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Art, Worldbuilding, and Character Rambles.

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🍂 Welcome! 🍂

My name is Redtail (she/her) and I am a wildlife biologist and falconer by day, freelance artist by night. This is my art blog, where I will be posting my artwork, writing drabbles, and worldbuilding. I have been drawing for over a decade now and use Clip Studio Paint on a Surface Pro 6. Please feel free to scroll and ask me about anything, be it my art process or characters. Reblogs are always appreciated if you like what you see and want me to post more!

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Taking two extremely discounted pet portraits. $90 each. Comes with a free 8x10 print shipped anywhere in the USA. International shipping negotiable.

Please dm me to claim a slot.

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Taking two extremely discounted pet portraits. $90 each. Comes with a free 8x10 print shipped anywhere in the USA. International shipping negotiable.

Please dm me to claim a slot.

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Commission for @dr-thackery; a gift for their partner @morikron!

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Who wants to buy stickers (please get these out of my house)

$3 each or 2 for $5 free usa shipping, additional $2 to ship anywhere in the world

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Dm me to order please!

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Who wants to buy stickers (please get these out of my house)

$3 each or 2 for $5 free usa shipping, additional $2 to ship anywhere in the world

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Glowing Debut: Avyra and Fireball take on their first competition together. This is a few years after Avyra's injury that prevented her from riding. At this point, Av is 24, Fireball being 6, schooling at first level.

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Pet portrait for my good friend @dr-thackery

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Another commission for a facebook client

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Commission for a falconer on facebook

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So, to make my position clear now, considering Ramsey Loft is returning to social media:

She is a horrific example of a companion breeder. She cannot be trusted to protect POC in her spaces (or even listen to them). She does not have sound judgement on husbandry or behavior. She has willingly put up a video of herself committing animal abuse and then explained it away (she is very good at this.) Her interactions with the community have been plagued with uncomfortable power dynamics, whether that was intentional or not.

I was much closer than I would prefer to the events that went down. I was part of a group that had to search through her posts to get an accurate count of how many birds she was keeping in her 10x10 loft. The callout post circulating out there has accurate screenshots but makes some interesting claims on behavior and diet, if I recall correctly. That doesn't matter so much as I will never trust this woman again.

It does not matter that she was personally kind to me when I fell mysteriously ill. I watched her let her followers dogpile somebody who dared to ask an innocent question. I watched her and her husband invite those uncomfortable with their obviously racist stance to leave the space. I have seen the video where she throws a bird, a BIRD, against a wall in anger.

As far as I know she still does not provide adequate grit (no, a mineral lick is not enough, especially because I KNOW she can buy better in this country), and she continues to feed directly on the sand, which is, by the way, a wonderful way of storing worm eggs. A worm bank, if you will.

There are too many things I take issue with - so long story short, I do not support that woman. Even if she can get her husbandry turned around, I am never going close to her again. If I were you, I wouldn't either.

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cm for a client on discord!

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Opening up two pet portrait commission slots, $100 each. Please message if interested!

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Both slots still open!

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Opening up two pet portrait commission slots, $100 each. Please message if interested!

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Two cartoon-y horses for a long term client on DA

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Finished piece for the NAFA raffle

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Some fun personal art between commissions, a snowball fight entry for the Alfkak breed!