Elwe
LightNews LightNews
banner
elwedraws.bsky.social
Elwe
@elwedraws.bsky.social
29 followers 72 following 43 posts
Bugs, OCs, felt creatures, clay, gardening ☆ they/them ☆ Don't repost my stuff without credit ☆ no AI - draw your own beloved atrocities
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by Elwe
tinygay.bsky.social
Had a tiger beetle chitinoid OC cookin' in my head for quite some time. Never ended up drawing him myself, so I commissioned him. And can I just say, artist did a wonderful job based on the things I described!

Let me introduce you to Sergio
🎨: BlueKiwi101 on FA
#bugfurry #furryart #bugoc #insect
A tall and slender anthro tiger beetle wearing a large brimmed hat, red bandanna, poncho and boots with spurs. He's holding a pistol in one hand while having a piercing glare. His eye color are an off-white with a black sclera. He also wears brown leather gloves while rest of his outfit is mainly a dark green and a very dark blue with light yellow accents on his poncho
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
elwedraws.bsky.social
I got my hands on some markers.
Color marker drawing of a grey cat’s face with big pupils. It’s wearing a green and black harness. Color marker drawing of a cat making a weird face.
September 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Reposted by Elwe
fossilforager.bsky.social
Spanish Moon Moth 🌙
An illustration showing two Spanish moon moths on a pine tree branch with a large pine cone. The moths are light green with reddish wing veins and 4 eye spots on their fore and hind wings. A chunky green and brown caterpillar with white markings and hairs is eating some of the pine needles. They are illustrated on a dark blue background.
September 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Reposted by Elwe
dogssie.bsky.social
the universal struggle
kim-hu.com Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · Aug 29
When I am like now, where I am like 'damn I cannot draw and all I have ever made looks like a pile of shit' I find comfort in this. Artists are so fucking cursed, man. We're so cursed. 💀
Compilation of Hayao Miyazaki complaining about his work and suffering through it.
August 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Reposted by Elwe
entobiologist.bsky.social
picked up this eastern tailed blue and felt like i picked up a kitten by the scruff of its neck :T the little legs tucked in is too cute #invertefest #invertebrates
photo of a very tiny white butterfly between my fingers facing the camera digital sketch of the same butterfly except much bigger being held by a hand
August 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Reposted by Elwe
cuttledreams.bsky.social
Anyway here's a roach with an m&m
A small drawing of an orange-head roach with a red m&m.
August 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Reposted by Elwe
dominictarason.com
More and more people reporting today that Stripe - the payment processor that Itch said were putting the most pressure on them - now have staff actively confirming that yes, they are censoring LGBT content, adult or otherwise. That this is official company policy.

This seems kinda significant.
August 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Reposted by Elwe
fossilforager.bsky.social
my green planthopper plush keychains are now available to preorder on Kickstarter! 🌿💕🐛

www.kickstarter.com/projects/fos...
A photo of a cute green plush bug keychain being held in my hands. It has large red eyes and embroidered leaf veins on its leaf shaped wings, and round stumpy legs.
June 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Reposted by Elwe
shingworks.com
A reminder that I'm extremely beautiful irl, and also photogenic
A photo of me in my natural habitat (I look like a golden crab on the shore) A pic of me as a kid (looking like a little perfect yellow sphere with legs and giant dark eyes) Feeling a little shy (a picture of me, a gold crab, sitting with just my eyestalks above the level of the rippling tides) (as I often do) Classic me (a gold crab running helter skelter on the wet shore)
June 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
elwedraws.bsky.social
Some bugs I saw in Thailand
Large red True Bugs in different stages of life on a pile of leaves Yellow and black flies enjoying the scent of a long yellow flower Suspiciouly butterfly shaped leaf Long green katydid
June 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
elwedraws.bsky.social
Pictures from Bangkok!
One is a cold blooded invasive predator who‘s hardly afraid of humans and the other one is an Asian Water Monitor
(I love cats but inside or under supervision)
June 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
elwedraws.bsky.social
After my month of vacation I‘m gonna look into 3D sculpting again.
June 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
elwedraws.bsky.social
I constantly recommend this website as collection of great comics to understand more about intimacy!

If you can toss them a coin, their work is extremely valuable.

Heard of ‚Let’s Talk About It’, one of the 'Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2023'? That‘s also from them!
ohjoysextoy.bsky.social Oh Joy Sex Toy @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social · Jun 3
Happy 12 Years of Oh Joy Sex Toy! Join our Birthday Pledge Drive for bonus comics and to keep the site afloat for the rest of the year because- real talk- we're looking at reducing our comic production/wrapping up around the end of the year.
www.patreon.com/OhJoySexToy
Today’s comic is drawn by Erika Moen in a traditional Oh Joy Sex Toy palette of background blues and character pinks. Throughout the pages, Erika is depicted in a red polka dot short dress covering some black leggings. She has a tattoo on her arms and a little bit of fluffy hair at the front of her head. In addition, her partner, Matthew, shows up wearing a pink T-shirt, brown pants, and bright red shoes. He has some stubble, glasses, and grey hair. Page 1 The page starts with Erika and Matthew's arms raised in celebration! Erika 'Happy 12th birthday Oh Joy Sex Toy!' Matthew 'Hot damn! You know what this means! Time again, to humbly ask you, our incredible readers, to help chip in and keep this comic site going with our yearly…' Title Pledge Drive! Erika holds a big handful of fabric out. She's 'oo-la-la!'-ing at it, while in front, Matthew is holding his laptop, which has comic pages flying out from within it, hitting him in the face. Erika 'The traditional gift for 12 years is silk or linen…' Matthew 'But we’re giving supporters bonus comics on our Patreon to celebrate!' A list of the bonus comics floats at the bottom of the panel. Ripley LaCross delves deep and explores what gardening means to them. Hien Pham talks from the heart about his time working at his local dog rescue shelter. And Erika Moen travels to San Francisco for an introspective magic wand journal comic. Matthew is now in a giant coffee cup, which has the price tag of $6.90 on it with a little 'nice’ alongside to reflect the comical number. Pouring out of this coffee cup is a fountain of coffee, leading to Erika who is flying in the tide in a big splash! Matthew 'For the cost of a fancy coffee, $6.90, you get to read these rad comics and help OJST survive the next year.' Erika Full transcript: https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/12-years-pledge-drive-2025 Matthew is shown launching cups of coffee that have dollars on them towards an artist on the other side of the panel, who is happily catching them while sitting at a drafting table. He says the word 'Kobe!' As he does so. Matthew 'OJST is sex positivity with heart, humor, and real human experiences brought to life by an ever-changing lineup of amazing artists who are paid a professional rate and retain sole ownership of their work.' We see Erika’s floating head, sweating and covered in shadow, with worried lines. Erika 'But, it’s 2025 and things have never been crazier, for all of us. Specifically here at OJST, we’ve been dealing with:' Depicted next are three panels side-by-side, each one containing a different troubling issue. The first contains an 18 with a big slash across it. Narration'Attacks on adult content in our highest courts from people who want to restrict work like ours or make or even make it illegal.' The second has a big gavel hammer about to hit. Narration 'Suppression, erasure, and bannings on social media. Our posts and accounts struggle to exist, even though we censor our work to follow the rules.' The third shows a wallet with a little butterfly, or moth, floating away from it. Narration 'Costs going up. On top of the endless culture war on sex, we’re all tightening our belts under an economic recession, and feeling that pinch.' The bottom of this page depicts a downward graph arrow with small dollar signs floating off of it, which are getting smaller and smaller the further it goes down. Narration 'Across the board, creators are understandably watching the Patreon supporters slowly disappear because they just can’t afford the extra art luxury. We know how difficult life is at the moment, but our margins were already razor-thin before this, and now we’re sweating! If we want to keep the site going another year, we will need more support.' Erika is holding a big pile of comics as she looks at Matthew, who is flipping a sign from open to closed with a worried look Erika 'Right now, we’ve got, like, 14 comics paid for and in the pipeline to be published, but if we can’t get our Patreon numbers up in the next handful of months…' Matthew 'We’re considering slowing down our hires, reducing the post schedule, and even – gulp – closing up shop at the end of the year. (Ugh, I hate even writing that, it gives me the heebie-jeebies.)' A large amount of narration floats around a Call-To-Action of images of a coffee cup, a big clickable button that says 'become a member', and a Patreon board of prices. Narration It’s tough to say, but we guesstimate that in order to really get OJST feeling healthy again, it needs about 200 sign-ups at its lowest tier on Patreon from folks who intend to stick around! If a membership sounds like too much, a one-time donation or e-book purchase ($5 to $25!) goes a long way too! Truly, every little helps! The world is crazy out there, so take care of yourselves first and foremost. But if you find yourself doing well, and want to see us continue what we’re doing here. Please consider it! OJST is only possible with your support.' A big, wide URL fills the next space www.patreon.com/OhJoySexToy Subtitle shop for e-books/donations The page and comic ends with an optimistic-looking Erika and Matthew holding up a huge sparkling 12 as they are surrounded by balloons! Erika 'We’re deeply grateful to everyone who helps us. You’re not just a reader, you’re a co-creator, and what we’ve accomplished with your help so far it’s worth celebrating.' Matthew 'Thank you for being a part of Oh Joy Sex Toy and helping us make 12 years of comics!. And with that the comic concludes! Drawn and written by Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan, it was then transcribed on 6/2/2025 by Matthew Nolan.
June 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
elwedraws.bsky.social
Meliads who want to stand out often use body modifications that show off their insect features or are otherwise not possible for humans.
They can pull back the fat body that makes up their intricately detailed "human skin".
Meliad with tatoos and long black hair readying a double neck guitar. It takes a lot of skill to play it with both sets of hands and is usually done as a spectacle. One of his antennae has been broken and made to look more even with leather bands. He uses a leather brace to hold back the skin from his right hand to play the strings without the need of a guitar pick.
May 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
elwedraws.bsky.social
I have had an OC species for at least 14 years.

Some of my friends know about it, I posted some drawings here and there. I had it itching in my fingers to do more with it, I can't really get it rolling. However I have tons and tons of notes and sketches.
May 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Reposted by Elwe
franzanth.bsky.social
I follow this aquarium/paludarium guy on youtube and his latest work of a floating* driftwood with epiphyte plants and rain effect from above is just ✨ exquisite ✨

*it's supported from behind. doesn't make it any less magical though

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZVe...
How I Built a Mini Jungle in a Box | floating & raining effect
YouTube video by 木根 Mugen Woong
www.youtube.com
May 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Reposted by Elwe
artoffabricious.bsky.social
Seeing as how I'm stuck time-wise at the moment (with renovations, moving and other issues), I keep forgetting to upload already done renders. Here's Iguanodon bernissartensis for your enjoyment.
May 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Reposted by Elwe
fossilforager.bsky.social
who let bee flies be so cute 🌸
An illustration of a bee fly! It’s a very fuzzy fly with a long proboscis and big dark eyes. It has two semi transparent veined wings. It is posed against a light purple background.
May 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Reposted by Elwe
scienceskink.bsky.social
One bad day.
A Quetzalcoatlus sees the cataclysmic impact that will wipe out three quarters of the animal and plant species on Earth.
Art of the asteroid impact 66 million years ago, there are trees on fire and in the foreground a Quetzalcoatlus looks toward the impact. It is much too late to react but it wouldn't matter
May 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Reposted by Elwe
fossilforager.bsky.social
The Goliath beetle is the featured bug of the month for June!
If you’d like to receive a postcard and high quality vinyl sticker featuring these beetles, sign up below!

💌 patreon.com/fossilforager
A mockup demonstrating an illustrated vinyl sticker and a postcard, both featuring the Goliath beetle! This is a large charismatic beetle with a white and black head and thorax, and a mostly dark reddish brown abdomen and elytra. The sticker depicts the beetle from a top down perspective, while the postcard shows a male and a slightly smaller female beetle eating African star apple. They are illustrated on a pear green colored background.
May 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Reposted by Elwe
leslekieuart.bsky.social
Happy #webcomicday!

Do you like cowboys? Do you like monsters? Do you like cowboy monsters? Then you should check out my comic!

Dust n' Dread is a horror comic about an undead corpse and a pathetic werewolf hunting monsters in a very weird west, and doing a very bad job at it.

dustndreadcomic.com
Pulpy book cover for the comic Dust n' Dread. The two main characters are standing at the bottom looking up towards a monster with glowing eyes.
May 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Reposted by Elwe
cousinmike.bsky.social
It's Korg! 🐢
April 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Reposted by Elwe
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Tiny horseshoe crab molt Bugfriend found this past weekend 🥹
Tiny pale molt of a horseshoe crab, not even the width of two of my fingers
April 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
elwedraws.bsky.social
Freshly shed Giant Cave Roach, Blaberus giganteus.
Very large cave and forest inhabiting roach from South America on a piece of bark. The wings are semi-transparent.
April 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
elwedraws.bsky.social
I keep a miniature greenhouse in this terrarium where I stuff all sorts of tiny plants. The beetle is plastic btw.
A vertical glass terrarium, usually in use for insects or spiders, filled with soil, moss and all sorts of plants. Closeup on Selaginella uncinata, a spikemoss that has a blue shimmer
April 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM