anyway i think i need to start putting good things into the world more. here is a red panda badge i made for a friend. i'm very, very proud of it. #embroidery
kes beacon, sea beckon
@kesbeacon.bsky.social
Kes Beacon, science fiction and fantasy author, artist, crafter, creative. early thirties. All my links, inc. newsletter signup: kesbeacon.carrd.co
anyway i think i need to start putting good things into the world more. here is a red panda badge i made for a friend. i'm very, very proud of it. #embroidery
anyway i should go write more of my book about abjection and humiliation and who's helpless and why but this time with sexy magic powers
a tough day for Chancleta. he went to the vet. they gave him drugs. he remembers nothing. but they touched his teeth. some of his precious blood is missing. his claws have been trimmed. his giant saucer eyes are now seeing every war that has ever happened, and every war yet to come, all at once.
Was walking past this building and through the window saw this backrooms-ass room, so I accidentally took the coolest picture ever due to the window's reflection
wake up, write another letter to another political representative begging them to help trans people, just another day in the you fucking kay.
It's rotten work. (an illustration for a zine me and my partner @luposlipaphobya.bsky.social are currently working on, featuring our D&D characters Lieudi, a sentient mage tower, and Gilligan, the necromancer who owns her. Polychromos pencils, Luminance pencils, gel pens)
Hand’s up everyone who looked at this and made a screeching brakes noise. Come on. Be truthful now.
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford@ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 3d agoThis “skidding goat” vase was likely made in Iran c.3500 BCE. Similar jars were made at settlements in mountain valleys that connected Mesopotamia in the west to Iran.
Hot take, the exact opposite (taking yourself very seriously but not the work) is the exact problem with our politics
Danielle Ryan@danirat.bsky.social · 3d agoI think another lesson to take from the loss of both Dolly and Tim Curry is that neither of them took themselves seriously but they took the work dead serious that's the most important thing pour all of yourself into the craft but have fun and don't get an ego.
Why is it that the work phone will be silent right up until I go to the bathroom.
compilation of favorite video game locations pieces I've made over the years - all 5x7" ink on claybord I think i started during first lockdown in 2020 with the Secret of Mana piece (non-exhaustive cause carousels are limited to 10)
I've been filling watercolor shapes for 10 years now! This one is from 2016 when i was studying 2D animation✨
My painting TIDAL WETLANDS Doors close tonight! Learn to paint stunning landscapes with me. 😎🎨❤️
When the stable cat gives off an aura of marked competence. 📸 tibajyutubu
“I’m queer” “Queer how, specifically?” “Come back with a warrant”
Absolutely cracking cup of coffee today folks. Got the brew perfect and I drank it at the perfect pace for the perfect temperature.
So, we found a live bat in our galleries. 🦇 a thread🦇
Reading an old MetaFilter AskMe question about whether cats fart or not, and the answers are in the definitive.
Such a pleasure to be trusted with one of @cullywullen.bsky.social's characters again ❤️ This time it's Rory Kerrigan 🫶
Ominous clouds on our way towards Big Bend. 24”x24” oil. My third attempt at painting this scene- I think I finally got the feeling right.
I recently did a cover illustration that didn't make it, but go read the paper if you're interested! It's really fascinating. #Art #SciArt
Kenneth De Baets@djbirddanerd.bsky.social · 2w agoThe timescale of #nematode #evolution reveals late and convergent radiations of #parasitism: dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415... You should be able to access it here: www.researchgate.net/publication/... #Fossils #Evolution #Parasites #Genomics #Nematodes