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Susan
@packrat153.bsky.social
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Starting over, making some art, maybe some progress.

Overly blessed by the cat distribution system.

She/her. AuDHD. Cursed *Insert sparkles here*

Stuff:
I have a Cara! https://cara.app/packrat153
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The kids are going to be thrilled. ^_^
Overnight it snowed several inches and all the tree branches are covered in layers of lacy white.
December 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
packrat153.bsky.social
If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.

Astarion! ^_^

#BG3 #vampire
Astarion lounging in a gothic chair, holding the knife of the undermountain king.
October 31, 2025 at 11:46 AM
packrat153.bsky.social
BEHOLD.... MY STUFF! QRT with yours!

Picking four was hard. lol
#art #ocs #fanart
A fanart of Astarion from Balder's Gate 3, lounging in a gothic chair and holding the knife of the undermountain king. An uncolored lineart of four of my original characters goofing around. Haek is picking up Khaden over his shoulder while Geo is clinging to Haek's back and Roman is standing aside looking amused at the mayhem. They're all in a poly-ship. Khaden, colored with blue skin and black skin markings, wearing his red dancing garb and glancing back over his shoulder, with gold fans in his hands. Kul, an orc with green skin and shoulder-length brown hair and a bulky, muscular build, clean shaven and with no body hair because I'm a coward. Someday I will do his shaggy and hairy version.
October 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
packrat153.bsky.social
Room for improvement, but that's what re-draws are for.

Court-version Prince Florian (third son, extra spare, feeling guilty for turning down a strategic marriage) vs. a year later, before the reality check/gut punch that the elven kingdom/court isn't done with him yet and he has to go BACK.
#oc
On the left side, Florian is wearing his formal whites, which I didn't realize until partway through that I hadn't actually PLANNED besides being formal. And white. His long auburn hair is reasonably tidy but still trying to escape with some loose curls and he's wearing a silver circlet with a blue gem. His posture is very straight but a bit timid and his expression is uncertain. On the right side, Florian is wearing a basic peasant shirt with the sleeves shoved up to his elbows and the front open all the way down to his blue sash and brown pants. His posture is relaxed, with one hand cocked on his hip, and his hair is windblown. He's actually smiling. He's not wearing any jewelry but the silver ring through his nostril, which is actually his wedding/bonding band.
October 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
packrat153.bsky.social
Cat butt. Lol
Talented Talyn Snotlout McSnotrockets (a tabby) is bird watching, but his little bit of sploot is making his butt look wide and flat.
October 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
packrat153.bsky.social
Ready to call this one "done."

#bg3 #fanart #Astarion #vampire #elf
Just a painterly Astarion casually lounging in a gothic chair with the Knife of the Undermountain King in his hand. It took FOREVER. lol
October 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
packrat153.bsky.social
I posted a version of this already, but I tweaked things to clarify my point and added quotes from a post from Bluesky's admin.

Coerced consent is non-consent.

Banning topics is censorship.

Enforced silence is violence.

Toxic positivity saves no one.

#bskycensorship #bsky #fuckcensorship
The character Helen A from classic Doctor Who with her neon orange/red eighties hair and red velvet outfit sits at a pink desk, smiling. At her elbow is a pink mug that reads "we *heart* consent" in serial killer whimsy lettering. Behind her, "I protest" is repeatedly scribbled across a blue backdrop, but every "protest" is crossed out with pink and replaced with "consent," and wildly creepy smiley faces. A pink Bluesky butterfly is superimposed with: Thank you to the 14,000+ people who shared feedback on our community guidelines. To Helen A's left is a funky smiley face. To her right reads: Please CONSENT to the Community Guidelines with a SMILE. Happiness will prevail! The bottom half is more text from the Bluesky admin post: We're updating our rules for clarity, strengthening enforcement, and introducing product changes for healthier conversations Small print: don't forget: they're actually rules (re: the guidelines) The details of Helen A's mug are "we *heart* consent." The letters are lopsided and curlied and the "heart" is split in two halves. It's actually broken and neither half matches the other. For emphasis: The main quote from the Bluesky admin's post reads: We're updating our rules for clarity, strengthening enforcement, and introducing product changes for healthier conversations. Fine print: Don't forget: they're actually rules.
September 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
packrat153.bsky.social
Yes. I saw a closeup of fingers labeled as "explicit sexual images."

The most annoying part is that the labeling system itself is useful - but has NO NUANCE and then auto-slaps SO MUCH straight into "explicit sexual images."

"Fix it? Nah." - bsky

#bskycensorship #art #artists #fuckcensorship
Effie Trinket wearing a blue dress and a Bluesky butterfly in her hair pulls "fingers" out of a jar of artistic topics and art subjects that have fallen victim to the auto-labels. A non-exhaustive list includes: classic paintings, character sheets, anatomy studies, cuddling, artistic nudity, fairies, hugging, kissing, vampires, sleeping people, cat ears, feet, nipples, commission sheets, statues, anyone topless, creature designs, and kitchen sinks. Actually, it was a bathroom sink on a different platform, but I was still floored that somehow a SINK was supposed to be explicit sexual content. Effie's speech bubble says "What are we labeling as 'Adult Content' today? May the odds be ever in your favor!
September 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
packrat153.bsky.social
Artists! How do you draw hair?

Trying to play with it and try new things, but probably still leaning on bad habits. lol

#art #ocs
Roman has long, copper orange hair that's partly wavy/curly but long enough that the weight pulls most of it straight. Airk's dark purple hair came out really shiny looking, with teal rim lines. It's pulled back into a ponytail with a bit of loose, wavy bangs framing one side of his face. Apple's brown hair is mostly short and wild and flying everywhere to match her energy, with a longer braided portion with an orange ribbon hanging down her shoulder. Kul's shorter version of his brown hair is swept mostly to one side to show his ear with his silver bonding (wedding) earring. He's an orc.
September 27, 2025 at 7:47 AM
packrat153.bsky.social
Nothing to see here.

Merely Helen A of the Happiness Patrol, delivering the HAPPY news that she and the Happiness Patrol will be taking over Bluesky's moderation team. :D

Feel free to share the HAPPY news!
#bskycensorship #fanart #protest
The character Helen A with her red velvet outfit and neon red/orange eighties hair from classic Doctor Who sits at a pink table labeled "Happiness Patrol." Her speech bubble has her Happiness Patrol line "Happiness WILL prevail!" Behind her is a pink Bluesky butterfly and repeated blue scribbles reading "I Protest." A pink mug sits at her elbow printed with "We *heart* consent." The bottom half says: On October 15th please consent to the new community guidelines with a smile. Smaller print in the corner reads: Don't forget, they're actually rules. The pink mug sitting at Helen A's elbow reads "We *heart* consent" in serial killer whimsy lettering. The HAPPINESS PATROL would like to deliver a message: On October 15th Please CONSENT to the new COMMUNITY GUIDELINES with a SMILE Serial killer smiley face Fine print: Don't forget: They're actually Rules There is NO WAR IN BA SING SE
September 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
packrat153.bsky.social
Artists! Post your hot men art!

In my humble opinion, all my guys are hot. I just don't do them justice. lol

#ocs #artsharing
Airk is an original character from an original species. He has primarily pale blue skin with purple tones that start at his chest and darken along his arms, and a purple swath across the middle of his face. His dark hair is pulled back from his face into a ponytail and he has intense yellow eyes. He's shirtless and moderately muscular. Roman is one of my favorite original characters from an original species. He's primarily green with orange across his forehead and going down from his chin. His waist-length hair is coppery orange and slightly curly. He has multiple facial piercings, including eyebrow piercings, snakebites, and three piercings down the bridge of his nose. He's wearing fingerless gloves and a tank top that shows off his muscled arms. His arms are crossed with a thumb pressed to his mouth and he's winking toward the viewer. Florian is a pale-skinned elf dappled with bright sunlight. He has intense, bright blue eyes, staring directly at the viewer. The lighting made his hair come out more bright orange than I planned, but the color works really well to make his eyes pop, so I rolled with it. He has a silver nose ring and a silver stud in one ear. Khaden is another original character from an original species. He's indigo blue with mottled black markings, has short navy hair, and his eyes are closed. He's lying on his back on a dock with his feet propped up on a piling. He's wearing green swim briefs, which means you can see almost all of his markings.
September 25, 2025 at 6:42 AM
packrat153.bsky.social
FUCK ICE. That is all.

(Based on actual in-game moments)

#BG3 #fanart #doodle
The characters of Baldur's Gate 3 have had less than graceful encounters with slick surfaces. Karlach saying "The hammer's gonna fall" followed by falling on ice. Lae'zel's growl of "Enough waiting! I crave -" interrupted by falling on ice. Shadowheart, existing, faceplanting on grease. With a bonus "splat" from Halsin as a bear.
September 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
packrat153.bsky.social
Male anatomy jump scare!

Kul's hands, Florian's body. Size comparison? lol

Really pleased with how fast this came together. Left the lines scribbly and tried really, really hard not to get perfectionist.

#orc #elf #oc #nsfw #fuckcensorship #sizedifference
(Fixed; whoops ^_^;)
Kul is framing Florian's hips between his large, green hands. Florian's penis is about the same length as Kul's index finger.
September 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
packrat153.bsky.social
It's Kul! Or at least a clean-shaven, shorter hair, tidy version with no body hair.

Baby steps.

#orc #oc #ocsky #art
Kul is a tall, bulky orc with green skin, gray eyes, and brown hair. His hair is shoulder length and swept to one side to show his slightly pointed ear with his silver earring.
September 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
packrat153.bsky.social
Aaaand this is why I haven't made any finished art for Florian and Kul. Orcs/creature design is NOT in my strengths.

I think I need to make Kul a ref sheet and actually hammer out his features a bit. Sigh.

At least it came out kinda cute?

#ocs #elf #orc #ocsky #sketch
My pencil sketch of Florian (an elf) and his husband Kul (an orc) is really rough but at least it's recognizable as a bigger, bulkier man with tusks putting his arms around a much shorter man with curling hair and pointed ears. They're both supposed to be smiling, but Kul's eyebrows could be interpreted as frown. Or confused. Oh, well. I did a stick figure version of "how to talk to short people" for Florian and Kul. The first panel is stick figure Kul kneeling in front of pointy-ear stick figure Florian, labeled "Kneel?" X Second panel: "Pick up?" With stick figure Kul lifting Florian to eye level. Florian has a little sweat droplet. X The last panel, Kul has Florian flung across his shoulders and the orc stick figure looks extremely proud of himself, while pointy-ear Florian just sighs. "Shoulder sling!" ^_^ (Lol don't do this either)
September 21, 2025 at 4:02 AM
packrat153.bsky.social
Well, this was supposed to be a super basic, speedy Florian face, but turned into "ooooo, leafy sunlight!"

Oh, btw, this is Florian, elf prince. Gets caught up in an orc raid by accident (or was it? Duhn duhn duuuhn).

Of course now I have to make a portrait for his other half.

#ocsky #art #elf
Florian looks like he has dappled sunlight scattered all over him. He's a pale elf with extra long pointy ears sticking up out of his shoulder-length orange-red hair, which came out more orange than it was supposed to but I'm not complaining. His eyes are bright blue and intense. He also has a silver nose ring and a silver stud in his right ear.
September 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
packrat153.bsky.social
...
So, this happened.

(Reference: mb1 by kl4ptrap on DA. I think the outfit is a mod? Warning: their gallery has nsfw.)
I sketched Astarion from BG3, referencing kl4ptrap's render. He's glancing back over his shoulder and the shirt he's wearing has a classic vampire villain collar.
September 14, 2025 at 4:45 AM
packrat153.bsky.social
Mid-play crash. Lol

Look at Beans holding his toes! ^_^
Talented Talyn Snotlout McSnotrockets was in the middle of playing with Agent Coalson Beans's tail and fell asleep with his paws up. Coal Beans is a chill chonker and decided to take a nap. Snotty's little face is too cute. He almost has a tongue BLEP, but not quite. Coal Beans regularly holds his toes when he naps. Princess Elora started copying him, too.
September 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
packrat153.bsky.social
Trying to refine Khaden's marks a bit and distinguish pigment from shadow. With and without overlay gradient.

Look! A setting! ^_^

#art #oc #ocsky
With the overlay gradient, the lighting looks more like a sunny day with a bit of chromatic rainbow cast, but Khaden's skin has more of a purple tint than blue and some of his markings are less clear. Khaden is lying on a wooden dock with his feet propped up on a piling and his hands tucked behind his head. He has blue skin with black markings and he's wearing green swim briefs. Without the overlay gradient, the lighting looks overcast or possibly strong moonlight, but it's easier to distinguish Khaden's markings. Khaden is lying on a wooden dock with his feet propped up on a piling and his hands tucked behind his head. He has blue skin with black markings and he's wearing green swim briefs.
September 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
packrat153.bsky.social
What is your style?

Mine is... under reconstruction. But characters/storytelling has always been my passion.

#art #fanart #ocs
My OC Khaden is a member of an original species. He has blue skin with black markings and he's wearing his red and gold dancing outfit with dangling chains and gold fans. He's looking back over his shoulder and smiling, with just a hint of fang showing. A closeup of Jinu and Rumi from K-pop Demon Hunters, kissing. Both of them are faintly blushing. My OC Apple is a young girl who's running full tilt toward the viewer with her arms swinging and red tunic flying. Her dark brown hair is wind-ruffled, with a longer section that's braided with orange ribbon. She has a lopsided grin and she's clearly having fun. I dashed off a quick pencil sketch of a bit actor from a historical k-drama this morning because he had a very friendly face. He has prominent front teeth and his eyes squint nearly shut as he's smiling. He's wearing historical garb that includes a headband and hat, and has a thin mustache and a chin duster goatee.
September 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
packrat153.bsky.social
Post your oc smiling!

Apple on the run! Look at that grin ^_^

#artsharing #oc #ocsky
Apple is barreling straight toward the viewer at full tilt with arms swinging and red tunic flying. She's a pre-teen with medium brown skin, green eyes, and ruffled brown hair that has a section of longer braid with an orange ribbon. The colors are just flats, without any shading or highlights.
September 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
packrat153.bsky.social
Just a sleepy guy in a bathtub, because why not?
Not a character (yet? lol).

#art
A young man has fallen asleep in the bathtub, highlighted with a beam of sunlight.
September 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
packrat153.bsky.social
Mischief assistants!
Princess Elora Dannan is caught mid-yawn while she side-eyes the peasants. Talented Talyn Snotlout McSnotrockets would never nap on the job. He's just resting his eyes. Disregard the drool spot. Agent Coalson Beans and Lady Duchess Purrcilla Sharling are on bird watching duty. Talented Talyn Snotlout McSnotrockets is a totally innocent baby who would never dream of stealing someone's seat. It's also a total coincidence that he brought his favorite plastic string toy. You believe him, right?
September 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
packrat153.bsky.social
Artists, quote re-post orange art!

Apparently Roman is the most orange thing I have right now. Still counts as orange!

#art #oc #artsharing #orange
Roman has long, wavy copper orange hair and orange pigment splotches on his majority lime green skin. In this portrait he has his arms crossed with a thumb pressed to his mouth while he's winking toward the viewer. He has multiple facial piercings including brow piercings, three down the bridge of his nose, and snakebites, and he's wearing a tank top and fingerless gloves. He's a member of an original alien species.
August 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
packrat153.bsky.social
I'm not familiar with Snoop Dog, but apparently we're scaring him by posting a gay.

I need to draw more gay. Also realized I don't have a sapphic. I must fix.

#art #gay #ocs
Khaden on the left is holding his hand up in half of the social media heart pose and Roman on the right is holding up his middle finger instead of the other half. They're both gazing into each others' eyes while smiling. They're two of the ocs from my alien polyship project that really needs a proper name.
August 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM