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Carrie Alyson

@aspenhearted.bsky.social

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Artist and enamel pin designer in the PNW. Manic pixie weed boy aspiring to be a Byronic hero.
My wife says I’m cool AND stylish.
Queer, any pronouns, call it as you will.
Find my art & stuff at aspenhearted.com


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Ohnoooo RIP

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Found a pleasing metal storage box at the thrift store and made some organization more permanent.

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It’s ok it got ok thanks to a lot of sleep and drugs.

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Yeah, she’s been as social as ever today. I’m going to mention it when we drop her off for boarding but I think it was just the culmination of too many stressors. Love to both of you and the kitties too!

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Mostly normal, still just eating less than usual? We got her a new kibble and she’s not throwing it up so far.

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Jaws - Commissions open's avatar Jaws - Commissions open @jaws-stone.bsky.social
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Tattoo Flash Sheet These are first come first serve. The bought design will not be repeated unless otherwise is clearly stated. Price list: A: 55 USD B: 55 USD C: 55 USD D: 155 USD E: 75 USD F: 65 USD G: 105 USD Contact: jawscommission@gmail.com with your claim!

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Hello #portfolioday! My name is Alex, i'm a costarican illustrator / background artist 🌿

Looking for new projects to work on book projects, games and animation!

alexanderchacon.com
📧contact@alexanderchacon.com

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Feel like reupping this for #DisabilityPrideMonth.

Visualizing the cycle of depression to hypomania (ie: not feeling like complete shit) followed by Migraine attack - visual aura, intense pain, aphasia, total numbness on the right side of my body, and an inability to do more than lie in bed.

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Not enjoying my forced day off due to migraine.

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I mean, I somehow drew an illustration with a perfect likeness of my wife years before I met her? 😅

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Oh duh, I’m just going to make it a malted chocolate caramel raspberry s’mores this year. And toast the marshmallows on top right before serving. I’m a genius.

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It’s so cool to get to complete a task and not pay for it with 3 days of PAIN.

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My most controversial take is I bought one of those super fancy Dyson cordless vacuum cleaners and they are truly life-changing, best and easiest vacuum ever, I enjoy cleaning now, what has happened to me they cost a ton of money tho :/ but if you have the cash it’s so so worth it

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We got one as a gift! I’m physically disabled and used to avoid vacuuming at all costs. Now I vacuum for fun?! Our house is perfectly small, I can do the whole thing in less than 10 minutes. ❤️

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I shouldn’t be spending money so can I finish a new portrait of my wife in time for her birthday? And make her a birthday card? And bake her a cake? Can I top last year’s incredible chocolate caramel banana s’mores cake? How long will the high from getting a good solid 6 hours of sleep last?

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You may already be manifesting it through your art, just keep drawing the metal dudes of your dreams✨💫

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A solid night of sleep for the first time in months and a new satisfyingly cinematic end-of-the-world dream. We’re back bitches!

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I’m watching her closely. I turned off the AC unit in the bedroom she’d been hiding in, put her food and water bowls in there, and she almost immediately came out to have some kibble. So I’m still hoping it’s just stress and noise aversion.

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Yeah. As long as she's still eating at least a few bites I'm feeling inclined to wait. Besides the fireworks and vet, we've also been a heat wave and the noise from the window AC unit also scares her. Poor cat.

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Yeah, but they're just going to tell me to bring her in. They won't give any recommendations or make any diagnostic guesses over the phone.

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We got her back on the 1st, she threw up a substantial hairball on the 3rd and hasn't been eating anywhere near her normal amount since then. But she also hasn't thrown up again and she's going back to the vet for boarding on the 12th in any case.

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Me too. She's a super high anxiety cat so if it is just stress I'm worried taking her to the vet will just compound the problem...plus she's going back there in a week for boarding again. 🫠

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My cat hasn’t been eating normally the past few days, and I don’t know if it’s just the result of stress from being boarded at the vet immediately followed by stress from fireworks explosions or if there’s actually something wrong.

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But also, thank you, I needed a good cry and some howling laughter today.

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I'm so sorry for whatever alternate reality narrative you've just been sucked into, this weird shit always happens when I'm high

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I did this, and now I'm scared out of my mind. 🙃 I requested visual details so I could illustrate it. I just got my story back, and it's gorgeous. Dianna warned me it was a little less horror and more artsy. But she didn't know the twist. I'd already started the illustration. Over 2 years ago.

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CHOAM Nomsky 💭's avatar CHOAM Nomsky 💭 @thielman.bsky.social
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Oh boy, $150,000!

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This photo is pure 2024.

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Nicole 🌱's avatar Nicole 🌱 @fossilforager.bsky.social
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🌼 TINY BUG PINS ARE BACK! 🌼 Back by popular demand, these little friends would love to find new homes! 🔗 in my bio or below 🥰

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Turning 27 next month and I’m not superstitious but I’m also just like, please, you sweet child.

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Double tapping on the sketchbook to undo. 😩

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I need someone to explain to me how this music video could not be explicitly about escaping society’s expectations of gender and sexuality, embracing being trans, and then celebrating asexuality.
It’s not even subtle.

youtu.be/yDeIAllUAWc?...

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Thanks for sharing the original—I’ll repost this instead!

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Shocked that there are no pictures of this on the internet yet.

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Yeah that’s not awful for an hour of time + nap.

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I agree. There’s just something about the way it looks sitting crisply on top of the Yupo paper instead of soaked into the fibers that is hard to replicate!

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A list of eight cute animal rhymes to say farewell... 8. In a while, crocodile 7. Toodle-oo, kangaroo 6. Ciao for now, Jersey cow 5. Why you still here, white-tailed deer 4. Just piss off, luna moth 3. Go to hell, red gazelle 2. Kiss my hole, woodland vole 1. Off you fuck, crested duck

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There are no rules about how you’re supposed to feel or what you get to feel or how long you feel it. It’s just what it is and how you live with it.❤️

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Maddah was the first wolf that I met before I became a volunteer at Wolf Watch UK. She was a hand in at only 3 days old with her brother and she lived until the grand old age of 19 years old. She was so gentle and sweet, such a special old wolf.

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Stone Cold Jane Austen 🏳️‍⚧'s avatar Stone Cold Jane Austen 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social
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ICMYI I wrote about the importance of being a citizen archivist. We've seen so much incredible art and writing from marginalized people, and we need to preserve it in the face of a huge, well-funded backlash.

This is something concrete you personally can do!

buttondown.email/charliejane/...

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I’m so sorry this was done to you. ❤️🫂

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