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Serrazael, a commission for @serrangelic! lots of funky shaders going on with this one, there are even more versions than shown here :D

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ollie the robopet deer for @funnybnuuy a few years ago!! still really happy with how this one came out :D

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n64-style model of Nyx for @ghostlycorvid, from artfight a few years ago! had a lot of fun with the glow effects on this one :D

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foxglove for CakeHere on artfight! she just wants to be friends! this one's a few years old, but i'm still proud of it.

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this is Robophobia, who is technically a neopet? i've turned her into her own thing at this point. she's a longtime dear OC of mine that i've only just gotten around to making a proper ref drawing of her

this is about as "normal" as she gets - below the waist she's usually a tangle of limbs, abdomens, and biological parts which she swaps out regularly. lore-wise, she was once an android (arthroid?) built by an evil tech conglomerate, but at some point she hacked herself, modified herself to have organic parts, and works to take down her creators.

despite her name, appearance, and reputation, she actually leans towards the good end of the moral spectrum. sometimes, though... she feels her ends justify her means well enough.

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some goblins

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a model i made of my sona, Bytez!

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been playing a lot of Flight Rising recently, and i really want to like tundras, but their designs bug me. i decided to take a crack at redesigning them to look more suited to their environment! i took some cues from owls, ptarmigans, puffins, lynxes, and bears. some general design/biology thoughts under the cut if that's your thing

my main issues with tundras are that they look extremely skinny for an arctic animal AND for a fluffy dragon, have random "bald" patches, and don't convey their lifestyle very well to me. this poor dragon is gonna get frostbite on its tummy, not to mention the face, tail, and toes. while i recognize that this is supposedly their summer coat, not their winter coat, it still bothers me! even summer coats in arctic animals are still fluffy, and we have so many other skinny dragons.

i wanted to make them fat and fluffy all around to keep them warm (and because we need more fat dragons). i imagine they'd be skinnier with thinner fur during the summer months, but not much more - think bears, an already stocky animal, putting on weight for the winter.

i mostly went for an avian angle with my redesign, but i wanted to keep it ambiguous whether they had fur or feathers. i do love the fur rendering on the original, so i'd probably stick with that - maybe just a bit thicker/stiffer to suggest featheriness as much as furriness.

their fur is longer and fluffier around the limbs and feet (snowshoe effect, keeping the extremities warm, and also for show), the neck and back (mane for show - i think tundras take good care to preen their beard and cheek fluff in particular), and their tails (i didn't show it well here, but i imagine it fans out and can be used as a rudder like a bird's tail). their wings are also fully covered in fur/feathers. i imagine they work a bit like imperials in that while they are feather-shaped, they aren't individual feathers!

their tails are the first place they store fat, which also means they store a lot of warmth in the winter. tundras will often cuddle their own tails, or they will even cuddle in large piles with other tundras' tails. when cuddling with hatchlings or even just smaller dragons, they will wrap their tails around them to keep them warm.

during the summer, they shed the neck and back manes as well as most of the limb fluff. the bottoms of their feet, tail tips, chins, and cheeks would remain fluffy. shed tundra fur is often used in textiles, it's much like alpaca or angora fur in real life!

according to their lore, tundras are burrowers. that doesn't seem to show in their design at all, so i gave them a small beak and thick claws for shoveling dirt out of the way. i imagine they're the sorts to enlarge other animals' burrows rather than to dig their own entirely (or they just use tools to do so). this also lets them dig up tubers to eat!

i hope you enjoy them, i had fun designing them c: i wish tundras were a dragon i liked better, but i'm excited at flight rising's promise for more bulky dragons in the future.

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catch me at artfight on team fossil this year! 🦴

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this is Tammy Gacha, my Toontown: Corporate Clash character! their gacha capsules all have gags (attacks) in them, so they use a random one each turn in battle! they're generally peppy and sweet, but they thrive on attention, so will get very dramatic (and loud) if no one's paying enough attention to them.

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my piece for the Gigaphone last year, organized by @bowelfly! 72 artists, one evolving telephone chain. i decided to 3D model mine and give it a little animated pizzazz!

go check out the rest of the amazing artists and their pieces here!

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it's make a terrible comic day! so here's a little sticky note comic about getting top surgery. happy pride!

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This is the mascot for the Crips for eSims for Gaza itch.io bundle, designed by @barabones! I had a lot of fun modeling them :D

There are two days left to support the bundle! For just a few bucks, you can help keep people in Gaza connected, and you'll get over 200 video games, ttrpgs, zines, and all sorts of other goodies. There's something in it for everyone!

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This is the mascot for the Crips for eSims for Gaza itch.io bundle, designed by @barabones! I had a lot of fun modeling them :D

There are two days left to support the bundle! For just a few bucks, you can help keep people in Gaza connected, and you'll get over 200 video games, ttrpgs, zines, and all sorts of other goodies. There's something in it for everyone!

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Meet restless ghosts and puzzle your way through helping them move on in Lavender Hollow!

The new 1.0 demo includes:

- completely revamped visuals

- audio (including voices!)

- and a brand new ghost!

Keep an eye out for a detailed changelog soon! This is the completed demo - any further updates will be bug fixes or small visual changes. Even if you've played before, there's much more to discover!

Give it a go, spread the word, and let us know what you think! 💜

https://shadybug.itch.io/lavender-hollow

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Hello, everybody! We’ve been hard at work on Lavender Hollow behind the scenes, and we have some big news: the next update of the demo is almost complete! Aside from some polishing that may be added in future small updates (graphics, bug fixes, etc.), this is the final version of the demo.

Lavender Hollow Demo 1.0 will be released on April 26th!

The release will be later in the evening (MDT), because in the morning and afternoon, we will be offering an early sneak peek at All Pikes Peak Makes 2025! This event runs from 10AM-3PM at Library 21c in Colorado Springs, Colorado. If you’re in the area, come say hi and try the updated demo! We also have some very fun headstone-shaped business cards, which are the closest thing we’ve ever had to merch.

Finally, a reminder that if you want to see more behind-the-scenes updates, we share regular progress updates, screenshots, concept art, character bios, and more on our Comradery for just $5/month. It’s like Patreon, but cooler! (Plus, if you’re a creator yourself, they just started their open beta, so you can start your own projects!)

Thank you, and see you soon!

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hey remember that 7-month, 36-artist game of art telephone i hosted last year? well hold onto your assholes and prepare for:

SEE IT ALL HERE!

there's also no reasonable way of fitting all of the submissions into a single tumblr post without crushing all the detail out of everything to satisfy the 30-image limit per post so i'm gonna have to make a whole chain to feature all the kickass art:

1-3: @bedupolker @psshaw @slabmangrave

4-6: @bruneburg @whip-o-will @thedancingemu

7-9: @odetoscavengers @tickflea @deadlydaemondraws

10-12: @charseraph @biomechanicalmush @ungeziefer

13-15: @barabones @threeleggedart @phanta-friends

16-18: @snejkha @librivore42 @edenartfactory

19-21: @lymphwyrm @palossssssand @gachimushi

22-24: umberfossil justagoldfish @pinkbat5

25-27: @solidagold @nutspider elixer

DON'T REBLOG YET WE'RE NOT EVEN HALFWAY THROUGH!!!