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He/Him - I am a luxury Few can tolerate Commission info: http://dertherckscommissions.carrd.co Work inquiries: dertherck@gmail.com Find me elsewhere: http://linktr.ee/dertherck Headworld Tag: #whalefall I turn things into dragons

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Portrait of a scarred Lugia charging from the mist, lightning flickering on his breath. His left wing is missing, leaving a gnarled stump from which sprouts a psychic prosthetic (That you can't really see because I cropped the composition the way that I did but TRUST ME the design is REALLY cool)

Portrait of a scarred Lugia charging from the mist, lightning flickering on his breath. His left wing is missing, leaving a gnarled stump from which sprouts a psychic prosthetic (That you can't really see because I cropped the composition the way that I did but TRUST ME the design is REALLY cool)

Portrait of a young Lugia, rising from the depths, lightning breath glowing violet and visibly warping the space around it. His belly and markings are purple, and his hide is covered in soft little spots. He's. Real cute. Loved this design. Loved these characters. Loved the opportunity. Thank you

Portrait of a young Lugia, rising from the depths, lightning breath glowing violet and visibly warping the space around it. His belly and markings are purple, and his hide is covered in soft little spots. He's. Real cute. Loved this design. Loved these characters. Loved the opportunity. Thank you

Father and son

#art #pokemon #lugia #commissions

27.02.2026 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 312    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Reminder that if you see something horrific, there is good evidence that playing Tetris as soon as possible helps.

Giving yourself PTSD from seeing photos or film clips doesn’t help anyone.

28.02.2026 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 701    πŸ” 248    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 32

please to not give in to despair. if you want to start somewhere you can help, a donation to Doctors Without Borders is a great place to start

28.02.2026 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1812    πŸ” 1997    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A couple of full character sketches (and two headshots) of a large floppy dragon with itty bitty wings.

A couple of full character sketches (and two headshots) of a large floppy dragon with itty bitty wings.

Found some old sketches while looking aimlessly for something else

#art #dragons

14.02.2026 03:42 β€” πŸ‘ 420    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0
A trio of images: The two on the left are screenshots of a shaggy grey horse (Torrent) and on the RIGHT is a chunky little doodle of said horse as a little anthropomorphic caricature of himself.

A trio of images: The two on the left are screenshots of a shaggy grey horse (Torrent) and on the RIGHT is a chunky little doodle of said horse as a little anthropomorphic caricature of himself.

Pocky and I are watching someone else play the DLC so we don't have to

#art #EldenRing #Honsies

18.02.2026 02:24 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A broader takeaway I think is nobody should be allowed to be so rich that being told no, or being held accountable, represents such a moral injury to that person's psyche that they feel like their only recourse is to burn the world down.

28.02.2026 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2171    πŸ” 509    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 10
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I will officially be opening 3D commissions very soon, probably within the next 1-2 weeks! 🧑

However, you can already reach out to me so we can start talking about what you have in mind!

Sharing would be appreciated, thanks so much!

Please check out the info here:
niku30.carrd.co

#3Dart

27.02.2026 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

I really, REALLY liked this project. Loved it.

And I learned a lot. Bonus!

27.02.2026 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

That actually really means a lot to me because I had to redraw these guys so many times to learn the shapes lmaaaaooooo

27.02.2026 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There was literally never going to be a better opportunity to share these lol

27.02.2026 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Portrait of a scarred Lugia charging from the mist, lightning flickering on his breath. His left wing is missing, leaving a gnarled stump from which sprouts a psychic prosthetic (That you can't really see because I cropped the composition the way that I did but TRUST ME the design is REALLY cool)

Portrait of a scarred Lugia charging from the mist, lightning flickering on his breath. His left wing is missing, leaving a gnarled stump from which sprouts a psychic prosthetic (That you can't really see because I cropped the composition the way that I did but TRUST ME the design is REALLY cool)

Portrait of a young Lugia, rising from the depths, lightning breath glowing violet and visibly warping the space around it. His belly and markings are purple, and his hide is covered in soft little spots. He's. Real cute. Loved this design. Loved these characters. Loved the opportunity. Thank you

Portrait of a young Lugia, rising from the depths, lightning breath glowing violet and visibly warping the space around it. His belly and markings are purple, and his hide is covered in soft little spots. He's. Real cute. Loved this design. Loved these characters. Loved the opportunity. Thank you

Father and son

#art #pokemon #lugia #commissions

27.02.2026 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 312    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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Pocket monster day

27.02.2026 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1708    πŸ” 414    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

I can't thank you guys enough. Knowing I can afford at least this first doctor's visit and a months' bills helps me more than you know. I'll keep you updated after I see the doctor.

27.02.2026 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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EYES ON THE PRIZE PEOPLE

13.02.2026 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6103    πŸ” 2011    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 32
A digital drawing of author Maia Kobabe, a white nonbinary person with short brown hair wearing a patterned blue shirt, who scowls while holding up a copy of eir book GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR. Maia is saying: H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban my books, and any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps and say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

A digital drawing of author Maia Kobabe, a white nonbinary person with short brown hair wearing a patterned blue shirt, who scowls while holding up a copy of eir book GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR. Maia is saying: H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban my books, and any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps and say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban all my books, & any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps & say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

27.02.2026 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3706    πŸ” 3126    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 69

You cannot run from the dark side of human nature. You cannot refuse to look at the worst things we do to each other.

You cannot afford not to know what’s really going on anymore.

27.02.2026 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One day, when I have the energy, I am going to talk more about scapegoating because I don’t think enough people have really thought about the concept but it is one of the cornerstones of systemic abuse and people NEED to understand it.

They need to or this WILL happen again. Forever. To others.

27.02.2026 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It is some SHIT to hear people laugh about how annoying it is that they have to block out the horrors instead of dealing with them.

Good for you. Genuinely? Glad you are in a position to do that. I don’t want to hear it anymore.

26.02.2026 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also if you could all do me a favor;

If you need to curate your feed because this shit sucks? Go ahead. I encourage it.

But do NOT be smug about it. Not today.

26.02.2026 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah… It’s just… It’s fucking exhausting. I’m sorry you’ve caught that shit too.

You deserve better. We all do…

26.02.2026 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t mean to be accusatory

I know that there are just a LOT of people who don’t understand. They don’t. They just haven’t thought about it enough.

But that gap in understanding is a mile wide and people are falling right through it to their DEATHS.

How much more patience can you ask of us?

26.02.2026 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It could happen anywhere, is the thing.

You can’t just… Tell people to run. To where? With what?

Do YOU want to move tomorrow? COULD you?

26.02.2026 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No amount of posting affirmations will help us anymore

I know why people do it, and it’s not like I don’t appreciate it

But it’s just… Way past the time for that…

26.02.2026 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Because I don’t know what else to do anymore

26.02.2026 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I need you to imagine it.

I need you to empathize.

I NEED people to understand what this fucking feels like! I need the grief and the suffering and the FUCKING pain to matter enough to someone to ANYONE because if we don’t matter then NOTHING will change!

I NEED YOU TO IMAGINE IT!!

26.02.2026 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It COULD be worse.

So be careful.

Be veeeeeery careful. Always.

ALWAYS.

The real you is not safe. They will HURT the real you.

They will hurt everyone.

26.02.2026 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I want you to imagine a version of your life where you have to constantly pick up the shattered pieces of what could have been if they’d have just let you be.

I want you to imagine what it’s like to say to yourself every goddamn day that it could be worse. It could be worse. It could be WORSE.

26.02.2026 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You’re just the scapegoat.

And it’s easier to hurt you and get away with it.

26.02.2026 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I need you to imagine how it feels to weigh your options like this. Every day. Every decision. Even the little things will ruin your precious, FRAGILE life.

I want you to imagine just how fast your rights can be vengefully SNATCHED away in a culture war that isn’t even ABOUT you.

26.02.2026 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I didn’t change the marker on my ID. I could have. It would have been easy. A tiny step. A little victory.

Well, I grew up in the wrong kind of family to believe even for a second I’d be safe to have even that. And you know what sucks the most about this?

I was right.

26.02.2026 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0