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Sara Otterstätter
@saralutra.bsky.social
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Illustrator of Animals, History, detailed fun stuff, Sherlock Holmes and Happy Gay Pirate Otters. Currently very active in the #ourflagmeansdeath fandom and #palaeoart. Hope I will meet my friends from other sites (in particular a former bird app) again.
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I have set up the first five #dinosaur colouring pages for download on my Ko-Fi shop.

Link is down below, and every support is very welcome.

ko-fi.com/saralutra/shop

Also the majestic pinecone Borealopelta is finished. #paleoart #sciart #illustration 🐡🦖🦕
Black and white linedrawing of Borealopelta, a stout and massive Dinosaur covered in plates and large spikes on its sides. It is munching on tree ferns and surrounded by a group of small feathered Dinosaurs. Some of which are hitching a ride on its scaly back.
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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You think even them no good otters?
Two Pirate otters sleeping and forming a heart with their bodies. Ed and Stede in otter-form on their way to the beach. They are wearing a shark and a crocodile costume.
October 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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I finished my newest colouring page for my Dinosaur colouring book. This time featuring Sinosauropteryx, a fuzzy little theropod with a fabulous striped tail. You can support my work on ko-fi.com/saralutra

I will also make soon the first colouring pages available for download.
Linedrawing of a small dinosaur with a striped tail, running through the thicket, and looking at a large dragonfly. In between the ferns and mushrooms is also a small, shrew like mammal hiding away from the dinosaur.
October 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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This one is Cryptid art but also nostalgic #Dinosaur art to me. The Arica Monster sightings described an animal reminiscent of the Raptors from Jurassic Park, or some Bird-Kangaroo-Lizard creature. I went more with Raptor for the sake of nostalgia.
Pencil drawing of the vintage naked raptor.
October 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Third one for #Cryptoctober, based on the list by @bestcryptids.bsky.social . Rock Apes were reported during the Vietnam War. They were described as monkey, ape, even hominidlike. Rock Apes had the habit of throwing rocks, hence the moniker. #cryptozoology #art #sketchbook
Pencil drawing of an apelike creature reaching for a half buried M1 helmet.
October 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Second #drawing for #cryptoctober. Pach-an-a-ho is an alleged cryptid, looking like Gastornis, an extinct large flightless bird. There were claimed sightings in 1975, and also it's allegedly known to the Yakima tribe. The name is supposed to mean "crooked beak" or "rough looking bird" in Yakima.
Pencil drawing of Pach-an-a-ho, a bird cryptid.
October 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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First entry for #cryptoctober . I used the list by @bestcryptids.bsky.social as they feature lesser known #Cryptids. Like Cleary's Fish, a Deep-sea Fish claimed to have been witnessed by a diver in a dive bell. #cryptozoology #art #drawing
Pencil drawing of a rather bizarre looking fish. Cryptid list by Legendary Cryptids.
October 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Drawing little Sqwuak-Sqwuaks for my #Dinosaur colouring book. And also inking a pinecone with attitude.

#paleoart #sciart 🐡🦖🦕
September 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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I could have made a super clever caption or voiceover. But I am not feeling it. Just drawing #dinosaurs . #paleoart #sciart 🐡🦕🦖
September 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Some #sketches from my visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum. I simply forgot to post them
Pencil sketch of a bust of a young woman. Sketch of a statue of Nandi, Shiva's sacred bull Sketch of a sculpture of a nude woman. Sketch of a Theseus and Minotaur statue by Antonio Canova.
September 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Finally some fuzzy, fuzzy #Dinosaurs. And a little more progress on the colouring book. #paleoart #sciart 🐡
August 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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New Dinosaur for my colouring book. And I went a bit overboard with about anything concerning details. This time it's Baryonyx on the hunt for some fish. And Scheenista having a crappy day.
#sciart #paleoart #dinosaurs 🐡 #digitalart

You can support my work here:
ko-fi.com/saralutra
Black and white line drawing of Baryonyx, a theropod Dinosaur with a characteristical long snout, hunting a fish in a shallow lake, surrounded by lush shrubs.
August 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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My finished sketch of Theseus and the Minotaur. It's drawn in pencil and shows Theseus sitting on the fallen Minotaur's lap similar to the sexual Riding Position.
August 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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I was in UK, and visited the Victoria and Albert Museum among other things. And I did some sketching in the museum. Here is the video and the sketch.
August 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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I am currently offering commissions. They start at 40€. In the video down below You can view my past commissions. I won't do anything Disney related, but OFMD, Sherlock Holmes, and various other fandoms are welcome.
ko-fi.com/saralutra/co...

#art #artcommissions #commissions
August 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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I updated a bit my #Bigfoot #illustration. Just adding some highlights and details. Currently, I am struggling a bit, and I need to be careful with my #art projects, because I feel a bit like deleting everything. #cryptozoology #cryptids #strugglingArtist
Digital illustration of a momma Sasquatch and her offspring that is clinging to her back. They are deep in the forest. She is looking to the left at something outside the picture frame, while Babyfoot is looking at the viewer. In the background is a white tailed deer looking in the same direction like Big Momma Foot.
July 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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I have a soft spot for darker artworks. Here are some of my black and white artworks, dedicated to Legendary Creatures.

Also, here is my portfolio on Behance:

ww.sara-otterstaetter.de
Ink drawing of Glashtyn, a Manx Waterhorse, with backwards legs. Ink drawing of Hachishakusama, a modern Yokai from Japan. She is an enormously tall woman, with long hair and elongated limbs. She is wearing a broad head, and towering over a small child. Sennentuntschi is a rough human sized cloth doll stuffed with straw, she is about to attack a man in a dark hut. The Ginger is an undead sailor emerging from the stormy sea.
June 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Sixth panel.
Ed climbs out of the water with a large carp in his mouth. The carp already bit the bait and has the fishing line dangling out of its mouth. Ed:"And when you're bored enough, you go and catch the fucking fish yourself!" Stede is bemused by this.
June 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Fifth panel.
Ed suddenly jumps head first into the water. Steve looks on confused.
June 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Fourth Panel.
Ed is getting visibly fussy and impatient. Even Stede seems bored and watches a large dragonfly fly by.
June 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Third panel.
Ed and Stede now sit back and wait for the fish to bite. Ed:"And then you wait. Just sitting and waiting for the fish to come... Being patient and forcing nothing.... All relaxed..." Stede: "I see." (Stede takes a sip out of his tea cup.)
June 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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The second panel
Ed tosses his fishing rod. Ed:"You toss your rod and just sit back." Steve: "OK."
June 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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I better post the each panels, as some details may get a bit lost.
Stede and Ed are sitting on a wooden boat landing at a small lake. Ed is baiting a fishing rod and explaining fishing with a rod to Stede. Ed: "Fang showed me this kind of fishing." Stede: "Aha, interesting." Stede is holding a tea cup.
June 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Let's face it, friends. The mind of an #otter is not made for fishing with a rod. Especially not Ed's. #OurFlagMeansDeath #OtterFlag #OFMD #Comic
Six panel comic strip of Ed explaining fishing with a rod to Stede. Stede is here uncharacteristically less chatty, as he is listening interestedly to Ed. Ed is putting great importance on being calm, patient and not forcing things. They are sitting on a small boat landing at a small idyllic lake. And Ed loses his patience within about five minutes. He jumps into the water and catches a carp the old otter way, while closing his explanations about fishing with the remark: "And when you are bored enough, you go an catch the fucking fish yourself." Stede is rather amused by this.
June 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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People have far too much time on their hands. And people are so painfully dull, that they can't come up with anything fulfilling and productive on their own. I leave these two emotional support fuzzballs. One of them likes a good maiming.
Ed and Stede as otters. The picture is an overpainting of an otter-meme with the caption "Today We Go To War!" Otter Ed is holding a knife in his mouth.
May 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM