WIP of a semi-realistic portrait of Gold from last July. I was really happy with the face and then got intimidated by the hair, haha. Hoping to finish it before /this/ July.

The only fully rendered piece I managed for Artfight last year. I did mainly sketches as I wanted to participate without pushing myself, but I had been meaning to revenge @elliejaybird.bsky.social for years :) #artfight #artfight2025 #artistsonbluesky

Pieces for two art telephone games in a friend’s server, hosted earlier last year #artistsonbluesky #arttelephone

Exercises I did for @charisloke.bsky.social’s illustration course. These are frames from the movie Nightcrawler (not the X-men one) broken down to 3 values and simple geometric shapes, while trying to retain readability and atmosphere #illustration #artistsonbluesky #nightcrawler

30 minute studies from last year. I generally only do sketch studies; these were attempts to get colour and vibe down as quickly as possible #artistsonbluesky #study #pleinair #sunset #monitorlizard

I’m still alive, haha. Got hit with one of the longest arm pain flareups in June/July, then got costochondritis, probably due to my dad being in and out of hospital since August, and then just when things were looking up, I broke my arm. Had to get surgery and am still recovering. Shaky thumbs up

Here are the two pet snail portraits I finished a little while back! These are for @cydork.bsky.social 🥰 [ #petportrait #watercolour #gouache #snail #art ]

After being scared of Shopify, I remembered I have a Ko-fi account that allows for shop setup, so behold! A way to purchase my physical wares :) I made a brand new comic for the con I boothed at last weekend, only available in print! ko-fi.com/thecydork/shop #art #artistsonbluesky

CAFKL9 is this weekend! I'll be at F10 under "Shifters and Spacebirds" :) I know most of you are overseas so if you’re interested in any of my wares, you can email me at [email protected] and we’ll sort something out (I have yet to set up an online shop, they terrify me).

Hey everyone! I got into CAFKL9 and am working on a new comic to sell there, the longest solo comic I've done to date! I'm posting roughs daily on Patreon, and have roughs and development for other comics too. I'd be very grateful if you checked it out! www.patreon.com/cydork #comic #comicartist

Answering that question made me realise I forgot to share these! I tried oil painting for the first time last year; these are my 2nd and 3rd paintings. The 1st one was a boring and janky still life, so I left it out. 3rd one is also technically incomplete, I missed a spot before I photographed it.

Hit me!

I've got new little guys, cookies, and a three charm dealio up ko-fi.com/s/7f61afc48e

That struggle of posting art online.

Another feral-ish Gold, but this one's from last week or so. I got possessed to paint him quickly; it's fun to draw him in this state. He's in control of his faculties, not "feral" in the sense of losing it. Just visibly more feral. #gold #ndu #cat #shapeshifter

WIP from October. I'll finish it eventually, but I like it even now. #gold #ndu #shapeshifter

Beginnings of an insane endeavour: documenting the markings of every adult amber ducky isopod I have, so I can recognise them individually. Started in November last year. Lines can be downloaded from my tumblr. #isopod #cubaris #cubarissp #amberducky

Realising this art is completely out of order, but oh well. Some more stuff from October: Gold and his immediate family (brother Kai above, mum left, dad right). An exercise in making people look different yet still related. With and without glasses, for clarity. #characterdesign #portrait #ndu

Characters I made for a design trade in my server. Each person gave several prompts for others to design a character around. 1) For Northwyrm on tumblr 2) For @artsandgoodies.bsky.social 3) For @heavenbat.bsky.social 4) For Pizzaman on Discord #anthro #characterdesign #worm #ufo #cowboy

Eepy Karraguls from January. A fun practice at drawing their anatomy in poses I wouldn't normally do. #alien #specbio #karragul

Secret Santa art I did for @satourni.bsky.social last year! I love drawing hands and arms, it was a truly perfect matchup. This is the alt version of an originally green and red image, but I ended up preferring this more over time. #bodyhorror

Sketches from an online life drawing class back in October. Raccoon dogs used to be my favourite animal, and still hold a place in my heart, so it was lovely to watch and draw them. #tanuki #raccoondog #lifedrawing #wildlife #canidae #pencilsketch

Tobias and his arm demon. First pic was me trying out the demon's look, second was in response to an ask about Tobias's secrets, third is based on someone telling me to "tie that little bastard in a knot". (Also yes, I forgot his tear tattoos in the first pic) #characterdesign #demon

My digital artfight attacks! 1) Urda, belonging to @grusart.bsky.social 2) Vice, belonging to @vicekillx.bsky.social 3) Prippy, belonging to Laketime on ArtFight 4) Ryszard, belonging to @abysmaljack.bsky.social (once again, so glad I finally got round to drawing him :)) #artfight #artfight2024

My first Artfight attack from last year, for my friend @thylacereal.bsky.social! A 2-year-late revenge for the lovely lovely plush they made of my late snail, Bread.

Life cycle for my aliens, karraguls, from July 2024. Having raised tadpoles now, I might change the larva - I assumed the legs developed from nubs, then grew fingers, but it turns out they grow legs inside their body cavity and then pop them out fully-formed, but tiny! #alien #specbio #karragul

Triannual art update let's goooo. (I'll try to be more frequent I'm just irrationally anxious about posting here for some reason 😔)

An infographic for the setting of my Terrible Things story. More info on my tumblr www.tumblr.com/cydork/75255...

Collab I did with charseraph on tumblr! They did the lovely sketch of my boy Gold, and I rendered it.

Jaundice, a verrrry old character. This ref was the first time I’d drawn her in something like 13 years.

Slutty ghoul :)

Hewwo new people have some backlog

Forgot to post Swamp Thing’s ref from last month!

HOW COOL IS THIS? For the FIRST time in ONE BILLION years, two lifeforms have truly merged into one organism. In a new study, researchers report that a nitrogen-fixing organelle has been identified IN a marine alga. Meet the Nitroplast! Let’s talk about that! 🧵⬇️ 🧪

Here's the latest, updated list of prompts for #InsertAnInvert2024 What's changed: - Carcinization and Wormification months are swapped As always, feel free to interpret the themes as you wish! If you don't vibe with these, we have more suggestions in the spreadsheet: insertaninvert2024.carrd.co

Ipswich, an average blue collar man, but he's a fox with three arms. He worked in a factory that utilized a magic duplicator in production and due to poor workplace safety, he was inside it when it was turned on, leaving him with a strange disfigurement. #art #furryart

My take on Moder from The Ritual! #art #monster

Cover I did for a short comic last year. I was gonna just post it with the comic when it was finished, but I sorta lost interest because it felt too derivative. So uh enjoy weird nerve parasite without context. #art #illustration #comicart

More redeemed art! Couldn't decide on a black mouth or not, which do you prefer? #art #dragon

Spiritual successor to the pink and yellow pic. Redeemed art for Cartoonist Co-op's donation drive for Gaza, please check it out! cartoonist.coop/journal/cart... #art #oc

Mr Saltburn :) #art #illustration

Been consumed by the band Ghost lately, so here’s some spooky ghouls :) #art #illustration #thebandghost #namelessghoul #ink

It's past midnight in Malaysia already but it's still 2023 for most of you guys, so here's my Art vs Artist for the year! Feat. deranged grin #art #artvsartist

"An Interlude" 12x16" ink on claybord for my upcoming show opening this Saturday at Gallery Nucleus L.A.

Cosplayed as Sodo/Dewdrop at Comic Fiesta yesterday! Made mask using a pattern by maoh.cosplay (Insta), then made the waistcoat and altered the other pieces of clothing with help from my mum. #cosplay #comicfiesta #thebandghost #namelessghoul #sodo

Comic I did for the Fumetto festival contest. The theme was “flesh”. I’ll post my intentions for the comic in the reply, but I’d love to hear how you all interpreted it, so only read that afterwards! Slight NSFW warning (implied sex, peen) #comic #art #sequentialart

Meant to post this when I first got Bsky but I needed to crop it and honestly, was too lazy to lmao. Anyway, here’s Carapace, a deuteragonist of a comic way off on the horizons called Terrible Things. Ironically she’s in her human form for most of the story.

November

My boy Tobias rockin' out #art #oc