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riftclaw.bsky.social
@riftclaw.bsky.social
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personal website at riftclaw.net, mostly here to post art and follow fellow artists!
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riftclaw.bsky.social
still trying to get back into the swing of things, here's a meme i dug out of my folders. if i ever finish the fic you will all want to yell at me like @sege.bsky.social did 😂

there's a lot to say about this one but i'm just gonna link to the tumblr post in replies
#Pokemon #PokemonAU
March 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
riftclaw.bsky.social
i've been trying to get myself drawing again despite the arthritis, so here's a quick scar ref i did of the AU version of Lance from my fanfic 'verse. also a bit of lore drop

#Pokemon #PokemonAU
Two digital drawings in a single image of Lance, a character from the Pokemon series, a young man with red hair and dark red eyes and an atheletic build. He is dressed only in his underwear to show off a variety of pale scars cutting across his body. The image is titled "GEOverse Lance Scar Ref". A blue arrow and two blue circles point to two large, triangular puncture scars on the right side of his chest and abdomen, captioned "bitten by a gyarados (not his)". A red arrow points to a three claw slash across his chest beneath the puncture scars, captioned "oldest dragonite grabbed him awkwardly shortly after evolution". An arrow pointing to his scarred right forearm is captioned "His deino kept biting his forearms and the worst ones stuck". An arrow pointing to his left calf and a scar that wraps around the inside of his led is captioned "This one is from falling over a rock wrong but it was still his charizard’s fauilt (she still feels really bad about it)". An arrow pointing to his left shoulder and back shows three gashes in a roughly triangular shape, two pointing down and one wrapping up over the shoulder onto his chest which is captioned "His aerodactyl grabbed him with a talon to stop him falling in the crater". An arrow pointing to his lower-left back is captioned "Got shot lol". A series of irregular, rounded scars on his right calf are captioned "Burns from working w his bagon early on". The bottom of the image contains the caption: "Technically, he should have more scars than this, but doxenaquine is REALLY good at regenerating skin. Only the deepest/most serious injuries will scar when treated with even weak potions. He has no scars on his face bc he’s too vain not to immediately douse those in potions"
March 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
riftclaw.bsky.social
i blame modern cartoons for making just about every female horse ever look like this

it's cute! it hits the tropes for "feminine design"! it is not a horse! galarian rapidash is perfect bc it is actually a horse
a digital sketch of a cartoon-y horse, with exaggeratedly large eyes and ears and an exaggeratedly small, dog-like snout.
March 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
riftclaw.bsky.social
a sprite edit of a dragon/electric type holon dragonite. the dragonite is a custom design inspired by the delta species pokemon card, although i'm going with dragon/electric instead of steel/electric.
#Pokemon #Dragonite
Two copies of an edit of one of the pokemon platinum dragonite sprites, depicting a deep blue, chubby dragon-like pokemon with a paler blue underbelly, bright yellow wing membranes, lightning-shaped antennae and bold, lighting bolt shaped stripe running along its side from throat to tail-top, separating the dark blue scales from the paler blue scutes. The second copy depicts the same pokemon, with purple-tinted black scales, a pale yellow underbelly, and electric blue wing membranes, antennae and side stripes. It is standing and leaning forward as it faces the right, wings and tail stretched out behind it as it looks curiously towards an unseen viewer.
January 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
riftclaw.bsky.social
some sprite edits i did over the last couple days for a project i've been slowly working on for uh. a long time

i haven't seriously sprited in years, this has been fun even if they're just edits. i'll get back to doing proper scratch poses soon!
#Pokemon #Vulpix #Ninetales #Growlithe #Arcanine
Two copies of an edit of one of the pokemon platinum vulpix sprites depicting alolan vulpix, a regional form that is a white arctic fox with six fluffy tails that merge into a cloud-like mass and curly hair on its head. The left copy uses the white and pale blue regular palette, while the right copy uses the purple shiny palette. It is sitting with its back to the viewer, looking to its left over its shoulder, one fore paw raised and a serious expression on its face. Two copies of an edit of one of the pokemon platinum ninetales sprites depicting alolan ninetails, a regional form that is a tall, elegant fox with nine fluffy tails that merge into a cloud-like mass, a fluffy, curling mane and wispy hair. The left copy uses the pale blue and white regular palette, while the right copy uses the pale purple and white shiny palette. It is standing as though walking, one back foot raised, facing the right and glancing to the left. Two copies of a spliced edit of growlithe sprites from pokemon platinum and heartgold/soulsilver depicting hisuian growlithe, a regional form that is a short, chubby puppy with a short muzzle, bold black tiger stripes, and a curling mane and tail that appear to be carved from rock. The left copy uses the orange-red, cream and pale grey regular palette, while the right uses the yellow, cream and grey shiny palette. It is standing straight on all four legs, facing the viewer's right. Two copies of an edit of one of the pokemon platinum arcanine sprites, a large canine pokemon with a short muzzle, a mane made of petal-like sheets of rock, wing-like formations on its wrists, and curling, carved rock-like formations for its tail and hind leg fur tufts. The left copy uses the red-orange and grey regular palette, while the right uses the yellow and yellow-grey shiny palette. It is facing the viewer's right, crouched as though ready to lunge with one fore paw stretched forward and its tail curled around behind it, mouth open in a snarl.
January 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
riftclaw.bsky.social
extremely normal purchasing decisions on display
a photograph of a shelf, with a number of dragonite related toys and figures on it, including three different plushies, an action figure, and two small figures, as well as a statue of the pokemon npc lance with his dragonite
December 31, 2024 at 6:33 AM
riftclaw.bsky.social
i'm trying to get my hand back in since i've had so little time/energy to draw lately, so here's a little doodle i did of garfield and friends as sonics back in like january. i no longer remember the context. #Garfield #Sonic
A digital drawing of the characters Garfield, Nermal and Odie from the Garfield comics in a Sonic the Hedgehog art style. Garfield is an orange, anthropomorphic cat with a yellow muzzle, pink nose and jagged black stripes, wearing white gloves and teal sneakers, standing with his arms crossed. Nermal is a shorter, warm grey anthropomorphic cat a pink nose, lighter grey muzzle, and neat black stripes wearing white gloves and dull pink boots, standing smiling brightly at the viewer with one hand clenched in a fist and the other held up in a "peace" sign. Odie is a tall, yellow anthropomorphic dog with floppy brown ears, a black nose, a pale yellow muzzle, and a black spot on his side, wearing white gloves and tan boots, standing with his fists on his hips and his long red tongue hanging out as he smiles off-camera. The background resembles those of the comics, with a plain blue floor and a gradient green to pale green background.
December 18, 2024 at 1:21 AM
riftclaw.bsky.social
i've been cultivating some polka-dot plants for a while bc they are my favourite plants, and this little seedling popped up in one of the abandoned pots and has been doing great

but also, right beneath it? i'm reasonably sure that's a baby maidenhair fern and i'm very excited about it
A close-up photograph of a polkadot plant seedling, with light pink spotting on its green leaves. In the soil beneath it is a tiny maidenhair fern, with only three distinctively notched leaves.
December 12, 2024 at 12:30 AM
riftclaw.bsky.social
today i'll post this quick little ref of an anthro/furry version of my oc cain/gold

he's an african black-footed cat, general idea is a kinda rogue/mage hybrid bc i do what i want #Art #FurryArt #OriginalCharacters
Two digital drawings of Cain "Gold" Maple as an anthropomorphic African black-footed cat. He is standing in 3/4 view, looking off to the left, one hand raised and the other resting on his hip. He has brown fur with lighter markings on his muzzle, eyebrows and inner ears, dark brown spots on his face, and dark brown stripes on his tail. He has a chubby build, and is dressed in a black leather outfit with a yellow bandana tied around his neck; in the image on the right, he is also wearing a cloak and hood.
December 11, 2024 at 1:16 AM
riftclaw.bsky.social
just realised its december 10th which means it's vx/vic/panacea's collective birthdays (bc i can't be normal and contain an oc to a single setting). here's the most recent picture i've drawn of her

have you seen him? now you have #FurryArt #OriginalCharacters
A digital drawing of Vic, an anthropomorphic lizard with orange scales marked with thick bands of ochre yellow on her tail, stomach, biceps and thighs, yellow fingers, and yellow toes, with narrow dark brown stripes separating the orange and yellow. He has triangular eyes with green irises and slit pupils, forward facing, pointed horns, and a white thaumic burn scar resembling a thorny vine wrapping around his left arm. She is contorted into an unusual pose, feet facing forward with her torso twisted so her head is also facing forward, right hand holding her left calf and her left arm holding the right calf.
December 10, 2024 at 6:03 AM
riftclaw.bsky.social
checking my media tab to find things i didn't post yet. this doodle's from uh... march? apparently? huh.

i've been trying to teach myself how to draw humans purely so i can draw more ship art of these two #Fanart #OriginalCharacters #Pokemon
A digital drawing of Cain "Gold" Maple, an OC with dark skin and dark brown hair in a yellow, black and white hoodie, and Lance, an NPC from the pokemon series with pale red hair, pale skin, and dark red eyes wearing a dark blue jumpsuit with black and orange detailing on the sleeves. Lance is holding Gold and looking down at him, while Gold holds Lance's face in his hands and grins brightly up at him.
December 9, 2024 at 6:25 AM
riftclaw.bsky.social
i didn't post a ton of artwork bc of the whole situation from earlier this year and i do have a little bit of a backlog so here have some oc/canon art from the fanfic universe i've been furiously writing for the last 12 months #Pokemon #OriginalCharacters
A digital drawing of Gold Maple, an OC, and Lance, an npc from the pokemon series. Gold is chubby young man with dark skin and dark brown hair wearing a black vest and shorts with yellow highlights, and Lance is a tall, pale-skinned man with red hair in a blue jumpsuit, black boots and a black cape with red lining. Lance is carrying Gold as they face each other and smile with visible fangs.
November 28, 2024 at 10:20 PM
riftclaw.bsky.social
found this doodle in my files and decided it was funny enough to finish after adding Fabelle

standard disclaimer that Gold is my OC not actually the pokemon character Gold/Ethan
#Art #Pokemon #OriginalCharacters #Clefable
A digital drawing of Gold Maple, a young man with dark skin, dark hair, and amber eyes in a yellow, black and white hoodie, blue jeans and yellow, black and white sneakers, Proton, an NPC from pokemon HGSS who wears a black catsuit, white knee high boots, long white gloves and a dark cap over teal hair, and Fabelle, a large pink rabbit like pokemon with wings and a long curled tail wearing a purple bow in her hair. Proton is lying unconscious on the ground in the twisted family guy death post, while Gold is leaning over him with a foot resting on his leg and Fabelle poses behind him flashing a victory sign.
November 21, 2024 at 1:28 AM
riftclaw.bsky.social
Cain "Gold" Maple and his ho-oh, Raia. #Art #Pokemon #OriginalCharacters #Ho-oh
A digital drawing of a young man with brown skin and black hair wearing a black sleeveless hoodie and black shorts over a thinner black undershirt and black leggings. He is standing as though walking forward, supporting his weight on a cane as he raises his right foot far off the ground. Behind him is a shiny ho-oh, a pokemon that resembles a golden phoenix with a silver beak, fanned tail feathers and crest and orange-tipped wing feathers. They are surrounded by wisps of blue and white fire, and the background is dark and indistinct.
October 24, 2024 at 8:38 PM
riftclaw.bsky.social
okay maybe it WAS the toxic home situation causing me to be artblocked to hell
#art #wip #pokemon #originalcharacters
A screenshot of the interface for Easy PaintTool SAI, with a canvas in the middle, a colour wheel, palette and tools on the left and layers on the right. On the canvas is a sketch in shades of pink of a short human man with the pokemon Ho-oh standing beside him, wings spread as fire surrounds them both.
October 23, 2024 at 12:10 AM
riftclaw.bsky.social
So I blew a tyre on Sunday and while I was able to cover repairs, that money came straight out of the food budget. I've gotta make it to the 21st, so I'm taking commissions again to try and cover that.

ko-fi.com/riftclaw/com...

Reshares appreciated, thanks for reading. #Commissions #CommsOpen
A digital drawing of three creatures sitting in a field surrounded by bushes and illuminated by pink and cyan light. One is a small blue viverrid with bright eyes, a white chest, and dark face markings, another is a purple sabre-toothed cat with small ears, a long fluffy tail and dark irregular spots, and the other is a large, pink and teal otter-like axolotl creature with a long finned tail and frilly gills. They are smiling as they gaze up into the light. A digital drawing of an anthropomorphic fox with bright orange fur, a lighter muzzle and front, and purple ears, arms, legs, and tail. It has purple markings around its eyes, dots on its cheeks, and a downward pointing crescent marking on the forehead. The fox is glancing over its right shoulder at the viewer, grinning with its tongue sticking out, while it waves its right index figure around. The fox is surrounded by dull purple, starry clouds. A digital drawing of Gold, a pokemon OC in the form of a mew. He has wide golden eyes, brown fur, and a fluffy dark brown neck ruff and tail tuft. He is hovering with his tail curved up beside him and his hands pressed to his face as though giggling. A digital bust of Romeo Kismet, a chubby white fox with a red undercut, a red underbelly, black ears, red eyes, and a sideways, red heart-shaped marking on his left cheek. He is smiling gently at the viewer.
April 10, 2024 at 1:58 AM
riftclaw.bsky.social
Another Gold form/au form, drawn for an avatar headshot. #Pokemon #PokemonOC #Mewtwo
A digital drawing of Gold, a mewtwo OC with golden eyes, brown fur, a cream underbelly, and a dark neck ruff and tail tuft. He has larger, pointed ears rather than the horns most mewtwo have, his three-fingered hands look more natural, and his hind feet have three neat toes instead of the usual two-toed feet of regular mewtwo. He is looking at the viewer with a slight smile.
April 9, 2024 at 12:58 AM
riftclaw.bsky.social
Another avatar doodle of Gold's mew form; reffed one of the dream world pieces of mew for the pose. #pokemon #pokemonoc #pokemonfanart
A digital drawing of Gold, a pokemon OC in the form of a mew. He has wide golden eyes, brown fur, and a fluffy dark brown neck ruff and tail tuft. He is hovering with his tail curved up beside him and his hands pressed to his face as though giggling.
April 2, 2024 at 12:26 AM
riftclaw.bsky.social
He doesn't summon the Ho-oh often but when he does. Watch out! #Pokemon #PokemonFanart #HoOh #PokemonOC
A digital drawing of Gold Maple, a human pokemon trainer, and the phoenix-like pokemon Ho-oh standing in a grassy, bouldered field in front of a blazing bright sky. Gold is wearing a yellow, white and black hoodie, blue jeans and yellow, black and white shoes, his dark hair hanging slightly over his face. The ho-oh is coloured in shades of gold, silver and orange. Gold is leaning on his cane with his right hand, his left hand raised as though directing the pokemon. Behind him, the ho-oh rises with its golden wings outstretched, mouth open and visible eye narrowed.
March 24, 2024 at 10:42 AM
riftclaw.bsky.social
New avatar doodle for my one special pokemon trainer oc. He's based on the HGSS protag but isn't actually any canon "Gold"-- i placeholdered his name as that and now i can't change it lol
A digital drawing of Gold Maple, a young human man with brown skin, dark brown hair, and golden eyes. He is wearing a yellow hoodie with a thick white central stripe and hood and black stripes along the outside of the arms. He is grinning, a single fang standing out from the rest of his visible teeth, and looking towards the viewer.
March 14, 2024 at 3:06 AM
riftclaw.bsky.social
lil doodle of ~24 year old AU Silver, because. i've had the idea in my head for years but haven't attempted it before bc i often struggle w how my human art looks.
A digital drawing of an older version of Silver from the pokemon videogame series, a pale-skinned young man with grey eyes and bright red hair. He has a square jaw and an intense expression, his hair is tied back loosely and loose bangs fall around his face. He's wearing a plain white shirt under a high-collared black jacket.
March 4, 2024 at 7:33 AM
riftclaw.bsky.social
Updated avatar headshot for Cocoa. Basically just a straight revamp of her old one.
A digital drawing of Coca, an anthropomorphic iguana with pale tan scales, dark brown stripes and eye markings, caramel coloured eyes, and floppy dark brown spines on her head. She is glancing back over her shoulder at the viewer, grinning and holding up one finger in a Sonic the Hedgehog like pose.
February 26, 2024 at 10:47 PM
riftclaw.bsky.social
Fixed a few things that were bothering me about the last version here.
A digital drawing of Cocoa, an anthropomorphic iguana with pale tan scales, brown stripes on her arms, legs, sides and tail, a white muzzle, and pale yellow cheek spots, horns, and eyelids. She has dull orange eyes with thick black eyelashes and dark brown claws on the ends of her fingers. She wears a two piece sportswear set in cream and brown under a translucent orange jumpsuit, orange gloves with brown cuffs, and knee-high boots with geometric designs in cream, white, orange and brown. Two images show her full outfit from the front and back; a third shows her from the front but without the jumpsuit to show smaller details like the decorative leather armbands she wears on her biceps. In the top left of the image is a drawing of her extreme gear, a hoverboard made of brown, tan, orange and grey panels, with decorative marbled designs along the edges. The hoverboard is captioned "Marble Cake, Cocoa's customised turbo star".
February 25, 2024 at 9:59 PM
riftclaw.bsky.social
This is one of those ones that I discovered half finished for some reason? Matching Shortcake ref pending.
A digital drawing of Apple, an anthropomorphic badger with dark green fur, lighter green fur on her shoulders, thighs and back, and muted red head with a cream muzzle, ears, and stripe down the center of her head. Her eyes are a light gold, and her eyelids are cream-coloured like her muzzle. She wears white gloves with pale gold rings on the cuffs and pink sneakers with pale gold and shite detailing.
February 25, 2024 at 1:08 AM
riftclaw.bsky.social
Somewhat simplified design for the sake of hopefully doing a comic w em and the other hyena extreme gear racers. OG design is still canon and there'll be a fancied up version on toyhouse sooner or later.
A digitally drawn reference image of Drift, an anthropomorphic hyena with light blue fur, darker blue ears, muzzle, and belly, and a mohawk that fades from yellow-orange at the top to red-orange towards his shoulders. She has a blue tail with an orange underside, orange upper eyelids, and an orange nose. His irises are split horizontally into two different coloured halves; the top is orange, while the lower half is yellow. She is wearing a black leather vest and dull warm grey jeans with blue sneakers. Beside him is a yacht-type extreme gear, with red-orange-yellow-dark blue gradient running from engine to footboard. The image of the gear is captioned "Drift's yacht-type extreme gear, the sunset drifter".
February 25, 2024 at 1:06 AM