[Havok]

I appreciate all interaction, but it was helpful to read exactly what a piece made someone think of or feel. I remember many comments people have left in the 2000s-2010s to this day, some of which aided in certain elements of my work becoming mainstays.

While there are alternatives to dA I feel that they're either too niche or most people don't use them. In particular I miss feedback. Feedback used to be the primary goal of posting art.

I think the biggest damage to the art community was the obsolescence of gallery sites (y!, deviantart, etc) and the rise of scroll-by social media, like twitter and even tumblr. Art is not ''content'', you shouldnt need to post art every day (or every month!) to be relevant. This mindset sucks.

You should also feel bad for LGBT people, Indigenous people, Palestinians, Ukrainians, any and all wildlife, the list goes on...

The Dark Crystal is such an important movie. I'm sure folks from every walk of life have watched it and nearly everyone probably thought to themselves "I feel so bad for the Podlings".
Good, that's the point. But the story isn't over.

And they are beautiful and widely loved 🥰

Bless 😭

Post a banger that isn't in English!

#tokiohotel

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Post a banger that isn't in English!

My time has come...

#direngrey

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Ah yes getting my twit inbox flooded with thirsty pornbots just because I'm a dude was amusing. Barking up the wrong tree 🥱

Totally understandable!

I kept hearing "Bluesky has no algorithm", but my art posts usually got 3 likes or less until I reached over 130 followers, and even then some of my followers weren't seeing my posts on their feed..

He loves to sit in there, but he always seems to forget he needs help getting back out..
#ferret

What a cutie! I dig your hair!

- Abolish animal testing, fur farming, bloodsports
- Abolish ICE
- Free Palestine, Ukraine and all other countries living under an oppressive regime
- LGBT rights are human rights
- BIPOC lives matter

If you have a problem with any of that, you can leave.

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I remember talking to a ball python keeper who responded with amazement when I told her, her snake can see her.

The reason? His eyes were dark.
She thought dark eyes = blind 🙃

Okay but 'hiding in bed listening to Enya human' is a label I'd have to accept xD

I hear you though, Royal Python sounds so much more distinguished ✨️

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EMPTY THE CAGES.

I won't stop shouting it until it happens.

🌠 Paint the Sky With Stars 🌌

For Alistair

Completed in summer of 2025. Acrylic and glow-in-the-dark paint on a wooden plaque, sealed.

#art #traditionalart #painting #illustration #ferret #blazeferret #mustelid #petportrait #nightsky #starrysky

Paint the Sky with Stars YouTube video by Enya - Topic

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🌠 Paint the Sky With Stars 🌌

For Alistair

Completed in summer of 2025. Acrylic and glow-in-the-dark paint on a wooden plaque, sealed.

#art #traditionalart #painting #illustration #ferret #blazeferret #mustelid #petportrait #nightsky #starrysky

⛅️🌹Seeing Paradise🌹⛅️

For Bear aka Fatboy

#art #traditionalart #drawing #illustration #petportrait #ferret #mustelid

I wouldn't be surprised if bias + invisibility plays a big role.
I had an ex that snarkily questioned why it's important for people to be familiar with exotic species they're unlikely to ever encounter[really just desperate to justify his own ignorance].
This. This is why.

⛅️🌹Seeing Paradise🌹⛅️

For Bear aka Fatboy

#art #traditionalart #drawing #illustration #petportrait #ferret #mustelid

WIP
#art #traditionalart #illustration #ferret #mustelid #petportrait

And I thoroughly agree: Fuck that line of reasoning.
A life is a life.
Nearly every large scale injustice committed by and against humanity began with "they're just-".
We can be better than that, and we need to be.

You're more patient than I am. I would have just told that commenter something they definitely didn't want to hear.

Lucky ;×; take our 20s-30s weather!

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