franz

@franzanth.bsky.social

i draw bugs and stuff. please ask before using my images. he/him 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇩 contact: franzanth at gmail portfolio: franzanth.com Hashtags: #Art #SciArt #Gardening

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Almost Real: A Speculative Biology Zine • Vol 6 & Book 1

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You can upload transparent pngs and have them show up correctly, if you use a third party app. I don't know that *all* third party apps will work but at least some do. You will also get better image quality uploading art/photos through another app, less or even no compression! Just an FYI.

A dark pink-ish dragon flying straight towards the viewer.
Blue Appaloosa@blueappaloosa.bsky.social · 21h ago

Testing out some image uploading, since BlueSky changed how it serves images a few months ago. Starting with a png file that has a transparent background. This post is from "vanilla" BlueSky, and will probably no longer have a transparent background.

A dark pink-ish dragon flying straight towards the viewer.

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Let us examine the set of circumstances that led to this Eulimnadia clam shrimp living out its entire live cycle in a styrofoam cup on the ground.

Styrofoam cup in a ditchView of the cup showing some water and algae insideA live adult clam shrimp living happily in the cup

#ArtRepostJuly 31. Favorite 'Another Beacon,' 2025, watercolor & hand-drawn digital. This one has a special place in my heart (& my spine/back pain, lmao, in an endearing well-what-can-ya-do way) 🦯🌱🌸 Prints here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/bydh... #art #bsnm #DisabledArtists #SFFart #SupportArtists

A brown femme in pastel green tanktop and red batik sarong with black curly hair in a bun is on the floor next to their walking stick. Vegetation with white flowers grow from her back, leaves trailing down her legs from her spine. A fluffy cream-colored cat walks up to her. Her back is facing the viewer. In the background is a golden and pink moon with crescents and stars in the shape of the spine-flowers glittering in the fantastical sky above. Framing the scene is an ornate Arabesque border. Hand-drawn and painted by the artist Dhiyanah Hassan.
Dhiyanah@bydhiyanah.bsky.social · 6d ago

#ArtRepostJuly 30. Black & white Art from a poetry comic piece in 3 deep breaths 🌱🫀 Read it here in 'We Build A Home: A Queer Art Zine': thecojsz.itch.io/we-build-a-h... Free to download & distribute to raise visibility for the FSEA community! givebutter.com/fsea-zine-2026 🌈💚 #art #comic

Activities for this season of #InverteFest: Community science project www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv... Art book submission form forms.gle/xCcLKLjia5JJ...

franz@franzanth.bsky.social · last yr.

Greetings, chordate comrades. #InverteFest is upon us. tl;dr: Over the last 7 days every April, August, and December, we invite you to show the internet your coolest bugs & slugs. Go find critters, post your art, write wikipedia pages, do whatever you like to celebrate invertebrates with us!

What is #InverteFest?
It's a periodic event where we invite you to celebrate the overlooked invertebrate fauna around you and share the joys of discovery online. #InverteFest takes place every April, August, & December over the last 7 days of the month.

Going out?
1. Find invertebrates
2. Share observations online using the hashtag #InverteFest
3. Interact with others who are celebrating the event

NOT Going out?
- Post your squid painting
- Stream a game where you play as a crab with a knife
- Selfie with your 27 beetle enamel pins
- Write wikipedia pages

Questions?
ask franzanth / maureenbug / saimihanma

More info and ideas on:
invertefest.com