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Kate @ Rouge Aerie
@rougeaerie.bsky.social
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she / her ⚝ frilly fashion fan ⚝ cat lady
'straya ⚝ sometimes illustrator ⚝ I reskeet a lot
married adult, stop being creepy

Owner/Designer of @social.rouge-aerie.com
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Well, I was going to read for a bit but...
A photograph of a long-haired torbie and white cat, lying on the photographer's lap in bed. A green duvet and white blanket are spread over the bed and a copy of Vagabond by Tim Curry sits discarded next to the cat.
December 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Oh hohohohoho ... yeah, I dunno.
Semi-transparent digital lineart over blue digital pencil sketches depict a pair of opening chrysanthemum buds. Other rough sketch lines are visible elsewhere on the image.
November 27, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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I set this aside months ago and I'm finally feeling confident enough to get back to it again. Working on the frame's final details (a few more stems of chrysanthemum buds) before I get back to the figures themselves.
A black and white lineart drawing of an oval frame with blue sketches of three figures inside it. The frame is comprised of chains decorated with clusters of chrysanthemums at the top, bottom, and either side. The first of the three figures is a woman at the top of the frame, with a long braid and a veil. She holds the second figure, an infant with curly hair and a pointy ear visible, in the crook of one arm. The infant tugs at the neckline of her dress with a very chubby fist. In her other hand, she raises a small knife. The third figure is at the lowest point of the frame, with short hair tucked behind one mutilated ear. She raises her hands in front of her, with one wearing a large, armoured glove.
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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At a book fair this weekend and buying ALL THE BOOKS, but one author included this carabiner bottle opener with my purchase of a pair of sapphic romcoms, and let me tell you, best possible marketing move. I have giggled so much about it, and there's been a lot of cute bonus items from authors.
A photograph of a small, black carabiner with a bottle opener hook on a white marbled table surface. The author's name, A. K. Mulford, is printed on the side of the carabiner in white, flanked by crowns.
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
🎃🕷️🧹

Something old because I'm not up for something new, but hope everybody has a nice time!
A black and white pen drawing on a bright orange field. A figure wearing a full-skirted lolita fashion ensemble stands confidently with feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart. Their ensemble is comprised of layers of frills, a double-breasted jacket, and a lacy jabot with a large brooch. A small ferret with a bow around its neck stands on its hind legs, braced against the figure's calf. The figure holds aloft their own head, a pumpkin craved into jck-o-lanatern, with a ruffle-brimmed witch's hat on top. Text in the bottom left reaads: Inktober 2019 Tuesday - Oct 15 Witchtober and Inktober Prompts Pumpkin and Legend 005 Sakura Pigma Micron Pen Digital Colour Accent
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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It took me a bit to find a copy of this in person, but I read it in a day and deeply enjoyed it. It's tense and eerie, with gorgeously textured art and moody colour palettes. @keezyyoung.bsky.social nails the writing and pacing, with well-developed, believable characters all the way through.
A photograph of the graphic novel "Hello, Sunshine" by Keezy Young on a light, hardwood floor. The cover depicts four teenagers and a shaggy dog standing in a field of flowers, looking over a fifth teenager who lies sleeping among them. The flowers in the foreground are red and orange, with blue eyes peering from their centres. Dark, red-brown hands and vines creep from beneath the flowers as if to hold the sleeping teen down. Handwritten text reads "Hello Sunshine" in white, while a yellow sans serif font reads "Alex is missin, but is he really gone?" in all capital letters. The author's name is at the bottom left of the cover in a softer, comic-lettering font.
October 17, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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She's given up all hope. He'll never pay attention to Dandi ever again.
The same cat from the parent post stretches as far across the landing as she can go. She appears to have given in to despair, and is completely limp.
October 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Dandi does not understand or like phone calls. Who is the other human talking to? Why is he not talking to Dandi?? It's not fair!!
A fluffy torbie cat with white face, feet and tummy lolls on the carpet of a staircase landing with a slightly wild expression. The same cat as the first photo smashes her cheek into the wooden railing support beside her. She looks inconsolable.
October 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Congratulations, Robin! Here's to another 500 followers very soon!

To go with your theme of art being *all* types art, I'd like to share an illustration I did for @wjameschan.bsky.social last year. I drew this to celebrate the launch of his second book by creating a piece focused on his first.
An illustration on a navy background in which a woman looms ominously behind a man with her hands raised in a grasping gesture to either side of his head. He smiles faintly and holds a white lily near his chin, with ghostly faces to either side of his own. The woman wears grey and beige robes with a red shawl over her blonde hair like a hood. An incomplete halo hovers behind her head like golden horns. The man wears all black, with a similar hood. Both figures are framed by a tangled wreath of red roses and thorns. One rose drips a trail of blood down a single leaf at the bottom of the frame. At the bottom of the frame are the words "The Night Knows My Name" and a circular logo for the Bloody Tapestry of Kae'fre by W. James Chan, with the crux et luna symbol at its centre.
October 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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I ask this every year, but I assumed it's because in Australia, we're getting a second Autumn in Spring, and therefore it can be nothing *but* mid.

We do get some killer illuminations around the city as a result, though.
An illuminated sculpture of a rabbit sleeping in the curve of a crescent moon, surrounded by lotus blossoms on a red carpet. Though it is daytime and the sculpture is not yet lit, strings of fairylights are visible on a net above the picket enclosure around the sculpted pieces.
October 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Today was 15k steps in the CBD, a shiny Shadow Regigigas raid, a shiny Camerupt raid, and sooooo much stardust collected. First PoGo raid day I've done in years and it was a really nice outing, with just a touch of rain at the end.
A photograph of the reflecting pool in front of of the Anzac Memorial in Sydney's Hyde park at dusk. The stone memorial is lit from upturned lamps at its base, with statues of soldiers on pillars along its walls. Skyscrapers behind the Memorial have windows lit at sporadic intervals, and the sky is fading towards evening violet.
September 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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I only needed to leave the house for two reasons today, and one of those was to drag my husband with me to get an extra code for my Scarlet and Violet games from EB Games. I've heard these events get a bit hectic with scalping jerks, so was pleased that it went very easily and smoothly.
A photograph looking down towards the floor from the viewer's perspective, such that the photographers' legs and hip are visible in frame. Her left hand holds two small, dark blue cards for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet redemption codes. Each card has a picture of Shiny Koraidon and Shiny Miraidon, with text that reads: Shiny Koraidon or Shiny Miraidon Receive one of these powerful Pokemon! Get a shiny Legendary Pokemon! Only for Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet PG: Mild themes and violence, online interactivity.
September 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Drop some HANDS ✋👁️🤚
An illustration on a brown field in which three sickly pale hands hang from a wreath of yellow roses. Each rose and hand has a blue eye at its centre. The hands are pin-pricked by thorns in the roses that entangle them, and blood drips down towards their fingers.
September 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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I drew a little scene for @spookyxpickle.bsky.social, based on a photo they took a while back. I suggested a moth-slash-fairy-cat would be very cute peeping over the mushie cap, and was thereby challenged to draw a version (Machelle did one first, below!).

So here's my little guys!
A somewhat psychedelic illustration of two moth-cat creatures on a warm-toned mushroom, viewed from a low camera angle. The undersides of small plants are visible in bright greens and yellows. One moth-cat perches on top of the mushroom, peering down. The other scratches at the mushroom's stem like a scratching post. Each element of the image is overlaid with different accent textures and hatched shading. An ovaline cut-out shape frames the entire image with an orange-tinged overlay.
September 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Slapped some crude paint on the poor thing for fun. I have no idea how he's ever going to straighten up again.
A coloured sketch of a brown, shaggy horse in the style of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, with long, mule-like ears. The poor thing has stepped on his own beard while grazing and cannot lift his head back up. He looks very alarmed.
September 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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I love how shaggy and goat-like the horses are in FE3H, so I was doodling some of them when I realised ... their beards would drag on the ground as they graze.

... oh no.
A sketch of a horse from Fire Emblem: Three Houses has accidentally trod on his own beard while trying to graze. He is very alarmed about not being able to raise his head back up.
September 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Baby has a new dress coming out. The lavender colourway looked familiar, so I ...
A fast and easy and crappy photo edit of Eva Unit 01 wearing an OP from Baby, the Stars Shine Bright's release, Tartelette aux Fraises. The image is pretty badly manipulated and the saturation of the dress has been increased to better match Eva 01's colourscheme.
September 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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I want to go to bed. I've been informed that going to bed is now illegal for the foreseeable future. So is going to the toilet. Or kitchen. Really just "going" anywhere at all.
Photo of a slightly drugged torbie and white cat draped over a grey track-suited lap. She is very sleepy and limp with one, white mittened paw hanging in front.
September 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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All the bat talk means I now have to ask: are you familiar with bat booty Friday? I'm not sure if they're on other platforms, but a bat rescue on Facebook started showcasing bat bums each week because it's a good metric to tell whether they're gaining weight during recovery. AND IT'S CUTE.
A photo of a hand holding a bat such that only its tiny, bare booty and feet are visible. Its little batty feet hold gently onto the hand in return. Bat photo is of "Cookie", care of Bat World Sanctuary in Weatherford, TX.
September 1, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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We don't get a lot of good Halloween goods in Australia, but some shops are stepping up their game...
A matte black mug with a glossy flock of bats printed on it sits on a black desk mat. The mug has the words 'Le Creuset' in large block letters at the bottom.
August 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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One of the reasons we went to IKEA was to get a lidded candy dish for lozenges. They've discontinued theirs. So today I went to an antique store and bought one there. It's leaded crystal, but since the lozenges are wrapped, there's no contact. The three-handle mug is more recent pressed glass.
A domed, lead crystal trinket container with a domed lid on a dark, Caesar stone benchtop. The same container from the first photograph, with the lid lifted to reveal the starburst on its bottom surface, as shown through its interior. The same container from the first two photographs, now filled with individually wrapped, round yellow lozenges. A pressed glass cup that resembles clear crystal, made with three handles. It sits on the same dark benchtop as in the previous photographs.
August 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Went to IKEA yesterday and thought it'd be fun to take the little Nagi kids along. Stowed them in my pockets and occasionally snuck them out for photos in the displays.
A small black and white panda-themed doll with bamboo details on his clothing, and heterochromatic, fantasy-themed eyes stands on a black shelf next to a green pumpkin ceramic decoration. Both are off-set by the bright yellow wall behind them. A little doll with cat ears, heterochromatic fantasy eyes, and matched twin buns stands inside of a ceramic mug. The mug is part of a coffee service on a tray on top of a table, with a dark sofa in the background. A little doll in a Chinese-inspired outfit with fur trims sits on top of a trinket container on a white shelf. He kicks one foot upward in a cheerful, silly pose. The same doll from the first photograph kneels on a white shelf, inside the curve of a pair of over-ear headphones.
August 23, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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This is the face of a Dandi cat, immediately after being startled awake by Hazel's epic purr coming through on my phone (and just before joining in).
A disgruntled torbie cat with a distinct white face blaze and pink little nose stares into the camera in alarm.
August 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Dandi is joining the sit-in until the bosses are willing to listen.
A fluffy torbie and white cat sits near the legs of a wheelie computer chair, looking up at the camera. She raises her front left, white-mittened paw and appears to be mid-mew.
July 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Drop some MONSTERS

#art #ArtTrain #monsters
A pen and ink drawing of a slime girl coloured in a gradient of blue with a purple crystal heart against a pink background. She has little aqua and purple orbs scattered throughout her body's mass. She is squeezing herself through the opening of a transparent waterbottle with a teal fliptop, but whether she is going in or out isn't entirely clear. A pen and ink drawing of a lamia with a rusty orange body and coral-coloured hoodie against an aqua background. She has bright green eyes and pouty red lipstick, and rusty, striped cobra heads are snaking out of her raised hoodie to play with its toggles. She looks at the camera, blushing slightly. A pen and ink drawing of a young unicorn centaur girl with a skipping rope against a bright, leaf green background. Her horse parts are peach-coloured and she has hot pink hair, and wears a bright, cheerful yellow top. She has a delighted expression on her face, as if she's managed to jump the rope for the first time.
July 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM