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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙
@themoonkestrel.bsky.social
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Photosensitive Fox. Book lover. Blogger. Artist. Nerd. Engineer. Writer. Gamer. Aerialist. Geek. Streamer. She/her.
'May your ink never mix with your tea.'
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One of the things I've been doing that take time is a new discipline (if I had the money and time I would get a degree on this) of circus. This is a tiny snippet from last week. Which I have improved significantly on this week. #cyrWheel #circusArts
October 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Knit and Mischief sleeping in a blanket of shadows
A sketch of a young woman wrapped in shadow like a blanket. She hugs a fluffy sheep that also sleep and is curled up with her legs towards her chest. She seems at peace in the blanket of shadows.
September 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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More OC sketches. I really need to get back to drawing this story (the codename doesn't fit anymore but it was WBT)
Knit has a cute sidekick, Mischief, fluffy, cute and good at getting into trouble.
Sketch of a young woman holding a fluffy sheep that is like a ball of wool with a cute face and tiny little legs. She has her hair up in a messy bun, and is wearing an asymmetric corset with a bit flowing skirt. There are star details in her clothes and some striped armbands on the top of her arm.
September 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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A fancast of Knit being in Prey (2017), including the Not a Mimic sticky note with the "Arkane" A as per the game.
Spiral notebook with a sketch of a young woman in a space suit with a big cannon like gun and fending off some kind of shadows. On top a yellow sticky note says "Not A Mimic!". Next to the notebook you can see a shark fountain pen, a pencil and another fountain pen.
September 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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I rarely ever post art of my OCs, but whatever, here we go.
Knit is showing The Captain some of her dream magic, which is a big act of trust since she finds her magic a little scary and uncontrollable. #KnitAndTheCaptain
Snowflakes frame a couple. On the left, a young man with a military jacket is looking down at the young woman's hand and holding it gently. The young woman is holding her hand to the man. From it a crescent moon an stars seem to materialise in a smokey colourway.
September 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Just a girl contemplating running away with the circus (signing up to a cyr wheel course at the national circus school).
July 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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"To love another is something like prayer and it can't be planned, you just fall into its arms because your belief undoes your disbelief" — Anne Sexton

Old one but I love these characters and that quote.
Pencil sketch on a notepad of a young man wearing a flannel shirt holding his partners hand. He kisses he forehead and a little heart hovers over. His partner is shorter, wearing dark long sleeved top, has curly long hair, wears glasses and smiles holding his hand back. At the top of the sketch is the following quote in Moon's handwriting "To love another is something like prayer and it can't be planned, you just fall into its arms because your belief undoes your disbelief" — Anne Sexton. The paper used is front a stationery pad that has printed at the bottom "KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON" in red.
June 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Cover Reveal time for The Sky of Sacrifice, sequel to The Great Library of Tomorrow. #TheSkyofSacrifice @blackcrowpr.bsky.social #tomorrowlandfiction #BookofWisdom #TheGreatLibraryofTomorrow #fantasyreads @blackstonepub.bsky.social‬ @turnarounduk.bsky.social‬ @textpublishing.bsky.social‬
June 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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In weird things, my #BaldursGate3 inspired hairstyle got many people to stop and compliment or comment on it today at #UKGE
Moon takes a selfie. She's in a 3/4 profile with her hairdo being two braids in tones of purple for the purple bottom layer of hair, and two blue and aquamarine space buns (one each side but only one visible). Shehas a curly fringe, wears glasses and her hair is very long so the braids continue out of shot. She wears a grey t-shirt and you can see a peek of her tattoo sleeve on her arm
May 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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The Black Crow Book of Best New Horror (Volume 1)
13 original tales to terrify in a brand new anthology showcasing the very best and bizarre in horror fiction

Publishing 07 October from Black Crow Books worldwide
Original design, artwork and logo by Rian Hughes
www.waterstones.com/book/the-bla...
April 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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I am also not sure why the top lost the gif Ness to it. So here's the final version again.
Animated gif of a fox and wolf nestled sleeping at together forming a circle. Each is half of the circle with their tail on the other side wrapping around the other, snouts touching. Flowers and details bloom in and out around them to complete their nest. It is in full colour with a big variety of plants circling them.
March 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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And for those curious, you can see a halfway process 😂 everything was drawn by hand then turned digital by me.
Halfway piece of the fox and wolf. A fox and a wolf in colour are entwined and forming a circle. Around them in Just linear are the flowers and details to be coloured and animated.
March 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Human artist, let's QRT with your work !
Before After
Sketch in pencil of a fox and a wolf sleeping entwined making a circle with their tails over each other and snouts touching. Animated gif of a fox and a wolf entwined in sleep each forming half of a circle and touching snouts, tails wrapped around the side of each other. Flowers blossom in and out all around them to form a "nest" they rest in. It is all in colour and digitalised, with lots of small details.
March 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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About a month ago feeling down, I hugged a giant pikachu but did not take it home.
This weekend I found giant Snorlax and couldn't resist it.
He is the softest blue boi and I love him.
Moon is hugging a giant squishmallow Pikachu in Costco. She's wearing a knitted headband that matches her hair colours, an umbreon jumper and black trousers. She's very happy and finds pikachu comforting. Giant squishmallow Snorlax sits in a shopping trolley.
March 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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This is the lovely little thing. It's so cute!
A magnetic bookmark on the left, with a fox sleeping km a pile of books. Then a postcard of a fountain pen, highlighter and a pencil smiling and saying Pen pals!. Two stickers to the left, one us a fox with glasses reading that says just one more chapter and the other is a fox reading against a pile of cushions. The book says busy escaping reality.
February 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Love like a dream, like you're never waking... (Open Water by blessthefall and Lights)
Sketch of a bear curled up to sleep and a little fox also curled up sleeping against it. Their snouts touch and they look comfortable sleeping.
February 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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A bit of sunshine for the dark days, and a cup of tea. In one of my favourite places to be (on a hoop/aerial apparatus).
Picture was, taken by Fremily Photography.
In a forest, between trees and sunlight shining through the leaves, moon sits inside a lyra hoop hanging. She smiles at the camera while holding a cup of tea and with her feet raised and poised against the hoop on tiptoes. She wears a floaty mini skirt and looks very comfortable enjoying her cup of tea while sitting in a hoop.
January 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Someone took pictures. Enjoy!
The ring bread was the best I've ever made, extra fluffy and airy and absolutely delicious!
Five homemade traditional piñatas lay on the patio floor, a fire pit is on it's side behind them and a storage box. The piñatas have 7 points and have a mix of tissue paper patterns and decorations. Rosca de Reyes. Traditional Mexican bread for epiphany with fruit. This one was so fluffy it filled the hole of the ring up with bread but you can see the stripes in decoration with cherries, apricots, sugar and a variety of fruit. It is a definitely homemade. Pot full of hot chocolate, which has a lovely bit of foam on top. In the pot is a traditional wooden "molinillo" (mill for hot chocolate) for the hot chocolate. It is made in water with just cocoa, sugar and cinnamon. Moon sits crossed legged on the floor holding Vixy (her pomeranian golden dog on her lap). Vixy has a happy face and is looking at the camera, whereas Moon is chatting with someone outside of the picture and not looking at the camera. Behind her is part of a TV and a bookcase. She sits on a Leafon rug.
January 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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One of those projects was this, done in 2017 (how I've grown as an artist since then).
Here are some of the sketches for the final product. Despite the growth, I still love this concept and piece.
Sketchbooks page with two designs. They are both in a circular shape. The top one depicts a girl with a flower crown, a bird flying near her while she reads a book, her ankles crossed. The one below shows the girl now facing the opposite way, with flowers growing around her, delicate boots and no birds, she also reads a book. Cleaner sketch that mixes some of the concepts in the two before. A circle of ivy and plants contains a girl reading a book against a tree trunk. A rabbit peers from a bush and she has a flower crown on her head. The sketch is delicate and has a feathery quality to the lines.
January 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Pretty frosted flowers this morning during our walk.
Close up of a flower with frost covering each petal heavily. The grass underneath is also frosted.
January 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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I am enjoying my Tom's Studio Wren. It's very economical in ink usage, consistent flow, easy glide on the page and is just very nice to use, so I'm enjoying writing again even if it is just word dumps.
Part of the box of the Wren pen, the note that comes with the order in kraft paper, it has ink tests on the top. Above an ink sampler for a blue green ink with a label for the ink, and the Wren pen with a body in a deep navy and the top of the pen in the a deep metallic green.
December 11, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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A little bit of cosy gentle love.
Simple sketch of a bear and a fox. Their backs towards the viewer,, with the fox resting it's head towards the bear and it's tail wrapped around the bear's. Lines are gentle and little hearts float between them.
December 10, 2024 at 1:18 PM
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If you see this, post something monochromatic 🖤

This was a lot of fun, and I like this twisty pose a lot too.
Sketch of moon on a crescent moon "hoop" her top arms are grabbing the top slightly twisted, twisting her body as she lean out, with one leg straight on the bottom of the hoop crescent and the other folded inwards towards the straight one. Sketch is black and whitein pencil. Stars dot the area.
December 7, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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QRP with your header art

A personal #sketch I still love loads.
View from the top. Sketch of Moon as she lies curled up hugging herself and hiding some flowers against her chest. Her hair flows and has flowers in it. Strewn around her are letters, notes, books, sketches of other pieces, her drawing tools like pencils and pens. Also balled up pieces of paper, a controller, her phone, a bottle of pills and many pieces of paper. She seems melancholic and lost in thought.
December 4, 2024 at 12:14 PM
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How it started and how it's going now.
Maybe if I stick to it, I might finish before Christmas!
Messy sketch of a gif with a santa hat on, riding a giant wolf to reach the top of a Christmas tree. Drawing on an ipad in procreate. You can see Moon's fingers holding the pencil and covering part of the picture. A green Christmas tree on the left, plain. On the right side a girl with a glittery jumper, a skirt and a santa hat reaches for the top of the tree. She's seated on top of a giant wolf that has a moon and star between his ears.
December 4, 2024 at 12:09 PM