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Beth Sparks
@sparksel.bsky.social
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Painter, illustrator, concept artist. Chicago-adjacent. Likely to get lost in the woods. Likely to get lost in cities. Delicious according to bugs.

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artstation: https://www.artstation.com/sparksel
ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/sparksel
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November 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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The god of autumnal rot. Or the pumpkin patch. Or something along those lines. 🍁🍂🎃
Quadrupedal pumpkin man with stems lining his back. His jack-o’-lantern face features human teeth. Labeled “stemspine”
October 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Larry and the Ghoulies: seasons in the void
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Madam brassica,international vegetable of mystery

Hypnotist, super spy, and a hell of a dancer, is there anything she can’t do?????

Well…maybe there’s one thing…
November 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Madam brassica,international vegetable of mystery

Hypnotist, super spy, and a hell of a dancer, is there anything she can’t do?????

Well…maybe there’s one thing…
November 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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shing.bsky.social
My new show, ARMOR, is now up online for purchase!

I'll post some additional views of the sculptures(and their titles) in this thread.

www.circusposterus.com/product-cate...
a slinky guy, made out of ceramic clay and wearing a wooden mask. a stumpy ceramic guy, he has a beaver tail a wooden masked ceramic sculpture of a strange beast a beady eyed masked sculpture
November 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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laurieoc.bsky.social
Mechritter is LIVE on Backerkit now!

💥An all ages, colourful, sticker based hack for Mausritter.

🧱 Set on a declining London high street.

Part of Mausritter Month supported by @losing.games @gamesomnivorous.bsky.social @exaltedfuneral.bsky.social and @backerkit.com
(thanms for the opportunity)
A render of the mecha character sheets for the game and an image of an adorable fox in a bin A render of all the rewards and some brief setting info (available in full on backerkit page)
November 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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athanaca.bsky.social
The dancer of the tidal flat🪶

#bird #animalart #illustration #wildlifr #digitalart #originalart
Illustration of spoon-billed sandpiper
October 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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toadlett.bsky.social
#Objectober 9: Weight! just some big beefy guys.
pencil drawings of two statues holding funerary vessels - a minotaur with a coffin lashed to its back, and a kappa-like demon grasping a large urn on its back. 17. Two of the more striking examples of grave guardians as statuary figures which physically incorporate the vessel in which the deceased is interred. This figure from the labyrinth-tomb of Emperor Gnialogous V11 holds the remains of one of the emperor’s highest-ranking generals. damage to the sarcophagous suggests it slipped from the back of the statue several times, before being secured with the cords that hold it. accounts from the time suggest this may be because the sculptors building the statue did not know exactly who would be inside the sarcophagus, as the emperor’s favourites changed so rapidly, and so could not account for the weight or size of the body. Conversely, guardians such as this cask-demon from the Lower Red Delta were often mass-produced, designed to fit the large cinerary urns used as standard to store the cremated remains of the deceased. The designs of these demons gained progressively longer legs as flooding in the delta increased, and sculptors tried to ensure the remains would be kept above the water. Look at the stick the minotaur holds. It is made of stone, but someone gave it a stick to lean on. Look at how the demon strains to keep its head above the water level. Can you see the tide-marls on its legs? Do the rocks need our help? pencil sketch of a stone sarcophagus. the sides are carved with skull and talon designs. the lid is carved to look lik a sleeping figure, with a bird-headed goblin crouched on top of them, its talons pressed to their head. 18. Little is known about this unusual sarcophagus, which is beleived to originate from somewhere in the Argish Islands. Analysis of the remains inside suggest the occupant may have been alive when interred, and a collection of iron pendants and coins placed around the body may have had ritual significance, perhaps to denote a person of religious importance, as this is obviously a richly detailed burial vesesl. At some point the face of the sleeping figure carved into the sarcophagus lid has been destroyed, roughly carved away with a chisel or similar implement, and though we do not know why this was done, it is notable that the figure crouched atop the “sleeper” has been left untouched. Look at the worn stone of the sarcophagus. it has been carved to look like a soft bed for the figure to lie on. Look how the figure’s flesh has also been carved to look soft, and bend under the weight of the creature that crouches on top of them. Look at the creature’s talons, how they curve so close to where the sleeper’s face would have been. Is it soft, the place where you sleep? Are there ever talons, or chisels there?
October 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Wasn't sure how well poscas would work on top of oil paint but it turns out: surprisingly well!
October 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Many jokes to be made, but(t) also: so weird and interesting??
October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Possum jar in progress
October 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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rectangle knight
A drawing of a very rectangular knight
October 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Showing some friends Babylon 5 for the first time, we've made it to season 5

we have decided that Byron reminds us of a very intense horse, and it honestly makes his scenes more bearable to be like 'ah, the horse is back, and he's upset'
October 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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A few sneak peeks at my show, INSIDES, which opens at Stranger Factory on November 1.

The gallery's mailing list is the best way to get info about previews and online purchases. www.strangerfactory.com
Cropped image of a semi-surrealist sculpture featuring frog imagery Cropped image of a semi-surrealist sculpture featuring fish imagery Cropped image of a semi-surrealist sculpture featuring feathers and snail imagery
October 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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October 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Listen to our TWO HOUR Roundtable discussion about actual play and teaching TTRPGs with @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social @itsquinns.bsky.social and @friede.bsky.social

Listen now on Talk of the Table

spotify.link/IOwhVx6uCXb
October 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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ilikemints.bsky.social
i am in love with this babie
ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social · 29d
Ever seen a 750-pound muskox face off with a 210-pound pumpkin? 💥 Hudson did, and won! 🏆 Catch more pumpkin-smashing, leaf-crunching, fall fun during #ZooBoo, October 18 & 19. 🎃🐾
October 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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The flowers also love watching you grow. The leaves are in awe of how much you've changed.
October 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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October 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Animation by Felix Colgrave ( @felixcolgrave )*

#sakuga #2danimation
October 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Iridescent black🖤

#bird #raven #birdart #animalart #digitalart #illustration #birdwatching #crow #original #colorful #avian
#feather
A raven with colorful reflections on its feathers
October 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.
Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink
A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.
www.pbs.org
October 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know.

findmeatherapist.org
Find Me A Therapist
findmeatherapist.org
October 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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New to the #SoloRPG List: Gentleman Bandit by @arthograph.bsky.social
In this writing-focused RPG, you personify the eponymous Gentleman Bandit to write a 13-line poem you'll leave for the dead — and the ones who discover them.
CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.html?...
Cover for the RPG Gentleman Bandit. A rich brown leather book cover with embellishments and an elegant western font
October 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM