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racheldevlinart.bsky.social
Irish Illustrator, designer-maker & eternal optimist 🌞 Obsessed with flowers, colour, history, ghosts, nature + small things 🪲🐞🌿 📍 N. Ireland
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Bluesky you deserve some fireflies in a cornfield. Not pictured-the young hawk chased away by robins, the enormous kale after the rain, the smell of the tomato plant leaves.

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Need a news time out & a bit of good eco news? I visited a wildlife garden and it was *full* of ladybirds this year. It was so great to find so many after barely seeing any several summers in a row. 🐞🐞🐞🐞

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Happy Summer Solstice 🌞🩵🪷✨ I’ve celebrated by sitting beside an open window to finish drawing this, listening to the birds sing and the trees rustle in the wind. Is there anything nicer? I’m off to find a comfy chair in the garden to rest on. Have a lovely weekend & enjoy the longest day 🩵

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Drawing myself a list of places I want to visit. First up - The Winding Stair bookshop & cafe in Dublin. I’ve never been but I’ve been told it’s as wonderful as it looks. Made on @procreate #illustration #urbanillustrator

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Start the day by doing the whole country a solid! 👇 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

submitted 31 days ago • 5 comments

Right now I want to focus on illustrating stylised figures/people and moving away from my fine art training. I also have a month of Skillshare courtesy of a kind friend, any course recommendations for what will help? #illustration #artpractice #drawingpeople

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Aww, a hen with her purring hatchlings! #cats #catsofbluesky #rentfree #coop

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The unexpected sound of a #porcupine asking for food is … polite. Despite their spiky defense, porcupines are gentle herbivores and they’re surprisingly vocal. It’s common they chatter or hum when they’re hungry, especially in human care

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Read this / must read www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

submitted 70 days ago • 38 comments

I’m not that into sport, but… YAYYY RORY McILROY!! 🎉 How special to watch a wee fella from up the road make such special sporting history. N. Ireland is so proud of you 🙌

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Keep our post affordable & reliable! 📮 Please sign to protect Royal Mail during the new buyout to keep it usable for every corner of the UK. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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Barn owl in a hawthorn tree 🦉🌸🌙✨ I’ve been sharing my work in progress, so happy to share the final painting today. Barn owls were also known as ‘ghost owls’ due to their silent flight & white faces, so I paired my owl with a hawthorn, the mythical ‘fairy tree’ in Ireland ✨

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Brilliant article from the uber talented Amy Beashel in The Guardian. I cannot recommend reading Bad Manners enough! #BookSky www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Happy Birthday William Morris! 🍓🐦‍⬛🌿 One of my all time heroes & inspiration ❤️ This is a portrait I completed a wee while ago to honour the creative genius & social activist he was. #williammorris #illustration #portraitillustration

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A reminder that “disabled people” isn’t a set group aside from everyone else - none of us are immune from becoming disabled. Protecting disabled people is protecting all of us. Protect the most vulnerable and you protect everyone.

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PHEW!! 😳😅 #Severance

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An oldie but a goodie, I still love this floral pattern. Inspired by a colour palette from the wonderful Victoria Johnson 🌺🌸🤎💗 #illustration #floralpattern #surfacepatterndesign

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

Imagine calling yourself the master race and have to resort to erasing the achievements of minorities to make yourself feel better.

submitted 95 days ago • 955 comments

This, right here..

submitted 96 days ago • 474 comments

Bluesky Artists on Flashes: Is it better to set up a separate flashes account or keep everything under the same email address? I’m not sure what the pros/cons are 🙃 #Flashes

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Here’s some of my recent favourite sketchbook pages. When I was little, I thought moths were more beautiful than butterflies. I still love the simple little brown moths I found as a kid, but it was wonderful to discover all the colourful moths from around the world 🦋🌙 #illustration #moths

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