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Swandog / Xenia Eliassen

@swandog.bsky.social

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Old (53) cryptid-thing ΘΔ, furry/fantasy artist & crafter, birbmom, nonbinary ⚧️ (she/they), demi/ace, disabled/chronically ill ♿️ (MS, PsA, etc.), neurodivergent ♾️ (AuDHD) & US import in Norway. Socialist/antifascist! ✊️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🍉 🚫️NO AI🚫

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Swandog / Xenia Eliassen @swandog.bsky.social · Oct 22

Welcome, new followers! 👋❤️ I guess I should do a new intro! 😅 I'm Xenia, a nonbinary, ND, disabled, chronically ill artist in Norway (originally from US). I love to draw all fantasy and furry critters, but especially winged ones! 🪽 I'm also an old-school traditional artist learning digital media. 😊

Colored pencil drawing of a mandarin duck and a wood duck posing together in a Japanese garden with a bamboo grove and an oriental wooden bridge.

Ink drawing on parchment of a lioness taur asleep on a gnarled tree bough.

Ink drawing, digitally colored, of a sleeping fantasy doe with a feathered tail, surrounded by an ivy border that spells out the name "Lockett", and a parchment ribbon banner wrapped around her forelegs.

Ink drawing, pencil shaded, of a badger cradling and bottle-feeding an arctic fox cub. The badger is sitting in the grass with his back against a gnarled willow tree, next to a pond filled with water lilies.

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KarrahE @karrahe.bsky.social · 4h

Another cat gift art ☺️

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 15h

Daily bunny no.3112 has friends in high places

Two bunnies are on an old-fashioned cablecar, going slowly up a snow-capped mountains. They're looking at the cliffside as they ascend, seeing trees and some pikas who live there.

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RAPIDPUNCHES @rapidpunches.itch.io · 15h

I redrew the band Sigue Sigue Sputnik :) #art #shark #penguins #beluga

A hammerhead, two penguins, and two beluga posing in outrageous stage costumes.

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Daryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · 15h

Happy Saturday latesky! I wanna see a recent (or not) photo you took that you’re proud of!

This is a Mississippi kite I photographed chowing down on a butterfly mid-flight after days of searching in the hopes of a sighting 🪶🦋🌿

A Mississippi kite, a gray raptor, mid flight with a butterfly in its talons

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 14h

If you were at the No Kings events, please wear a mask for the next few days.

Covid is not over.

You can infect others before you feel symptomatic.

People are losing their healthcare. They’re losing their food assistance. They’re losing housing.

We need to protect each other.

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cambrian epic wet animal @dinoserious.bsky.social · 14h

#invertober 18, black n yellow mud dauber!! i love love love a wasp

#invertober2025

geometric color block drawing of a black and yellow mud dauber wasp on a bright red background with black striping

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Jessica Elena @byjessicaelena.bsky.social · 13h

For #Peachtober prompt "critter" my friend @leoniejonk.bsky.social and I did a lil collab of critters!! yay!!! We did about half the animals each!!

#art #illustration

A digital drawing with little drawn animals and critters scattered on a page, as well as some flowers and leaves. There's a dog, a cat, araccoon, a hedgehog, a lizard and so on.

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Kaneda @vg99kinsei.bsky.social · 13h

ド族のレクタス
菌糸から錬金する鎧錫(かいすず)を扱った工房を持っている小さい鹿の子。狭いところが好き。お洒落して町に出かけることもある人慣れした種。
個人的なコクワガタの擬人(?)化解釈絵です🐞

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Nomax @nomax.bsky.social · 12h

artists, what's your favorite part to draw? quote this post!

I may or may not have a love-hate relationship with water.

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very big ant | commissions open! @sixfoot-ant.bsky.social · 13h

artists, what's your favorite part to draw? quote this post!

I think it's... the snow...

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Brigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 11h

Autumn Blackbirds on Crab Apples - by Malvern based Batik artist, Marie-Therese King.

More of Marie-Therese's gorgeous batik work, here: mariethereseking.uk

#birds #art #birdart

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 11h

The phrase "trans activist" is goofy because like 95% of the time it's used it refers to a trans person simply existing.

Media, pointing at a woman buying a coffee: behold, a trans activist.

Woman: buying coffee is not activism stop being so fucking weird

Media: trans activist criticizes media

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Matthew Highton @matthighton.bsky.social · 10h

Giving real Paprika dream parade vibes.

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💀Skulls and Sheets👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 10h

Saw the autumn leaves dancing as I drove my car yesterday and wanted to a mari with a dress formed of whirling leaves

A horse skull with a crown of branches with a cloak made of whirling Autumn leaves

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Mathilde Périé @mathildeperie.bsky.social · 10h

Entangled in the threads of the white moon.

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Swandog / Xenia Eliassen @swandog.bsky.social · 3h

Happy Birthday!!! ♥️♥️♥️

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2ghosts @2ghosts.bsky.social · 9h

its my birthday! as always my only wish is for people to look at and appreciate my art 🙏 thank you

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SAHASA 🐙 @sculptedreef.com · 9h

🐠 From the Archives: a clownfish I sculpted from colored clay 🎨

#ColorADay #OrangeSun #ArtYear #Art #Sculpture #SundayFishSketch #FishArt #MarineLife #Clownfish 🦑🐡

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Thanda ✨ @thandaart.com · 9h

We made this little raven this week for a friend’s birthday.
I love it, I think it turned out so cute 🥺

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Swandog / Xenia Eliassen @swandog.bsky.social · 3h

The "Only Posts" feed does help, as it doesn't show reboosts, but yeah, I wish it could be done for individual users. (I also reboost a ton of art as well as political stuff, and I imagine it can get annoying for folks.) 🙈

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Lizzi 🐦‍⬛🌸 @spiritcrowart.bsky.social · 7h

I think if you use the 3rd party viewer deck.blue , it allows you to turn off reposts from individual users! I do wish it was an option on the default platform too though

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Get the most out of Bluesky with a multi-column layout

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.co.uk · 9h

Setting up at the Artists Gallery Ludlow tomorrow, if you're in south Shropshire, do come and take a look. I'm one of the guest artists along with husband Matt Dixon for the next month! The gallery also happens to be above a mega fancy farm shop! #artexhibition #fantasyart #watercolour #unicorn

a frosty night and a mountain unicorn calls out for a mate, it's hot breath lit up by the moon

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Toby Fox @tobyfoxart.bsky.social · 9h

Wandering Warlock, my tenth piece for #Octoby2025 🐈‍⬛🗡️

A soldier deep in the Red Desert patrols her city’s borders
#octoby

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 8h

Today marks the two-year anniversary of a great modern sci-fi show: Scavengers Reign. 🥰

A new classic that is only officially available in a few countries.

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Ulvin.art @ulvinart.bsky.social · 8h

Working on those two 🐾✨

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