Had second iron infusion today. Been kind of up and down recently. We're still sorting out a few things & I have more tests but I promise I'm hanging in there and doing what I can. 🐛💖

First of three iron infusions this morning. I'm gonna power back up!! 💪🐛

Gonna go even further: don't refer to it as "consuming media" when doing this. You aren't a consumer - it's not a product. You read books. You look at art. You watch movies and/or videos. Be careful about word choice. Reject "consume" and REJECT "CONTENT." IT IS ART. YOU ARE ENGAGING WITH ART.

Still weaving magic. 🪄

It’s hard to know what to even do with everything going on but when stuff is shitty one of the things that keeps me going is looking forward to seeing the art other people make (comics, music, movies, books, whatever). So I’m trying to keep trucking, and sending love to those trying to do the same.

I'm at a hospital for a GI test & this is the very first time I've had a wristband that says "Moth" and had my proper pronouns on it. The world is scary in many ways, but at the beginning of my identity journey imagining being addressed correctly in a general medical setting seemed impossible. Wow!

I’m starting up a new series for small critters, still with my patterning and design elements, but with full background. This is the current WIP - a Blue Karner butterfly with sundial lupine flowers. #SciArt #invertebrate #butterflues

Iron infusions got scheduled to start near the end of the month. I am hobbling my way there. The fatigue is unreal. I've tried to ride out health stuff several times before, but I know people worry about me more if I'm silent too long. Thanks for being around.

The August review is out for patrons! 🍂 www.patreon.com/posts/137902... Sketchbook explorations in various media, digital commission work, and a status update.

Went out for groceries with @catmonkshiro.bsky.social and was not having the best day. Then he saw me admiring these unusual painted roses. Who wouldn't?!

Been a lil quiet mainly cuz still dealing with some health stuff. Waiting on the iron infusion scheduling & have some tests this month. Hoping we can iron things out before much longer and just doing the best I can in the meantime.

It's been a long road. 🖋🐛

this was back at like FE but it still makes me laugh when I look at it

Currently tabling at the Page 42 books Local Artist Vendor Market in Spokane, selling Coelary stuff and some original paintings. Come say hi! And buy something!

Here's some of the buggies I made!

Adeeno! #silksong

Blue with just a little gold. 🖋🐛

Our community includes a lot of furry businesses - run by furries, our own, is the important part! Pirate Artisans has been around for quite a while & they belong. I know jewelers and other folks who don't make "furry trinkets" but they belong. This shouldn't need saying!

Some folks seem to feel a ton of pressure to get really good at art really fast or else resign themselves to never being able to do it as well as they'd like. I think it's worth some of us long-haulers - professional and hobbyist alike - sharing our journeys. 2006 | 2009 | 2013 | 2015

Rainbow icy [ #art #oc #watercolor ]

Full Body badge for Rumel, a mighty bear-moth warrior in Agoge gear! #ffxiv

Patron sketch request of Anthony waiting for his morning coffee for @hurricaneeris.moth.gay ☕

We are the stories we tell ourselves. The brave hero, the tortured soul, the altruist, the pragmatist. They will tell you who they see, but you and you alone know who you are. #FFXIV | #FFXIVart | #FrayMyste

Full Body badge commission for Nox with his conducting baton (he may or may not be a magician) 🪄

A Sagebrush Sheep Moth (Hemileuca hera) on Mount Kobau in the Okanagan. What a great place to be for bugs! #Lepidoptera #Moth #iNaturalist

"Rising Power" - gift I did for @moth.gay several years ago in celebration of the completion of their graphic novel, Coelary. 🍄 If you haven't checked out their work, see @foxfaer.com!

A few powerful kitties for #InternationalCatDay 🐱

Full Body badge for RegulusInfinity - Terminus the Yveltal!

I filmed this one in slow motion to show the unusual way its wings emerge without the elytra opening.

🖋️🐛 Little things, as ever.

oh what a feelin

Aight K Pop Demon Hunters was fucking GOOD

The July review is out for patrons! 🐛 www.patreon.com/posts/july-2... Sketches for new ink pieces, digital work WIPs, plans for zines and more!

Boosting since my folks probably know some good recs!

@mothmonarch.bsky.social so extremely happy with everything I ordered today! Thank you so much! Literally, best blind bag purchase ever 💜.

My iron is low again. Explains a few things. Time to supplement and return to full power! 💪

Let no one dull your beautiful light.

Full Body Complex badge for Mel! Warrior with the Abyssos War Axe, ready to Fell Cleave! 🪓 🪓 🪓 #ffxiv

“banning pornography” is bad on its own but it is imperative that everyone understand that these people consider the very existence of queer people to be pornographic they consider the most chaste depiction of a queer relationship, or an openly trans person, to be porn and they want it banned

THE MOTH WEEK SALE IS ENDING SOON - 10% off original independent creations shopwide! Stickers, pins, prints, charms, bandanas, cloth masks, digital sketchbooks, and more! 🐛💖 shop.mothmonar.ch Thank you for all your support everyone!!

🌼There's a lot I could say. A lot anyone could say. But this is what I felt like saying.

they are tired of being busy bees

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Finally got my AC2023 (my first ever con) signed badge art from @mothmonarch.bsky.social framed :3

You gotta have friends who will listen to you talk about the specific nuances of your favorite pens and mechanical pencils at 1 am.

IT'S MOTH WEEK AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS ✨ Everything in my shop 10% off with "MOTHWEEK"! Come get bugs!! Dozens of little delights await! #sciart #insectart #bsnm

Outfit sheet commission for @cedifonei.bsky.social! 💫 Dress that sun up!

hi. I'm experiencing some financial difficulty and I need to take some commissions. SFW or NSFW OK! if that sounds interesting to you, let me know. hopefully you are aware of my body of work beforehand. rates depend on style and level of finish (e.g. sketches start at $50 for a full body, etc)

Little bugs spark joy. 🐛✨