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erujayy.bsky.social
★Jay ✩ Funkiest Bug
@erujayy.bsky.social
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Jay | they/them | 🇮🇪
★ Funky artist with some funky insects in my pouch ★
Professional 2D animator and full time bug keeper while managing 500 hobbies on the side 🪲🦐🐛

Check out my shop!
https://erujayy.carrd.co/

Furry alt: @RavenFriedRice.bsky.social
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My next wood scrap pins are gonna be with various SPIDERS, so I'd love to hear some species suggestions!

The only requirement is that they need variation in colours/hue so it doesn't turn into a black burned out silhouette
November 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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The trio of giant flowers in the Mecynorrhina family I've completed so far 💜

#inverts #SciArt 🪲🦐
An illustration of three giant flower beetles from the Mecynorrhina family. The first Oberthuri Decorata has splotches of orange and is sitting on blue and purple flowers. The middle Polyphemus is green with yellow spots, yellow outstretched wings and sitting on red flowers. The last Ugandesis is blue-red with cream splotches, sitting on orange flowers.
November 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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My plushies are enjoyed by many, even kitties 🥺🥺😭😭

(Photos sent from a friend! The beetle is lovingly named Cheeseborger)
A brown fluffy kitty is sleeping on a bed with a plushie of a yellow, blue and burgundy elephant beetle as a pillow. There's a CD case beside them.
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Last but not least, we bring the Avatar merch <3
I plan to make more in the coming weeks but this is a trial run for the keychains only!

#avatar
Three charms from the Avatar universe featuring a Thanator, a Banshee or Ikran, and a Tulkun.
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Next up we of course have the dinosaurs <3 Featuring the all new carnotaurus and quetzacoatlus.

#paleoart
Various charms of dinosaurs. ▸ Triceratops ▸ Raptor ▸ Spinosaur ▸ Microraptor ▸ Stegosaur ▸ Mosasaur - Carnotaurus ▸ Quetzacoatlus The same charms but flipped over showing the skeletal structure of the dinosaurs.
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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ALL the updated phone charms. New photos, new designs. I was biased and added the most to bugs though LOL

#inverts #birds #SciArt #fish
Various mini phone charms of different oceanic creatures. ▸ Salmon ▸ Betta ▸ Garden Eel ▸ Shrimp ▸ Seaslug ▸ Shark ▸ Octopus ▸ Orca ▸ Seabunny Various phone charms of reptiles. ▸ Python ▸ Leopard Gecko ▸ Frilled Lizard ▸ Chameleon ▸ Crested Gecko ▸ Crocodile/Alligator ▸ Blue Tongue Skink ▸ Frog Various phone charms of birds. ▸ Cockatiel ▸ Chicken ▸ Seagull ▸ Penguin ▸ Vulture ▸ Pigeon ▸ Crow Various phone charms of bugs. ▸ Beetle ▸ Larvae ▸ Caterpillar ▸ Butterfly ▸ Bee ▸ Spider ▸ Treehopper ▸ Rubber Ducky Isopod ▸ Weevil ▸ Mantis / Orchid Mantis
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Second up we have the new Mecynorrhina Beetles featuring the colourations of Ugandesis, Oberthuri and Polyphemus.
I had these made as both 3in keychains and 10x10cm notepads with 50 pages. I reeeaaallly love the notepads 🥺

#inverts #SciArt
Keycharms of three different beetles in the Mecynorrhina family. There is a ugandesis colouration which is blue on orange and red flowers. An Oberthuri colouration which is speckled orange on blue poppies. And a Polyphemus colouration which is spotted green, with yellow wings sitting on red, white and green flora. The same beetles but on notepad versions. The notepads have a light grid pattern for writing. The same notepads but a hand pulling the pages away to show how thick it is.
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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First up we have the whole set of monsters from Monster Hunter Wilds and the new and improved Nergigante. These are all double sided charms!

#MHart #MHwilds
9 charms of different monsters from Monster Hunter Wilds The same monsters but flipped with a variant colouration on the back. A charm of a Nergigante standing atop a Teostra skull. There is a normal and Ruiner variant.
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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‼ SHOP UPDATE ‼

New merch of Bugs, Monster Hunter, Dinosaurs, Avatar and mini phone charms!

Details in 🧵 vvvv

erujayydoodleden.etsy.com

#inverts #paleoart #SciArt #bskymarket 🪲🛒
Image of compiled items with the text "Shop Update" followed by a bullet point list with "notepads, Beetle Charms, Avatar, Monster Hunter, Dino fossils, Phone Charm Expansion." Three notepads surrounded by flowers. It depicts flower beetles. One is orange, another red and blue, and the last green with yellow wings. Six charms of dinosaurs. There is a carnotaurus, microraptor, triceratops, quetzacoatlus, spinosaur, mosasaur, stegosaur and deinonychus.
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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My postal service is expecting delays this year for winter so I am going to make a very very impromptu...

‼️SHOP UPDATE, TOMORROW AT 6PM UTC!!‼️

All the items have now arrived and I got product photos made! So we good to go!!
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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No wayyyyy
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Okay I now have 2/3rds of the new merch in my hands!
Now just waiting for the notepads :] then its an immediate shop update day to make sure people have enough time for christmas shopping wahoo
November 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Idk theres just something greatly off about being considered an etsy representative and not understanding the problem AI has caused for the marketplace
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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The new dino fossil charms have arrived 👀

#paleoart
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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If you see this, post your bird art! 🦉

#birds #SciArt 🪲🦐
An acrylic painting in a wooden frame of a robin among white flowers, the stems have glowing LEDs. An acrylic painting in a white frame of a bald eagle sitting on a rock in the sea screaming at the camera. An acrylic painting on an oval piece of wood of a barn owl in the night sky with big beast eyes. An acrylic painting of a horned owl with large yellow eyes on an explosive blue background.
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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The last big piece from the art sprint... A tarot themed trading card for 2026 ✨ A nice way to end the last few busy weeks with a personal art piece

🪲🦐
An illustration of a tarot card of "The Star" featuring a purple and blue dragon holding onto a big glowy star with a grin.
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Have you ever seen a Kestrel coloured Quetz? Now you have!

I'm only making two new additions to my dino fossil charm set, which brings the number up to 8 designs now!

#dinosaur #pterosaur #paleoart 🪲🦐
An illustration of a quetzacoatlus standing with one arm/wing raised like its waving. It has the colouration of a kestrel. There's a bone version of the same quetz on the right.
November 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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It's the time of the year where my workload has eased up and online sales aren't great before the holidays, but a bug still has to eat!!
My commissions are now open with limited slots :D

vgen.co/erujayy
November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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‼️CALLING ALL BUG NERDS‼️

You'll never believe it, but my next enamel pin crowdfunding campaign is once again based on bugs... HOWEVER... it's *prehistoric bugs*

All creatures weird and cute during the Mesozoic and Paleozoic will get their spotlight for my next campaign launching in JANUARY

🧵👇
An illustration of fossilized and carved stone with the words "Ancient Arthropods, enamel pins". There is a smaller banner in the top right with the text "EU and UK friendly" 🪲🦐 🪲🛒
November 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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It was high time to add the Carnotaurus to the fossil dinosaur series.
Based the design on a red tegu ✨

#paleoart #dinosaur 🪲🦐
An illustrator of a carnotaurus with a pattern based on a red tegu. It is hopping on one foot and wiggling its blue arms around. The other illustration is of the same dinosaur but of the skeletal structure.
October 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Was shocked to find out that I was finally able to build a whole stall with just bug merch. Granted its small- but this has been a milestone for a very long time 💜
October 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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I didn't think my art improved this much over the years, though I am most certainly biased drawing this guy because I got a ton of studies not too long ago
October 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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The Eater of Elders, Nergigante

A redraw from 2020 (comparison below!)

#monsterhunter #MHart #mhworld 🪲🦐
An illustration of Nergigante from Monster Hunter. It is leaning over a Teostra skull with one paw on top of it, sporting a devious smile.
October 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Anyone else think Zoh Shia is the new Equal Dragon Weapon...

#MHart #monsterhunter #MHwilds 🪲🦐
An illustration of Zoh Shia from monster hunter in both white and black forms with their foreheads touching and tails twisted around each other.
October 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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I heard it's #TrilobiteTuesday and although this isn't a true trilobite, the trilobite beetle is one of my favourite remnants of that prehistoric creature! [From 2022]

#SciArt #inverts
a drawing of a large trilobite beetle female with a small trilobite beetle male with hearts in between them.
October 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM