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Someone I follow posted art, then a few posts higher up someone else I follow posted a reblog of that art with the same amount of reblogs but less likes. This is the new reblog feature nobody wanted, isn't it? The one where each reblog makes a new post? Ugggggh.

#as an artist with no following this is just...well i probably was never gonna get a following on here but now #there is simply no chance of me getting a self esteem boost from a lucky reblog where someone has a lot of followers #followed by a nice scattering of likes #the likes will all go on the new post if there are any- never to bother my self esteem again #thanks guys #i feel the same about posts in communities tbh #people react with the emoji react thing that's like discord #but to actually interact with the work in a way that is recorded long term you have to go to the post manually #and you can't jump right there either you have to scroll #riiiiight around when i had just started my art blog this happened. thanks tumblr

merry-thought

Girl

#furry #lynx #nsfw #sketchbook #ignore the pencil stuff it's a separate sketch lol

Girl

#furry #lynx #nsfw #sketchbook #ignore the pencil stuff it's a separate sketch lol

merry-thought

'You turn to see Rulius and Calastro Merchanaud sitting in a private booth, velvet drapes pulled aside. A young man is draped over their laps, his eyes rolled back in his head as he dreams in some altered, narcotic state. As Rulius speaks to you, you see Calastro puts his lips near the young man's ears and [breath whooshing] sucks some vapour out of his ear, as the man [gasping] shudders.'

Critical Role C4 Ep 004 'Stone-Faced' (cold open)

#critical role #critical role fanart #cr campaign 4 #critical role araman #cr fanart #cr art #cr4e4 #the merchanauds #markers #warm colours #when you have to go and get a new flesh prison in a creepy bar but you see your friendly aquiantances casually vaping a guy's brain #this seemed a good time to post this as the merchanauds got a mention in e21 #i hope they reappear for a cameo soon they are so creepy and enjoyable #btw brennan didn't describe their clothes in detail and i'm clueless at clothes so i dressed them like the clockwork robots in dr who #don't judge me!#transcript edited slightly for text format (remove filler words etc)#my challenge for colouring this one was markers only- no coloured pencil and no fixing issues/adding effects with poscas or anything #it meant i'm not fully happy with how the vapour looks but ah well

wild-at-mind

Does anyone have any recommendations of writing/zines/anything that's good to read when you need encouragement to keep creating after putting your passion projects online and barely anyone seeing it?

#artist recommendations #artist help #artist support #small artist support

merry-thought

'You turn to see Rulius and Calastro Merchanaud sitting in a private booth, velvet drapes pulled aside. A young man is draped over their laps, his eyes rolled back in his head as he dreams in some altered, narcotic state. As Rulius speaks to you, you see Calastro puts his lips near the young man's ears and [breath whooshing] sucks some vapour out of his ear, as the man [gasping] shudders.'

Critical Role C4 Ep 004 'Stone-Faced' (cold open)

#critical role #critical role fanart #cr campaign 4 #critical role araman #cr fanart #cr art #cr4e4 #the merchanauds #markers #warm colours #when you have to go and get a new flesh prison in a creepy bar but you see your friendly aquiantances casually vaping a guy's brain #this seemed a good time to post this as the merchanauds got a mention in e21 #i hope they reappear for a cameo soon they are so creepy and enjoyable #btw brennan didn't describe their clothes in detail and i'm clueless at clothes so i dressed them like the clockwork robots in dr who #don't judge me!#transcript edited slightly for text format (remove filler words etc)#my challenge for colouring this one was markers only- no coloured pencil and no fixing issues/adding effects with poscas or anything #it meant i'm not fully happy with how the vapour looks but ah well

merry-thought

'You turn to see Rulius and Calastro Merchanaud sitting in a private booth, velvet drapes pulled aside. A young man is draped over their laps, his eyes rolled back in his head as he dreams in some altered, narcotic state. As Rulius speaks to you, you see Calastro puts his lips near the young man's ears and [breath whooshing] sucks some vapour out of his ear, as the man [gasping] shudders.'

Critical Role C4 Ep 004 'Stone-Faced' (cold open)

#critical role #critical role fanart #cr campaign 4 #critical role araman #cr fanart #cr art #cr4e4 #the merchanauds #markers #warm colours #when you have to go and get a new flesh prison in a creepy bar but you see your friendly aquiantances casually vaping a guy's brain #this seemed a good time to post this as the merchanauds got a mention in e21 #i hope they reappear for a cameo soon they are so creepy and enjoyable #btw brennan didn't describe their clothes in detail and i'm clueless at clothes so i dressed them like the clockwork robots in dr who #don't judge me!#transcript edited slightly for text format (remove filler words etc)#my challenge for colouring this one was markers only- no coloured pencil and no fixing issues/adding effects with poscas or anything #it meant i'm not fully happy with how the vapour looks but ah well

'You turn to see Rulius and Calastro Merchanaud sitting in a private booth, velvet drapes pulled aside. A young man is draped over their laps, his eyes rolled back in his head as he dreams in some altered, narcotic state. As Rulius speaks to you, you see Calastro puts his lips near the young man's ears and [breath whooshing] sucks some vapour out of his ear, as the man [gasping] shudders.'

Critical Role C4 Ep 004 'Stone-Faced' (cold open)

#critical role #critical role fanart #cr campaign 4 #critical role araman #cr fanart #cr art #cr4e4 #the merchanauds #markers #warm colours #when you have to go and get a new flesh prison in a creepy bar but you see your friendly aquiantances casually vaping a guy's brain #this seemed a good time to post this as the merchanauds got a mention in e21 #i hope they reappear for a cameo soon they are so creepy and enjoyable #btw brennan didn't describe their clothes in detail and i'm clueless at clothes so i dressed them like the clockwork robots in dr who #don't judge me!#transcript edited slightly for text format (remove filler words etc)#my challenge for colouring this one was markers only- no coloured pencil and no fixing issues/adding effects with poscas or anything #it meant i'm not fully happy with how the vapour looks but ah well

Got some fanart to post but it took months to make and I'm so scared of getting no notes arrrggggggghhhhh

#i loved making it so it shouldn't matter #you know if you're really really centred and confident and at peace!#buuuuuut.....that's self esteem issues baby

wild-at-mind

The Chough pub sign study by me, original woodcut artist for the sign unknown.

#this got a note recently so thought i'd reblog it here #pub sign #corvid #woodcut

merry-thought

Birdtober club by kaylafiskbirds days 7-12

7. Basic (non-breeding) plumage: Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)- plumage reference from https://deanar.org.uk/general/articles/whinchatmoult.htm

8. Nocturnal migrant: Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)- East Coast USA autumn constellation reference taken from https://www.midislandtimes.com/articles/the-eastern-sky-after-dark/ I want to make a short comic about this species at some point so I went all out on the background research with this one!

9. Juvenile: Eurasian Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

10. Yellow: Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)

11. Bird of prey: Eastern Chanting Goshawk (Melierax poliopterus). Model: Chadhu, CJ's Birds of Prey

12. Free choice: Kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus)

My 2025 October art challenge which I'm only now uploading. I loved doing it! :)

#birds #cuckoo #goshawk #kakapo #bird of prey #october art challenge

My beloved Delores the vulture <3 Thought she deserved her own post.

We are so sad to have to inform you that Delores, our beautiful Cinereous Vulture, passed away 29 December 2022. She was so close to the he

#vulture #watercolors #art in progress #bird of prey #scavenger #i based a dnd character on her #a kenku- she couldn't fly so it seemed to fit

Birdtober club by kaylafiskbirds days 13-17

13. Scavenger: Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus). Model: Delores, Hawk Conservancy Trust (RIP)

14. Irruptive Species: Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus). Model: Sweeney Todd, Hawk Conservancy Trust

15. Courtship Display: Great Bustard (Otis tarda) doing the 'foam bath' display

16. Waterfowl: Spur-Winged Goose (Plectropterus gambensis)

17. Specialised Diet: Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) dropping a bone so it can eat it!

#birdtoberclub2025 #birds #bearded vulture #snowy owl #vulture #watercolors #october drawing challenge

canid-daze

More poodle creature

#canid-daze

merry-thought

Birdtober club by kaylafiskbirds days 1-6!

Favourite bird: Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)

Sparrow: Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

Pollinator: Palestine Sunbird (Cinnyris osea)

Extravagant tail: Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno)

Spotted: Northern Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)

Coniferous forest: Evening Grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina)

I wrote numbers on them but you can't really see them, oops! It's not really an issue for this one as it goes L-R anyway, but later sheets they are out of order so I will write the numbers better.

Birdtober Club by Kayla Fisk is my favourite October challenge so far, I did it in 2024 as well, in which I stuck to UK birds but this one has some prompts that didn't work for UK. E.g. pollinator- no UK birds do that, except maybe by accident. None have a particularly extravagant tail either!

Birdtober club by kaylafiskbirds days 7-12

7. Basic (non-breeding) plumage: Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)- plumage reference from https://deanar.org.uk/general/articles/whinchatmoult.htm

8. Nocturnal migrant: Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)- East Coast USA autumn constellation reference taken from https://www.midislandtimes.com/articles/the-eastern-sky-after-dark/ I want to make a short comic about this species at some point so I went all out on the background research with this one!

9. Juvenile: Eurasian Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

10. Yellow: Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)

11. Bird of prey: Eastern Chanting Goshawk (Melierax poliopterus). Model: Chadhu, CJ's Birds of Prey

12. Free choice: Kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus)

My 2025 October art challenge which I'm only now uploading. I loved doing it! :)

#october drawing challenge #birdtoberclub2025 #birds #watercolors

sabishiranami

I still think about how Plumeria likes how cute Bounsweet is so I had to give her a Bounsweet plushie

#sabishiranami #welcome back op always loved your art <3 #eta actually you never really went anywhere ooops but still love your art! <3

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