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Kestrel @strangebeacon.bsky.social · Jul 5
Peregrine falcons on old Coventry Cathedral's tower

#birds #photography #nature
Photograph of two peregrine falcons perched on the stonework of Coventry (old) cathedral's tower. One is perched slightly higher, looking down towards the other, who is busy preening. They are amidst the fine statues and carvings of the stonework. At the foot of the lower falcon are barely visible downy tufts that suggest a nest, though no chicks are seen. The right side of the photo is partially obscured by the leaves of a tree.
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happytoast.co.uk
Love that it's still exploring
Perseverance in the style of Calvin and Hobbes
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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artofrob.bsky.social
“Bullseye”

Available as a giclée art print in my Etsy shop.

Give art for the holidays…my Thanksgiving Storewide 25% Sale is happening now thru Sunday, December 7th!

Find ”Bullseye” here:
theartofrobhusberg.etsy.com/listing/8763...
“Bullseye” giclée art print We’re in the middle of autumnal woods and the leaves are falling. Our cat friend has been enjoying a solitary, undisturbed meander amongst the trees, savoring the sights, sounds, and smells, when a rather bold leaf has the temerity to land on and stick to the middle of his face. Such undignified effrontery! He is clearly quite consternated. A rather bemused little bird looks on from a safe distance in the branches above. Rendered in black ballpoint pen & coloured pencil. The leaf is the only thing in the drawing that’s in colour.
November 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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miamidsa.org
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
strangebeacon.bsky.social
Happy is the smiley that wears the crown.
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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readfulthings.com
Really happy with this new piece from Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein!
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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riseupcomus.bsky.social
I have said before and will say again that it is such a loss that we no longer get covers of this caliber for fantasy books.

This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.
Young man in a red tunic bearing a sword surrounded by armed glassy-eyed monsters A red robed horseman with a skull face and stag's antlers rides through the forest, the horse rearing back, a shaft of light falling onto the scene A red haired woman in a red dress and a boy in a blue doublet stand in front of a huge black cauldron. In the foreground, three cackling hags. A boy in a blue tunic with a dagger tries to get a sword away from a giant orange cat
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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harryrose.bsky.social
11 days apart. Brutal.
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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ellisjrosen.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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onikiniko.bsky.social
I still really love this artwork from when I finished watching DS9 back in 2022 :) (nikodals is my old signature, btw! not stealing nikodals' art lol) #StarTrek #fanart #DS9
January 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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dillo.media
found a guy
Carolina wren on a pile of branches
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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thxnywy.art
the process
#art
a nine-panel comic depicting a conveyor belt; a nozzle dispenses gloop onto it; a machine shakes hair onto the gloop; robotic arms place ears into the hairy gloop; a dropper dispenses two eyes onto the gloop; a stamping machine descends on the gloop; the gloop is not in the shape of a steaming cat loaf; the loaf is electrocuted by two zappy type deals, and sprouts legs and a tail; a cat stands on the coveyor belt, saying "A."
October 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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lioninthetrees.bsky.social
Carnotaur Totem 🦖✨

This friend will be available in my next shop update coming this Friday at 9am PT! 👀👀

Link for bookmarking: shop.lioninthetrees.com

#art #pottery #sciart
A large ceramic sculpture of a Carnotaur (think T-Rex but has horns coming out of their head over their eyes) done with black underglaze. This piece features sgraffito markings and my signature California Poppies crawling up it's sides and back. Also noting that the dinosaur looks rather happy. A photo of the back of the piece to show more of the Poppies curving up and around the back. The flower and it's stem have been coloured in using orange and green underglazes.
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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sparklemarkers.bsky.social
this is how you lose the dish war
A set of dish scrubbers shaped like a cardinal and a bluebird
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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tofupixel.bsky.social
here is a sketch i made in september
pixel art of a tree with computer screens ava c cables and moss and small white round creatures on it
January 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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tofupixel.bsky.social
studio ghibli #pixelart redraws
download here for your PC wallpapers - up to 4k
ko-fi.com/s/5b6d5672fa <3
a pixel art drawing of a scene from studio ghibli - pink, purple and yellow clouds at sunrise with some green fluffy trees in the foreground a pixel art drawing of a scene from studio ghibli - a field landscale with pastel peach and blue clouds and a yellow sun a pixel art drawing of a scene from studio ghibli's arrietty - a boy lies among lush grass and flowers, in the background there are trees, bushes and a pond a pixel art drawing of a scene from studio ghibli - kiki's delivery service - a white picket fence surrounded by flowers looks over a small island full of houses, around it is a big lake
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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michaelfogleman.com
the camera is up against a tree trunk, looking straight up #birds
A White-breasted Nuthatch looking inside the crevasses of a tree trunk covered in lichen.
November 21, 2024 at 1:42 PM
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aliceduke.bsky.social
Windfucker 🌬️🪶 - Kestrel painting from last year
digital painting of a male kestrel
March 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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slipperyjack.bsky.social
My uncle Trevor gave my dad a fresh block of driftwood from his caravan in Somerset, so you know what that means - more particularly cursed carved phantoms..!
👁️ wellswoodcarving.bigcartel.com
Three sheet ghosts carved from a lump of driftwood.
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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crowlls.bsky.social
The character vs how you drew the character
Gowron in redemption I think Gowron fanart sitting on the Klingon throne
November 19, 2024 at 5:54 PM
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rossydoesdrawings.bsky.social
A goblin tonk, commissioned by @trixmg.bsky.social thank you!
a drawing of a rusty tank piloted by two green goblins
November 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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tabathasouthey.bsky.social
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
A screenshot of a Facebook post where a person named Andy ask the Well now “What the hell is transgender?” The Royal Canadian Air Force account response with “That’s a pretty big question asked in a pretty small way, Andy. ‘Transgender’ putting describes someone whose gender – who they know themselves to be – doesn’t match the sex they were assigned at birth. It’s not new, and it’s certainly not a fad. People have lived this experience for as long as people have existed; we’re just finally talking about it openly. You don’t have to fully understand it right away, most learning takes time, but we can always start from a place of respect. That’s how decent folks handle things they’re still getting used to.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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kodasea.bsky.social
Artfight attack for Ellen_Enginn
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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queermedieval.bsky.social
a world without trans people has never existed and never will
a medieval style digital drawing of an androgynous brown-skinned knight on horseback on a hill, stabbing a long gold spear into a blue dragon on the ground. the knight has a gold halo behind their head and wears a suit of silver armor with a nonbinary flag striped tunic and a trans flag as a cape. their horse is white, with blue tack with trans pride trim. there is black gothic text at the top and bottom of the image reading “A world without trans people has never existed and never will.” there’s an ornate pale blue border around the image, filled with pink and blue scrollwork, gold hearts filled with colorful flowers, a smiley bat, two smiley moles, and two smiling frogs holding up trans flags.
April 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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kaseygifford.bsky.social
The guy in the green sweater is hanging on for dear life.
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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ascalaphid.com
brother rat
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 AM