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sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social
an octopus made of sandpaper
@sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social
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they/he. transmasc agender, aroace. artist, writer, 27-year-old spider

I post pictures of my OCs and bugs mostly.
my links: linktr.ee/sandpaperoctopi

#art / #oc / #writing / #invertebrates / #cats
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an octopus made of sandpaper @sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social · Apr 8
Hi happy #PortfolioDay !

I'm Morgan, a queer artist mostly focused on original character and nature subjects. I have a shop, and I do commissions through Ko-fi!

🛍️ Shop ☕ Ko-fi 🔗 More Links
Illustration of a dark-colored snail. The body is sort of dark gray with reddish streaks and lines along the top and sides. The shell is dark brown and turning lighter and warmer in color as it spirals in. The background is off-white with squiggles and little stars. Drawing of a very long scaly pinkish gray dragon with curved black horns, a hairy gray mane, bird feet, and a somewhat humanlike face. The dragon, named Eve, has one foot on the shoulder of a human trans guy named Aster who looks like he is struggling under the weight. Aster is pale with wavy blond hair, and he is wearing a white blouse and brown pants and boots. The background is blue with a tan border. Drawing of two winged guys on a blue sort of stained glass-like background with a yellow lace-like border. There is a dark circle behind them. One guy, Lace, is a bit smaller with top surgery scars and curly brown hair. He is wearing star earrings and white pants, and he has long, narrow wings like a barn swallow. He is holding a knife to the throat of the other guy. The other guy, Nemato, is paler with long red hair. He is wearing a white skirt and has more rounded wings patterned like a shrike. Lace looks angry, but Nemato looks almost calm, or even enamored, and is not fighting back. The two guys are glowing a bit. Drawing of four sturgeon swimming through the water with bubbles. The first is brown and swimming to the right while the rest swim to the left. The second is bluish-gray and has a little chip out of a fin. The third is pale yellowish brown and slim. The fourth is darker and gray.
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talasterism.bsky.social
catch a wishing star 💫

#ocsky #shipart #art
a digital illustration in three parts. top one shows two hands, a blue and a light brown one reaching out towards a falling star. the middle one shows a ship in a glass dome, surronded by two crashing waves. the bottom two depict two hands holding the star together (if somewhat suggestively)
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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mossworm.bsky.social
hello very beautiful and tiny thing. I think maybe a wasp
Tiny grey and white insect with intricate black markings Another view of the insect Insect next to my finger, it is probably about 1 mm long
November 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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auraboo.bsky.social
The demon in the woods 🌒 Watercolour and coloured pencils.

#art #fantasy #MixedMedia
Traditional illustration of a little demon kneeling in tall grass, bowed over as if sleepy, in a nighttime forest. There is a crescent moon on the sky.
November 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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paulinedrawsbears.bsky.social
This dragon is looking for #warmth in the snow ❄️

#art #cuteart #artyear #smartist #dragon #blueskyartshow
A digital drawing using pencil brushes. It shows a dragon, perched in a cat-like pose on the top of a brick tower in between some snowy hills in front of a dark blue sky. The dragon is shaded in mostly blue with some yellows peeking through the fur-like structure. It has a red scarf wrapped loosely around it's neck and is wearing a mitten on it's visible front paw. Looking down from the tower, it is inspecting a glowing cup of tea that is set on one of the snowy hills.
November 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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kitnkadoodle.bsky.social
It’s finally the holiday season! And the Timber boys want you to to have a great season of joy, love and merriment!

(Inspired by some jojo poses and a cute holiday outfits challenge my buddies are participating in)
#holidays #ocsky #timbercomic #rowllis
Rowhan wearing a reindeer outfit and Hollis wearing a cute Christmas dress with candy cane stockings
November 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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biyolokum.bsky.social
New platter with all kinds of inverts! #sciart #ceramics #handbuilding #pottery #larvae #annelids #seaurchin #octopus #embryo #cnidarians #nematostella #veliger #snail #ascidians #nudibranchs
Ceramics plate in hues of blue with different organisms as the pattern.
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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ellohcee.bsky.social
Anyway there's a few hours left of black Friday sale on Inprnt
www.inprnt.com/gallery/ello...
Art Prints by Ello
Shop gallery quality Art Prints by Ello.
www.inprnt.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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ellohcee.bsky.social
I skipped ahead a little and will backtrack, here’s days 24-26
#huevember #art #dragon
Digital art of a sea serpent swimming away from the viewer, its body taking up a good portion of the foreground. Its body is colored in mottled shades of cyan and sea green, with glowing orange spots running down the sides and fins. Its head is lined with spines with a dark fin running down the back. The background is dark with displaced bubbles, the end of the dragon’s tail fin showing in the corner.
November 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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ketrinadrawsalot.bsky.social
#Nudivember day 28: Favorinus tsuruganus, the goat with the golden fleece (check out those rhinophores!)

#nudibranch #seaslug #art #chrysomallos
A white nudibranch with black horn-like rhinophores and black-tipped orange cerata covering its back
November 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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fossilforager.bsky.social
Still need to shop gifts for the nature lovers in your life? I got you!
🐝 Save 15% off all orders from my site with code BIODIVERSITY - ends Nov 30th!

🛒🐛 shop.fossilforager.art

(reshares mega appreciated, thank you all sm for the support this holiday season ❤️)
[ #merch #nightmarket #sciart ]
A photo spread of various colorful sticker sheets, stickers, and iron-on patches themed around nature and the redwood forest. A photo of kelp forest and tide pool themed stickers and patches photographed on a sandy beach. They feature sea slugs, a sea otter, a leopard shark, and other marine critters. A photograph of a large enamel pin featuring a whale fall and marine critters!
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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laura.karnste.in
in fact:
www.nativefoodalliance.org
narf.org/support-us/
www.irsss.ca/donate
www.navajowaterproject.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Happy as a baby toad snuggled in a shelf fungus hideout 🤎
Chonky little brown toad peering out of a crevice in a shelf of fungus
November 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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ellohcee.bsky.social
#Huevember days 7-9
#art #dragon
Digital art of a long serpentine dragon in shades of golden yellow, its wings tipped in rich blue, blue markings running along its face and horns. There are several golden lights against the black background behind it, the biggest one setting off rays of light in all directions.
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social
this month is the only month ever I can say I am turning 28 on the 28th
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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micahseacole.bsky.social
So. Looks like I have a VGen now.

My commissions are currently set to "Waitlist", so you can join that if you'd like.
I am not yet sure when I will truly open them but I do intend to do so in the next months.

vgen.co/MicahSeacole
Micah Seacole (@MicahSeacole)
Check out Micah Seacole's commissions and portfolio! | I'm Micah, I draw a variety of subjects. ...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social
holding the baby
#wip #oc
Sketch of a long-haired trans man holding a happy baby unicorn.
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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paulinedrawsbears.bsky.social
This little mouse has found a new friend to watch the rain with 🍂🐌

Pinecone the scarecrow belongs to the amazing @caseymcdang.bsky.social 💛

#art #illustration #cuteart #smartist #mammals
A digital drawing consisting of five panels surrounded by small doodles of leaves, musicnotes, rain and coffeebeans. The first three panels form a small row on top of the drawing: a mouse in a green jacket using a leaf as an umbrella walks along a field following the smell of coffee, wheat and leaves. She arrives at a shoe and sits down on it to play some music. The scarecrow to which the shoe belongs notices. The bottom of the page consists of two larger panels. The first one is more narrow and shows the mouse climbing up the scarecrows outstretched arm, one again carrying her leaf. The last and largest panel shows the scarecrow standing in the field watching the rain and some autumn leaves blowing in the wind while the mouse sits on their shoulder playing on her flute
November 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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pikaole.bsky.social
Happy possum
Here are several happy Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana). Some are carrying babies on their backs. Fallen leaves surround them. The atmosphere is cozy and warm.
November 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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zuccnini.bsky.social
Acorn home
[ #art #oc #watercolor ]
Watercolor artwork depicting tiny dinosaurs, named jammy, living in a carved out acorn.
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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feymien.bsky.social
Back from the dead just in time for my first christmas pinup ❤️💚 as part of a 2k celebration holiday challenge by @slugwurm.bsky.social , who created the outfit ✨

Just had to draw my beloved OC Chaos in it, and also added a cute headband for fun!

#FeymienArt

Suggestive tag for the pose, no nudity💙
Pinup illustration of my OC Chaos. He's got long straight blonde hair and golden eyes and is wearing a red two piece consisting of a harness with large golden studs and a simple piece of underwear connected to sheer red tights with garters. He's also wearing a headband that adds fake antlers and fluffy ears; as well as a fluffy clip on tail. The outfit and headpiece are decorated with mistletoe, golden bells and small red berries
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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dinoserious.bsky.social
brother its cold out
drawing of an anthro snake sat with a fuzzy blanket wrapped around her neck and torso. he is wearing a sweatshirt and sweatpants with thick socks. there is a long socklike sleeve around the tail. one hand is outside the blanket, placed on his own torso, while the other is hidden under the blanket. she is giving the viewer a squinted look, with the tips of her tongue sticking out of his mouth
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social
gathering flowers

#art #oc #ocsky 🎨
Drawing of my OC Henrietta carrying her adopted baby Bluebell in a woven basket full of flowers and other plants. Henrietta is a tall, pale person with the features of a highland cow. She has a yellow flower in her hair and is wearing a pastel necklace and horn wraps and a blue floral skirt. Bluebell is a small, young unicorn faun. They are brownish with white around the muzzle.
August 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social
pals 💕

#oc #ocsky #art 🎨
Drawing of a pregnant black highland cow woman and an orange tabby faun-like unicorn person relaxing on the ground, chatting. The cow woman is much taller and bigger with straight horns and a short hairstyle. She is wearing an orange necklace and a green leaf patterned cloth band around her chest. The unicorn is fluffy with a long very fluffy tail. It has a white flower tucked by its ear. The background is teal with a pale border and little yellow flowers.
September 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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bedupolker.bsky.social
Fun fact: I drew this like two years ago and painted the octopus purple. But I thought purple looked corny so I painted over him teal. But then I realized he was the color of Squidward Tentacles and I got mad and stopped and forgot about this piece until now.
A mermaid whose upper body is heavily covered in sailor tattoos lays on her belly while an octopus tattoos naturalistic looking black and turquoise designs onto the scaly part of her tale.
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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aorticinkwell.bsky.social
🍁-Rodendra-🍁

#Art #ArtSky #OC #OCsky
Image is a portrait of a horned woman facing the viewer and looking to the viewers left. She wears various pieces of jewelry and a fancy headdress. Her face is framed by leaves.
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM