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

submitted 11 days ago • 258 comments

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

submitted 15 days ago • 251 comments

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

submitted 16 days ago • 39 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 🙌

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

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...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

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 ✨

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

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

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

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

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

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.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

PHEW!! 😳😅 #Severance

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

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 40 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 42 days ago • 961 comments

This, right here..

submitted 42 days ago • 483 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

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

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

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Owl gouache painting, work in progress. Ready for the next stage: adding the details on to make my maximalist heart happy 🤓🎨🖌️ #illustration #workinprogress

submitted 45 days ago • 2 comments

Where are my fellow Northern Irish / Irish Bluesky people? #IrishBluesky

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Who else has been listening to this non-stop since last week’s #Severance ? The music this season has been full of gems like this 🎧🙌 youtu.be/Bcqb7kzekoc?...

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Decided to rewatch all of ‘Shrinking’ straight after finishing both series. It’s the nicest place to be with such gorgeous characters, feels like a nice escape from the general hellscape of reality. Anyone else a fan?

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

Reminder: Amazon Blackout—starting tomorrow. Amazon ❌, Whole Foods ❌ off the to-do list!

submitted 55 days ago • 1279 comments