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Starite 🌟
@starite.bsky.social
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erik ⭑ he/him ⭑ queer ⭑ twenty-something
retro artist & life enjoyer 👍
portfolio: starite.neocities.org
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Starite 🌟 @starite.bsky.social · Nov 7
hi, i’m starite! 🎨✌️
i'm an illustrator hopelessly in love with midcentury art and design. i draw my OCs a lot (and fanart too sometimes!)
stay awhile and get cozy... or check out my links:

🔸starite.neocities.org
🔹stariteart.tumblr.com

[ #art ⭑ #oc ⭑ #retro ]
fritz, a young man with fluffy blond hair, smiling with half-lidded eyes and making a peace sign. the background consists of wavy lines filled in with various different patterns (from left to right) tor, soleil, fritz, and basil enjoying some time together in a colorful living room decorated in a midcentury modern style renate, a young woman with long orange pigtails sitting on her bed with a slight smile. she is surrounded by posters, magazines, and other objects including a camera and some empty bottles a brown dachshund staring into the viewer's soul while being held in the arms of a person wearing a tan suit jacket with a green tie. they are against a backdrop of greenish-yellow vintage wallpaper
starite.bsky.social
the paisley pattern on basil's jumpsuit takes forever to draw each time but it's way too cool to leave out. i gotta draw him more
part of basil's ref, showing close-ups of the embroidery on his suit
February 17, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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gusherbug.bsky.social
we will not have a time frame for when he needs to be out until tomorrow but he really, really needs to get out soon if you know shelters or anywhere that can help him reply or reach out
gusherbug.bsky.social fruit snack @gusherbug.bsky.social · 1d
URGENT QUESTION: DOES ANYONE HAVE RESOURCES FOR HOMELESS TRANS PEOPLE IN/NEAR THE BRONX IN NYC OR ANYTHING THAT MAY HELP A SOON-TO-BE HOMELESS TRANS PERSON IN THAT AREA
February 16, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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starite.bsky.social
lineless experiment

#art #illustration #retro #cartoon
a pen and marker drawing of the robot maria from metropolis (1927) posing on a bright yellow background. she is drawn in a midcentury cartoon style, and lines are used sparingly to add details to her silhouette.
November 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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starite.bsky.social
hi fritzyyy hiii hellooo hiiiiiiiiiii

#art #oc #sketchbook
a smattering of doodles showing fritz in various outfits - a uniform, a sailor shirt, and a casual tank top/shorts summer outfit
February 16, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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pitzips.bsky.social
Robot requiem. A short comic about a dreaming robot and my first riso print :) 1/?

[ #art | #comic | #robot ]
February 16, 2026 at 5:42 PM
starite.bsky.social
if you see this, post a rabbit 🐇
two ink drawings, one uncolored and one colored, of fritz as an anthro hare. he is wearing a sailor shirt, a blue scarf, brown shorts and shoes, and has bright yellow fur.
February 16, 2026 at 4:11 PM
starite.bsky.social
hi fritzyyy hiii hellooo hiiiiiiiiiii

#art #oc #sketchbook
a smattering of doodles showing fritz in various outfits - a uniform, a sailor shirt, and a casual tank top/shorts summer outfit
February 16, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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hbtyson.bsky.social
Teeny • 2020
A digital illustration loosely in the style of vintage book print. A childlike, humanoid creature curiously glances at their swirling tail that’s twice the length of their body.
February 16, 2026 at 4:47 AM
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a fun detail that might've gone unnoticed due to bluesky compression - the chimaera's eye is intentionally absent of any color or texture :)
a close-up of the chimaera's face, showing that its eye is rendered in stark black and white, without any texture or even pixel smoothing.
February 15, 2026 at 2:41 AM
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starite.bsky.social
happy PROWL-entine's day! 🐾❤️

#art #retro #valentine
a vintage-style valentine featuring a prowling cheetah atop a big red heart shape, holding a rose in its mouth and gazing at the viewer. near the bottom of the heart are some grasses and leaves rendered in an abstract style. the text reads: be mine... i'm no "cheetah!"
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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starite.bsky.social
let's go sailing!

#art #retro
an illustration of various ships (and one boat) drawn in red afloat on stylized blue waves, next to a photo taken aboard the charles w. morgan. text in the lower right reads "sail on, sailor!"
January 28, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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starite.bsky.social
uh, comrade schmidt, there’s, um… how do i say this… there’s something on your back you might want to take a look at…

#art #artsky #originalcharacter #ocsky #inkdrawing #cartoon #sketchbook
an uncolored ink doodle of karl-peter schmidt, a light-haired, light-skinned man wearing square glasses and a suit, holding a handgun while standing with his back to the viewer and looking rightwards with a determined expression. he is hopelessly unaware of the “kick me!” sign taped onto his back.
January 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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oc-tober day 1: new oc
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renate michaelis in her bedroom, mid-1960s

#bweirdoctober2025 #art #artsky #originalcharacter #ocart #ocsky #illustration #retro #vintage #cartoon
a vintage-style illustration of renate, a young light-skinned woman with long red pigtails wearing a plaid shirt and jeans(!) sitting on her bed. she is looking to her left with a slight smile. next to her are some magazines and a small pile of clothes. the shelf in the bed’s headboard holds a pile of books, some beverages, and an exa 500 camera. a soccer ball and a cardboard box are on the floor. the walls are decorated with album covers, posters, and postcards. the whole illustration is rendered in orange, dark green, and brown.
October 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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fun fact: i scanned the paper texture for this piece myself, from an old book whose author’s name didn’t age all that well
a yellowed old book being held together at its spine by a piece of masking tape - “cradle of the trotter: a goshen turf history” by elizabeth shafts
January 5, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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you can make a custom brush out of any (and i do mean Any) picture you want

#art #wip
an unfinished digital painting of a person wearing a brown coat and pants. a brush settings window covers part of the screen and shows the original image used to make the brush (a grayscale photo of a bootleg labubu).
January 7, 2026 at 3:17 AM
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starite.bsky.social
you hear about this "game boy" thing?

#art #oc #retro
retro illustration of fritz, a man with curly blond hair wearing a plaid button-up shirt and jeans, sitting down and playing tetris on an original game boy. the background consists of hand-drawn tetris blocks and a photograph of st. basil's cathedral looming behind, all rendered in halftones. the captions read "The Soviet mind game everyone's talking about..." and "TETRIS / ТЕТРИС".
January 8, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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starite.bsky.social
arrival

#art #oc #fantasy
an illustration of a fantastical creature standing on all fours. it has a spiky head resembling a glowing star, red, blue, and green feathers on its body and wings, a single visible cartoon eye, and several body parts that glow like its head (humanlike hands and forearms, the legs of a bird, and a thick, scaled tail.) its head is surrounded by a golden halo. a starburst pattern appears on the grassy ground where it stands, and it is flanked by towering flames to the left and right. in the background, a ship sails across the sea towards a castle on a hill. above them is a night sky filled with stars and celestial bodies, including a comet with a red and green tail. the illustration has a gilded frame and is captioned "the chimaera, newly born, regards its environs".
February 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
starite.bsky.social
i really want to start making more pieces on a smaller scale instead of pouring all my time and energy into one detailed piece every couple of weeks, but the smaller pieces always seem to underperform…
February 15, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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roadside.xor.blue
brickman room 701, patio building, south fallsburg, new york, 1977
brickman room 701, patio building, south fallsburg, new york, 1977
February 15, 2026 at 2:36 AM
starite.bsky.social
a fun detail that might've gone unnoticed due to bluesky compression - the chimaera's eye is intentionally absent of any color or texture :)
a close-up of the chimaera's face, showing that its eye is rendered in stark black and white, without any texture or even pixel smoothing.
February 15, 2026 at 2:41 AM
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starite.bsky.social
love is in the air! drop this pathetic man in your crush’s mailbox 🥀

#art #artsky #originalcharacter #ocart #ocsky #retro #vintage #cartoon #valentines
vintage-style valentine card colored in magenta tones. at left, karl-peter, a light-skinned, light-haired man wearing a suit and blocky square glasses, is holding a wilting rose with a smitten, blushing expression on his face. at right is a message: “will you be my valentine? (please say yes.)” below, there are spaces to fill in the sender and recipient’s names.
February 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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starite.bsky.social
fritz is ready to spread the love, too! 💝

#art #artsky #originalcharacter #ocart #ocsky #retro #vintage #cartoon #valentines
vintage-style valentine card colored in magenta tones. at right, fritz, a light-skinned, light-haired young man wearing a sailor shirt and shorts, is holding a white rose in his mouth with a smitten, blushing expression on his face. at left is a message: “valentine, let’s run away together!” below, there are spaces to fill in the sender and recipient’s names.
February 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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starite.bsky.social
oc-tober day 6: relationships
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excuse me, i just wanted to let you two know we're closing in five minutes and... hello? ...can you hear me?

#bweirdoctober2025 #art #artsky #originalcharacter #ocart #ocsky #illustration #retro #vintage #cartoon
illustration of soleil, a young black woman with a bob hairstyle wearing a turtleneck sweater, jacket, and plaid skirt sitting across from fritz, a young man with light skin and fluffy hair wearing a jacket and jeans, in a restaurant booth. they are gazing into each other's eyes and smiling.
October 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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yay
email from INPRNT telling me i can start selling prints through them now
February 14, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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happy valentine’s day! 👁️♥️👁️
February 14, 2026 at 3:20 PM