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✧ My Silly Sketches ✧ Formerly shokatsuryou. She/her/old Potato. The EX is for extra goofiness. Sorry for the mess, I'm easily amused. Very. Easily.

[ouchpotatoex]

Dear Wanda, I regret to inform you that your father is going to jail.

[nattousan]

ok so, I approached my local library with a proposal to donate a mural as a way to A: build portfolio/gain practical experience and B: give back to a beloved public institution. The director was very enthusiastic about it and i've been working on it since the beginning of March. Come with me as I endeavor to paint what is in all honesty an excessive amount of birds

I wanted the birds to look like they were actually in the space so first thing after doing the draft was to do a lighting study

after that I covered the walls in letters in lieu of a projector/vr headset bc i have neither of those :) Then i take a picture of the section of wall and superimpose the lineart over top of it so I can pencil in the lines

et voila

and that was a whole week on it's own so next comes the paintin' >:)

[nattousan]

and now, the birds

Birds 1 and 2/14: Red Winged Blackbird, Male and female, Agelaius phoeniceus

[nattousan]

Bird 3/14, American Robin, Turdus migratorius

[nattousan]

hoo boy, ok *out of breath*

GIVE IT UP FOR BIRD NUMBUH 5, THE CANADIAN GOOSE, Branta canadensis!!!!

this guy took me about 4 days to completely finish, all of those freakingk coverts were a bear to render

[nattousan]

speaking of obnoxious coverts:

bird 5/14, Bluejay, Cyanocitta cristata

the friggin stripes almost got me chat, i may not make it

[nattousan]

Madam....

[nattousan]

birds 6 and 7: American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, male and female

pleasantly simple to paint! next is the flickerrrrr

[nattousan]

*melts into goo*

BIRD NUMBER 8, (yellow shafted) NORTHERN FLICKERRRRR, Colaptes auratus

genuinely made me start questioning my sanity around day 3, it's half the size the of the goose, WHY did it take me 4 days to finish??

nothing but pain and suffering, i'm sure hope the next bird will be much easier and with FAR less barring :)

[nattousan]

in other news, I am losing my mind hairline

[nattousan]

SHE'S DONE!!

Bird number 9: Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis

my chains are broken i am FREE. although i did have a great deal of fun with this, the barring on the wings itself took me like four days and i am READY to move on

this was a week and a half of continuous work so please excuse me for getting a little emotional in the bg 🙏

[nattousan]

*does a little jig*

BIRD NUMBER 10!!! The Male Mallard Duck, Anas platyrhynchos

the male and female ones are gonna be posted separately bc they're taking a lot longer lol but yea! super happy i was able to capture the iridescent green of the head, i found metallic green and blue paint at a craft store that really made his head POP. it looks better in person i promise

ALSO!! As this is the 10th one, BIG announcement. The end is in sight!!!!! I plan to finish within the next 3 weeks and there will be a small dedication ceremony/ unveiling happening at the library to commemorate its completion on the 16th of May. If you live in the Western New York region and want to check it out for yourself shoot me a dm!

Also thank you everyone for your kind words and support throughout this whole process, it's been a genuine treat thinking there are potentially thousands of you out there cheering me on while I paint this 🥹

[nattousan]

aaaand another one bites the duck,

we're movin right along with bird numero 11!! The lady Mallard!! Anas platyrhyncos

the 16th is looming in the distance so i'm trying to get thru these as quickly as i can so i can have as much time for the GBH as possible. i still need to do the names next to all of them so i've got about a week and a half to finish everything which is GREAT because i have adhd and nothing gets my ass in gear like a fuckin deadline, let me tell you

[nattousan]

power couple that they are, here's bird number 12 and 13,

the Northern Cardinals, Cardinalis cardinalis

and NOW that they are complete, ITS GO TIME, in the next five days (library's closed for mother's day 😭😭) i need to have the GBH fully rendered, the names of the birds vectored, weeded, masked, applied to the wall, and then painted, plus additional cattails throughout. I may be able to get away with just getting the GBH done in time for the unveiling and then just have the names and cattails added later, but i'm gonna really try to get it all done in time. BUT, i have a plan. Part of why i take so long on these is because i really am just figuring it out as I do it lmao. there have been many a time where i am sitting on top of the ladder googling "how to paint birds" but I think if i take the time tomorro to do all that figuring out how to approach it beforehand, this will go a lot faster. I may also recruit some of my artist friends to help with the placing of the names... hrmm we'll see.

Anyways, shout out to the librarian who tracked down exactly the thing i needed so i could figure out where to place the highlights in my birds eyes, ur the real mvp

[nattousan]

thanks for the reminder, kid

[nattousan]

at long last, we've reached the end...

Bird number 14 out of 14,

The Great blue heron, Ardea herodius

thank you to everyone who reached out or got excited about this project, it genuinely gave me the fuel i needed to keep going. In total, the 480+ total hrs it took me to cover this wall pales in comparison to how long its expected to spend on there, hopefully imparting a sense of beauty and love for the natural world to the next generation and here's hoping i'm only getting started with these.

i'll see y'all soon :')

[100493503004422]

I feel FATIGUED like send her to the seaside for her health type fatigue

[sizhens-deactivated20250610]

"you are gay and chinese" continues to be such a profound and emotionally impactful work to me which is rly funny

[sizhens-deactivated20250610]

Catalina Cheng, “YOU ARE GAY AND CHINESE”

[60110306]

these horses are lesbians from the same artist!!!!!

[fagcrisis]

i hate the word spicy can we bring back calling things erotic

[maryoliveoil]

rolling up to Wendy's to get an erotic chicken sandwich

[xxplastic-cubexx]

Emma x Tony piece for @oluka as a thank you for their contributions to the @marveltrumpshate charity event ^^ !!

[retquits]

ideal evolution scenarios

[ouchpotatoex]

I still don't know what Tomodachi Life is about and at this point I'm afraid to ask 😋

[ouchpotatoex]

getting in some practice while watching Snap stream :)

[ouchpotatoex]

Quick scribble for a friend :)

[chickensmashed]

I love you dehumanisation and objectification of x-men telepaths; Jean Grey will forevermore be worshipped as a god, a concept of the universe, a cosmic being for the rest of her life, and can no longer live as a normal living person who loves, laughs, and cries; Charles Xavier views himself as a tool, 'something' easy to hate, a utility to be used and discarded once he exhausts all his 'usage' after an entire childhood spent in the shadows of his father's experiments; Emma Frost isolates and shuts herself off from others, baring her teeth to the world and hardening herself as the x-men's rock and anchor during their darkest hours (M-day) yet never letting herself feel emotions or get close to anyone.

All of them hated yet objectified and worshipped beyond reason for a gift none of them asked to be born with. All of them cursed to be feared because people assume they want to manipulate and control the world but it was the world who manipulated and controlled and tortured them first. Oh my tragic tragic tragic telepaths how I love you all.

[vimbry-moved]

bears

[ouchpotatoex]

Real ones will know that Charles prefers handguns anyway.

Fun fact: if you tell me something silly it will remain in my brain til the end of time. This was inspired by jokes from the Snap Squad regarding "Baby with uzi" and Charles throwing pebbles 😊

[ouchpotatoex]

After work scribbles :)

[prettynerdieworks]

I C O N I C STREET FIGHTER 1994 | Steven E. de Souza

[comicgeekscomicgeek]

Raul Julia chewed the scenery so hard he left teeth prints, but I don’t think we give Ming Na-Wen enough credit for that expression of dawning horror and realization.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

This is a quality film and I will fight anyone who says otherwise

In the street, even

I will Street Fight them O_O

[heydocverdant]

hey, lemme know if you need help — if someone’s badmouthing this movie, I’ll street fight ‘er, too

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

Street Fighter, I hardly know ‘er :D

[samarallewis86]

This film is a masterpiece and I will flying side kick anyone who says other wise

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

CINEMATIC EXCELLENCE :D

[keeper-of-the-flames]

Not for eVIL. But for GOOd.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

“I was hoping to face Guile personally on the battlefield, one gentleman warrior to another, in respectful combat.

Then I would snap his spine

Ah

The road not taken!”

[wildtransbitch]

I love how Bison conveys that he isn’t sorry for killing her father, but he is a little sorry that he can’t remember it. like he feels no remorse for the evil he’s done, but looking Chun Li in the face he can’t help but wish he could participate in her tragedy in a way he can’t without that memory

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

He’d really like to engage in some kind of vendetta with her but he just genuinely has no fuckin clue who she is or what she’s talking about because he’s done this so often its all kind of a blur so he’s honest about the fact that he’s just not emotionally invested in her Quest For Revenge AT ALL XD

[ouchpotatoex]

WIP! Wanted to show Frank off because most of what I have sketched out is going to be covered up in the final. OOPS. I'll probably be done in 30 business days at the rate I'm going 🥲

[funnypages]

Jimmy please stop imagining that.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

Jimmy

Jimmy why are you reacting that way to the thought of Superman banging your mom

stop that

stop that at once o_o

[comicgeekscomicgeek]

Jimmy:

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

Superman: For the last time, please stop asking me this O_O

[iconuk01]

Jimmy Olsen is the only person Batman has a restraining order against.

"No, I will not adopt you. You are not an orphan. You do not have black hair. And I do not, despite my holding her in the greatest respect (since Alfred raised me properly, and good god what that woman must have gone through raising you) have any desire to marry your mother"

[comicgeekscomicgeek]

With good reason