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therawlewit.bsky.social
The Raw Le Wit
@therawlewit.bsky.social
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Furry Artist based in Melbourne, VIC with zero online footprint.
This account is an interface to that world.

Sometimes, is a very confused deer.
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Sketches, referenced from photos and google street view. To Melbourne locals, guess where the last two are from.

1. Featuring a #noodleshop run by Perch, nostalgic for noodle soup in the morning

2. A hot food shop in #melbourne, run by a Dragon?

3. A Japanese #bakery

#sketch #sketchbook
Sketch of a busy noodle shop on the street. Commonly found in residential city neighbourhoods, a drinks box on the right, and the main kitchen is a wagon on the left with instant packet noodles, a fryer and two propane tanks. Two large umbrellas provide shade and protection from rain. Perch is standing behind the drinks bar as guest are served their meals inside the building. A corner shop in the deli section of Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne. They serve hot foods there. It seems to have been closed for cleaning as a dragon adorned with deli olives and cheese pokes their head out to inform customers. A Japanese Bakery in a not so hidden alleyway in Melbourne. It's pretty easy to spot since there will normally be a line of people reaching all the way to the street. They produce a wide variety of pastries displayed in cuboid display cases right by the entrance.
October 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Progress pictures of the painting below. I wanted to try painting something and using layers and clipping masks. The background was done mostly as one layer, the rock, chest and bubbles were a layer each.

#wips #furry #furryart #digitalart
Line work of two furry fish characters at a picnic. Flat artwork of two furry fish characters on a picnic. We have some more snacks floating away! Render of two furry fish. After placing the flat colours beneath the linework, the next step is to colour over the lines. This is where most of the time goes usually. Usually it's to cover lines. Background of the painting. It started out supposed to be a forest clearing, like a school yard cut into a forest. It then became an underwater scene as I added more reds and suggested larger kelp-like shape. Then came the sky blue and made it official.
September 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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I like sketching food. It's one of my comfort subjects, see alts for descriptions.
#sketch #food #wetmarket #horse #oguri_cap
Xiao Long Bao anyone? Rich pork and ginger broth steamed in a thinly rolled bun. Watch out as it is served scalding hot on the inside. Best dipped in a rice vinegar with crisp ginger. A market scene: this was taken from a google street view of a corner in Phnom Penh's Toul Tom Pong market. It's dingy, wet, very loud, but bustling with grocery and general goods, and amenities. A corner shop sells meat sandwiches, fresh smoothies and Char Kway fries in the background. A horse eats: while in a group chat Oguri Cap was mentioned. His reputation as a big eater was pretty funny. Now retired at a farm, I'd imagine he'd be eating quite well, in this case an entire half watermelon to eat. Also on this page are fluffy Tempura dipped in saucd, and Samyangtang, a ginseng chicken soup perfect for winters.
August 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Shout outs to #tinyglade I totally didn't build this scene just for the painting.
Tiny Glade photo of a green pavilion on a hill in winter. White snow coats the top of its pointed roof. A house in the distance shows that this pavilion is close to settlements.
August 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Thumbnails made for the painting. First few thumbnails focused on showing the architecture. And it changed into trying to get the two characters centre frame.
Initial thumbnails one. What sort of shot? A close up or focus on the characters. Eventually the characters one over. Thumbnail "7" was the basis of the composition used in the final piece. Thumbnail sketches 2. All of these have the two characters in frame at varying distances. Most of these place them symmetrically in the centre. As the thumbnails become more fleshed out figuring out values is the next step in the list. The snow covered roofs mean the top can just be bright white. Shading was done using a mix of light pencil and dry pen brush. Alternative full pen brush version of the before thumbnail. This one is more vertical and moved things closer together.
August 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Here are the wips for this commission.
#furry #furryart #artwips #derg #availi
Pencil sketch of the two characters having their tea session together. By now the composition has been settled and painting begins. Digitised scan of pencil sketch laid over initial rough thumbnails Lined drawing with preliminary shading. Initially I want to have a high key feel. Colour flats laid beneath the line layer. The lighting direction has changed, and the colours of the pavillion were based of a reference photo.
August 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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@senshark.bsky.social and Perch having a picnic in the water. If there were a place where kelp and sea grass grows in brackish water (both fresh and sea water), these two would be meeting there regularly.
Painting of two fish characters, a blue great white shark and a green climbing perch, enjoying a picnic underwater. An ornamental chest bubbling in the background among the kelp forest. The shark is eating a Nom-Kbong នំក្បុង, a Khmer desert made from steamed glutinous rice wrapped in a pyramid. Unfortunately, sugar dissolves easily underwater, as the tea they brought with them diffuses into the surrounding water.
August 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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July 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Another sketch dump, this time featuring:
1. A morning sketch session
2. Sketch of trains and trams and a gecko en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_du...
3. I walked past a Rainbow Lorikeet couple building a nest very low to ground level.
#furryart #metrotrains #lorikeet #sketch
Collection of sketches of furry characters done in the morning. The underdrawing was done using a blue ballpoint pen (possibly the best tool out there). From top left to bottom right: an anthropomorphic Perch sleeping against a box; a deer character wrapped in a thick blanket in an armchair warming themselves to a cup of hot chocolate; a lynx on a day out dripping a sparkling in streetwear; and a deer waiter, dressed in a vest and holding a closhe. A sketch based on the public transport seen throughout Melbourne, Australia. An Alstrom Xtrapolis train zips through a rail tunnel, emerging from a brick archway. A tram dings above as pedestrians walk by. Oh and surprise Gecko~ Two rainbow lorikeets were excavating a nest in a tree hollow. The couple were having a conversation about the suitability of the property. "Honey, this hole is too low. Let's find another," said a concerned one. Its partner replied, "In this economy?"
July 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Sketches from last year

1. "Come here often?" -- July '24
2. Snow Leopard study for bsky.app/profile/ther.... They have a lot of cheek fluff. -- Nov '24
3. Boarding a flight from a space dock, sketched while my flight was delayed -- Jul '24
4. Perch discovers coconuts -- Apr '24
"So.... you come here often? The water is nice, warm and herbal. Great for skin, come stay a while. Don't mind the carrots and vegetables. They really bring out those pores." A "Steamboat" or hotpot setup with on a picnic fabric with plates of bokchoy, mushrooms and sliced meat. A deer gazes on waiting for the fish to be ready to cook. Snow leopard study required for a commission. This one focused on how the eyes, nose, ears and chin relate to each other. There's a lot of fluff as these animals live in really cold environments. A sketch of an airport and how the gates would be visible against the blackness of space. It's weird that planes would take on in space as there would be no atmosphere. Passengers to walk the tarmac on the moon would wear a flexible bubble helmet, astronaut suits, or just normal suits. Fawn and Puffball also found themselves floating in zero gravity, unsure of what to do to get to their flight. Perch finds a ដូង /doung/ (Coconut). Perch drinks the coconut water and finds that they really like it. It's not too sweet, slight salty, and very refreshing. Perch finds out alcohol can be made out of coconuts to much surprise.
July 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Thanks @senshark.bsky.social for this commission. I love how goober Perch looks wearing his deer costume. I bet it's comfy.

Commission was done by @dinoboirex.bsky.social .
Perch dresses up in a comfy deer outfit. The orange and brown clothes come with a large loose scarf of matching green. He smiles dreamily like greeting a friend.
July 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Silly Deer sketches dating back from the start of the year! Featuring:

1. Murtabak
2. The two faces of deer - a deerchotomy
3. Water - forever refreshing
4. Fawn and their puffball friend
5. Identity Crisis - without antlers a deer looks like a kangaroo...

#furryart #deer #sketches #murtabak
Murtabak - Indonesia's sweet, savoury, filling desert gift to the world - this one was a peanut and Nutella filling. Followed by the two states of deer: innocent and goober, oblivious to the car accident they've caused; and cryptid cervid, fully aware of the injuries they've cause by tipping the Kinetic Bus. Water - forever refreshing. This deer finds nothing better than a cold one, or a warm one. Drinking from a cup of water while in a high rise looking to the traffic below. Fawn and Puffball! These are two friends in a writing project I have. We don't quite know what Puffball is, but they are really puffy, which hides their legs and make them look like they float just slightly off the ground. Fawn is a bit lost, but it's a loyal friend. When a deer doesn't have their horns, they can look very much like a kangaroo. Or maybe that's just my current skill...
June 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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More drawings of deer - Chess Deer.
Dii. He's actually based on someone I know growing up playing Khmer Chess with a lot. Mixed between a mountain goat and a deer. More sketches on chess and deer. The pose in this one is very much like the "Ace Trainers" you would find at the end of a Pokemon game. This character is based on a gazelle. Reuben on the other hand might be your rival, modelled after a bull and shares their temperament.
May 31, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Sketches from last year on "Furry Khmer / Thai Chess pieces." I essentially put a helmet on a dog.

#furry #furryart #sketch
A friend of mine suggested 3D printing furry chess pieces like the ones from Harry Potter: a kobold or fawn pawn, a quadruped hyena, a horse horse, a stork bishop holding a mace (a frog would have resembled a bishop more), a queen fox wielding a rapier, and a king dog with sword and shield. Scribbles of what a "Dog King" would dress like. Bangkeaw dog wearing a headpiece shaped after the King and Queen pieces from hit boardgame Ouk Chatrang (Khmer Chess).
May 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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I'm posting some sketches down this thread. These are the highlights over the past year. It's pretty common for sketches to be on a wide variety of subjects:

Over spring I did a bit of swimming in the morning. There were these seagulls messing around the kiddy pool.
The wading poll was beneath a triangular canopy. Three handrails sweep along an arc into the shallow water and seemed like metals straws drinking from the water. A low hedge and chain fence formed the perimeter of the swimming centre. A group of seagulls gather around the water, chasing and vocalising as they do: "Bob, you gotta stop drinking the pool water." Close up of the seagulls. One of them hides their face in sheer embarrassment at its colleague's perseverance drinking pool water. "I swear to clucking Christ Bob!" The honcho of the seagull group wanders off, grumbling to itself the lost cause the Don has left with him: "I can't believe the Don left me with that bird brain."
May 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Thank you @shapeshifter.bsky.social for this amazing painting of Perch. He's in the water, bathing (washing the stink off in muddy water...) living his river monster life. 🎣
Painting of an anthropomorphic climbing Perch bathing in a lotus pond. Pink flowers and tall leaves reach high into the sky, a safe enclosure of various shades of verdant, spring green, and fushia.
May 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Thank you @lamiace.bsky.social and @senshark.bsky.social for this amazing piece of Perch. A kaiju looming over the Juban District filming its happenings (It's so good!)
A picture of an anthropomorphic Climbing Perch holding a video camera filming a diorama of Juban District - the fictitious setting of the album Shinbangumi by hit City Pop artist Ginger Root - a blend of 80s Japan and America.
May 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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I think it's the opposite. Deer taught humans what mewing is. Case and point:
Water can possibly taste this good.
March 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Hot summer days are soon to be over. Go grab a dip when you can before the waters freeze.
Sketch of an anthropomorphic fish character leaning on a swimming pool wall, feeling the water on his scales and fins with a young coconut on the side.
March 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Perch finds himself in a conundrum over a game of Ouk. What move to prioritise? Whoever he's up against really knows their stuff (and did something white doesn't see from a mile away).

Thank you @senshark.bsky.social for this gift!

Art is by: www.instagram.com/pikunuuki
Coloured drawing of a green climbing perch contemplating his moves over a chessboard.
March 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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As usual, here are the sketches and wips. Check out the alts for a full description.
Three rough sketches to form a complete turnaround. While the character does not have intricate markings or small features, he does have a geometric challenge in how the head frill stretches out, or collapses in space, depending on how the head is orientated. Drawing those frills in a foreshortened context was the objective of the third pose. This is essentially treated as a gesture drawing. Detailed sketch. This is where I want to solve all the design and perspective problems before ever moving to the next stage. The third post presented a challenge: "skirt fins," tail view, and the foreshortened angle of the head frills. I knocked back Perch's head there as to force the frill to extend outward, wrap and collapse on itself to justify the "S" shaped gesture. A similar thing happens in the first pose, where the graphical "D" curve of the head frill should also go backwards into space (as if it wasn't being bent to the right). Added line. Here thicker lines were used to denote places in shadow or significant edges. The scales were placed sporadically but generally done in clumps. To really get the thickness of a line just right, the lasso tool was used to sculpt where the "ink" would settle. Key (flat) colours. This forms the palette which artists or makers could reference without the influence of lighting. The colour scheme was already settled at this point, and I joke that Perch is in fact new Yarra Trams mascot with the green and yellow.
March 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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A ref sheet for my character Perch. He is a Climbing Perch, a species invasive to Queensland Australia and native to South East Asia.

It may be surprising to some that this fish is a delicacy considering how spiny/bony they are: sketchfab.com/3d-models/cl....

#furry #furryart #fish
Character reference sheet of a green Climbing Perch fursona. Orange frills ribbed with vermillion spines run down the middle of their head down to their upper back, and a pair of similar frills wrapper across his chest like a robe. His back is adorned with shimmering scales that catch light from whichever angle. Two large fins extend from his hips forming a skirt along the sides. His thick tail fans out at the end like the head of a toothbrush, and is stripped with broad white bands. His shins are similarly decorated.
March 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Hmmm.... La pizza.
Tried out Drawpile this morning. The variety of brushes was intimidating. I liked the 'MyPaint' hard brush most.

#furryArt #drawpile #deer
Picture of a furry deer character daydreaming excitedly over pizza. A nice slice of pepperoni pizza topped with silky mozzarella and drippy gorgonzola.
January 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Created a four panel comic about one of the elephant statues photographed in the original post. A quote podcast had said that if the last structures to go, if humanity were to suddenly disappear, would be these quarried stone structures like these. (Prasat Ta Prohm would point otherwise).
A stone statue of an elephant in for panels. It is being finished in the first panel by the people of a bygone kingdom, a small addition to an otherwise sprawling city complex. The second panel shows it abandoned in deep jungle, a monitor lizard sunbathing on its back. The third panel shows it being used as a lookout point for a band of militia, as fires razed the villages in the background. The fourth, and most recent panel, shows the elephant in the present day, surrounded by flowering trees in springtime as visitors gather by its base.
January 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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2015 - 2024. There was mainly growth in form, value structuring and composition. I've also fully pivoted to furry art around this year. In terms of art programs, I've been using a lot more of the freeform lasso tool to paint and remove.
#furryArt #furry #art #progress
My first published piece of digital art: a coloured line drawing of a person chewing through a sugar cane in a field. A fox accompanies him in enjoying the treat. My latest completed piece of digial art: a snow leopard fursona having their mint choc ice-cream on the pier.
December 20, 2024 at 3:25 AM