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I saw the smollest 🐇 today, as it epically struggled to climb some stairs that were *way* to big for its lil' bun legs 🥺

It was so little, I could've cupped it completely inside my hands 🫠

#Smol #Bunny

Some nice sunset shots.


We had a nice sunset where I'm at and I grabbed some shots of it.

These were shot through a Vivitar Series 1 19-35mm f3.5-4.5 FD-mount zoom lens on an EOS Rebel T3i and had a Kodachrome 200 sim applied to them.

#sunset #sunsetphotos #weather #canonfd #vivitarseries1 #eosrebelt3i #vintagelenses

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I don't usually ever post anything that warrants a CW, but yeah, do this where warranted.




hello!

reminder to my fellow fedizens to PLEASE, PLEASE put CWs on heavy topics and CW boost posts containing them if the original post doesn't have one. if you don't then there is a large chance I'll unfollow you per @aperture's advice just so I'm not flooding everyone's timelines with unCWed stuff. if you get unfollowed cause of this, feel free to send me a DM once you change your behavior and I will gladly re-follow

thanks!


Here's one of PachiChu's speedpaints.


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So yeah, here's one of PachiChu's speedpaints for you people on Friendica to enjoy.

I really should start creating again myself..


pastel creatures #pastelsdrawing [Traditional Art Speedpaint]


first released: 12.04.2025

working time: ~57min
music: Haunt the House Terrortown OST (gog.com/de/game/haunt_the_hous…)


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*Bwee the sky-blue fluffdragon rolls like a fluffy tumbleweed over your timeline and up to you, letting out little purrrs and happy squeaky "bweebweebwee"s. They are clearly delighted to see you!!!*

(Boost to roll me to someone else!) :3

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Lovely little bwee. I spy a smile, and oh—what a sweet thing it is. A hand reaches out to you, fingers slipping through your soft fur with quiet delight. Every little tuft earns its own gentle pet, and before long, you’re tucked into the coziest hug. Such a lovely little bwee.
-liora
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Mastodon is close to 1 million MAU according to FediDB, and don't you love to see it!

Pixelfed remains 2nd with over 100k MAU.

If Misskey published their MAU, I'm sure they would be in second, or maybe first.

We did this together, without VC funding, enshittification or selling out users via ads or selling data.

Give yourself a pat on the back, because all of you make this possible by participating in these federated platforms.

fedidb.com/stats

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Sometimes the lights we carry to illuminate our way become the new path we can tread.

aka

me: "I could draw digitally again. It is fun too!"
ipad: "I'm out of battery" 😀

pen: "I'm out of battery too!" 😀

computer: "your art program needs an update" 😀

ipad: "I do not recognise this pen." 😀

computer: "I have never seen this tablet in my life." 😀
……………

Fuck it. Traditional it is.

#drachenmagier #unicorn #traditionalArt #TraditionalMedia #Fantasy #MastoArt

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Cory Doctorow was writing about how good tools allow the user to control them, and bad tools limit the user to what the corporation allows. He mentions an older essay on the iPad that hits many of your points. It's worth a read:

memex.craphound.com/2010/04/01…

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@agreeable_landfall Not quite the topic, since my gear pretty much does what it is supposed to, provided it is charged and maintained right. 😀 As a traditional artist I just do tend to neglect both, which is 100% my mistake. 😁

As for the whole limiting the user: that can have great sides too, and provide a user with very little tech knowledge to have a device that makes their lives easier, instead of harder. 😁

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Boosts only give me power, you know.

The power... of OUTREACH.

And helping me find cool folk to follow :3

So hey, just in case this gets boosted to someone out there who hasn't met me before, hi, I'm Bwee! I really hope you're doing great and that you're finding lots of reasons to smile. You truly deserve it.

I hope I made a good impression! :blobcatgiggle:

If you need help with anything, including getting something boosted or Fedi advice, please let me know! I'm happy to help you! And if I can't, I'll find someone who can!!

Take care, friend. :3

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A really cool storm shot from earlier in the month.


So, we had some storms earlier in the month, and I got a really cool shot of some lighting striking near a church nearby.

This was shot through a Lumix GF2 with a Vivitar Series 1 19-35mm f3.5-4.5 FD-mount zoom lens mounted to it.

#lightning #storms #stormyweather #lumixgf2 #microfourthirds #canonfd #vivitarseries1 #vintagelenses

I switched to the Lumix for these bunny shots.


Thus far I had been using my EOS for my bunny shots, but this time around I felt like using the Lumix.

I'm still using the same Canon FD 70-210mm f4 zoom lens on it though, as both cameras have an FD ring adapter so I can share my FD-mount glass trio between them. These were shot on a Lumix GF2.

#bunnies #bunny #bunnyphotos #cute #cuteanimals #lumixgf2 #microfourthirds #canonfd #vintagelenses

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Was just talking to a friend at a US technology company, they’ve had their budget reduced by 50% as the company says it wants to announce “the largest layoffs in US corporate history” to prove GenAI can replace jobs.

There’s no plan to actually replace the jobs with GenAI.. they just have to decimate their area.

Not naming company as the staff don’t know they’re about to fed to the line going up.

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Do not provide your ID or facial scan to access social media.

I repeat, do NOT provide your ID or facial scan to access social media when requested.

This is not a drill.

If everyone refuse to comply, and let their accounts dormant instead, I promise you the platforms themselves, with their immense budget and network of lobbyists, are going to fight these absurd laws to recover their users.

They need you more than you need them.
Make them fight for your rights.
Do not comply.
Spread the word and boycott ID checks ✊

#StopIDSurveillance #AgeVerification #Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy #Safety #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism

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@fennek Indeed, more on this here: mastodon.social/@_elena/116764…


#WSocial will open up their beta program today… and I have a SCOOP for you: it appears that they have quietly gone closed-source!

This is ironic, considering that the @EUCommission just unveiled their Tech Sovereignty Package, emphasizing the importance of #OpenSource. And yet they have migrated their main ATproto accounts to W Social - whose code can no longer be inspected!

My full article - with a great analysis by @aral:

🔗: blog.elenarossini.com/w-social…

#FOSS #DigitalSovereignty #BigTech


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still thinking about the time my brother made my food-allergic nephew a birthday dino-cake out of watermelon. 10/10 no notes.
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"Litter pickers walking past the patron saint of litter pickers, international tidyman." - Beach art by Fred Brown on Scarborough Beach, UK.

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The internet is still full of wacky, weird, fun stuff. Your stuff still has a home. People want to see it.

Don't let anyone convince you otherwise.

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Depends what you’re looking for I guess. There are a bunch of IndieWeb exploration engines/tools/resources you could check out if you just wanted to go on a little adventure —> shellsharks.com/indieweb#explo…. I also have a little link dump “newsletter”-kinda thingy you can check out which links to all sorts of neat things I find each week 🤗 shellsharks.com/scrolls/
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#ScribesAndMakers June 9: “If you had a chance to ask an author or artist (living or deceased) one question, what would it be?”


In my case, it would be, say, Eric Carle and I'd ask..

Mind if I try making some painted-paper cutout art? Because that looks really fun, plus it's an adorable art style to boot.

We'd probably actually have a pretty good time creating together in that scenario.

This is genuinely awesome.




So apparently Fred Rogers Productions just started a new YouTube channel where they'll be uploading every episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

youtube.com/@misterrogersneigh…

#Television #Children #Parenting #MisterRogers


Man, this is fucked.


Just two months ago, we were all jumping for joy at Sora getting killed off, and now animators are doubling down on using AI in their stuff, one of whom, Jorge Gutierrez of The Book of Life fame, people are particularly pissed about. How the hell did we go from 'Yay, Sora's dead,' to this crap in two months?!

I'll never use AI in my own stuff, however, I mean for one, it's unethical to do so on multiple fronts, and two, I'm very much an analog artist to begin with as far as creating with real materials goes; digital of any sort just doesn't have the same sensory feedback as using real materials to create with.

'Playing with the Fireflies'


Pichu, Pikachu, and Dedenne are playing with the fireflies, with one each landing on Pikachu and Dedenne's noses.

This was sculpted in modeling clay and shot through an EOS Rebel T3i with a Canon FD 35-70mm f4 zoom lens mounted to it.

#cute #cuteart #pokemon #pokemonart #pikachu #pichu #dedenne #clay #clayart #modelingclay #modelingclayart #eosrebelt3i #canonfd #vintagelenses

'Pichu and Dedenne Go Mud Sliding' + 'Blowing Dandelions with Plusle and Minun'


This one's a dual-post, in which one drawing is of Pichu and Dedenne going mud sliding in a forest, and the other is of Plusle and Minun blowing dandelions in a field.

Both of these were drawn in oil pastel on cardboard and photographed through a Lumix GF2 with a Canon FD 35-70mm f4 zoom lens mounted to it.

#cute #cuteart #pokemon #pokemonart #pichu #dedenne #plusle #minun #lumixgf2 #microfourthirds #canonfd #vintagelenses

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I’ve been carving tiny furniture stamps and it is so much fun. I have a couple more things I want to add to finish the set, but I couldn’t resist designing a little house with what I’ve got so far. #Handmade #linocut #Art
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How about stamps with different curtains in 1950s design & style?
I guess windows wouldn't have to be stamped (but they could, with sun/moon/stars/trees/mountains/Eiffel tower outside). And maybe you manage to carve a design that can be used both ways, "upright" and 180° reversed?
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Aww.. This is great!


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I’ve been given the opportunity to work with a special needs kid one-on-one and I’m teaching him #BlackHistory through claywork. Last week we discussed the history behind Southern face jugs—who invented the form, what they signify and their probable roots in the Congo. This week, I brought him a jug so he could sculpt the face. This child who supposedly has attention & behavior problems focused on the project peacefully for two hours solid. #Clay is the way.

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Week of froggies Day 5: Polly Plantar



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#fanart #amphibia #artwork #day5 #drawing #weekchallenge #weekoffroggies #artpost #arttag

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