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Ecology-inspired art for curious people, multimedia support for scientists, artists, and community advocates. Based in PNW, rooted in Alaska. they/any

https://mossystonemedia.carrd.co/
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Kel | Mossy Stone Media @mossystonemedia.bsky.social · Dec 22
2025 has been such a big year. It's the first time since 2019 that I've been able to really embrace art sales again. I was able to work on beloved old projects and collaborate with awesome new folks, as well.

#artistalleywrapped #artistwrapped
An image styled like a collage labeled 2025 Rewind. There is a stamp with the logo Mossy Stone Media, and a list with the bullets zine fests, artist alleys, streams, podcasts, and copy editing. There is a color photo of mosses, and a black and white photo of Kel Skonberg with headphones and a shirt doodled on. An image styled like a collage and yearly recap posts. The text reads: You tabled at 4 events (that's three more than last year!) - 2 conventions, 2 zine fests, 63 hours at events, 208 miles driven for furthest event. At the bottom, a film strip of the booths at each of the 4 events.
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cartoonist.coop
Hourly Comics Day has MOVED!

It's the 20th anniversary and we're taking a stand alongside our Black cartoonist members and friends to demand a change to honor Black History Month- draw your comics on the 8th, not the 1st!

hourlycomicsday.com

#hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicday #hcd
"IN OBSERVANCE & SOLIDARITY". Two black speech bubbles with white text read "HOURLY COMICS DAY IS NOW ON FEB 8TH. CARTOONISTS HONOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. FEB 1 - MAR 1". There is an illustration of a black silhouetted hand raised and holding a pen in the top right, and an illustration of a nib pen and an ink well personified on the bottom right. The nib and ink are bumping fists. A URL at the bottom is "hourlycomicsday.com".
January 26, 2026 at 9:21 PM
mossystonemedia.bsky.social
Made the mistake of mentioning on stream yesterday that my graphics tablet is 20 years old. The cord started going out today.
January 24, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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ipaintbirbs.bsky.social
a strange little guy for birbfest!!!!
January 10, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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mxmorgan.com
well, evening plans changed. went ahead and made 60 swatch squares available - completely free to purchase and royalty free to use. tips appreciated but never required.

bloop: ko-fi.com/s/b772a32998
January 10, 2026 at 5:17 AM
mossystonemedia.bsky.social
In times like these, when it feels like there's little we can do as individuals to make the world a better place, we can look to mutual aid for solutions. We can also get inspired by examples of a similar concept in biology, mutualism.
Page One. A grayscale comic titled "Mutualism: Reciprocity in Nature" by Kel. The first page has 10 panels. The first panel is the Seattle Skyline from Bainbridge Island, with the narration "When talking about the natural world, people often focus on competition, ignoring collaboration, also known as mutualism." The second panel is a headshot of a personified dog pelt lichen with bunny-ear-like apothecia and dot eyes, who says "I'm Pelt. Lichens like me are partnerships between two or more species. There are many benefits to mutualism, depending on the relationship." Panel 3 introduces these benefits: Food. A bee (Diadasia nitidifrons) flies toward a mallow flower. Pelt continues, "Many different bees pollinate flowers and receive nectar." Panel 4: "But this Ethiopian wolf is ALSO a pollinator." A fox-like wolf licks a red hot poker flower. Panels 5 and 6: "Coyotes and badgers hunt together, as do groupers and eels." Each pair of animals, side by side, faces the other at the panel split. Panel 7: "Prairie dogs follow bison, both shaping prairies to their liking." A prairie dog stands on a mound in the foreground, a much smaller prairie dog in the middle ground, and finally a huge bison looms in the background. Panel 8: Shelter. "Figs protect wasp larvae, and maples provide high-rise housing while collecting food through canopy roots." In the foreground on the left, a tiny pollinating fig wasp stands on a bundle of figs, and in the background on the right, maple leaves protrude from moss-and-fern-covered branches. Panel 9 and 10: Hygiene. "Cleaner fish tidy sea turtle shells, while crows let ants pick off parasites." A sea turtle winks to protect its eye as surgeonfish clean its face and shell. A crow crouches with wings splayed, tiny black dots all over it, in a behavior called passive anting.
January 3, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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hagofbolding.bsky.social
a WIP since this drawing/future risograph is taking me fuckin forever
a digital drawing of overlapping chickens and assorted bugs in a chaotic arrangement
January 3, 2026 at 5:28 AM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
Less than $800 away from 50% of our goal. Sincere thanks to everyone who has donated and shared so far: gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f...
Black Zine Fair Returns in 2026 — Help Us Bring It to Life
The Black Zine Fair was founded by Mariame Kaba and Neta Bomani in 2023 to address a clear gap: Black publishers and artists have long shaped independent publishing, yet we were still underrepresented...
gogetfunding.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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samimarkart.bsky.social
snowy sparrows illustration for a future sticker sheet! The white throated are probably my favorite, although the juncos always entertain me in the winter. 🪶
a drawing of 7 different sparrow species, foraging in the snow for some scattered birdseed.
January 3, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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pamwishbow.bsky.social
As we wrap up 2025 how about a 2026 postcard calendar to keep in touch with friends via letter.

The art each month turns into a postcard with a bonus mini art that matches the month's art.

pamwishbow.com
Shop photo of a 2026 calendar with a crow illustration Shop photo of a 2026 calendar with a jar of pickles illustration on the bottom section of a postcard, which is on the reverse of the calendar page Shop photo of a 2026 calendar with an assemblage of the illustrated pages, some torn away to use as postcards. close up shop photo of the art on a calendar, image centers on a pizza and a nesting pigeon
December 31, 2025 at 1:49 AM
mossystonemedia.bsky.social
It’s time for #artvsartist! This was the best year for art that I’ve had in several years. In 2026 I’m hoping to do more paintings and maybe take a few more selfies. #artvsartist2025
A picture of Kel (Mossy Stone Media) is at the center of a grid of 9 images, sitting in an alpine environment, looking happy while taking a photo with a DSLR camera. The surrounding images are, clockwise from top left: pika-chu, a black and white self-portrait, a person from the "Naturehood" zine, an embroidered and block printed magpie, a Western gray squirrel illustration, an embroidered and block-printed pride raccoon, a liverwort salamander adapted from Cryptogam Cryptids, and an acoustic tile of pride muskoxen protecting trans calves. All illustrations are digitally drawn unless otherwise noted.
December 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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korybing.bsky.social
The popular flesh-eating deer-monster with the name that starts with a W is a serious figure in many Native American tribes and has been requested many times that it is not used as some goofy fun movie monster. Instead how about you consider: Not Deer? cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Not_Deer
Client Challenge
cryptidz.fandom.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
mossystonemedia.bsky.social
2025 has been such a big year. It's the first time since 2019 that I've been able to really embrace art sales again. I was able to work on beloved old projects and collaborate with awesome new folks, as well.

#artistalleywrapped #artistwrapped
An image styled like a collage labeled 2025 Rewind. There is a stamp with the logo Mossy Stone Media, and a list with the bullets zine fests, artist alleys, streams, podcasts, and copy editing. There is a color photo of mosses, and a black and white photo of Kel Skonberg with headphones and a shirt doodled on. An image styled like a collage and yearly recap posts. The text reads: You tabled at 4 events (that's three more than last year!) - 2 conventions, 2 zine fests, 63 hours at events, 208 miles driven for furthest event. At the bottom, a film strip of the booths at each of the 4 events.
December 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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jopabinia.bsky.social
End of year science thread: a few memorable papers that came out this year. Last year I didn't include any paleontology, but this time I'll start with a paper about early animal evolution that I absolutely adore, although I'm biased as a friend of the authors @egmitchell.bsky.social 🧪

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egmitchell.bsky.social Emily Mitchell @egmitchell.bsky.social · Jan 22
Super excited that our review on the ecology of the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition is now out on how ecology changes across scales from organisms to communities to the world through time. Fab art @franzanth.bsky.social showing the build up of ecological complexity
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
December 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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popsci.com
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.

And trans lives are grounded in reality.

We see y'all. No matter what.

www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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kamakru.bsky.social
Seeking references & exploring ideas and possibilities in real things is what makes the best curated boards and references! Quality references will in turn give you better quality results that aren't marred by made up garbled imagery from who-knows-where. It's like eating good food, but for your art
kortizart.bsky.social Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · Dec 17
Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things.

Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
Some thoughts: When using GenAi as a mood board you don't get sources. This means you deprive yourself from knowledge. You generated a location? You deprived yourself of knowing more about the interesting parts of the world and why things came to be. Generate an armor or costume? You deprived yourself on real world techniques, function, form and history. You generated art inspirations? You deprive yourself of learning about artists from history or lock out living ones from potentially being hired. Ethical issues of using GenAi models aside, one ends up making visuals mood boards devoid of reality and history. With it one deprives themselves from learning about our world and who is living in it, inadvertently making your work weaker, because of how detached it is from our shared human reality and history.
December 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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richiepope.bsky.social
the term "content creator" served it's purpose very well. conditioning people into seeing everyone as anyone and everything as anything, mostly among the ruling class who found it most convenient for their pockets. in that sense, generating slop is the final result of content creation
einegeniesserin.bsky.social tranna karenina @einegeniesserin.bsky.social · Dec 15
the enthusiasm for generative AI would not have been possible without prior decades of capitalist conditioning to view works of art as products, rather than acts of culture and shared human life
vornietom.bsky.social Siobhan Thompson @vornietom.bsky.social · Dec 15
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
December 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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chentomology.bsky.social
Like a moss 💚🌱Swipe to see the species and check if you’ve find them all! 💚
December 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
mossystonemedia.bsky.social
I have approximate knowledge of many things! And enjoy trying to figure things out together.
lodrawsfilth.bsky.social Lo 🎨🔞 @lodrawsfilth.bsky.social · Dec 6
Share your knowledge if/when you can. Teaching other people how to do what you do doesn’t lessen your art - it just means more and better art for everyone.

I appreciate when people are willing to tell me about their brushes, how they study, etc… I want to put that back out into the world.
White text on a blue background, a yellow pencil, and a black blot of spilled ink. The text says “share if you welcome artistic questions”.
December 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
mossystonemedia.bsky.social
Back to art soon! It's been so quiet on this front recently because I've been busy editing audio. I'm back to drawing on Twitch 5pm PST Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday, but things are pretty chill now that convention season is over for me.
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
mossystonemedia.bsky.social
Launch day is here! Alaska Voices is back with Season 2. Our first episode is about thoughtful dialogue between researchers and communities when building tools for tracking things like wildfire. Episode in the link, preview in the embed. #SciComm #AlaskaVoices
alaskavoices.org/navigating-t...
InternationalArcticResearchCtr on Instagram: "🌟New episode from the Alaska Voices podcast!🌟 (link in description) In this episode Nancy Fresco and Christine Waigl discuss the Fairbanks research com...
The latest episode of the Alaska Voices podcast explores the world of climate science in Fairbanks, Alaska. Scientists Nancy Fresco and Christine Waigl discuss the challenges of predicting greenhouse ...
www.instagram.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
mossystonemedia.bsky.social
A few more episodes of "Wild Things" with Shawna Kenney and @whqr.bsky.social are now out, including two where I helped with audio mixing. First, here's an episode about the amazing @seaturtlehospital.bsky.social in Surf City, NC. #SciComm
WHQR Presents ... Wild Things: Behind the Scenes at the Sea Turtle Hospital
Wild Things is a limited series podcast from WHQR, hosted by writer, journalist, and podcaster Shawna Kenney, focusing on the creatures and critters of Coastal Carolina — and the people who care for t...
www.whqr.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:08 AM
mossystonemedia.bsky.social
Sometimes I get so busy editing podcasts that I forget to post episodes when they finally come out. Thankfully I'm a day early on this one! Alaska Voices Season Two is launching tomorrow, you can find the trailer here. #SciComm #AlaskaVoices
Alaska Voices Season 2 Coming Soon – Alaska Voices
The second season of Alaska Voices will be released December 1st with new episodes every Monday. Listen for your weekly dose of Alaskan lore, place-based knowledge, science stories, and climate adapta...
alaskavoices.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:01 AM
mossystonemedia.bsky.social
Happy #SmallBusinessSaturday ! I come to you bearing holiday gift ideas for people who love mushrooms, squirrels, zines, and everything in betweens. For the Pacific Northwest nature lover in your life. 20% off storewide until midnight tonight Pacific time.

www.etsy.com/shop/MossySt...
Seven vinyl mushroom stickers are set against flagstone, surrounded by leaves and mushrooms. The stickers are labeled digital art and include oyster mushroom, lobster mushroom, morel mushrooms, rainbow chantarelle, birch bolete, turkey tail, and shaggy ink cap. A cream-colored linen-textured print is set in a redcedar tree. The digital art print includes seven squirrels and is titled "Tree Squirrels of the Pacific Northwest." The squirrels are on arranged on a redcedar bough, labeled with scientific and common names, and include the American red, Eastern gray, Humboldt's flying, Eastern fox, Western gray, Douglas, and northern flying. The squirrels that have been introduced to the region are marked with an asterisk. A bright yellow half-page risograph-printed zine is set against a backdrop of fallen maple leaves. The zine is titled "Field Guide to Cryptogam Cryptids," by Kel Skonberg, Second Edition. The cover is a two-color risograph print of green and pink. An interior spread from the zine in the previous picture is held open by a bracken fern. The selected pages are risograph-printed in green and are titled "Mossy mammals" and "Mushroom mollusks." There is text describing the four digital illustrations of invented creatures, which include the ground bog muskrat, rusty pear porcupine, devil's jumping slug, and (covered) eyelash sideband. Text on each page the left page: "Moss guardians are complete autotrophs, getting all of their energy from the sun. Spores can be found on or in their heads. They go into torpor or hibernation when water or nutrient availability is low." Text on the right page reads: "Fungi guardians all appear to be invertebrates, particularly gastropods. Thus far, I have only been able to find the guardians when fruiting, and I suspect they burrow to protect the hyphae during other times of the year."
November 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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lizzie-harper.bsky.social
New blog out, this one is all about the #Asteraceae, the #Dandelion and #daisy family of #wild flowers:

lizzieharper.co.uk/2025/11/wild...

It's an incredibly diverse family, & the fact that each "flower" is hundreds of tiny florets still amazes me.

#compositaceae #botany #botanicalillustration
Wildflower families: Asteraceae - Lizzie Harper
Wildflower families: Asteraceae is another of botanical illustrator Lizzie Harper's blogs on common wildflower familes
lizzieharper.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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curiousnature.bsky.social
⚔️ FIND YOUR PARTY ⚔️
🗺️ FORGE YOUR PATH 🗺️

@geekgirlcon.bsky.social is only a couple of days away and it's going to be a special one! I had the amazing opportunity to help design this year's merch and it's been so exciting watching it all unfold ✨
November 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM