Catbat's Artings

TWITTER: @catbatstudios INSTAGRAM: @catbatart Character Designer|Concept Artist|Comic Artist- Passionate about Monsters and RPGs! Commissions: CLOSED

[catbatart]

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TTRPG Group Dyanamic:

+One (1) Cis Straight Emotional Support Autistic™️

+Five (5) Excitable Neurospicy Queers constantly being just barely saved from running out into traffic

[catbatart]

TTRPG Group Dyanamic:

+One (1) Cis Straight Emotional Support Autistic™️

+Five (5) Excitable Neurospicy Queers constantly being just barely saved from running out into traffic

[catbatart]

Just started new meds today. Providing context for the last decade of my life through the fine art of handcrafted memes.

[catbatart]

2012: "I'm not depressed. My mom has depression and there were days she couldn't even get out of bed, and I'm nowhere NEAR that bad. I only cry for no reason on occasion and am always so so sleepy."

Psychiatrist, 10 years later: "You definitely have depression."

2014: "I don't have anxiety. I know people with anxiety who cannot function AT ALL. They're too anxious to apply for a job! I'm nowhere NEAR that bad. I've only had two panic attacks and I only cry at the thought of calling someone on the phone sometimes!"

Different Psychiatrist, 10 years later: "You absolutely have Generalized Anxiety Disorder."

2016: "I don't have ADHD. It's over-diagnosed and everyone on the internet these days is gonna say they have it. I was an A-B student! I have a thriving social life! I just forget things all the time, lose things all the time, hyper-focus on a specific topic for months at a time, can't sit still, forget thoughts mid-sentence, get tunnel vision while working, constantly fear that I'm lazy and push myself to the brink to counter that narrative, get burned out so severely I-"

Therapist, 10 years later while typing up a referral to a psychiatrist: "I would bet my firstborn that you have undiagnosed ADHD."

[catbatart]

Ya girl officially has a diagnosis of ADHD-PI

👈👈😎

[catbatart]

MFW I find a pile of my old drawings from, like, 30 years ago...

Some more gems:

And then my personal favorite-

Anyway, blah blah blah, art is a journey that never ends, yadda yadda, never give up, etc

[catbatart]

So back in 2005, I saved up my own money, dollar by dollar, scrimping and saving every nickel and quarter, to buy my very first "just for me" video game- Devil May Cry 3. It was the first game I ever finished by myself, on my own, never having watched anyone else play it before. It was tough, and SUPER frustrating at points, but I loved it. The whole thing was a very special experience for me and that game holds an important place in my heart,

A few years after finishing it, I was talking to a friend who had just played it. He was saying how he dumped all of his orbs (game currency) into upgrading his minimum health pool and how he wanted to start over with a different build.

I stared at him. "Wait, what?" He repeated- he dumped all his orbs into increasing his minimum HP and just tanked a bunch of stuff.

That was when I realized that you could upgrade your minimum health. I had not noticed that you could spend orbs to do that. I spent them on everything else OTHER than upgrading my health bar. I literally spent so so so frikkin long beating the game with MINIMUM. HP. I WOULD HAVE HAD SAVED SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY IF I HAD JUST FRIKKIN NOTICED THAT INCREASING MY MINIMUM HEALTH WAS EVEN AN OPTION. NO WONDER I HAD TO REDO THE SAME FIGHTS 20 TIMES. NO WONDER EVERYTHING WAS SO. DIFFICULT. I COMPLETELY just missed a crucial element to gameplay and specs and I basically played the game entirely incorrectly, exerting WAY more effort to get the same results as anyone who actually took time to examine the obvious upgrade options.

Anyway, that's what discovering that I have ADHD in my 30s has been like.

[ninjapenguin713]

Sharing some of the pages I've colored from @catbatart 's Fantasy Creatures coloring book!

[catbatart]

GIIIIRL these look SO good! I'm obsessed with the color choices you made for the Displacer beast and unicorn!!!

[catbatart]

When the cats know you're Going Through It ™️

[catbatart]

SO I FINALLY MADE A FRIKKIN MOTHMAN! I wanted to keep him a surprise until I got the foil print in! I'm SO pleased with him! I really enjoyed working with inks on this one!

I have him available for pre-order on my etsy in both mini prints and full sized prints! They should be shipped out by the end of the month!

Thank you so much to all you guys who bullied me into doin' a Mothman!

[catbatart]

Just started new meds today. Providing context for the last decade of my life through the fine art of handcrafted memes.

[catbatart]

2012: "I'm not depressed. My mom has depression and there were days she couldn't even get out of bed, and I'm nowhere NEAR that bad. I only cry for no reason on occasion and am always so so sleepy."

Psychiatrist, 10 years later: "You definitely have depression."

2014: "I don't have anxiety. I know people with anxiety who cannot function AT ALL. They're too anxious to apply for a job! I'm nowhere NEAR that bad. I've only had two panic attacks and I only cry at the thought of calling someone on the phone sometimes!"

Different Psychiatrist, 10 years later: "You absolutely have Generalized Anxiety Disorder."

2016: "I don't have ADHD. It's over-diagnosed and everyone on the internet these days is gonna say they have it. I was an A-B student! I have a thriving social life! I just forget things all the time, lose things all the time, hyper-focus on a specific topic for months at a time, can't sit still, forget thoughts mid-sentence, get tunnel vision while working, constantly fear that I'm lazy and push myself to the brink to counter that narrative, get burned out so severely I-"

Therapist, 10 years later while typing up a referral to a psychiatrist: "I would bet my firstborn that you have undiagnosed ADHD."

[catbatart]

Just started new meds today. Providing context for the last decade of my life through the fine art of handcrafted memes.

[catbatart]

When your cleric's vibe is this

[catbatart]

HEY FRIENDS! Flying out (albeit heavily medicated) to Oahu tomorrow to be at @kawaiikon! I'll be hosting a D&D Monster themed Stamp rally, where my contribution is a wooden pin with a little honu-themed dragon turtle! We've got some AMAZING artists participating with some great prizes, so I hope to see some of yall there!

My friends will also be running my booth at Midwest Gaming Classic this year! There, I'm participating in a cute-creature RPG class rally, where you can get this adorable sticker. >:)

It'll also be the convention debut of Mothman, The Study, and the Dragon Turtle prints!

See y'all soon!

[catbatart]

Stay Salty - CatBat's Ko-fi Shop

ICE is opening an office about 15 minutes away from me. Since learning about it, this image has been lurking in my mind and I had to get it

ICE is opening an office about 15 minutes away from me. I initially made this as an idea for a protest sign, but wanted to share it.

THIS IMAGE IS 100% COMPLETELY FREE TO USE! You can reproduce it as stickers, fliers, posters, whatever. I just ask that you do not SELL it.

It is set to PWYW if you want to tip. All tips from this image will be going to my local Food Not Bombs chapter, the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund, and the Indiana Undocumented Youth Alliance.

[tang0mang0]

I made this in poster form for anyone to print and share around your local communities! If you can show your support or spread awareness, please do!

[catbatart]

How did I miss this?! This is absolutely amazing, thank you so much!!!!

[catbatart]

Physical 5x3.5" vinyl sticker is now available! PWYW, minimum of $2.50 to cover printing and shipping costs! These should be shipped by the end of April!

[catbatart]

Boosting this again! We've recently got a couple of families who had members detained that we're shopping for, so this makes a direct impact!

[catbatart]

Stay Salty - CatBat's Ko-fi Shop

ICE is opening an office about 15 minutes away from me. Since learning about it, this image has been lurking in my mind and I had to get it

ICE is opening an office about 15 minutes away from me. I initially made this as an idea for a protest sign, but wanted to share it.

THIS IMAGE IS 100% COMPLETELY FREE TO USE! You can reproduce it as stickers, fliers, posters, whatever. I just ask that you do not SELL it.

It is set to PWYW if you want to tip. All tips from this image will be going to my local Food Not Bombs chapter, the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund, and the Indiana Undocumented Youth Alliance.

[tang0mang0]

I made this in poster form for anyone to print and share around your local communities! If you can show your support or spread awareness, please do!

[catbatart]

How did I miss this?! This is absolutely amazing, thank you so much!!!!

[catbatart]

Physical 5x3.5" vinyl sticker is now available! PWYW, minimum of $2.50 to cover printing and shipping costs! These should be shipped by the end of April!

[catbatart]

SO I FINALLY MADE A FRIKKIN MOTHMAN! I wanted to keep him a surprise until I got the foil print in! I'm SO pleased with him! I really enjoyed working with inks on this one!

I have him available for pre-order on my etsy in both mini prints and full sized prints! They should be shipped out by the end of the month!

Thank you so much to all you guys who bullied me into doin' a Mothman!

[catbatart]

Oh look, me? Finishing an art piece? It's more likely than you think!

A sequel to my Diver piece! Our explorer is alive and well, taking a small break before going back to discovering new and cosmic creatures beneath the surface of the sea.

I plan to get prints of these done with blue metallic foil for the rings! VERY excited for this!

[catbatart]

SO I just got my proof in of this guy! The blue foil for the rings looks AMAZING! If you've ever watched a blue ring octopus light up, the effect on the foil is very similar!

So prints of him are now available for pre-order on etsy! They should be shipped out before the end of the month!