need some joy

glad midsommar (im a bit early) and more importantly happy pride!

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I need to start a taxonomy/linguistics controversy today! If whales aren't fish, then elephants have hooves. If elephants don't have hooves, then whales are fish. Also, if elephants don't have hooves, then whales do have hooves. I need some scientist to complain to, over definitions here!

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I started this painting a couple of weeks ago, but half way through, I got real sick. Endless coughing; couldn't get anything done. I ended up struggling quite hard to finish this painting. I suspect that feeling might have had an impact on the overall mood of this piece.

A grand throne for emptiness. I originally wanted this to be a more simple painting to practice pushing for more extreme poses, but then I enjoyed the composition that much, that I ended up rendering it to a more complete piece.

A portrait of Alexander. This is another commission for @hervicksy.art!

Which painting softwares are now commonly used by digital artists? Seeing how blender is now widely adopted, I wonder if any open source painting software got popular like that too.

My greatest yeenmod to date, right in the source code

The beauty of a spring cleaning. Portraits are one of my favorite painting formats and I haven't made one for myself in a bit, so I made one once again!

I made a new portrait for myself! Portraits are one of my favorite painting formats and I haven't made one for myself in a bit, so I made one once again.

The Sun. A symbol of positivity, happiness, and warmth. Something you're to everyone around you - even when you don't see it. Done for dearest friend Skamper/Terream.

This painting is a very subtle attempt to make you all intrigues for what it is about, because it's fanart in the style of a book cover for comic I personally think deserves more followers, which you can find here: @cascadeupdates.bsky.social! You would make me happy if you checked it out. c:

Thank you guys so much for 5k followers! I’m really loving the little community we’ve made here 💙 it’s very cozy I’m not sure what kind of art I’m offering for this, I’d like to experiment a bit! So I’ll be choosing which character I like best to draw :3 I’ll pick the winner in a few days!

GO LIKE THIS OR I WILL EXPLODE PLEASE PLEASE

When the days are at their shortest. Lately I've been struggling to fall asleep at night and felt tired all day. It's been a struggle to the energy to do much of anything, but I at least managed to channel the experience into this painting. (:

Secret santa for @nxpnt.bsky.social :)

Medium Speedpainting for @nitrods.art ! The boy is on the prowl..... >:3

Art Train! Share 4 Tag 4 @roxgoupil.bsky.social @aphelion.bsky.social @mishascozynest.bsky.social @lewongrs.bsky.social

Art Train! Share 4 Tag 4 Got some more art I haven't posted on this site yet! @dzlian.bsky.social @swanska.bsky.social @zibe.bsky.social @validheretic.bsky.social

I have a book on my desk, which I've been meaning to finish for several months now. Please, help me ease my guilt for books left unread by participating in the contest I quoted here! (The book on my desk is about local legends and fairytales. A fascinating topic. I'm just too unfocused lately.)

Come to think of it, I haven't shared most of the art I've gotten of my hyena here on bluesky yet. I'll post all the ones I can find posted online somewhere in this threat! First, a painting made by me, so you know who I'm talking about. (:

I don't do those often, so I don't even know if double embeds like this work, but looking through all the art I got I stumbled across this one again and want more people to see it. Not just one of my favorites visually, but it also carries a lot of sentimental significance! bsky.app/profile/iben...

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I decided to try out how much I can push my style towards cuteness. Pretty happy with how this turned out!

Another portrait of Sieglinde. @hervicksy.art asked me to paint another portrait of Sieglinde from a different angle. I think it turned out really well! :D

I asked myself how comfortably warm I could make a painting look, without making it feel uncomfortably hot. If you've ever tried something similar, share it with a quote or whatever works! I want to see what you all got. c:

I wanted to try out doing one of those style adaptations in a while!

Aubade, 2025 Art Fight attack on @merionic.com

Everywhen, 2025 Commission for @prismato.bsky.social

Look at how cool those are!

One more painting with the 2010s aesthetic. This time a bit more fashion focused than general design. It was a colorful time for sure!

I've been looking at old art and saw some 2010s deviantArt style sparkle dogs and wanted to indulge in the aesthetic for a bit! So this is my quadruped hyena OC that's definitely not a fursona, as we all reassured each others back in the day. (x

I did a very small painting to get back into the creative routine!

There is this story I enjoy and I wanna see if I can convince some of you to click the link and read along as well!

I actually think I recognize pretty much everyone on this one! I tried putting all the handles in the alt text. Hopefully that worked.

A fleeting moment in the wintery forest. A unique landscape scenery commission for @justthegs.bsky.social ! It's a whitetail buck in a winter forest to be used as the background of a label with text on top. I really enjoyed working on a subtle piece like this without any flashy contrast! :D

Kimberly's been on my brain the past couple days...

gamebanana.com/mods/567714 mods out ^^ supported for portal 1 & 2 more updates planned in the future

I'm doing a blender physics animation tutorial and I'm faced with the realization that my PC is old. Baking an animation takes me roughly 100 times as long as what the guy in the video says is normal. x_x

There's this comic from a couple months ago. I really liked the idea of having a random familiar out of all the known animals, not just the popular one. pocketss.tumblr.com/post/7638112...

I wonder how feasible it would be commission a photographer in another country to visit a museum to take a bunch of photos of one specific exhibit. It definitely seems cheaper than booking a flight to do it myself. xP

What software is everyone using for digital art nowadays? I haven't looked into it much since the days the choice was between GIMP, Photoshop and PaintTool SAI.

Gears are fun!

I started working on a 3D environment for character references and ended up spending a day making a very fancy turn table for the scene.

I wonder, what are the chances for a zoo to have the CT of a hyena saved and then be willing to share them with some stranger emailing them to make a 3D model for a hobby project?

Thanks to the help of @zyonji.bsky.social, I managed to sit down and start a striped hyena skull today c: Ran a bit out of steam, so going to try and tidy it up a bit tomorrow! Got here primarily by using the move/snake hook and clay buildup, dynamesh, IMM spheres, and a wee bit of zmodeller

I got stuck with 3D modelling again, so I decided to try a tough problem from the ground up to see if I can figure out a good process from it. First I spent a day collecting references for my project, a hyena skull. A mix of photos, 3D scans and MRTs. Based on that, my first low poly model.