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Rek Bell
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Rabbit drawing from aboard a sailboat in the Salish Sea 🇨🇦 FR/EN 🌱 NB

Personal website: kokorobot.ca
My studio: https://100r.ca
Mastodon: https://merveilles.town/@rek
RabbitWaves: https://rabbitwaves.ca
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Rek Bell @kokorobot.ca · Apr 11
I previously had my Mastodon account bridged to this platform, but thought I'd give hanging out here a shot, as opposed to having my posts mirrored.

About me: I like to draw on paper, I live on a sailboat in the Salish Sea, I love seabirds, making comics, and fermenting vegetables.
a sketchbook open to a page filled with panels for a comic. The art is drawn using pencils and a ballpoint pen, and featured two pointy-eared characters walking through the woods. a sketchbook page showing illustrated sea birds having a conversation using the phonetic alphabet. a self-published book named Wiktopher, the cover features a giant, long legged creature walking in the desert on all fours. A small sailboat(sandfin) is sailing in the sand, going in the opposite direction.
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If you see this, post your bird art 🐦
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Oquonie is still on sale for 2 more days on the Playdate store :>!

play.date/games/oquonie/

#playdate #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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My 2013 Macbook Air's power cord is so worn that the cover has split open near the connector. I covered it with heat shrink.
I do have a backup cord, but I like to extend the use of a thing for as long as possible ^^.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Rambunctious Kit rabbit.

#art #rabbits
a pen drawing of a rabbit, with hands on the ground and half kneeling. They are grinning mischievously, eyes wide. Their ears are big and puffy, and their fur is wild yet controlled.
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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So grateful for the NPD's Dental Care Plan(CDCP). Just went to the dentist for the first time with 100% coverage :).
Up until this point I'd been paying visits out of pocket and it was making a big dent in my wallet each time. This makes such a big different to people like me.
November 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Meadow rabbit holding a gourd, saying goodbye to October 👋🍂

#art #rabbit
Pencil art featuring a humanoid rabbit holding a gourd. The rabbit is wearing loose clothes, a long scarf, they have tufts of hair on their head, ears and cheeks. They are smiling while looking ahead. The gourd says, "I gourd" followed by a heart.
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Just released the list of changes to my studio's projects for October 2025 :>!

100r.ca/site/home.ht...
little ninj, a small ninja, is leaning happily on a pumpkin bearing the face of the Hollow creature from Scavengers Reign
November 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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I dressed up as Barrel(Nightmare Before Christmas) for Halloween.

Made an origami paper mask, paper bones(stuck on my clothes), and made some 3-toed feet out of an old pair of pants my mom was no longer using.

#halloween
November 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Recently I had a good week-long run where I had tons of social energy, during which start following people on here, taking part in conversations, sharing work, etc. It is exciting, energizing, and fun, but then eventually I run out of stamina and I've got nothing to give.
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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More pixel art for the upcoming Playdate version of Donsol. Medusa and a slime creature. Animating these is gonna be fun~

Project page:
100r.ca/site/donsol....

#game #indiegame #indiedev #pixelart #monsters
pixel art for the remake of Donsol, a dungeon crawler card game for Playdate. There are cards featuring cute pixel art monsters, like Medusa, and a slime creature.
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Rabbit #55 named Spaghetti!

BTw if you like these rabbits I'd rly appreciate it if you reposted them :>. My account is pretty new, I could sure use the reach ^^

See the rest of the series on my website:
kokorobot.ca/site/punk_ra...

#art #ink #rabbit #drawtober #inktober
an ink drawing of a humanoid rabbit named Spaghetti, standing, looking at the viewer with an adorable grin. They have hair in short thick and thin chunks, very large eyes, big dark eyelids, and a very skinny body with extra large hands. They are slumping forward a bit, standing shirtless. Their skin appears to be a bit loose on their body.
October 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Arthur is practicing their flag semaphore.

Rabbit 54, see the rest of the series here:
kokorobot.ca/site/punk_ra...

#rabbits #art #semaphore
a drawing of a humanoid rabbit named Arthur, standing while holding two oscar flags. They've got wild hair and eyebrows. They are wearing a jacket with a rounded color and dark pants. They are giving you a side glance while grinning.
October 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Whenever I visit my parents I do all of the cooking, which means that they eat plantbased food for a whole month 🌱.

#vegan #plantbased #cooking
October 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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The brightest star in the sky is Sirius 🌟

More star info: rabbitwaves.ca/site/celesti...

#art #celestialnavigation
an illustration featuring a gull and a rabbit, sitting on crates and talking while drinking something warm. The rabbit says that the brightest star in the sky is Sirius. The gull replies with See-ree-us? On the side are drawings of the two stars, sirus(1st!) and canopus(2nd!)
October 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Made a button for Rabbit Waves, should you want to link to it ^^!

Find it here: rabbitwaves.ca/site/about.h...
October 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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How to find north, south, east and west using celestial bodies.

See the rest of the explanation on Rabbit Waves:
rabbitwaves.ca/site/celesti...

#celestialnavigation #sailing #art #solarpunk
A star compass showing where all of the stars rise and set, including the sun. By memorizing the rising and setting positions of many stars sailors can find out where they are in the world. They act as a compass. List of stars and their constellations: Caph II (Cassiopeia), Merak (Ursa Major), Capella (Auriga), Deneb (Cygnus), Vega (Lyra), Castor (Gemini), Polluz (Gemini), Alcyone (Taurus), Arcturus (Bootes), Alderbaran (Taurus), Regulus (Lego), Altair (Aquila), Betelgeuse (Orion), Procyon (Canis Minor), Mintaka (Orion), Rigel (Orion), Spica (Virgo), Sirius (Canis Major), Minkar (Corvus), Formalhaul (Piscis Austrinus), Shaula (Scorpio), Canopus (Capina), Becrux (Southern Cross), and Acrux (Southern Cross). For those in the northern hemisphere, the most important star is Polaris(North Star). It burns bright in the sky and sits directly in the north (within 1 degree of the celestial north pole). If you can find Polaris in the sky, then you know where north is. Polaris stays where it is while the rest of the stars move overhead. If you look north following a compass you'll find Polaris.<br>How do you find Polaris without a compass? 1. Find the Big Dipper (part of Ursa Major) 2. Use the Big Dipper's pointer stars to find the Little Dipper (part of Ursa Minor). 3. Polaris sits on the tail end of the Little Dipper. A graphic showing the little dipper, with Polaris at the end of the laddle, with a line leading straight towards the big dipper and its two pointer stars, Dubhe and Merak. Finding the Big Dipper first is easier because it is bright and big. The Little Dipper is somewhat dim and more difficult to locate. Polaris is part of a group of stars named The Little Dipper, shaped like a bent laddle. If you follow Merak and Dubhe, the 2 stars making up the farthest edge of the Big Dipper's bowl in a straight line, you'll find the Little Dipper.
October 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Working on some pixel art for a re-work of Donsol(card game). This project is going to be my focus in the coming weeks :>.

100r.ca/site/donsol....

#game #indiegame #indiedev #pixelart
October 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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I just released a new Rabbit Waves page, on using celestial bodies as a compass.

Featuring lots of cool info and illustrations! So happy with this page ^____^. Hope you'll all like it.

rabbitwaves.ca/site/celesti...

#art
a drawing featuring a rabbit aboad a turnip shaped sailboat at sea, loking up at the night sky at some asterisms overhead. The big dipper, the little dipper, cassiopeia, etc.
October 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Just a reminder, for no particular reason, that I have a website, RSS feed, and a free monthly email newsletter!

(I also have a weekly newsletter through patreon where you get alll the good stuff!)

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October 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Carole Cadwalladr has just launched The Nerve. I was hoping she would have an outlet other than Substack for her journalism work.

Very pleased to see this.

www.thenerve.news
The Nerve
Fearless, independent journalism covering culture, politics and tech
www.thenerve.news
October 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Trying to carve a place for yourself on a new platform is such a challenge. I understand why people don't want to start over elsewhere when the platform starts having problems.
October 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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An illustration for a page that I am finishing up and that I will release very soon :>...

#art
an illustration featuring a gull and a rabbit, sitting on crates and talking while drinking something warm. The rabbit says that the brightest star in the sky is Sirius. The gull replies with See-ree-us? On the side are drawings of the two stars, sirus(1st!) and canopus(2nd!)
October 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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I bite you, you bite me.

#art
a serpent like creature with heads at both ends, in the first drawing the bottom head is biting the body, saying "om nom- no", while the other head says "Stap!" In the other drawing, the top head is now biting, saying "Myoun!" while the bottom head screams "AAA!"
October 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Blessed Be the Hero

(silly comic from my archives)

#comic #art
a short comic featuring humanoid dogs. In the first panel, the dog sees someone struggling to free a car from the snow. The dog walks over and starts to help, "Feelin' so guuud!" they say. The dog begins to help pushing the car, "Helping others! YEA!" they say, grinning while pushing. Suddenly they stop, in a panic, "OMG! It's NOT moving! We're going to die out here!" The other dog next to him says, "You can leave like... anytime." In the last frame, in a closeup, the helping dog is being very dramatic, sweating and laying limply over the bumper of the car "I've got NOT arm strength!" they yell. The other dog is annoyed and says, "Plz leave."
October 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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I didn't get to make any new comic pages this summer :<, I had too many other projects to complete, but I've been sketching the characters themselves a lot.

Here are a few Hakazi faces.

#oc #art
drawings of the face(3 states) of a character named Hakazi, with pointy ears, and large dark eyes. The first face shows Hakazi grinning while frowning, "Cause I got pointy ears, right? Ray-sist." he says. In the second face, he is standing, wide-eyed, smiling a bit awkwardly, trying to look innocent with pale pupils due to light being shined into them while dark out. In the third face, he has been surprised from the back, he looks behind him, a bit fearfully.
October 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM