Blairaptor

Blair | Cartoonist/Illustrator For my work, use the tag "my+art". Check "monster+trail" for my original graphic novel.

[blairaptor]

Hi, I'm Blair! I'm a cartoonist. :)

I made an original graphic novel called Monster Trail that you can purchase here. It's an all-ages fantasy story about a summer camp for monsters in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Magic on the mountain was thought to be dormant until three campers (a werewolf, a witch, and a vampire) seemingly wake it up! What follows is an adventure that celebrates friendship, mystery, and folklore.

My blog is a mixture of art, things that inspire me, and posts for whatever fixation I have currently. Right now it's The Bad Batch (and other Star Wars stories).

This blog will always be SFW/PG and I will tag anything heavy in case you want to block it!

My tags:

My Art is for all of my own art posts.

Blair speaks is for text posts / personal posts by me.

Monster Trail is for my graphic novel.

My OCs is for all my original characters, from Monster Trail or other story projects.

Other info:

If you'd like to use my art as your profile pic or header, you are welcome to do so. Just please credit me in your blog description.

You can also find me on Instagram under the same username.

I don't officially take requests, but my asks are open if you ever want to yell in my inbox or suggest anything! I don't bite! ⭐️

[gadzooksgalore]

Happy Mermay! It's been a while since Ardyn and Mip showed up on this blog, so I wanted to give them some love for the occasion c:

May has honestly been one heck of a month but despite everything going on lately, I was really determined to make something for mermay this year. I'm glad I didn't miss it for once!

[jazzleeillustrates]

Here is a meme redraw collab that I did with my friends @gadzooksgalore and @blairaptor ! 👀🙌

From left to right, our characters here are Auvellius (drawn by @gadzooksgalore ), Razzy (drawn by me), and Charlie (drawn by @blairaptor !)

This was a ton of fun! 🥳

[salmonpiffy]

Alien robot meet alien rock

[catnippackets]

Project Hail Mary said "what if you were so deeply scared that you didn't want to try but then found out that all you needed was a hard push and somebody believing in you to realize you were capable all along" and also "sometimes growth isn't fighting your way back to where you were before but realizing that it no longer serves you and choosing to move forward instead"

[queerdungeons]

iconic

[nonespark-blog]

you don’t have to know anything about Star Wars, but PLEASE watch this.

[marygooree]

Happy May the 4th!

[gadzooksgalore]

I never took the time to make a dedicated icon for this art blog, so I figured I should have a little fun and create one now that I'm no longer constantly exhausted (as illustrated by my last icon) thanks to some health improvements. But to be honest this was mostly an excuse to draw myself in my favorite hat XD

[vermillionsketcher]

Commission for cryptid-crafter on bluesky of Wrecker about to make a splash with Tech and Echo on beach day 🌊

[gadzooksgalore]

The creatures are on call and attempting to troubleshoot.

I had so much fun making this silly meme collab with my two good friends @jazzleeillustrates and @blairaptor! From left to right is Toko (me), Dimi (Jazz), and a blue jay fairy (Blair).

[blairaptor]

TFP Starscream!

[blairaptor]

How I pictured the TFP Autobots as people!

From the top left: Ratchet, Optimus, Arcee, Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Smokescreen, Wheeljack, Cliffjumper (sorry there's no Ultra Magnus - I kinda ran out of steam and didn't know what to do for him)

[blairaptor]

Welcome to Jasper, Nevada 🏜️

[blairaptor]

What I've been up to

Heyy I think it's been a little over a year since I was really active here.

Here's what's new with me: I bought a house, I got some awards, I bought an iPad to use for art, I got into Transformers (genuinely never thought that would happen!) and I learned how to play Minecraft.

I've been trying to fall in love with my art-making process again instead of fretting about finished products and posting on socials, etc. And I think I'm getting there! I'm branching out a bit more and I'm excited to gain confidence with new styles and subject matter. After finishing my graphic novel it's been hard to break free from the idea that all my work has to be just like that, forever.

Also I'm trying to be more "cringe" and genuine online and not care so much. Wish me luck!

[gracewight]

when you finish an outline and you go hey these are solid concepts I should save them for like book 2 or 3 STOP

STOP

STOP

you’re doing the thing! life is happening right now! use the nice dishes! wear your favorite shoes! light your nice candle! write that good plot! LIFE IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

[jennelikejennay]

You get more ideas by using the ideas you've got!!

I can't tell you how many beginners' trilogies are gutted by this, things just aren't happening in book one and you can tell there's something the author has planned that they're saving for book two.

Put it in book one! Book one needs to be a whole book with a big plot! I promise that by the time you're writing book two and three, you will have more ideas. Don't save too much for later, use it now!

[bluesarts]

makes a single meme art and then disappears back into the void again

[blairaptor]

Sheesh I was just thinking after Lent I'd start posting on tumblr again, and then in my lurk session I see this horrible update... what's the word on it now? I'll send in a complain ticket if I need to.