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R. Blaylock Art
@meanderingunicorns.bsky.social
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This was supposed to be an art account, but I yap a lot.

30-something female-adjacent humanoid in Tennessee, USA. Y’all means all.

Let me draw your pets and your characters! https://ko-fi.com/rblaylockart

Other links: http://linktr.ee/rblaylockart
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Happy Black Friday to those who celebrate! As you shop for gifts, please go first to small businesses and independent makers.

I’ll be reposting my favorite artists all day!

As for me, I can take on 1-2 more comms for digital delivery by Christmas, if anyone on your list needs a pet portrait.
An illustration of a fluffy Malamute dog, lounging and grinning with his tongue out. An illustration of a slim anthropomorphic cat with sealpoint markings like a Siamese. She wears a straw hat and carries a hoe. An illustration of a happy, stubby pitbull dog grinning up at the viewer. An illustration of a chubby gray anthropomorphic cat girl carrying a tray of drinks.
November 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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I remembered!

Voyd still looks creepy, but I’m glad I didn’t give up on this.

#art #oc
An illustration of a chubby gray anthro cat woman holding a black anthro kitten on her hip. They are smiling at each other.
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Found another old sculpture of mine! Well, photo evidence that it existed, anyway. It’s long gone.

This was Rhiordan, a traveling warrior and a bit of a scoundrel. He was to be orange, of course.

I’m reworking his character a bit. Now his name is Ramble, I think, and he’s Arta’s foster brother.
A sculpture, primed white, of an anthropomorphic male cat. He’s lean and a bit scruffy. He is wearing light armor and carrying a leaf-bladed spear over his shoulder.
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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I’ve been super negative today. To restore balance, let me share an old picture of my cat nephew, Deacon. One of the best cats I’ve ever known.
A young gray cat wearing a striped blue collar (with a bow!) snoozes on a green blanket, his face the very picture of contentment.
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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I had to have a similar discussion with Gaia when we first adopted her. She was clearly intrigued by the concept of Bed but was cautious about actually experiencing it.

Now she spends more time on my bed than I do.
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Arta playing with baby brother Voyd.

She doesn’t always love having a house full of younger siblings… but she loves her younger siblings.
A chubby gray anthro cat woman holds a black anthro kitten on her hip. They are smiling at each other.
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Just spent an invigorating 45 minutes thinking The Bitty had slipped outside and was gone forever, because I could not find her ANYWHERE. Not under furniture, not in closets. She didn’t come out when I rattled her food bin, for crying out loud. Only when I involved my husband did she materialize.
A petite, big-eyed brown tabby cat lounges on a bed.
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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The Bitty is so snuggly, but she also looks so smug in every picture I take of her. Smuggly?
A brown tabby cat snuggles next to a human’s arm.
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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10 years ago, I made these sculptures of Arta and Osifa!

I left them with my ex and movers squished them while they were moving him and The Other Woman into their new place.

SO! I guess I should remake them with their updated design! Arta was nowhere near plump enough, anyway.
Two sculptures of anthropomorphic cat ladies: on the left, a slim tabby holding a hoe and tipping up the brim of her straw hat; on the right, a curvy gray cat in a frilly dress holding a tray of drinks. A closeup of the gray barmaid cat sculpture.
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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I went for a walk in the vacant lot next door to try to calm down and I found these lil cuties.
Small flowers with fine, pale purple petals and yellow centers sprout from a tangle of dead grass and autumn leaves.
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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When you give Zeus a Busy Bone, he has to walk around the house with it for a while, like a little man smoking a cigar.
A shot from above of a tricolor rat terrier dog holding a treat in the side of his mouth.
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Update:

I burned the first batch and filled the house with eye-watering pickle-cheese cracker smoke.

But then I got it right. Delicious.
A green plate with chicken strips, roasted baby potatoes, and broccoli on it.
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Something a little different… I needed to chill out and loosen up my painting, so I just scribbled a study of these colored glass bottles while binging Supernatural with the husband last night.

Reference from a free reference photo Facebook group, used with permission.
A rough and slightly wobbly digital painting of four glass bottles, each a different shape and color.
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Just slowly falling in love with this cute orc blacksmith I’m working on for @bettybrownie.bsky.social and their Veridius Chronicles (available at www.patreon.com/c/EliHunt !)
A sketch of a burly male orc wearing an apron. He has long hair in box braids and hoop earrings. He has a pleasant expression on his broad face.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Anyway, can’t share what I’m working on now, so here’s some old art: a commission of a pet axolotl as a water dragon.

I used to exclusively do weird/fantasy pet portraits and refuse “normal” ones.
An illustration of a pale axolotl with extra fins, horns, and a long tail, coiling in dark blue-green water, gazing thoughtfully at a small red fish.
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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GOOD MORNING
A motion blur shaped like a rat terrier jumps against a bed in a dimly lit bedroom.
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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(Gosh, doesn’t it suck to have adorable and photogenic pets?)
An orange tabby cat and a brown pitbull mix dog comfortably share a tan armchair and matching blanket.
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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First, I stole his blanket.

Then, the dog jumped up next to him.

Nap. Ruined.
A tired and grumpy-looking orange tabby cat lays his ears back as a dog muscles in on the left side of the camera.
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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HILE, GUNSLINGERS
Fanart of the main ka-tet from Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series drawn in silhouette against a sunset. Left to right: Oy (a knee-high dog-like creature), Jake (a tween boy), Roland (a tall man missing fingers on his right hand, with a large gun holstered on his left hip), Eddie (a young man with a sassy pose and a short ponytail), and Susannah (a legless woman in a wheelchair)
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Sweet potato pie is better than pumpkin pie. Fight me.
A baked pie sitting on a striped green placemat. The glossy filling is deep orange and lightly swirled.
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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But Gaia is pretty potato-like most of the time.
November 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Omg. Poor bun, and poor you!

Calm, chill dog? Zeus sometimes gets so excited when I come home from work, he throws up a little.
A tricolor rat terrier on a couch, looking sweet.
November 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Let me get this straight:

I’m supposed to leave this cozy creature, shower and dress, go out in the chilly drizzle, and go to work?
A cute brown pitbull mix dog snuggles in an unmade bed covered in soft blankets.
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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This photo of Artemis from 8 years ago, sealpupping 😭

I miss her every day.
A chubby gray cat lies on her side with her paws curled on her chest.
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Sketching cat skulls (top left) and human skulls (bottom left), then extrapolating what the skull of one of my cat people would look like (right). Hope this helps me draw more consistent characters from different angles.

Cat skulls are weird.
Front view skull sketches of a cat (top left), human (bottom left), and anthropomorphic cat (right) Side view skull sketches of a cat (top left), human (bottom left), and anthropomorphic cat (right)
November 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM