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Decided to make some changes to my fursona and make some more extensive references for her. Wanted to give her facial hair and make her ears smaller to better show off her earrings and allow her to emote with them. I also removed the extra colors from her hair cause they were a bit difficult to work with at different angles.

[Image Description: A fat, dark-skinned person wearing glasses, dressed in a loose pink shirt and pants, and with their dark curly hair tied back in a bun is standing on a balcony, their back to the viewer. They are calmly viewing the row of forested hills in front of them and the sky that is bright and partly cloud. End of image description.] Wanted to practice drawing backgrounds, so I tried my hand at doing some hills and a daytime sky. The character was originally going to Matonne, but decided to draw Alex again instead.

Some self-indulgent (well, more than usual) art of my fursona. I’ve pretty much always wanted to be a dad-mom, settle down and have kids with someone, but a lot in my life has made that very unlikely. So instead, Matonne gets to be my proxy.

His wife (and other mother to their kid) is the cat gal I sketched up 3 years ago (to the day and that was not planned). I still have no name for her or their kid.

[Image Description: Drawing of two humanoid furry characters sitting on a couch, talking to each other while drinking hot cocoa. The one on the left is an adult with tan fur, the head of a rabbit, the tail of a lion, and the legs of a horse. He is wearing a dress that says “World’s Okayest Dad” and holding a mug that says “#2 Mom, My wife won out”. He is also pregnant. He is smiling down at his toddler child as they raise their fist in joy. The toddler looks like a Siamese cat with white hands and white hooves for feet. They are wearing a yellow shirt with a blue heart on it, striped yellow leggings, and a bracelet. On the walls are various photos and paintings, some of these photos are of the characters and their family. End of Description]

A set of quick colored sketches of Matonne again. Really helped me to get my creative juices flowing again and experimenting with poses and expressions.

[Image Description: Seven drawings of a brown anthropomorphic character with the ears of a rabbit, tail of a lion, and legs of a horse. She is in a different pose and outfit in each drawing.

[In the first drawing, she is slowly walking and wearing a turquoise tank top with the letters SD on it, colorful floral leggings, flower earrings, a flower bracelet, and a flower on her tail.

[In the second drawing, she is running and wearing a pink and white t-shirt, a pink triangle patterned headscarf, and pink triangle patterned leggings.

[In the third drawing, she is walking with her eyes closed and wearing a black dress with sunset-colored stars on it, a sunset-colored bow on her tail, sunset-colored eye makeup, and gold jewelry.

[In the fourth drawing, she is laying on her belly, reading a book titled Duck Fails. She is wearing an orange plaid button up and brown pants

[In the fifth drawing, she is standing and looks angry. She is wearing a blue sports bra with the word “Boi” on it, blue shorts, a yellow, pink, and purple skirt over the shorts, and a rainbow scarf on her tail

[In the sixth drawing, she is sitting down and looking at her hands. She is wearing a red sweater with a silver heart on it and silver pants with a red stripe on the side

[In the seventh drawing, she is sitting and laughing. She is wearing a pink and blue vest over a spotted pink, yellow, and blue blouse, pink and blue pants, round gold earrings, pink, yellow, and blue eye makeup, and a spotted bow on her tail. End of Description]

[Image Description: A drawing of a humanoid animal twirling while looking at the viewer. They have light brown fur, long rabbit ears, a long, lion-like tail, and hooves for feet. He is wearing a striped, pink open sweater over a light pink t-shirt with a heart on it, a dark pink heart-patterned skirt, light pink lace leggings, a choker with a heart pendant, and a heart-shaped earring. Text on the image reads: Single or taken, I hope you have a Happy Valentine’s Day. End of Description]

Once again using my fursona as a dress-up doll. I’m such a sucker for pink that I just had to dress him up for V-Day. If my executive dysfunction weren’t such a bitch, I’d probably have drawn him in more outfits, but I guess I don’t really need an excuse to put Matonne in my favorite color.

[Image Description: Six drawings of the same anthropomorphic furry character dressed in different outfits. The character is brown and has the head of a rabbit, the tail of a lion, and the feet of a horse. The outfits are labeled with different names. The outfits are:

[Outfit 1 - Punk Tutu: Red flannel hoodie, a white band t-shirt, a long black skirt with lace around the top, and a silver chain around the waist

[Outfit 2 - College Hippie: Green and brown button up, black t-shirt, jeans, backpack, teal pendant necklace, holding a book

[Outfit 3 - Pins and Patches: Long sleeve black shirt with a pattern of gender symbols on it, jean vest covered in pins, black skinny jeans covered in fabric patches

[Outfit 4 - Rose Leather: Long green and pink floral dress, pink and black leather jacket, floral neck scarf

[Outfit 5 - Purple a Jaguar PJs: T-shirt with a purple jaguar graphic, purple leopard print shorts

[Outfit 6 - Disco Sunset: Yellow pink and purple ruffled blouse, yellow pink and purple pants, heart-shaped gem on belt, polka-dot bow on tail, polka-dot bow on hair, polka-dot cape, yellow pink and purple eyeshadow

[End of Description]

Once again using my fursona as a paper doll during the days when I can’t be as fashionable as I’d like.

[Image Description: A drawing of a thin, brown-skinned person in a motorized wheelchair. She is wearing a red flannel, a white and purple t-shirt, blue jeans, and black shoes. She has short black and purple hair and a nose piercing. At the top of the image is her name: Zahra. End of Description.]

Had a dream a month ago about being in a classroom and vividly remember sharing a desk with this person. Decided to use it as an updated design for Zahra.

[Image Description: A reference sheet of a fat, dark-skinned character with curly black hair that is tied back. He are wearing glasses, a black hoodie, pink t-shirt, gray pants, and black shoes. His name is written at the bottom of the image: Alex Anderson. End of Description.]

An old reference sheet for an updated design of my character Alex.

[Image Description: Cartoony drawing of a brown humanoid furry character. This character has the head of a rabbit, tail of a lion, and feet of a horse. He is wearing a long-sleeve blue shirt, a blue plaid button up, black skirt, and silver earring. End of Description]

An old drawing of Matonne wearing an outfit that I actually own, minus the earring. I took a thermal from a Walmart, an oversized button up (that was also the first item from the men’s section I ever owned), and a skirt I wear as a tube dress. Makes me feel particularly genderpunk.

[[Image Description: A drawing of a brown furry humanoid furry happily walking. This humanoid has the head of a rabbit, legs of a horse, and tail of a lion. He is wearing a pale yellow t-shirt, a pink skirt with a pattern of pink and yellow lemon slices on it, and a pendant necklace and earrings resembling lemon slices. The background is a pink watercolor lemon slice. End of Description.]]

For someone who loves fruit patterns, I don’t own any clothes with fruit on them. Guess that’s what a fursona’s for.

[[Image Description: A headshot drawing of two characters. The character on the left is a lion with a thick mane and mustache. The character on the right is a donkey with large floppy ears. End of Description.]] Did a quick bit of concept art for Matonne’s potential parents. I’m pretty proud of how her lion dad turned out, but I’m still on the fence about her mother. I’m torn between making her a full donkey or a donkey-rabbit, and I might shorten her muzzle.

Had this old drawing of Matonne sitting on my tablet for some bigger project, but decided to scale it back to a more proper ref sheet.

[[Image Description: The image is the reference sheet of a furry brown humanoid character. This character has the head of a rabbit, the tail of a lion, and the legs of a horse. They are shown in four different outfits.

The info on the sheet is: Name: Matonne Pronouns: She/Her and He/Him Birth Year: 1998 Orientation: Bisexual Gender: Female-Male Genderfluid Likes: Hot dogs, cupcakes, ducks, and books DIYed about half her wardrobe Works as a drag king and freelance fashion model Cannot stand the smell of flowers Loves comics and animation End of Description]]

Happy June. Here, have a bicon.

[[Image Description: A drawing of Rouge the Bat seared on the ground. Rouge is an humanoid bat with orange skin, white hair, and black wings wearing a black and pink bodysuit, long white gloves, and tall white boots. The background is the bisexual flag. End of Description]]

[Image Description: Four sketches of a humanoid creature standing and dressed in various outfits. This creature has tan fur, a rabbit-like head, a long tufted tail, and hooves.] [Starting from the left, in the first outfit she is wearing a pink jean jacket with art pins on it, a dark blue striped shirt underneath, and pink shorts.] [The second outfit is the same dark blue shirt and pink shorts, but without e jacket.] [The third outfit is a white cropped tank top, short black leggings, a red feather boa wrapped around the creature’s arms, and a golden choker on her neck.] [The fourth outfit is a purple and black striped button-up, a gray graphic t-shirt underneath, and black bejeweled jeans.]

Some sketches I did of an older character. Gave her some hooves, because I hate drawing feet and shoes and don’t really care about footwear fashion. Her name is Matonne, and I’m thinking about using her as my fursona, since I tend to mindlessly doodle creatures that look like this a lot.

[Image Description: A drawing of a golden lioness laying down on a rock with a peach lion cub laying near her front legs. End of Description]

I’ve been watching a lot of Drawfee and The Lion Guard lately, so I was inspired to experiment with brushes by drawing Malka and his mother, who I’ve named Tafuta. The background I am not proud of, but the main drawing I quite like.

[Image Description: A digital portrait of a light brown lion cub. This lion cub is a young Zira from The Lion King 2. End of Description]

A quick little drawing I did yesterday of cub Zira. I’ve decided to dive back into the fandom after dipping out shortly before The Lion Guard aired. The landscape of the fandom (and fandoms in general) has changed quite a bit since the mid 2010s, and I like what I see.

Also decided to play around with going with my own style over sticking to the Disney’s. The above eye shape I’ve switched to spots and made the ears vertical to better match real lions. I’m still tweaking how I want the ears, but otherwise, I’m happy with this one.

Been seeing a lot of moodboard-inspired furry character designs floating around, so I thought I’d take a stab at it. This was initially supposed to just be a colored sketch based on a bunch on whatever rainbow-y photos I found interesting, but ended becoming something way more polished. I’m pretty surprised with myself.

Photo credits listed under the cut

[Image Description: Drawing of an anthropomorphic brown cat. The cat is wearing a white t-shirt, rainbow flannel, jeans, and glasses. They are holding a book to their chest in one hand, a mug in the other, and a backpack on their back.

[To the right of the cat is a mood-board featuring photos of various rainbow objects. Above the mood-board is the bio of the cat with the following information:

[Name: Andi Orientation: Pan Gender: Genderfluid Pronouns: They/Them Age: 20

[College student studying sequential art Breakfast is just their excuse to have chocolate Loves soft rock music Had a dragon phase in middle school Addicted to thrift stores

End of Image Description]

Moodboard Photo Sources with Links

Bracelets: Marilyn Davenport on Flickr

Mug: 95839 on Pixabay

Flannel: AlexBor on Pixabay

Glasses on Book: pasja100 on Pixabay

Cat: Mikael Moiner on Flickr

Paint and Brushes: Daniel Kulinski on Flickr

Donuts: barcellosalice on Pixabay

Colored Pencils: stux on Pixabay

Books: pqgw on Flickr

[Image Description: A drawing of a tan centaur galloping to the right. The centaur has a long brown tail, brown hair tied in a ponytail, and stubble. They are wearing a pink shirt with a unicorn on it and a white and gold scarf around their human waist. In the top right corner is a small colored sketch of the centaur from the front. End of Description.]

Decided to take a stab at drawing my favorite little centaur, Chet, from one of my favorite graphic fiction series, Moonstruck. The artwork is top notch, the characters are such a delight, and its specific take on the urban fantasy setting is so fun and probably my favorite variation. Go read it if you’re in the mood for some lighthearted queer romance or fantasy.

[Image Description: A sketch of an anthropomorphic cat standing up. The character has a striped brown and white face, white feet and hands, and a bushy dark brown tail. She is wearing a plaid green button-up shirt and loose jeans. End of Description]

Another anthro feline I drew up on a whim. Her physical traits I determined by randomization. She’s supposed to be a longhaired seal mink and white tabby with a less than plausible eye color. As with my last cat character, I don’t have many ideas for her yet.

Suburban Wyvern Wrangling

An intro I wrote over a year ago for a story I’ll likely never get around to continuing, at least not for a long while. I’m still pretty proud of this though so, thought I might as well post it. (And yes, I know the title sucks.)

Chasing after a dragon in the edge of town was the last thing Latisha wanted to be doing at 9pm.

She could be resting at home, watching some adorable parrot videos on her phone, but no, she just had to get a call from her boss telling her how there had been sightings of a cat-sized, lizard bat soaring over Minchester Park. She could be driving to her job’s local office to drop off the creature, but no, it just had to be a skittish wild dragon, rather than a more approachable domesticated one. She could be tackling the reptile to the ground right now, but no, it just had to be a British wyvern, one of the swiftest species out there. How in the world did a British wyvern even get to central Indiana? At least it was a dwarf species. But then again, if it were any larger, then a fully-equipped cryptid-catching team would have been called in to capture the beast instead of a single woman in an old hoodie.

Well, fuck then.

But Tish didn’t have time to dwell on that any further. She had to focus on catching up to the beast while maneuvering between lamp posts and flowering trees. She swerved around a picnic table, not taking her eyes off the dragon for even a second. This creature was fast, remaining a few strides ahead of her, and it didn’t show any signs that it would be landing soon. Tish silently pleaded that it would at least descend a bit just to give her neck a break from craning upwards.

The powers that be must have heard her pleas and decided to troll her, because the dragon ended up soaring past the entry arch of the park and straight into someone’s neighboring yard. It wasn’t just any yard though. It was one of those thousand square foot yards with a mansion-esque house in the middle of it.

“Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit!” Tish groaned as she skidded to a halt. There was no way she could trespass on such lavish private property and get away with it. Even though it may have been nighttime in a part of town where most residents would be in bed by now, she still imagined the homeowners wouldn’t take kindly to finding a black woman in dusty attire sneaking through their property in search of an animal that, as far as they knew, was as fictional as magic wands.

Maybe the residents were hidumans and not visumans, and she could explain the situation to them. Oh, who was she kidding, the nearest hidumans who could afford to live in an apartment-complex-sized house most likely lived in Chicago, not in the suburbs of central Indiana. Tish knew that if the dragon remained over there much longer, there was going to be some sort of a ruckus tonight, no matter what action she chose to take.

Tish darted back and forth along the edge of the park, mirroring the dragon as it zigzagged over the lawn. Pushing back a few stray curls from her face, she took a quick glance at the digital watch on her wrist. It was 9:06. If she didn’t capture this dragon soon, she may end up having to just leave it behind. British wyverns were passive enough that she didn’t mind leaving it be, where it would at worst only spook a few people. What Tish didn’t want was a stern reprimand from her boss and $300 less in her paycheck for all her trouble. Considering how low the dragon was flying now, she may end up having to do so.

Much to her luck, surprise, and relief, the dragon ended up swooping out of the property, gliding towards the adjacent sidewalk. Tish immediately sprinted onto the walkway. The wyvern began slowing down as it continued to descend, allowing Tish to close the distance between her and the beast. A few moments later, it finally landed in a field of tall grasses bordering the sidewalk.

As soon as the creature had set foot on land, Tish crouched low to the ground. Her steps were now soft and slow as she snuck up on the dragon. The wyvern folded up its wings and sat down to rest, unaware that its pursuer was still nearby. Latisha crept ever closer to it, pausing for a moment after each step. She could not afford for it to go flying off again, not when it was only a few feet in front of her now.

When she had reached the edge of the sidewalk, Tish leaped onto the creature, pinning it down by the back with her hands. The dragon frantically flapped its wings and flailed its tail, letting out a shrill, falcon-like cry. Tish kept her head raised. Though dragons may not have been able to actually breathe fire, their strong tail whips sure felt as fiery as any blaze.

She turned her left arm onto the entirety of the dragon’s back, freeing up her right hand. Fumbling through the top pocket of her cargo shorts, she retrieved a small plastic packet. Tish secured one side of the packet firmly between her teeth, keeping her grip on it with her hand. With both her head and her hand, she yanked both sides of the plastic, tearing it in two. She quickly pulled out the sticky, white pad inside, letting the plastic casing fall to the ground.

As quickly and gently as she could with it struggling, Tish turned the dragon on its side, exposing its underbelly. She placed the pad on this softer region of its body and pressed down to ensure it remained secure. After a few seconds, the dragon’s movements steadily slowed and its cry became softer. Its entire body gradually became more limp, until it fell asleep. The only sounds and movements it made were those of its breathing.

The woman took a sigh of relief. Retying the headwrap holding up her hair, she took the moment to enjoy having finally caught the elusive creature.

She then turned around the baby sling she had wrapped around her body so that the carrying part of it rested just below her breasts. Supporting the dragon by its head and back, she lifted it up and snuggly cradled it into the sling. Ideally, Tish would have brought the containment box with her, but after the first few times she’d done so, she quickly learned that trying to wrangle in cryptids with a giant box in her hands only made the chase and capture more difficult.

Tish checked over the dragon to make sure that it was tightly tucked in and that its nose wasn’t obscured before getting back on her feet. She checked her watch once again: 9:15.

Looks like I’m going to have to run back to the car as well. Wait?

Where did I park again?

[Image Description: A colored sketch of an anthropomorphic brown cat with fluffy pink hair and wearing clothes. On the left is a full-body image of the cat from the side. On the right is a close-up image of the cat’s upper body from the front. End of Description.]

A little feline character I drew up to exercise my creativity muscles. Don’t have any ideas for him, other than his gender and appearance, but it was fun just getting to design a character with no set goal.

[Image Description: Drawing of of a tall, white anthropomorphic duck wearing a sweater and holding wings with a tiny gosling wearing a cowboy hat. End of image description.]

@kittodekiru challenged me a while back to create a character based on this little gosling. Decided to throw in a sweater-donning crested runner duck based on a video in the same thread. Say hello to Sweater Mom and her cowboy-obsessed foster gosling.

[Image Description: Drawing of the Pokémon Granbull. Granbull is resembles a purple bulldog with a thick, grey collar and long, protruding lower canine teeth. End of Description.]

Damn, how long has it been since I last posted? Well, neither here nor there. Wasn’t quite proud of this drawing when I started it months ago, but thanks to the internet’s motivational words of “better finished than perfect,” I’ve cleaned this up and finally posted it. Not the best, but a fun exercise in reinterpreting another one of my favorite pokemon, Granbull.

[Image Description: Drawing of three clown children laying on the floor while watching a video on a tablet together. End of Description.]

Been a while since I’ve posted anything, so have three clown children watching a movie together. Specifically, it’s the royal Klownikov kids from the webcomic @cirqueduroyale. I highly recommend you go read it if you like soft or slice-of-life fantasy.

From left to right are Claudette, Red, and Charlie. I originally was just going to draw a headshot pic of the twins, but since it’s been so long since I’ve drawn an actual scene, I thought I’d take just draw all three of the kids doing something together.

[Image Description: Drawing of a brown jumping spider from the front. End of Image Description.]

Been practicing drawing jumping spiders. I still have quite a ways to go in drawing one of my favorite animals, but I’m still pretty proud of how this quick little drawing turned out.

[Image Description: Drawing of a sitting cat with curly, grey fur. Above the cat is a drawing of their face from the front. Below the cat is the word “Graystripe”. End of Description.]

Took me a while to fully figure out Graystripe’s design. Originally, I was going to give the rex coat to Firestar’s family, but then in terms of personality, I feel curly fur better fits the comedian of the OG apprentices.

'Donuts — Blue Background' Contrast Tank by Kat A.

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[Image Description: Photo of a person from the waist up. The person is looking at the viewer and smiling. They are wearing a pale blue tank top with a pattern of donuts in various colors on it. End of Image Description.]

A little something I’ve been working on for the past 2 weeks. Since I love fashion and patterns made up of “unconventional” components, thought I’d try my hand at making something like that. It’s nothing spectacular, and I don’t expect much to become of it, but it was nice to try out.

My Society6 store for those of you who prefer it over Redbubble.

[Image Description: A drawing of a person from the chest up. This person is smiling and has tan skin; short, black, curly hair; and large, dark brown eyes. They are wearing a multicolored, striped sweater. End of Image a Description.]

Finally managed to draw a new portrait of myself. It took a lot of time and work to figure out, and I am very proud of how it turned out. I’m especially proud of how the sweater turned out; I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to replicate the pattern of one of my favorite tops.

[Image Description: A drawing of the Pokémon Swirlix. Swirlix resembles a piece of pale pink cloud with a short tail, two paws for feet, and a short dog-like face. Swirlix is sticking its tongue out. End of Description]

Decided to take a stab at drawing another one of my favorite fairy mons. This little cutie always makes me hungry for marshmallows dipped in fondue.