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I have taken to drawing on post-it notes and sticking them around my job! If you somehow find these in the wild, no you didn't!

I've alluded to the fact that I currently work with animals, and let's just say a lot of... depressing and frustrating things happen on the daily. (I dont work at a bad place! It's a lovely place that cares so so much). It's my way of making people smile and work out my own little bad feelings.

Maybe they make someone else smile and shake off bad feelings, too :)

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Even more Art Fight attacks!!!!!!!!

Poka belongs to YourHumbleNarrator and Neapolitan Girl belongs to Tangerinepoop.

Minato belongs to fridge-ghost and Vulture belongs to PlaugedVulture.

??? belongs to Fanceyfib and Milkyway belongs to Weeb_a_woof.

My Art fight can be found at https://artfight.net/~ThePaintedSable!!

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More of Art Fight 2025!!

And some little doodles I did on the 4th of July while waiting for fireworks.

Kitty belongs to Smashu and Bunnycat belongs to Missing_Pluto!

Mold Spore belongs to Skuffypaw and Barret belongs to Molotovmonkeys!

You can find my art fight profile here: https://artfight.net/~ThePaintedSable!

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Art Fight attack for Molotovmonkeys on their character Barret!

I did my very best to make a quick animation of this guy, which was probably a mistake because A) I have only made 2 maybe 8 frame animations in my whole life and B) I don't think I've drawn a stylized giraffe oc ever. But Art Fight is for fun and experimentation!!!! Make that little guy move!!!!!!!!

All jokes aside, this is a really good excuse to f around and find out with techniques i want to try. In my mind, free art is free art. This took like. An hour and some?? For absolutely zero prep I think it turned out ok. I think I might integrate a different color system the next time I do this (like, different color for different moving parts) and maybe use an actual jaw reference so the mouth can move a little more exaggerated.

Maybe I'll make more for some attacks or revenges. Time will only tell, lol.

My Art Fight is at https://artfight.net/~ThePaintedSable

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My first two Art Fight attacks of 2025!!! First is for Snivy of their character Elena, and the second is for AmaraKatt of their character Eri! I love goat designs <3

Tried something a little different for this one, where I painted a two-page spread background in jelly gouache and used each half for a different attack! I didn’t feel like using it for a mass attack, but I didn’t want to put just one character on such a (comparatively) big space. I ended up using layers of paper to get the actual characters and elements (bench) into the scene. It’s not my favorite technique, but I think it turned out well! It’s also a generally good excuse to practice on my gouache painting skills.

My Art Fight can be found here: https://artfight.net/~ThePaintedSable !

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My Art Fight 2025 card and my little thumbnail cover thing! I am team Fossils!!! You can find me at https://artfight.net/~ThePaintedSable ! I do friendly fire and revenges (time providing), and my main goal is always just to have fun. That means my attacks may vary, and I'm not very "points" oriented: I keep my own pace!

Did I have to go this hard for my card? No. Was it a fun and silly project to let off steam? Absolutely, yes. It's also a pretty good reflection of how I treat my artwork, haha. No plans on anything too huge for this year because of irl responsibilities but I will do my best to keep some realm of quality.

Uh, I don't do hitlists nor do I really interact with them, but if you want to be generally on my radar feel free to comment on this post in some way :) No garuntees for anything, but I'll take a look.

Card template by @canonkiller !

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CHIIKAWA POSTER!!!! Chiikawa poster for my wall!

Does this have a deeper meaning past the fact that I wanted to draw all the Chiikawa monsters I liked the most? Nope. I am simply very fond of whatever Momonga and Dekatsuyo have going on. They're just silly little guys!

My favorite character is Rakko. Because they are unbelievably funny to me. Of course they are going to battle monsters and then take their silly little car to get sweets as a reward, they deserve it.

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This spread is really mostly doodles and unfinished concepts! Chiikawa, tamagotchi, and a burger made of a frog for some reason.

The image on the right isn't done at all, but it lives in my sketchbook so that's alright.

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Critters :)

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Uh oh, Pressure fanart and perhaps an OC.

Sebastian design :) There was no real prompting for this other than wanting to give him that funky shark jaw thing and this just kinda sprouted from it.

Then we have. My goober!!

No name yet, no title, just a rough concept that's been rattling around in my head since I caught onto Pressure.

Unlike Sebastian who's testing (at least at the beginning) had a final goal, they're an experiment basically built as a general catch-all test. I imagine they're not the only one who's going through this, and it's to see how accurately the scientists can produce specific, target traits on adult, mammilian subjects and associate them with identifiers. Think the glow-in-the-dark cats being given bioluminescence to denote they had the anti-FIV gene (look it up!!! Very interesting!) except instead of it being for a good reason done on cat fetuses, it's being run by people just to see if they can on adult people and a few other lab critters. The "goal" is more a front just to commit human rights violations.

You may notice that they're a little strange looking for an experiment aiming to make a sea critter, and that's because they're not finished! I'd like to imagine the lockdown occurred in the middle of their "tests," so their main body plan is still concerningly, unnervingly human. They still have arms and legs, and can technically walk upright if they ignore the pain in the soles of their feet. It's also becoming a little uncomfortable to hold their head the "right" way for bipedal walking due to it extending strangely. Not to mention its getting harder to talk for a ton of reasons, plus they're always itchy, then their insides hurt. Just assume that this person is... not having a good day most days.

They were a person, and now they're a little angry sea lizard designed for high visibility (under the right conditions) and speed. You will absolutely see them coming, but that does not mean you will get away.

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Working through this sketchbook, finally!

Human drawing practice, some journaling, and an Itty bitty sketch of Pressure fanart to play around with a human character in a scene.

Not much to say here! I am... enjoying work, I guess? I deal in animal care, and let's just say I've scored some work where I get to interact with a ton of non-domestic critters. I wish it was something I could share pictures of because the current babies are SO cute, but its not exactly the best environment for it lol. Maybe expect some irl animal centric spreads?

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Teaching. Myself. To. Draw. People. Genuinely my biggest hurdle as an artist.

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Some overflow sketches from my last spread and some Pokemon doodles!

I'm still working my way through Sword/Shield and let's just say that I was very confused when I got my Toxel (baby pokemon. That is just a purple baby right there. One of his attack animations is him throwing a tantrum that is a toddler). Don't get me wrong, he is cute and a permanent part of my team now for the whole game, but. I can't not laugh at throwing a baby at any variety of barely domesticated beast. Go get them baby, beat them up.

Also, I am haunted by science. Can't even escape studying in my dreams. Legitimately woke myself up by mumbling something about the theoretical process of making a carboxylic acid from an alkene. More than one night. In a row. Tormented by chemistry, I tell you.

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Baby bird season is incoming and I’d like to remind everyone that birds do not have a significant sense of smell. Bird parents will not reject birdlets because you have handled them.

If you see smol birbs with few or no feathers on the ground, you can safely put them back into their nest, bird parents will still care for them.

If you see smol birbs with some or most feathers on the ground, please leave them there, as bird parents are probably nearby watching and feeding.

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Journaling sketchbook spread and two little birds.

Left side of the spread is cutouts from my planner and class notes, right side is my annual/bi-annual tradition of thinking back on the past year as marked by the shift between semesters.

And then two baby birds! These are little doves!

I was watching some crows and blue jay fight over something (I had thought the crow got too close to the blue jay nest?) and then the little dove basically got dropped on my head. (Only one baby bird was dropped.) Little stinker had a full crop and was safely transported to a wildlife rescue. Get home, let my dog out, look down at my dog, boom. Second dove in his mouth. Little guy was OK! I just had to make another trip to the rescue lol.

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Ooo. Sketchbook spread too.

Left side is my standard Journaling. Recently went though a fun little allergy test that involved potential allergens being taped to my back for several days on end. Yippe. Obligatory hellmo because the results didn't give any answers.

Right side, Pressure! Inescapable underwater location horror, my beloved. I love the fish. Did I make Sebastian uncharacteristically scary? Yes. Do I care? No. You cannot tell me that this man would be clean and put together and not at all injured after taking over a whole, basically military operation.

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Another sketchbook spread!

Half of this one was for a school project. The little microbe guy was for my part of a pretty large informational video on how a particular virus spreads and how to stop it. I had to make a dating app commercial. For a virus.

Then there's some doodles and some character design stuff :)