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Jory 🟨⬜️🟪⬛️

@cursorial.bsky.social

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29, nb, grey-ace | they/them | 🐺💍🦭

disease biologist moonlighting as a critter (all views are my own); mostly sfw but still 🔞

commissioned work under #cursorialcomms

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Jory 🟨⬜️🟪⬛️ @cursorial.bsky.social · Nov 4

Hiya! I'm Jory (late 20s, they/them), a pine marten with an abiding affection for animals, nature, and art things—also, video- and board games! Fittingly for my species, I also boulder and drink too much coffee.

I'm a scientist by profession, but all opinions my own, etc.

I mainly commission art!!

Digital drawing by the artist Feer, depicting

An anthropomorphic pine marten (they/them) with rusty red fur and a cream throat is flanked by trees, with mountains in the background. The marten is wearing a red scarf and holds grains of wheat in their right paw, suggesting thriving growth. Their teal eyes are fixed on the night sky, the stars, and the full moon above. They are smiling in awe. A soft golden glow illuminates them from behind, haloing the fur around their neck and face.

Digital art by the artist Krysiilys.

A tarot card evoking the Ace of Wands, featuring the pine marten with red fur again. They are clasping to their chest a giant-sized paintbrush, and wearing a grey cloak. The brush has painted a swath of daybreak colours across the night sky in the background; in the darkness, falling stars form lines like rain on a window. A stylised moon/sun is bisected by the brushstroke.

The marten is pensive, thinking deeply, as if they are reaching deep into themselves for inspiration or direction.

Digital art by the artist Ale Green (aledles)!

A little sketch featuring the pine marten in more cartoony form, wielding the giant paintbrush again—a reference to the video game Chicory: A Colorful Tale. The paintbrush streaks across the composition, leaving pink and blue in its wake. The marten looks like they are trying their best!

Digital art by the artist Haulle (teratobite).

An inverted bust showing the head and neck of a pine marten with red and cream fur, swathed in a checkered red scarf. They are framed by an inverted triangle and a scattering of falling autumnal leaves which form a circle around the marten. The marten has opened their mouth in a toothy, chompy smile. The gradient of the fur colours running down their back parallels the colours of fall.

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Athanaca

@athanaca.bsky.social

-This is not the sky-

😢It is really sad to see adorable birds dying because of the reflection on windows, so I made this illustration for some bird protection organizations to propagandize this situation.

#bird #illustration #animalprotection #originalart #animal #digitalart #animalart #artist

an illustration of a long tailed strike hitting onto the glass, which reflects the the sky

October 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM

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Athanaca

@athanaca.bsky.social

The flowing blue🩵

#animal #animalart #birdart #bird #illustration #digitalart #originalart #kingfisher

Illustration of the back of an common kingfisher

November 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM

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Kieran

@toadally.bsky.social

I simply do not care if the boobs I draw are asymmetrical. That’s the most realistic part about my art.

November 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM

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Kieran

@toadally.bsky.social

Dinos with boobs RAAAAH

November 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM

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devon rubin

@devonrubinart.bsky.social

my sweet creature..

my art. gdt version of frankensteins monster

November 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM

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🍁Eski🍁

@eskiworks.bsky.social

Last two Autumn Heralds of the season, for @wmrina.bsky.social and @senzyri.bsky.social!
[ #Art #FurryArt ]

Digital painting of an anthro rat (white with tan and grey splotches), floating in front of a stand of yellow aspen trees with her palms out.

Digital painting of an anthro maine coon cat, floating in front of a stand of red maple trees with her palms out.

November 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM

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The Yetee 🌈 🕊️

@theyetee.com

In real stroke of genius, we've expanded our official Chicory collection with a pair of colorful new items! Add a splash to your collection with a new tee and acrylic standee both designed by artist @mikotoazure.bsky.social, available now for pre-order: theyetee.com/chicory

November 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM

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Abbie R. 🎃✨

@alridpath.bsky.social

I loveeeee talking/analyzing media with my friends it makes me wanna gnaw on something like a dog lol

November 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM

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CIDRAP

@cidrap.bsky.social

Preliminary human bird flu case reported in Washington state

If confirmed, it will be the first human bird flu case in the United States since February.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

November 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM

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🪕🐻Banjo Critter🐻🪕

@takaalive.bsky.social

Adventure! 🦦🌼🍂❄️

two otters, one a gray river otter and one a gray and yellow sea otter meet happily atop a rock in a low mountain valley, slowly transitioning from spring to winter

November 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM

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Miko🍉 -> AfterBark NFC26

@octomono.bsky.social

Nov calendar day 14!

Brass
Grace
Retro

#CalendarNov25

A onyx gazelle character dressed in a striking way, with gold accessories and star-shaped glasses. He looks at the camera in an intriguing way, his gaze is accentuated by the accessories he is wearing.

November 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM

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Logan V. { 𓃥𓃥𓃦 }

@animalshapes.bsky.social

The Girls 🍂

[ #art #characters #coyote-and-badger ]

November 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM

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laney 🦭

@knives4cats.bsky.social

many foxgirls are doing this

November 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM

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Betty Jiang

@bettyjiang.bsky.social

I had the honor of making this painting for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.

November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM

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Louise H. Moncla

@lhmoncla.bsky.social

Our lab's paper describing the North American H5N1 epizootic is out now in Nature! So thrilled to have this out, and congratulations to @lambod50.bsky.social for all the fantastic work on this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ecology and spread of the North American H5N1 epizootic - Nature

The panzootic of highly pathogenic H5N1 since 2021 was driven by around nine introductions into the Atlantic and Pacific flyways, followed by rapid dissemination through wild migratory birds, primaril...

www.nature.com

November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM

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Jagal

@jagalart.bsky.social

HUE 14

November 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM

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Bo Bolander

@bbolander.bsky.social

checking in on how bird flu is going and just immediately climbing back into bed

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Fears for elephant seals as bird flu kills half of population in South Atlantic

Study estimates 53,000 females have died on South Georgia since 2023, with ‘dramatic impact’ on future of the species

www.theguardian.com

November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM

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🪐 maki

@ljesak.bsky.social

free fall
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#art #digitalart #lesbian

November 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM

Jory 🟨⬜️🟪⬛️

@cursorial.bsky.social

holy fuck GDT Frankenstein is so fuckin good

November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM

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piper!

@captyns.bsky.social

WINTER THIGH UP FORM IS OPEN! ❄️

Will close in about a week or until I have enough submissions! Pricing and info linked in form below; these will be finished by the end of Feb 2026. NSFW options available!