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Probably the last one for today- but here's my girl!!

Again, vestals in this AU start off with one tail that splits into two as they grow.

They also have 'clawed' paws.

Idk what else to say- but- again- here's my girl!

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Joooooeee!!! <3

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Here comes Masquerade too

Fun fact, the tip of his tail is the same color as Alice's hair/fur.

Always on his hind legs. Rarely on all 4s.

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Heeeere's Alice-

In the original version I kinda gave her like- a cape? I was trying to keep clothing at a minimum. But I've doodled a cat version of Katie and gave her the dress so I thought I could do something for Cat Alice too-

So umm- kind of kept the "cape" feel to the dress.

Also did a pose on her hind legs- I can image she might switch stances when needed.

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It's been a while since I did some work for the catverse, trying to pick back up the updates/redraws. Here's Julie.

Honestly nothing changed from the last design, just a redraw.

Idk what else to say- but I like Julie she's a pretty neat character.

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It has been a while but Shadow and Mylene are here.

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In the car

Kind of a redraw to this trend piece I did last year

Not the best as I was trying to experiment with things here.

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yeah- I have commissions open- if anyone is interested.

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some vestal sketches. i don't draw them enough fr

i'm being bullied by school, maybe i can draw more later sigh

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hey folks if you have an android phone: google shadow installed a "security app".

I had to go and delete it myself this morning.

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why do I even bother with trying to find a job when i could just scam people on the internet? 💀

I'm joking but man I don't like scammers- I'm already stressing over not having an income. I close the paypal(dot)me link but I may need to do a new e-mail just for my paypal account this is the second time a scammer is trying to request money from me

If you get a random money request, pro tip just look up that name up. By doing so I learned it was a scam so now I don't feel like shit for denying that request.

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List of commission scam;art scam accounts.

bigellev - Commission scam | tremendous12 - NFT scam | iloveartworks - Commission scam | thoughtfulnibble - Commission scam | furrynachodelusion - Commission scam | optimisticdefendorluminary - Commission scam | queen0956 - Commissioner scam | emily4637 - Commissioner scam | ashleymitche - Commissioner scam | lindalewis78 - Commission scam |

(Will add more as I find them)

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IMPORTANT - Art Commission Scam

I have updated the art commission scam post with critical and terrifyingly new information that has come to my attention. (Thank you @elrealelchunk!)

Scammers are now threatening to send your private information to law enforcement if you do not send them money.

This is 100% a scare tactic. You do not have to comply.

Your information is safe. Remember, they are scammers.

Just remember the golden rule:

You should never have to give money to get money.

Please make sure to share the updated version of the art commission scam post, and if you know artists, or even follow artists, ask them if they are aware of this scam, and if they're not, please make them aware of it by sharing this post:

This is just... so horribly disgusting. The fact that this can really mess with someone mentally and make them lose out on hundreds of dollars. How much of a deplorable excuse for a human being can you be to try and scam someone like this.

PayPal would never say something like this to someone, and the fact they're stooping this low just infuriates me.

Art tags are added and are relevant because as many artists as possible need to know about this as this would affect their livelihood.

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🔎Scam Exam(ination)🔍

Seen as: I would like a commission of my son/pet... Scam Type: Commission Scam

Being open to commissions isn't uncommon if you're an artist.

You may often find yourself receiving messages from strangers looking to commission you for a picture of their OC or even their favorite ship.

But if you receive a message like this, you should be careful you don't fall into a scammers trap.

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How it starts:

it starts by receiving a message from another user requesting a commission. Again, typical common practice if you're an artist.

What they ask for at the start, is usually the first red flag.

Images provided by: (1)@neogandw, (2)@foggywiz4rd, (3-4)@maikaartwork

🚩Red flag's (part 1)🚩

I want you to draw my son/daughter.

I want you to draw my son/daughter's pet.

It's a blank blog with no posts/reblogs

It's a blog that's only a few days/week old.

While this request seems simple enough, this scam gets worse.

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An offer too good to refuse:

Now you may be thinking, 'surely this can't be bad or malicious, right?' They just want you to draw a picture of their child or their child's pet! And that's definitely what the scammer wants you to think. Which is what brings us to the next set of red flags:

Left image from @neogandw, right image from @maikaartwork

🚩Red flag's (part 2)🚩

'I will pay you $200-$500+' (an amount way way beyond your normal asking price.)

'I just want the best you can do.' (They don't know how to answer questions related to details such as pose, background, style, objects you want included, etc.)

'It's for their birthday/holiday' - ' I want it done as soon as possible.' (They will push that you do this with a sense of urgency so you don't ask questions.)

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The Catch:

Now, if you haven't reported and blocked them by now, and you agree to take this persons commission, this is where the catch to this scam comes into play.

If you tell the scammer to send you an invoice, they will refuse.

If you tell them to use your preferred method, they will refuse.

Those methods just 'wont/don't work', you see.

What they really want, is your PayPal email and your name.

From here they will say that they sent you payment, and that you should check your email. Or that 'they got an email and something went wrong' and that you should check your email.

And here is where the scam comes to ahead.

They will send you a fake email meant to look like it came from PayPal that looks like the ones shown below:

Second image provided by @badlibbing -----

What this means / How this works:

In the case of screenshot one (provided by @neogandw) the 'MONALISA' is the person who was trying to commission them.

The payment hasn't 'went through', and the e-mail (from 'fake PayPal') is saying that they, the artist, needs to send $200 to 'MONALISA' to 'expand the limit' of their account to get the $500 that is owed to them.

Think about this for a second.

If your account is limited, why would you need to send another PayPal user money to 'unlock' your account or 'expand it', and not just contact PayPal itself to try and resolve that issue...?

There are also a handful of red flags in this email alone.

🚩Red flag's (part 3)🚩

The sender address is not from an official paypal.com address, but instead a gmail.com address. This means that this came from a person, not a company.

The formatting. Let's be frank, no official email from PayPal will ever look like this.

The spelling/grammar issues are everywhere.

Weird url's at the bottom of the email. (I removed them for safety reasons)

Additionally: You may also find or see links in this emails instructing you to 'go here' to unlock your account. These are phishing (wikipedia) links that they will use to steal your PayPal login information. Never click links in emails asking you to 'fix an issue' with your account unless you can verify who the sender is.

If you send these people your money, you will get blocked and never see them again. That's just how this scam goes...

If you'd like another variation of this scam which talks about money wiring, you can check out @maikaartwork's version by clicking here!

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Final thoughts:

If you fall for a scam like this, thankfully there still might be hope.

Contact PayPal and explain what happened in detail. Show them every shred of evidence that you have showing that you were scammed including the name of who scammed you, and the email that sent you the scam, and who you wound up sending the money to.

If you use the messaging system that uses the AI chat bot, ask it repeatedly to 'speak to a real person' until you get sent to a live agent. (this is stupidly frustrating but sadly it's what you have to do.)

And remember, take screenshots and report these users to the websites they are running these scams on. If they DM you on tumblr? Report the DM. If they do it on insta, bsky, twitter or even discord?

Make sure you report them there too.

ALSO: Beware of recovery scammers. This is anyone coming into your DM's telling you they can 'help you get your money back' after you made a post talking about how you got scammed. These scammers are just looking for a quick buck.

Here's a post about ethical hackers (aka recovery scammers)

Other helpful guides on spotting scams. (by @kyra45)

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I like to think that I improved.

This is an old character I had when I was in an old pokemon group.

The old version was supposed to be an electric-type eevee/sentret fusion. The redraw drops this "type swap" since it was only a color palette swap.

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Oh hey it's been a while