Golliwotalie - [Fearsome Critter] - A hog-like critter with crispy fire-red skin, Powerful front paws like that of a bear & huge duck feet. when threatened, it rolls in cactus and defends itself like a porcupine! Otherwise it will throw itself into the nearest 🌪️!! - samkalensky.com/products/gol...

Empire squirrels - [Fearsome Critter] HUGE squirrels from the Redwood Empire. (N.California) Encountered by Ol' Paul on a trip to Fort Bragg where he hunted 'em to near extinction, he decided to spare the smallest one. Named it "Henry" & fed it prune pits til it grew! samkalensky.com/products/emp...

I have mentioned how much I hate that man right?

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Texas Stilt Walker - [UrbanLegend] - “StiltWalkers” are typically described as 15ft-18ft tall, lanky quadrupeds with spindly stick-thin body's and legs. They can scale cliffs with ease and are improbably fast! Supposedly.. if you research them they'll hunt you down. samkalensky.com/products/sti...

Nebutori - [Yokai] - Nebutori are Supernatural illnesses (which only effect women) They personify the superstition that “Sleeping after eating will make you gain weight.” They become slobs & snore so loudly that its enough to shake carts on the street! 🥲- Full Post: samkalensky.com/products/neb...

Yoro-no-gakuya - [Yokai|Tsukumogami] - Bunraku puppets used in Kanadehon Chushingura (47 Ronin) it's said that every night past 3:AM the dressing room would come to life & they'd battle it out just like in the play. Perhaps they where enchanted by the actors talents.. samkalensky.com/products/yor...

Wire Gremlins - [Aviation Gremlin] - Low altitude gremlins, known to pluck the telephone/power cables surrounding air fields causing them to become invisible just as a pilot comes in for a landing.. They also cause mishaps on base by 'organizing' cord 'jungles.' samkalensky.com/products/wir...

The Orance - [Fearsome Critter] A nondescript critter from the Ozarks. Sometimes described as a 'orange-gold' wampus cat with two pairs of legs. Whenever it is hunted, it attempts to run, but It ends up going nowhere fast, as its legs move either which way, at once! samkalensky.com/products/ora...

Tenome - [yokai] - Said to be the spirit of a Zato (Blind Musician) who was robbed & murdered in a field. His grudge transformed him into a yokai with eyes in the palms of his hands. It's known to wander graveyards at night, chase people & suck out their bones! 😱 samkalensky.com/products/ten...

Whitewater Porcupine - [fearsome critter] - Once native to the beaches of New England they migrated upstream to the whitewater rapids, now they cause peril to rafters simply by getting in the way, taking delight in pricking inner-tubes with a loud POP! - samkalensky.com/products/whi... ‎

Spring-Snakes - [Folktoy] - What at first is perceived to be an innocent can of snacks is actually a can full of Spring-Coiled-Snakes! Suckers will think It's Nuts! One of the most popular and iconic tools in any pranksters arsenal, since about 1910! 🐍 - samkalensky.com/products/spr...

Muglump - [fearsome critter] A toxic-creature with a perpetually swollen, lumpy face, webbed feet, and a spiked-club-like tail; Peripatetic jacks pondered the pests pustulous pug-face: perplexingly its poisonous presence polluted all ponds in its its proximity!! - samkalensky.com/products/mug...

Limmertakus boottii - [Fearsome Critter] - Also known as the "Wamfahoofus" this flat creature with the consistency of pond-scum hides in puddles & steals the boots off hikers feet! Scouts know to keep to the left side of any puddle when traversing the White Mountains. samkalensky.com/products/lim...

Mapolians (Maple Fairys) - [Critter/Fae] - "Sweet little winged people” that where spoken of by forest guides between Maine and Quebec; when the seasons change, they'd dance around the “sugar bush”, giving the sap its flavouring! 🍂 samkalensky.com/products/map...

Spaghetti Trees. [Foodlore/Bonsai] Whatever you do: Do NOT sneeze while eating spaghetti. ‘lest the meatball roll off the table, out the door, into your garden & under a bush. Where it will grow into a tree! - Pests such as the 'Spaghetti Weevil' will want a bite... samkalensky.com/products/pas...

Empire squirrels - [Fearsome Critter] HUGE squirrels from the Redwood Empire. (N.California) Encountered by Ol' Paul on a trip to Fort Bragg where he hunted 'em to near extinction, he decided to spare the smallest one. Named it "Henry" & fed it prune pits til it grew! samkalensky.com/products/emp...

Golliwotalie - [Fearsome Critter] - A hog-like critter with crispy fire-red skin, Powerful front paws like that of a bear & huge duck feet. when threatened, it rolls in cactus and defends itself like a porcupine! Otherwise it will throw itself into the nearest 🌪️!! - samkalensky.com/products/gol...

Night share for night beasts.

Good morning #portfolioday! I'm @samkalensky.com a Character Designer/Artist & Folklorist from Vancouver BC! I've been selling my stickers & designs at local events annually since about 2010!! • Portfolio: cara.app/samkalensky • Website: samkalensky.com • Inquiries: [email protected]

Today's Yokai Doodle-Charm #4: Even Daruma Feels Sluggish (Tired). Daruma mo darui. Yeah, yeah, I see loads I need to do to improve these doodles, but quite magically the very act of posting them (embarrassing though it is), makes me want to get better. So we'll see if that happens, or not 😂

I know I keep saying it but HOLY SHIT is the IP machine collapsing it's BROKEN broken

Vancaf @vancaf.bsky.social was so refreshing! Despite having a smaller booth this year; I somehow broke my personal best at a two day event! - I also completely sold out of my mothman and 🚫🤖stickers <3 it was very nice to see old friends and meet new peeps too!!! ❤️ cant wait til the next one!

Today I logged in, opened social media read some comments, immediately felt like tearing off a robots head, so I did!!!! 8D - 🚫🤖 - Nab one here: samkalensky.com/products/sup...

yes, I AM available for hire; I'd especially love to design characters for Animation/Games! – I can do also promo art/posters/merch whatever ya like really! – Just get in touch via the email above and we'll talk deets or I'll quote ya! :> #portfolioday

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Good morning #portfolioday! I'm @samkalensky.com a Character Designer/Artist & Folklorist from Vancouver BC! I've been selling my stickers & designs at local events annually since about 2010!! • Portfolio: cara.app/samkalensky • Website: samkalensky.com • Inquiries: [email protected]

Atomic Workers - curious about how a union can help to protect artists with the introduction of AI/Gen AI tools at Atomic? An executive board member of CAG 938 will speak on the AI protection language bargained in numerous union agreements across the North American entertainment industry.

happy nby weeeek!!! 🥰

oh it's non-binary awareness week BEWARE NON-BINARY PEOPLE ARE AMONGST YOU YOU MIGHT EVEN BE ONE

all this tells me is that its probably a good time to draw more yokai! 🫠 Heres a wip. 🏮

Support Human Artists! - [Badge/Sticker] - As it says on the tin! - A simple badge or weather resistant sticker to let the tech idjits know that you only want to support human beings. (how controversial...) my way of keeping up the good fight. 🚫🤖 - samkalensky.com/products/sup...

I know some people hate getting swarmed by seagulls down the shore, but I think they'd be glad they never encountered a creature like this! Check out the latest yokai on my Patreon for free at the link below! 🪽 www.patreon.com/theyokaiguy/...

Thanks for your support everyone!! Next up is @animerevolution! At the end of the month! See you then!! ❤️✌️ as usual find more of me at samkalensky.com & patreon.com/samkalensky

this goes to every author, game maker, musician, artist, etc who decides to go "Meh, who cares" with AI shit; fuck you. i dont care if youre broke, poor, tired, etc Stop using AI, stop selling out your fellow creatives just because it isnt YOUR creative field being screwed over.

🐗🔥PIG PROTECTION🌪️🦟 One of the great joys of summer is taking out the sliding doors and blurring the line between garden and tearoom, relishing the morning cool before it gets too hot. But... Mosquitoes also love the garden. So what to do?🤔 #Kyoto #京都 #蚊取り線香 #Japan

Prince Stolas - [Demonology] - A Wise Prince of Hell & 36/72 in the goetia. He commands 26 infernal legions. Appears as a tall "Night Raven" [An old word meaning 'owl'] imparts absolute understanding of Astronomy, herbs, plants and the worth of precious stones. - samkalensky.com/products/sto...

what if the deltarune flowers had their own game

Thank you everyone who showed up at our table at @twitchvancouver.bsky.social ! Reminder that we have just launched the official demo and kickstarter, we just got to $600, lets get to that final goal of $12000! www.kickstarter.com/projects/fri...

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Thanks for your support everyone!! Next up is @animerevolution! At the end of the month! See you then!! ❤️✌️ as usual find more of me at samkalensky.com & patreon.com/samkalensky

Last hour!!! Thank you!! @twitchvancouver.bsky.social

I am at @twitchvancouver.bsky.social art market at the anvil Center all day today! Hope to see ya soon have a lil table tour ❤️🥰✌️

I am at @twitchvancouver.bsky.social art market at the anvil Center all day today! Hope to see ya soon have a lil table tour ❤️🥰✌️

My 15+ year old IMac wireless keyboard died this morning!! Not responding no matter what I plug into it, So I ordered an affordable new non-Mac one, fancy with replaceable caps! Excited for clickity clacks! should be here by the time I get back from twitch market today ✌️🥰

Excited to see y’all again this Saturday ❤️✨

Four more vendors! Four more vendors! Tangled in Sunshine/Sunshine Kim @deadlybearhug.bsky.social Sprout Mutt Studios @samkalensky.com Info below!

yay yay! see ya'll tommorrrow~

I thought that I left my wallet at @vancaf and was looking all over for it for like an hour. Turns out it was tucked into my copy of Japandemonium.) – The Yokai kamikakushi'd my wallet. 😱