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James @james-02.bsky.social · Mar 28
Finally finished this hawfinch! :)

#bird #art
A digital drawing of a hawfinch‘s upper body half on a yellow background.
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I HATE PUBLIC TRANSPORT
October 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Unsolicited trick pics
Aziraphale from season one of good omens holding a rabbit and looking ecstatic. He has a moustache drawn on and there is bunting behind him. Season 2 Aziraphale looking ecstatic while wearing his magician costume. Crowley is behind him in his 1940s clothes. Season 1 Aziraphale looking despairing after his trick goes wrong at a children's party and he's covered in white splotches. There is bunting behind him. Aziraphale in season 2 in magician get up with a top hat looking terrified. His lips are pursed and his eyes are wide. This is all going to go horribly wrong.
October 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Oh! A Pink-footed Goose is waddling through your feed. How very silly. 💗
A Pink-footed Goose walking across short green grass, caught mid-step with its head turned slightly to the side. Its pale belly contrasts with darker brown head and barred grey back, while its bright pink legs and feet stand out vividly
October 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Getting used to working six days a week after having a flexible uni schedule for years is quite the challenge, as I have found out. T-T
September 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Started working on this crow painting back in 2021 (left). Today I sat down and finally put my acrylics and paintbrushes to use again (right).
It's looking a little messy, but I feel like I made good progress and have an idea how I want this painting to look in the end.

#art #acrylicart #painting
Painting of a crow sitting on a branch. The colours are flat and splotchy, some areas are still unpainted, the sketch and outlines peeking through. Painting of a crow sitting on a branch. It's coloured in cool blue hues and is roughly shaded. The blue is now also present in the previously black background, swirling like mist around the animal.
August 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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A bit weird to think that I've completed all my modules. I've only my work placement and my thesis left to do.
August 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Thought I‘d give this art trend a try ^^
💙❤️
#appletrend #acgas
#fanart #art
A digital painting of an apple core. The sides that have been bitten off form the silhouettes of Audrey and Siegfried (from the 2020 TV show “All Creatures Great and Small“) in profile. The apple is coloured and shaded in a painterly way, whilst both characters‘ heads are only sketched in to let the focus remain on the apple core. The two apple seeds in the middle of the core are arranged to form a heart.
August 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Made a lizard freehand :D
Colourful beads strung together to form a lizard keychain.
July 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Finally made a rat out of beads yesterday. Didn't have brown beads for a hooded rat so I decided to make a rainbow one instead :)
Beads of different colours strung together to form the shape of a rat, with a rainbow carabiner attached to the end of the tail.
July 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Why aren’t some eggs egg-shaped?

The unusual pyriform (long and pointy) shape of guillemot eggs has caused a lot of discussion among scientists - and as always, it comes down to egg-volution.

Find out the point of these perfectly peaked eggs in this week’s #SurprisingScience 🥚🏔️
July 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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He already closed his first deal! :3
A black and white cat wearing a red necktie is giving a paw shake, looking like a tiny businessman who just closed a successful deal.
July 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Michael Morpurgo's "Cobweb" was such a lovely, quick read.
I'm normally not really a fan of a first person point of view, but for this sweet story, it was the perfect choice. And the illustrations by Michael Foreman are lovely.
The book "Cobweb" by Michael Morpurgo. The book is closed and its cover depicts the protagonist, a Pembrokeshire corgi named Cobweb, front and center in the countryside of Wales. Behind him stands an army drummer, and birds are soaring through the golden sky. The book is opened to a page roughly im the middle of the book, which features an illustration of a man and dog riding on the back of a horse.
July 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Best cast. Best people.
ohbequiet.bsky.social Kim @ohbequiet.bsky.social · Jul 20
Them!!🥹
July 21, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Today I read "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown. I had to put the book down so many times to wipe my eyes 😭!
It was so good and beautiful and heart-wrenching! I think especially because I love nature and found family it ticked all the right boxes for me.
And the illustrations – so adorable!
I am holding the book "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown in front of a white background. The cover is an illustration by the author, depicting Roz, the robot protagonist, standing on top of a rocky cliff, overlooking the ocean beneath. Behind Roz, a red sun can be seen above a forest landscape. The bold letters spelling out the title of the book are in a blocky font that resembles the strokes of a hard paintbrush.
July 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Did not expect this result, haha

Quiz: uquiz.com/quiz/eTdXoU/...
Picrew: picrew.me/ja/image_mak...
A picrew (digital dress-up game) image depicting what is supposed to be the poster: a young man with short, side-parted, blond hair, freckles, and pale skin. He is wearing a dark, collared shirt with a dark blue jacket. The artist who created this picrew game is called Fuzenia. Quiz result: So Much Fanfiction "You have so, so much fanfiction, either because you're so shippable, or because you're hot. Maybe both. Probably both. You definitely flirt with everyone, either way. Tumblr and Twitter love you and showers you with queer headcanons. Reddit keeps a safe distance."
July 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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🆕🚨 New statutory Relationships and Sex Education guidance published today will:

- Restrict schools from using materials that "encourage pupils to question their gender"
- Teaches children the laws about "biological sex"
- Removes all references to the word transgender

What we know so far 🧵
Logo of the Department of Education. Title: Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education. Subtitle: Statutory guidance for governing bodies, proprietors, head teachers, principals, senior leadership teams, and teachers. Dated July 2025
July 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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It's not going all too badly at the moment. I have my internship to look forward to, passed a terrifying module with excellent marks, to my surprise and joy; ...
July 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Peter Sandys-Clarke as Edward Burne-Jones. First time I‘ve done one of these portraits in 3/4 view.

#art #digitalart #fanart
A digitally drawn portrait. Depicted is British actor Peter Sandys-Clarke as Edward Burne-Jones in „Desperate Romantics“. He is facing the left side of the image. Edward is wearing a suit with a waistcoat and cravat. In his left hand, he is holding a sandwich as he looks upwards.
July 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Also as an addition; sign this petition ASAP if you're someone in the UK.

Rather than just sitting around and doing fuck all, we need to make it clear that this Bullshit OSA won't work. Ever. Nor do folk fucking want it.

Contact your MPs about the bill too.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
July 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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We’re excited to announce that Twelfth Night and Wendy & Peter Pan are coming to London’s Barbican this winter 💫
A man wearing dark clothes and a bright yellow ruff has his hands together, making the shape of a heart. He is smiling widely. Along the bottom, bright yellow text reads: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. A girl in a white dress jumps on a lifts off from her bed and up into the air. Toys, clocks, and a lamp all float in the air around her. Along the bottom, light blue text reads: Wendy & Peter Pan by Ella Hickson, adapted from the book by J.M. Barrie.
July 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Bought a postcard set just for this beauty of a car.
Since I have still been unable to find anything with Siegfried's Rover, I continue collecting cars that look sort-of like it but aren't, haha
Postcard with a vector image of an MGTD Roadster from 1953 on a white background.
July 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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You have been visited by the smiling Stock Dove.

It grants you great wisdom and fortune.

📷 Justin Sneddon
Close-up of a Stock Dove, showing its soft grey feathers, glossy black eye, and a hint of iridescent green and purple on the neck. Its slight upturned beak and gentle expression give the impression of a serene - and mysteriously knowing - smile, set against a softly blurred green background.
June 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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This week's shaping up to be a scorcher for many across the UK. ☀️

Here are four ways to help your garden visitors stay cool this summer. 👇
A colourful graphic titled 'Help wildlife beat the heat' with illustrations and tips on creating natural habitats. Tips include letting grass grow long to provide cool refuge for insects, planting shrubs for shade, setting up shallow water stations for hydration, and creating muddy puddles to help nesting birds, amphibians and reptiles. The scene depicted shows a garden for wildlife, with long grass, pools of water, trailing plants and a muddy puddle set against a fence. The sun is pictured in the top right in orange hues.
June 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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The wait for my work contract continues... and uni is getting real tough rn. I'm so far behind on everything :(
June 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM