Today I visited the Mercado à Moda Antiga (Old Fashioned Market) in my home town of Oliveira de Azeméis. It is a historic recreation of the market that was held over 100 years ago in the then "Praça dos Vales" (Valleys' Square).

And here's my last memory from my research stay in Italy: Lake Molveno 🇮🇹🏞 Classified as Italy's most beautiful lake for 10 times now, Lake Molveno is an alpine lake that sits at the Brenta Dolomites. This is the view from the Pradel plateau, at 1400 m high. #furryart #lombax #furry

Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy 🇮🇹🏞 Located in northern Italy, it is 51.6 km long. At the northern tip of the lake sits Riva del Garda, a quiet lakeside town in the Trentino province. A magical place, where the Alps rise around the water. #furryart #lombax

"Isto havia de voltar ao tempo do Salazar, para alguns verem o que era bom!" "O Salazar nunca me fez mal nenhum. Eu cá não tive problemas nenhuns nesse tempo." "No tempo do Salazar vivia-se melhor!" 25 DE ABRIL SEMPRE! FASCISMO NUNCA MAIS! 🇵🇹

Ah, Venice... Of course I had to visit the wonderful City of Canals during my stay in Trento, since it's possible to travel there by train in 3 hours or so. What a wonderful city... 🇮🇹🛶 Here is one of the most iconic landmarks: St. Mark's Basilica. #furryart #lombax #lombaxoc

The Italian province of Trentino has a lot of wonders, especially natural wonders. Lake Caldonazzo happens to be one of them. I had the chance to visit it from San Cristoforo al Lago, a peaceful lakeside village 🇮🇹🏔🏞 Here is Platinum on the village lake beach #furryart #lombax

Hallo aus Brixen! :3 Brixen, or Bressanone, is the oldest town in the Italian province of Alto Adige/Südtirol 🇮🇹🏔 And yes, it was one of the places I visited during my time in Trento. This is the Cathedral of Brixen, right in the historic center of town. #furryart #lombaxoc

Yup, another Erasmus postcard :3 This is Verona, in the Italian region of Veneto. It was only a 1 hour train ride from Trento, so it was only natural that I visited it ^^ This is the view over the city from Castel San Pietro 🇮🇹✨ #furryart #lombaxoc

During this week, I had the chance to visit the Holy Week of Santa Maria da Feira, one of our neighbouring municipalities. It is a historical recreation of the events of the Passion of Christ. One of the best, if not the actual best, Holy Weeks in Portugal ✨

Even more memories from Erasmus. Since I started it, I figured I would take this memory thing till the end :3 Here's Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian state of Tyrol, with its famous Goldenes Dachl (Golden Roof) 🇦🇹🏔 #furryart #lombaxoc #furry

Today, me and my fiancé spent the day in the city of Braga. We visited AGRO, an agricultural exposition, and then headed for the city center, where we watched the beggining of the Procession of the Steps, which is one of the many events of this year's Holy Week.

Yet another one of my Erasmus memories. While visiting Lake Como, I stayed in Bergamo for 3 days, after which I returned to Trento. It's a city 40 km northeast of Milan, notable for its old walled core, known as Città Alta, which is where Platinum is depicted here :3 🇮🇹

Another Erasmus memory: the wonderful Lake Como, in the Italian region of Lombardy 🇮🇹 I had the chance to visit the towns of Bellagio, Varenna and Mennagio. It's very easy to see why it's so popular 🤩 Here is Platinum looking over the lake at the Mennagio lake promenade 🏞 #furryart #lombaxoc

Ciao da Bolzano! Or should I say "Hallo aus Bozen!"? 😜 Here's another piece inspired by a place I visited IRL in one of my Erasmus, this time being Piazza Walther/Waltherplatz in Bolzano/Bozen, the capital of the Alto Adige/Südtirol province of Italy 🇮🇹 #furryart #lombaxoc #lombax

Intro post! 🐯 ✨ Hi! I'm Platinum! 🐅 I'm a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Porto Metropolitan Area, in Portugal 🇵🇹 I like to draw in my free time 🖌 ✨ I'm into: 🦅 SL Benfica ❤🤍 🔥 Digimon, Pokémon 🌌 R&C and other game franchises 🧬 Biological Sciences 🔬

And another ref sheet for Platinum! ✨🤍🐯 At this stage, it's starting to become a tradition of renewing her ref sheet every year 😆 I reused some elements, like the face close up, as well as the outfit artwork and the other art that represent, well, me 🐯🔬🧬🔴⚪

🎂 Parabéns, Sport Lisboa e Benfica! Honrai agora os ases que nos honraram o passado ♥️🤍 Viva o Glorioso, viva o Sport Lisboa e Benfica! 🦅❤️‍🔥

Adeptos celebram 122.º aniversário do Benfica com 'show' de pirotecnia https://c-de.co/Yqp2V

After years of experiments, challenges, and growth, I successfully defended my PhD today 🎓✨ Officially a Doctor now — grateful to everyone who supported me along the way! :3

Returned to Estádio da Luz to watch the other love of my life ♥️🤍🦅 Benfica won 3-0, but it's always nice to watch their matches in the stadium whenever I get the chance 🥰 It was an attempt to relax before a really important event that's happening this next week 👀

Yesterday I attended the great Carnaval parade in Estarreja, in the Aveiro region 🇵🇹🎉🎭 One of the greatest Carnaval parades in Portugal, it offers a mix of Samba groups and good old Portuguese parody groups, each with an original song 🕺💃👯‍♀️ It's always fun to watch Carnaval :3

Ciao ragazzi! ^^ Two years ago I first set foot in Italy 🇮🇹 and what a place to start—Trento 🏔️ A city very dear to me, where I lived as a visiting researcher at CIBIO 🧬 Here’s Platinum taking a selfie at Piazza del Duomo 📸✨🐯 #Trento #Italy #Lombax #Furryart #furryartist

Nope, I'm still not over it 😍🦅 This is football heritage. This is SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA!! 🦅🔴⚪

What. A. Match 🤯 Oliveirense and Benfica met again, this time for the national basketball championship 🏀🏆 The match was super intense, with Benfica winning with an epic triple at the very last second 🦅❤🤍 However, I'm very proud of our local team as well 🦅🔵🔴

As my PhD defense gets closer, I keep thinking about how much I’ve grown. This journey opened doors I never imagined and shaped who I am today. Here’s Platinum as what I hope becomes my career: building knowledge through drug discovery 🎓🧬💊✨ #PhDlife #Pharmacology #Lombax #FurryArt #ScienceFurs

The other love of my life ❤️🤍🦅 Benfica has been part of me for as long as I can remember — and it even brought my fiancé into my life 🥰 It’s been a while since I drew my fursona in Benfica colors, so here she is ❤️‍🔥🦅 #SLBenfica #FurryArtist #PersonalArt #Fursona #Lombax

It's been a while since the last time I've been to a Benfica home match. Mainly because most matches were on weekdays, and I live 278 km away from Benfica's stadium 😅 But Benfica won and that's all that matters 🦅🔴⚪

Ever since my fiancé returned to being a basketball player in our local sports club, we've been to some matches here in town. Today it was against CA Queluz, a team from the Lisbon area. But, alas, we've won. Easy peazy 💪🦅🔴🔵

So today we had our local sports club (UD Oliveirense)'s Christmas Party, in the form of a Christmas Circus! 🎄🎪 My fiancé plays in the basketball's Masters team, so we had to attend it. However, it was sad that it couldn't be held in our own town, and had to be done in Matosinhos, 50 km away...

Well, since everyone's doing it, I'm also joining the trend ^^🎶 Yup, my musical age is almost twice my actual age 😅 Also, yes, I listen to a very wide range of genres 😛🎶 #SpotifyWrapped

Merry Christmas from Aveiro, Portugal!🎄🎅🇵🇹 Capital of the district with the same name (in which I happen to live), Aveiro is a city in the Central Region of Portugal, famous for its canals and traditional boats named "Moliceiros". It is ofted called "the Portuguese Venice". ⛵

Watched Benfica's basketball match against our local sports club, União Desportiva Oliveirense. In normal conditions, I would cheer for UDO, obviously, but since it's Benfica, I can't help but support the club of my heart 🦅❤🤍. Oliveirense is a tough team, though.

🎶 "Hello, oho, Vienna calling" 🎶 Vienna is one of my favorite cities ever, and one where I could see myself living in 🇦🇹 Here is the Schönbrunn Palace and its magnificent gardens 🏰🍂 #furryart #furryartist #lombax #lombaxoc

Another piece inspired by a IRL photo I took, this time in front of the magnificent Bratislava Castle 🏰🇸🇰 Also, both Czechia and Slovakia celebrate today the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day, reminding us of the power of courage and unity🕯🇨🇿🇸🇰 #furryart #lombax

Pelo Benfica, sempre! Round 2 🦅❤🤍 Voted for the 2nd round of SL Benfica's elections on our local Casa Benfica (in Oliveira de Azeméis), as is the members' duty. My votes are with João Noronha Lopes. Let's save this club while there's still time! 🦅🔴⚪

Decided to work again on a charater pose for Platinum. This time, featuring what should be her main outfit: on red and white ♥️🤍. I had already based my stickers on this very look, so it seemed logical to me that this should be her main "official" outfit. #furryart #furryartist #lombaxoc

Autumn is in full swing, and so I've decided to draw something about it. This was actually inspired by a real foto I took, on this very day, 4 years ago, at Park Anthropos, in Brno, Czechia, during my first stay there as a research assistant at Masaryk University 🇨🇿🍂 I have such fond memories of Brno

My first-author paper is officially published in European Journal of Pharmacology! 🎉 We explored how LEM3 impacts neuroblastoma cells with different genetic backgrounds — a project that’s been a huge part of my PhD journey. 🧬 Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ej...

What an amazing weekend I've spent in Lisbon with my bf 😍 Before leaving for Lisbon, we voted for Benfica's elections in Aveiro, as is our duty as members 🦅 We also took the chance to watch Benfica's match, and today, my bf proposed to me 🥰 So I am officially engaged now 🥰🥰

It's Raichu! 🌩️🌩️⚡⚡ Raichu is my favorite Pokémon, so much so that I gotta have one in my party in every game I play ^^ Haven't drawn this fuzzball in forever... Here's to fixing that :3 #raichu #Pokemon #pokemonfanart #furryartist

Returned to my 2nd home: Benfica's Stadium 😍🦅❤🤍 Although we won, Benfica's exibition left a bittersweet impression. However, the battle must go on, and our quest has just begun. Carrega Benfica! 🦅🔴⚪

Visited Vila das Aves (Northern Portugal, still in the Porto Metropolitan Area) for Benfica's away match. We won 0-3 💪🦅🔴⚪

Did a badge for myself 🐯 #furryart #furryartist

Just got back from Portimão, so my summer vacation has now come to an end... Time to get back to the routine! Here are some good highlights 😁🏖

I hope you're all enjoying your summer 🏖🌞 I'm enjoying the beach at Praia da Rocha, in Portimão, Portugal 🏖🇵🇹 #furryart #furryartist #lombax

Hello Portimão! 🏖🌞

Yesterday I kept my yearly tradition of visiting the Viagem Medieval (Portuguese for "Medieval Journey") in Santa Maria da Feira 🇵🇹 It is considered the largest medieval recreation event in Europe, which I'm proud of, since I live in a nearby municipality ⚔🛡🏹

Today we had the Open Base Day on our local Air Base, organized by the Portuguese Air Force ✈ It was nice, we got to see cynotechnique demonstrations and some air combat manoeuvring 🐕‍🦺✈

More stickers! I've expanded the sticker set I had done for myself last year. Because one cannot have too many Telegram stickers 😌 #furryart #stickers #lombax #lombaxoc

Drew Platinum in a typical full-body, "character sheet pose", since she was lacking something like an "official artwork", despite having a reference sheet. Something that could be used alongside a character stats card or other things like that 🐯 #furry #furryart #lombax #lombaxoc