawn carriage approaching an ominously glowing cliff. The horse is rears at the edge of the deep red precipice. The background shows a large tree obscured by thick mist.
October 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
msowly.bsky.social
Hey Canadian friends! The government put out this survey on AI. It’s extremely long, EXTREMELY biased, it took me 45 minutes to fill out, and uses industry specific vocabulary to increase the difficulty in answering… but if you could, please fill it out. Thanks!

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Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership
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October 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
msowly.bsky.social
Bad post: I also tried designing a notebook cover and I do not like what I’ve made.

Instead of showing that, here is some other older artwork I’ve done using #procreate proving to you (and me) that I’m not a total wash as an artist.
Fishes swim among water lilies. Digital painting using procreate. A sketchy looking frog prince. Created digitally using Procreate. A smooshy pile of books and flowers in turquoises and salmon pinks and creamy greige. A mermaid-sorceress casting a spell with fish heads swirling around her. Created digitally in Procreate
October 26, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Good post: in honour of my upcoming birthday I decided to host a crafternoon. We had snacks and I provided all the stuff to make autumnal wreathes and gave everyone a skeleton bookmark (that I designed and made myself). It was super fun!
Three of the four wreathes we made. The flowers and leaves are all in yellows, oranges, reds, and off-whites. The table with the flowers. I made the bags (they each had the wreath base and glue gun in them) A close up of the bags and skeleton bookmarks. The bags are made from orange plaid cotton, and the bookmarks are crocheted in white yarn.
October 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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This is an old photo, but it’s one of my favourites of the two of us. Just me and The Major having a cuddle.
A photo of me and my dog. I’m wearing glasses in a grey T-shirt and my brown bulldog looking up at the camera
October 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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leslielevings.bsky.social
Possum jar in progress
October 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Grumble grumble grumble! I’m trying a crochet pattern for fingerless gloves & so far total fail. The yarn: beautiful but unforgiving. It gets stuck on itself! The pattern *should* be easy. But it’s too small & I’m doing something wrong. Also. I can’t frog it to retry, I have to literally start over.
The base of a fingerless glove made from a variegated yarn from Loops and Threads. The yarn is in autumnal shades of green, brown, eggplant, gold, and orange. The design I am using is the Hailey Fingerless Gloves from The Easy Design
October 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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yellghoul.bsky.social
going downriver to find the last giant 💀✨
illustration of two kids and a tiger walking through a dense forest. the forest is littered with the bones of dead giants. illustration has a border featuring various greenery, wispy monsters, a shooting star, and a water lily
May 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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abigaillarson.com
A chance encounter
illustration inspired by the Scandinavian fairytale, "Bride of the Lindworm". A prince in the form of a lindworm perches on a moss-covered rock and peers curiously at a shepherdess from across a dark pond. The woman reaches toward him. The scene is set in a dark forest.
October 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
msowly.bsky.social
Today “Gosh I haven’t worked on my hat for a while! Since the yarn was a b-day gift I really should try to have it finished before the actual day!”

First I used the wrong size hook.
Then I realized I had not understood where I was in the pattern and worked up the wrong size.
Third time’s the charm!
Currently this is a crocheted disc. Eventually it will be a hat. The yarn is variegated with black, brown, caramel, cream, and blue bits.
October 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
msowly.bsky.social
Is this pattern particularly complex?
No.
Did I make it up myself?
Yes!
Is it perfect?
Also no, I want to attach the skull differently I think… but I’m not sure how.
Am I *very* pleased with myself?
Yes. Yes I am. 😌
The top of a skull bookmark, hand crocheted in white yarn by me! The full hand crocheted skull bookmark using white yarn on my blue couch The hand crocheted skull bookmark in action! In a book! Marking the page!
October 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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heknitt.bsky.social
Happy Spooky Season 🎃

#aesthetic #cottagecore #frog #spookyseason #knitting #decor #Whimsical #spooky #cutecore
October 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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flyapples.bsky.social
#inktober day 9 heavy

The weight of our decisions are always with us
決断の重さのは永遠についてある

#inktober2025 #inktoberday9 #heavy
A painting of three shadow cats weighing heavily on a women’s back while sleeping. The cats might be waiting for food
October 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
msowly.bsky.social
Making some cute dish scrubbies for future-gifting today. Now, they are in fact cute, but gosh this yarn is hard to work with!!
Hand crocheted dish-scrubbie-heart. Using mottled pink yarn, with my dog as the background The yarn I used is Loops & Threads Squeaky Clean Polyester in the shade “Cupid”
October 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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chronicleflask.katday.com
Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔
zeldawilliams 20m From Create Mode •• Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want. To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough, , just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it. Gross. And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.
October 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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kaiselka.bsky.social
⚔️ Let's Roll Totebag ⚔️

Available in my online shop: kaiselka.bigcartel.com

Shop closes on October 31

⚠️ NO SHIPPINGS TO THE USA ⚠️ Sorry for the inconvenience!

#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #fantasy #medieval
Totebag inspired in dungeons and dragons
October 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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abigaillarson.com
just passing through
illustration showing a room with a shadowy ghost hiding behind open double doors that lead to a gloomy hallway and staircase. A small grey cat looks up at the ghost.
October 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM