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Harkthorn
@harkthorn.bsky.social
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Does art, likes birds | Daily sketches | Parrots and Pigeons | NoGеnAߊ

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Harkthorn @harkthorn.bsky.social · Sep 1
✨Reintroduction post!

I'm Harkthorn, and I like to draw mostly fantasy and wildlife art-especially griffons, dragons, birds, and big cats. I also post a lot of bird photos-both of my three parrots, and of the pigeon flock that visits my window, especially Coopuccino (shown here with his mate)

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A realistic drawing of a Blue-throated conure griffon on a branch with leaves in the top right and bottom left of the image. The griffon has one forepaw raised and a pinned eye, looking at the viewer A green ballpoint pen sketch of a running wingless griffon, based on a grey heron, with a more dog-like back half A photo of two feral pigeons on a window sill, without the glass in the way. The front pigeon is a pied black male. The back pigeon is a spread/back female with feathered legs and feet A photo of a Blue-throated conure on a wooden desk perch stand thing. He is facing the viewer, but has put his head down, and turned it sideways a bit so his eye is viewable, and most of his beak. He is looking, with half-closed eye. He wants pets!
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harkthorn.bsky.social
I tried the demo for Farewell North (because Border Collie), and turns out it has Gàidhlig subtitles! They're not mentioned anywhere in the description or the listed languages, so that was a really cool surprise
Farewell North
Restore color to the desolate islands of Farewell North, an atmospheric journey where you play as a border collie on an adventure with your human.
www.nintendo.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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ghostofthesea.bsky.social
I turn 30 today! 🎉

Any chance for some shares? I'd love to be able to share my artwork with more people! <3
Photo of an A5 watercolour painting of 3 small white spotted jellyfish using shades of red and orange, with splatters of paint, and white and black ink for details. In the background are some fake leaves on wood grain. Photo of a watercolour painting of a shoebill stork, in green and blue with splatters and drips of paint around it. Photo of a watercolour painting of a male trumpeter hornbill in profile. Only a purple watercolour is used in different dilutions, with blank India ink and silver calligraphy ink used for details. A dip pen is lay next to the painting. Photo of an A5 watercolour painting of a lineolated parakeet, a small parrot, primarily in green with hints of yellow. Black and white ink is used for details. In the backgorund is wood grain and artificial plants.
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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phasemoth.bsky.social
✨Looking for weird & quirky dark art & want to support a small artist over the holidays?✨

Grab something from my shop!

phasemoth.com/collections/...

International postage from the UK takes a few weeks, so please don't leave it too late! :)

#darkart #bsnm #cryptids #furby #birds #illustration
A photo of my Wendigo themed foil bookmark sitting within the pages of a cook book. A photo of a Furby themed holographic vinyl sticker. A photo of an enamel pin badge featuring a magpie holding a green jewel and flying in front of a crescent moon. A cerberus themed print sitting in some grass. The Cerberus has three skull dog style heads, and its fur is bright red and orange.
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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harkthorn.bsky.social
I picked up my Switch for the first time in... a long time last night

1) Does it matter whether I use virtual game cards or keep the older online license system? I have one console, don't share games

2) If I move a game from SD to internal memory, do the save files go with it? It was unclear
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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harkthorn.bsky.social
Black-throated magpie jay

-3245 🎨🐡🪶 #art
A black ballpoint sketch of the top half of a Black-throated magpie jay, viewed from the side and facing to the left of the image
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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bobthebird.bsky.social
I miss flowers and green leaves. Why is Scandinavia so terribly noir!
#ParrotSky
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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chaide.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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hannahshelley.bsky.social
After years of useless posture advice ("imagine a string pulling you up"???), the only technique that's ever worked for me is to imagine there are laser beams coming out of your nipples and aim for people's heads. It works, and people cannot tell you're doing it
Meme of lone person in the corner of a party while others socialize, thinking "they don't know I'm... lining up headshots with my laser nipples". Laser beams are shooting out of his nipples at the other party goers
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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kahgei.bsky.social
could I offer u a borb in these trying times 🫴

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#cockatiel #parrotsky #mrmouse🦜
A white faced cockatiel snoozing on a pillow. Hes got a dollop like shape due to fluff.
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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revolverunit.bsky.social
Great engineering minds are hard at work
Repeated Failure Yesterday at 1:35 PM The Rent Reducer 9000: A gun in a box disguising it as a free little library. A raspberry pi scrapes Zillow for open houses nearby. During open house hours, it tells a starter pistol/cap gun to fire a few times. Seen here at an art thing I brought it to.
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 AM
harkthorn.bsky.social
I tried the demo for Farewell North (because Border Collie), and turns out it has Gàidhlig subtitles! They're not mentioned anywhere in the description or the listed languages, so that was a really cool surprise
Farewell North
Restore color to the desolate islands of Farewell North, an atmospheric journey where you play as a border collie on an adventure with your human.
www.nintendo.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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cascoclauda.bsky.social
this dog is one of very few things keeping me sane right now
a photo of a beige american bulldog dressed in a pastel multi-coloured fleece hoodie the same dog in the same hoodie, except the camera is closer to him and he is looking up and away from it
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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daisyowl.com
maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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quietnovastudios.bsky.social
This is what I've been up to lately, she's approximately 14 feet long and took me a week to make

🧶 #amigurumi #crochet #jellyfish #invertebrate #ocean #Medusa #SciArt #art #craft
A simply enormous crocheted jellyfish in greens and blues and purples, coiled upon a bed
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
harkthorn.bsky.social
I picked up my Switch for the first time in... a long time last night

1) Does it matter whether I use virtual game cards or keep the older online license system? I have one console, don't share games

2) If I move a game from SD to internal memory, do the save files go with it? It was unclear
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
harkthorn.bsky.social
Black-throated magpie jay

-3245 🎨🐡🪶 #art
A black ballpoint sketch of the top half of a Black-throated magpie jay, viewed from the side and facing to the left of the image
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
harkthorn.bsky.social
Ohtori inspecting my work after his shower

For the next colour/s I have some other metallics-gold, copper, silver, bronze (makes me think of dragon scales)-then when I'm brave enough, I got a glittery teal to match Ohtori's throat feathers
A photo of a Blue-throated conure perched on a hand, looking down at the nails, which are painted in a metallic dark grey colour #parrotsky
November 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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spencer.cx
shortly after chewing the paint off my walls #cockatiel
November 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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sunoftiberian.bsky.social
Beetle brooch. Fashion dark design in ruthenium #insect #beetle #electroformed #bugsky #sciart
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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illgottencranes.bsky.social
Some quick acrylic pen drawings on wooden ornaments that I did to procrastinate on a watercolor that's giving me trouble. 😛

Two-sided. Festive and winter pigeons for me, christmas and plausibly all-year rhinoceroses for my mother-in-law. First time drawing a rhino, iirc
A wooden ornament with a portrait of a grey domestic pigeon wearing a Santa hat against a starry blue background A wooden ornament with a painting of a light brown domestic pigeon standing fluffed on one foot amid piles of snow, wearing a red scarf A wooden ornament with a portrait of a rhinoceros inside of a festive green, white, red, silver, and gold patterned border. The rhinoceros has a Santa hat on one horn and the longest horn is decorated as a christmas tree, and it's wearing a white and red scarf. A wooden ornament with a painting of a blue rhinoceros running on a field of yellow, with a green sky - I have a lot more shades of blue than gray, so I just shifted all the colors to be weird. :P
November 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
harkthorn.bsky.social
Dragon sketch. I saw a blurry photo of a goat, and the turned-forward ears looked like horns, which is what inspired this. The beard and longer back/spine hair are now spikes, kept the goat horns, and he's got a lil goat-like nose

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A blue ballpoint pen sketch of the head of a dragon, facing to the left of the image. It is roughly based on a mountain goat, with two pairs of horns, and various spikes
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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farnerb0cken.bsky.social
every year someone does a study that’s like “we gave 100 homeless ppl money and their lives improved” and every year the government kills that guy
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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mouseinthehouse.bsky.social
Anyone else have parrots who sleep intertwined like this?

#Parrot #Conure #ParrotSky
November 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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pigeonpop.bsky.social
Everyone say hello to the newest member of our flock, Teapot!
#PigeonSky
A light and dark grey dappled pigeon sitting on a blanket
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
harkthorn.bsky.social
A dragon based on a plumed basilisk lizard for today's sketch. The headcrest of the male lizard in one photo looked like it was actually two protrusions at angles, so I took that idea and exaggerated the size

-3243 🎨🐡 #art
A green ballpoint sketch of a small dragon based on a plumed basilisk lizard. It is perched among many small leaves, it's body hidden from its midsection and further back. Its wings are raised. It is facing to the right of the image. It has small spines on its nose, and two long scaled protrusions from the back of its head, one on each side
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM