Frogs!!

An assortment of frogs collected from a bunch of old sketchbooks, much in the way you might collect a good assortment of frogs out of a bog

This is gorgeous! I love the movement of all the hair

Soft Kitties

Odd Puppies

Kitten, waiting

Honestly pretty happy with how this censored life drawing came out- let no one tell you that you can't work with a sketch you did years ago!

Assorted life drawings from back in college!

I just made a Cara account and am really liking it so far, but their "no nsfw" art policy means some of these sketches can't see the light of day. So-- please expect a few of these posts to crop up as I sort through and share my archive! 🎨

Pencil and black pencil crayon drawing of a mermaid. She is sitting on the rocky shore, staring with intense, dull eyes out at the viewer. Her hair hangs dark and stringy. Three seagulls perch upon her, one on her shoulder, one on her head, and one on the bend of her tail. From her place among the rocks, seaweed, and fish carcasses, she reaches a hand towards you

Closer crop of the same drawing. This brings more focus to the mermaid's expression and other details, including the gills on her side and the scales on her black tail

Mermaid's call

Dark tone and inclusion of seagulls inspired by 'the Lighthouse!' I'd never considered these ubiquitous shorebirds menacing before, and I love it

Ahh I'm glad to hear you're doing a lot better! And yess books 📚✨

Yes!!! Congratulations!! 🎉

"Layout" planning drawing from my first year in animation! This... Might be something fun to revisit, especially to see if I could push its functionality as a layout for animation or the clarity of the storytelling as a background... Or both!

(by the time the cats were adopted out we had found a food that worked better for them & their adopters later told us their symptoms had completely cleared! If my prev statement brought any cat concern :') )

Omg baby!! I hope her new onesie successfully interrupts her habits! I haven't experienced cat OCD, but I did foster a couple of cats who developed allergies, and it was so frustrating and sad watching them hurt themselves to cope :( 🫂 here's to comfort for her and sleep for you! 🤞

Portrait of a teal cat person peeking up over the edge of a table, much like a housecat looking for food or mischief. Their eyes are big and the gem in their forehead is glowing. Their whole soul is glowing 💛

Full body sketch of Sunchirp lined in scrappy ink. It's a bit of a strange pose- one leg forward and one leg back in a lunge position, with both hands planted on the ground beside their forward leg. They're looking up at the sky and their expression is one of excitement and awe. Sunchirp is wearing booty shorts and a bandeau, but the ensemble is distinctly androgenous on them. A halo was sketched, but didn't make.it into the final drawing. Overall the image is energetic.

Fursona art from my mid-twenties! Their name is Sunchirp and they're approximately a cat. 🐈☀️

Tho these drawings are a few years old now, this was already revisiting a design I hadn't drawn in years! Perhaps it's about time to revisit them again 💛

#selfportrait #fursona #sunchirp

Yugi Moto from Yu-Gi-Oh, smiling at us. Artwork is drawn and coloured with Crayola markers, and lined with black sharpie. His hair is fluffy and the shapes are bubbly and cute

Sketch for the drawing in the previous image, drawn in yellow/orange marker. The sketch has looser, more energetic brush strokes than the final drawing

King of games! From a hangout with a dear friend this spring 🃏👑

#yugioh #duelmonsters

😂 Ain't that just the way with kittens 🐾

How long have you had her?

Baby angel celestial entity

Painting in progress of Peachy Bean the garter snake! He is on someone's hand and looking up at the viewer like O.O He is surrounded by hearts and lit by real sunlight

Love!! This baby snake!

#snakeart #colubrid #gartersnake

Pencil sketches of a lion and a mountain lion. Each sketch features the head of one cat. The lion is softly looking up and the mountain lion is looking forward with intensity. The biggest difference I found between the two cats is the heavy, square jaw of the lion lion, but there are more subtle differences in each part of the face as well.

Comparing two "lions"! Sketch study to help me decide on the features for a feline character

Pencil crayon sketch of a neon day gecko. This little lizard is the most perfect creature you've ever seen.

It's Him ✨ (neon day gecko)

2.3 sketches of a neon day gecko. There is a full body and a half body sketch where it is looking up at the viewer and seems to be smiling. The other one's face is unreadable, but it looks silly anyway by virtue of being a gecko. Sketches done in red pencil crayon

Thinking about Him (Neon Day Gecko)

Close up painting of the eye of a white dog. Its third eyelid sits half-closed and its eyelashes put the iris into shade. That iris is brown. The shading in the fur around the eye is chaotic, full of blobs and streaks of different colours. There's the slightest suggestion of ferns growing in the shade

Close up painting of a dog's lower jaw, mouth open and set against an aggressive yellow background. Its teeth are prominent, fur messy, and blotches of paint in the background suggest breath

A little too close

#unsteadyground #oc

Pen doodle/sketch of a unicorn with a wavy mane and sparkly eyes

Pen doodle of a happy little round unicorn doing a jump

Unicorn doodles! The sparkle and the round 🦄

Simple portrait of the borzoi character, done in pencil crayon and paint. His white fur is shading in high contrast green and pink. The lines are a vivid blue. You think he might be looking down on you

A joining of the two 🤝

#unsteadyground #oc

Pencil sketch of a humanoid borzoi character, his ears and tail blowing lightly in the wind. In one arm he carries books and papers, while the other is down at his side. Around him are some notes and the rough impression of a tree in ink

Square close-up paintings of an eye and a lower jaw, based on the borzoi character on the previous slide. The colours are uncomfortably vivid and the contrast of soft eye and sharp teeth is jarring

The physical, the symbolic 🐺

#unsteadyground #oc

Pen doodle of a little bunny. Its face is focused or concerned, with ears swept back

Pen doodle of a little dog, its ears are back and it's looking back over its shoulder

Pen doodle of a tall dog. It takes a small step forward, tail up, with a ball caught in its mouth. It seems to be looking at something ahead of it on the ground

Pen doodle of a mischievous, round cat. It crouches beside a bag of chips and looks up at you

Doodle animals 🖋️

Oh that's super fun! I bet that was an interesting experience for you as an artist- and I'm sure the client will enjoy comparing and cherishing the originals!

Figure drawing of a woman curled up on the floor. She looks back toward the viewer with intensity and concern. Acrylic (blues and reds)

Life drawing pose that evoked a painting 🌧️🌩️🌧️

Collection of pen doodles of various horses, snails, and horses with antennae

Snorse (Snail Horse)

Gratz on your new purple pal!!! ☺️✨