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Naira
@nairanorica.bsky.social
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(mostly) traditional artist | 🇦🇹 | feeling out this new place
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very quick sticker design for fiance to wage sticker war against whoever took down* the rainbow flag pride dragon sticker
(*allegedly. it was gone one day with all the other stickers still there and intact)
an anthropomorphic fox character, holding a rainbow flag
November 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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I've aged. Am old now
A cartoony lynx staring blankly, with bags under its eyes, at a cake. The cake has candles and a 30 on top of it
November 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Final birthday present for the year, two FFXIV OCs :D
two characters are standing on a giant root. one is pulling the other close, who looks like he is in the middle of a step. there are more trees, water and some crystals in the background
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Arm wraps are done!

#crk #cookierunkingdom #whitelilycookie #cosplay
A person wearing green arm wraps. Due to the weathering, they look kind of striped A person wearing one green arm wrap. You can see the base glove underneath where some of the strips making up the wrap shifted The bases for the arm wraps are laying on a desk. On the right there is a blank base glove, on the left the strips are pinned to the base Two fabric strips are laying next to a paint palette, one is still the base pale, desaturated green while the other one has the edges painted a darker, more staurated green
October 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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The dress has been dyed! First attempt yesterday, but the gradient was basically gone after drying. So I gave it another round of dip dyeing today and while it's not 100% dry yet, it's still dark green! Fingers crossed 🤞

#cosplay #crk #cookierunkingdom
A plastic tub filled with a green dye bath and fabric Two pieces of fabric on a drying rack, they are both a uniform, pale green The plastic tub sitting in a bathtub, a piece of fabric is draped around the faucet and shower head so that only one end is dipping into the dye bath to create a gradient from pale green on one side to dark green on the other Both fabric pieces on the drying rack, the bottoms are much darker than the tops
October 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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another game of art telephone has come to an end! definitely one of the weirdest things I've ever drawn, but very fun :D
a traditional painting, done with watercolor and gouache. two bunnies are sitting inside what appears to be a space station, eating popcorn and drinking softdrinks. they're looking out the window. outside there is a woman in a leotard, doing a handstand while firing fire arrows from a bow with her feet. further back, there is a giant wolf-like creature with three eyes, holding a giant, burning carrot in its mouth.
October 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Have some sewing progress while I work on secret art stuff - undergarments for white lily cookie are done! Corset, chemise, bloomers + petticoat

Overengineered just for bust support in a strapless dress? Maybe.

Do you like my granny pants?

#cosplay #sewing
A person wearing the whole assembly - a white corset and a white tulle petticoat. You can barely see the chemise peeking out at the top of the corset A person wearing a corset and underneath a chemise and bloomers, all white A person wearing a chemise and bloomers on top of a tshirt and shorts, lifting up thr chemise so you can see the bloomers A person wearing a chemise with ruffled lace at the bottom and bloomers on top of a tshirt and shorts. With the angle the photo is taken at you can barely see the bloomers
October 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Made this back in July for a game of "art telephone" - so one person starts the chain, draws a picture, sends that to only the next person, that person redraws it and so on. Very fun! And here's my part :D
a very pink landscape: in the foreground, a bird is sleeping curled around its eggs, hidden behind some flowers. two mice are meeting on a stone wall, their tails intertwined. the scene is framed by two trees, on one of them there are two squirrels, while a small bird sits on the other. farther in the back is a lake with some birds in it. the moon is peeking in through the trees
October 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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one of the more recent secret things I get to show now! My first ever genshin fanart for a birthday present :D I know absolutely nothing about genshin impact, so I spent way too long on research...

#genshinimpact #cyno #tighnari
two characters from genshin impact, cyno and tignhari. tighnari fell asleep in the forest during research, he is sitting on the ground, book in hand, leaning against a tree. cyno is standing next to him, ready to put a blanket on him
October 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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of memories long past...

painted with three randomly selected colors!
a watercolor painting with a limited color palette. in the foreground there is a meadow, on it a tree is growing out of a skeletal ribcage. more bones are sticking out of the grass and small red flowers are growing around the ribcage
September 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Guess who made it 👀 #eurofurence
September 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Last preparations for #Eurofurence !
Two furry badges on a cutting mat. One features a lynx,one a fox. Both are drawn in a very simple, chibi-like style, floating in a space background with cartoony, round "astronaut helmets" on
August 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Chonky boi dragonite for a speed-trade! And hoo boy, I'm not used to drawing this quickly any more... about 1 hour from start to finish. It's looking kinda rough and he's framed very awkwardly, but he's chonky and I love him. Need to practise my speedy painting tho

#pokemon
a very chonky rendition of the pokemon dragonite, flying in the air and holding a sandwich. it is painted with acrylic paint and paint markers, then lined with a brown colored pencil
August 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Spent the last couple of days fixing the fit for my corset, but it's ready for binding the edges now! Also doodled some ideas for EF badges :)
A person wearing a white corset over a black tshirt. Some of the boning channels are taped on The corset laying on a table, bias binding is stitched on, but not yet folded over A sketchbook spread with different rough doodles. It's mostly furry characters in space-related scenes, in the corner there's also a dragonite
August 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Sewing update: pockets are re-set and now I'm in the very slow process of cleaning up the seam allowances in all spots I couldn't comprehend how to french seam. Lots of hand sewing, boring to look at, but very satisfying!

#sewing #cosplay
A photo of what looks like a mess of crumpled white fabric on a table. It's actually the base dress/robe for a cosplay with the sleeves and pockets seam ripped out to re-set them. Especially the pockets look like crumpled tissues, the washing machine was not kind to them A photo of white pieces of fabric on a table. You can see a pocket and side seam pinned, ready for sewing More white fabric, and although you can barely see it, there is a strip of bias tape neatly hand sewn to the collar Even more white fabric! Again barely visible white on white, but there is a seam there and the seam allowances are whip stitched together to create something like a fake french seam
August 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Finally some sun!
A photo of a tiger portrait. It's drawn with black and white hatching on brown paper and there is a circle of copper metal leaf in the background, which is shining in the sun light A photo of the same drawing, tilted backwards so all of the metal leaf lights up Another photo of the same drawing, this time tilted forwards so the metal leaf barely catches any light
July 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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ok I lied, I came home after the sun was already down, so no photo today - but here's the scan! metal leaf always looks so weird scanned

dang tiger that was sitting on my desk for literal years, finally finished

will try to take a photo tomorrow
a portrait drawing of a tiger on brown paper. the tiger is fully drawn with black and white hatching and there is a circle of copper metal leaf in the background (which looks pretty weird on the scan)
July 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Sneak peek! Unexpectedly felt compelled to finish this yesterday. Need to take a good photo of the finished thing in sun light today
A portrait of a tiger, drawn with black and white hatching on brown toned paper. Shiny metal leaf is stuck on the background, but not cleaned up yet and there's still plenty of excess on there
July 23, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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late artfight revenge for @reptilianbird.bsky.social !

my brain is screaming at me to render it properly, but this is supposed to be a speedpaint dammit, so I'm forcing myself to stop here :'D tried out a new style of painting, very fun, definitely need to experiment more!
a traditional painting; a cloaked figure is in the foreground, picking up a dagger from a rock. you can only see bony hands, part of a bear skull and some tufts of golden fur (yes it's supposed to be golden my scanner was very unhappy with this colour scheme) peeking out of the cloak. in the other hand, the figure holds a staff with a raven perched on top. the ghostly shape of a bear is visible behind the figure
July 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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To keep bsky updated as well: ripped apart the pure vanilla hat, reworked parts so it fits my fiance's giant head better. Failed with the attachments, so I started to style the wig

#cosplay #crk #purevanillacookie
A photo, a cosplay hat has been ripped apart and lays on a desk. There are the brim and cone made from foam and their respective fabric covers A photo of the hat, now reassembled - you can't see it, but the hole in the brim is bigger and the foam core in the cone is bigger too. Fabric covers are the same A photo of a light blonde wig on a wig head mid-teasing. It looks incredibly messy, hair is going everywhere A photo of the same wig, the teasing is now brushed out, leaving the wig looking fluffy
July 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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art fight attack! I really need to work on my speed painting skills... like the tail looks alright, the front is kinda muddy

#artfight
a watercolour painting. an owl-like creature is perching on a structure, leaning over the edge and looking downward while holding a spear with a bright blue tip
July 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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wasn't sure if I have time to participate in artfight this year, but I finished my secret thing with deadline yesterday and... who am I to resist a rotund seagull. I'll try to get at least a few attacks done!

#artfight
two drawings of a cartoony, very round white seagull. in the first image, she is laying on her side, reading a book while eating french fries. in the second one she is dancing
July 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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First adventure kitty is ready! PC for an upcoming pnp session (first one I'll dm :o), reading the rules made me so excited to draw adventure cats, so my players get their characters drawn if I find the time

#ttrpg #pnp
an acrylic painting of an anthropomorphic cat. it is wearing a green tunic with bone armor on top, a leather bag, bracers and leather boots. a spear is slung over the shoulder and it is holding some sort of bone mace
June 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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not a reupload, but version 2.0! repainted the whole thing after the first one got lost in the mail... the perks of sketching digitally I guess, at least I didn't have to redo the sketch.

so here's another meowscarada doing some card tricks!
#pokemon
a traditional painting, done with acrylic paint. the pokemon meowscarada is balancing on a stone fountain, a bunch of cards floating above it. vague buildings and bushes are in the background
June 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Glitter photo bc there's a LOT of shimmer on here the iridescent flakes along the bottom are so hard to pick up on camera, but so pretty in real life
A photo of the painting from the original post, it's at an amgle and trying to show off shimmery details on the fabrics, in the gold area, and iridescent flakes along the bottom edge
June 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM