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Akira Ran (artist)
@akiraran-artist.bsky.social
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Art-only profile • Freelancer artist focused on humanoid characters, anime/manga fandom, pet portraits & semirealistic colored anthros.
Real art, no Al.

30yo • she/they • Queer POC Latinx
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MY COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
I need emergency money for a surgery + meds to my felv+ cat Maju. She's a rescue baby that has been living with me for a couple years now, and this caught me out of nowhere.
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January 11, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Today's sketch

#shrimp #tradart #traditionalart #pen #ink #doodle #crustacean #cute
Traditional sketch on a small sketchbook portraying a semirealistic shrimp, drawn in red and black pen and textured with pointillism and cross hatching.
September 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Sketch from yesterday

#tradart #ink #sketchbook #doodle #sketch #rkgk #original
Traditional art in pen of a bipedal white fox with red markings. It wears a fabric collar held by a braided rope in red and black, and a bell is hanging from said rope. The shading is done with pointillism.
August 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Random horse sketch, real honse moments
Supplies from @uniballbrasil (brush pens) @brw.escolar.escritorio (brush pen in the middle) @tilibra_oficial (neon kori notebook) (@s from instagram)

#dailysketch #dailyart #horse #cavalo #monochrome #reducedpalette #animals #traditionalart
Traditional art portraying the front half of a horse drawn with black and gray brush pens over a yellow sheet. The horse is running vigorously and it's front legs are in the air. Shadows cover big part of it's face, legs, chest and belly. It is drawn in a minimalistic way to maximize the effect of the contrast between the colors using, focusing in separating the shading graduation by blocks of ink and color, as well as negative space.
March 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Yesterday's theme was #green
Dieffenbachia Seguine, known also by comigo-ninguém-pode and aningapara, is a plant of the Araceae family highly appreciated as an indoor ornamental, given its tolerance to low humidity.

Theme list by chloe.fluff.studios at IG
#traditionalart #dailyart #plants
Traditional art portraying a houseplant known as Comigo-ninguem-pode. It has multiple big fronds in green splotches with the center of the leaf usually being lighter in color. The pot where the plant is planted is white and has details in metallic green, while the background is composed of a rectangle made of blue wiggly lines.
February 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Today's theme is #wizard
Did you know the "you as a baby" meme character is a toy inherited by a Brazilian artist? Learn more about the artist behind this Wizard in the comments below.
Theme list by chloe.fluff.studios at IG

#mestreensinador #toy #dailyart #traditionalart
Traditional art portraying the toy mostly known by the "it's you when you were a baby" meme. A little wizard with a pointy green hat, a white flowy coat and the face of a happy and mischievous little gnome. "Mestre Ensinador", which is his name, is manipulating some magic in this artwork, drawn as multiple stars of various shapes in gold and silver ink. The magic is casting a strong and dramatic white light over the character as the background is a pitch black rectangle with wiggly borders.
February 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Yesterday's theme was #raccoon
Did you know #Brazil has one named Mão-pelada (or "naked hands") which is the crab-eater raccoon? Context for this art in the comment below! 😂
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Theme list by @chloe.fluff.studios at IG

#dailyart #traditionalart #fourtwenty #crab #psychodelic
Traditional art portraying a Crab-eater Raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus) wearing Juliet glasses and "visibly thinking about crab" (there is a thinking balloon from comics and a crab inside it). The raccoon is relaxed and even sporting a little smile, while sitting and looking up to an out-of-scene sky. Its fur is composed of gray and brown patches, a dark underbelly, snout, around the eyes and extremity of limbs, and a stripped tail just like an american raccoon. Its hands doesn't have fur, from where comes their name in Brazil, "Mão-pelada", or "naked-hands". The background is a psychodelic pattern in pink and yellow, possibly indicating the raccoon is hallucinating either by use of illicit substances or by the absurd heatwave that has been happening in Brazil as this image is posted.
February 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Today's theme is #spring
"Handroanthus albus", or as we lovingly, jokingly call it here... A Couscous tree 😂
They don't usually flower in spring, but they're filled with flowers!

Theme list by @chloe.fluff.studios at IG
#traditionalart #dailyart #brazil #ipeamarelo
Traditional art portraying a tree of "Handroanthus albus" or "Ipe amarelo". The tree consists in a brown trunk and many yellow flowers in the place of the leaves. There are some fallen flowers on the grassy floor, and a blue sky on the background.
February 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Yesterday's theme was #frog, and I've chosen to draw the Flea Frog, Brachycephalus dacnis. The second smaller vertebrate in the world, this little fella is smaller than a 50 cent (BRL) coin!

Theme list by @chloe.fluff.studios at IG

#traditionalart #amphibian #toad #fleafrog #dailyart
Traditional art portraying a flea frog, the second smallest vertebrate in the world. On the top of the sheet, a side view of the frog that sports a little smile of sorts, while on the bottom of the sheet, the frog is seen with its mouth wide-open and facing the viewer. The frog skin is an orange-ish brown, with the belly and feet being a dark brown, and white is used to depict the light on its wet skin. Its eyes are composed of four circles disposed one inside the other, in gray, golden, gray and black respectively. The inside of its mouth is gray. The background of the piece is composed of a purple rectangle with four irregular-shaped stars, and several, smaller, white sparkles.
February 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Today's theme is #coffee
Nothing much special to see here, just a cup of coffee. I know whose brand is. I'm not naming it but feel free to @ them in the comments if you really want to 😉

Theme list by @chloe.fluff.studios at IG

#traditionalart #hotdrink #cappuccino #dailyart #dailysketch
Traditional art portraying a cup of coffee from a popular fast food chain. The cup has a very identifiable design in yellow with a black plastic lid. It has the brand name mashed up with "coffee", their logo under it, and a sustainability stamp right beside it with a rainforest frog in the middle of the stamp. The cup is over a light wood table and the background is dark.
February 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Yesterday's theme was #bookshop so instead of drawing a big one, I've chosen to draw the small ones you see here in parks and neighborhoods with free books for ppl

Theme list by @chloe.fluff.studios at IG

#traditionalart #book #littlehouse #neighbourhood #companionship
Traditional art portraying a small wood house filled with books. It is a common practice in some cities of Brazil to have one of those on neighborhoods, parks and bus stops where people can get books for free or leave their unused books to someone else to read for free.
February 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Today's theme is #tulip! So here's some tulips in a tulip cup! There's not much on this one beside a wordplay, sorry it sounded more clever in my head 😅

Theme list by @chloe.fluff.studios at IG

#traditionalart #dailysketch #dailyart #acrylicmarkers #experimentation #molin
Traditional art portraying a tulip cup, normally used to drink beer, but here its being used as a vase filled with water and four tulips. The tulips have petals in yellow and orange. The background is a teal rectangle with wiggly borders, and there are six yellow five-point stars complementing the composition.
February 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Today's theme is #fluffy ! Here's a drawing of a Callithrix jacchus, known in my country as Sagui-de-tufo-branco. This little #primate sport a dense fluff over the area of their ears!

Theme list created by @chloe.fluff.studios at IG

#traditionalart #unipin #alcoholmarkers #dailyart #sagui #cute
Traditional art portraying a small primate known as Sagui-de-tufo-branco (Callithrix jacchus) holding on a branch. The background is consisted of stylized leaves drawn and juxtaposed over a green rectangle. The fur of the animal is drawn using crosshatching and a fine brush pen.
February 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Yesterday's theme was #love ! I've drawn Tecco, which was one of my best companions ever, and that I miss a lot. She was a Fischer's #lovebird full of personality and sass.

Theme list by @chloe.fluff.studios at IG

#traditionalart #alcoholmarkers #bird #colorful #agapornis
Traditional art portraying a Fischer's Lovebird perched on a hand in almost of an "ok" motion. The bird is facing foward, and has feathers in brown, red, yellow, orange and green. Its beak is bright red, its feet are blueish gray, and the eyes are black with a bold white contour to them. The background is a black square with curved, wiggly edges, and there is a post-it shaped like a speech balloon placed as the bird is "speaking". Inside the speech balloon there is a single stylized musical note.
February 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Today's theme is #bug! My favorite bug of all times are undoubtedly in the Membracidae family: those known as "soldadinhos", "napoleão" or "viuvinha" in my homeland are cousins of the cicada!

Theme list created by @chloe.fluff.studios at IG

#traditionalart #acrylicmarkers #molin #brasil #nordeste
Traditional art portraying a set of four bugs from the Membracidae family. Cousins of the cicada, those bugs are shaped like Napoleon's hat, which is the cause for one of many names they have. They're commonly found in black and white colors, being the white present in stripes or big spots over their back, but some specimens may also be green, red, orange and yellow. The background is composed by a yellow rectangle with brown decorations on its borders and a brown star in the middle of the rectangle, behind the bugs.
February 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Yesterday's theme was #clown , and I did a giant #poodle dressed as one. Something about their fluffy hair and the haircuts people do on them makes me remind me of the friendly clowns.

Theme list was created by @chloe.fluff.studios at IG

#traditionalart #acrylicmarkers
Traditional art portraying a semirealistic giant poodle colored like a clown. Its hair is colored in rainbow tones and it sports a frilled collar in tones of silver and copper. Its nose is red, and there are white patches of makeup around its eyes and muzzle. Its mouth is open and it has a calm and amicable expression, with its pink tongue out of its mouth. The background is composed by a pitch black rectangle paired with multicolored stars of varied sizes and amount of points.
February 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Yesterday's theme was " #clutter "
I found a bit of trouble to decide "a clutter of what" I would do, but ended up choosing many #washitape I own

Theme list done by @chloe.fluff.studios at instagram

#traditionalart #acrylicmarkers #metallicmarkers
Traditional art portraying a holographic pencil case containing several rolls of washi tape, of diverse colors and stamps. The background is composed of a pitch black color and geometric patterns in yellow, purple, blue, pink, green and silver.
February 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Today's theme is " #pink "! I'm sorry to everyone whose fav color is pink but I'm not the biggest fan 😅 so I drew a type of 🥭 known as "pink mango" (Manga Rosa) here in my country, for I do love mangoes!

Theme list was done by @chloe.fluff.studios at IG!

#traditionalart #acrylicmarkers #dailyart
Traditional art of a "pink mango" (Manga Rosa, Mangifera indica L.) done in a semirealistic style. The mango has a slice cut off and placed right before it, laying on a Caramel Plate (typical plate from Brazil) and a serrated knife lays at the border of the plate, stained in the mango's juice. A lettering text reading "Manga Rosa" is written at the top of the composition in neon yellow and neon pink, with a thin purple outline.
February 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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A bit of allergy crisis has slowed me down... Yesterday's theme was " #sweet " so here's a #bee and its #honeycombs!

Theme list was made by @chloe.fluff.studios at IG

#traditionalart #acrylicmarkers #alcoholmarkers #dailyart #dailysketches
Traditional art portraying a bee over 9 honeycombs. The bee is painted in a sort-of impressionist style by using brush strokes of acrylic brush pens. The line around the honeycombs and framing the bee like a sticker is done in a glittery blue color.
February 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Today's sketch is on the theme " #moon ". I did a Potoo, known in Brazil as #Urutau or #Mãe-da-lua (mother of the moon). This nocturnal #bird has many telltales about its surreal appearance and voice.

The theme list was done by @chloe.fluff.studios @ IG

#traditionalart #nanquin #ballpointpen
Traditional art portraying a Potoo bird drawn in a semi realistic way, over a pitch black night sky and a full moon. The eye of the bird is painted with gold ink, its body is on a sepia tone (done with markers), the moon is painted with silver ink while the background was done with indian ink. The play of this piece is on the fact the Potoo is known in Brazil by the name of Mãe-da-lua (or, "mother of the moon").
February 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Keeping up with the #dailysketch, today's theme is " #sunshine " on @chloe.fluff.studios (ig) list! I did another experimental piece with acrylic markers of the Morro do Careca, a turistic spot from #NatalRN #Brazil

#morrodocareca #traditionalart #acrylicmarkers
Traditional art portraying a turistic spot known as Morro do Careca, located in the city of Natal RN Brazil. The art is done in an impressionist style using acrylic markers. The beach waters are on the front of the piece, the hill on the middle and the sky at the back of the hill in light blue and light yellow.
February 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Yesterday's #dailysketch theme was of " #fairy ". My cat bit my hand so I couldn't draw on time to post 😭
The theme comes from the @chloe.fluff.studios (IG) prompt list!

I did a fairy inspired by the bathroom fly (Psychoda cinerea) on a toothbrush!

#traditionalart #alcoholmarkers #ballpointpen
Traditional art portraying a fairy inspired by the Bathroom Fly (Psychoda cinerea) holding on to a blue toothbrush with white, blue and green strands. The background is a colorful square and four white stars of various points and shapes.
February 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Today's sketch is on the " #mushroom " theme, following the prompt list form @chloe.fluff.studios at instagram
It was a more experimental art where I used only my acrylic markers to draw this art!

#traditionalart #acrylicmarkers #dailysketch #fungi
Traditional art portraying a trio of generic mushrooms. The background is composed of a dark square in purple, and branches with leaves and grass in lilac tones. The mushrooms are in the first plane, done in warm tones such as yellow, orange and brown, as well as pastel yellow.
February 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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For today's prompt, " #home ", the sketch is of the #caatinga #parakeet, also known as Caatinga #jenday/ #conure, comfortably resting on a tree hole.
The prompt list is from @chloe.fluff.studio at IG!

#traditionalart #dailysketch #bird #psitacidae #ballpointpen #alcoholmarkers
Traditional art portraying a Caatinga Parakeet, also known as caatinga jenday or green cheek conure, that goes by the scientific name of Eupsittula cactorum. The art is done with a ballpoint pen in purple ink, and colored using alcohol markers. The bird has a curved beak, feathers in green, beige, gray, forest green, yellow and blue, and is resting inside a tree hole. The sky behind the tree is cartoony and pitch black, with doodly stars and a crescent moon.
February 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Following the prompt list from @chloe.fluff.studios at IG, today's prompt is " #lucky ", so i did a #Saruê (brazilian's #possum variant) holding a few four-leaf clovers on its mouth

#traditionalart #dailysketch #ballpointpen #markers #alcoholmarkers
Traditional art portraying a brazilian variant of opossum (Didelphis aurita) with its butt turned to the viewer and staring back as it holds three four-leaf clovers on its mouth. The background is composed of enormous four-leaf clovers juxtaposed over themselves and with a black rectangle as the base background.
February 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM