Today's X-men Portrait: Rachel Grey - the daughter of Cyclops and Jean from a dark future timeline and avatar of the Phoenix Force.
I decided to create my own design here as being a design snob, a lot of her designs really don't fit her themes, so I synthesised bits and pieces I liked.
A montage of 14 costumes Rachel Grey has word in the comics which range from bondagey to kinda weirdly preppy. Most have phoenix motifs.
A few of her comics costumes are pictured below, and imo a lot of them fail the important test of reading "this isn't Jean Grey" and "this person has a shit ton of baggage".
Also she started off with a really queer haircut and that got lost over time so I thought that element needed reinstating.
Today's X-men Portrait: Rachel Grey - the daughter of Cyclops and Jean from a dark future timeline and avatar of the Phoenix Force.
I decided to create my own design here as being a design snob, a lot of her designs really don't fit her themes, so I synthesised bits and pieces I liked.
# 7- Green-and-Black Poison Dart Frog - They actually get their extremely potent poisons from consuming tons of toxic ants which they utilise the toxins of to become really fricking poisonous.
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#6 - Cane Toad - infamous invasive species of Australia, here in it's native range where it gaied its name from eating pests in sugar cane plantations.
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#5 - Fitzinger's Robber Frog - a small inhabitant of leaf litter from Honduras to Colombia!
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#4 - Slim-fingered Rain Frog - a small species that calls from the tops of dead logs!
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#3 - Sabinal Frog - a species that nests by making foam filled burrows which will get flooded later to release the tadpoles!
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#2 - Savage's Thing Toed Frog - a species in which the males develop massive swole arms during the breeding season!
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Just finished uploading my collection of amphibian sightings from Costa Rica so, here they are:
#1 - Forrer's Grass Frog - a relative of bullfrogs and leopard frogs!
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Today's #Xmen painting is a villain!
Stryfe is a clone of Cable, raised by Apocalypse, super evil, massive tryhard edgelord, presumably struggles walking through doors?
His design is fun to paint even if he's a massive tool whose horrific powers are kinda offset by him being extremely cringe?
Today's #Xmen painting is a villain!
Stryfe is a clone of Cable, raised by Apocalypse, super evil, massive tryhard edgelord, presumably struggles walking through doors?
His design is fun to paint even if he's a massive tool whose horrific powers are kinda offset by him being extremely cringe?
Could I ask a cheeky favour of you all?
I'm on a "social media for e-commerce" course, and todays task is to make an instagram post and try to gain some traction with it.
If anyone fancies liking/commenting/sharing/following me over there that'd be hugely helpful!
www.instagram.com/p/DVYqB5EjNsO/
An illustration of the X-men character Escape- a young trans woman with shoulder length chestnut coloured hair with the tips dyed turquoise, she is wearing a yellow zipped jumpsuit with a blue jacket over the top with white trimmed lapels.
Shela Sexton aka Escapade is a recent addition to the #Xmen world only being created in 2022 - a young trans mutant who has the power to swap places with someone within seven foot of her, though she actually largely relies on gadgets for her heroics.
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An illustration of the X-men character Escape- a young trans woman with shoulder length chestnut coloured hair with the tips dyed turquoise, she is wearing a yellow zipped jumpsuit with a blue jacket over the top with white trimmed lapels.
Shela Sexton aka Escapade is a recent addition to the #Xmen world only being created in 2022 - a young trans mutant who has the power to swap places with someone within seven foot of her, though she actually largely relies on gadgets for her heroics.
03.03.2026 19:10 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
An illiustration of the pokemon Marowak - a brown bipedal creature with a horned animal skull over its head obscuring its features except its brown eyes, it is wielding a femur in one hand as a club.
That seems correct haha
Follow up question: how would she feel about her fellow belligerant bone combat based Pokemon: Marowak?
Idk, there's probably still a market for a weirdly sexualised bat at least?
03.03.2026 05:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I mean this isn't that far off a map of "bird might be a penguin"? 😅
03.03.2026 05:50 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Marrow!
03.03.2026 05:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0All I ask in this eventuality is please don't get hunted down by the church for heresy 😅
03.03.2026 05:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0His origin story is kinda dodgy when it involves him being transformed into this body as a result of a run in with an ancient sorcerer. Honestly, him being just a badass who has trained himself to be this acrobat without adhering to the normal lithe body cliche would been way cooler.
02.03.2026 20:28 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Puck to be my next Xmen illustration and as he's been on X-Force so he counts.
He's a visually interesting character; a man with dwarfism with spectacular acrobatic abilities and the skills of an immortal mercenary who is now one of the national heroes of Canada. Also exceptionally hairy.
Huge thank you in advance!
02.03.2026 14:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Could I ask a cheeky favour of you all?
I'm on a "social media for e-commerce" course, and todays task is to make an instagram post and try to gain some traction with it.
If anyone fancies liking/commenting/sharing/following me over there that'd be hugely helpful!
www.instagram.com/p/DVYqB5EjNsO/
I think for the next few X-men characters I'll paint, wanna do more I haven't drawn before, so reply with any vote from the following:
Karma
Mercury
Trinary
Escapade
Puck
Callisto
Dark Beast
Stryfe
I think for the next few X-men characters I'll paint, wanna do more I haven't drawn before, so reply with any vote from the following:
Karma
Mercury
Trinary
Escapade
Puck
Callisto
Dark Beast
Stryfe
Bonus shoutout to the mantled howler monkeys I heard but probably from miels away, and one mystery rat-like thing that zoomed across the road in San Jose, which was probs a rat but didnt get a look lol
28.02.2026 21:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Panamanian White-Faced Capuchin!
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The White-nosed Coati!
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