Nathucs

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[herpsandbirds]

Gyas Jewelmark or Gyas Sarota Metalmark (Sarota gyas), family Riodonidae, Peru

photograph by Nick Volpe

[medeaft]

Moonlight flower (originally: Holdfényvirág) 2024 Acrylic on paper

There's darkness in me, filling me: with every word I speak and every move I make, it spills out everywhere, impossible to keep secret. And moonlight opens in my heart like a flower.

(It's a nightshade flower, but not because of the name; it's not called that in Hungarian, of course. It just seemed the correct shape for the composition, and also appropriate in other ways. Of course it's not meant to be realistically coloured.)

[goracememy]

[made2forget]

The Milky Way

[oakandgumtrees]

Every so often I’ll see posts from people trying to work out whether they ‘count’ as something - usually some type of LGBTQIA, sometimes neurodiverse, sometimes disabled

And as they talk about it, it’ll become clear that they’re thinking about that label because there’s something in their life that’s uncomfortable, and they can see people with that label NOT doing that thing, and they’re wondering if they have a right to also not do it.

So this is me, giving you permission. Label or not, YOU ARE ALLOWED to:

Stop dating people (of a particular gender or in general)

Start dating people (of a particular gender or in general)

Have less (or no) sex

Have more sex (or with more people)

Get married

Not get married

Plan to never get married

Have a friend more important than people you date or have sex with

Wear skirts

Not wear skirts

Wear make-up

Not wear make-up

Cut your hair

Grow your hair

Try new pronouns

Wear a binder

Use a cane

Use fidget toys

Use noise-cancelling headphones

Take painkillers (or other over-the-counter medication)

Ask for help

Not eat that food

Ask for food alternatives

Not drink alcohol

Avoid that location with the crowds and the noise

You are allowed.

You are allowed to do these things some of the time, or all of the time, or only once.

If they make you feel better in yourself, maybe someday you’ll decide to take on the label that applies to many people who do them. But you don’t NEED a label.

You are allowed.

[dorywhynot]

"XVI (The Tower)" 8x16", Watercolor. 2025

On view now at Vakarie Gallery, for "Arcana: Painting the Fates," a Tarot themed group show

Original Artwork available for purchase

Prints

The Tower is a notoriously negative card, but the more I learn about tarot the less I believe in starkly positive or negative meanings. The Tower symbolizes challenges, difficult ones, like....the kind of challenges that leave you back at square one. But challenges in my mind mean change. Getting knocked down means you have to do something different when you try again, whether that is putting more care and effort into the techniques used before, or trying something new entirely.

Some of you know by now that I've been having an issue with my spine/sacrum for a few years now - while I'm able to carry out my days normally-ish now it has left me with chronic pain that I'm still hoping will heal. It's affected the way I work, the way I relax, the type of exercise that I can do...Pretty much everything part of a routine that I worked hard to build has had to be altered in some way. It's a journey I'm still on and frustrated by. I'm not fully convinced that the diagnosis I received is the entirety of the issue. I also think a part of it isn't a diagnosis thing at all, I'm just getting older.

The spine is the center. It connects the brain to the body, and serves as the conduit for every message between them. It's the foundation for our anatomical hardware and software.

So, is this a personal piece?....Who's to say.

Full painting process documentation of this piece is included in this month's Artist's Notebook PDF, over on patreon.

[nathucs]

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[rumalas]

He doesn't have a family or a dog, but he has the world. (and Rocky)

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[bedroomdecay]

[87sukiyaki]

[medeaft]

The dance of rats (originally: Patkánytánc) 2025 Ink on paper

I made this for Rattober, the 23rd prompt, stamp rat (here is the prompt list). It's not required to go in order, so I decided I'm not going in order. It also says I can combine prompts, but I'm not sure yet if I will do that, I do have several picture ideas that can belong to more than one prompt.

(Also, in case you are concerned, it does say it's for human participants, but I did ask if it's still okay for me to do, and it is.)

I made the rat stamp from a potato. I'm pretty proud of how well I managed to line up the hands to hold each other, despite the potato covering that part.

Progress pictures under the cut, please excuse the camera quality. The above photograph was taken by my brother with his phone; my camera is vastly worse.

I made a sketch first.

I selected my potato to be big enough for the sketch. Here it is after cutting in half.

You can't see the cut-off pieces because I was eating them as I went.

Testing the stamp on the paper of the sketch.

I actually liked how the rat stamp instances have different textures, so I kept that.

And then in the end I drew the rest on with black ink and a pen.

[i-give-you-a-fish]

Happy Pride Everyone!!!!

[gigizetz]

happy pride month!

I've always had some insecurities regarding my sexuality before realizing that I don't care about labeling myself with anything, and that makes me feel at peace!

so take this as a reminder to feel at peace and happy with yourself!

[bouncy2004toyotayaris]

made this a transparent gif because im in love

[withbriefthanksgiving]

ID: a GIF of a 2004 Toyota Yaris bouncing and squishing like a rubber ball. End of ID.

[medeaft]

Rat poem (originally: Patkányvers) 2025 Ink on paper

I made this for Rattober prompt number 1, friend-shaped rat. (I'm not going in order.)

I have always wanted to write concrete poetry ever since I was maybe six and first encountered the phenomenon; but I was just never inspired to any specific concrete poem. Finally, the time has come. This poem came to my mind as I was falling asleep, and I quickly scribbled it down (to be written into shape later), and now here it is.

In case it's not legible:

This is rat: very sweet Little hands & little feet It can climb, it can play, It can have a happy day!

It might not be too deep, but the sight or thought of cute animals elicits such poems from me, and so this was my best attempt at expressing the cuteness of rats.

[marine-gifs]

Striped Marlin and California sea lions hunting a school of fish. Filmed in the Sea of Cortez. From Wild Pacific - The Beauty of Life (2015)

[medeaft]

Blueberry rat (originally: Áfonyapatkány) 2025 Acrylic on paper

I made this painting for the 24th prompt of Rattober (I'm not going in order), which, just like the title of the painting, is blueberry rat. I was so worried that it wouldn't dry in time to upload today, but here it is now!

Don't worry, the little rat will run away if anyone mistakenly tries to eat it.