mahl rat

sydmore.ca oil paintings and needle felts. no ai. west coast Canada she/they

[mahlrat]

Eurasia running crab spider, 2025

Syd More

Oil on canvas panel, 8"x8"

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Duck Bum, 2026

Syd More (1986-)

11" x 14", oil in linen canvas

[mahlrat]

Self portrait at the bus stop outside the mall, by Syd More

2026

Oil paint on paper, 9" x 12"

And

Greek Tabby

By Syd More

2026

Oil on canvas, 8" x 8"

[mahlrat]

Cow eye

[mahlrat]

Ezri and the Wool Blanket (2025)

By Syd More

Oil on panel, 11"x14"

[mahlrat]

Crayola Rushton Tiger in my Playbook for funsies.

[gnarlyghost]

Gorblins (in space)

[mahlrat]

Tansy at 6 and a half months.

[xanaxfarts]

Shearing half a sheep seemed a simple way to show a season's growth of wool, but photographer Cary Wolinsky was wrong. The half-shorn sheep tended to lose their balance and topple to wool-ward. It took many tries before merino sheep number 30 “became our hero," Wolinsky said.

[moldspace]

i don't like to yuck people's yum but i have to say that my least favorite thing to come from the current state of Artists on the Internet is the idea of a sketchbook as something nice and pretty and shareable. like i love me a notebook full of gorgeous art don't get me wrong but that is NOT what a sketchbook is. a sketchbook is my friend who i carry around everywhere like a purse chihuahua. it is the physical manifestation of my notes app. it is the container into which i wring my brain out. it is my therapist. and most of all it is filled with absolutely terrible sketches that should never see the light of day.

[moldspace]

this post is making the rounds again and the amount of people saying that the pretty sketchbooks phenomenon ruined sketchbooks for them is HEARTBREAKING and i stand by my opinion that sketchbooks should be like a jar you put your OCs in. and then you shake them around in there. that's what they're for

[seasaltshrimp-deactivated202402]

I have some older art tips that I keep forgetting to post here. I'll add a few in the next few days, at least those that aren't too outdated!

This one is about giving an extra feel of weight to your characters.

[mahlrat]

Weight is a really difficult thing to convey with a medium as light as wool, so these tips are great to keep in mind!

[mahlrat]

Sparkly seastars 🌟

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[mahlrat]

Really in love with the colours of spawning pacifc salmon

[myarmcanfly]

First up on the catch-up tour of what I’ve been making, my half of the aforementioned trade with @homemadehorrors! Worms and Bones are both fully felted, with small sculpted addition (teeth, horns) and a pair of poseable wings on Bones!

[homemadehorrors]

Two of my favorite pieces, which now sit on the china cabinet so we can see ‘em every day. <3

[mahlrat]

So we adopted this little oddball.

Her name is Puffin. She's 13. She's as charming as she is lumpy (and she's extremely lumpy)

Shes also extremely needle-feltable. I feel a portrait coming on...

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