auden ! 🐾

23 - he/they/it - digital artist 🏳️‍⚧️♾️🏳️‍🌈

[auden-dahn]

i'll be on posting here until i cant, but here's where you can find me other than tumblr!!

🌿Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/audendahn ☁️Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/audendahn.bsky.social* 🐾Sheezy: https://sheezy.art/auden* 💌Webstite: https://audendahn.neocities.org/** * i'll start back-posting and crossposting today! ** soon to be updated! :]

[auden-dahn]

alright last one of these i promise! just wanted to let everyone know a few things:

nebula ended up passing a few weeks ago. we did everything that we could have done and she was comfortable and loved up until the very end. thank you all so very, very much for your support and kindness during all of this. truth be told this has been one of my first real experiences with loss and being there for my girlfriend was my top priority

that said, i'm out of classes for the summer and am still actively job hunting, so my commissions continue to be open! ill be revamping them here soon

and to my wonderful commissioners already in the queue, i'll be starting back up on commissions come tomorrow!

that's all from me for now! i'm excited to make more art to share with yall here soon! stay safe!

[auden-dahn]

hi everyone!! just an update since i know my last post was a sudden and heavy one. baby nebula is doing ok, we have her on her medicine and we're hoping to hear back about scheduling her echocardio soon. so many kind people donated to her through my girlfriends gofundme and i couldnt be more grateful. some other wonderful folks commissioned me, which i also appreciate so deeply!

im working on getting those commissions finished in between working on finals, and i just wanted to let people know that my commissions will remain open for the forseeable future with unlimited spots! im happy drawing ocs, existing characters, you name it. money is very tight now (as im sure it is for many people), so any help is hugely appreciated as I go into the summer job search.

💌 🎨 https://ko-fi.com/audendahn + @audendahn on venmo

that's all for now, looking forward to having more art to share soon! take care!!

[auden-dahn]

Help my baby Nebula with her medical bills!

https://gofund.me/9f1eaaf34

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Hello everyone! This is Nebula, my girlfriend and I's 5 year old rescue baby. She just got diagnosed with a congentital heart murmur and a valentine heart, making her usual rambunctious and energetic self lethargic and unmotivated. They want to do an echocardiogram to find the best treatment for her, but for now we're paying for essential meds using a payment plan. This will be an ongoing expense, but any help here in the beginning while we're getting situated would be the greatest gift of all.

Her gofundme is linked above and will always be up to date, but if you want something other than our gratitude for your help, my commissions are open and i will litterally draw whatever you want. Name a price, and we'll figure it out.

Thank you for reading and sharing, and please keep our baby in your well wishes.

[auden-dahn]

Help my baby Nebula with her medical bills!

https://gofund.me/9f1eaaf34

Buy Auden Dahn a Coffee

Become a supporter of Auden Dahn today!

Hello everyone! This is Nebula, my girlfriend and I's 5 year old rescue baby. She just got diagnosed with a congentital heart murmur and a valentine heart, making her usual rambunctious and energetic self lethargic and unmotivated. They want to do an echocardiogram to find the best treatment for her, but for now we're paying for essential meds using a payment plan. This will be an ongoing expense, but any help here in the beginning while we're getting situated would be the greatest gift of all.

Her gofundme is linked above and will always be up to date, but if you want something other than our gratitude for your help, my commissions are open and i will litterally draw whatever you want. Name a price, and we'll figure it out.

Thank you for reading and sharing, and please keep our baby in your well wishes.

[creacharms]

"My Lucky Charm" - A Creacharms Project

Journal #1 - Introduction

"My Lucky Charm" is a digitally 2D animated music video following a young human and their blossoming friendships with their elemental creature partners.

Who?

Hello there! I'm @auden-dahn, and this is my first project in the world of Creacharms. I'm an illustrator and animator currently earning my BFA in college, and this project is my final as a Junior!

What?

This project is an animated music video called "My Lucky Charm". It follows a young human's travels through a world full of elemental creatures to befriend! It will be 2D (animated in Rough Animator and Procreate on iPad) and have original music by me.

Why?

A few reasons! Sentimentally, I grew up on games like Pokemon and Animal Crossing since before I could read. Even without fully understanding what was going on, I felt at home in these colorful, natural environments that tied humanity into nature and technology. I knew when I grew up that I wanted to create worlds just like that, ones that anyone can feel at home in as they explore themselves and what it means to be in the beautiful interconnected web of life! I hope you can find joy here!

Practically, I want to push my animation further than I ever have before! I want to practice dynamic posing, character expressions and personality, camera movement, anticipation, the works! I have a bad habit of waiting to do things until I'm "good enough" or "ready", and I want to defy that by jumping into this project head first!

With these questions out of the way, let me show you what I've got so far!

Animation

I am currently in the pre-production stage, so right now it's about getting down the key moments and timing overall. The final animation and song will be a minimum of 1:30 long, so right now I'm mapping ideas in time to create my first rough animatic!

Music

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This is my first time producing music to a finished enough state to share publicly, and i'm really excited to get there! The original idea was to have OpenUTAU Teto sing the vocals, but after a great class critique we decided it would have more of the authentic, down-to-earth feel I was looking for if I just sang it myself.

Right now, I have this loop/snippet and the lyrics all written! I'll be making a rough cut to time my animatic out to, then finalizing the music before animation clean-up. I can't wait to share more with you!

Conclusion

That's all for now! I'll be making consistent updates (Maybe every Thursday?) here about my progress on the animation as well as on Creacharms as a whole. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask and I'd be so happy to answer! Have a great day and see you soon!

[auden-dahn]

my junior thesis project, @creacharms !! i'll be posting weekly updates there, feel free to check it out! :D

[auden-dahn]

some laika’s comet outfit requests from the discord server :]

[auden-dahn]

wallpaper for my girlfriend @venered <3

[🍵 ko-fi]

[auden-dahn]

i love when i accidentally reblog someone elses art to this blog and you guys give it unquestioning love anyway. we love uplifting fellow artists!!! keep it up!!!

[auden-dahn]

my 2025 artist recap!! i was so busy sept through november... help

[auden-dahn]

day one of critter’s brush week, cosmic! i made a new chameleon type thing oc for it named chamomile :] (original design under the cut!)

[auden-dahn]

falling snow

[🍵 ko-fi]

[roverspeak]

hello!! this is deeply embarrassing for me to ask (especially since many are struggling at the moment), but if anyone has the funds to spare i am down to a total of 2 digits in my bank account with december rent and bills here in a week ($300) and help would be a crushing weight off of my shoulders going into the holidays. i also take art commissions (feel free to see examples at @auden-dahn !!) and will happily draw Pretty Much Anything for Any Price. feel free to ask about it!! my ko-fi | my venmo @ audendahn | my sincerest thanks!!

(photos of my baby Pretty as a thank you for reading!!)

[auden-dahn]

hi friends i have been having the itch to make designs for people again... so i'm starting with these two!! both are up for auction on my toyhou.se!! silent night: https://toyhou.se/36174476.silent-night-open peppermint cocoa: https://toyhou.se/36174574.peppermint-cocoa-open

[auden-dahn]

hi friends i have been having the itch to make designs for people again... so i'm starting with these two!! both are up for auction on my toyhou.se!! silent night: https://toyhou.se/36174476.silent-night-open peppermint cocoa: https://toyhou.se/36174574.peppermint-cocoa-open

[auden-dahn]

various netpets from throughout my sketchbook 🩵

[auden-dahn]

this weeks mini animation is netpet (again)!! 💾💿