I thought about this for a hot minute. I believe in drawing for personal enjoyment, but somewhere along the way, I really did get twisted around into making stuff for metrics and clicks. I'm not immune. Drawing doesn't hold my interest because I'm not doing it for me anymore.

Optimal infant attire 😎 #smilingfriends #fanart

#Weretober2025 Day (Dropping out)! Too much of a time commitment and not enough efficiency, so I'm out! It was fun, nonetheless. If you're seeing this, please support the small artists participating in the challenge! There are a lot of talented folks not getting the attention they deserve.

Day 13 - Phoenix #Weretober2025

Weretober 2025 Day 13- Phoenix The heroes arrive at the last moment, to fight fire with fire. #weretober2025 #characterdesign #manga #furry #Weretober2025 #weretober

#weretober2025 Day 12: Hell Cat! Conniving and deceitful, the curse found the perfect form for him in the end. I gave my dip pens a break and picked up my old copic multiliners. I had to digitally enhance this because they dry gray! Compared to Deleter No.2, that is. #inkdrawing #furryart

#weretober2025 Day 11: Western Dragon My thought was to, like yesterday, make a kind of "continued story" from last year's similar prompt. I'm not particularly proud of this one; too much experimentation and too many mistakes. At least day 12 is tomorrow. #inkdrawing

#Weretober2025 Day 10: #Dinosaur ! Mishandling the strange artifact certainly livened up the office that day. Did you know I'm inking these the "old school" way? I'm using a dip pen with Deleter No.2 ink! #inkdrawing

#Weretober2025 Day 9: Megatherium! Pleistocene curses hit a lot differently. #inkart

#weretober2025 Day 8: Skeletal Slime! ...Could you tell I was on a massive time crunch? Used just a Pentel Pocket Brush Pen on it, and...yeah, excited for tomorrow! #inkart #weretober

#Weretober2025 Day 7: Whale Shark! I guess it's a good thing she's already in the water. #inkdrawing #furryart

#Weretober2025 Day 6: Carnivorous #Unicorn ! They say some werecreatures are steadfast protectors of the forest. They also say that the poacher from the village returned without his left arm. #inkdrawing #furryart

#Weretober2025 Day 5: Flying Fox! I think I wrecked my G-Nib, so I used my backup. A stiffer Hunt 56 School nib felt kinda nice, honestly. #inkdrawing #furryart

#Weretober2025 Day 4: Liger! It's pretty much my favorite animal. It's like a lion and a tiger mixed... ...if you know, you know. #inkdrawing

#Weretober2025 day #3: #Hippogryph! I decided to try a brutal mid-transformation shot on this one. I had to dust off my gesture drawing a bit, too! #inkdrawing

Day 2 of #Weretober2025 ! A freshly awoken #Gnoll descended on its first kill. On a side note, boy howdy I need to buy some bristol paper soon. I'm catching the grooves of this cold-press paper and scratching it up a lot. #inkdrawing #furryart (does this count as furry still, ha ha?)

It's #Weretober2025 ! Like last year, we begin with the quintessential #Werewolf . What a horrible night for a hot date! #Inktober #inkdrawing #furryart

#inkart is tough, but I've been practicing! Here's a comparison of my first and most recent rendition of my character, "Vandaryn Selles". The first one was made last year, I believe...and yeah, dude did put on a few pounds, ha ha! Do check out Soho, the linked artist in this QR! #furryart

Drew this Japanese-inspired Va'ji for a fellow on the official #mantledbeast discord server! More practice with a dip pen, and in a surprising turn of events, I gave my alcohol markers another shot. ...I'll be putting the back where I found them (though maybe not the gray one). #furryart #ocart

Last month, I selected another two OCs from folks to put at a card table! We got a "non-canon" #protogen and a spooky slimy skull fellow playing cards. #inkdrawing #ocart

More Vandaryn Selles my #mantledbeast character! Here, he's enjoying his downtime from the space station. by tinkering away at some ancient human technology. Can't forget some good tunes wrench to! #furryart #inkdrawing

Hey folks! I'm still familiarizing myself with my #ink dip pens, and one thing is for sure: I love them. The flexibility of line weight and feel on the paper is such a treat! My next little play-around involved my #mantledbeast character, "Vandaryn Selles". #furryart #ocart #furry

Two weeks ago, I drew a collection of OCs in #ink . Adapting their references into my style proved challenging and very fun, and I had to get creative with the human character (only had low-res pixel sprites to go off of). #drawing #ocart #furry #furryart

Okay, fingers crossed that firefox and bluesky sorted themselves out...I finally got my nib holder + nibs for some more detailed ink work. The left was done with Speedball's india #ink with a hunt student nib, and I used a pigma micron 08 with graphite on the right. #ttrpg #furryart

Born to fight. Just messing around with color on a thumbnail I made of Hew. #FantasyArt #DigitalArt #Demon #Illustration #ArtWork #FantasyCharacter

Is it safe to post art of #typhlosion again? 😅 Made this one back in July, two days after I declared a pause on uploads. Here he is with his flames dulled to embers as he stares at his reflection. I think some more animal-like shoulders could have sufficed. #sketchbook #pokemonfanart #furry

A little while after the #Rainworld x Water World drawing, I made another #ink piece featuring Artificer and Uma Thurman as "The Bride" from Kill Bill. Kinda messed up her face a tad, but hey, it was practice. #rainworldfanart

A piece from the backlog! I was playing #Rainworld and thought it would be funny to pose "The Mariner" from "Water World" (1995) with #rivulet. After a pretty stressful time in The Rot, I needed to blow off some steam, and now we have this. Done in #ink. #rainworldfanart

Here's a piece I made for a buddy; his orca OC in fighting prime. I'm trying to work on texturing, lighting, and heavier contrast when using #ink. I intended to upload this yesterday, but I kept getting a black screen instead. #furry #ocart #furryart

Man it's frustrating how I'd like to start uploading pieces again, but I keep getting the dreaded "black image" bug. Worked yesterday, but not today; three different attempts were just blacked out. So uh, hello to whoever sees this, how's your day going?

It's been a while! I'm doing much better these days and will be returning to uploading drawings and sketches to my socials. I even have a little backlog, too, so stay tuned. Here's a quick drawing of "Iroquois Pliskin" in #ink . Just testing higher contrast with a single pen. #mgs2 #solidsnake

Hello folks, I haven't been able to meet my old drawing cadence for a while. In short, drawing does not bring me joy at this point in time, so I will not be creating or posting any uploads for a while. Thanks.

It’s the ⭐️ GRAND RE-OPENING ⭐️ of Novelteeth Novelties! I’m back to peddling my wares fulltime and have lots of cool stuff! Check reply for 🔗

Ooh, Vandaryn's got a date! @woolyhorns.bsky.social 's character, Wooly, gives him a quietude and peace the station's off-hours simply cannot. Lots of delicious meals and snacks, too... A little backlog piece from when I was moving! #furryart #ocart #pencilart #mantledbeast #sheep

Check it out--a #CommissionedArt piece I recently completed! A woman of ambition and opulence at every stage of life and at any weight. The goal was to make a quasi-reference sheet of the character at two different stages in life. Thank you to anonymous! #pencilart #fatart #commission

A nice art trade with @rioteerart.bsky.social and Rioteer- side: bsky.app/profile/riot... #art #trade #scifi #cozyvibes #space #sliceoflife

Hey folks! I performed a trade with @jwdream.bsky.social , whose artistic directions and captivating characters served as an inspiration for my own improvement/storytelling goals. Stay tuned for a link to their side in the comments! #ink #artwork

Strong contrast, especially on faces, really challenges me. So, what better way to practice and improve than to dive right in? All in all, I'm mostly happy with my replication of a shutterstock photo. Values came out OK, but that right eye's got me aching lol #pencildrawing #sketchbook #Practice

Rapier #DigitalArt #CharacterDesign #OriginalCharacter #OCArt #FantasyArt #ConceptArt #Illustration #AngelAesthetic #SwordWielder #ElegantWarrior #FantasyCharacter #StoryCharacter #CharacterPortrait

Happy Sunday! I decided to challenge myself to draw #Link from #TheLegendOfZelda from memory today. The Ocarina of Time version of Link is my all-time favorite, so that iteration was what I was going for. There's a number of differences, big and small! #pencildrawing #nintendo

Life after shifts in the station's underbelly is awfully quiet. A friend offers to fill the space with his favorite track, ripped right from the historical archive's digital records. #furryart #ocart #pencilart #mantledbeast

the first major @papersheepmedia.bsky.social drop is in production and it’s all about metal gear!! the art will be made by is made by yours truly and I’m also collaborating with @feuer-in-soho.art !! stay tuned for more and consider signing up for the mailing list. #mgs #shopsmall #digitalart

More practice! Drew another pal's #OC, this one being a sly and mischievous fennec #fox. Not terribly happy with the other eye's placement, but I'm giving myself some grace, lol... #furryart #shetchbook #pencilart

Getting back into the swing of things, I sketched up a pal's #shark OC. Using my new Rotring and Ohto drafting pencils, the goal here was to re-imagine the OC's typical styling into my own. Chiefly, the focus was capturing the head/snout shape of a mako shark. #furryart #furry

Good morning! The move and initial set-up is done! Things are unpacked, the work/art office is now minimally set-up, and it's time for me to dust off my pencils and pens. Here's a free-handed doodle from my journal (made before I moved), and the office where I'll work! Stay tuned for more.

Hi Folks, I apologize for my extended absence. I've been in the process of home hunting, paperwork, and now, moving. I do not anticipate returning to a "normal" activity level until sometime next month. Happy Easter, peace be with you, and see you soon!

Results from this week’s stream! Lots more to come! :D

We have ancient publications that depict mythological creatures roaming the Earth and we have surviving manuscripts of sword combat. Did these ever intersect at any point in time? Here's an attempted mock-up! #inkart #artwork #fantasy #furry #furryart #medieval

First post in a hot minute; how are you doing? Man, between work and some other duties, I've had no time and no good headspace for drawing. So, after my friend told me about a freaky #nightmare, I put my dang foot down and decided I was gonna draw it. #ink #artwork #inkart #horror