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Kid Ritz art! I love them so much, they look like a petri dish

Here’s progress shots!

Okay I’m sick I’m gonna lay down now

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I’d like you all to meet my little buddy, Zephyr!

They’re a Texas Ironclad Beetle! Aren’t they the cutest?? I actually just recently found them and I set up a vivarium for them, and I’d like to expand it soon and maybe someday find a friend or two for them.

I love them So much. I would have a nice little tea party with them if that were practical but it’s not so I did this for them instead!

I don’t even know what to say, they’re just. So lovely <3 I adore them

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I haven’t played MSM in ages but the Mythical Island finale really got me

This is Dolia btw! Sweet kid 💕

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I have this joke with my partner where if they’re complaining about something little I squash their face in my chest and just “Oh my poor sweet boyyyy whatever shall he do??? My poor boy” and I think they’d do that too

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I’ve been watching a lot of Jelly Jamm lately and I wanted to make a profile picture for a close friend of mine! They Love mermaids so I figured why not make Bello into one?

It’s a different style than what I normally do but hey, it was fun!

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He says typos out loud

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I’ve been wanting to make a Hollow Knight character based on my Texas Ironclad Beetle, Zephyr, and I finally got around to drawing them 👍

They/them (but they’re fine with ze/he/she pronouns too)

Zephyr is a solitary farmer who tends to crops of lichens and fungi in a secluded pocket of the Fungal Wastes. Their scythe is more of a tool than a weapon but it can be used for self defense. They aren’t picked on often though, partly because they avoid people and partly because they’re large enough to tower over most bugs.

Don’t let their size fool you; they’re not a fighter. When they feel threatened they keel over and play dead until danger passes. Their shell is tough enough to take almost any hit so this is actually an effective strategy, even if their opponent knows they’re alive.

They’re not the type to pick a fight in the first place. They’re actually very well-mannered and polite, and they’re willing to share small portions of their crops with hungry travelers. Still, they don’t consider many people their friend, and they’re content with living alone, holding their secrets close to their chest.

Their golden embellishments are actually a reference to something pretty tragic with Texas Ironclads; they’re sometimes worn as living jewelry. Gems and gold chains are glued to their shells and they’re worn on people’s shirts, chained by a pin and left to crawl with these permanent weights on their backs. This metaphor runs deeper than just their looks, but you’ll be hard pressed to convince Zephyr to talk about their past.

They’ve considered leaving Hallownest to find a better life but they’re never had the bravery to go any farther than Dirtmouth.

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Okay you guys REALLY like the idea of a space season, which is!! So reassuring because oh my god I have so many ideas for this, which I’ll be sharing later! Thank you all so much for the support! But for now I wanna clear two things up.

I think I’m going to call the season “Season of Cosmos”! I think the name fits the description nicely without being too clunky or blunt. Thanks to @ttltrashmammal for the idea, and thanks to everyone for the suggestions! It’s harder to come up with a season name than I thought, whew </3 I appreciate you all!

And second, Pluto would not be a spirit in this season… partly because 8 spirits in one season is already way more than the usual, but also because Pluto isn’t a planet. I’ll explain why below the cut, but still, I had a lot of people wanting to see some Pluto representation.

So… I came up with this little Skykid!

I wanted to show some of Pluto’s beautiful colors on the cape and mask, as well as Tombaugh Regio, Pluto’s heart!

I also gave them a little dolly that looks like Charon, Pluto’s largest moon! In fact, it’s so large compared to Pluto that they’re both tidally locked to each other (meaning they both face each other while they orbit around), and because their barycenter (the center of mass they both orbit) is outside of Pluto some people actually consider them a binary system instead of a dwarf planet and it’s moon!

Alright, so as for why Pluto isn’t considered a planet… Fair warning, this is lengthy

For starters, it’s not the only former planet! Back before Copernicus realized that the planets orbit the sun we thought everything in the solar system orbited Earth, and the Sun and Moon were both considered planets!

So we came up with the first rule for a planet; it must orbit the sun! If it orbits another object then it’s a moon or a satellite (we did need this distinction; we called the moons of Jupiter and Saturn planets too).

Once we got that debacle sorted out we started calling all the large asteroids in the asteroid belt planets too. Ceres, Vesta, Pallas, Juno, Astreae, Hebe and Iris were all considered planets. I mean, they orbit the sun so they’re not a moon, right? But then we’d have to include every single hunk of space crap we found in the belt, and it’s estimated that there’s 1.1 million to 1.9 million asteroids over the size of 1 kilometer, and millions of smaller particles too!

So we came up with a new rule; a planet must be large enough to reach hydrostatic equilibrium, or in other words to be rounded into a spherical shape under its own gravity. All the objects in the belt came to be known as asteroids or minor planets since they no longer fit the description!

You might point out that Ceres IS rounded under its own gravity… and you’d be correct! Which is why it’s considered a dwarf planet even today! I’m pretty sure it was still lumped into the category of minor planet at the time though, since the term dwarf planet didnt exist at the time and it kept things simple. Please correct me if I’m wrong though, I’d love to learn more about Ceres!

We were comfortable with these two rules for a long time, and when we discovered Pluto it fit right into the category of planet! However we started having some trouble when we discovered Eris, and it 2005 it was named the 10th planet. In fact, Eris is actually larger than Pluto! Or… it’s debated? They’re both very similar in size but we don’t have much data on Eris because it orbits the sun 3 times further away than Pluto, or 68 times further away than the Earth! (In other worlds 68 astronomical units). It’s so hard to observe…

But it brought up the question of where do we draw the line? There’s no telling how many dozens of small Kuiper Belt Objects we’d end up calling a planet, and if you include one you have to include them all…

So in 2006 a third rule was put into place; an object has to be massive enough to clear its orbital path, or in other words it has to be able to clear out any debris in its path with its own gravity. That excludes all objects in the Kuiper belt, as well as all objects in the asteroid belt (so now Ceres can have a place to fit in!). These objects were called dwarf planets! Since then we’ve discovered many more dwarf planets (two of which were called Easter Bunny and Santa because of the times of the year they were discovered, and were later renamed Makemake and Haumea. Irrelevant but fun!).

So that’s why Pluto’s no longer considered a planet! I don’t think of this as a bad thing, if anything it just made it go from being in last place as far as planets go to being in first place as far as dwarf planets go, and it’s been affectionately called the king of the Kuiper belt.

Nomenclature is hard though, and space doesn’t care about exact definitions. The asteroid Vesta is way larger than the Saturn’s moon Mimas, but Mimas is round while Vesta is not. If it hadn’t been impacted by two asteroids Vesta would likely still be round and it would be considered a dwarf planet, but it isn’t round so it doesn’t get that title! And what do we consider round enough to be hydrostatic equilibrium? And all planets have objects in their Lagrange points, they technically aren’t considered clear from the planet’s orbit but they do follow the planet as it orbits the sun! What’s the exact number of space specks we’ll allow a planet to have to still be considered a planet, because I’m sure there’s a planet in some far off solar system that has that exact number!

My point is this is all really complicated and tedious and there are no exacts and I’m in way over my head so! Please don’t argue with me about Pluto needing to be included in the season or needing to be considered a planet. Maybe I’ll give them a spot in the seasonal design, along with a few other dwarf planets, if I have enough time on my hands and motivation to design such a thing. As for if it needs to be considered a planet, take that one up with NASA and not me! (/lighthearted)

(This has all been a lighthearted rant, mostly with the purpose of educating you guys and letting you come up with an informed opinion on your own rather than saying Pluto should be a planet just because someone else told you it should be. I still love Pluto <3 and I love you all too! And if you’ve read this far, holy cow ty? I’m proud of you for learning, go get yourself a snack and have a lovely day <3)

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Hey guys, I’m back with more Season of Cosmos content!

First I wanted to say that my mental health has been pretty rocky lately so I don’t have a gameplan of when I’ll be making these posts, but I’ve got plenty of ideas and I just need to draw them out!

So, moving right on, today I’m posting about Venus! I may change the spirits’ names to match the usual spirit naming conventions, but for now I’ll stick with the names of the planets for simplicity.

Venus on the outside is very beautiful. Conventionally attractive, always preened and stylish, but talk to them and you’ll realize they’re a bit of a hothead. They’re prone to bouts of anger, jealousy, and they’re rather impatient. Their emote would be crossing their arms and tapping their foot impatiently, and the upgraded version would have steam blowing out of their ears in anger.

Here they are!

No mask, straight hair in a low loose ponytail, very wispy.

Their cape would be extremely bright! This would reflect (hehe get it) Venus’s high albedo (how much sunlight it reflects, how bright it appears). Venus has the highest albedo of any planet in the Solar System, and it’s the brightest object in the night sky other than the moon!

For years scientists had no idea what was beneath the smooth, cloudy exterior. It was theorized that beneath the clouds was a beautiful oasis abundantly populated by alien life. It wasn’t until the Mariner 2 mission that we realized Venus isn’t as serene as we previously made it out to be.

On the inside the temperatures reach over 900°F (475°C), hot enough to melt lead. The surface of Venus is a rusty orange and it’s pocked by thousands of volcanos, some of which may still be active. On top of that the atmospheric pressure is over 95 times the atmospheric pressure on Earth! The air is so thick and dense that it’d feel like swimming in water. You’d be crushed and burnt to a crisp immediately!

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I’m opening commissions!

Starting at $5 for simple traditional sketches, $10 for more detailed, shaded traditional sketches, and $15 for traditional with colors (digital or colored pencil)

You can pay me directly or buy an equivalently priced item(s) in Sky. I accept payment up front! If I can’t complete your commission then I will give you a full refund.

Contact me if you’re interested! DM me here on Tumblr or on Discord at ZestyAtBest#4444

Items I’m accepting on Sky (in order of priority)

-Wings of Aurora ($24.99)

-Giving In Cape ($14.99)

-Runaway Outfit ($9.99)

-Runaway Hair ($2.99)

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Quick doodle from class

Rough Faced Stinkbug!

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Here’s where Zephyr lives!

Maybe I’ll draw the inside of their house at some point

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Happy Anniversary @toastlyeggs!!

One whole year of dating you already 💕 Let’s do it again <D

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Okay so this song right?

It has my brain in a chokehold. This thing took my brain apart and knit it back into a scarf.

Anyways harlequin but it’s a harlequin flower beetle

Maybe a Hollow Knight OC?? Might fit in with the Grimm Troupe

I do have one btw, their name is Stinker, poor baby can’t fly (I found it upside down on the hood of my dad’s truck with a damaged wing)

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Fich frend <3

Character by @toastlyeggs (Love you hon! <3)

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