🌿 Raptor 🦖

@raptorettes.bsky.social

Artist | illustrator | indie game dev| owned by cats ᓚᘏᗢ | cannabis brood mother | general NONSENSE maker https://platymoose.ninja / https://games.are.noetic.work

"A true genius," "An artiste," "A theatrical masterpiece made of flesh," "Fairly ok at growing facial hair," these are all things that have likely been said about the beloved overlord, Jazz Emu! Don't miss out, preorder his new album and prepare yourself for cultural enlightenment.

Jazz Emu@thejazzemu.bsky.social · 7mo ago

💿NEW ALBUM LANDS 4th MARCH💿 Jazz Emu Sings: The Inimitable Sound of Archie Henderson Pre-order now on Bandcamp (link in bio), to hear one of my favourite tracks from it RIGHT NOW. Love you all. Here It Comes… JExx

An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.

I think it's a really smart business decision, personally, to make my company wholly dependent on software that we never needed before. Surely the gAI subscriptions I now rely on will *never* raise dramatically in price.

Yyeeeesssssss. Art is actually the act and practice of processing your emotions, EVEN the ones related to practicing art! "I'm not good at this, ugh, what's the point, how even, I'm so inadequate, who would like this" the list goes on. Feel them. And carry on creating. Ta da. Youre an artist.

Fawnlen ✏️@fawnlen.bsky.social · last yr.

Muttering ‘ ᶠᵘᶜᵏⁱⁿᵍ ᶜʰʳⁱˢᵗ ‘ to yourself but you keep drawing anyway is actually so important to the artistic process

This is the Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris), and it's just straight up a dinosaur. Like, I know *all* birds are technically avian dinosaurs, but my first thought looking at this guy is: dinosaur. (📷: Suzie McCann, eBird)

A coal-black bird with a bill that covers the whole front of the face.  A long grackle-like boat tail, muscular legs and an alert black eye.  The bird sits on red sand next to water, as if a mud puddle or stream.
CREDIT:  Suzie McCann, eBird, 01 Jun 2019, Santa Clara Ranch, Starr, Texas, United States

Each night I say I'll go to bed earlier. Then midnight raptor rolls around bringing cravings and ennui, getting moody at shit and telling me my art will never amount to much while obsessively throwing weights around. So rude. Anyway it's 3:30am and they're not leaving.

"IF YOU PUT ALL THE BLOOD THEMED PIECES TOGETHER THEY SPELL HELP IN AN ANCIENT LANGUAGE" h̶̶͙̯̠̫̲͎̰͈̫̯͖̾̇̏̌̒̇̓ͣͬ́́̌ͪ̒̐͘͠ͅė̜͕͉͉͉̝̼͕̰̖̮̠ͨ̎ͦ̉ͨ͊̋̆ͮͮ̀͢l̪͓̹͛͠͝_̵̨̧̞͔̪̖͉̪͎͖̳̲̠̊̇̓̈ͪ̆̄͗͋̒̋̓͂̚͘͟͝͠p̷̮̩̺̩̺̙͔̈̈̀̆̕͡ i͑̆͗͆̓͝͠m̖̘͕̯̙̙̞̫͉͓̅̂ͧͧ̎̈̽ͨ́̒̕͜͢͟͡ͅͅ d̸̢̨̧̛̪̝͉͍͍̜̻̬̱͂͑̃̽͑̋̽ͧ̉̾͆̒͆ͅy̷̗̠͕͇̖͔͓̰̫̠̦̽ͦ́̿̐̃̐ͮ͗̊͌̐̐̓̈̅̚͢ͅi̵̩̪̼̳̱̻̺̗̱̙̯̼̮ͯͪ̏̔̏͆͑̂̒̊̈́ͣ̎́̇͘͠ͅņ̼̰̺̣͙̲̤̳̜̯̪̹̐̓͊ͮ́̀̆ͬ̉̓͛ͨͤ͑͛͌͗͘͟͜g̢̙̟ͪ̍ͫ̀̌̾͑ h̛̯̱̯̒ͧ̍̐́ͣͤ͊ą̵̷̷͇̣̦͇͔̘̝̳͎̱́͒͆́̾ͪ̈́ͯ͑̒͑̓̐̂̈͂͜͞͠͡͡_̨̗ͯ̃͋̃͂͜ḩ̸̣̜͇͖̮̣̙̩̘͛ͦ́͑͜͝a͇͈̫͎̤̜̥̹͔͂ͨͧ͒̒̓̏̀͘

HookieDuke@hookieduke.bsky.social · last yr.

Writing an artist statement be like that but more crying

A lil video of a #storyboard for some very interesting advertising company that totally didn't drop me at the last minute because of DEI cuts. Really proud of what I did for the amount of time I was given though! And the agency I worked with was rad. I WILL storyboard my heart out despite it!

Must. Concentrate. Stop. Stressing. Oh whats that? NOTHING DONT LOOK AT IT. Just stare blankly into space for an hour until the tears stop. What do you mean, you haven't been productive yet today? We don't have time for that. There are things to worry about that you doubt you can achieve!