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Feather Dancer
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Hi I'm Feather or Rook. I write and draw strange beasties/birds despite funky health issues and aphantasia. Aro Ace and a They/Them ~

Fuck AI and everybody who tries to claim it's a magical aide for disabilities. To even claim that is an insult.
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Not until my teens!

Doing that search flagged an early Locke and... Yeah you can see the more bird beak which later built into the skull to get a better shape. My poor boy what was young me doing to you.
Very old digital sketch of a S-bendy neck beaked creature with tines sliding down to the top of the neck?? At least he has his antlers though no flow to them yet.
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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I need to give my poor boy updated references. Avian dragons leaning from gryphons was always my intent when designing them lol The other two sub species are terrifying old and nobody needs that.
Digital sketch. It shows a quadruped creature leaping towards the camera with pseudo hands ready to push off the ground. His head is beak like causing a triangular pointing skull, pointed ears and a wider lower jaw that fluffs out at the cheeks. His eyes are pale blue matching the swirl of antlers and antler tines running down either side of his neck. Both wings are folded though away from the body to allow full limb movement. Digital sketch. It shows Dreamer Locke with an unusually angular neck and mouth open and his long pointed ears flattened like he's yelling at something. His upper jaw is slightly narrowed with a hooked tip compared to the lightly wider and square lower. His antlers are swirled scribbles while the tines down the side of his neck remain rigid. There is a loose stripe starting behind his eye goes all the way down to his shoulder. He has long feathers starting from the back of his head which go part way down his spine. Digital artwork in an Animal Crossing style. It shows Dreamer Locke, a Preacri Religan with his head facing the right and the rest of him forward. He has triangular ears, a long-ish muzzle with a hook at the end of the upper jaw with teeth peeping out his slimmer lower jaw.There are bright blue antlers that have a curve at the front with three times at the back and this colour is shared by the four tines down his neck, an additional tine on his elbows and his eyes that can be best described as :( in shape. His cheeks and back of his head are quite fluffy and he has a dark brown stripe extending from the back of his eyes down his tines plus a pale brown dot above the eye. His main colour is a deep chestnut brown with a paler brown for under the jaw, down the neck and a little bit of a visible tummy oval. His legs are long for a villager with a dark brown from below the knee that ends with two white hoof toes in the middle of the foot and two clawed normal toes. His hands are simple paws in a dark brown. His tail is long and slender with the dark brown running along the top until it dominates the long tail floof at the end. He is wearing Centrina Court colours of green and yellow in the form of a basic shirt if with the shoulders cut out. This has a yellow trim around the colour and triangular cuffs. Where his shoulders are shown his Fallow markings can be seen. Then to make converting to this style worse, his heavily simplified wings are hanging out with chestnut brown for the main structure and pale brown for the bulk of the feathering. His little wing claw can also be seen which is white. Digital sketch of Dreamer Locke. It shows a quadruped creature laid on the ground in what has affectionately been dubbed a loaf. His head is beak like causing a triangular pointing skull, pointed ears and a wider lower jaw revealing teeth that fluffs out at the cheeks. His antlers are a swirl of energy unlike the antler tines running down either side of his neck. His dark forelimbs are partially crossed with his tail tip laid over them. His Fallow shoulder symbol can be seen and is just above two additional tines that sit just above the elbow joint. His back foot is also dark in colour having two pointed toes in the middle and two small clawed either side. His wings have been sketched in as lines so his body can be seen better. Particularly on the back of the neck he has light fluff.
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Nature really went, what if we made them more illegally cute huh. Hazel are our native and every time I see them on programs UGH.

Just found out Edible do exist in the south due to a private collection escape?? And not because of the Victorians for once.
Photograph of a hazel dormouse fast asleep and curled up in a bit much like a hedgehog with their tail circling their face and paws.
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Two very old dragon designs, Siamet and Darji respectively. One is a sea serpent style the other your more usual dragon with feathering and they're dragon married. Their kidlet, known as Tori, is currently posing as a human.
Old rough colour slapped on a bust sketch of a serpentine style dragon. Siamet is a desaturated orange with darker orange band striping down to the tip of her head. The latter is thickest the spine and behind her "skull plate". She has pointy brow bones and a pale lower jaw with fluff tufts for some reason. She has blue antlers, three antennae dealies ending in yellow, dark sclera with blue eyes and a blue eye mark above them. She has a long dorsal fin down the back of her neck segmented by orange spines with blue tips and orange fin between them marked with a single blue spot. This is all on a turquoise background. Old rough colour bust sketch of a more traditionally shaped dragon if one with a pointed, hooked snout. Darji is a grey-blue with white painted markings marking his brows, antler growth spots, down to his nose tip and two stripes down from the eye. He has a fin like beard tipped in white and scrags of purple fluff starting from the centre of his head going down the spine and partially down the front of his neck. He's also got purple braids adorned with gold bands for some reason and two sets of tiny antlers. There are yellow spots fringed with white going down his neck. A badly drawn wing can be seen which seems to be feathered from white to purple. All of this is on a pale grey background.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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If you smash together Aries, year of the rabbit and a celtic hawk sign together you get Mahu I guess. they've been getting longer and longer as I've drawn them over the years but at least the basics have remained consistent?
Digital artwork. It shows a hare/rabbit shaped creature with an elongated body and neck. On their head she wears a mask with a simple pattern forming a new face. Her ears, a short dorsal fluff down the neck, above the shoulder and elongated back feet which end in three clawed digits are dark brown. The rest of the body is orange including a long slender tail which has two golden bands towards the end. There is a series of blue dots on the neck beside the mask and as part of a circular pattern on the shoulders. There is a red heart in a speech bubble. Digital sketch in blue. It shows a hare/rabbit shaped creature with an elongated body and neck standing on the tips of their hind feet. On their head she wears a mask with a simple pattern forming a new face. Above the mask, down the neck and above the shoulders are fluffier areas and elongated back feet which end in three clawed digits which have been lightly shaded. They have a long slender tail which has two bands towards the end. There is a series of dots on the neck beside the mask and as part of a circular pattern on the shoulders. Digital sketch of Mahu. It shows an elongated masked rabbit like creature on all fours with ears pointing to the right which seems to be where they're 'looking'. They have a tuft of mane going partially down the extended neck and another tuft above their shoulder blades. The mask looks a bit like a combination of an owl and upside down aries symbol with darker 'eyebrows' above the eye lines and the 'horns' swirls acting like cheek marks. There is a multi circle marking on the shoulder and dots down a little way down the neck. Though their front limbs end in paws, the back end in three bird like toes. The tail is silly long, thin and has two bands near the tip. Digital artwork. It shows a hare/rabbit shaped creature drawn in an Animal Crossing style standing and facing the viewer. On their head she wears a mask with a simple pattern forming a new face. Her outer ears, tuft of fluff above the mask and feet, longer here to match the style, end in three toe markings are dark brown. The rest of the body is a browny orange including a long slender tail which has one golden band visible between the legs. There is a series of blue dots going down the neck. She is wearing a desaturated pink shirt with three circles on it and holding a blue butterfly on one paw.
November 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Sudden desire to watch BBC's Being Human again. What if a ghost, a werewolf and a vampire were roommates just trying to live their lives as normally as they can? Shenanigans for one, both mundane and not.
Cover for the BBC Being Human season one DVD boxset aka not the US series.
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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I cannot possibly design a normal creature... Or draw them consistently for that matter.

He's not a jackalope thus he's a Notalope.
Digital artwork. It shows a chimera made of multiple elements called a Notalope. He has a crocodile head with boar tusks, blue eyes, white rabbit ears and roe deer antlers. His head and neck are covered in brown giraffe like patterning over yellow and his neck has a yellow scruff mane like a giraffe. The forearms are structured for walking on down to three toes at the end with feathers that are clearly not designed for flight. The body is an orange base with brown tiger stripes and white stomach. The hind legs being deer like in structure and at the ankle the patterning changes to yellow instead of orange ending with yellow hooves. There is a running tuft of fur going down the hips into a yellow and browned striped tail than is reminiscent of a ring-tailed lemur with more of a point at the end. Digital sketch of a surprisingly bald Notalope as he's missing his giraffe markings and tiger stripes in loaf mode. He has a crocodile head with long thin tongue sticking out, boar tusks, rabbit ears and roe deer antlers. His neck is long and covered at the end like a giraffe where the spots would be and has scruff mane like a giraffe. The forearms are structured for walking on down to three toes at the end with feathers that are clearly not designed for flight. The body is curved upward between limbs, unable to sit flat on the ground because long and is missing the tiger striping. The hind legs are deer like in structure and end in two banded stripes above the hooves as past me remembered that I guess? There is a running tuft of fur going down the hips into a striped tail than is reminiscent of a ring-tailed lemur with more of a point at the end. A digital sketch in blue. It shows a chimera made of multiple elements. He has a crocodile head with a series of dark facial markings and boar tusks, rabbit ears and roe deer antlers. His head and neck are covered in giraffe like patterning and his neck has scruff mane like a giraffe. The forearms are structured for walking on down to three toes at the end with feathers that are clearly not designed for flight which are being held like unfurled wings. The stomach is unmarked whereas the hind legs have visible striping and are deer like in structure. At the ankle the patterning has solid striping before ending in hooves. There is a running tuft of fur going down the hips into a striped tail than is reminiscent of a ring-tailed lemur with more of a point at the end. He is hovering midair without clear means to do so and gazing to the upper right of the canvas. Digital artwork in an Animal Crossing Villager style. It shows a chimera creature with a crocodile length snout with boar tusks, white rabbit ears and small antlers. He has blue eyes and brown markings around the eyes and snout that turn into more giraffe-like as they go down the long neck against yellow. He has a golden yellow tuft that runs down from the forehead and partially down the neck like a giraffe. His arms are yellow and winged shaped with three white toes at the end. Their stomach is white, back legs orange with brown striping and feet end in yellow hooves. The tail is chunky, brown and yellow striped like a ring-tailed lemur. He is wearing a off-white shirt with a pineapple against the sun.
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Another of those designs I want to fix up a bit is Vera. Her name isn't actually Auntie Vera it's just easier for young dragons to pronounce. Always been fun just needs a bit of work to solidify better.

She's also represented on Raoul's tattoo confirming they're close friends.
Very long digital sketch of a emaciated mermaid like creature. Instead of a fish tail it seems a fish is actively biting her waist? She has a skull over her head covering one eye and tentacles for hair. Headshot sketch of Vera again. She is wearing the upper part of a skull on her head covering one eye and visibly lacks a noise. The tentacle hair is particularly thick here. Old digital art in colour that doesn't hold up brilliantly except that orange. It shows the bust upwards of a very large emaciated creature in the sea with see through blue skin, orange hair tentacles and a skull over her head with red glowing eyes. She seems to be talking with a tiny figure on a rock with a giant dark serpent tail guards the perimeter.
October 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Eca is another one who badly needs an update to be less boring. Ironically this sketch WAS an update, she had bird features for some reason prior.
Old digital sketch of a feline thompson gazelle hybrid. You can see the hybridisation in the build and features but hasn't been pushed hard enough making it come off as "off".
October 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Bagpuss, dear Bagpuss.

Old, fat furry cat puss.

Wake up and look at the thing that I bring.

Wake up, be bright, be golden and light.

Bagpuss, oh hear what I sing.
Digital art from 2008 of Bagpuss, a saggy old cloth cat of pink and cream stripes.
October 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Aro Ace personage specifically here who does OC stuff if I could be added please! I'm in the weird critter department specifically.
Digital artwork for Trixxyn during Art Fight. It shows a carrot themed horse split in two though they seem far more concerned about two Strawberry Birds who have come to check them out. Artwork Revenge for Acrobetia of Rútur during Art Fight 2023. Artwork depicts a four-horned black wool, long tailed sheep centaur with white ears in a half standing half hovering position on her rearmost legs. She is wearing various golden ribbons and beads including three sets of bells over her wool and plain green dress that drapes down her back. On the right of her is an image of a old style wheel crossed with a ship's wheel. On the left is the life cycle of a rabbit going from newly born to adult to skeleton and then a green ghost shape held between her hooved hands. Artwork Revenge for Mountain Cat of their character Peak during Art Fight 2022. It shows a long haired grey cat sitting with their back to the viewer, green eyes, white muzzle, white chest, white tail tip and inner ears plus white eyebrows with black triangular markings in the middle. They have a tabby cats black eye stripe and head diamonds. They have a mound of grass on their back and on top of that a huge two tier mountain complete with snowy caps and clouds going around the tallest peak. They are sitting in a simple background of light brown with a darker brown circle shadow. Digital artwork. It depicts a long tailed tit. They are sitting on a slender branch with some moss with other similar branches surrounding them on an olive coloured background.
October 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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If you see this, quote with a vampire that isn't Dracula.

(You cannot stop me)
Cover for Justice League: Gods and Monsters - Batman, art by Francesco Francavilla. It shows their Kirk Langstrom in his Batman gear and blood dripping from his mouth, a spider web behind him on over an open archway and funky red stuff at the bottom. It's very gothic and stylish.
October 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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They're real, been seeing posts about them specifically this morning! The bananas are unsurprisingly banana and the shrimps are strawberry. Why shrimps? A mystery as we called them ears as kids lol

The Oldest Sweet shop has all sorts of childhood sweets to be confused by - oldestsweetshop.co.uk
Photo of foam bananas, a soft banana tasting sweet from The Oldest Sweet shop - https://oldestsweetshop.co.uk/ Photo of foam shrimps, a soft strawberry tasting sweet shaped like shrimp for some reason from The Oldest Sweet shop - https://oldestsweetshop.co.uk/
October 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Do you ever randomly remember about really old designs and want to actually make them good.
An assorted series of blue sketches of a jagarundi and reticulated python hybrid. Up to the hips it's a cat and past that pure snake. Always has horns for some reason so guess they're friends with Eca??
October 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Hate that it's changed it back to my bank name but 👀
Screenshot showing package out for delivery and will mysteriously appear between 3:30 and 6:30.
October 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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If you see this post, QRP with a character that has long hair
Digital head shot Arthus Mirsahe in human form. It shows an albino human with no pupils. His features are narrow and some of his long white hair has been allowed to drape in front of the red cape he has that's draped over one shoulder. Said cape is held by a single golden brooch. He seems displeased towards something on the right.
October 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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This old art is in the weird "I hate it but also still kinda like it at the same time??" which makes zero sense. Was done as a gift in 2013.
Digital artwork of a chestnut coloured horse called Deli and two weimaraner dogs all heading left except Deli is looking at a random pheasant on her back. All of this is on a brown background.
October 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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I found a couple of old Bumble Cat icons I did.
Digital artwork of a Bumble Cat. It features a very fluffy, winged cat with solid black eyes and white eye shine, white chin, white inner inner fluff and a pink nose. The antennae are black with white tips. Their head is black followed by a yellow ruff then black then yellow again with their black tail with white tip also viable. All limbs apart from the wings are hidden and they're looking at a red thing against a desaturated green background. I do not recall what past me thought the red thing was. Digital artwork of a Bumble Cat. It features a very fluffy, winged cat with solid black eyes and white eye shine, white chin, white inner inner fluff and a pink nose. The antennae are black with white tips. Their head is black followed by a golden yellow ruff then black then yellow again with their black tail with white tip also viable. They have dirty grey paw tips (??) and none of their other paws are viable. This guy is loafing about looking fluffy as possible against a purple background. There is a 100x100 version of the icon in the bottom right.
October 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Just waiting for the free shipping to return but thanks to @kyuofcosmic.bsky.social I'll be able to replace my busted headphones soon! This was a sketch I did of Kimbo in... 2022. What do you mean it was three years ago. Time stop that.
Digital sketch of Kimbo for Kyu! They are a wolf chimera-y thing so start with an antlered wolf, a long lizard tongue, fur devolving into a harder scale texture starting from shrinking circles following the roundness of the ribcage to plate spines at the best of the long tail which curves like a scorpion and ends in a three pronged blade. Just very stylish. Also their eyes are bright yellow.
October 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Think this mornings pain induced nausea has finally cleared off so have this scandalous lemon tetra who found out about old fanfic fandom terms.
Digital sketch with messy colouring of a lemon tetra. For once my hand writing saying "Scandalous!" above the tetra is very readable.
October 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Echooooo. One day I'll draw her in a way that does her justice. Interestingly much like Raoul she originally appeared in a dream and actually stuck just less of the jumping off a skyscraper and smashing into ink and disappearing.
Digital head and bust shot. It shows a black woman with half shaved half shoulder length straight hair and green eyes. She is wearing black chunky headphones and white lipstick. Around her neck is a dark band, She is wearing a plain white shirt and green jacket, the latter of which is tripped with white and has dark green shoulder pads. Both arms have bands with a symbol cut off by the crop and there is a small silver circle on the right. Specifically it's the Athena logo.
October 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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The icky queers are adult content so I'm not even allowed to perceive. I also do not have a credit card. Clap clap guys good job. Fact I can look at a game in my wishlist which is 18 and where the main character has psychosis really shows how consistent this is.
Screenshot of steam demanding a credit card is added to see "Queer Games Bundle" as it may contain 18+ content (!).
October 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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I love figuring out beasties. This was make take on a Slorr despite literally all we know about it is even captured ones are highly aggressive, gets milked for use in magic and can spray it.
Digital sketch of a potential Slorr from Tales of Arcadia: Wizards. It is a heavy set beast quite cow like in the body shape with claws close together and blunted perfect for rooting around, a long tail with a whipped end and clear throat sacks. The head is long and narrow to accommodate a long jawline, two sets of eyes for maximum looking around it and three finned ears to express with. This has a full body side view, a headshot showing how wide the jaw can open which is more backed to the cheek bone than how far the upper and lower can part, and a front view of the head. This one has a nose ring in vain hope of making it more handlable. This does not in fact work.
October 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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I swear if youtube tries this stunt I will throw hands.
Screenshot of my youtube account showing it's existed since the 28th April 2006.
September 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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QRP something with horns~! 😈✨

Antlers count right.
Digital artwork showing a fusion of the Tales of Arcadia characters Skrael, Nari and Bellroc's motifs. In the middle is a skull mixture of Skrael and Bellroc's leaning a bit more avian in shape with horns at the back and four eye slits on the brow above the eye sockets. There are a pair of wooden and moss covered antlers pointing more or less upwards with long bony antler horns either side with threads tied around them. Above the skull is four leaves, two each side, then the same for four ice shards and four black feathers. This has all been manually flipped as no mirror tool.
September 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM