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Equinox :Solhappy:

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Certified gryphon simp | Web developer (Front/Backend) | (Mostly) SFW Account | Sexuality? Idk lol | Banner by Funa 🐾
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Equinox :Solhappy:

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Oh! It's Solstice!
That means that days are finally (but slowly) getting long again...

But also that today is also the day to get loafed on by Solstice <33

Solstice, A lilac colored snow leopard gryphon is loafing on top of a random person. She's really comfortable and is loving it!

December 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM

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Yesterday I finished the first book of Anima (Anima: The Bird House), by Eric Malves!
For being his first book in general, it has been a blast reading through it. I've been really enjoying this story a lot, and it really helped with giving me the birb feels […]

[Original post on squawk.social]

My EReader on my leg, showing the cover of the book. It shows a red-tailed hawk sitting on top of a tree.

December 19, 2025 at 6:40 AM

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I've also applied the new hawk wing design on some other base refs ^v^

Bases from:
https://ko-fi.com/s/386520c4ad
https://ko-fi.com/s/46c5530c4d
https://ko-fi.com/s/430a5a2170

Equinox, but as a Chocobo, a big rideable bird from the Final Fantasy video game franchise. Base by DaggerLeonelli.

Equinox as a very fluffy feathered raptor. It has a similar look to a deinonychus. Base by Sachi.

Equinox as a Seikret from Monster Hunter Wilds, a bird like raptor. Base by Sauren Rex.

December 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM

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And there it is! The updated ref for Equinox, now with his new back wings as well!

I just love this, it fits him very well. (and I totally forgot that this was in my own older ref too! I guess he really doesn't change that much after all :p)

Base by […]

[Original post on squawk.social]

Reference sheet for Equinox the red-tailed hawk and mountain lion gryphon. It's him in his anthro form and is stylized to work as a fursuit ref too. Since the last version, only the back of his wings has changed to look more like a hawk IRL. It now has dark streaks and a slight highlight on the tips of his secondaries.

December 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM

Equinox :Solhappy:

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I'm redesigning the backside look of Equi's wings to be more like an IRL red tailed hawk, and yeah it's looking really great so far! (It's on my almost 5 year old fursuit ref by ThlaylisDen hah)

The backside of his primaries and secondaries used to be a light […]

[Original post on squawk.social]

Crop of my fursuit reference sheet for Equinox the red tailed hawk and mountain lion gryphon. The (toony) wings on his back now has streaks on it that more closely resembles that of a real hawk.

December 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM

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Of course the first thing I do when I found out the translations in Bits and Bops are in a CSV format is swap all the vowels x3

Screenshot of the game where the settings disclaimer became unreadable english gibberish where all vowels were swapped around.

It reads:

Suttongs.
Doscleomur: Thusu suttongs eru pawurfill!
Yai cen isu thum ta fonu-tinu thu gemu’s purfarmencu,
bit nat uvury suttong woll wark wull an yair campitur.

Moscanfogiretoan cen ceisu eidoa crecklong
end vosiel stitturong

Of yai gut stick, isu thu Rusut ta dufeilt aptoan!

December 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM

Equinox :Solhappy:

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yeah

A set of two 16GB DDR4 RAM sticks that I bought for around 70 euro now costing 217.91 euro

December 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM

Equinox :Solhappy:

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No one:
Absolutely nobody:
F-Droid:

Cropped screenshot where a random ass toast message appears telling some cryptic message from F-Droid.
"F-Droid: Repo timestamp expected 176544877600, but was 1765647349000"

December 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM

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Today's the first time I've used a pressure cooker (not mine) to cook my food, and it turned out amazing!
Compared to the last time I made this dish (a vegetable kit for "butter chicken", but with butternut squash), it tasted so much more mellow and the chicken […]

[Original post on squawk.social]

Pressure cooker with the cooked vegetables and chicken inside. It's orange from the butternut squash, tomatoes and spices.

Same as before, but with cooking cream added

December 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM

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I was looking for this one meme for ages and finally found it again. It's definitely worth sharing again! (Source Unknown)

A very jpeggy crop of a screenshot of Monster Hunter Wilds. It consists of a pictographic chat message where a Seikret (an avian-ish raptor creature frien) holds up a wing to their beak in a thinking way with a question mark floating behind it. Custom text has been placed over it, in this case "∆Θ?", (The Theta Delta sign, a reference to therianthropy or otherkin)

In other words, the Seikret is asking if you are a therian or otherkin.

December 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM

Equinox :Solhappy:

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I got this wonderful art piece made by @Mollin a while back, and turned it into a double-sided badge!

(It took me two tries to make it, since my laminator ate the first one and got all crinkled up with no way to restore it lmao..)

#art #furry #furryart #gryphon #griffin #avian #bird #badge

Equinox the gryphon looking a bit smug towards you with his crest proudly fanning out. He got 4 feathers hanging from his ear, one from each of my other 4 characters. (Asterion, Solstice, Rask and Takora)

Same art, but printed out, cut then sealed in plastic. It's gonna be used as a badge.

November 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM

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Scree!!

It's Equinox as a feral red-tailed hawk!

I've always liked the idea of seeing my birb as a more realistic bird someday, and I managed to find an artist who draws feral birds very nicely!

This one's by FeatheredDiva!

Thank you so much for this […]

[Original post on squawk.social]

Equinox in his feral red-tailed hawk form standing proudly on a branch with his wings out, ready to give you soft wing-hugs!
His red tail feathers are fanned out and he looks very happy.

November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM

Equinox :Solhappy:

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Blåj

Blåhaj from IKEA, but scrunched up so it's just fins and a lil tail nubbin

November 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM

Equinox :Solhappy:

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"This is a story of feather and flame,
Welcome to the world of Gryphons!"

Guess I'm finally working on something!
Already written down a short 3 page introduction of how my world came to be ^v^

A notebook with a sticky note saying "Equinox's Gryphon Lore Book 2025" and a sticky note on top saying "Introduction"

October 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM

Equinox :Solhappy:

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[Telegram AI slop bot ad]

ah yes, wonderful

Telegram's FoxBot (furry specific art source finder) having a banner ad called "MakeFox Bot", advertising an AI furry-themed image generator.

Of course clicking on the x won't close the ad, but give you a nag screen for Telegram Premium instead. Classic.

October 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM

Equinox :Solhappy:

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And now I'm remaking my site again. This time doing it in pure HTML and CSS. No JS nor web frameworks required!

Screenshot of said web page. It has my icon and some buttons to my other online accounts.

September 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM

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Stolen from a Bluesky post that stole it from an Animorphs Facebook group

A teenager turning into a bird, Animorphs cover style

"Getting raptured?

No thanks

I'm getting raptored"

September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM

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[Fedi meta subtoot]

Okay being able to write long posts is nice and all, but sometimes I wish there was like a second "show more" on fedi lmao

A post showing the lyrics of "Smash Mouth - All Star" but they never stop coming (The line "and they don't stop coming" repeated at least 100 times)

It is very long

September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM

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Worked a bit more on Takora's refresh!
I am really happy with how their new colors came out <33

(Base by Blajn)

Reference sheet for Takora the phoenix gryphon based on a bearded vulture and lion. They are a pretty dark red with fiery gradients on some of their feathers. They have a pattern on their shoulder that kinda resembles a peacock tail feather "eye"

Same as last, but now wearing light leather armor and a white skirt like cloth on their flanks

September 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM

Equinox :Solhappy:

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Reworking Takora's colors a bit! I kinda want to give them a more muted color scheme that they show in their normal situations, and reserve their more fiery color scheme for when they are angy and stuff.

It's not done yet! I might add some counter shading and […]

[Original post on squawk.social]

Refsheet for Takora the phoenix gryphon, based on a bearded vulture and lion. Pronouns are They/Them.
They are not as bright in this version, but they are still mostly red, with some (probably faintly) glowing markings and feather tips.

September 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM

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Loafs on your #ef29fedi timeline

(Base by Blajn)

Solstice the snep gryph loafing with a slightly annoyed face

September 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM

Equinox :Solhappy:

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[Food]

Okay it isn't a bibimbab in a traditional sense, but more of a pokebowl, but I made one with Korean fried chicken I found at the store and it's amazing <33
And I have enough to make more too!

A plate of short grain "sushi" rice, mixed with rice wine vinegar. On top are cucumber strips, edamame beans (cooked), blocks of avocado, kimchi and Korean fried chicken, topped with sesame seeds.

August 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM

Equinox :Solhappy:

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I was in Paris again last week until Sunday! I went with my younger sister and met some good friends again :>
I walked a lot and I'm definitely spent now though, but it was a lovely vacation 💖