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Fry Quokka Adoptable

Drawn on stream. waaaa so cute...

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Licorice Giraffe Adoptable

Drawn on stream. I learned about allsorts licorice in the making of this creature.

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hiii no stream today, I had a busy day yesterday and need a bit of a break today <3

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SEPTEMBER MONTHLY SUBSCRIBER ART RAFFLE

And so we enter another month of art as a thank you for my ko-fi subscribers! The random winner will receive a full body lined/shaded (or something of similar value) illustration of a character of their choosing, and a background if I have time/inspiration during the month.

If you're interested in joining the raffle, all you have to do is:

Subscribe to me on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/bethdehart !

Comment on this blog post: https://ko-fi.com/post/SEPTEMBER-MONTHLY-SUBSCRIBER-ART-RAFFLE-I3I31KLPJC !

The raffle will be open to enter until the 8th of September!!! If you are entering, please have in mind what you would like for your prize and keep references handy in case you are picked, so that I can get started as soon as possible. :)

Previous prizes:

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Nichetember? -tober?

So lately I've been working on a little speculative ecosystem project, picking back up the work I did about four years ago. A lot of those creatures were designed for prompts for an art challenge that I just happened decided to use in that way, but I was thinking how much I'd like to have an actual list of prompts geared towards the goal I set for myself. Which lead me to making up this, a little list of prompts based on very broad ecological concepts so as to be as applicable as possible to the widest possible range of different projects.

Producer - give me an autotroph ie. an animal that feeds directly on an energy source, like light, radiation, or chemicals

Primary Consumer - predator of the autotroph you just made (cows are predators of grass!)

Secondary Consumer - now what’s something that eats that animal.

Tertiary Consumer - or an “Apex predator”, an organism with no natural predators of its own

Decomposer - something that consumes the remains of any of the previous organisms.

Parasite of any of the above organisms

Hyperparasite ie. something that parasitizes that parasite

Coprophage - something that eats dung

Ecosystem engineer - an organism that creates habitats for other organisms

An organism with a hard shell, carapace, etc.

Durophagic predator of previous organism

An organism which occupies different trophic levels in its adult and immature forms

A sessile organism

An organism that with a symbiotic relationship with any of the previous organisms

An autotroph small enough to fit on your fingertip

An autotroph small enough to fit in your hand

An autotroph taller than a house.

Autotroph with specialized defenses

Autotroph that depends on a symbiotic relationship

The organism the previous organism depends on

A fossorial organism

An aquatic organism

A cursorial predator

An ambush predator

An organism that utilizes mimicry

An organism not visible to the naked eye

An R selected species - an organism which has many offspring, each with a low chance of survival

A K selected species - an organism which has few offspring, each with a high chance of survival

A keystone species - an organism who’s presence defines the ecosystem it is a part of, without it this ecosystem would not exist in the same state

An extremely specialized organism

An adaptable generalist

This is formatted as a month-long challenge, but I don't think anyone needs to approach it that way if they want to do it.

Part of the goal of this is to not just design organisms, but to think about how each thing you design interacts with the other creatures, and how they form an ecosystem together!

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Horsies Batch 1

Testing out my horse base and made some cute adoptables! These are sooo fun to make I love horsies.

1: https://ko-fi.com/s/0d500ced42

2: https://ko-fi.com/s/4bd8458429 

3: https://ko-fi.com/s/943b044c97 

You can also find the base here: https://ko-fi.com/s/d9dc07d615 !

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Bivalvey Guys

I love them.........

ID: 7 sketch illustrations of cartoon bivalves with little blobby creatures inside with big eyes and little arms.

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Corn Dog Taur Adoptable

Drawn on stream. So corny.

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The Girls

The Things I Love About Charlotte

I love her eyes and how they glow honey-red in the sunlight, and how they squeeze tight when she’s happy. I love it when she hums little songs when she thinks I’m still asleep in the morning. I love when she holds me close, so warm and enveloping in her arms.

I love it when she carries me around on her back– she’s so much faster than I am, so it’s usually just easier to go places like that, even though we always get weird looks. 

She’s so cute when she’s playing with my niece, and so gentle with her despite how much bigger she is. I love how much bigger she is than me too. I love her thick, black fur. I feel like I could get lost in it when she holds me. I love her smell, like pines and soft decaying leaves underfoot, ozone and something herbal.

I love when she teases me, even though I pretend like I hate it. She nips at my heels, my hands, my clothes, my hair, wherever will make me roll my eyes the hardest at her. I love her crooked beak, and how she clicks it together when she’s thinking hard about something.

I love it when she pulls me closer with her long, fluffy tail. I love listening to her talk in her strange language I could never hope to replicate even if I tried. I love it when she says her pet names for me in her tritonal voice.

I love helping her take baths, even if it is a whole-day ordeal practically. It takes forever for the water to soak into her mountains of fur, forever to apply enough soap to clean all of her, and even longer for her to dry out completely. She hates it, but we put fun music on to make the time go by faster while I spray her with the hose in the backyard.

I love her, even when we argue over big and small things. She always finds me after we’ve both settled down and rests her massive head on mine, rumbling apologies and affirmations in her chest. Even when I’m the one apologizing, she’s so calm and understanding.

I love it when I’m reading in bed and she lays her head on my lap and starts to snore.

I love it when we’re eating breakfast together and she’s still sleep-groggy.

I love it when the fur on her neck and hackles raise when she’s flustered.

I could go on and on and on forever about how much I love Charlotte, and all the little things she means to me, but I suppose at the end of the day I just have to say that I’m so happy she’s a part of my life. I love her so much. And I will always love her.

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August 2025 Subscriber Art

A lovely Anu for Myriad! This was so fun, I like how the cell-shading experiment came out.

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Pizza Flavored Triceratops Adoptable

Drawn on stream. I love a triceratops... so cool.

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Stream is live!!! Drawing food-themed furries :)  https://twitch.tv/beefstatic  :D

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Stream will be live in about 30ish mins!!  https://twitch.tv/beefstatic :)

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streaming tomorrow around 11 am pst! More food-themed adopts! Follow me on twitch so you don't miss it! https://twitch.tv/beefstatic  :D

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Burp Base Adoptables

I always have fun making these cuties. (Base is by burp on th!)

Celestial pizza: https://ko-fi.com/s/557351fd86 

Sunset Plushie: https://ko-fi.com/s/f92d31450c 

Purple Peacock: https://ko-fi.com/s/d1a26e9d88 

Cream Wolf: https://ko-fi.com/s/614e66ddfc 

Buttercup Bouquet: https://ko-fi.com/s/553b75215d 

Autumn Toad Pup: https://ko-fi.com/s/9ae6b6f7d1

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Burp Base Adoptables

I always have fun making these cuties. (Base is by burp on th!)

Celestial pizza: https://ko-fi.com/s/557351fd86 

Sunset Plushie: https://ko-fi.com/s/f92d31450c 

Purple Peacock: https://ko-fi.com/s/d1a26e9d88 

Cream Wolf: https://ko-fi.com/s/614e66ddfc 

Buttercup Bouquet: https://ko-fi.com/s/553b75215d 

Autumn Toad Pup: https://ko-fi.com/s/9ae6b6f7d1

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Anthro Horse Base

Check it out! Been a hot second since I made a base. Love me a horse :2

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