#sys artist: merlin

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I was feeling pretty species dysphoric, so this is more of a personal-ish comig thing about it and phantom limbs. Regarldess of being personal to me you're free to share, it wouldn't be here otherwise.

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Program: Firealpaca Approx. Time: 3h Original Date: 16.06.24 Commission/Trade/Collab status in bio/pinned! Art Of: Merlin [Headmate] (System Member Artist: Merlin)

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do you happen to have any recs for decent biology/chem/any other science books that you liked? thank you!

the only ones ive read recently are

isaac's storm - about the 1900 galveston storm

into the raging sea - about the sinking of el faro. not a ton of science but i really enjoyed it.

the authentic animal - about taxidermy.

i read "stiff" in high school for my anatomy class and i really liked it! about various things that happen to bodies (funeral homes, body farms)

the above arent super ology focused, but they are nonfiction and i did really like them all and there is discussion of storm patterns / biology / etc.

books on my shelf i havent gotten to yet that might fit the bill:

the scientist as rebel - freeman dyson

body bazaar - lori andrews dorothy nelkin.

the audubon ark - frank graham jr

the feather theif - kirk wallace johnson

the dinosaur artist - paige williams

the great apes - chris herzfeld

the beak of the finch - jonathan weiner

metazoa - peter godfrey smith

entangled life - merlin sheldrake

the soul of an octopus - sy montgomery

the universe below - william j broad

the wave - susan casey

thunderstruck - erik larson

the perfect storm - sebastian junger

first steps - jeremy desilva

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Just a little eepy guy. Got inspired by rotomblr stuff and just wanted to draw an eepy thunder cat on my bed.

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Program: IbisPaint X Approx. Time: 1h Original Date: 29.05.24 Commission/Trade/Collab status in bio/pinned! Art Of: Luxray [Character] (System Member Artist: Merlin)

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Systember 7: Introject!

Enzo and Lux, fictives and factives at the same time. They had a rough start, being factives of a big part of our history that was better left behind. But they're here now, as their own people, and we wouldn't have it any other way.

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Program: Firealpaca Approx. Time: 1h 10m Original Date: 08.09.24 Commission/Trade/Collab status in bio/pinned! Art Of:

Enzo [Headmate]

Lux [Headmate]

(System Member Artist: Merlin)

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Systember 3: Animal!

Figured that drawing one of our in-sys animal friend groups would be good for this prompt. Just some vaguely grumpy cats and some silly birds.

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Program: Firealpaca Approx. Time: 2h Original Date: 04.09.24 Commission/Trade/Collab status in bio/pinned! Art Of:

Jayfeather [Headmate]

Flap [Headmate]

Frostpaw [Headmate]

Jack [Headmate]

(System Member Artist: Merlin)

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Finally finished! We started this a few months ago, but hadn't continued working on it in a while. I ended up having to repaint over what we'd already done of the head, but I'm happy with the result.

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Medium: Acrylic paint Approx. Time: 2h Original Date: 20.08.24 Commission/Trade/Collab status in bio/pinned! Art Of: Crunchie [Pet] (System Member Artist: Merlin)

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A little observation I made about the strange men in my brain. Mystery please let Vince focus on anything ever challenge (100% IMPOSSIBLE GONE WRONG).

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Program: IbisPaint X Approx. Time: 2h 30m Original Date: 05.06.24 Commission/Trade/Collab status in bio/pinned! Art Of:

Vince [Headmate]

Mystery [Headmate]

(System Member Artist: Merlin)

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Sketchy drawing of how I "sit" on the headspace couch, with Peeper and Vince there too. We're all just little creatures in here. This was kinda a bit of pose practice but also just a little drawing for funsies.

We love making art of us and our headspace forms, and sharing the art too!

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Program: IbisPaint X Approx. Time: 4h Original Date: 28.06.24 Commission/Trade/Collab status in bio/pinned! Art Of:

Merlin [Headmate]

Peeper [Headmate]

Vince [Headmate]

(System Member Artist: Merlin)

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A redraw and redesign of an old Warriors OC, Spikeback. I'll put the old one under the cut. We've been back on our Warriors hyperfixation lately so of course we had to revive him. I also tried some funky background colours this time for fun.

Old version, 2016:

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Program: Firealpaca Approx. Time: 2h Original Date: 02.06.24 Commission/Trade/Collab status in bio/pinned! Art Of: Spikeback [OC] (System Member Artist: Merlin)

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For entraptkat on ArtFight of their kinsona!

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Program: Firealpaca Approx. Time: 40m Original Date: 17/07/24 Commission/Trade/Collab status in bio/pinned! Art Of: Art Fight 2024 Attack! (System Member Artist: Merlin)

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Another day, another cat. Jayfeather needed a new icon and so, he got one. Very happy with how the lines turned out on this one!

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Program: IbisPaint X Approx. Time: 1h 30m Original Date: 03.06.24 Commission/Trade/Collab status in bio/pinned! Art Of: Jayfeather [Headmate] (System Member Artist: Merlin)

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A polycule across our system and the Sparks system (@sparkssystem)! Sketchy because this is our first time drawing so many people in one image and this is also pose practice.

List of who is who in the readmore.

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Program: IbisPaint X Approx. Time: 6h Original Date: 02.04.24 Commission/Trade/Collab status in bio/pinned! Art Of:

Back Row:

Rift [Headmate]

Merlin [Headmate]

Shintora [Headmate, @sparkssystem]

Front Row:

Martin [Headmate]

Vince (Possessed!Hunter) [Headmate]

Kishan [Headmate, @sparkssystem]

(System Member Artist: Merlin)

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I loved drawing all of this guy's floof… Silencepaw for @prettylemonade !

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Program: Firealpaca Approx. Time: 1h Original Date: 29.07.24 Commission/Trade/Collab status in bio/pinned! Art Of: Art Fight 2024 Attack! (System Member Artist: Merlin)

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Art of Shintora from @sparkssystem-art for art fight this year! <3

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Medium: Coloured Pencils + Pen Approx. Time: 50m Original Date: 01.08.24 Commission/Trade/Collab status in bio/pinned! Art Of: Art Fight 2024 Attack! (System Member Artist: Merlin)

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Attack for CyborgPuppy on Artfight!

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Program: Firealpaca Approx. Time: 1h Original Date: 08.07.24 Commission/Trade/Collab status in bio/pinned! Art Of: Art Fight 2024 Attack! (System Member Artist: Merlin)

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A Spiderman embroidery patch gift for our friend @oh-no-bo! Happy birthday, bestie. Hope you had a wonderful day and I hope there's many more to come.

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Medium: Embroidery Approx. Time: 4h 30m Original Date: 11.07.24 Commission/Trade/Collab status in bio/pinned! Art Of: Spiderman patch for @oh-no-bo. (System Member Artist: Mystery + Vince + Mike + Merlin)