WolfBane

omg hi new followers where did you come frommmm

I'll get back to all outstanding messages by end of day today! Work has just been nothing but big, time-sensitive projects back to back and it's really kicking my butt. Thank you for your patience!

The Ref sheet for Fluttermoth

Just got my commission from @wolfbane.bsky.social, it took a bit but it was absolutely worth the wait. Most definitely will commission artwork again but gotta wait till a bit after Valentine’s Day.

shoutout to my bestie that said this reminded her of me, elk time 2026

writing a whole ass thread about how artists are the 'privileged elite' when 99% of us are on the cusp of financial ruin just gives away that you're fantasizing about effortlessly gaining a skillet and getting mad when you're reminded it's a fantasy

anyone saying that art and the act of practicing/learning it is ableist (and thus AI should be ok for disabled people to use) can catch and instant block. not even worth arguing this. it's fucking not. you're just looking for a reason to justify your AI use to generate slop

i got covid y'all I cannot catch a breAK

(I should be okay, it's mostly the body aches and sore throat that are killing me, I can still get stuff done)

I'm about $400 short on rent because I had to pay room deposits on the wedding trip and they still haven't been refunded :") I'll be reaching out later today when I'm not dying to commissioners

so souped out I didn't notice the typos

home safe from my trip and I am So Tired. Gonna take it slow tomorrow, replies to commissioenrs might not hit until Monday. Thank you for your understanding. ♥

a black suitcase with a dog in a bag on top of it ALT: a black suitcase with a dog in a bag on top of it

Just letting commissioners and followers know that I'll be out of town for the rest of this week (ish) for a wedding.

I won't be bringing my iPad due to security concerns, so all commission work and replies will resume when I return. So sorry for the trouble and thank you for understanding.

Kermit the frog sitting on a log surrounded by flowers Text: "what radicalised you?" empathy bro, literally just wanting people to be treated like human beings

Gonna play catch-up today and get stuff buttoned down before next week. I'll post a proper update probably but I'm gonna be out of town for almost a week for a wedding, although I'll probably bring my iPad to try and get work done in the interim

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I had to tempt fate by mentioning tips. A side gig I take to earn some cash for bills is suddenly off the table for two weeks, losing me $250. It's temporary at the very least, but still sucks.
Anything you can give or if you can at least share, would be appreciated, gang.
ko-fi.com/calpain/goal...

I can tell when people have drawn over/traced AI art and idk what to do with this skill other than be depressed by the shitty skirting people do to get around AI art rules

Thank you, I didn't know that ♥

I made a ground elk/ground beef mix into marinara meat sauce once. Got so so sick and I've been an anxious cook ever since. Getting sick from pigs in a blanket is scary though, I feel like I wouldn't even think twice about it. Food is scary haha

I'm thinking about it I won't lie...

me after starting a meal in the slowcooker at 8pm that takes 5 hours because I already thawed the beef and if I didn't use the beef tonight it could go bad and I'm really paranoid about food safety but now I have to stay up until 1am to get it all portioned out and I don't want to make the mashed p—

I am begging you. Please learn about stress/discomfort tolerance. Practice raising it. You need this to survive. If someone online can ruin your day with a throwaway comment, you desperately need to understand discomfort tolerance and consciously, systematically build that shit. Also! Stress tolerance is such an important skill that having a learning disability in that area is a major symptom of a whole lot of other disabilities/mental illnesses! Struggling with it is a huge part of life! It sucks! Am I saying everyone with misophonia needs to listen to chewing noises all day? No. But you need to find ways to tolerate it enough that you don't treat others like shit if they make a mouth noise near you. No, you don't have to read the fic with your trigger tags. But you do need to be able to handle scrolling past the tags without being upset. It is hard! But not having it also makes you so so so easy to manipulate. That grandma is racist AF because her mom raised her to be uncomfortable around black people and she never fought that discomfort. Trans people make so many cis people uncomfortable and that discomfort turns into bigotry real fast. Letting your discomfort dictate your actions and beliefs about things is a great way to become a terrible person. Learn. Discomfort. Tolerance.

Important shit that I’m still trying to learn.

thanks for the patience. I'm sorry things are moving so slow. if you have any questions just let me know. it may take me a little while to respond but I'll get back to you.

having a real tough go of it. My mental health is in the gutter, I've been sleeping entire days away, got double sick, I'm just so tired and drained. funds are tight, I don't wanna keep goin but we gotta.

a close up of a monkey wearing an oxygen mask on its face . ALT: a close up of a monkey wearing an oxygen mask on its face .

I got some sort of sick over the holidays and my body is still fighting it, I can't breathe through my nose and I feel like I'm wasting away

Shiro delivering to the fattest person on the block, and knows when to slip in his number for a golden opportunity in later~

Dantes playing the air guitar! They're pretty good wtf!

Gupperz excitedly holding up a sausage roll! Wait you haven't had one? You gotta try it!

Tony is hard at work at Timiko Inc. Labs, just another day for testing *increases vat output to subject*

For @shiromoot.bsky.social, @wolfbane.bsky.social, @wolfbear.club, and @plokishmok3.bsky.social !

a beautiful palette of 4 watercolor paint hues , 2 teals and 2 golds

A reminder to any canadian (or any) #watercolor artists. Beam Paints is an Indigenous owned company with beautiful plastic-free hues. Their sparkly metallics are to die for

www.beampaints.com

if you still use Twitter please understand that you are enabling and supporting this.

It’s only going to get worse, so you may as well leave now and start rebuilding your “following” anywhere else.

2025 was a hell of a year, but we made it.

Hello everyone! I hope each and every one of you has had a wonderful holiday season, stayed nice and comfy, and was able to spend the time however you wished. And may your new year be even better! Mine went well, I couldn't give many gifts, but I got a nice collapsible desk to work from home with, as well as a printer (so I can finally scan and post some traditional art!) Spending time with family and friends is really important to me, so I'm grateful I was able to do that. This journal is going to be a bit wordy, but it's going to be featured for a bit, so I wanted to make sure I nailed it! Sections will be labeled so you can skip to them nice and easy should you so choose. COMMISSIONS AND RENT I am currently $500 short on my first rent payment for January. I'm getting a bonus with my next paycheck, but it won't hit until after rent is due. Bearing this in mind, I am open for commissions as well as selling characters. Please go to the following links for more information: COMMISSIONS | CHARACTER SALES PRICE SHEET UPDATES I am going to do some small tweaks in terms of prices on my price sheet. I'll mostly be adjusting the reference sheet tier, increasing the base price slightly + setting a monetary baseline for things like adding an outfit, adding a chibi, etc. Everything else should be the same for the forseeable future. TERMS OF SERVICE UPDATES I haven't sat down and updated it yet, but my ToS is where I will outline things like reference sheet upgrades (chibis, outfits, etc). I will also be providing a written rush fee amount due to people inquiring about it, and tweaking some small verbiage around AI and what the commissioner can expect timeline wise/communication wise, and rules around commissioners posting their completed artwork. GOALS FOR 2026 Overall in 2026, I want to work on my backgrounds more, study anatomy and get better at more body types, and develop my own personal worlds!

My little update post for 2026! Alt text in the image, and relevant links will be posted below