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Tanweer Dar
@tanweerdar.com
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Indie author & artist (No AI). Teacher. Muslim. I love nature, walking, gardening, house plants, history, art, poetry, books and films of all kinds (especially horror).

Love for all, hatred for none.

Website: tanweerdar.com

Birmingham, UK
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Great walk. Local park is still flooded, but this seems to have vastly increased the biodiversity. Managed to catch a heron flying off! Also picked up lots of great birds on my Merlin app.

#Walking #Nature #Wildlife #Birds #Photography
Photograph of flooded grassland with trees in the background. Photograph of crows and jackdaws perched on treetops with blue sky above and green grass in foreground. Photograph of flooded path through park with trees and blue sky in background and a heron in flight in the middle of the picture. Screenshot of my Merlin app - displaying presence of Eurasian Blue Tit, Eurasian Jackdaw, Song Thrush, Carrion Crow, Common Buzzard and Redwing.
December 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Drop the last movie you watched…
From the theatrical poster for the film 'The Man in the White Van', featuring Madison Wolfe as Annie (girl with blonde hair wearing a yellow top and carrying a school bag') and a white van with its lights on, on a road with reddened edges and flanked by trees.
December 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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The sky when I was leaving work tonight...

#Sky #Photography
Photograph of the evening sky, with clouds lit pink-orange by the setting sun. Silhouettes of treetops visible and the bottom of the picture.
December 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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New pencil drawing:

Lion

© 2025, Tanweer Dar

#PencilArt #Drawing #Sketch #Portrait #Lion #Nature #Wildlife #BigCat #Art #ArtSky
My pencil drawing of a male lion (close up portrait of face/head).
December 7, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Haven't done one of these in a while...

#Sunday #Skircle

skircle.me
Concentric circles showing profile pictures of accounts I've interacted with most recently on Bluesky.
December 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Lovely walk, which turned into a bit of an unexpected adventure due to some flooding which, in the light, provided some beautiful photo opportunities.

#Walking #Nature #Photography
Photograph of grass in the foreground, with trees on the horizon, and a sky with low clouds lit by a setting sun. Photograph of grass and a path in the foreground with a mixture of clouds and blue sky, lit by a setting sun. Trees on the horizon. Photograph of a flooded path between largely bare trees, reflecting clouds and evening sunlight. Photograph of grass and a flooded swampy area, with trees on the horizon and a bloody sky with orange-yellow sunlight filtering through and reflecting on the water.
December 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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My next read is 'Children of Time' by @aptshadow.bsky.social

#Books #Reading #Fiction #SciFi #BookSky
Kindle ebook cover of 'Children of Time' by Adrian Tchaikovsky, featuring a spaceship in the bottom right and a sun spreading light from below the edge of a planet.
November 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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It's C S Lewis' birthday (29th November).

Are you a fan?

Aside from comic books, 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe' and the Narnia series certainly contributed to me getting into #books.

#BookSky #WritingCommunity #Authors #Fiction
Sepia coloured photograph (bust) of the late author, C S Lewis, here a middle aged man with dark, thinning hair wearing a thick jacket and checked tie.
November 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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When Autumn meets Winter 🍂❄️

#Leaves #Frost #Ice #Winter #Photography
Close up photograph of brown leaves coated in frost/ice.
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Nikki is trying to get away from it all on a camping trip with her partner and his friends.

But they are not alone.

Events soon take an unexpected, and bloody, turn...

Will any of them survive what's out there?

➡️ mybook.to/Apex

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐A great read!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Couldn't put it down!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Wowser!

#Horror
Front cover of my novella, 'Apex', featuring my digital painting of a snarling black panther on a black background.
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Walked to the corner shop to get something for mum, and saw this tiny pond in a crevice at the base of a tree after all the rain recently. Don't know why, but thought it was really cool, so took a picture of it.

#Walking #Nature #Photography
Close up photograph of a tiny pond or water formed in a crevice at the base of a tree. Leaves at bottom and twigs sticking out.
November 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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The Demon (2020)

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Batmanesque Cyberpunk
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A neon cyberpunk rollercoaster
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A thrilling ride through multiple genres

🖤 #Noir ✅
🥊 #Action ✅
💀 #Thriller ✅
🤖 #Cyberpunk ✅
🔥 #Vigilante ✅
🕯️ #RedemptionArc ✅
🧬 #EvilCorporations ✅

Still my best 📚

Buy it here: mybook.to/TheDemonByTanweerDar
Front cover of my book, 'The Demon', featuring an open/ignited lighter on an asphalt surface. The cover is coloured in red, pink and blue.
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Caught the moon in a clear sky before getting into the car on the way to work this morning.

#Moon #Crescent #Photography
Photograph of the crescent moon (waning crescent). Clear sky, blue at the top of the picture, lightening towards the middle and pinky/orange at the bottom with the roofs of houses and tops of trees in the frame.
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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My next read is 'The Village' by Caroline Mitchell.

#Books #Reading #Fiction
Kindle ebook cover of 'The Village' by Caroline Mitchell, featuring tall grass and houses and blurred trees in the distance.
November 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Orchid in the kitchen.

#BloomScrolling #HousePlants 🌱🌸
Close up photograph of an orchid with pink flowers: garden with grass and fence in the background, with trees visible in the distance.
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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#Sunday #Skircle

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Concentric circles showing profile pictures of accounts I've interacted with most recently on Bluesky.
November 9, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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So I watched #Frankenstein on #Netflix.

Thread ⬇️

Some of you may know that Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is my favourite fiction book. Not only is it a trailblazer of the sci-fi and horror genres, it is also a powerful, tragic and poignant examination of humanity and morality.

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Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein from the 2025 film, 'Frankenstein'. A man with dark curly hair in a white shirt and black waistcoat holds up a power cell to an auditorium with a shaft of light shining down on him as he speaks.
November 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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My next read is 'About Writing' by @garethlpowell.bsky.social

#Books #Reading #BookSky #NonFiction #Authors #WritingCommunity
Kindle ebook cover of 'About Writing' by Gareth L. Powell, featuring a pencil and sharpener.
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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#Sunday #Skircle

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Concentric circles showing profile pictures of accounts I've interacted with most recently on Bluesky.
November 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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I'll be honest, I don't even know what this is. It was in the bouquet I bought my wife and it's absolutely stunning... Leaves which looks like a rose!

#BloomScrolling
Close up photograph of leaves which turn purple-pink in the centre and look like a rose flower.
November 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Watched one of my favourite horror movies, and it still bangs!

Recipe for outstanding horror:

Characters you truly care about ✅
Unbearable tension ✅
*Gasp* moments (different to just jump scares) ✅
'Less is more' ✅
It could happen to you ✅
Stand-out acting performance (Liv Tyler) ✅

#Horror #Movie
'The Strangers' (2008) Liv Tyler as Kristen McKay, wearing a flannel shirt, with a man in a suit and sack-style bag in the background standing in the dark hallway.
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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New pencil drawing:

The late Sean Connery as Raisuli from the 1975 film, 'The Wind and the Lion'

© 2025, Tanweer Dar

#PencilArt #Drawing #Sketch #Portrait #SeanConnery #TheWindAndTheLion #Art #ArtSky
My pencil portrait of Sean Connery as Raisuli from the 1975 film, 'The Wind and the Lion'. Bearded man in a dark turban looking up.
October 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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#DavidsMonthOfHorror

Day 29 - creature feature

#MovieChallenge
Monstrous black head with open jaws and huge fangs over a screaming woman's face - from the 2016 film, 'The Monster'
October 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Windswept landscapes. Lovely little autumn walk with the wife. 🍂🥾

#Autumn #Walking #Nature #Photography
Photograph of a young tree with yellow leaves in the foreground, grasses bent over by the winds and a brilliant blue sky in the background.
October 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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New digital painting:

Gothic Arch in Moonlight

© 2025 Tanweer Dar

#Art #DigitalArt #Krita #NoAI #Gothic #Dark
My digital painting of a gothic arch, overgrown with foliage/creepers, with a full mooning shining above.
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM