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sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social
an octopus made of sandpaper
@sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social
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they/he. transmasc agender, aroace. artist, writer, 27-year-old spider

I post pictures of my OCs and bugs mostly.
my links: linktr.ee/sandpaperoctopi

#art / #oc / #writing / #invertebrates / #cats
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it is mushroom time of year 🍄📷
Photo of bright orange-yellow shelf fungus growing on the side of a tree stump.
November 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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strange unicorns

#art #oc #ocsky 🎨
Drawing of a unicorn faun person, the top half being more human. They have long ears, curly brown hair and a small pale beard, and striped tail and hooved feet. They are smiling and waving. Drawing of a sort of cat-like unicorn creature. The main body is more cat-like and brown with stripes, but it has long ears, a fluffy mane, hooved back feet, and a fluff on the end of its tail. It is running.
November 14, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Aster and his unicorns

#art #oc #ocsky 🎨
Drawing of a trans man, Aster, looking over his shoulder at the four happy unicorn people following him. Aster is short with long wavy blond hair, and he is wearing a baggy tan shirt, brown pants, and dirty shoes. The first unicorn, Marshmallow, is thin and pale with pale orange stripes. The second unicorn, Mint, is big and fluffy with snowshoe cat patterned fur. The third unicorn, Mimi, is a little baby with brown and white fur and a missing arm. The last unicorn, Marmalade, is a messy orange tabby.
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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brown widow and eggs inside my felt bush

#invertebrates 📷
Photo of a brown widow hanging on her web under a felt bush leaf. Photo of a brown widow egg sac hidden between two felt bush leaves.
November 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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the witch and her apprentice

#art #oc #ocsky 🎨
Drawing of two people, an older woman and a young trans man. The older woman is pale with freckles and long blond hair tied back in braids. She is wearing a purplish dress with simple pale green and yellow decorations. The trans man is shorter with wavy darker blond hair. He is wearing a blue and white floral dress and looks unhappy. The older woman is grinning and has a glowing string tied from her fingers to the man's neck.
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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these guys are so hard to take pictures of lol

#invertebrates 📷
Blurry photo of a stripe-eyed lagoon fly, taken from a distance. Closer, less blurry photo of a stripe-eyed lagoon fly, but sill taken from a distance.
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Soapberry and Picki, characters in beauty and the beast WIP

guy who wants to befriend Aster and guy who wants to eat Aster

#art #oc #queerart #ocsky 🎨
Drawing of two characters, a deer person and a weird dog creature. The deer, Soapberry, is piebald with short spike antlers and long flowing hair. He is wearing a pastel dress with flowers. The dog creature, Picki, has a long neck and tail and clawed feet. He is pink, yellow, and orange. His coloring is strange-looking.
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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a beetle I found in my pasta was my 1000th species on iNat lol
Screenshot from iNaturalist showing that I have 4676 observations and exactly 1000 species.
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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*two* new OCs (actually there's three but the third is still in the messy stage lol) #wip
Drawing of two characters, a young deer person wearing a cute flowery dress and a dog creature with clawed feet and long neck and tail.
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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another #wip
unicorn parade
Sketch of a young man, Aster, being followed by four happy unicorn people.
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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preview of new OC. he looks like the guys I used to doodle on my stats notes lol #wip
Sketch of a sort of scruffy dog-like creature with a long neck and clawed feet.
November 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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burying a treasure 📷
Photo of an eastern fox squirrel with a pinecone in its mouth. Photo of the squirrel digging a hole to bury the pinecone.
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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little lacewing was hanging out on my leg while I watered plants

#invertebrates 📷
Photo of a small mottled brown lacewing sitting on a person's leg.
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Mint and their adopted baby Mimi they rescued from a pack of dogs

#art #oc #ocsky 🎨
Drawing of two unicorn people, an adult and a baby. The adult unicorn, Mint, is big and soft and calm with snowshoe cat patterned fur and long tail. The baby, Mimi, is brown with white chin, hands, chest, and feet. Mimi is missing an arm and an eye and has scars from the dog attack across their body. They are holding Mint's leg for comfort and making mewing noises.
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Mint and their baby Mimi #wip
Sketch of two unicorn people, an adult and a baby. The adult is big and calm. The baby is hugging their leg for comfort. Baby is missing an eye and an arm and is making mewing noises.
November 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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sorry to my favorite boy Kite but it's true... he is most annoying. him and his constant jewelry jingling and cat-like antics and lack of filter...
Drawing of my OC Kite pulling his hair back. He has long blond hair and somewhat wide build. He is wearing a lot of blue and gold jewelry on his ears, wrist, ankles, and especially on his chest. He is also wearing a blue skirt with gold and purplish trim, and leather sandals. He has some very light makeup on his eyelids. Illustration of a guy, Kite, sitting on a stone bench, leaning back against the wall behind him. Kite is turned sideways to face the viewer. He has long wavy blond hair, and he is wearing blue and gold jewelry, maroon color pants with gold trim, and brown sandals. There is a wooden lyre beside him, and behind him over the wall are plants. There is a speech bubble above Kite's head, reading: "Do you like boys?"
November 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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The grasshoppers are becoming adults now 🥺 it was fun to watch them grow up

#invertebrates 📷
Photo of a gray bird grasshopper standing on a tomato cage, surrounded by plants. It is mostly gray with some pinkish color.
November 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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I forgot to share before but I have a new adoptable up on Ko-fi, she's a northern pudu :)
All other adoptables are still available, and now at a lower price!

🛍️ ko-fi.com/sandpaperoct...

#adoptables #adopts
Drawing of a faun character based on a northern pudu, a small orange-brown deer with darker legs and face and a yellowish collar. She is sticking her tongue out and waving.
November 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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raven 📷
Photo of a common raven croaking as it perches on a sign. There is some other bird flying in the distance.
October 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Happy Halloween! :D Here's some OCs in costumes, a Halloween crab, and uhhh... really old art of a mold named Pocket because I don't have too much that fits the theme 😅
Drawing of two people in costumes holding hands. The first, Alex, has short brown hair and is wearing a bee costume with bobble antennas, black and yellow sweater, and wings. The second, Denny, is pale and blond and is wearing a pink flower costume with petals around his head and a green sweater with toy bugs stuck to it. He is holding a bowl of candy. Drawing of two people and a dog dressed in costumes on an orange background. The first person, Lace, is smaller and skinny with wavy chin-length brown hair. He is dressed a a black cat with ears and tail, a black collar and lace top, black pants, and black boots with gold trim. The second person, Nemato, is pale with long red hair. He is dressed as a dog with floppy brown ears, a brown dress, and paw boots. The actual dog, Lily, is huge, fluffy, and white. She has teal butterfly wings. She is happy and wagging her tail. Drawing of an orange crab with a dark back and purple claws. Around it are purple and orange stars and circles on a dark background. Drawing of a tentacle-y moldy looking guy. They have a humanoid head with long brown hair, glowing gold eyes, and pointed ears. They have an extra set of arms on their elongated torso and their whole body is green with white moldy dots. Their lower body is a blobby mass of tentacles, which they are using to hold onto a tree branch. Their is a little white bird sitting in the tree, unbothered.
October 31, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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little Halloween boyfriends! they are going to hand out candy

#art #oc #ocsky #queerart 🎨
Drawing of two people in costumes holding hands. The first, Alex, has short brown hair and is wearing a bee costume with bobble antennas, black and yellow sweater, and wings. The second, Denny, is pale and blond and is wearing a pink flower costume with petals around his head and a green sweater with toy bugs stuck to it. He is holding a bowl of candy.
October 31, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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dotted paropsine leaf beetle

#invertebrates #art 🎨
Little crochet beetle on a bush. The beetle is round and pink and yellow with white spots.
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Lace, Nemato, and Lily are dressing up for Halloween! 🎃

#art #oc #queerart #ocsky 🎨
Drawing of two people and a dog dressed in costumes on an orange background. The first person, Lace, is smaller and skinny with wavy chin-length brown hair. He is dressed a a black cat with ears and tail, a black collar and lace top, black pants, and black boots with gold trim. The second person, Nemato, is pale with long red hair. He is dressed as a dog with floppy brown ears, a brown dress, and paw boots. The actual dog, Lily, is huge, fluffy, and white. She has teal butterfly wings. She is happy and wagging her tail.
October 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Denny and Alex don't actually share many hobbies. They are more a parallel play different activities type of pair 😅

But they do both like animals, cartoons, and jigsaw puzzles #oc
Drawing of two people, one (Alex) sitting in the other's lap. Alex is a bit smaller and skinnier with brown hair in a short undercut style. They are wearing a light blue tank top, darker shorts, and plain socks, and they have their arm around the other person, Denny, as they smile at him. Denny is very pale with long pale blond hair and an expressionless round face. He is wearing a pink sweater with a bee and blue flowers on it, long gray pants, and pink socks with hearts on them. He is also wearing heart-shaped earrings.
October 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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stretch! 📷
Photo of a red-tailed hawk stretching its wings. It is perched on top of a telephone pole.
October 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM