Rustypuppy

has brought ATCs (artist trading cards) to #nostr !!!

The format is 2.5” x 3.5” on whatever you want.

I made these back in 2011; more of a collage style than what I would do now.

Last photo is a plastic template for the size of an ATC. It’s really handy if you create a masterboard, then use the template as a window to find which areas you want to cut down to be your ATC.

#artstr #nostratc

Ready for you to download, print, and share!

#nostr #artstr #community

If you go to the Google home page, and search for “fat bears” you’ll get an overlay of a skinny bear you can help get fat by tapping the fish icon. 🐟

This is in addition to the fun of following our very own #nostr feed of

🐻

#fatbears

This arrived months ago, but I just got home to appreciate it: pack of stickers, art prints, and an absolutely gorgeous art book by

Over 260 designed pages, lay-flat binding, sections on past, present, and process.

I’ve bought A Lot of artist art books and this 5⭐️ quality.

Congratulations on this accomplishment!!! 👏🎉💜

#nostr #artstr #artbook #art

Does your running club need a flag-based POP art logo? There’s a #nostr #artstr for that.

Who’s a good boy? 🐶💐

Beautiful #dogstr from a #nostr #artstr

One of the cool things about #nostr is being able to directly ask devs questions about their apps and get an answer without having to go on Twitter or Discord (though sometimes they send you to GitHub). 😉

#Blockamatic from

via https://blockamatic.vercel.app

#blooming #photostr #proofofwork

New year, new calendar! 🗓️

Many thanks to

for organizing and producing this with #artstr from across the #nostr - pick up a digital or print version via

March has a cool mixed media art piece 😎🏰

#2026 #art #photography #plebs #calendar #grownostr #v4v

- here’s my entry for your contest….

“A Visit from St. Nostrolas / Twas the Night Before Christmas” - an animated adaptation by me with narration by Boyfriend.

Created in Procreate and iMovie on my iPad. No AI.

If anyone wants to download a higher-res, 1080 version, go here: https://drive.proton.me/urls/DPY09MRKNR#RxiQaFdil8HV - link is active until Jan. 5th, 3026.

#contest #nostr #vidstr #animation #christmas

Worth a read for #artstr and anyone selling via #nostr

#grownostr

The print calendar with Satoshi quotes and #nostr #artstr images (including my citadel :) is now available!!!!

#calendar #grownostr #v4v

Wahoo! Thank you so much!!! 💜🫂 🏰

I’ll share links to the calendar purchase pages when they’re available. You’ll be able to buy with sats or fiat. ⚡️💵

#art #nostr #calendar #opensource

I love Kickstarter as a means for creators to directly connect with their audience (even wrote a book on how to create a KS project), so seeing someone on #nostr promote their campaign is a true joy. 🧡

Check out the link, share the note - as someone who has run 8 successful KS projects and supported over 200, every little bit helps.

#grownostr #bookstr #bitcoin #kids #kickstarter

Awesome #nostr #artstr !!!

#art #monkeybusiness

Robot on a hoverboard- #nostr #artstr content at its finest!

Check out a cool #animation by the #nostr #artstr

who’ll be attending the

- zaps to the note below help with travel costs. ✈️🧳

Both of my parents were born in Europe, so we visited relatives and traveled there when I was young. So fun to see photos from that part of the world.

Also great references to sketch from. ✍️💜

#artstr #photostr #nostr

The kind of #nostr content I adore

#videostr #grownostr #proofofwalk #catstr

Some stellar hot video here on #nostr

#video #filmstr #volcano #hawaii #photostr

Quality #nostr content right here.

#birdstr #goosestr #grownostr

Here’s a copy of my proposal for the

Creator Contest v.1 ….

I will write and illustrate a book called “The Wandering Portal Emporium: Invitation and Introduction.”

Similar in concept to “Thieves’ World” created by Robert Asprin, “Wild Cards” by George R. R. Martin, or the Dungeons & Dragons Open Gaming license, this book defines a fantasy, shared-world setting.

Structured like a travel guide, I will create locations, characters, environment specifics, and information on how a creator can use this book as a reference if they wish to create related open source works.”

I made a PDF of sample writing and art, which you can find on this webpage, along with the other folks’ proposals: https://satosh.ee/blog/open-source-culture-creator-contest-1-voting/

Voting is now open and runs through March 31st - more info at the URL mentioned above.

#artstr #twpe #opensource #publicdomain #contest #vote #art #writing #v4v #grownostr #nostr #proofofwork #art #creator

I lost an hour today but I always gain a bit of happy scrolling through #nostr

#dogstr #grownostr #spring #outdoors #touchgrass

Why I scroll #nostr in the morning: amazingly creative and crafted #art

#artstr #lasercut #bitcoin #pow #proofofwork #grownostr

Ready to order a unique #tarot deck from a #nostr #artstr ?

#art #occult #bitcoin #v4v #pow #geyser #forsale #merch

The hashtag is #farmsounds and the notes are individual moments of awesomeness. Quality #nostr content right here. The ducklings in the water is my fav. 👍💜🫂

#grownostr #homestead #countryliving #v4v

Another quality note on #nostr

#flowerstr #grownostr

#nostr … now with #swordstr #grownostr

Giveaways don’t seem to get a lot of traction on #nostr - I haven’t used this product but would like a chance to win one. Anyone else?

#giveaway #tallow #skincare #grownostr

So wonderful to see more #artstr on #nostr 💜 #grownostr

From: Rustypuppy To: Nostr

Happy Valentine’s Day!

……. I asked one of the

AI for a line drawing, and after several attempts, got one I liked. Using that as the base, I drew new line art and colored it; the video shows the 1 hr 17 min process in 30 seconds.

#valentinesday #procreate #digitalart #artprocess #art #artstr #rustypuppyart #nostr #nostronly https://i.nostr.build/jjmlsUERu2Ltpe8S.jpg https://v.nostr.build/1REUgjQoc12bBFTb.mp4

All kinds of #artstr here on #nostr including a stained glass restorer/creator!!!

#grownostr #stainedglass #art

One of my favorite paintings - such beautiful colors and that amazing reflection.

This was the first #artstr account I found on #nostr and it gave me hope that there was a place and potential for #art in this new social space.

#grownostr #painting

Another 5 ⭐️ purchase from #nostr - designed and sold by

this tshirt is 100% cotton, very soft. It is a straight cut fit, so if you have curves/want some room, you may want to order a size up.

#nostronly #review #clothing #tshirt #merch #grownostr https://i.nostr.build/GgE8xNveudO9OPqK.jpg

2024 #art recap photo …. 🤩

365 days is a long time, so at the end of December, I put all the art (or a representation of it, like the fabric scrap for the

commissions and the dragon back ridges for the 24” x 30” Drifting Dragon painting I created for a friend) on a desk and take a photo.

This helps alleviate any “I didn’t do anything this year” feels that appear in these last days of the year. 😓😊

This art review also helps in that I can look across the range of art projects and think about which were the most interesting/fun/challenging, and what I want to do more (or less) of in 2025.

And another shoutout of Thanks! to

and #npubpro because having a website of my #nostr posts I created with a special hashtag of #rustypuppyart made this process So Much Easier. 👍

And Many, Many Thanks!!! to those who have zapped my art along the way. I do not take it for granted in anyway; it makes me extremely happy that you find value in what I create. ⚡️🫂

Looking forward to sharing more art (and some stories) with you in the New Year! 💜🥂

#artstr #🖼️ #2024 #yearinreview https://i.nostr.build/okvyIjBkhecxHrBy.jpg

This is the Way. #nostr

Great range of #photography here, and a working example of how #nostr can support creatives in a way no other social media can. ⚡️

My favorites are the close-up boat, trees and buildings, and daffodil stairs.

#photostr #grownostr #v4v

I wrote this last year, but tis the season, so welcome to my Nostr version of the Night Before Christmas poem. 🎅🎄

If anyone wants to create a performance or read it on their podcast, please tag me, I’d love to hear it! 🫂

A Visit from St. Nostrolas / The Night Before Christmas

• Adapted by Rustypuppy from a poem by Clement Clarke Moore

Twas the night before Christmas, when all in the house Were quietly sleeping, except me and my spouse. The relays were placed by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nostrolas soon would be there.

The plebs were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of zapping danced in their heads; And mom on her Android, and me on my Apple Had just settled by the fire to listen to its crackle.

When out in the street there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the couch to see what was the matter. Away to the door I flew like a flash, And undid the lock to see who had crashed.

The moon shone brightly upon the ice and snow Giving all things around a silver-toned glow. When what to my searching eyes did display, But eight tiny nostriches pulling a sleigh.

With an open protocol that cannot be bossed, I knew in a moment he must be St. Nost. Better than X or the Book of Face, He called to all to come and embrace:

It’s global, it’s social, it’s decentralized; It keeps identity private from corporate eyes. Get your nsec and npub and client and go, write all your notes and help the Nostr to grow.

None can tame it or trap it or make it stop. Decentralization is the way to adopt. So up to the housetop the nostriches flew With the sleigh full of NIPS, and St. Nostrolas too —

And up on the roof, I heard through the snow, The scratching and tapping of each little toe. As I closed the door and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nostrolas came with a bound.

His body was covered, from his head to his foot, By a large, thick cloak, all tarnished with soot. A bundle of boxes he'd flung on his back, Gently he withdrew them and began to stack.

His eyes, what color? Were they mismatched? His face, a glimpse I never did catch. But I saw a smile, the gentle lift of a cheek, And I suddenly felt the world become far less bleak.

Then he shimmered and his cloak changed color. Astonished, I realized he was now another. Again and again: five, ten, twenty - St. Nostrolas was not one, he was many!

The spirit of developers, working all the time; He’d brought us their gifts for far less than dimes. He gave a nod of his head and the thumbs-up sign. I sighed in relief; everything would be fine.

He spoke not a work, but finished his work Connecting all the relays ... was that a tiny smirk? He turned to me, gave a two-fingered salute, Then stepped on the hearth and flew up the chute.

He sprang to his sleigh, gave his nostriches a cry, And they ran off the roof and into the sky. But I heard him exclaim, as he disappeared from sight— “Sovereign freedom for all, and to all a good night!”

#nightbeforechristmas #poetry #poem #christmas #nostr #grownostr #nostronly #artstr https://i.nostr.build/kgfZiHojpP3KWQtG.jpg

I’m just a hobby #photographer - this is from my mom’s backyard during fire season in BC 🇨🇦 a few years ago. Scary beautiful.

What’s one of your favorite photos or photographers here on #nostr ?

#artstr #photostr #landscape #clouds #grownostr #photography https://i.nostr.build/LYLCdhw8fsgEzdBj.jpg

Fluffy bunnies - the kind of social media I want to see in the morning. Thanks, #nostr ! 💜 #bunnies

Seeing artists I follow on IG post about the latest hoop the algorithm demands they jump through to have engagement always makes me sad.

I am forever grateful to those who have created this unique Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays space. 🫂💜

#nostr #grateful #devs https://i.nostr.build/UCegjeU8zu6ONPyg.jpg

Added some of my favorite #artstr

Who will you add?

#grownostr #plebchain #nostr #v4v

I’ve bought

from

- great experience, great products. Nice holidays selection now available. 🎄🎁

#shopping #merch #art #holiday #bitcoin #nostr #grownostr #ecommerce

This is so thrilling to see: an artist connecting directly with someone and being paid to create.

#art #btcoin #nostr

Another #nostr giveaway! Love handmade items.

#giveaway #grownostr #woodworking #woodcarving

Left 5 star reviews for the goods I got from

- definitely recommend for your #bitcoin and #nostr merch, especially

goods. 👍👍

https://www.storeofvalue.eu

Shout-out to

for attending events and spreading the word about the #nostr #artstr ! 🎉

#nostrevent #art #🖼️ #nostrvalley

#nostr #dogstr !!!!! Love the shallow depth of field on these.

Anyone can contribute to Nostr and make a difference.

#nostr #nostrasia #grownostr #dowhatyoucanwithwhatyouhave

The Turd Soup / Nostrich November business cards that nobody asked for but some #artstr may need are done!

Many thanks to

for hauling these and some #nostr #art #postcards to

to help show the kind of cool content available on this protocol.

#nostronly #community #🖼️ #swag #merch #nostrich #turdsoup https://i.nostr.build/5XfIUIxASsIFnoW1.jpg

Love this design!

#art #artstr #🖼️ #nostr #tshirt #swag #merch #eu

#art documenting the documentation of #bitcoin history 😎

#artstr of all kinds here on #nostr

Accomplishment of the Day: setting up my #nostr website with #npubpro:

https://rustypuppy.npub.pro 🎉

Really like how it’s going so far. Interesting to see how it picks up a different number of notes for hashtag categories depending if I look at it on my phone or desktop. Looking forward to using hashtags more efficiently to populate the categories.

Also, just saw it’s 5:33 pm so should probably have lunch now. 🥪

Many thanks to

and all those who make these tech things work for untechs like myself. 🫂

#grownostr #nostronly #website #plebchain #artstr

Repost - I still have 5 slots left if any #artstr wants a QR code to their #nostr account on a printed postcard I’m taking to #nostrasia

#art #nostronly #grownostr #postcard #promotion #artwork

New #artproject from an #artstr about #nostr 🎉

So much awesome on #nostr

#grownostr #archery #proofofwork #diy #woodworking

Artwork lost (stolen?) at #btc2024 - reward for info that leads to recovery of the art.

Please help a #nostr #artstr and share their note.

#help #art #auction #bitcoin #nashville #grownostr #asknostr

Congratulations pickle cat!!!!

The kind of #nostr content I love.

#grownostr #employeeofthemonth #garden #catstr

I’ve been on nostr for 1 year. Seems shorter. A lot has changed, but the core things are the same: I am my own algorithm and if folks find value in what I note, they can let me know with value, and I can do the same for them - something that doesn’t exist in any other social medium. 👍💜🫂

#nostr #valueforvalue #v4v #proofofwork https://i.nostr.build/c5sqUuqx7Oc47lck.jpg

#artstr drawing #dogstr on #nostr

Check out their profile for a note about pet portraits!!!

#art #petportrait #grownostr

Love finding a new #artstr on #nostr 🎉

#pottery #coffechain #handmade #proofofwork #grownostr

I’m a Christmas person, but I assume there are some Halloween folks on here? Great piece by an #artstr on #nostr

#art #halloween #pumpkinhead #grownostr

All kinds of creators here on #nostr

#grownostr #artstr #diy #proofofwork

#art is everywhere on #nostr

#nostr #artstr #collaboration 💜

#inkblotart #breadandtoast #art #grownostr

Came across a note translation provided by

that is a spot on conceptual description of Nostr.

#damus #nostr #nostrlife #grownostr https://i.nostr.build/6G0OR.jpg

I’m honored to have my art in the

Bakery. Checkout the creations from some wonderful #nostr #artstr while you catch up on the comic adventures.

#grownostr #comic #breadandtoast

Another #artstr on #nostr #grownostr #fruit

A chance to win #art from a #nostr #artstr 🎉

#grownostr #drawing #sketch #contest

Always something new on #nostr #derekross #dayofross

A lot of artists I follow on IG are going to Cara so I looked at that website this morning. You can set percentages of the content you want to fill your main feed on the Cara app. Thought it was an interesting way to set your own algorithm.

#nostr #dev #idea https://i.nostr.build/lLzdv.jpg

#asknostr - where do you send non-Nostr folks to see your Nostr profile?

I’m using Nostr as my only social media; the place for me, my art, my microfiction. In different cases (EX: in a learning community for my class profile) I want to put a link to my Nostr profile, the way I used to put a link to my Instagram profile.

Not trying to onboard them, and they likely aren’t familiar with Nostr or use a Nostr client, so just my npub isn’t helpful for them.

#nostr #profile #howto #help https://i.nostr.build/q6YBg.jpg

My little slice of #damus : 15 over and 3 down from the top left. 😁

#damuslabs #nostr #earlyadopter #nostrich #frens