iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Vari @resultsmayvari.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Finally finished this weirdo dragon that has been sitting in my "sketches" folder for months. Don't let the appearance fool you, I imagine this thing is somewhat pug sized and feels slippery like a dolphin.

illustration of a round ocean-dwelling dragon. Round in this case referring less to body fat and more to a rounded shape comparable to that of a dulphin or orca, with the skin textured in a way that implies similarly soft skin for the most part.

the ends of two thin wings are equipped with heavy claws to grip onto rocks with, and its mouth is connecte to an anemone-like organ.

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FossilFace @fossilface.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Gamblit - Psychie of Thrill! Only realised after I made the last post that I forgot to reveal this one! #PsychiesArt #creaturedesign

Gamblit is a creature that consists of a roulette wheel that appears like a dress and a large six sided dice for a head. Its arms are formed of ribbons extending from a bright red bow-tie on its neck.

This constantly teeters between highest peaks of joy and the deepest trenches of sadness every time it spins its wheel. It delights in the possibility of reaching either extreme regardless of the outcome.

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FossilFace @fossilface.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The easiest Psychie to design was probably Gamblit, Psychie of Thrill. Mixing several aspects of gambling into a single creature! Hardest was probably Roevenant, Psychie of Desparation. I went through a lot of iterations before settling on a zombie salmon which suit the theme! #PsychiesArt

Question: So far, what two Psychies have been the hardest to design and the easiest to design respectively?

Illustration: Gamblit, Psychie of Thrill, as a roulette wheel on wheels in the form of a dress with a dice for a head.

Roevenant, Psychie of Desperation, as a rotting zombie salmon swirling around below Gamblit.

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FossilFace @fossilface.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Noticed I had a few more questions on my Strawpage yet to be answered so I wanted to get back into drawing some responses! My personal Psychie would probably be Dreadline, Psychie of Stress. It's a strong motivator sometimes to get things done but can quickly lead to burnout! #PsychiesArt

Question: Out of all the Psychies you've created so far, which would you say is your dominant Psychie personally? Myself, I'd say Sentreer.

Illustrated response: Persona character of myself hunched over a drawing tablet with Dreadline (a large squid shaped from an inkwell) leaning over and surrounding me overbearingly.

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Lost.illustrator @lostillustrator.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Here's the first mass attack I did in Art Fight. Here are some of the vict- other artists :3 ChinMoru 친친, Zagreus on Twitter, Voensi on Toyhouse, Benmon132 on Insta @spektacular.bsky.social @fliptrych.bsky.social @fossilface.bsky.social #pokemon #artfight

A Pokémon festival filled with ghost-type Pokémon

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Vari @resultsmayvari.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

And most likely the last #artfight attack of the year - a piece of the character Kaleidos belonging to artfight user tigerfae! Loved rendering the hair on this one

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FossilFace @fossilface.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Eighth and last attack of #artfight2026! This is a revenge for ~KouKuroi on artfight featuring their character, Akuma Bakken! I'm so grateful for all the attacks I've received and cool character's I've been able to draw this year, so here's hoping I can draw more next year!

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FossilFace @fossilface.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Seventh attack of #artfight2026! This is a revenge for @azumaknight.bsky.social! Featuring their character, Rhino the Bashful Beetle! I thought the design was super cute and easy to animate so I thought I might as well get an animated attack out this year!

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Vari @resultsmayvari.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Looks like I still forgot some #artfight attacks; these lil guys were a revenge for artfight user serrangelic! I’m really happy with how the colors turned out on this one

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FossilFace @fossilface.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Sixth attack of #artfight2026! Revenge for @halftonetony.bsky.social featuring their characters Cam-Ron, Ton-E and Bon-net! Got pretty wrapped up with work so gonna try and get what I can done this week!

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FossilFace @fossilface.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Fifth attack for #artfight2026 ! This is a revenge for ~barkovzz on ArtFight featuring their character, Bitsy!

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Vari @resultsmayvari.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Almost forgot to post my third #artfight attack. This one‘s the character cherub belonging to the user Thelucky33! The character description said something about this being a little devil telling you to drink another monster, so I put the lil guy on top of a can

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✨ZIO✨ @ziodynes098.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Sliding in my Art Fight again, revenges are guaranteed if you have any animals and creatures! I was going to focus the last half of the month on revenges but.. I've only gotten one attack so far 💀 (besides revenges from my attacks) #ArtFight #ArtFight2026

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FossilFace @fossilface.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

My Commanders!!! I started playing last year but only started playing physical this year. These are the commanders I made physical decks of! Horde of Notions was my first but is still my favourite, using the Ashling The Limitless precon as a base. #MTG

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d3ad8un 👽🐰 @retroplasmmtwo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Reminder that I do have a Strawpage where you send me questions to answer -> retroplasmm.straw.page You don't need to but if you do have questions about my OCs I will gladly answer them to my best abilities

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FossilFace @fossilface.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Fourth attack of #artfight2026!!! This is a revenge for ~whoisarren on ArtFight featuring their character, Arren! I never thought I'd draw a rat moth person eating a Greggs pasty on a trail cam but here you go!

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FossilFace @fossilface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Third attack of #artfight2026! This is a revenge for ~2qu1dM1lk on artfight, featuring their character Inken/Fiddlesquid!

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d3ad8un 👽🐰 @retroplasmmtwo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I like to imagine that their hang out spot would be at a mall, where they play around at an arcade for 2 hours and win nothing ______ [ #buniposting #originalart #art ]

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Vari @resultsmayvari.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Doing artfight again this year but only a little tiny bit so that I don't kill my hands artfight.net/~Vari

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Vari @resultsmayvari.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

And here's the first #artfight revenge of the year! The character is "It crawls" by artfight user Baroness_of_Ash Definitely gonna keep future atttacks closer to this one time-investment wise rather than the previous one :')

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Vari @resultsmayvari.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

First #artfight piece of the year! Character is Papavero by artfight user NIJI_ewe Wasn‘t super confident with this one at first but I really like how the armor turned out in the end

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FossilFace @fossilface.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Second attack of #artfight2026! This is a revenge for @guest15.bsky.social, featuring their character Wrexor!

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FossilFace @fossilface.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

First attack of #artfight2026! This attack is for ~The_Amber_Gekko on Artfight featuring their character, Gekko!

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FossilFace @fossilface.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Hello everyone! Trying to get back in the groove of drawing more, so I'll be taking part in Art Fight this year! So fight me if you dare! 😈I'll be drawing for the silly guys around the world on Team Comedy! #artfight2026

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RetroPlasmm (COMMS CLOSED) @retroplasmm.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Concept for a Datafighter called Possessum [Undead-type, Otherworldly-order] [ #datafighters #pokemon #fakemon #art #illustration #indiedev ]

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RetroPlasmm (COMMS CLOSED) @retroplasmm.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Bluesky folks get to see the cool early stuff Here's a finalized pose for Rexcala, its render will be done eventually [ #pokemon #fakemon #pokemonbittersweet ]

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Pseph/PastelGremlin (Comms Open!) @psephrain8.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

THE GREAT PIKAMALGAMATION! But seriously, this one was so fun to be a part of, so many incredible works! This is the Pikachu I made, but go support PokeEarth and all the other cool artists here too! :D Happy anniversary, Pokemon! #fanart #pokemon #collab

My drawing of Pikachu for PokeEarth’s Pikachu collab, celebrating Pokémon’s upcoming 30th anniversary! A joyful little ball of yellow fur leaping across a background with a Red, Yellow, Green and Blue gradient ;)

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FossilFace @fossilface.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Been very busy with work so I've not had much time to draw, but I've been playing a lot of Magic: The Gathering with friends! So I wanted to do a little speedpaint my favourite commander I've played, Horde of Notions! #MagicTheGathering

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Yokaiju @yokaiju.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

The ruthless tyrant's counterpart! Mega Aurorus Rock/Ice Its sails are charged with energy, shining even more beautifully than before. Its regal demeanour is elevated, and in combat it ignores its opponents as ice storms pummel them. #fakemon #pokemon #oc #ocsky #megaevolution #pokemonlegendsZA

My fan design for Mega Aurorus. It's much taller, with a sloped back and raised neck like a brachiosaurus, and the blue of its body is deeper in a shade of royal blue. The ice crystals on its sides have merged into one larger shape, and it now has three small ice spikes on its back, two on either side of its neck and two aligned with those at the back of the neck.
Its sails have detached from the neck, now flowing like the aurora borealis and attached only at the brow, with three crystals of ice at the tips and three either side of a larger one in the middle of the forehead. Its white 'eyelash' pattern is larger with two spikes and rims the back of the eye, and its iris is the same cold blue as the ice. Three ice crystals dangle from each eye in a chain, like fancy earrings.
Its tail now ends in a sail similar to the head ones, with several ice crystals hanging from its length and three at the tip.

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RetroPlasmm (COMMS CLOSED) @retroplasmm.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Beatroot [Flora-type, Botanical-order] - It produces a "sweat" that coats its opponents in red stains. This sweat is used in dyes. They root themselves into the ground before springing out of it to fight foes they deem as worthy [ #datafighters #pokemon #fakemon #art #illustration ]

A sugar beet Datafighter that has a battered up physique, sporting scrawny root-like legs. Its fists are up in an uppercut pose

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FossilFace @fossilface.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Psychies don't have evolutions but Psychies can transform into other Psychies under the right circumstances. They are very unstable creatures, so exposure to emotions beyond their own may cause them to mood shift and transform into another Psychie! #PsychiesArt #creaturedesign

Question: "Do Psychies evolve into new forms like other mon games? Is it like an Invizimals situation where the name stays the same but they evolve into bigger more advanced forms?"

Illustration: Process of a Derbling (Psychie of Playfulness) transforming into Dullien (Psychie of Boredom) and back when exposed to Sadness + Time and Joy + Play respectively.

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RetroPlasmm (COMMS CLOSED) @retroplasmm.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Some more future Pokemon for a future region project [ #art #illustration #pokemon #fakemon ]

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CRAN🦎 @crantime.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Mega Golisopod #PokemonLegendsZA ✏🦎

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FossilFace @fossilface.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Part 5 for this question! Probably the last for this question for now but I'll revisit it at a later date for the other emotions! Petrillop and Fear both panic at anything new and do their best to protect their host from danger. They are also frozen in shock just seeing each other. #PsychiesArt

"What would be the perfect Psychies to represent the main cast of inside out?"

Illustration depicts Petrillop (Psychie) and Fear (Inside Out) both jolted up in shock at seeing each other, frozen in fear.

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Pseph/PastelGremlin (Comms Open!) @psephrain8.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Posted the finished art page for these designs with yesterday's portfolio day post, but here's a closer look at Potted Golems! Originally I'd drawn it with pen while out of the house, and later decided I wanted to try and take the concept further. #art #creaturedesign #oc

Page of drawn designs for a creature type I call “Potted Golems”! Living creatures made of magical plants that have taken over their vessels. From left to right, top to bottom we have:
Standard Teracotta Pot: A golem made from sprouting plants in a cracked terracotta plant pot. The cracks from the creature’s “mouth”, and allow for holes to form soil into hands and extend roots out into feet.
“Recycled” Cup: A styrofoam cup with a dandelion planted in it (and a plastic straw), turned into one of these creatures. It can’t crack the cup enough to get more than a single spread of roots out for one foot to hop along on, but it continues on regardless.
Flower Basket: A golem made up of a large number of flowers in a woven basket. Instead of soil and roots, its “hands” are stray leaves and petals that have fallen from the flowers it carries, and its “feet” are the bottom ends of the ribbon tied at the bade of its basket handle.
Old Potion Bottle: A glass bottle not rinsed of life potion thoroughly enough before being used as a vase, resulting in a potted golem! It is cracked to form its mouth and limbs in a similar way to the Standard Terracotta Pot golem, but instead of soil, it’s filled with and using water, with a lovely flower standing tall over the edge of the bottle.
Mini Succulent: A potted golem made of a small succulent plant in a miniature porcelain pot. Its exterior isn’t cracked, but instead its hands are made of floating soil and rocks from the top layer of the pot, and it has feet/eyebrows made of pebbles too.

A sketchy notes page that goes into more detail on the anatomy and history of Potted Golems as a creature!
At the very top is a little doodle of a witch watching her potion bottle spring to life as a Potted Golem, with text next to it that says "Potion Bottle breeds were the first ones! A witch in training didn't rinse a used bottle well enough before using it as a vase."
Under that is a little drawn diagram of a vase, showing the ratios of Life Potion, Water (or soil), and Soul Host plant needed to assemble a golem.
To the left of that is a sketch of the Potion Bottle golem, with arrows and captions pointing to places on its body, stating "If vessel is solid, it will usually crack to allow for limbs" and "Plant health measured by appearance OR eye brightness"
Under the assembly diagram is 3 sketches of different plants, with the caption "Any plant works!" above it.
The bottom left of the page has sketches of a terracotta pot golem in attack mode, one being watered, and 3 more shapes/plants for golems not featured in the initial artwork. The bottom right shows a terracotta pot golem being "dismantled", as the plant is removed from the old pot to be put into a new basket vessel, the old pot going lifeless and the dirt that was once limbs piling up on the ground. The written text above and below this drawing reads "Remember, the soul IS the PLANT! Golems can be dismantled by removal, OR replanted into new pots for a makeover!"

My initial rough sketches for each of the potted golem varieties I included in my full art, sketches in blue pencil brush! Next to it on my canvas is a zoomed-in picture of the oiriginal pen-and-paper sketch, the very first design for the Potted Golem (a Terracotta pot one)

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Pseph/PastelGremlin (Comms Open!) @psephrain8.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Hello and happy #portfolioday! I’m Pseph (or Pastel), a freelance artist specializing in 2D art, illustration and character designs! I do originals, fan art, and also do a bit of animation :) You can find my Ko-fi for comms, other socials and contact email at linktr.ee/psephrain8 #art #fanart

An illustration by me in two halves, that can be turned right side up or upside down. The “top” is a white, flower-covered cat on a mossy rock in the middle of a pond, surrounded by a misty forest full of fairies, flowers and wildlife.
The “bottom” is a black, crystal-covered cat on a mossy rock in the middle of a pond, surrounded by cyan mushrooms with bioluminescent swirling patterns on their caps, and crystal growths glowing in pink, purple and orange colors inside of a cave.

My illustrated character design, dubbed “The Dancing Dark”. A humanoid being with a “face” and “hair” made of shadows leaking out from their big hat and parts of their snazzy suit. Instead of a tailcoat they have 4 floating panels attached to their waist that resemble butterfly wings. Besides the wide brim hat and suit top, they also have on vertically striped pants, pointy dress shoes, and white gloves (that also show they may have claws as well). Their tie and earrings are designed to look like the chrysalis of a butterfly.
They are surrounded by butterfly-like entities that use their wings and antennae to emote like sets of eyes (should I call them Butterfl-eyes?)

My drawing of a shiny Hydrapple (Pokemon), decorated like a giant supreme candied apple!
Hydrapple itself is a light green 5-headed serpent with two tails, coming out of a candied apple base that’s usually red, or caramel in the case of the shiny. The main of these heads sits in the middle, with horns and a green apple skewered on one!

For my candied Hydrapple, I used the shiny for the caramel base, but gave it different layers of cool coatings/toppings! The top layer is covered in dripping caramel, a white chocolate swirl, and dollops of whipped cream. The second layer is darker caramel with peanut pieces. The third layer is white chocolate with rainbow sprinkles. The fourth layer is smooth milk chocolate. And at the bottom, the caramel returns with apple slices decorating the bottom around the base of the apple!

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FossilFace @fossilface.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

A dubious little creature has arrived in the mail! @chewchewer.com

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FossilFace @fossilface.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Part 4 for this question! Sulleech and Disgust match each other but probably don't like each other very much. Both of them are mutually disgusted by one another. #PsychiesArt #InsideOut

"What would be the perfect Psychies to represent the main cast of Inside Out?"

Illustration depicts Sulleech (Psychie) and Disgust (Inside Out) making repulsed faces at each other.

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FossilFace @fossilface.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Part 3 for this question! Cruciboil and Anger both seem to let rage build up inside of them until it bubbles over and erupts like a volcano, so they seem like a perfect fit! #PsychiesArt #InsideOut

"What would be the perfect Psychies to represent the main cast of Inside Out?"

Illustration shows Cruciboil (Psychie) and Anger (Inside Out) shouting at each other with fire erupting from the tops of their heads.

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RetroPlasmm (COMMS CLOSED) @retroplasmm.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Some Pokemon for a future region project [ #art #illustration #pokemon #fakemon ]

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FossilFace @fossilface.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Part 2 for this question! Sadness and Droopery. Sometimes the strongest of us are those who look like they are barely keeping it together, and that is true of both of them. #PsychiesArt #InsideOut

"What would be the perfect Psychies to represent the main cast of inside out?"

Illustration depicts Droopery (Psychie) and Sadness (Inside Out) huddled up around a sad memory orb together.

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FossilFace @fossilface.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Thank you to whoever sent this question, it's a really fun idea! This answer will be a multi-parter so this is part 1! First of all, Derbling and Joy! Both energetic, peppy and playful, while also having a bit of unexpected blue in their designs! #PsychiesArt #InsideOut

"What would be the perfect Psychies to represent the main cast of inside out?"

Illustration depicts Derbling (Psychie) and Joy (Inside Out) bowing to each other politely with big smiles on their faces.

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