THE CRITTER EMITTER

🐲🐦‍🔥🦖👹 Welcome to my personal art blog and secluded nook of the internet May I offer you creatures, characters, monsters in these trying times?

[critteremitter]

I'm team tragedy too but I'm looking at your Dino gal and I'm like I HAVE to draw her 😭😭😭 she's so cool????

Ah thank you! It’s great to see you enjoy my old Dino lady Teba, and look forward to see how you draw her! I’ll definitely fire back, Tragedy or not, no one is safe!!

Here’s some doodles of her, more refs if you will. One in her blacksmith outfit, the other in her more formal outfit when she’s forced to socialise with other Iron Horns outside of her village

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Heyo, it’s been a mighty hot minute

So I’ve decided to participate in Art Fight for the first time ever this year, yippee! Look at this cool card I made :)

Also I apologise for not being very active here, this year so far has been chaotic. Was also diagnosed with hypothyroidism about a week ago, which explains a lot of the problems I’ve been having these last 6 months. Been very fatigued with little to no will power to art, or anything really, on top of having muscle weakness that has affected my arms and wrists the most. Was planning on posting here more regularly this year, but alas. Should hopefully be getting treatment for it soon.

So I’m not making any promises on doing tonnes of drawing but I’d like to give it a go. Got a few characters made specifically for the challenge, but they aren’t proper refs, just one off pieces here there I was able to complete :’) I’ll also post the characters here on tumblr too.

So if you’re interested in duking it out, you can find my profile here

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Holy shit it’s Mermay. Here have some Medusa Medusas 🪼

Also made this couple based off of the Portuguese Man-o-War and Man-o-War fish

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One of those drawings I’ll probably never finish. Love hurting myself drawing every fucking scale on creatures like this. It gives me life. And life is suffering to render cool ass looking dragon scales…

Some closeups under the hood:

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Made this end of last and forgot to post it :> whoops… Also happy 2026! Also there’s a dragon appreciation day??? And I MISSED IT!?! CURSES!!

Anyway was inspired by black swans and their cute habit of feeding koi. Enjoy 🐲🐉

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I loved the colour combo of the previous creature, so decided to use them on this eastern dragon too. Love me a good dragon.

Full body and close ups under the cut. Might finish this dragon and others someday ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[critteremitter]

you probably get this all the time, but what program + brushes are you using?? I've been looking for something with a brush that behaves like a irl pencil for a long time and your most recent art is scratching that itch in my brain

Hey no worries, and you’re the first to ask actually :D I recently found an app called concepts, which is available for free on both the iPad and PC. You can pay for extra features, but the free version is sufficient enough for moi and the tools provided are great. The only feature it’s missing in the free version is scaling/movement tool but you’ll get used to not having/using it (if you’re stingy like me and refuse to pay).

Here’s a link to their app page for you’re perusing pleasure:

Concepts App • Infinite, Flexible Sketching

Every idea begins as a concept. Write notes on the infinite canvas, make mind-maps and mood boards, sketch plans, designs and illustrations.

The tools I use are the basic dynamic pen, marker and watercolours, all base kit in the free version :>

Now go, and have fun drawing cool stuff in this cool app🫡

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Here, have a weird chimera bird-dragon thing. Scales and feathers are fun past time of mine :>

Close ups under the hood:

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discovered this art app called Concepts. Needless to say I’ve been having a blast so here’s a bunch of critter doodles

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Dino character ideas! Just playing with shapes and colours here. Did these guys a while back but only now decided to share.

Also some sketches of potential ideas for some dinosaur clans ^-^ Ramblings below if you’re interested:

So basically there’s this idea that’s been rattling around in my brain case for a while, basically a worldbuilding project starring a bunch of dinosaur clans set in a fantasy earth like world, where I ask myself the real important questions like: what if dinosaurs had opposable thumbs? And, then used those opposable thumbs to build cities and civilisations? Dinosaurs with religion and cultures. Dino people. Like, why did all the cool animals go extinct? Let us fix this reoccurring issue via the power of necromancy channeled through the vessel of art to bring them back to life. With thumbs.

Anyway, got like 4-5 clan ideas based on different dinosaurs. It’s more like an encyclopaedia documenting the various clans and world at large rather than an over arching plot with narrative, though we’ll see.

It’s nothing serious, and you might see more of this project in the future if I can be bothered to come back to it. It maybe one of those projects I dip in and out of from time to time, and I’ve got quite a lot of ideas for this thing. So who knows. But for now enjoy the Dino people doodles.🦖🦕

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Been a while since last posting, busy with life - suffering with Tendinitis (Yay!). Currently going through a bit of spooky phase and experimenting with a much more loose/messy workflow. It’s fun working like this, and delving back into more horror themed topics, so don’t be surprised if ya’ll see this kind of stuff for a bit. These are all just sketches that I’ve done over the past few weeks. Enjoy!

Creepy stuff is best stuff 👍

[kotori-mochi]

Can't afford art school?

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free, mostly teaches anatomy and how to draw people. But does have art talks and teaches the basics.)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard and teaches you everything)

Aaron Rutten (free, tips about art, talks about art programs and the best products for digital art)

BoroCG (free, teaches a verity of art mediums from 3D modeling to digital painting. As well as some tips that can be used across styles)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free, teaches digital painting and has classes in Spanish)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price. Mostly teaching character designs and simple backgrounds.)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney. Mostly nature art)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Sinix Design (has some tips on drawing people)

Winged canvas (art school for free on a verity of mediums)

Bob Ross (just a good time, learn how to paint, as well as how too relax when doing art. "there are no mistakes only happy accidents", this channel also provides tips from another artist)

Scott Christian Sava (Inspiration and provides tips and advice)

Pikat (art advice and critiques)

Drawbox (a suggested cheap online art school, made of a community of artist)

Skillshare (A cheap learning site that has art classes ranging from traditional to digital. As well as Animation and tutorials on art programs. All under one price, in the USA it's around $34 a month)

Human anatomy for artist (not a video or teacher but the site is full of awesome refs to practice and get better at anatomy)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

📝As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. If you want to go fancy Michaels is always a good place for traditional supplies. They also get in some good sales and discounts. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are usually more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates. Galaxy, Windows, macOS, iPad, iPhone, Android, or Chromebook device. )

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99 usd, IPAD & IPHONE ONLY)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, animation and more. Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Aseprite ($19.99 usd but has a free trail, for pixel art Windows & macOS)

Drawpile (free and for if you want to draw with others)

IbisPaint (free, phone app ONLY)

Medibang (free, IPAD, Android and PC)

NOTE: Some of these can work on almost any computer like Clip and Sai but others will require a bit stronger computer like Blender. Please check their sites for if your computer is compatible.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

"also apologies for any spelling or grammar errors, I have Dyslexia and it makes my brain go XP when it comes to speech or writing"

[animalphotorefs]

Boosting this in case any of the programs and books suggested are useful.

All the photos on this tumblr ad the animal photo reference site I run is another resource available for artists to use!

As long as you’re not using AI to create your art, you can reference / trace / draw / recombine / make any sort of art you want, with any of the photos, for free.

[critteremitter]

The Moon and Sun 🌙☀️

Made these guys over the past few weeks. Which one is your favourite?

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Been abit stuck with ideas, so decided to just mash dragons and whatever theme comes to mind. Kind of my default/go-to if I’m in a creative rut or have no idea what to do.

Decided to go with plants. But not just any plants - carnivorous plants! Dragons based on the Venus Fly Trap, Pitcher Plant & the Sundew plant respectively.

And remember folks: A dragon a day keeps the depression away

🐲👍

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An eldritch looking dragon fella. Created for last months challenge prompt on a discord group I’m apart of (Creature Design Workshop - created by Bobby Rebholz - for those interested!)

Didn’t win, but it was good fun regardless, and had a lot of fun drawing it! Enjoy :D

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A strange dragon creature I saw in a dream, so attempted to recreate it. Originally it had white fur with a red face and lots of black teeth, but also decided to try it with black fur too. Couldn’t decide which I like more, so have both! 🐉

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Thunder Dragoon! Just an angry cloud with legs :D