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Human/Anime studies
I have set myself a difficult goal of trying to learn how to draw people lol. It has been a slow process but I am starting to see some improvement here and there even when drawing in a simpler anime style.
Quick test of walking animation, with and without fur.
I'm still trying to improve rigging and learn at least simple animation. Experimenting with imitating some muscle and skin details by just rigging, without simulating them.
Made in Blender. Koties are my characters, fantasy felines from my personal lore/story.
Related posts:
~ Northern Kotie model
~ Kotie anatomy model
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Skull Studies 2025
I don't think I will ever not enjoy drawing animal skulls and anatomy. These colourful studies are done with Ohuhu markers, painter pens and ink pens.
So i get this one art scam a lot, a person asks if i am open for commisions and then asks me to draw their sons pet, i get these a lot, i actually got another one WHILE i was making this post, but these bots? have been getting way more advanced, so i tried fucking with it a bit.
and like, no real person would ask a pixel artist, who mostly does video game sprites for a drawing of their childs dog? especially if i give them the option to draw a sexy furry dogman. right?
🔎Scam Exam(ination)🔍(updated 2/5/25)
Seen as: I would like a commission of my son/pet... Scam Type: Commission Scamhumongousbarbarianinternet
Also: See this update on how scammers are changing the scam.
Accounts running this scam: iloveartworks asperlisonloveart zeeloverk paleblizzardsoul herwizardlove sandralmon humongousbarbarianinternet furrynachodelusion
Proof of iloveartworks being a scammer can be seen/found here and here. The other accounts listed above all follow the same script and additional proof and can usually be found in the tags: #scam, #scams, or #scam alert.
IMPORTANT: Update as of 1/31/25 - They are now threatening law enforcement if you do not send them payment via the fake paypal email. This is a scare tactic. Please see that section once you get to it. Thank you.
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Being open to commissions isn't uncommon if you're an artist.
You may often find yourself receiving messages from strangers looking to commission you for a picture of their OC or even their favorite ship.
But if you receive a message like this, you should be careful you don't fall into a scammers trap.
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How it starts:
it starts by receiving a message from another user requesting a commission. Again, typical common practice if you're an artist.
What they ask for at the start, is usually the first red flag.
IMPORTANT 1/15/25: These scammers are now sending Asks and commenting on peoples posts asking 'are you open to commission? Send me a DM.' So please be aware of this as well!
Here are some images of how this scam conversation starts:
Images provided by: (1)@neogandw, (2)@foggywiz4rd, (3-4)@maikaartwork
🚩Red flag's (part 1)🚩
I want you to draw my son/daughter.
I want you to draw my son/daughter's pet.
It's a blank blog with no posts/reblogs
It's a blog that's only a few days/week old.
While this request seems simple enough, this scam gets worse.
Here are some recent examples of the dog they will request:
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An offer too good to refuse:
Now you may be thinking, 'surely this can't be bad or malicious, right?' They just want you to draw a picture of their child or their child's pet! And that's definitely what the scammer wants you to think. Which is what brings us to the next set of red flags:
Left image from @neogandw, right image from @maikaartwork
🚩Red flag's (part 2)🚩
'I will pay you $200-$500+' (an amount way way beyond your normal asking price.)
'I just want the best you can do.' (They don't know how to answer questions related to details such as pose, background, style, objects you want included, etc.)
'It's for their birthday/holiday' - ' I want it done as soon as possible.' (They will push that you do this with a sense of urgency so you don't ask questions.)
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The Catch:
Now, if you haven't reported and blocked them by now, and you agree to take this persons commission, this is where the catch to this scam comes into play.
If you tell the scammer to send you an invoice, they will refuse.
If you tell them to use your preferred method, they will refuse.
Those methods just 'wont/don't work', you see.
What they really want, is your PayPal email and your name.
From here they will say that they sent you payment, and that you should check your email. Or that 'they got an email and something went wrong' and that you should check your email.
And here is where the scam comes to ahead.
They will send you a fake email meant to look like it came from PayPal that looks like the ones shown below:
Second image provided by @badlibbing
Second set of images provided by @petxka, thank you!
This third image comes from @elrealelchunk on 1/31/25 and is very important. Scammers are now threatening law enforcement if you do not send them money.
Again as noted in the top of the post, this is 100% a scare tactic.
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What this email means / How this scam works:
In the case of screenshot one (provided by @neogandw) the 'MONALISA' is the person who was trying to commission them.
The payment hasn't 'went through', and the e-mail (from 'fake PayPal') is saying that they, the artist, needs to send $200 to 'MONALISA' to 'expand the limit' of their account to get the $500 that is owed to them.
Read the e-mail and think about what you're being asked to do:
'You are to send (name) money to expand your account.' You are to send someone money, to get money.
If your account is limited, why would you need to send another PayPal user money to 'unlock' your account or 'expand it', and not just contact PayPal itself to try and resolve that issue...?
This is not how PayPal works, in any sense.
This is just a way for them to scam you.
There are also a handful of red flags in this email alone.
🚩Red flag's (part 3)🚩
The sender address is not from an official paypal.com address, but instead a gmail.com address. This means that this came from a person, not a company.
The formatting. Let's be frank, no official email from PayPal will ever look like this.
The spelling/grammar issues are everywhere.
Weird url's at the bottom of the email. (I removed them for safety reasons)
Additionally: You may also find or see links in this emails instructing you to 'go here' to unlock your account. These are phishing (wikipedia) links that they will use to steal your PayPal login information. Never click links in emails asking you to 'fix an issue' with your account unless you can verify who the sender is.
If you send these people your money, you will get blocked and never see them again. That's just how this scam goes...
If you'd like another variation of this scam which talks about money wiring, you can check out @maikaartwork's version by clicking here!
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Final thoughts:
If you fall for a scam like this, thankfully there still might be hope.
Contact PayPal and explain what happened in detail. Show them every shred of evidence that you have showing that you were scammed including the name of who scammed you, and the email that sent you the scam, and who you wound up sending the money to.
If you use the messaging system that uses the AI chat bot, ask it repeatedly to 'speak to a real person' until you get sent to a live agent. (this is stupidly frustrating but sadly it's what you have to do.)
And remember, take screenshots and report these users to the websites they are running these scams on. If they DM you on tumblr? Report the DM. If they do it on insta, bsky, twitter or even discord?
Make sure you report them there too.
ALSO: Beware of recovery scammers. This is anyone coming into your DM's telling you they can 'help you get your money back' after you made a post talking about how you got scammed. These scammers are just looking for a quick buck.
Here's a post about ethical hackers (aka recovery scammers)
Other helpful guides on spotting scams. (by @kyra45)
"@bigellev" is another account involved in scams. Fortunately, I already knew it was a scam, so I played along to gather evidence. Please, artists, be very careful!
Rain
Rain from Spirit, done with coloured pencils, painter pens and a fine-line ink pen
Shadow The Hedgehog
Portrait of the edge lord himself, done with coloured pencils, painter pens and copic ink pen.
dream wip
DEATH
'Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance. As king, you need to understand that balance and respect all the creatures, from the crawling ant to the leaping antelope. When we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eat the grass. And so we are all connnected in the great Circle of Life.' Prints: https://artofmaquenda.etsy.com/listing/1532887855/
W.i.p of Lobo/Death from Puss in Boots: the Last Wish. Will be finalising this in traditional media.
so yeah finally made one from…that shakira song
(cw under the cut for sick dance moves)
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