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🦊 GhostoftheSea 🦈

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EL - She/Her - 28 - British
Watercolour artist, digital illustrator; all things animals.
Zookeeper and bird/dog/snake parent.

Character art - @soulofthesky.bsky.social
Art prints and other socials - linktr.ee/GhostoftheSea

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Mike Hendley 🎨 ✍️ 's avatar Mike Hendley 🎨 ✍️ @mikehendley.com
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Painted this kookaburra in my Etchr A6 hot press sketchbook using Golden QoR watercolors and a Pentel water brush. Fun fact: Kookaburras have a laugh that sounds like human laughter! #sciart

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Draw More!'s avatar Draw More! @doryr.bsky.social
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Too hot and muggy to do much beyond moving my hand back and forth… Pair of kookaburras. Keep cool friends. Stay hydrated.

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Not to mention most of them are typical straight dudes where discussing emotions and being affectionate does not happen naturally. Pls. I'm an affectionate person. I want to give and receive affection. plssss.

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I miss having a more female and/or artist heavy group of friends. My main friend group are all gamer guys, then there's me. And don't get me wrong I love the lot of them. But I can share a photo of something I'm drawing and at best I might get a single "Nice" or a single emoji reaction.

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Kim Hu's avatar Kim Hu @kimhu.bsky.social
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Bluesky open talk, art gang chime in! For me, even 'silly' comments are very welcome! I might not reply every time, because what do I say to '💗' (and even then I will often leave an emoji in return, still). But I TREASURE them. It lets me know actual people perceived me, and they liked what I did.

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🔥 GhostoftheSea 🦊 🫧Team Seafoam 🫧's avatar 🔥 GhostoftheSea 🦊 🫧Team Seafoam 🫧 @soulofthesky.bsky.social
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Update after some changes!

#ArtFight time!
I have a mix of characters up so far: kitsune, mermen, and things with wings! I even have two space- themed kitsune!

Im excited to join in for the first time!

artfight.net/~GhostoftheSea

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Harkthorn's avatar Harkthorn @harkthorn.bsky.social
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Little house griffon giving their best glare

-2742 🎨 #art

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I only have this one blurry photo of her but LOOK AT THE SQUIGGLY BEBE

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⋆ Nheira ⋆ | Team Stardust's avatar ⋆ Nheira ⋆ | Team Stardust @fangashford.com
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Hey artistssss <3 link one post below that you'd like to get more eyes on

( Sfw and no stupid crypto ai nft shit, pls! )

Not ur traditional artshare bc I'm sleepy and on my phone

#artshare #artistsupport #art

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Guys. Guys. I fed the baby catshark. She's like 7 inches long. So friggen cute.

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Lauren's avatar Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social
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If you see this, post a bird! I also am always here for #bird #art trains! 🎨🪶🐡 I could post *so many birds*

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Cab 's avatar Cab @cabtastic.bsky.social
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If you see this, post a bird 🦜 Canada's no.1 predator.

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Matt Hansen of Matt Hansen fame's avatar Matt Hansen of Matt Hansen fame @matthansenart.bsky.social
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God I love chain letters. Post bird, if you're not a coward. Oldie, but a goodie. Spoonbill.

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Thank you all for following! <3

I love this idea for art shares!
Share your art, but also in your post share some art-related advice that has helped you, big or small!

#artshare #art #arttips #artadvice

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Noll's avatar Noll @nollthere.bsky.social
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Thanks for the artshare! My art tip: Try out all kinds of weird brushes for lineart, if you do digital art and do lineart on your pieces. Sometimes the really unexpected ones hit the perfect sweet spot to turn it into fun instead of a chore. For me? I'm all about textured brushes.

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Yess, playing around with brushes is good! I have one digital brush I made a couple years ago, I think for a specific reason, but now it's my go-to for general texturing, and making blocky background shapes.

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Harkthorn's avatar Harkthorn @harkthorn.bsky.social
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-What works for others might not work for you -Draw/learn from life where possible -All and any practice is still practice-not everything you make will be good, you'll make a bunch of terrible stuff at some point so may as well get it out of the way and move on -Take regular breaks

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Aaahh all very good ones!! And I love your detail and realism!!

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CrossRoad Art-Bear Pettigrew's avatar CrossRoad Art-Bear Pettigrew @crossroadart.bsky.social
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I’m sleepy, so i don’t know if this is helpful advice. It’s on the topic of drawing hands. I learned the anatomy, however they only came 2 life 4 me when I stopped focusing on the anatomy & rather focused on the gesture & shape language. I will ignore anatomy if it gets in the way of expressiveness.

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No that makes sense!!! And it does well, your art is amazing!

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The Bird Lady ~ ringra15!'s avatar The Bird Lady ~ ringra15! @ringra15.bsky.social
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Thanks for the share! I draw wholesome and whimsical art whether it's original or fanart. We need nice things in our lives. When drawing fanart of characters you love, it is perfectly fine using references to learn how to draw them correctly. In the animation industry, you use them all the time.

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Yeah that's definitely important to keep in mind! And and the we need nice things is a good point too, draw what makes you happy!

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I'll start- I've said it before but its something that applies across media! It does not need to be perfect, every line doesn't need to be crisp and smooth and coloured in the lines. The imperfections make it you, and can make it more interesting to the viewer!

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