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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Was able to attend an in person life drawing session last Friday. It’s been ages, but the group was super chill and the model was great. Hope to go back in 20-30 years #lifedrawing #figurestudy #procreate #drawnonipad #artistsofbsky #nudeart #digitalpainting #drawnfromlife

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Still need to work on homogeneity, but I like rough painty looking backgrounds and I always get too precious with figures. Next time. Really happy with this though. Started as a rough sketch while on a call with friends before my daughter was born. #digitalpainting #nsfwart #csp #nudeart #tree

Digital painting of nude woman in front of a tree

Digital painting of nude woman in front of a tree , but more zoomed in

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

One hundred followers! Woooo! Thanks so much for making my art a part of your day, and for being a part of mine. Here’s a silly little animation (that took way too long) to celebrate #digitalart #animation #nsfwart #animeart #flashing #noai #procreatedreams #drawnonipad

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Brought home our second daughter this month. Loving the time off with family, but man, between the newborn and the toddler, drawing time went 💨 Managed to get a couple sketches down while in the hospital and in between diapers. Ref: @hjmodelevivant.bsky.social @croquiscafe.bsky.social

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Hey, #PortfolioDay, it’s me Herschel. I’m a cat who draws people. Here’s some of my recent stuff!

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Was able to attend a real life in person figure drawing session this week. Been like 2 years. Had a blast, thanks to the model Dani for some great poses. Hope to catch another on in the next 2 years. Procreate #lifedrawing #figuredrawing #figurestudy #digitalpainting #drawnonipad #artistsofbsky

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Trying to get back into it. Drawing tablet and desk are all packed up, so spending more time in procreate lately. #digitalart #artistsofbluesky #nsfwart #nudeart #figurestudy #ocdesign #figuredrawing #digitalpainting

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Pretty happy with this one. Painted the background while on the phone a while ago. I couldn’t get the figure to work, so put it down and left it at that. Picked it back up last week and managed to put it together. Figure: Amedea from @croquiscafe.bsky.social #figuredrawing #procreate #nudeart

Digital painting of nude woman in a field

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Here’s the final study from this set, along with the others. Cooking something I’m kinda proud of, hope to post more this week! #figuredrawing #digitalpainting #procreate #drawnonipad #nsfwart #pinupart #nudeart #artstudy #eroticart #artistsofbluesky #ocdesign #ocart

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

One more in this study series. I just did all 4 right in the same document, doing each step across all studies rather than finishing one before moving on to the next. Anyone have a better way of preforming art faster? #digitalpainting #procreate #nudeart #pinupart #nsfwart #figurestudy #lighting

Digital painting of nude woman sitting on table

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

No.2 of the “Really need to practice hands and faces” series. Like the background better than the figure this round. #digitalpainting #procreate #nsfwart #pinup #portraitstudy #nudeart #facialexpression #artpractice

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Hey I just hit 69 followers! Kind of a funny little milestone, but thanks for making my art a part of your feed! Art post today is…uhm… unrelated #nsfwart #clipstudiopaint #eroticart #digitalpainting #figuredrawing #nudeart #characterart #begginerart #hobbyartist #artistsofbluesky

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Really need to practice hands and faces, but I just want to draw …well, you know. Compromise makes the world go round. First of a few studies. Trying to work faster, and not be too precious with anything. #procreate #study #artpractice #portrait #nudeportrait #pinup #nsfwart #digitalart

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Alright, #inktober day 3, prompt #crown On to the next, what day are we on? It’s the NINTH?! Dude how does anyone keep up with this all month… probably it for me lol #digitalart #inktober2025 #inktoberdropout #nsfwart

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

#inktober day 2: weave Dude no idea how you guys are turning a drawing every day

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Little study from @croquiscafe.bsky.social Model: Kay Anyone have any hacks for speeding things up? New job, crazy toddler, and baby on the way. How does anyone hobby anymore?

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

“Well that’s your problem right there” Been a while, but spent a while on this one. Setting still needs a lot of work, but I’m ready to move on lol. Critiques welcome #scifi #scifinsfw #scifiart #nsfwart #digitalpainting #pspainting #ocdesign #ocillustration #mech #figuredrawing #amateurartist

Digital painting of mech mechanic inspecting wire

Digital painting of topless mech mechanic inspecting wire

Digital painting of bottomless mech mechanic inspecting wire

Digital painting of nude mech mechanic inspecting wire

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

First time messing around in #ClipStudioPaint. Definitely a learning curve coming from photoshop, though just about everything in my workflow is there. Much much snappier with most brushes, utterly unusable with others (thanks Kyle Webster, iykyk) #figurestudy #artpractice #csp #nudeart #digitalart

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Procreate work from ref. Thanks for supporting the art community @hjmodelevivant.bsky.social! Felt like the pose needed water, and was a struggle for sure to add that in, lots of leaning left to do. Critique box open #figuredrawing #figurestudy #digitalpainting #procreatepainting #nudeart

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Haven’t been able to draw much these past few weeks. A flooded basement has me playing handyman (hyperventilating into a paper bag). Really miss life drawing classes, here’s some old archives from some in person sessions. All done in procreate. #lifedrawing #figuredrawing #artpractice #nudeart

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Hey, #PortfolioDay, it’s me Herschel. I’m a cat who draws people. Here’s some of my recent stuff!

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Different from what I’ve been posting, but I had fun with this rough landscape study in #procreate. Ref is from Pinterest, sword homie from @theposearchives.bsky.social. Comments/critiques welcome! #digitalart #darkfantasy #digitalpainting #characterdesign #landscapestudy #moodyart #painterly #mtg

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Finally finished this office pin up series. Didn’t intend to go beyond sketch studies, but 🤷 2 of 4, and some alternates if anyone’s interested. Comments/critiques welcome! #pinup #officepinup #humanartist #noai #nsfwart #characterart #figureart #digitalpainting Ref: #minamo #visualnudepose

Digital painting of woman in office. Pinup

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Current WIP. Office pin-up stuff. Work has been crazy tho, so maybe the “progress” bit is overstated. #photoshoppainting #digitalart #artpractice #pinup #minamo #visualnudepose #characterdesign #figurestudy

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Life has been crazy busy lately, so haven’t had a lot of time to draw and erase the same line over and over. Here’s a study in procreate from a while ago. Tried out some new brushes #procreatepainting #digitalpainting #figurestudy #nsfwart #nudeart #digitsloilpainting #artpractice #procreate

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Couple quick figure studies using ref from @grafitstudio.bsky.social I always try to use other brushes, but @kyletwebster.bsky.social ‘s paintbox is just too much fun. “Quick” in this case means “sloppy.” I cannot draw fast. #figurestudy #figuredrawing #characterart #nudeart #digitalpainting

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Figure study to start the week. Out of practice in procreate. What do you mean it’s Thursday already? #figuredrawing #characterdesign #procreate #pinupart #nudeart #figurestudy #amateurartist #postyourpractice #digitalart

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Old piece (2023), wanted to do a character and background. Hadn’t tried anything like this at the time. Let me know if you want to see more of this one. 5 likes and we’ll lose the white tank! #drawingpractice #digitalpainting #ocdesign #nsfwart #pspainting #femmefatale #swordgirl

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Herschel the Cat @herschelthecat.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Online life drawing this morning with Draw-Brighton and @hjmodelevivant.bsky.social 30 min pose and a handful of 1-3mins that I barely did because it takes me 1-3 minutes to figure out what layer I’m on and how to get the brush tool back up. #onlinelifedrawing #drawbrighton #figuredrawing #psart