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sphinx 🌿🌾
@sphinxate.bsky.social
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genderqueer transfag (he/it/any) ⚘ 23 ⚘ vis art/game dev/music ⚘ 18+ please!

No genAI here 🚫👎

Commissions: https://sphinxate.carrd.co/#coms
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commissions closing soon :(
TLDR: I am now closed for large commissions but remain open for small commissions for One Week. I may be able to open here and there for small pieces but alas! They have me working just short of 40 hours (probably through the holidays and into January but we'll see) and on top of the intended 24 hours of classes/homework (3 hours per credit hour) and pet/house care I don't think it's feasible for me to leave my commissions open round-the-clock like they have been for most of the last few years. Small commissions (bust sketches, crumb pixels, itty-bitties, minis) will stay open for another week, ending November 22nd but possibly reopening for limited slots here and there. Larger commissions (fullbody sketches, pixel pagedolls, reference sheets, customs) are now closed and will remain closed indefinitely.
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Evening Hunt

#WarriorCats
Digital art of two cartoony cats walking. The one in front is a dark tortoiseshell tabby with long fur and a crow in her mouth, while the one following is a longhaired dark sable with a white chest and muzzle, carrying a frog in their mouth.
November 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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pink

#FurryArt
Digital art of a chinese crested dog furry with a cigarette in his mouth, shaded with bright pink screentones
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Still image so you can look at it better if you'd like :)

#DigitalArt #Painting
Digital painting featuring three brook trout swimming underneath a thick--but clear--layer of ice, above which is a red fox leaping into the air as if to dive down onto a crack in the ice.
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Art trade 🚪

#Mini #FurryArt #Commission (example)
Digital chibi art of a cat-like demon. He is floating in the middle of the image with one hand up to his face and his hooved feet in the air. He has an almost pure black face, with only his eyes visible. His ears are covered by a dark red hat and his body is covered with red fur of various shades. A black triangular bladed tail curves between his feet. The background is a pixellated yellowish room with fluorescent lights reminiscent of "backrooms" media. Digital chibi art of a cat-like demon. He is floating in the middle of the image with one hand up to his face and his hooved feet in the air. He has an almost pure black face, with only his eyes and a single fang visible. His ears are covered by a dark red hat and his body is covered with red fur of various shades. A black triangular bladed tail curves between his feet. The background is a pixellated yellowish room with fluorescent lights reminiscent of "backrooms" media.
October 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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The Manticore ($35+)

toyhou.se/35703933.the...

#FurryArt #FurryAdopt #CharacterDesign
Symmetrical digital art of a bipedal monster design. It has a face resembling a mandrill and big cat, bat-like wings, and a dark purple and grey palette with bright red accents on hairless parts of its body (namely the chest and the flesh around the eyes). Its tail is long and ends in a triangular blade. There are two cartoonier doodles next to the main drawing. These are a headshot with its mouth open, revealing rows of long, thin, pointed teeth, as well as a semi-chibi full body drawing of it. These doodles are colorless
October 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Haunted Sphinx $25+

toyhou.se/35556879.hau...
#Adopt #CharacterDesign
Digital art of a stylised sphinx. It has glowing yellow eyes, orange and brown fur with rosettes, and dull purple-brown skin. It has large front limbs with paws and smaller, hooved hind limbs. It has tightly folded feathered wings.
October 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Sorted by price, some as low as $2
toyhou.se/survivalcraf...
Digital art of a cartoony sphinx. It's very bright pinkish red with almost pure white socks and underbelly. It has purple and darker pink stripes and small stylized wings. Its face and horns are blue and its tail is rainbow. It is wearing a checkered collar and bracelet, as well as a spiked bracelet with rainbow spikes, a rainbow heart pendant on the collar, a rainbow hoop on one horn, and a rainbow earring. It is hopefully reminiscent of 2000s/early 2010s DeviantArt sparkledogs and cats. Digital art of a symmetrical bipedal sphinx design. It has red-brown fur, elongated limbs, neck, and toes, gold horns resembling a broken halo, and a gold bell collar. Its wings have water patterns on them and its thighs and upper arms are patterned with a grid, like tiles. Digital art of a symmetrical anthropomorphic pine marten. It has a warm palette, with very dark purple, dusty pink, soft orange, and cream. It has a long tail and large paws with white claws. Its eyes are a soft green. Its labelled "berry marten." Digital art of a cartoony anthro caracal. There are three versions, all featuring different color palettes. The character is wearing a shirt with a UFO and the word ALIEN
September 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Had to get groceries so I'm running a BOGO 50% off on over 60 designs (lots more besides those shown here!)

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Digital cartoony art of a symmetrical bipedal boar character. It's purple with blue accents, warmer purple hooves and skin, and golden yellow eyes and tusks Digital cartoony character design of a puppy imp creature with cream, tan, and white fur, feathered wings, curved horns, dark blue skin on its face, paw pads, chest, and belly, and orange eyes, tongue, and claws. Digital art of a hot chocolate and peppermint serpentine dragon. It has brown fur with a line of white along its spine, which is also streaked with red like peppermint. It has patterns reminiscent of latte art on its fox-like forehead, as well as long, straight candy cane horns. Digital art of a cartoony, brownish red and cream pear-shaped bipedal dragon with six tiny blue feathered wings.
September 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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2 new sonas from the last month or so that I haven't posted (wips/concepts)

#Fursona #FurryArt
Digital art of a cartoony stylized dog named Mischa. He is partially hairless and has light brown skin with brown and white fur, white eyelashes, and light blue eyes. Smaller copies of the same art show him with dyed green, blurple, and magenta fur. Text signifies his fur can be dyed any color, fur placement and length varies but usually has a modified pony cut, and he is a hairy hairless chinese crested dog. Digital art of stylized symmetrical front and back views of a monster with hooved feet and horns. He has purpleish grey fur and pinkish skin on his palms, face, belly, and butt where he has no hair. The same little purpleish creature but he's a labubu and has red-orange and blue eyes. The purpleish creature as rubber faced dolls. One is the prototype and is much cuter and neater, while the other is the mass production variant and has messy fur, poor colors, and a vacant expression.
September 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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btw this is what I think
A screenshot showing the emoticons €:9 and E:9, which are followed by a small drawing of an animal's head using the same general shapes as the emoticons, with the € or E forming the ears, the colon forming the eyes, and the 9 forming a snout with a big canid nose. Below this are emoticons €:2 and E:2 followed by a drawing of an animal's head with the mouth hanging open somewhat joyously (or perhaps they just made a bad joke and are waiting for someone to catch it). The 2 in these emoticons forms the snout and hanging lower jaw.
September 14, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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Felt like these belonged together 🐐

#DigitalArt #Surrealism #ExperimentalArt #FursonaArt
A geometric digital illustration with a limited pink, purple, and bright mint color palette. It features a tiger's head facing the viewer, with the mouth slightly open and a somewhat pained expression. Its paws are barely visible on the sides of the canvas with long, sharp claws outstretched. Between the paws and under the tiger's face is a goat with a more neutral expression. Around its neck is a rope the same color as the tiger's teeth, eyes, and claws. The only curved shapes in the piece are two white dots to represent the shine of the goat's eyes, as well as two white dots attached to the bottom of the tiger's eyes, representing tears. The background is filled with abstract, sharp shapes in the same palette, making the animals blend in. Digital art of a goat's head in geometric red, orange, and yellow shapes. Tiger's paws are visible on its face and the back of its neck. A red rope is tied around the goat's neck. The tiger's claws, goat's eyes, and abstract blood/tear drops are bright cyan. Digital expressionist art with a washed out navy, pink, and yellow palette. It depicts the head of a goat between giant rows of sharp teeth, surrounded by large eyes all looking towards it. A rope extends from the goat's neck to one of the foremost teeth. The goat has 4 outlines of its own face with different expressions on either side of its head. A stylized and dreamlike digital painting. It features a large yellow-green corner sun with concentric lines and squiggly rays that extend outward. A green goat stands on a red hill, its head and body blurred. Its tail becomes a green river that flows down the hill. A black leafless tree frames the piece on the right side, opposite the sun. One branch curves above the goat and ends in a greenish, mottled black lemon, which has a slice taken out of it and drips clear fluid. The river below splashes as if another droplet has just reached it. Other lemons lay rotting on the hill, leaking black fluid into the river and the grass. One of the sun's rays reaches towards the hanging lemon as if to touch it, while another rests in the river itself as if testing the temperature. Notably, none of the sun's rays come near the goat, instead curving around to avoid being too near.
September 14, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Maybe I can anyway 🙏
A screenshot from the Libby app stating my reading journey stats for the Children of Ruin ebook. It says I have picked up the book 6 times and read for 1 hour, 35 minutes, and am on track to finish in 5 hours, 54 minutes.
September 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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I could finish it in that time if I didn't have other stuff to do </3
A screenshot of the panel on the Libby app showing my progress in a particular ebook. The book is Children of Ruin and I have read 181/850 pages and am on Chapter 1
September 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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always a fun design :)
digital sketch headshot of a kobold character with a big scarf, a wide-brimmed hat with decorative horns, and a grumpy/disgusted expression.
September 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Gordi for Monstrobee on Twitter!

#FurryArt
Digital sketch of an anthropomorphic pug from the neck up. He has a beanie pulled low over his eyes, a spiked collar, and a big open-mouthed smile. Next to him is a squash with the same collar and beanie labelled gourdi (spelled like a gourd, not the name gordi)
September 7, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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They removed both upper carnassials as predicted! We have a year of no interest as well which I was not expecting 😭 So just the $2k on its own without too much pressure which atp is a relief (now to worry about my tuition and other bills.......)
A photo of the same dog from the above post, in the same car and from a similar angle. She still appears stressed but is lying down and has a yellow bandage on one foreleg
September 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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My poorbeast who was very unhappy on the drive over
Any shares are still super appreciated, we're going to be ending up paying interest too since we can't pay the bill outright :,)
A photo of a stress-panting dog in a car from the neck up. She has pointy ears, a pointy nose, and a black mask over her ears and eyes. Image depicting a cartoonish black and white dog head that looks sad and concerned, and a cutaway showing a drawing of a fractured tooth with an arrow pointing to it and the text "These ones (both sides)". Other text reads "Broke her carnassials. $2134+ surgery. My commissions are open!" and an arrow pointing right A screenshot of the commission page linked in the above quoted post. It shows all my commission types and includes examples and prices for each.
September 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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smallthings

#DigitalArt
Digital painting of a red squirrel's head. It's holding a nut in its mouth and has small water droplets and dirt flecks on its snout and whiskers Digital paintings of two different bat species' heads. The upper one is a jamaican flower bat profile view and looks very polite. The lower one is a long-tongued bat covered in bright yellow pollen with its tongue out.
August 28, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Snakestripe of ShadowClan (Lost in the Stars)

#WarriorCats #CharacterDesign
Digital art of a dark tortoiseshell classic tabby cat with long fur, tall ears, and pale green eyes. Text indicates that her name is Snakestripe, she uses she/her pronouns, and she is 62 moons old. The symbol for a ShadowClan Warrior Cat is next to her name.
August 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Strangelight - Fugazi

#DigitalArt #Surrealism #ExperimentalArt #FursonaArt
A stylized and dreamlike digital painting. It features a large yellow-green corner sun with concentric lines and squiggly rays that extend outward. A green goat stands on a red hill, its head and body blurred. Its tail becomes a green river that flows down the hill. A black leafless tree frames the piece on the right side, opposite the sun. One branch curves above the goat and ends in a greenish, mottled black lemon, which has a slice taken out of it and drips clear fluid. The river below splashes as if another droplet has just reached it. Other lemons lay rotting on the hill, leaking black fluid into the river and the grass. One of the sun's rays reaches towards the hanging lemon as if to touch it, while another rests in the river itself as if testing the temperature. Notably, none of the sun's rays come near the goat, instead curving around to avoid being too near.
August 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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#SonicTheHedgehog if I had to redesign him

#Sonic #FurryArt (technically)
Digital art of an anthropomorphic cartoon electric blue hedgehog. He has red shoes and a red shirt with lightning bolt stripes, black athletic pants with a blue vertical stripe on the legs, white gloves with blue straps, and yellow eyes. He is lightly rendered with purple and yellow screentones. Text describes each of his features. A small doodle shows his super form, which has yellow and white quills and electric blue eyes.
August 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Commission Info: sphinxate.carrd.co#coms
Designs UFS: toyhou.se/survivalcraf...
The Bulletin: toyhou.se/~bulletins/2...

#FurryArt #Commissions #FurryAdopts
A screenshot of a Toyhouse bulletin titled "Dog Surgery and Commission Openings." It reads: "My dog unfortunately (and kind of mysteriously) broke both her upper carnassials recently and will probably need surgery to remove them as the breaks exposed pulp. She has an appointment in a couple days to confirm this (which. I am not confident they'll be able to safely look at her mouth. so we may be looking at the cost of sedation for the exam as well :,/) and most likely to run a blood test. Tooth extractions can range a lot in price but considering the costs of the exam visit + anesthesia + blood tests + the extraction itself I am estimating upwards of $1k (even this feels like a lowball but I hesitate to say a higher number in case it somehow manifests it T_T). The timing of this is particularly unfortunate considering I am supposed to start school again later this month and financial aid isn't going to cover my full tuition, let alone lab use fees, materials, textbooks, etc. <- This amount of money was already going to hurt but it was doable with the savings I have." The rest of the same bulletin. It reads: "I won't be able to get large commissions done prior to the surgery, but I will be opening all my commissions to hopefully help recoup some of the cost (or, potentially, to pay towards a payment plan. We'll see) and hopefully have some money for tuition and pet supplies later down the line. I have reference sheets, pixel animation, sketches, pagedolls, and chibis available! Prices and examples through the link. Additionally, I have a bunch of designs up for sale here! I will likely accept the majority of USD and mixed offers on these, even if the offer is a bit lower than the listed value. TLDR: Dog surgery expensive. All coms are open and I have designs UFS. Shares are super appreciated!" Below this are two images with text under them. The images show a close-up of a black and white speckled dog's mouth with the lip pulled back by one finger, exposing the upper carnassial, which has a small piece missing and a dot of pink pulp exposed. The second image shows a small tooth fragment held in a pale skinned hand. In the background the dog is visible looking up at the photographer. The text below reads: "above: one of her broken teeth--the pink dot towards the front of the carnassial is the exposed pulp; the tooth fragment I found that made me check her teeth" A screenshot of the linked commission page. It shows all my commission types and includes examples and prices for each. A screenshot of my sales on Toyhouse. There are a wide variety of designs visible, from dragons, unicorns, and sphinxes to cats, cows, and coatimundis.
August 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Sweet Pea - Amos Lee (for puppybots)

#ArtFight2025
July 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Starsmith ☄️🐺🦄

$30 OBO

toyhou.se/34347071.sta...

#FurryArt #FurryAdopts #CharacterDesign
Digital art of a stylized, anthropomorphic wolf beast with cloven hooves and armor. It holds a pale colored polearm with a star shaped blade in one hand, matching a small horn that extends from its helmet. It has 4 palette variations, including 2 that are various shades of blue and purple, as well as a red and pink variant and a red, orange, and muddy green variant.
July 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM