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Bookworm, Storyteller, Nature Lover. She/he/they/xe 🏳️‍🌈 Author of poetry and short stories. Aspiring novelist and illustrator. Bachelor's in ecology. Art lover. Vegetable farm enthusiast. New York State, USA. https://linktr.ee/therabbitwaits
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painting from photo

Sometimes gradient maps really rescue how I feel about an image and let me point it in a new direction.

The Snow Queen gouache on paper #kidlitart #gouache #traditionalmedia

Here are some nice mushrooms

Lantern flies use their long snout like a straw to suck up tree sap! I really like the variety of color these insects have, it makes some super fun to paint.

Ashitaka is done!

this made me giggle 😆

Reading "Brave the Wild River" by Melissa L. Sevigny. Making me want to go on an expedition ⛺🥾🌱 #booksky

Woody Guthrie

Sometimes I feel like I might actually become all of the things I've been wanting to become. I might just pull it off.

The dragon’s favorite treasure #ocs

The moment you hear a weird noise in the house and you're so tired you think, "Meh. Whatever. I've had a good run."

Daily bunny no.2873 can never pass up a free drink

Tonight's jam: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGWg...

Character Design 🐟🦴 ✦ #art #commission #horror #fantasy

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I just filmed an insect infodumping tea party. It was fantastic.

I hate people who can go to sleep as soon as they close their eyes like that shit takes me 3 hours, 100 position changes and a sacrifice to the gods.

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okay, it’s time for me to finally weigh in: it’s probably a bad sign that guys are just doing sieg heils in public again

The Moon & The Sun #art #commission

funky crustaceans! #marinelife

I respect a book that has me stopping to re-read a perfectly and beautifully constructed sentence. #BookSky

Mentally I'm here...at the rosebush burrow just walking our pet ladybug 🐞 Print available here: nimasprout.shop/products/ros...

‘Kingfisher’ from a little while back for the WowXWow monochromagic show.

‘Into the Fray’ from 2024. I still have this painting available for anyone interested in an original on this shiny new Bluesky.

ME: The great thing about writing fantasy is that you can make stuff up! ALSO ME: *spends twenty minutes reading about isopod pseudo-lungs to make sure it’s accurate*

Great news, you’ve collected enough plastics in your body to start forming an exoskeleton. The universe will always bend toward crab.

The jagged ridges of one of the most iconic peaks in the O-Fjord of Greenland's Scoresby Sund appear from behind clearing clouds. The O-Fjord is one of our planet's most spectacular natural treasures!⁠ #bluesky #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature #scape

This reality sucks 😩 I demand isekai. If I must deal with having a king, at least send me someplace less boring with more dating options

The Goddess of Knowledge

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Didn't America have a whole thing about the monarchy? Throw that fucker into the Boston harbor too

🐰 fawn buns 🐰

I want to say, I ✨ really✨ appreciate all your support of my work. Especially the dark/creepy oriented pieces. It means a lot, Thank you.

Rabbit, Irascible oil on yupo 11.75 x 19 Alice: "How long is forever?" White Rabbit: "Sometimes, just one second." - LEWIS CARROLL www.lolajovan.com/store/p718/r... #art #painting #fantasyart #rabbit #skateboard

The Loneliness of Being Ourselves oil on plywood 19 x 29 …the outer edge of the other, which is all we can ever touch — and still it is enough, this sliver of salvation from the loneliness of being ourselves. - THE MARGINALIAN www.lolajovan.com/store/p719/l... #art #painting #landscape

Captain America would be so ashamed of this country right now

Finally handled my twitter account and already I don't miss it one bit. So long sucker

A closer look at the cover art for Orchard 2

At the crosswalk forever til i was like'ok, this is definitely broken'. So i googled who to call since it has no number to call on it and even the city public works website has no number? So i was like ill call the city hall clerk? But apparently halls closed today for a funeral? Having weird day.

More stabby horses having an exchange of opinion. #unicorns #creaturedesign #art #fantasy