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ShiftyPumpkin
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40+ Software Dev 👨‍💻 Painter 🎨
Making canvases moody
Poisoning LLMs #noai
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ShiftyPumpkin @shiftypumpkin.com · Dec 10
Now Available: “Misty Woods”, an 18”x24” oil painting of a dark, closed-in forest with breaks of sunlight and fog.

Etsy: shiftypumpkin.etsy.com/listing/4420...
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Timelapse: youtu.be/rbZR1OqFu28
“Misty Woods”, an 18”x24” oil painting of a dark, closed-in forest with breaks of sunlight and fog. Streaks of light shine through the dense canopy as a small, hidden feline watches the surroundings from a safe enclosure.
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davidbrace2.bsky.social
From the "Crushed" series: "Bright Star (Dark Corpse)", oil on canvas, 24x30", 2023- $3000(Cdn). #art
A realistic painting of 3 crushed, overlapping drink cans on a dark background. On the left a Stella Artois beer can, on the right a Canada Dry ginger ale can, and in the center, overlapping both is a brightly lit Molson Cold Shots beer can.
January 31, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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lauramellinatelier.bsky.social
#postaday2026 #artsky #blueskyart #bskyart #art #dragon #dragonWiP

Fiddling with pens and seeing what feels right.
A marker, ink, and paint pen WiP drawing of a purple winged dragon flying against yellow sky and green ground. The dragon’s scales are outlined with white. Their back is to the viewer. Their wings are spread wide, head at the top of the page, tail sweeping to the side and around at the bottom of the page. Highlights from the sun run along the upper line of the tail and edges of the wings. Legs are mostly hidden against/behind the dragon’s body and wings.
January 31, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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sarkastiklover.bsky.social
Ok, it was a fight, but the damn thing's visual identity is starting to come together...

#wip #illustration #digitalart #comics
A WIP of a panel featuring a floating island with two bridges of wood and rope connecting it to the land, and the title "KILL YOUR GODS" placed against the sunset
January 30, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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cchapman.bsky.social
Astonishing

"using AI assistance led to a .. significant decrease in mastery. On a quiz [of] concepts used just a few minutes before, participants in the AI group scored 17% lower than those who coded by hand .. AI sped up the task slightly, but this didn’t reach .. statistical significance."
January 30, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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spavel.bsky.social
Yeah this is a classic insight from research into AI and automation in like the 70s that everyone working on LLMs just sort of shrugged about.

When the AI's parameters are exceeded and it fails, the untrained human is LEAST qualified to take over.
January 30, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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magicalscope.bsky.social
Feybruary 2026 Now OPEN!

days 12-19 for Seelie: themes of summer, sun, life, nature and mischief
days 20-27 for Unseelie: themes of winter, moon, death decay and cruelty
DM/e-mail to claim!
Rules: - 160 USD to preclaim - pick a day and a theme - pick type of weapon or item - (optional) send an OC ref for color and vibes reference - design specifics are up to artist - comes with a layered PSD file - PayPal invoice only
January 30, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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neil-ramsay.com
Lots of pretty hearts. Everyone loves hearts, right? Without them, it's REALLY hard to walk to the fridge.
January 30, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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salvaterra.bsky.social
look directly at the living eclipse, and it will make your body treat your own eyes as the enemy. 👀

#monstrosilist #ttrpg #b&wart #bestiary
black and white drawing of a strange eclipse phenomenon that is supposed to look like a tiny eclipse wandering around earth in search for victims.
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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oisinmcgann.bsky.social
If you see this, show your dark/night time art.

I didn’t get to do the cover art for my novel about Alcock and Brown’s flight across the Atlantic (Race the Atlantic Wind), but if I had, it would have looked like this.
A digital painting of a large, pale grey, two-engined biplane flying over the ocean on a cloudy night. It’s flying left to right and there are flames coming from the engine nearest us. Alcock and Brown sit side-by-side in the cramped cockpit.
January 30, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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lynx3d.bsky.social
If you see this, show your dark/night time art.
3d render of an astronaut drifting through space, reaching out for his spaceship that can only be seen as a reflection in his helmet. in the background there is a gas giant, a moon, and a nebula
January 30, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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meltingcore.bsky.social
🛸 "Red Shift" chapter thirty, part three has been released! In this chapter, I finally introduce Razz (Stellar's aunt) and Una!

Ω tapas.io/episode/3710...
Ω redshiftbymeltingcore.wordpress.com/chapter-thir...
A digital manga drawing of a silver skinned woman with closed eyes and light blue hair in twin braids. She wears a black and red crop top with long sleeves and a red skirt. She is holding a ball of light and a red cyberpunk cityscape is blurred behind her. A digital manga drawing of a silver skinned woman with bright red eyes and firey orange-red hair. She has elf ears and is wearing a blue sweater that is showing a bit of chest. She has red lipstick and is wearing a necklace. She has on earrings. A red cyberpunk cityscape is blurred behind her.
January 30, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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riolavar.bsky.social
If you see this, show your dark/night time art 🌙
January 30, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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sunbeamstone.bsky.social
QRT with how you draw armor.

Quite simple really.
January 30, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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danhawk333.bsky.social
Another bit of progress on the in office day piece. Mostly filling in details and such.
9x12 pen and paper #wip
#TraditionalArt #alien
Work in progress pen drawing of a large, black eyed alien wearing a technological headdress sitting behind a console in a larger craft with a back to a window
January 30, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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daveghoul.com
If you see this, show your dark/night time art.
Black Mass. 2025. Digital mixed medium. A human figure facing forward wearing a hooded black robe standing against a blue background with a gols boarder. They have a ghostly skull-like face and bloodshot eyes. The moon is positioned behind their head and is shades of orange.
January 30, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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levparikian.bsky.social
COULD SOME OF THE SHITHEADS DIE NOW PLEASE INSTEAD OF THE GOOD PEOPLE
January 30, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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v3333333333.bsky.social
New 2x3 wooden frame pet portraits available

Get your own pet in this for 15 each or 10 if you get 4 or more.

#petportrait #traditionalart #catart #caturday
2 2x3 wooden framed pet portraits are next to each other. Both are cats. One is blue, red, light purple, red, pink, and light blue with dark blue linework. The other is red, light purple, green, dark green, pink, rose, and purple with dark gray linwork. You can get one of these originals for 10 each. Pet portraits in this size of your pet are 15 each and 10 each if you get 4 or more.
January 30, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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stinasdemons.com
I don't often do fan art, but I may just try to make a Catherine O'Hara portrait. I adored her and she was in so many movies playing characters that brought me genuine, deep laughs and joy.

RIP, and I hope you know how much you were loved by your many, many fans.
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Alt: Catherine Crazy GIF
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January 30, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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editrix-rachel.bsky.social
Exactly. No one told me I was going to lose my job and be left behind if I didn't get a smartphone. I got a smartphone because it looked like it did a lot of useful things (and it does).

If the tech is good, you don't need to threaten people to get them to use it.
gravitybreak.media Multi Hardcore @gravitybreak.media · 11d
genAI is going to fail for the same reason NFTs, play-to-earn, web3, and the metaverse failed: because it's being sold as an "inevitable future" that you have to put up with and adapt to, rather than, you know, a product you would conceivably want to buy
January 30, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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kjetll.bsky.social
— oc: leeroy

I let you cut me open, just to watch me blееd
gave up who I am for who you wanted me to be
don't know why I'm hoping for what I won't receive
falling for the promise of the emptiness machine

🎶 Linkin Park – The Emptiness Machine

a bit of lore below ↓
▷ character: OC Leeroy, albino man, 25 years old, wearing all black. ▷ pose / action: Standing facing forward; one hand clenched into a fist, the other holding a rifle. ▷ key detail: Glowing red, exposed heart emitting energy. ▷ background: Abstract black-and-white swirls with red and blue glitch-like streaks; cyberpunk-style city. ▷ mood: Intense, dark, something is about to happen.
January 30, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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stevehendersonart.bsky.social
Neither one felt inclined to speak, because they were both so busy listening to the silence.

Stillness framed print -- stevehendersonart.com/featured/sti...

#art #artsky #blueskyartshow #nature #arizona #utah #peace #landscape #painting #notai #travel #women #beauty
Two women looking at the Grand Canyon.
January 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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worldtreeartjrny.bsky.social
If you see this, show your dark/nightime art
Fireflies glow in a mushroom filled meadow as a shooting star flies overhead
January 30, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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abigaillarson.com
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illustration of Catherine O'Hara as Delia Deetz for the Beetlejuice Tarot card, "Queen of Swords"
January 30, 2026 at 7:24 PM
shiftypumpkin.com
If you see this, show your dark/night time art 🌙
18”x24” oil painting of a nebula in red and orange, above a dark forest in shades of purple, blue and black. A cozy campfire brightly lights a clearing next to an old log, and reflects on the surrounding trees. A rushing stream cuts through the forest.
January 30, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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davidbrace2.bsky.social
"coup(on) (single)", oil on Wendy's coupon, 2 1/4 x 2 1/5", 2026- $60(Cdn) (artist's multiple) #art
A small Wendy's restaurant coupon for a Dave's single cheeseburger combo for $9.19 with a tiny painting of a honeybee in the bottom left corner.
January 30, 2026 at 7:17 PM