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saralutra.bsky.social
Sara Otterstätter
@saralutra.bsky.social
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Illustrator of Animals, History, detailed fun stuff, Sherlock Holmes and Happy Gay Pirate Otters. Currently very active in the #ourflagmeansdeath fandom and #palaeoart. Hope I will meet my friends from other sites (in particular a former bird app) again.
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I have set up the first five #dinosaur colouring pages for download on my Ko-Fi shop.

Link is down below, and every support is very welcome.

ko-fi.com/saralutra/shop

Also the majestic pinecone Borealopelta is finished. #paleoart #sciart #illustration 🐡🦖🦕
Black and white linedrawing of Borealopelta, a stout and massive Dinosaur covered in plates and large spikes on its sides. It is munching on tree ferns and surrounded by a group of small feathered Dinosaurs. Some of which are hitching a ride on its scaly back.
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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I finished my newest colouring page for my Dinosaur colouring book. This time featuring Sinosauropteryx, a fuzzy little theropod with a fabulous striped tail. You can support my work on ko-fi.com/saralutra

I will also make soon the first colouring pages available for download.
Linedrawing of a small dinosaur with a striped tail, running through the thicket, and looking at a large dragonfly. In between the ferns and mushrooms is also a small, shrew like mammal hiding away from the dinosaur.
October 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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This one is Cryptid art but also nostalgic #Dinosaur art to me. The Arica Monster sightings described an animal reminiscent of the Raptors from Jurassic Park, or some Bird-Kangaroo-Lizard creature. I went more with Raptor for the sake of nostalgia.
Pencil drawing of the vintage naked raptor.
October 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Third one for #Cryptoctober, based on the list by @bestcryptids.bsky.social . Rock Apes were reported during the Vietnam War. They were described as monkey, ape, even hominidlike. Rock Apes had the habit of throwing rocks, hence the moniker. #cryptozoology #art #sketchbook
Pencil drawing of an apelike creature reaching for a half buried M1 helmet.
October 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Second #drawing for #cryptoctober. Pach-an-a-ho is an alleged cryptid, looking like Gastornis, an extinct large flightless bird. There were claimed sightings in 1975, and also it's allegedly known to the Yakima tribe. The name is supposed to mean "crooked beak" or "rough looking bird" in Yakima.
Pencil drawing of Pach-an-a-ho, a bird cryptid.
October 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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First entry for #cryptoctober . I used the list by @bestcryptids.bsky.social as they feature lesser known #Cryptids. Like Cleary's Fish, a Deep-sea Fish claimed to have been witnessed by a diver in a dive bell. #cryptozoology #art #drawing
Pencil drawing of a rather bizarre looking fish. Cryptid list by Legendary Cryptids.
October 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Drawing little Sqwuak-Sqwuaks for my #Dinosaur colouring book. And also inking a pinecone with attitude.

#paleoart #sciart 🐡🦖🦕
September 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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I could have made a super clever caption or voiceover. But I am not feeling it. Just drawing #dinosaurs . #paleoart #sciart 🐡🦕🦖
September 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Some #sketches from my visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum. I simply forgot to post them
Pencil sketch of a bust of a young woman. Sketch of a statue of Nandi, Shiva's sacred bull Sketch of a sculpture of a nude woman. Sketch of a Theseus and Minotaur statue by Antonio Canova.
September 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Finally some fuzzy, fuzzy #Dinosaurs. And a little more progress on the colouring book. #paleoart #sciart 🐡
August 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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New Dinosaur for my colouring book. And I went a bit overboard with about anything concerning details. This time it's Baryonyx on the hunt for some fish. And Scheenista having a crappy day.
#sciart #paleoart #dinosaurs 🐡 #digitalart

You can support my work here:
ko-fi.com/saralutra
Black and white line drawing of Baryonyx, a theropod Dinosaur with a characteristical long snout, hunting a fish in a shallow lake, surrounded by lush shrubs.
August 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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I was in UK, and visited the Victoria and Albert Museum among other things. And I did some sketching in the museum. Here is the video and the sketch.
August 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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I am currently offering commissions. They start at 40€. In the video down below You can view my past commissions. I won't do anything Disney related, but OFMD, Sherlock Holmes, and various other fandoms are welcome.
ko-fi.com/saralutra/co...

#art #artcommissions #commissions
August 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Reposted by Sara Otterstätter
jamespascoe.bsky.social
These absolutely brilliant colouring sheets are part of the art activities at next weekends @dinoconuk.bsky.social found in our creative space to relax, inspire, or chill out. Thanks to incredible @saralutra.bsky.social and the ever lovely @gaffamondo.bsky.social 🏴‍☠️🖤🦖
Iguanadon family feeding and playing around Compsognathus investigating a shallow lagoon Protoceratops and offspring
August 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Reposted by Sara Otterstätter
jamespascoe.bsky.social
We also have a huge range of drop in art activities, displays, and some truly incredible colouring sheets from @tetzoo.bsky.social @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social @saralutra.bsky.social @gaffamondo.bsky.social and more!! Such a fantastic way to get creative or just chill down after a busy day! 🦖
Lush Cretaceous scene drawn as a colouring sheet and available at DinoCon Baryonyx colouring sheet available at DinoCon Lush Cretaceous scene drawn as a colouring sheet and available at DinoCon Pterosaur outlines drawn as a colouring sheet and available at DinoCon
July 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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I updated a bit my #Bigfoot #illustration. Just adding some highlights and details. Currently, I am struggling a bit, and I need to be careful with my #art projects, because I feel a bit like deleting everything. #cryptozoology #cryptids #strugglingArtist
Digital illustration of a momma Sasquatch and her offspring that is clinging to her back. They are deep in the forest. She is looking to the left at something outside the picture frame, while Babyfoot is looking at the viewer. In the background is a white tailed deer looking in the same direction like Big Momma Foot.
July 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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I am still thinking about making an #OtterFlag comic based on this video. But all on its own it could simply be the Gentlebun and Bunbeard. #BrainrottingCute #JustSaying

youtu.be/okvsVbi0OU8?...
Rabbit How to surreptitiously stretch within reach of kisses
YouTube video by quickies
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June 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Let's face it, friends. The mind of an #otter is not made for fishing with a rod. Especially not Ed's. #OurFlagMeansDeath #OtterFlag #OFMD #Comic
Six panel comic strip of Ed explaining fishing with a rod to Stede. Stede is here uncharacteristically less chatty, as he is listening interestedly to Ed. Ed is putting great importance on being calm, patient and not forcing things. They are sitting on a small boat landing at a small idyllic lake. And Ed loses his patience within about five minutes. He jumps into the water and catches a carp the old otter way, while closing his explanations about fishing with the remark: "And when you are bored enough, you go an catch the fucking fish yourself." Stede is rather amused by this.
June 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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If you see this, post a monster 👹
Watercolour drawing of a Wiedergänger, an undead entity from Germanic folklore. I have also added some border on the bottom in the shape of some lizard.
May 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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I found this little otter perfect to be turned into an #OFMD #OtterFlag meme. It was just missing a little co-captain. #OurFlagMeansDeath #GentleOtter #Gentlebeard (not really gentle right now.)
Overpainted photo of the screaming otter, showing Stede and Ed as otters. The caption reads: Today We Go To War! Ed is holding a dagger in his mouth and looks fierce. Photo of a screaming otter with the caption reading: Today We Go To War!
May 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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If You see this, post a horse 🐎

#art
Horsehead painted on my bag with neon acrylic markers. Line drawing of Glashtyn, a water spirit from Manx folklore. It can appear as a horse with backwards legs. Sketch of extinct horse Equus eisenmannae attacking a Proboscidipparion, another extinct species of equines. They may have had a proboscis like saiga antelopes. Sculpted relief showing a horse head on the left side.
May 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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I have a bit of a depressed down phase. Perfectly familiar to me. Just the whole "I am old, forgotten, unfashionable"-tango. And as it often the case, I got a request for an #artcommission by a repeat customer just today. So, a little glimmer. Also, You can commission me as well. (1/2)
Commissioned artwork. Commissioned artwork Commissioned artwork Commissioned artwork
May 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Not quite feeling like sleeping, yet. Here is a little time lapse of me painting the little box of creatures.
May 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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I still have the otter memes, where I painted Stede and Ed over the otters. Because I found some of them oddly fitting to #ofmd or rather #OtterFlag. #OurFlagMeansDeath #ofmdFanart
Photo of an otter holding a toy guitar. The caption reads: "When you show someone something you're really proud of and they say "cool" and change the subject." Otter Stede painted over the photo of an otter holding a toy guitar. He holds a tiny toy ship instead. The caption reads: "When you show someone something you're really proud of and they say "cool" and change the subject."
May 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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And here is a view of the lid of the chest. I forgot about the four image limit. #art #sculpting #diy #dragon
View of the lid of the chest, showing a winged dragon, surrounded by ornaments and aventurines. The chest has a corroded silvery look.
May 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM