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iron_kelpie (Cai)
@ironkelpie.bsky.social
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Blue-collar by day, artist by night
28, they/them 🇨🇦 🍉
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ironkelpie.bsky.social
If you don't follow me on Insta, I went on a roadtrip last month to see family, friends and the Icefields Parkway! But it was cut short by a collision with a moose on an Albertan highway. I'm OK. But still stressed from that and a lot of other stuff. Which is the reason for my lack of art 💔
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Coloured in CSP over this sketch from September. #dragon #art #mixedmedia #ironkelpieart
Quick colours done in digital over a photo of a sketch done in pen of a dragon head. The dragon is coloured blue with maroon along its spine and the top of its head. It has several large horns coming from its cheeks, and some smaller ones on its head. It has a significant underbite. The original drawing.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Another alien dragon #ironkelpieart #art #alien #workinprogress
Photo of a tablet. The tablet is open to an art program, on which is a very loose basic sketch of an alien-inspired dragon.
October 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Hell-hound (Predators 2010 movie) in the form of some dragon-horse-monster cause. The Predator franchise has a vice grip on me rn 🫠
Pen on paper, coloured in CSP
#ironkelpieart #dragon #monster #alien #art #predator #pendrawing #clipstudiopaint
Drawing in pen, coloured in a digital program. A unique monster with leather-less small dragon wings, a short muscular tail, legs of a horse, and the small feet of a dog. It has two rows of very long spikes facing forward on its neck, with smaller spikes facing to the rear on its back. It had a pair of long spikes facing forward from the sides of its neck. It has a long face with an exposed mandible, teeth and gums. The colour is a blue-green, with pale brown scales. Closeup of the monster showing details of its chest, neck and head. The original art piece, just the drawing in pen. No colour.
September 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Just a big, very spikey boi #predator #alien #monster #art #workinprogress #ironkelpieart
Photo of a drawing of a monster inspired by the hell-hounds in the Predator franchise. The drawing is unfinished, and is being coloured digitally.
September 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
ironkelpie.bsky.social
Listening to the viral 'jet blue holiday' meme reminds me seeing contest ads on TV to win a trip to like, Disneyland back when I was a kid. I didn't like seeing those commercials cause they limit it to a family of 4...We were a family of 5. Ngl, still ticks me off a bit 🤣
September 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Colour tomorrow, if I've got time. Glad it's a holiday, but I'm helping my sis move. #ironkelpieart #predator #monster #pendrawing #art #alien #traditionalart
Photo of a drawing done in pen of a unique horse-like alien inspired by the hell-hounds from Predators (2010). The monster has long thin legs, a body shape similar to a horse. It has a short tail like a dinosaur. It has long spikes along its spine and sides of its neck. It has extremely bony, tiny wings. Its face is full of teeth and no lips.
September 1, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Predator hell-hound inspired horse-dragon-monster-thing in the works
#ironkelpieart #art #drawing #predator #traditionalart #pen
Photo of a drawing of a horse-like beast. It is inspired by the hellhounds from the movie Predators (2010). It also has bony wings. The drawing is in pencil, with some pen work in progress. Unfinished.
September 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
ironkelpie.bsky.social
Rough Yautja OC designs *rubs hands together excitedly* #art #drawing #pendrawing #doodle #predator #yautja #alien #monster #ironkelpieart
Photo of a page of art. The art is of five headshots of unique-looking Yautja, original characters. They are sketched in dark blue pen. Scars are marked in with red pen.
August 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Here, fishy fishy fishy 🐟
#coelacanth #fish #art #animal #drawing #ironkelpieart #sketch
Drawing in pen on paper of coelacanth. One head on, one skeleton, one top down, and three drawings of it posed.
August 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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When you're reading a fanfic and it's based right where you live instead some city in the US
a cartoon of spongebob smiling with the word friend above him
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob smiling with the word friend above him
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August 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Some Naycht and Yautja. Naycht are a closed species I made, and part of one of my projects. #art #predator #yautja #alien #originalcharacter #ironkelpieart
Photo of a few quick sketches done in pen. One in the corner is a small landscape of a hilly mesa. Two of the other drawings are headshots of a closed personal species called Naycht. Long head with spaced out flat teeth, two rows of multiple eyes, and a horn above its nose. No hair. Two of the other drawings of a Predator/Yautja OC. He has a longer, narrower skull.
August 1, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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My OCs Grits (back) and Turbulence (front). Turbulence is a new OC for me, but her design has been around for a few years. Drawn on paper, coloured in CSP.
#art #ironkelpieart #traditionalart #digitalart #mixedmedia #pendrawing #alien #creature #dragon #clipstudiopaint #originalcharacter
Digitally coloured illustration of Grits and Turbulence. Grits is tan-brown in colour, and his mask is grey. The crests on his neck are grey-blue. Turbulence is a vivid purple, her beak fading to blue on the ends. Her horns are also vivid purple. She has a patch of yellow by her eyes that goes down to her top exposed teeth. The underside of her neck is also yellow. Closeup of Grits. Closeup of Turbulence. Drawing in black pen of two unique creatures, headshots. The one in the back has a long mask that covers the top half of his head, and covers his eyes. He has his mouth open, revealing a long forked tongue and large teeth. He has the ears of a horse, and two pairs of fins jutting from his cheeks. He has no scales. Three large metal bolts are embedded in his neck, each at the base of a large crest. The second creature has three sets of eyes, and a massive beak of sorts. She has a few pairs of exposed teeth with no lips covering them. Several blunt horns jut from her cheeks in varying sizes. She has a few scales, and large plates down the back of her neck.
July 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
ironkelpie.bsky.social
Hi I watched Predator: Killer of Killers last night and now I'm obsessed
July 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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More progress #art #drawing #monster #creature #ironkelpieart #pendrawing
Drawing done in pen of two unique monsters, heads only. One has mouth open, with a split tongue like a snake. The top of its head is covered by a long mask, and covers its eyes. It has a pair of horse - like ears, and two pairs of fins on its cheeks. The other monster has a thick design, with tooth-like horns jutting from its cheeks. It has a massive beak-crest, and a few very weird long, but flat, teeth.
July 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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WIP of "Grits" (top), and an unnamed beastie I first drew in 2018. #unfinished #monster #art #ironkelpieart #traditionalart #pendrawing #originalcharacter #creature
Photo of a small unfinished drawing, done in pen of two unique fantasy monsters. Just their heads. One is roaring, with a long face, a split tongue, and a long mask covering the top of its skull. The other has a tall ridged snout, pocketed by gaps; it has a number of spikes that are reminiscent of teeth.
July 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Relaxing on vacation right now, perfect time to get some #projectrue worldbuilding done.
#art #doodle #sketch #landscape #clipstudiopaint #digitalart #fantasyworld
Digital drawing of a large canyon stretching off into the distance. There is a river that snakes through the canyon. The canyon is surrounded by steep cliffs and mesas. It is drawn loosely, and shaded in various shades of grey-red.
July 19, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Squeezing this quick #Pride sketch in, 30 mins before June is over. Featuring my two gay shapeshifting OC's, Talengazen and Tomo. 💙
#art #dragon #originalcharacters #ironkelpieart #sketch #gay
Sketch of two dragons. One is pale tan, with a brown crest of fur and four brown horns. He as a small goatee of brown hair. His eyes are red. He's pushing up against the neck of another dragon with his front paws in a frustrated gesture, while looking at the other dragon with an exhasperated but loving look. The other dragon is red with a yellow belly. He has four long horns, all red. He has blue gums in his mouth. He is wearing a very happy expression, with closed eyes, and is nuzzling the other dragon under the chin with his head.
July 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
ironkelpie.bsky.social
Finally finished this today! Not super happy with the colours though. I might change her colour scheme completely at some point. Not vibeing with it as I was a decade ago.
#ironkelpieart #art #dragonart #dragon #feathers #clipstudiopaint
Drawing of a maroon, yellow, and purple dragon. She has a massive rack of horns, on which are engraved several glowing blue runes. She has no eyes. Her wings are where her back legs should be, and they are feathered and large. She has a pair of muscled front legs with short claws. Her mouth is open, revealing lots of needle-like teeth and a very long tongue. Closeup of the dragon. The dragon but without colour, just solid grey under the lines and black shading.
June 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
ironkelpie.bsky.social
28 years on this planet now. Here's to hoping for a good few more of being a gremlin. 🎉
Photo of an ocean bay with mountains in the background. The sky is a mix of sun and cloud. There is a small island with a tiny lighthouse on the left side. The nose of a yellow kayak is visible in the bottom half of the image. Old photo of a bunch of kids surrounding and sitting on a big old log on a ocean beach. Focus is on a young kid in a squat, with blonde hair, wearing faded overalls, a pale blue tee, and a pale blue baseball cap turned backwards. It's the artist. Being an absolute goof. Things never change. Photo of a person in the distance in orange coveralls and a black hoodie, standing right between two massive piles of sand and imitating the "I am the sand guardian" Vine.
June 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Gonna try to finish this tonight it's been slow going these past few weeks. Motivation has been low low low 😥 #art #dragon #ironkelpieart
June 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Finally working on this piece but it's because I'm sick and stayed home from work. Yay. *sniff* #workinprogress #art #dragon #ironkelpieart
June 14, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Dating apps suck. The amount of ghosting is maddening. Just be respectful and tell me you're no longer interested. 😒
June 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Feathered noodle #ironkelpieart #unfinished #digitalart #dragon
Photo of a digital drawing being done on a tablet. It is a sketch of a unique dragon with feathered wings for back legs and normal front legs. It has a massive rack of horns that point both forwards and backwards. It has no eyes, and a mouth like a python.
May 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Quick little doodles, including one of Evelyn. My lanky child ❤️ #doodle #art #originalcharacter #projectrue #ironkelpieart #drawing
Photo of a sketchbook, open to a drawing done in ballpoint black pen of two women. One is done in a simple cartoon style. She has long hair, is wearing a skirt and open jacket and is holding a steaming mug in both hands, while walking. The other is done more realistically. The other is wearing a tank top, long skirt, with an open skirt overtop held with a leather and fabric belt. She is holding a short, sheathed sword in her left hand. Her hair is long, partially done with a braid.
May 21, 2025 at 4:46 AM