Stray Songdog

Artist, writer, and musician. Purveryor of talking animals, cryptids, ghost stories, and folk punk. 𓃦 33/he/they nonbinary transmasc. Personal account for reblogs and such: @zackloup

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July 2026's print is an exclusive version of my "May the Bridges I Burn Light the Way" piece featuring a photo background that I took during a beautiful and life changing trip to New Mexico in 2019 near Taos!

To get it, sign up to my Patreon by 7/21 for just $11.11

Since these prints ship with a stamp, the price is the same whether you live in the US or internationally!

Limited edition & signed, each print comes with a sticker and a one-card quick tarot reading in the thank you note.

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Just a few days left to get in on this limited edition print!

Each package comes with a signed print, a random sticker, and a quick one-card tarot reading, as well as my gratitude! 🫶

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I wanted to get in on the card trend with my Courier OC, Sixto.

A former NCR Ranger who retired after being injured in the Battle of Hoover Dam. Sixto might not even be his real name, but a title he takes after he becomes the infamous Courier Six. He’s a man of contradictions. A killer with a heart of gold. A loner and a romantic.

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I also painted his good girl, Mezcalita! She’s a Legion mongrel (with a bit of coyote in her). He found her as a puppy after he took out a Legion camp. He didn’t have the heart to kill her, so he adopted her.

[straysongdog]

I wanted to get in on the card trend with my Courier OC, Sixto.

A former NCR Ranger who retired after being injured in the Battle of Hoover Dam. Sixto might not even be his real name, but a title he takes after he becomes the infamous Courier Six. He’s a man of contradictions. A killer with a heart of gold. A loner and a romantic.

[straysongdog]

July 2026's print is an exclusive version of my "May the Bridges I Burn Light the Way" piece featuring a photo background that I took during a beautiful and life changing trip to New Mexico in 2019 near Taos!

To get it, sign up to my Patreon by 7/21 for just $11.11

Since these prints ship with a stamp, the price is the same whether you live in the US or internationally!

Limited edition & signed, each print comes with a sticker and a one-card quick tarot reading in the thank you note.

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My next album is finally complete! Listen here!

This album has been two years in the making. I fought so many computer troubles. I had to re-record half of the songs completely from scratch. I nearly had to do it again after my computer crashed just a few steps from the finish line. But it’s done, finally, and I’m so excited to share it with you!

I say it’s been two years, but several of the songs on this album are quite old. The oldest was written way back when I was 17 (which was, itself, 17 years ago!). Others were written about a decade ago. Some I’ve been playing live for ages despite not having ever recorded.

This one is more Political than my last album, and I hope you’ll forgive me for that. I hope it can bring you a bit of comfort and solidarity in these dark times.

It’s “Thrive Out of Spite” Summer, and the tide is real high. There’s monsters lurking beneath the waves, but it’s all still so beautiful that one can’t resist taking a dip. But there’s no lifeguard on duty, so swim carefully. Love y’all! <3

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"If I only could I'd make a deal with God And I'd get Him to swap our places I'd be runnin' up that road Be runnin' up that hill With no problems"

"Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" by Kate Bush

I painted this mostly on a Greyhound bus on the way home, so its a lot looser than my usual work. I couldn't do exact lines with the movement of the bus shaking me around, so I had to go with the flow.

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Coyote Dances Their Blues Away

Watercolor, ink, posca pens

Painted while thinking about how music is medicine, how it can express and exorcise our grief even if we’re not the ones playing or singing it.

On Saturday, there was an ecstatic dance at my shop. This isn’t unusual, we host one every month. But I really noticed the difference in vibe between before I danced and after, how much lighter I felt. Then, Sunday I played an intimate little show about grief to a crowd of about 10 punks at a pavilion on a beach, and once again reflected on the power of music to heal.

I don’t have some cosmic truth or anything to share. Just that music is good and I’m glad it exists.

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Coyote Dances Their Blues Away

Watercolor, ink, posca pens

Painted while thinking about how music is medicine, how it can express and exorcise our grief even if we’re not the ones playing or singing it.

On Saturday, there was an ecstatic dance at my shop. This isn’t unusual, we host one every month. But I really noticed the difference in vibe between before I danced and after, how much lighter I felt. Then, Sunday I played an intimate little show about grief to a crowd of about 10 punks at a pavilion on a beach, and once again reflected on the power of music to heal.

I don’t have some cosmic truth or anything to share. Just that music is good and I’m glad it exists.

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Vāhana

Watercolor and India ink

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Quick sketchy ref sheet of my Fallout New Vegas courier OC, Sixto, and his Coyote/Legion mongrel companion Mezcalita! Sixto is a former NCR Ranger, hence the outfit.

Quick backstory: no longer a ranger after being injured in the Battle of Hoover Dam. Stole Mezcalita from a Legion camp when she was a pup because he didn’t have the heart to kill her. Name might not in fact be Sixto, that’s what he calls himself after becoming the infamous Courier Six.

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New track just in time for #BandcampFriday! Check out my existential summer banger, "Life's A Beach (And There's No Lifeguard on Duty)"!

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Set off to sea with Zack Loup and I as we create an oracle card about being beloved, the price of adoration, and hating taxes.

The Half of Her (ft. Zack Loup) | Other Worlds’ Oracles

Zack and I trade ideas on juggling creative endeavors, grieving what we have and haven't had, and whether a boat counts as a cup. Find Zack

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This was so fun to make! Go check it out!

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Art Fight attack on Nimure, featuring the main characters of their comic!

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"Back from the Dead"

I exported the inks for this piece to make a screen print patch of it, and I actually really like it in just black and white.

(Yes, these are MCR lyrics)

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New song for Pride Month! “Self Made Man” is a country ditty about being transgender 🏳️‍⚧️🎶 All proceeds from this song will go to the Transgender Law Center

Buy the song here, or donate directly to the Transgender Law Center and download the song for free!

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Top: Painting by Zack “Stray Songdog” Loup

Watercolor, ink, acrylic, gel pens

Bottom: Pokemon TCG art by Yuu Nishida

Done for @poketcg-art’s #poketcg25k challenge!

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Celestial Kitsune 🦊✨

Watercolor & ink, 9” x 12”

SOLD

I spent the rainy afternoon doing some watercolor painting with my father-in-law. It was nice to do something chill and meditative after going to the No Kings protest this morning. It was a good protest, no violence, minimal heckling, lots of friends; but still, tiring and overstimulating.

The other day while we were driving home at night, my wife and I saw a vixen run across the street carrying her kit in her mouth. I’ve had foxes on the brain since then. It’s always so exciting to see our wild neighbors.