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Phoenix Baldwin
@phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social
170 followers 140 following 200 posts
He/him. 27 - Independent Artist & Writer
Creator of @dinotoons.bsky.social
Specializing in Animal artwork & Paleoart!
For COMMISSIONS: https://phoenixofstarlight.com/
For BOOKS: https://dinotoons.net
Redbubble Shop: FeenicksPhoenix.redbubble.com
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This one was a revenge for ApexArts! They'd included one of my characters in an animated mass attack so I sent 'em a trot back! First time animating a trot so this was great practice for me! c: #artfight #artfight2025 #2danimation
August 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Bunch more ArtFight attacks! Ended up doing a bunch this year c: #teamfossil #artfight
August 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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I'm hosting a free art raffle over on FurAffinity! There's not a lot of entries so far and there's only a week to go! Come enter for a chance at a free sticker! #artgiveaway #artraffle #furaffinity
www.furaffinity.net/journal/1118...
August 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Buncha real quick sketches for #artfight! Been a good year for me since I decided to do cleaned-up sketches instead of super slow lined pieces lol.
July 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Like four years ago @tytofi.bsky.social did an AWESOME animated artfight attack for me of Cedar Ceratosaurus walking, and here I am FINALLY getting them back for that >:) A Cerato for a Cerato, muahahah! #artfight #teamfossil
July 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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I get so bent out of shape about the last frame of this looking weird that I almost never share it but damn, I gotta show my pencil animations from school more often. As many things as I think look bad about it now, I learned SO much when I did this. #traditionalanimation #2danimation #penciltest
June 29, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Tbh I don't think my peccary cozy does it justice
They are made of so much hair and this just does not capture it. One time at the zoo someone sneezed and all of the peccaries just fluffed up and they were SO. SO FLUFFY.
Cozy Collared Peccary! It does have a lot of fluffy hair, but could it have MORE hair?
June 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Got a lil celebrity in the backyard today! Been a while since I've seen a monarch butterfly at this bush :D
Monarch butterfly hanging upside down and drinking from flowers!
June 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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I FULLY confess that I'm getting too much of a kick out of making "rare" original species traits that come with lore costs. Yeah you can have a rare furless cave satyr! It'll come with a respiratory disorder :) Lightless? Sure! But you probably got scammed!
phoenixofstarlight.com/planet-nirvae
Styled like a textbook. "Cave Satyr Care: A Guide to Mutations and Morphs Pt 2. There's an illustration of two Cave Satyr busts on the first page - one with wavy hair, one with coiled hair. Text reads, "Fur Texture: Curly and Coily fur is completely ethical and decently common in Earthborn satyrs. However, please be aware that failure to meet the advanced grooming requirements for these types of coats is a form of neglect and punishable by fines. (see the grooming guide!)" It continues, "Do NOT attempt shearing unless you are licensed to do so. Cave Satyrs are not like domestic sheep - they will shed their coats periodically. Shear only when absolutely medically necessary (severe matting, tangles, mange, etc.)" A head-up illustration and ugly diagram of a fullbody, furless cave satyr follow. Text reads, "Regarding 'Vaxisian' Satyrs: Velvet and completely furless Cave Satyrs, although very popular, are very susceptible to illnesses due to a linked gene that weakens their filter organ. They cannot safely socialize with coated Cave Satyrs. To clear up confusion - 'Vaxisian' satyrs are not natural to the Vaxisi region. The morph's name is a creative choice by breeders, based on other furless Luminates in the region." On the next page are similar illustrations - a sad looking cave satyr with clipped antennae. Text warns that scam breeders will clip antennae and say that a satyr is a hypocapetesian, but that these are exceedingly rare and unlikely to be real offers. The text recommends reporting them. Next is one with curly antennae - "Candelabra" satyrs. These ones don't have health complications but it's advised to regularly detangle their very curly antennae! The final bit is on tail docking, and specifies that rounded tip, fully-furred short tails are naturally occurring, but that flat-tip, partly furred "pufftails" are docked and subject to chronic pain due to removal of the caudal bulb glands. I have never run out of space on alt text before, wow
June 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Obligatory Cozy Orca follow-up post!
June 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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From Nov '23, study after a really great stock photo by Ricardo Reitmeyer. I always forget how long lion faces are! #animalart #sketch
A lion cub nuzzling up against a male lion's cheek, leaning up to do so.
June 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Barn owl painting from a bit ago - 4x4" canvas using acrylics
barn owl from the shoulders up, side profile with a green and yellow nighttime leafy background behind it
June 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Shaving him makes him look juuust different enough for me to go "that ain't right"...
Bust of "angelic soldier" Duet - shaved Bust of "angelic soldier" Duet - shaved
June 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Common Phoenix L, I went making a FurAffinity ad and I 1. didn't see that the dimensions had changed, and 2. made one that's way too chunky file size wise. xD
Oh well. Have an obnoxious DinoToons banner ad that I can't actually use :p
June 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Btw I don't know if anyone has clocked me doing this but if you ever see me use "we" when I'm talking as or about DinoToons. It's still just me doing the project, I think sometimes I use the royal "we" because DinoToons having a plural name makes it feel weird to use "I"....
Phoenix doing the OTL emote, on his hands and knees with his head hung
June 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Ah... growth. 😌 2025, 2017, and 2015 versions of the "cave satyr antennae variation" guide lol. Long overdue!
June 20, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Cozy American Bashkir Curly horse! I couldn't believe it when I first saw these guys. Like big ol sheep horses with their curly coats.

See this and other Cozy designs on my Redbubble! www.redbubble.com/people/Feeni...
June 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Currently up to 38 in my Free-to-Use icon lineart base pack on gumroad! These can be used for YCHs, adopts, or your own characters - just please use the credit line in the description! :)

Find them here: phoenixofstarlight.gumroad.com
Light blue shaded lineart bases to be colored in by other artists. These ones are free to use! Includes little icons of various animals - like fox, buck, pig, cat, troodon, ceratosaurus...
June 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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I just cannot imagine how this is comfortable for him.
My pitbull is laying down with his head off the bed, curled up in a neat little loaf, except that his left arm is straight back behind him at an awkward angle.
June 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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It looks like California might've finally decided it's summertime, yay...
Sticker of a mudkip (pokemon) laying on its back baking in the sun
June 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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More "Planet Nirvae" worldbuilding! I find it really fun to think out things like how the taxonomic relations between my fictional species would present in their different growth stages....High school me would be so excited lol. phoenixofstarlight.com/planet-nirvae
June 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Feels odd that this is the first time I've drawn an entelodont LOL. Their faces are so fun to work with. Just wrapped this up as a paleo alternative to an existing anthro base pack! I offer these on Gumroad. There's free icon bases there that work as base samples! :] phoenixofstarlight.gumroad.com
Lineart for sale - including anthropomorphic fullbodies of Daeodon, Shrub Ox, Wooly Mammoth, Sivatherium, and Wooly Rhinoceros.
June 16, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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obligatorily throwing this one in on its own LOL. I've sold so many buttons with this particular one.
June 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Also I have not played the new deltarune chapters yet but I feel like it's timely enough to post the Susie and Noelle art I've done LOL. The sticker pack has around 30 stickers total and is on Telegram at t.me/addstickers/...
June 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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"No Kings Day," 6/14/25. There's a lot of times when I don't feel like I have the right words and sometimes when I feel like I don't have the right words, I write a sonnet. Glad to have been here for today.
Inspired by the people seen today, With drums and chants and hums and dance galore, The ample signs that filled the streets to say, "No ICE," "No Trump," "No Kings," "No Cuts," "No More." Such turnout we had not yet seen this year. Ten thousand here, a million there, we count... The more we see, the less we seem to fear. The bonds we build, United - Paramount. Built stronger than machine, conceit, and gun, They stood, they marched, they mourned, they sang - and then, While rain came down the humans made the sun. And surely know, they'll do it all again. For "Out of many, one" is at our soul. Together we're what make this country whole.
June 15, 2025 at 4:34 AM