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Raptor 🦉
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Home of fantasy, dinosaurs, cats, dragons, wolves, magic. Check pinned for tags! (They’re not there yet LOL)
🌿 Self-taught hobbyist illustrator (10+ yrs)
🌿 Paleontology enthusiast (layperson, not a professional; regard all paleo mindfully)
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mmm. egg
A silly doodle of a vague chibi sauropod dinosaur. It’s comically holding an egg in one forefoot. Cut off speech bubble reads “mmm” while two arrows point at the dinosaur’s head and egg. Handwriting by the egg says egg.
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Tried to draw this week… ended up doing some rough worldbuilding for that high fantasy dino setting I’ve been playing with for a while now 😤
A rough, conceptual image of a celestial body surrounded by a long, vaguely serpentine/mammalian four limbed shape. The creature is colored blue and pink, and it’s surrounded by space. Dark, shadowy shapes intercept the frame ominously. A dark, ominous, shadowy landscape of nondescript texture and form. In the foreground is a wispy blue orb, surrounded by cloudy shapes and nearly covered by darkness. A sharp, bright yellow glow emanates from further away on the horizon, volatile as an eruption.
November 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Today was really rough and stressful. It was a nice surprise to spend tonight relaxing by thinking about some nicer memories (and figuring out how I wanted to doodle a silly dinosaur on a browser on my phone in the style of UTDR at 1 in the morning…) I think I hope I’ll remember tonight, too.
A dialogue text box in the style of the Undertale video game series, a submission for the official Undertale 10th anniversary “memory” event. A white border surrounds white text against a black background. The text says “I still think about the night I first found the game in 2015. Goofy skeleton with a red scarf in a video thumbnail. I think I’ll remember it for the rest of my life. I hope I do.” At the bottom of the white outlined box is a smaller outlined box containing a name, which says “Lorin.”
July 26, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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And for those of y'all who've been around long enough to remember Myria: still around, still playing with it every now and again. I think it's turning into a sort of... witchy Cats vs Dogs remake with DnD vibes lol.
A sketch page featuring an elf and a mythical long-legged long-tailed fluffy cat species. One sketch on the bottom is colored, depicting the cat as a ginger-and-white tabby with green eyes and the elf as a pale-skinned person with green eyes and light brown hair. The cat is snarling with a remarkable, slightly unsettling dog-like face. The elf's face could be described as very comically mischievous.
March 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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More Tali from the depths of my files today: one of the first attempts I made at designing them. I was trying hard to channel a good mix between my two more stylized and realistic art styles for this story project. This was from almost two years ago now I think...
A very stylized Austoraptor running in profile view relative to the viewer's POV against a mid-tone gray background, shown from the chest up. The colors are predominantly dark or black, with mild barring on the chest and a blue crest marking on the head. The eyes are white. It looks like they've got a slightly smug smile.
March 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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A skringle. Perhaps a skrongie. A skamblo even. Possibly a scrunkle.
A black ink sketch over a mid-tone gray background, rough and conceptual although the lines are generally clean. There are vague reeds and mountains in the background, with a hint of water at the bottom of the image colored blue. A sitting Austoraptor chick is the subject, in profile view, looking beyond the viewer. Scruffy with bizarre proportions, yet somehow resembling a miniaturized adult in the specific way most precocial bird chicks do. The eyes are colored white. Rough handwritten text by the young dinosaur reads "as you think," a text bubble relating to implied dialogue off-screen. Feathers are drifting down around the scene like rain.
March 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Late night fun fact! One of my goals for this was to try to replicate the gorgeous style of multi-toned cel shading an old webcomic called Off-White used back in the day, entirely from memory.
A white counter-shaded dromaeosaur ("raptor" dinosaur) with a red chest and red eyes. Full body, profile view. Closeup of head.
October 27, 2024 at 5:46 AM
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Saw this and figured I’d drop a few recent things~ I draw dinosaurs and other stuff, recently got back at it again lol.
A digital sketch of a stout, heavyset older man sitting on a bench with a young woman. They're on a path overlooking a mountain range, next to a signpost holding a lamp and showing directions to the nearest towns. The woman's hair is long and messy, filled with leaves and twigs and other forest debris. She's wearing a sleeveless shirt and a long skirt. The man's hair and beard are long, although the top of his head has balded significantly. He's wearing outdoor attire fitting for cold weather. The woman is weeping, turned away from the man with her hands caressing her hair, while the man gestures toward the nearby signpost and appears to be mid-sentence. The colors are orange with a hint of a purple hue. A white counter-shaded dromaeosaur ("raptor" dinosaur) with a red chest and red eyes. Full body, profile view. Closeup of head. A strange three-eyed creature with goat, lizard, and snake-like features is depicted from the neck up. It has dog-like fluffy ears and a mouth full to the brim with small teeth. It is looking at something off screen and appears to be speaking. The scene is framed like a portrait by a pattern resembling fire or wisps. The colors are dark red accented with orange. A large orange-brown dromaeosaur ("raptor" dinosaur) in profile facing right.
October 24, 2024 at 4:29 AM
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Tfw the old hunter out in the woods beyond town discovers you're a weredino (he's actually super chill and kind about it because he's ALSO a weredino as well as a super philanthropic Community Dad for the local weredino community)
A digital sketch of a stout, heavyset older man sitting on a bench with a young woman. They're on a path overlooking a mountain range, next to a signpost holding a lamp and showing directions to the nearest towns. The woman's hair is long and messy, filled with leaves and twigs and other forest debris. She's wearing a sleeveless shirt and a long skirt. The man's hair and beard are long, although the top of his head has balded significantly. He's wearing outdoor attire fitting for cold weather. The woman is weeping, turned away from the man with her hands caressing her hair, while the man gestures toward the nearby signpost and appears to be mid-sentence. The colors are orange with a hint of a purple hue.
October 22, 2024 at 11:40 PM
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A quick pinned art post whaaaaat? Just a temporary smattering of recent-ish stuff to put at the top of my page for right now lol.

[ #art #fantasy #magic ]
A white counter-shaded dromaeosaur ("raptor" dinosaur) with a red chest and red eyes. Full body, profile view. Closeup of head. A strange three-eyed creature with goat, lizard, and snake-like features is depicted from the neck up. It has dog-like fluffy ears and a mouth full to the brim with small teeth. It is looking at something off screen and appears to be speaking. The scene is framed like a portrait by a pattern resembling fire or wisps. The colors are dark red accented with orange. A large orange-brown dromaeosaur ("raptor" dinosaur) in profile facing right. The left sketch is a full body side profile of an Austroraptor walking on a forest path, with a bird perched atop its head holding its wings outstretched. The right sketch is a guesswork attempt at recreating an Austroraptor's foot + digit anatomy from a brief description. The bottom-most sketch is a head profile view. The Austroraptor is white and brown bi-colored with olive green accents, gray skin, and gray eyes.
October 20, 2024 at 11:50 PM
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The head shape was so CUTE... I might come back to this every now and again
A monstrosity of a pigeon-raptor, shown in profile from the waist up (the head shape is notably very pigeon-like and adorable). It is an uncolored sketch in a slightly more realistic style.
October 20, 2024 at 11:22 PM
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Finding SO many WIPs from the last year or so... I was working hard on some little cat-pigeon-raptor guys at one point LOL (my profile pic is also a remnant of this project)
Artwork of a fictional "domestic" dromaeosaur ("raptor" dinosaur) on a leashed harness, wearing safety fabric tied over their talons, being walked by a person seen from the waist down. The dinosaur is brown, counter-shaded, covered in barred striping, and has green eyes. It has a small feather crest atop its head, and its eyes are rimmed with fleshy protrusions not unlike lashes. The background is a nondescript gray and the sketch of the person was left uncolored.
October 20, 2024 at 11:17 PM
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Puppy-goat-snake!? Happy October y'all! Trying to get familiar with doing art again and decided to quickly fix up another doodle I did a while back.

[ #art #artist #fantasy #demon #magic ]
A strange three-eyed creature with goat, lizard, and snake-like features is depicted from the neck up. It has dog-like fluffy ears and a mouth full to the brim with small teeth. It is looking at something off screen and appears to be speaking. The scene is framed like a portrait by a pattern resembling fire or wisps. The colors are dark red accented with orange.
October 20, 2024 at 10:35 PM
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The guy (latest file version I found)! Dino form finished, human form still needs working on.

(Yes, I did quickly try to fix the hand. Shh...)
A large orange-brown dromaeosaur ("raptor" dinosaur) in profile facing right. In front of the dinosaur is an unfinished grayed out sketch of a heavyset older man, frowning and gesturing toward something off screen.
October 20, 2024 at 3:10 AM
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Something rough I dug up tonight from earlier this year that I hadn't shared! Working on a character who is an Austroraptor (...and also attempting to figure out how exactly Austros work LOL). Meet Tali!

[ #art #artist ]
The left sketch is a full body side profile of an Austroraptor walking on a forest path, with a bird perched atop its head holding its wings outstretched. The right sketch is a guesswork attempt at recreating an Austroraptor's foot + digit anatomy from a brief description. The bottom-most sketch is a head profile view. The Austroraptor is white and brown bi-colored with olive green accents, gray skin, and gray eyes.
October 19, 2024 at 11:53 PM
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And he has… a human form?! (Been slowly working on my lackluster experience drawing humans… I’m getting there I think.)
Sketch of a round, heavyset older man facing the viewer from the chest up with long hair on his head, face, and body. His nose is big, his hands are broad and clawed, his ears are small, and the very top of his scalp has encountered some significant balding. His expression looks a little intense as he points someone toward something off screen.
October 19, 2024 at 1:36 AM
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Been a while, huh? The last year has been rough, but I’d love to become more active on the internet again. I appreciate all the new followers recently!

This year… I haven’t had a chance to do much. But I did fix this guy’s head at some point! (Now I realize I messed up the hands… poor Oskar).
A messy digitally drawn dromaeosaur (“raptor” dinosaur) depicted from the chest up, standing on a pale backdrop.
October 19, 2024 at 1:01 AM
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Ooooo look what I foooooound!

Very excited to work on this again and fix it up.

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October 20, 2023 at 7:40 PM
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No.

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A simple sketch of a dromaeosaur from the neck up. It looks annoyed. Above it is a speech bubble reading "No."
October 19, 2023 at 11:41 PM
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Anyone else play Pixel Cat's End? I love my little alien cat village so much 🥹 been checking in on them nearly every day. Doodled my village starter, Buteo.

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An alien cat, known as a "not-cat," is depicted in portrait. It is a dilute tortoiseshell tabby, with a white snout, belly, and front limbs. The eyes are shiny and excessively large, colored pure black. One big dark eyebrow is raised and the other lowered in a questioning manner. It has no visible nose, and a stubby snout. Both front limbs are raised in a motion of sweeping gesture. It wears a tooth necklace, and is surrounded by crude green sparkles.
October 19, 2023 at 9:56 PM
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Remembered I randomly drew this dude a while ago. Really like the design, glad I found it again… a chubby goat demon?

#artist #fantasy #digitalart
A strange creature that looking like a mixture of a panther, cow, sheep, and goat, with a fluffy bunny tail. Two sets of horns, one large and one small, both goat-like. White and brown with yellow eyes, shaded, sitting at an angle from a downward view. Gray background.
October 19, 2023 at 1:57 AM
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Found this poor thing in my files while putting together my custom gallery feeds LMAO now I'm testing whether or not they work properly.

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Doodle of the head of an unhappy red-tailed hawk.
October 18, 2023 at 10:14 PM
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First post on desktop! Testing out how things tend to be cropped on here again. Meet Mathilde.

...Are hashtags a thing on here? I've seen them used a bit haha. #artist #dinosaur
A white countershaded dromaeosaur with a red chest and red eyes. Full body, profile view. A white countershaded dromaeosaur with a red chest and red eyes. Full body, profile view. Closeup of head. A white countershaded dromaeosaur with a red chest and red eyes. Full body, profile view. Closeup of wing.
October 18, 2023 at 9:10 PM
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A dog in a dinosaur coop⁉️

Art piece I haven’t revisited in a while! Fairly old now. Not even sure I still have the original file tbh. I intend to come back and finish it someday… the way I prefer drawing mutant chickens has changed quite a bit after all this time LMAO
Rough sketch, sepia tone. A stray longhair dog is trapped on top of a shed, holding a dinosaur-shaped mutant chicken. More mutant birds are coming in from over a fence, surrounding the dog. It is sunset. There are more buildings and utility poles in the distance. The dog and the bird it is holding from the prior sketch, flipped horizontally and sketched over again in more detail. The previous sketch is faintly visible underneath. Two of the mutant birds pursuing the dog from the previous sketch, sketched over again in more detail. The original sketch is faintly visible underneath.
October 18, 2023 at 6:56 PM
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Trying to find older art I still find passable enough to post again is difficult 😂

Have some animals! Curious to see how these are cropped.
A semi-realistically drawn longhair white-and-gray cat sits and looks toward the left, smiling slightly. It wears a black rose and a necklace. The lighting is lavender and blue A longhair brown tabby cat sits facing the screen, looking just beyond the viewer. It is surrounded by a ribbon colored for lesbian pride on one side, and asexual pride on the other. A semi-realistically drawn coyote on a white background, unshaded, trotting toward the right while looking left. A profile reference view of a tiny gryphon with small wings. The front half and wings are a drake smew, the rear half is a lynx. It has a peculiar pattern over both eyes.
October 18, 2023 at 5:14 PM