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What's Special Today ?

International Markhor Day

International Markhor Day is observed annually on 24 May to raise awareness about the conservation of the markhor, a wild mountain goat native to Central and South Asia.

But I didn't feel like drawing it so here's a chibi profile picture I drew for my friend yesterday as her birthday gift.

2026MAY24

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What's Special Today

World Turtle Day

World Turtle Day, held on May 23rd, is an internationally acknowledged day that celebrates all turtles and raises awareness about the threats they face.

Sea turtle species are classed as vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered on the IUCN Red List. Turtles are endangered because of human activity. They are hunted for their eggs, shells, and meat, or are unintentionally caught in fishing nets and waste plastics. Other threats include habitat destruction, sea turtle farming, climate change, pollution, and entanglement in fishing gear.

2026MAY23

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What's Special Today

World Biodiversity Day

Biodiversity is declining faster than ever. Three-quarters of the land-based environment and about 66% of the marine environment have been significantly altered by human actions. 1 million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. Climate change, pollution, overexploitation, invasive species, and urbanization are driving this crisis.

The International Day for Biological Diversity, 22nd may, is a call to act and transform how we live and reconnect with nature.

2026MAY22

#WIST #WhatIsSpecialToday #WorldBiodiversityDay #Biodiversity #Ecosystem #pompom #2026MAY22

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I had not heard of wist before today and I love her sm 💖 you really can’t go wrong with a creepy design for a character that’s actually sweet n wholesome. She has the vibes of a kid that’s quiet most of the time but could talk her dads’ ears off about pokemon for 4 hours straight

Oh boy, Wist definitely a chatterer when you get them going haha. Would be a huge nerd. Maybe specifically for human things, after learning about earth and humanity from Basil.

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7, 11, 28

7. Talk about three of your oldest OCs.

First ever OC (Assigned at birth): Baby Blaster, a character I played in my older brother's sci-fi games along with our neighbours. As I got old enough to actually engage in the pretend play, I styled the character after my favourite Sci-fi characters. Baby Blaster was a wrench monkey mechanic with a laser pistol on his hip and an energy whip on his back. He maintained the ace starship of the Tyrannus Army, and always had a gadget ready in his back pocket.

First ever OC (that I actually got to name): King Spider, the co-Protagonist of the comics I made with my best friend back in kindergarten and grade 1. He was a spider that wore a crown and went on adventures with Queen Dragon, travelling by web-swinging and killing people with a venomous bite.

First ever OC (Not a self-insert): The Lightning Wizard was the protagonist of a series of short stories written in a creative writing/computer class in the 3rd grade. He lived on top of an active volcano, sold laptops door to door, and could summon Pikachu with a rhyming chant. Still holds a spot in my heart as the first stories I wrote as someone trying to be a writer.

11. Which OCs do you feel like you know the best?

Maria Halvtover and John Astentia, biological parents of Asher Scrubtover, the protagonist of my fantasy story/setting. Whereas all of my major characters still have a lot of space to fill, and tales unwritten, Maria and John are backstory elements. Despite this, I have a strong sense of everything that must have happened in their lives such that Asher is raised in the circumstances that he ended up in. To put the characters attitudes and dynamic incredibly briefly: John would say he and Maria were like Jaune and Pyrrah from RWBY, whereas Maria would say they were like Robin and Ted from HIMYM.

28. Name an OC who's changed a lot from their original design/personality.

Xandra Windbritches, the teacher leading the five protagonists of my fantasy story across the continent, was originally just a genderswapped Uncle Iroh figure. As I developed the story further and pushed around my ideas, I became more aware of the fact that Uncle Iroh is not nearly as engaging of a character when made into a woman, and that Xandra is a much more interesting figure as a stubborn hardass teacher that truly believes in her students.

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10, 13 and or 28?

13. Do you have any original species among your OCs?

So, technically the 'humans' of my wist setting are a species called Norna Wistus, but other than that, no. I tend to keep my speculative bio worldbuilding seperate from my stories, which are just about always humans or otherwise pre-existing humanoid species.

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That wist drawing just sent me back an age, would honestly love to see more of them in the future :3

Mayhaps! I might revise them not to be so, uh, dubiously canon haha. They're fun to draw.

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I really like wist design, it reminds me of those analog horror creatures with strange wide smiles and inhuman characteristics

I love the uncanny valley 🤗

And they're such a sweetheart too! Definitely got that from Basil.

Fun fact, they can manipulate the dark parts of their body!