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monoceros

“There has never been a time without unicorns. We live forever! We are as old as the sky, old as the moon!”

-The Last Unicorn (1982)

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a/n: i had soooooo much fun drawing the mane. like an insane amount. HEAVILY inspired by The Last Unicorn (duh) but im so happy with how this turned out!! branching out to different animals has really helped my art style and also actually using REFERENCES lol

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WHIMSY

“Oh, heart,

and then it falls

and then i fall

and then i know.”

-Genesis, Grimes

art by me (@cassiopoet)

would you guys still reblog my posts if i was actually an esoteric calf representative of whimsy and childhood innocence?

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RUN LIKE A GIRL

“fear seized The Heart

But my bones would not have It.”

a/n: there is a LOT of symbolism in this piece. just about everything except the medium (paper and pen) was intentional. i’m really happy with this one :) key words i was thinking when making it were fire, haze, solidity, absence, presence, defiance, resilience, and history.

poem and art by me (@cassiopoet)

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BRUTUS//SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS

“My name is Brutus and my name means heavy; so with a heavy heart I’ll guide this dagger into the heart of my enemy

My whole life you were a teacher a friend to me- please know my actions are not motivated only by envy

I too have a destiny- this death will be art. The people will speak of this day from near and afar

This event will be history, and I’ll be great too-

I don’t want you have,

I wanna be you.”

-Brutus, The Buttress

Sic Semper Tyrannis- Thus Always to Tyrants.

art made by me (@cassiopoet)

very late Ides of March piece!!! been feeling very inspired not just by Brutus but also Macbeth. I’ve been rereading it recently and just thinking about the parallels and differences between Brutus killing Caesar and Macbeth killing Duncan.

this piece, despite depicting a stag (male deer) is also a piece about womanhood if you feel me. yk something about a prey animal killing its predator yk

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TO SEE

“At first glance, can anyone tell who the villain is? Perhaps there isn’t one. You may look closer. The answer doesn’t become any clearer. Perhaps there isn’t one.”

-Random thing in my notes app, 2025

tried my hand at this heron piece !! there are a lot of them where i live and they’ve always seemed like such interesting creatures. strangely eerie. love em :) (more notes in tags)

as usual art and poem by me (@cassiopoet)

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THIS IS AMAZING WORK

"Vitality" - Pulled a piece from the sketchbook and finished it digitally in a way that would be straightforward to turn into a linocut. I don't have plans to make one right this second, but I think this one would do beautifully as a two color print.

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The Black Rabbit of Inlé

“There is no bargain here. For what is, is what must be.”

-The Black Rabbit of Inlé, Watership Down

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A/N: i have become wholly and utterly obsessed with Watership Down again. I can’t stop illustrating these rabbits

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art credits: me (@cassiopoet)

quote credits: Richard Adams (Watership Down)

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Winter’s Breath

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a/n: this piece took two days!! finished it JUST in time for the first day of December :] it’s one of the biggest and most detailed pieces I’ve done for these rabbits!! Side by side comparison of the regular and digitized version bc i felt like some of the shading got lost. i was very inspired by medieval tapestries and folk art with this one !! i’m really loving this style, might start making more :)

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El-Ahrairah

“All the world will be your enemy, Prince of a Thousand enemies. And when they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you; digger, listener, runner, Prince with the swift warning. Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.”

-Richard Adams, Watership Down

a/n: ya’ll know me by this point. one thing about me im GONNA illustrate a rabbit. reading watership down fundamentally changed eight year old me i was never the same. also can someone who knows how to make them help me with the photo id?? ik its easy i just want to make it correctly please and thank you

art credits: me (@cassiopoet)

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And the Hound

“And the Hound

hums a lie;

a lullaby.”

-And the Hound, Yaelokre

A/N: breaking: self proclaimed poet cassie obsessed with a song that uses hound imagery, more at six

song credits: Yaelokre (@yaelokre)

art credits: me (@cassiopoet)

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hi guys !!

first of all let me say: TYSM FOR 50 FOLLOWERS!! it makes me so giddy to know that 50 of you like me stuff that much!! seriously it is a huge honor i love you all <33

secondly: sooooo i haven’t posted anything since august BECAUSE: i am currently in the process of editing and illustrating a short story i wrote !! it’s not very long, ~4k words, but it’s a story about selkies (and mother/daughterhood)

i’ll be posting excerpts here once the editing and illustrations are finished! the full story (titled SELKIE) will be available purchase at a local bookstore as a zine/short story (not dropping the location here for internet safety reasons) BUT if anyone feels SUPER strongly about being able to read the whole thing just shoot me a dm and we can work something out!! only reason i’m not posting the entire thing here is that it’s long for a text post— not because I don’t want people reading it! But if there’s enough interest, I honestly could post the entire thing! We’ll just see how things go!

But again, thank you guys for your support!!

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omg tysm !! i totally forgot about ID’s and don’t really know how to make them (also i don’t usually get so many notes on a post) so this is extremely appreciated!! thank you so much!! i will make the changes asap

The Moon Will Sing

“The moon will sing a song for me.// I loved you like the sun.”

-The Moon Will Sing, The Crane Wives

A/N: i literally cannot stop drawing stags. Elk on the left Fallow deer on the right bc you guys know I love them <3 i was thinking about posting these independently but i decided the crane wives were too good ♥︎ i promise i will draw something else soon also !! i updated my intro post bc i realized i never added pronouns LOL my bad guys

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every indie artist under the sun is tagged because tagging is how you get exposure :) also i tagged those artists bc they’re who i listen to while i draw!

The Moon Will Sing

“The moon will sing a song for me.// I loved you like the sun.”

-The Moon Will Sing, The Crane Wives

A/N: i literally cannot stop drawing stags. Elk on the left Fallow deer on the right bc you guys know I love them <3 i was thinking about posting these independently but i decided the crane wives were too good ♥︎ i promise i will draw something else soon also !! i updated my intro post bc i realized i never added pronouns LOL my bad guys

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The Moon Will Sing

“The moon will sing a song for me.// I loved you like the sun.”

-The Moon Will Sing, The Crane Wives

[ID: Two black and white digital pencil illustrations. The left shows an elk, eyes closed as it leaps through the air. Its antlers are stylized and huge, and they encase a moon. Lyrics under the stag read: "the moon will sing a song for me". On the right is a Fallow deer, in a similar position to the elk. Its antlers curve around a sun, and lyrics next to it read, "i loved you like the sun". End ID]

A/N: i literally cannot stop drawing stags. Elk on the left Fallow deer on the right bc you guys know I love them <3 i was thinking about posting these independently but i decided the crane wives were too good ♥︎ i promise i will draw something else soon also !! i updated my intro post bc i realized i never added pronouns LOL my bad guys

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Moonlit Dream Keeper

“On silent hooves

he steps

night watcher

dream keeper

oh great stag

may the moon shine

ever bright

may you cradle it

in your antlers grand.”

A/N: watched Bambi the other day and it always made me sad as a kid when Bambi grew up bc i liked his spots but i also liked his antlers. you’ll never believe how excited I got when i found out Fallow deer existed

also @cozybirch @cupids-fiction made some more food for you hope you like <333

credit: poem and art done by me (@cassiopoet)

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RAAAAAAAAAH i’m so glad you like it !! i remember u saying you like deer imagery and i was like “hold on wait…. lemme grab them….”

The Stag

“The stag does not fear

death

he knows only

that his antlers are great

and the herd is many

he knows rest and he

knows

power

but most of all

he knows

peace.”

A/N: been thinking and drawing about deer a lot recently. specifically stags. idk they’re just so ethereal to me. where’s my moot who loves deer imagery come get your food ♡︎

EDIT: SORRY IF YOU DON’T LIKE TO BE @ BUT I JUST THOUGHT YOU’D LIKE THIS @cozybirch

credit: poem and drawing are by me (@cassiopoet)

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The Stag

“The stag does not fear

death

he knows only

that his antlers are great

and the herd is many

he knows rest and he

knows

power

but most of all

he knows

peace.”

A/N: been thinking and drawing about deer a lot recently. specifically stags. idk they’re just so ethereal to me. where’s my moot who loves deer imagery come get your food ♡︎

EDIT: SORRY IF YOU DON’T LIKE TO BE @ BUT I JUST THOUGHT YOU’D LIKE THIS @cozybirch

credit: poem and drawing are by me (@cassiopoet)