A couple bats to wrap up the year. There was gonna be more but, just my luck, my tablet's pen is malfunctioning real bad and I'm on the other side of the globe in New Zealand right now. Oh, well; expect more when that's taken care of!
Nerdy stuff under the cut. Happy holidays, everybody!
In terms of chiropteran diversity they may not be the most dramatic examples, but these species are in separate classifications entirely. The left is an eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis, though I did take some liberties with the colors) in the Vespertillionidae family and the right being some indiscriminate funnel-eared bat (specifically a Natalus sp.) from Natalidae. It is worth noting that both families are in the same superfamily, though, but pff, that's not even a real word.
It's no secret that I love my lasiurine bats (though I really broke the mould this time with a L. borealis instead of L. cinereus, woah gotta slow down there) so she was my first on the sheet. I'm already pretty adept in terms of lasiurine anatomy so she was more of a shading test which I'm rather happy with! They're so whiskery š„ŗ
At first the second bust was supposed to be of a generic Myotis species, but I thought that might be a bit boring (not that I don't love them too of course but my sketchbooks are full of them) so I went with a different pointy-faced little fella. Or, well, I think my thought process was more like "what's another species that when its mouth is open just looks like :V" but same deal. Funnel-eared bats are a very small family and you can tell they aren't very far-removed from vesper bats, but it's their subtler differences that interested me. They have these really funny moustaches, b-shaped skulls and almost woollen fur. They're also a more traditionally "ugly" species and that especially made me want to showcase how lovely they are.
I do wonder if the eyes are maybe a little uncanny, though. I intended for anthros of species without visible scleras to remain partially faithful to that and have enlarged irises/pupils but I dunno, looks kind of cartoony here, haha. Oh well, still plenty of room to experiment!
I'm very happy with these! The difference in fur texture especially was something I didn't think I'd be able to pull off, but I think I nailed it (without references, too! Booyah!). I hope to bring you guys some more underappreciated species as well as showcases of diversity soon; there are so, so many bats out there to love and they're all so different. Much love, hope you enjoy!
Pine Tree | Speedpaint
Quick piece from November 2019! Posting now because Iām planning on continuing this format; Mabel is next and will be way more refined. :D
Variants and some extra insight under the cut!
āBeen really inspired lately by those huge Waldo-esque pieces where you could spend hours looking at all the tiny details, and while this isn't totally on the level of those it was still a lot of work! Been trying some new rendering techniques and having a lot of fun with them, though they clearly still need some polish, lol. Not my best technique-wise but I think it's a lot of fun and I enjoy it a lot! I hope you like it, too. If you do, lemme know -- who's your favorite Dip? Will definitely be working on ones for the rest of the Pines! Perhaps all the symbols, even? Who knows?ā ~ Original description
Blue variant
Blue w/ background (originally so I could use it as a phone wallpaper lol)
Relaxation meme. Whew Iām graduating super super soon, itās terrifying! Needed a blorbo break :P
Hi there!!! I hope youāre doing well ^^ I found your art recently and Iām a huge fan, your old kaput and zosky art made me so happy I had to pause for a minute- I really love your stuff!!! Iāve been super obsessed with kaput and zosky, and Iāve seen your accounts all around the internet about them, so itās kinda got me wondering.. what ever happened to the video essay you were planning for? Was it scrapped? Do you have any plans of releasing the information/footage from the essay itself? I know itās been a few years since you initially started work on it, and itās been a while since youāve posted for the show at all xd but Iām quite curious about it! Anyways, I really appreciate everything youāve done for the community and it means a lot to me how much effort you put into the archival/wiki especially. Thank you so much for your time, I hope you have a wonderful day :D
Hereās a little zosky doodle for your travels
Hi there!! First of all THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUCH A LOVELY MESSAGE waughh you've totally made my day!! š„ŗš«¶ Always love meeting another fan, and I'm so so touched to hear you enjoy my work! Secondly, I'm very glad you asked this, because it's something I've been thinking about lately. My explanation may be a little complicated, but the short version is that yes, it is still in the works!
The long answer is that progress was going very steady up until February 2023 when my mother passed away, which I believe was also when my K&Z posting slowed down. There's a long story within a long story there, but the gist of it is that I've been in a very bad place ever since then. I can't be sure exactly why the event made me drift from K&Z, but I suspect it was because my mom was so looking forward to seeing my video, and the thought that she never would, well...it really messed with me.
With that being said, I'm handling my grief a lot better these days. While things are still in a state of major uncertainty for a whole host of other reasons, I think I've mostly come to terms with that flavor of discontent. I see the project sitting unfinished in my files and I think about how close I am to being done with it, and I know she'd want me to do it. I want to do it, too! I worked very hard!
I began working on it again for the first time in like two years about two weeks ago. Over an hour of content was already fully edited and ready, it's just my last addendum that I need to work on. I'm hitting another problem now, and that is that a lot of my sources have vanished since I wrote the script, so, frustratingly enough, all I can really offer is a "trust me, bro" for quite a few points! But I think the big ones should still be there.
If anyone takes anything from this, I want it to be that you shouldn't wait to finish things, because you won't be the same person you were when you began. Nonetheless, again, it's only that last part, which I suspect shouldn't be more than likeee...ten minutes long? A drop in the bucket compared to the rest, for sure. Unfortunately it's also the most exciting part x'D Oh well, I'll figure it out!
I do still love K&Z, and I know I always will. I have a lot of requests saved up involving them, and I'd love to draw them when I'm in a better place. When I get depressed, I get art block, so only my biggest hyperfixations manage to barge past every now and again, which is why I've been so inactive in general. Nonetheless, I do check back here every day, so I'm always happy to answer any questions!
I'm gonna have a lot of free-time in April, so I'll try to get some more work on it done then for sure. Hopefully I'll be in a much better place as a whole come summertime. Thank you for the support, it really does make me feel excited for it again!
And AHHH thank you so much for the lovely Zƶskies!! Such a beautiful style you have, he is wonderfully expressive! It feels so, so good to see him again <3
Have a lovely day, thanks for the much-needed smile! š
Sketch dump: Gravity Falls edition! This is like three years worth of stuff so apologies for the quality lmfao. Lots of mixed stuff here: angst, fluff, memes, something for everyone! And of course dressing up Mabel my sweet darling child I love her
I get the feeling someoneās already done the finishing each otherās sentences bit but I was not aware at the time so apologies! xāD
Untitled, Feb 24th
Quick rendering practice that will never be finished lol. Inspired by my lovely mutual @charseraphās absolutely wonderful triangles; hypnotizing you into following them rn and beholding their beautiful crowns wawawawawa
Originally his surface was supposed to be a lot smoother but I kinda dug the hammered gold look so I went with it! My friends say he looks like an Emoji Movie render. Good.
hi! to celebrate 1000 followers (ā¼ļøāļøā¼ļøāļøā¼ļøā¼ļøš¤š«¢šš„“ššš„°š) anyone who interacts with this will get a personalized webweaving / moodboard of sorts <33 i dont have the energy to do anything more complex but i wanted to celebrate! might host a listening party soon as well <3 THANK YOU EVERYBODY!!
Hey there, I'm back with a new generator for you guys!
As I'm sure you know, finding inspiration can be tricky sometimes, even if you, theoretically, have a ton! I was having this issue and it seemed like I just could not choose when it came to my massive list of moodboards when I felt like designing, so I did what I always do and just removed the aspect of choice entirely. Who needs free will anyway?
Unlike other generators, this one chooses from premade moodboards created by human beings instead of randomly selecting each image. Results were taken from impressive collections on Pinterest and Sta.sh, and at its launch contains around 800 different moodboards! That's like, one adopt every day for two and a half years! I'm probably gonna forget to update this description as well so if you're seeing this in the future then expect even more aestheticy goodness.
Not impressed? Think this pales in comparison to your wicked collection? Or maybe you've got some favorites you wanna share? Well, YOU CAN HELP! Submissions are always open via a Google form linked below the generator. Send links to your collections or just straight-up do my job for me, everything is welcome and you can send as many submissions as you'd like!
Thanks for reading, now go forth and be awesome!
Another ref bc I'm on a roll and don't know what I want to draw. This is Alum and I believe he was also designed by Devilbinx! He's a pretty old OC to my knowledge so I'm glad to be giving her ol' guy a forever home. Totally in love with the conspiracy theories theme
I didn't realize I'd mixed up exothermic with ectothermic until it was too late pls don't hate me pls pls pls pls I'm sorry I'm so so sorry pls pls
My mother, who had been fighting cancer for the past three years, passed away peacefully in her sleep this morning. She wasn't afraid to die, she told me she'd had an awesome life and felt she'd taught me and my brother everything she needed to. I'm very thankful that the last thing I got to say to her was "I love you."
Rest easy Mama, you're my hero, my rock, my best friend and I couldn't have possibly asked for a better mom in a million years. What you've given me will never die.
Taking a hiatus to be with my family during this really difficult time. Much love to all of you
[kaiā¢ropā¢terā¢ay] Heya! I'm Emily, an artist, novice chiropterologist (bat scientist!), Gravity Falls fanatic, polite Canadian and snake mom. Check my pinned post to read more about me and this blog! Have an awesome day. :D
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