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Runey (🎂 10/11)

@pepperuney.bsky.social
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He/Him or They/Them 30s • Ace • 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 Digital Artist (2D/3D) Pepperuney on Fur Affinity! runeyco.itch.io runeyco.carrd.co NSFW: @runeyco.bsky.social Tags: #furry • #furryart • #gamedev • #3d • #2d

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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A little bit of a peek behind the curtain, I've created a doohickey that serves as a stand/table to rest things on while standing/sitting, meaning I can draw at conventions (like MFF) without needing a table or hurting my back. The only catch is that it relies on me being a bit fat to work right. 💦
A figure stands wearing gym shorts, socks, and a white undershirt. They have a harness strapped to them with a metal stand on their front, holding a tablet. They are giving a thumbs up.A tablet rests on the aforementioned harness and stand.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
You should draw your Walksona, here's mine #2d #bigwalk
A player character from Big Walk. Orange head, red body, black legs. A yellow walkie-talkie is strapped to their hip in case they get lost, and a radio is attached to their backpack for listening to music while exploring.

• Hard to lose (due to playing music)
• Likes to sit and enjoy scenery
• Enjoys goofy solutions to challenges
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Big Walk earned a spot on my list of Games I Wish I Could Experience for the First Time Again. I had such a good time.
Big Game
Completely finish the game
5.9% of players have this achievement
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Threw something together for the Big Walk that @rookrx.bsky.social and I have been taking the past few weeks! #2d #bigwalk
Two Big Walk creatures standing on a beach. The blue one looks at the red one, who has their arms raised.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
And a little timelapse, for fun!
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Got a little lazy with the details and the shading, but pretty happy with how it turned out! (That sword is a little small, but I'm not going to fix it now.)
A fox stands, posed with a sword and shield.

FFXIV Gear:
• Crystarium Prodigy's Top (Honey Yellow & Soot Black)
• Sipahi Gloves (Gunmetal Black)
• Cashmere Slops (Jet Black)
• Raptorskin Boots (Gunmetal Black)
• Heavy Metal Kite Shield (Metallic Yellow)
• Vintage Viking Sword
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Not much, but it's a start. Can you tell I like the sword I use?
A sketch of a fox holding  a shield on one arm and the handle of a sword in the other. The tip of the sword is resting on the ground.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Figure I can post this here too ^ ^ A last-minute doodle for Non-Binary Day! Had a fun idea for an outfit with the colors of the flag #furryart #furry #nonbinary #2d
Runey stands, holding a drink and wearing a hoodie, shorts, and shirt in the colors of the non-binary pride flag.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The layout of a DD booth has been practically the same for at least 4 years (2 panels, a banner, a 1-minute video, and an avatar demo station). Why not make the process easier for applicants and staff alike with a booth kit so folks can prepare materials in advance? I know I'd appreciate it!
Coyotic Trouble's Dealer's Den booth from Furality: Sylva.Matrices' Dealer's Den booth from Furality: Umbra.PaperFen's Dealer's Den booth from Furality: Somna.ArcticAsper's Dealer's Den booth from Furality: Ultra.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Instead of adding more booths every year, why not aim for a middle ground? Somna's DD was near-perfect. Booths were visible from anywhere in the pavilion, well spaced, and manageable. Ultra felt very easy to miss booths because of its layout.
The Dealer's Den of Furality Somna. Wide open sight lines and easily visible booths form a semi-circle around the pavilion.At Somna, booths could be seen from nearly anywhere in the pavilion, making sure you're seeing all that the dealers have to offer without missing a particular booth.The Dealer's Den at Furality: Ultra. Booths are placed in no predictable pattern and in differently-numbered chunks.At Ultra, large and long corridors mixed with smaller alcoves made it easy to miss booths because there was no consistent format.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Realized I never shared my multiple outfits here. Left: The Space Critter for Ultra Middle: The Game Critter for Ultra Right: The Boss Critter for Ultra The outfit on the right is one I made for myself and couldn't really offer to others, as it needed edits to the base mesh to work. Still fun!
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
For all of its ups and downs, I think I had a good time. Hopefully next year will be better. ✨
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
One more @blurael.bsky.social and a @deathdog7.bsky.social to close out the experience at the final fireworks show. I'll admit, I had to mute myself to keep from sobbing on-mic.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Spent a good chunk of time with @arcticasper.bsky.social, and dressed up some of their avatars for the con as well! I never thought I'd find myself as an otter, mouse, or bunny (not pictured, as it didn't have an Ultra outfit), but they managed to convince me!
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Got to see @macchiatolemeow.bsky.social in the Dealer's Den, along with @ericbazinga.bsky.social who did a great job refitting the Space Critter outfit to their avali! Met up with @kaimutt.bsky.social, a good bean I met at Umbra, and snapped a pic with good friend @mintyramennoodle.bsky.social!
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
A few more goobers I came across, @poly0000.bsky.social, @rwbyinkfox117.bsky.social, Snow_Miser who I met at Umbra, and a bright pink taidum, @raspberry-woof.bsky.social!
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
And another blue creature, I got to spend some lovely time with @tigerloon.bsky.social! Such gentle eyes and a big heart, it was really nice to see him again.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Snagged a few pictures with another dear friend @rookrx.bsky.social, who couldn't make much of the convention, but we made the most of it. At least we got to the Umbra throwback with our old avatars, our first time attending ❤️ And another blue critter, @blurael.bsky.social!
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Met a cute little Rescue Rat scurrying around the Dealer's Den, and caught up with @scufflesrat.bsky.social and @sharkboyo.bsky.social at the Community Showcase!
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Got to hang out with dear friend @marcyyorsa.bsky.social, who speedran an avatar just for Furality! We climbed the heights of the lobby and found plenty of (intentional) glitches and places to perch.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Got to say hi to @snuffles.bsky.social (who makes great music by the by)! Also ran into @zekesilverwind.bsky.social, and another meetup with @eepycosmo.bsky.social and @sorakoudo.pmd.social!
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I ran into a little F.Y.N.N. Jr. at @skip4d.art's first Dealer's Den meetup on Friday! An energetic and incredibly chaotic little critter ^ ^💦
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I met with @eveningtux.bsky.social and @zecrane.bsky.social, who put this year's schedule on the Omni-Go with Penut (who I didn't get the chance to meet ;w; AND I forgor to take a photo with them)! Also a couple pics in a gaming chair and an updated Umbra outfit, and a cameo from my friend Nyanka!
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Selfies/other pics I took at #Furality this year! 📸🧵 (No alt text on these, I'm still lacking a lot of energy, but it's pretty much a fox taking pics with other critters ;w;) Featuring @tammytigress.bsky.social, MightzNookii, Neo/Nia, @foxsistas.bsky.social, and @eepycosmo.bsky.social!
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Hard to believe it's already over. #furality #furalityultra
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Critters, plug in your controllers, turn on your Ultravox Prisms, and boot up Furality Ultra! The Game Critter outfits for the Skip4D Chibi are ✨OUT NOW!✨ Throw on these stylish getups and choose from four different player styles! Or make your own with the included texture files! 🔽Links below!🔽
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
That'll definitely help one of the bits I wasn't considering an issue, but it's more that the shoe tread has a pattern on it that isn't being exported (bottom-right). The gradient issue is also visible here.
Substance Painter view of the texturesExported .psd view of the textures
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
What I've been using is individual layers with the gradient scales bunched into a folder, with the actual gradient filter applied to the folder. I'm pretty sure it's just ignoring the filter on the folder.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Just about done setting everything up! I should have a proper update this weekend. :3 In the meantime, here's a little peek!
A preview of a bunch of critters in themed apparel.

Left to right:
Axolotl, lioness, cat, seal puppy, fox, opossum, raccoon, bunny, hyena
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Better reference of the Space Critter textures, players 1-4. All in one post!
Player 1, yellow with cyan.Player 2, green with pink.Player 3, cyan/blue with yellow.Player 4, pink with cyan.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Ok, what do we think of this? Kinda busy, but not too much of any color in one place.
Furality Ultra Player 4. Plenty of pink and white, with a splash of blue/cyan. Halftones. Halftones everywhere.

Also trans rights!
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Stopping point for the night. Figured I would break the Hateno Village tradition of dyeing clothes all the same color and give some contrast to a few bits. I've finished all but Player 4; I'm still thinking of a design for the jacket. But that should be solved soon!
Furality Ultra Space Critter Player 1 texture! Lots of yellow.Furality Ultra Space Critter Player 2 texture! Cool greens abound.Furality Ultra Space Critter Player 3 texture! Bright blue to a deeper muted medium blue. Almost like the ocean.Furality Ultra Space Critter Player 4 texture, however incomplete! Plenty of pink here, with a splash of blue. Trans rights!
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Player 1 texture done! I think I'm going to go with a different design for each player. The shorts will remain the same pattern-wise, but the jacket's due for some variation. There's a LOT of the main color here.
Space Critter outfit for Furality Ultra, Player 1 design. Space Critter jacket retextured to fit the theme with halftones and gradients and large, Jet Set Radio/Bomb Rush Cyberfunk-style sprays. New shorts with bold flanks and white halftones. Game Critter shoes with bright colors and stars. A small bandana around the neck.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
In lighter news, I learned how to make the buckle look more like a buckle! Really happy with how it turned out. ❤️
The original belt buckle. One layer of height maps.The new belt buckle. An inverted layer over the top of the original layer of height mapping.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Messing around with textures tonight. Everything's done except for the jacket. Not sure I'm set on its design, but it's a work-in-progress. A lot of the primary color. Maybe I could invert it? Also, experimental down jacket. Finally learned how to do something like that!
Space Critter outfit with Furality Ultra textures. Main color is the focus of the shorts, jacket, and gloves. Undersuit is dark grays and blacks with main color as the accent. White accents and halftones adorn the shorts and jacket. Secondary color bandana.Space Critter outfit with Furality Ultra textures. Main color is the focus of the shorts, jacket, and gloves. Undersuit is dark grays and blacks with main color as the accent. White accents and halftones adorn the shorts and jacket. Secondary color bandana.

Jacket torso has ridges, like a puffy down jacket.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The Space Critter felt strangely incomplete as I looked at it, so I decided to add some shorts (I know the Chibi has clothing DLC for it, but I can't offer those with this!), but that means the tri count has increased from just under 10K to just over 11K.
Runey's Space Critter outfit refitted and modified for Furality Ultra, in grayscale. A pair of shoes cover the feet, shorts on the hips and waist, a belt, a jacket, gloves, a bandana around the neck, and a jumpsuit underneath it all.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
It's only a few changes to the material itself, so it's easy enough! I made two versions in the event I went one way or the other (realistic shading is just flat colors, where the flat shading has some shading baked onto the texture for detail). I'll be using the realistic shading!
Realistic shading on the Game Critter outfit. Lighting does the shading, making the shading dynamic.Toon lit/flat shading with an outline on the Game Critter outfit. Lighting only controls the avatar's overall brightness; shading is done using shading on the baked texture. More toony but less dynamic.Realistic shading on the Game Critter outfit. Lighting does the shading, making the shading dynamic.Toon lit/flat shading with an outline on the Game Critter outfit. Lighting only controls the avatar's overall brightness; shading is done using shading on the baked texture. More toony but less dynamic.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Today's brainstorm!
White body and cuffs, colorful sleeves and gloves.Colorful body and gloves. White sleeves.Asymmetrical mix of white on the left sleeve, body, and right glove, and color on the right sleeve, body, and left glove.Colorful body and sleeves, with white shoulders and gloves.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Textures are done! Players 1-4, with different sprays on the front for each version! Next up will likely be retextures for the Space Critter.
Player 1 texture of the Furality Ultra outfit designed for the Skip4D Chibi avatar base. Primarily yellow with orange accents. A dark gray undersuit and gloves with a lighter jacket. Navy blue shoes with a yellow accent. Stars on the top and wingdiscs on the ankles.Player 2 texture of the Furality Ultra outfit designed for the Skip4D Chibi avatar base. Primarily green with dark green accents. A dark gray undersuit and gloves with a lighter jacket. Green shoes with a navy blue accent. Stars on the top and wingdiscs on the ankles.Player 3 texture of the Furality Ultra outfit designed for the Skip4D Chibi avatar base. Primarily blue with teal accents. A dark gray undersuit and gloves with a lighter jacket. Navy blue shoes with a blue accent. Stars on the top and wingdiscs on the ankles.Player 4 texture of the Furality Ultra outfit designed for the Skip4D Chibi avatar base. Primarily pink with darker pink accents. A dark gray undersuit and gloves with a lighter jacket. Pink shoes with a navy blue accent. Stars on the top and wingdiscs on the ankles.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Shoes are coming along! Working on the Player 1 design at the moment.
Digitigrade open-toed shoes for the Skip4D Chibi avatar base. Wingdiscs rest on the ankle joint and a star rests on the top of the foot.Digitigrade open-toed shoes for the Skip4D Chibi avatar base. Wingdiscs rest on the ankle joint. A diamond pattern forms the tread on the sole. The heel is reinforced with additional material.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Today's project was retopology. I wasn't happy with how the UVs for the shoes were unwrapping, so I redid a majority of the mesh and it's much nicer to look at, at the cost of one hundred more polygons. Old Tri Count: 1,264 New Tri Count: 1,368 #blender #3d
The original Furality Ultra shoe for the Skip4D Chibi avatar base.

Created from duplicating the leg mesh and working off of it, a large amount of the original topology remained through the addition and modification of other polygons, leaving a lot of unpleasant edges and face layout.The retopologized Furality Ultra shoe for the Skip4D Chibi avatar base.

Retaining the original custom topology, much of the old was stripped and redone to improve unwrapping and overall deformation.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Toon Standard is getting more features! The shader keeps getting better and better.
VRChat patch notes:
"- The Toon Standardshader now supports a "Color Mask" property.
    - This allows you to apply different Tint values based on an RGB(A) mask texture.
    - Every channel can additionally be configured with Emission.
    - The additional Tint can be applied in Multiply and Additive modes.
    - Color masks without an alpha channel will automatically disable the 4th Tint option to avoid confusion."
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Net was out so I couldn't get a proper screenshot, so instead have a camera snap of my new Chibi! The colors are a bit saturated here, but I'm really pleased with the new cheeks and hair. I might make a new plantigrade version before Furality if I have time! Other stuff first, though.
A fox stands with its arms out to their sides in a T-pose.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Finally worked out something I'm happy with! ^ ^ Progress on the Game Critter outfit (name TBD) will resume soon! I've gotten it to the texturing phase, I just have to decide on the designs I want to give it.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
It's a little wonky, but I think I can make it happen!
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The back of the head and the cheek fluff were a success! Next up is the hair... ^ ^💦 Still not really sure how I'll manage it, but I'll give it a good think later.
Front profile of Skip4D's Chibi base with some modifications made to the back of the head and the cheek fluff.Side profile of Skip4D's Chibi base with some modifications made to the back of the head and the cheek fluff.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Thinking about another redesign of my own Chibi... I really wanna make that hair work! I just gotta figure out ✨how✨
A sketch of a fox's face over an avatar base.A sketch of a fox's face over an avatar base, from the side.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Update! Repurposing another edit I'd made to the Space Critter for Ultra; that means there will be a retexture of the Space Critter AND an "all-new" outfit specifically for Ultra! (It's actually another edit: a Kingdom Hearts-inspired getup I made for myself last year :3c) #blender #furry #3d
The Furality Ultra outfit design for Skip4D's Chibi avatar base.The Furality Ultra outfit design for Skip4D's Chibi avatar base from the back.A close-up of the shoes for the Furality Ultra outfit design for Skip4D's Chibi avatar base.The origin of the outfit, a keyblade-wielding fox sports a red jacket with black short sleeves, a blue jumpsuit with cargo pockets and yellow straps, and black fingerless gloves.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Decided that a retexture just wasn't enough, so now the Chibi might be getting shoes with its Ultra outfit
A pair of digitigrade legs with some open-toed shoes on.
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Runey (🎂 10/11) @pepperuney.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Did the "Draw yourself in 5 minutes" 'cuz it seemed like good practice I gave myself a little extra because I'm sleeby :'3 oops #furry #furryart #2d
A fox stands groggily, holding a cup of iced chai latte in their right hand. They wear a tall undershirt and some baggy gym shorts. In their left hand, they wield a stylus/pen. They look tired.
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