Something Winged This Way Comes...

Doodles and dinosaurs

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Hey, by the way!! I do commissions!! Check out this form if you've got a cool thing for me to draw!!

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The Department of Prehistoric Wildlife's road signs. Each symbol is designed to represent one of the seven Mesozoic species with breeding populations introduced to the mainland United States. Mandated to be installed at the site of dinosaur collisions, migration routes, nesting grounds, and year-round territories.

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A Compsognathus is a kind of reptile that is actually very kitty.

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meat cute

(the lovely and patient Anthelion belongs to polywyrm)

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My silly shapeshifter with inconsistent lore and an astounding talent for eating out of garbage bins. Crowyote is a champion of the Anthropocene, living at the periphery of humanity to the mutual fascination and mistrust of both parties. Scruffy, skulking, and scrounging for scraps, his hunger for leftovers and stray pets is only matched by his hunger for affection.

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Four commissions for pokemon fusions. Pikablu got off easy, being a hybrid of two relatively close rodent Pokémon. Still, Marill’s Water typing was never meant to interact directly with internal bioelectricity, and the result is a superconductive film that sticks to the hybrid like a mucus. Static shocks run from positive to negative areas of its body, making its fur stand on end. it possesses potential for ncredibly powerful attacks. Immunity to those attacks… not so much. Spireon is mostly solid, but has a gaseous mane and tail made up of a thick cloud of free-floating particles. The Pokémon is affable and friendly, if mischievous, and makes a game of appearing suddenly without warning and tackling people it deems its playmates. Unfortunately, if ingested, the particle cloud can cause grave illness from prolonged exposure. Spireon has not been shown to alter its mood or behavior after its playmate has expired, even when the corpse is removed, continuing to play pranks on empty air, almost like it cannot tell the difference. The Diamond Onix is a resounding failure, sinewy strings of organic material connect disparate geology straining to stay together as if it’s naturally repelled by itself. Ice crystals form crude, sharp plumage, occasionally launched in its desperate flapping attempts to stay airborne, or falling from cracks in its mineral shell like tears. False Shiny Mew hates you.

Thanks to Cello for the project and the final sprites!!

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some absolutely complete original ideas i had for some sort of robot pizzeria. pretty high concept stuff. kind of out there, i know. and get this. it's also haunted. tried to adapt these guys to my artstyle. i imagine them as working a lot like boston dynamics robots, able to adapt to different configurations in real time and stabilize parts of their bodies in order to carry things, which explains why they're set up to be so mobile. in this scenario, the cartoon "fredbear and friends" released before the restaurant chain, and the original suits were modified with springlocks as technology evolved, before being phased out in favor of autonomous robots. the animatronics are programmed to lock up and stop moving if they detect anyone within a certain radius, for safety reasons, and have a great deal of plush stuffing and foam padding to not break the illusion if a child comes up for a hug. teeth and beaks are made of stiff rubber, accessories are fabric or plastic.

each member of the band has unique functionality. freddy's the largest and most stable, so he's able to cart items around on his back or pull wagon rides through a section of the pizzeria. chica focuses on eating habits and staying active, encouraging a healthy appetite and partying via dance parties with her retractable tassel feathers and spotlight technicolor disco eyes. bonnie's programmed with pop culture songs on his guitar's speaker, and is connected to a mechanical instrument in the arcade that lets guests upload their own tunes. foxy is the lovable "villain", with the most expressive face and a repertoire of pirate stories. he's a fan favorite, and can drop in on birthday parties by running into the room and surprising guests. the marionette works the prize counter and will deliver gifts to kids personally via a rail system on the ceiling, or by extending directly from its gift box charging station. some awful teens vandalized one of the spare foxy animatronics and a balloon dispenser, combining them together into a mess of endoskeleton parts. the employees haven't bothered to fix it, leaving it in parts and service.

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also have an encounter. might do more of these!! (song)

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holiday gnollposting

(song)

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All my silly DnD's in one place!! Wow!! Featuring: - jackalwere mistaken for a typical animal, taken in as an exotic pet and guard beast to a foreign palace and under NO pressure to reveal its true nature now that it has access to safety, comfort, and infinite food (suffering through the childish whims of the youngest royal daughter) - descendant and endling to a tribe cursed as shifters, unable to access their human forms-- he meets an untimely end in a temple amongst the dunes of his homeland and must claw his way from the underworld to seek answers about his origins - opportunistic outcast who escaped capture by drow with fellow prisoners, seeking escape from the Abyss whilst navigating the social complexities of a party much different from the warband politics it's used to; the language barrier makes this difficult - severely maladjusted gnollish circus tiefling, on the run from his former "employer" and the acolytes hired to track him down-- a task made simpler by following the trail of bodies he's inclined to leave in his wake in service of a bargain struck with Yeenoghu - mischievous kenku trickster of the feywild, skilled and specialized in illusion magic but unable to cast anything physical thanks to her confusing draconic ancestry; though the fact that she shouldn't exist hasn't stopped her - unhinged, foul-mouthed little harengon

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Alunasnake's wormy stringy blorbos. VERY fun to draw.

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Amourlies form when the body of an organism is prevented from naturally cycling its magic. Through isolation without proper preservation, it can stagnate, rot and fester. The echoes and imprints of its life carry over as its flesh becomes a memory, until it untethers itself and roams as a wisp. Amourlies themselves are poorly understood, as they're rare due to natural processes like decomposition and scavenging. It's debated how aware or sentient they are. It's known, however, that contact with an Amourlie can disorient, confuse, sicken, or harm living beings, especially over long periods. Exposure to high concentrations of magic can "purify" Amourlies, allowing their makeup to dissolve and interact with the magic cycle once more. For this purpose, in addition to many home remedies and professional purifiers, the ASTER Corporation has developed autonomous magic-fueled devices that can detect, capture, purify, and defend against Amourlies (among other things such as wildlife, people, and objects/areas of interest). These ASTERoids have specialized units, the most common of which are as follows: HUNTER Units - Generalist and cursorial, outfitted with a magically enhanced harpoon system within its jaws for spearing and reeling in Amourlies, storing them internally for transport back to an ASTER facility. The external fuel canister sits on the back. SCOUT Units - Multipurpose maintenance, surveillance, and communication droids outfitted with the means to repair damaged or malfunctioning equipment in the field or in city limits. With the ability to fabricate tools within its chassis, elytra concealing biomechanical wings, and a flexible, dextrous clawed tail for attaching onto difficult terrain, SCOUTs make for versatile support. GUARDIAN Units - Large and unwieldy, they exist to take up space. Their antennae can project a field around themselves that prevents and repels animate objects from passing through, allowing them to either contain a threat or keep it out. Larger, stationary versions of this technology exist, but GUARDIANs are able to roll around at a moment's notice with the help of their extendable, shield-shaped limbs.

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Nüdel are a diverse clade of lamprey-like aquatic organisms that call the waterways of Aethios home. From small freshwater species to titanic ocean-dwelling legends, they use their jawless assortments of teeth and bristles to predate, parasitize, and pasture. Due to their ubiquity, many forms of wildlife (and people) have come to depend on them for food and to keep their waterways clean and clear.

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Meet Shift, professional problem. He's spent quite a while in a cursed mirror, losing a good chunk of his mind and his physical form, but the goopy mess he has left of both is perfect for scheming. One of those villains who's here for a good time, not a long time. While he's here, though, he's gonna have a blast at absolutely everyone else's expense, corrupting innocent bystanders into his unwilling henchmen in his quest to make mischief worlds-wide.

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My first ever dnd character!! Shamelessly inspired by a spotted hyena from my favorite book series, Darkeye, this gnoll was separated from its warband, captured by drow in the Abyss and broke out with the help of the rest of the party. It's a bit of a coward, not overly bright, but intensely loyal (and very food-motivated). Gnolls are fun. Some bonus gnollish deities for y'all:

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This is Pal, a gnollish tiefling barbarian on the run from both the circus and the church, somehow, in the company of a dragonborn blacksmith. He is very fun to play, since the flowchart by which he lives his life amounts to "see a thing -> bite a thing". He's got a very tragic backstory but I'm not sure that he knows it.

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Look at how they crawl around, upon the ground like little ants~ Yes, but how they fascinate, confusing fate with what is merely chance!

(could not for the life of me get this concept out of my head)