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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Well... The good news is I found one of the main underlying causes of my illness. Apparently I've been living my life with a chronic staph infection in my sinuses--and yes, that's every bit as miserable as it sounds. Thankfully, it looks like I'll be getting by with minimal long term tissue damage +

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Does anyone else's Bluesky keep logging them out? Mine seems bound and determined to keep me out 😂

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Here's the commission for @fellowrabbit.bsky.social featuring their dragon Kapua! I love getting to paint full backgrounds, although I rarely do lol. Also, this has to be my favorite cameo featuring @manamans.bsky.social re-imagined as an oblique-banded sweetlips fish LOL #art #dragon #furry

Digital illustration of an aquatic dragon with the coloration of a clown fish. It is swimming through a colorful coral reef scene chasing a white and navy fish. Its webbed paws are raised to catch the fish, and a mischievous smile shows a mouth full of shark-like teeth. Its body is a vibrant, shimmering orange banded with black-lined white stripes. Translucent fins run down its body.

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Clip Studio Paint when its autosave function rescues the test canvas for my coral reef brushes and not the actual painting where I had just finished painting said coral reef 💀

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

While I finish up this big illustration commission, have some positively ancient #art from a folder labeled, "from the void" LOL. I didn't realize I had copies of some of the work from my teenage deviantArt account! I think this was from the early 2010's? Featuring the lovely @rathios.rawr.no

Marker drawing of a blue and white feathered dragon standing on a mountainside. He is looking over his shoulder with feathered wings partially unfolded. His body is sky blue with a white underbelly, and black stripe separates the colors. He has a feathery crest starting from the crown of his head and running down his spine to his tail, which concludes in a back-tipped feather fan.

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

TurboTax is such an ungodly combination of polished UI that obscures a labyrinthine UX. Few services stress me quite so much as TurboTax. Why did it take me 20 minutes of digging to get old tax returns? Why did I have to go through my Intuit account, which all sources say is a separate service?

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I had such a blast at Furlandia this weekend! I really enjoyed getting to meet people 🥹 I made custom stickers smooshing all the friends I knew would be there 😁 Featuring @renix.bsky.social, @capnsboots.bsky.social, @fellowrabbit.bsky.social, @rathtolar.bsky.social, and Wick! #art #furry

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The urge to make sure my commission queue is clear for Art Fight this year is Very High™

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Micowzow @micowzow.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Dusting off some animation skills, it's been a while since I've done any so just sticking to some basic block out stuff for now until I get back in the groove.

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Some excellent work at incredible prices up for grabs!!

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Well, in a rather last-minute turn of events, I'm going to be at Furality this year! I've only ever been to one (non-work) convention and certainly never a furry one! If anyone else is going, I'd be delighted to say hello! Now to see if I can get some kind of costume situation together in time...

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

And here's the finished suit! Didn't have time for very many pictures before shipping it off to FWA. Much thanks to @capnsboots.bsky.social for staring into the eyes of the sun for this shot +____+ I'm very pleased with this given that it came together in just 10 days! #fursuit #furry #art

Photo of someone in a black graphic tee, black jeans, and a fursuit partial sitting in a sunny patch of grass. They are surrounded by dandelion puffballs with a wood fence in the background. Their fursuit head is an Australian shepherd dog with a friendly, neutral smile and bright blue eyes. He is also wearing paws on his hands and feet.

Closeup photo of the dog fursuit mask in the workshop. It has a friendly, someone perky expression. It is ivory white and silver grey with a pale caramel stripe separating those colors. The ears are a charcoal grey with a bright pink interior that peeks from behind the fold. The eyes are blue and framed by black lashes and white eyebrows.

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Nebelfleck ( comms closed ) @nebelviper.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

BIG dragon-fication sketch for @/ illicocorvum ! 🐉

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

You know what, I'm gonna make a WIP thread for this thing :D Initially I was commissioned to make a #fursuit mask base for @capnsboots.bsky.social of their character Bootes. Here's the concept art of the character: #art #WIP

Flat colored digital illustration of a cartoony Australian shepherd character. It has a friendly expression and big, floppy charcaol grey ears.

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Definitely going overboard on these patterns, oops

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

How to feels to share art on social media :D

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Barring any fresh disasters and tragedies, I'm on track to have better financial stability in the next 6-8 months. One of the things that excites me most of all is FINALLY getting to join all the Patreons, tip all the Kofis, and buy all the commissions :D ARTISTS, I AM COMING FOR YOU WITH MY DOLLARS

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I finished up this digital sculpt commission for my friend. It's prop from the movie Zeiram 2 :D I did the sculpture and they printed and finished it. In spite of having owned a 3d printer for like 10 years, I still get so excited seeing my sculpts in real life 😭😭 #art #3Dprint #kamalite

Translucent, glossy green 3D print of a small statue figurine. It depicts a feminine figure with a somewhat abstracted robe draped from her crown and puddling at her feet. A gem is nestled in the fabric over her serene face. She stands on a bed of flat rocks which are layered over a hemisphere of stylized dirt. Three golden peg feet protrude from the dirt and keep the figure upright. The photo is taken on a desk with glowing PC fans in the background.

Screenshot of the same glossy green statue from the digital sculpture software. The figure floats in front of a flat grey background.

Photo of various props from the movie, including the translucent green figurine. The move prop is less symmetrical and a bit hard to read, but is otherwise a clear match for the recreated copy.

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

One of my commissions is a 3D printable fursuit base. I built a geometry node tool that lets me add procedurally generated perforations to a mesh based on vertex painting :3 I know it's pretty simple, but man I love automating things! This will work on any mesh. #b3d #furry #fursuit #WIP #blender

Screenshot of a dog-shaped fursuit mask base. The temples, cheeks, and muzzle are perforated by a grid of neat holes.

Screenshot of a weight-painted fursuit mask base. It has a heat map that corresponds to the perforations in the last image.

Screenshot of a modifier tab showcasing the various options for the Perforator Geometry nodes. It includes options for the shell as well as the holes.

Sceenshot of the node setup in Blender 5.0. It is divided into several sections and neatly labeled.

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Man, I wish PC problems were more comprehensible. In the year of our lord 2026, why can't my system tell in me in plain language what's wrong? Why do I have to do so much manual debugging lol Also, having my primary source of income suddenly unusable is a whole new kind of stress

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

You know what, while I'm working through a detailed commission I could be posting from my massive backlog of art from before I was on Bluesky :v This was a wedding gift for the lovely @rathios.rawr.no and his wife a few years ago <3 #art #dragons #furry

Two dragons are curled around each other floating in a bubble in a pink and purple stormy sky. One is a sky blue with white horns and accents on a feather crest that runs from his forehead down his spine. His feathered wings are sky blue with feathers that fade to white and then charcoal black. He is curled around another furry, feathered dragon with a pelt of rich orange and gold. Her feather crests fade from chocolately brown to crimson to gold with similar accenting on her feathers. She is cradled in the blue dragons arms and has one paw gently pressing his face into hers.

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I needed a new icon that reads better at a small scale, but got hella distracted by PNGtubers. I still need to set up advanced lip sync and some basic shading, but very happy to have a digital Avira to hang out in my videos and discord streams :D #art #dragon #PNGtuber #PNGTuberRemix

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

... So I guess a medication being covered by my insurance doesn't actually mean it will cost the standard copay :'D Currently scrambling because one of my prescriptions is $3400 AFTER insurance. Time to see if I can get this one from foreign pharmacies 💀💀💀

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paper beetles OUT NOW! @sneepsnorp3d.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

i made a 32-inch bigfin squid papercraft pattern! :D the pattern is available now for Sneepsnorp Club :3

Two papercraft models of bigfin squid. Text on the image reads, "The (Paper) Bigfin Squid. Sneepsnorp Club Papercraft. Volume 5, Issue 3, March 2026."

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Me: I need to clean up and post that looping feather/scale texture generator I made. What I did instead: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZhX... #blender #geoNodes

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Making Creature Scales with Geometry Nodes

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Fried eggs with chili crisp, scallions, and sesame over rice is an elite breakfast 😎

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Ok, help me solve another work debate LOL. If you come across a product/service whose verbiage feels obviously AI generated (with tropes like em dashes, lists of three, "it's not X, it's Y" and etc), does that impact your decision to engage with that service? If so, how?

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Tried really pushing the foreshortening and lighting with this one! The perspective didn't quiiiiiiite pan out how I hoped, but it was good practice!

Digital portrait of Avira the dragoness. Her head is pointed directly at the viewer while her eyes look off-screen, causing her face to be heavily foreshortened. She is back lit by the sun, casting dramatic shadows across her figure with blazing white rim lighting. A lens flare scatters bokeh across her face.

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

BEHOLD this incredible sculpture 😭😭😭 It's so beyond cool seeing art that begins as digital be transformed into traditional media! Makes me want to try it with Avira

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Continuing to play around with a painted style with the specific goal of being fast enough to be a feasible commission type. This particular speed painting approach wasn't it, but I think she came out nice enough to post! #art #dragon #speedpainting

Digital speed painting of Avira the dragoness. She is laying on her back with all four paws int he air. Her wings are half-folded with the feathers framing her body. One paw is held outward where a blue butterfly rests on a delicately offered claw. her fuzzy tail snakes behind her, and her vibrant indigo belly scales glint fuscia in the light.

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Artists who maintain multiple accounts on various art sites, where else are you posting? I'm thinking I need to diversify beyond just Bluesky, but I'm not sure where else to go. I post enough furry stuff to merit an fA, I think? And is Cara still a thing?

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Futzing around with a more painterly style, which used to be my favorite until I lost access to Photoshop (and hence my most beloved blending brush LOL). This is still pretty sketchy, but, I would love to keep developing this look <3 #art #dragon

Sketchy digital bust painting of Avira the dragoness' new design. Her fur is a dark grey that fades to deep charcoal on her snout and ear tips. A blaze of silver runs down her forehead and frames her eyes which are a vibrant indigo violet. Her triple horns and neck scales are the same vivid purple with iridescent highlights in fuscia. She has a crest of charcoal fur that runs from between her horns down the back of her neck. Avira's mouth is open in a friendly smile, revealing silver teeth and a purple forked tongue.

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VII @ventiique.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

One of my favourite studies , orange 🍊 #pixelart

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Bardy ΘΔ @bardy.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

i finished him like a week ago and keep forgetting to post him oopsies he's too big to post without bsky eating the quality so i'll just put a link to the full size version in the replies #art #furryart

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Butterball! @butterballmoo.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Finished commission for @pickalope.bsky.social's cat, Samson, in the style of those 19th century paintings of oversized rectangular farm animals. I was SO EXCITED to do one of these!! TYSM for commissioning me! 🧡 [ #art ]

A blotched tabby cat painted in the particular style of 19th century oil paintings that featured exaggerated and large livestock. The extra-large cat has a very small head and legs and his body is very rectangular. In the background behind him is a pastoral scene with a mulberry tree behind him, and a smaller pawpaw tree farther off in the distance.

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

And now for something I've been cooking up in the background: Avira's latest re-design! I'm still noodling with the details, so I'll post a ref sheet after I've tested this design in a couple more illustrations. But I'm very happy with this latest version <3 #art #dragon

Flat-shaded digital drawing of Avira the dragoness. She is viewed from below soaring through a pink and purple cloud-filled sunset. Her broad, feathered wings are spread wide and her limbs are tucked beneath her. A slender, graceful tail tipped with long, silky fur trails through the air behind her. Her body is mostly grey that fades to charcoal on her extremities. Faint stripes accentuate the transition on her upper arms and thighs. A charcoal mane runs from forehead to tail and is longest on the crest of her neck and base of her tail. Her secondary feathers sport charcoal spots with a flash of indigo iridescence on the primaries. A clawed digit is nested among the feathers at her wing wrist. A flash of vibrant iridescent violet scales runes from chin to 2/3 of the way down her tail. The same hue is seen on her triple set of curved horns, her claws, and her paw pads. A single gleaming fang can be seen in her smiling mouth.

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

And finally we have the last photo paint over commission! This one features @appledectomy.bsky.social enjoying Pittsburgh from a unique vantage point :D I got experimental with this and made it lineless. It adds a lot of time, but I think it makes the figures more immersive! #art #macro #furry

Photo taken from a hotel window several stories off the ground looking at other high rise buildings in Pittsburgh. A massive yellow elephant is drawn seated on one building while resting his arm on another. His hand with blunt white nails drapes over the edge. He is wearing black shorts and has one foot raised and resting on the wall of his seat. The other hand rests on his round belly, and his golden trunk drifts towards the streets below. A tuft of rich brown hair sprouts from between his wide ears and compliments a mustache and bushy eyebrows. He has a soft expression as he looks down at the street with its tiny sized people. The moon shines brightly in the top right corner of the photo, casting rim lighting on his arm and head. The rest of him is lit softly by city lights from the streets and buildings.

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Nina Kalinkos Is Making Little Guys @eclecticclay.com · 13/01/2026

Brother Gregor of the Order of Ascalaphid Come visit him this weekend at @ane.boston!

Clay sculpture of an anthropomorphic gharial in a brown monk's robe with a rope belt. The figure is posed on a deck railing in front of a forest.

The same sculpture, viewed from behind so the long tail is visible poking out from his robe.

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Happiest of Valentine's Days to my friend @rathios.rawr.no and his lovely wife! It's been a while since I drew these dergs ^^ Go give Rathios a follow, he's new here but he's a delightful person #art #dragons #valentines #love

Flat shaded digital illustration of two dragons holding paws and touching noses. Their slender necks are curved in the shape of a heart and they are framed by a pink heart in front of a textured purple background. The dragon on the left is larger, and he is pale blue with a white countershading. A black stripe runs down his neck, separating the blue from white fur. A crest of white-tipped blue feathers runs from his forehead to the base of his neck and is framed by two white horns. he has a gentle smile and his golden eyes are partially closed. His partner is several shades of vibrant gold, saffron, and ruby with details in a rich, chocolatey brown. Her countershading is cream that is separated from her vibrant fur with a brown stripe. Her horns have a more pronounced curve than her sky-blue counterpart, and their brown segments are edged in gold. Iridescent orange scales are nestled in the fur of her neck. She is gazing lovingly back at her partner.

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I wondered why my Internet kept cutting out 😂

Photo of chewed up Ethernet cable. The black casing is torn, revealing twisted and broken wires within

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

More giants at the beach! This time it's Nikki belonging to @ktqtpi.bsky.social enjoying a late afternoon in the waves ^-^ As an aside, I should probably update this commission type from "sketches" because I keep over-rendering them oops |D #art #macro #furry

Digital drawing of a massive anthropomorphic shark rendered over a drone photo of a beach. She is lounging on her back with one leg bent and leaning slightly over the other with one arm supporting her head while the other rests on her slim belly. She has a bob of wily, vibrant blue hair held back in part by an orange visor. Long, shark-fin-shaped ears protrude from her azure locks. Her eyes are half-closed as she gazes at the beach full of tourists. They are like ants compared to her massive size. A thick shark tail is draped casually over a sea wall with the tip fading into a deep teal. It is late afternoon and she casts a long shadow onto the waves as water gently laps at her hips, limbs, and shoulders where they meet the ocean.

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Aaron Radney COMMISSIONS OPEN (3/7 slots left) @aaronradney.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Excited to be doing commissions again but my reach is *so* much smaller due to the fragmentation of everything now than it used to be on Twitter. But I'm also a much better artist now so here's hoping that helps!

Contact: commissions@aaronradney.com

Flat drawings
-Objects/environments: $30 per
-Character Bust (chest up): $45 per
-Full Body: $55
-Simple Backgrounds: Always included in these (simple backgrounds are a shape or a texture or a very quickly drawn indication of an environment)
-Complex Backgrounds (anything extra I have to draw): +$20 to base line price

Shaded Sketches
Objects/environments: $50 per
-Character Bust (chest up): $65 per
-Full Body Character: $85
-Simple Backgrounds: + 25 on top of anything else (simple backgrounds are a shape or a texture or a very quickly drawn indication of an environment)
-Complex Backgrounds (anything extra I have to draw): +$20 to base line price

Cel-Shaded Drawing
-Objects/environments: $65 per
-Character Bust (chest up): $80 per
-Full Body Character: $120
-Simple Backgrounds: +40 on top of anything else
-Complex Backgrounds (anything extra I have to draw): +$60 to base line price

Maps
-Region/Sketch: $75
-Continent/Sketch: $100
-Region/Color: $85
-Continent/Color $125

Alt Text consultation/writing: $20/4 pieces

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Here be Dragons and Whatnot @herebedragonsss.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Throwback to that time years ago when I sent my friend who lives on the other side of the planet a card. This is all it said:

Photo of the inside of a blank greeting card. A dragon has one paw raised and waving. Her eyes are pointing in different directions and her mouth is open in a silly smile. There is a small speech bubble that simply reads "Hi"

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