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Thunderbird in a desert sky

I painted this when I lived in SoCal after seeing the spectacular California Condor at the San Diego zoo. Never got to see a wild one while I was there

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Great Blues

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Raubritter

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a doodle I forgot to poast, from when I read Fulgrim: The Palatine Phoenix and I was extremely amused when they mention that Ferrus taught Fulgrim about nuclear bombs back in Terra. So I drew them with a demon core lol

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APRÈS LA VIE - MORT; APRÈS LA MORT - LA VIE DE NOUVEAU.

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Sanguinius' love language is touch.

Sanguinius will express his affection by hugging you, caressing your skin, holding your tiny hand and petting your little head.

When it comes to him, he enjoys being touched as well. But his favourite type of physical contact (aside from passionate copulations with you) is when you groom him.

You see, his wings are huge and he can't reach all of their surface. So, he needs a little help:

He will politely ask you to look for loose or broken feathers and remove them, to clean his beautiful plumage, to remove semi hard ceratine shells of his new feathers, helping him to shed properly. Baal is a very dry planet, so sometimes his feathers need a bit of moisture, and as he has no preen gland, you are happy to rub some mix of castor and thyme oil to keep his beautiful feathers from becoming brittle and dry. He enjoys laying on his stomach, eyes closed, while you sit on his back, managing him: he would love if you will comb or braid his golden hair as well.

If Sanguinius allows you to touch his wings, you should kbow - he fucking loves you.

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sanguinius wip

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Allegory of Nuclear Power

it took FOREVER to figure out how to do the water and steam in a way that doesn't break the composition.

The planets are Uranus and Pluto (for uranium and plutonium) and the lady is the same gorgeous shade of greeny-yellow as uranium glass

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sometimes i remember Terinu and am sad that it will never be finished

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irritated when people praise a yarn line for a huge range of colors but really mean 10 shades of beige

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work in progress on my New Sun blouse

did not realize this design would be so big translated to cross stich. i am very pleasantly surprised - i thought it was not going to be sufficiently ☆dramatic☆ for my tastes before i got going

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Carpet. Milas, Türkiye, Ottoman Empire. Wool. 1860-1890 CE.

Asian Art Museum, California.

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12.

Twelve round objects I've made in the last few weeks.

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kinda want to read every Hugo award winner

all I read now is fic and, even though that's fun, I'm probably not building a lot of skill JUST doing that

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The Executioner's Alphabet. Postcard Prints of a Hand-Embroidered Artwork. https://jschulerart.etsy.com/listing/758541716

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a friend of mine shared a picture of some fabric woven with this motif and I just had to make a copy of it for my collection of designs

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The Radiant Meteor Storm of 9 October 1933 from the Larousse Encyclopedia of Astronomy