#pterylae

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Cover reveal for SHADECURSED! No release date just yet, but hopefully soon.

Drawn by Sherbies on Twitter. :D

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Oh, nestlings, I hope you don’t mind if I answer these together, for I simply can’t play with my jewelry without Ny’zzri helping. She’s doing wonderfully, by the way. Ignoring her duties as a rodent-catcher entirely, just as I planned. And Luka, of course, is in a right huff about it. But I programmed it to be a mouser, she’ll say. And then I’ll say “well, what if she doesn’t want to get her paws dirty!”

I think Luka’s secretly pleased that my dear Ny’zzri has edited her own programming. AI sentience is all the rage, you know!

As for jewelry, how can I choose! I do love a good string of light pearls for movement, but then the heavy arm bands are just beautiful in the right light. All species make their own jewelry, of course. I have a collection of roughly all of it. Oh. Psh. I wish! But as you can see from the picture, I wear quite a lot of duarrow-made metal bands. I think they make me feel grounded a bit, if that makes sense.

Ny’zzri prefers the fake pearls I’m dangling above her there. And bonus--when she inevitably breaks the chain, she captures every single pearl and brings them back to me!

See, Luka! She does know how to capture!

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Today’s sketch! This is the last one before the posting of the prologue and CHAPTER ONE of SHADECURSED tonight at midnight EDT. Are you excited? If not, you should be!

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Hello, please enjoy this molting chicken. <3

Banshees have a partial molt once a year where a few of their feathers at a time drop out and grow back. It’s barely noticeable. However, around age 4 or 5 they drop their chick plumage (which is usually dull greys) and grow intermediary plumage which hints at their eventual adult color. Around age 30, they have one more complete molt, after which their adult feathers come in. This is the point when a banshee is considered to be an adult.

This was Ptery’s final full molt, and they were a bitch to be around at that time. They bit at least two people.

I sketched this over a year ago and started working to color it, then I sort of became discouraged with the response to my Bestiary art and convinced myself no one wanted to see it.

The response on the sketches I did has been amazing, and like I said, I’ll post at least one Bestiary piece per week going forward, even if it’s just a sketch or something.

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Idk what that face is that Ptery's making.

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All the stickers <3

Why did I draw Benji so many times? Why is he in a box??????

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Help with Promoting? :D

If you follow me, I could use a little help promoting Erit. I’m kinda trying to see if there’s a wider interest (I had a little shock on Instagram... But that’s another story.)

Anyway, I’m asking for some help in promoting Erit to see if I can get a few more followers or generate a bit more interest. If you follow me, please reblog one of your favorite art or lore posts. If you’re so inclined, go ahead and reblog two or three! 

Thanks in advance. <3

Here’s a few suggestions!

Meadow on Possum House Lane

Short Story--Where the Self Dwells

Meadow’s Character Sheet

The Band in the Snow

Luka’s Transformation Sequence

Short Story--Luka and Meadow celebrate “Halloween”

Luka’s Character Sheet

Style Guides for Every Character!

Benji’s Character Sheet

Benji Sits like a People (and wears a vest!)

Trying to Solve a Puzzle

Winning a GIANT BEAR at the Phoenix Festival

Ptery’s Character Sheet (Needs Updating...)

Bird Stuffs Self with Photogenic Red Berries

Benji’s First Flight

Petalvine’s Temple--Interior

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