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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Compilation of my work both in and out of server for EPIC: Horse Games which is finally up on YouTube after a year of work by our 66 animators! To see the whole multi animator project, head over to Ehnala4067's channel or follow the link in my description here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsLP...

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A Short Video about EPIC: Horse Games!

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My part for the CASCADE OC MAP is up with the process video! This is definitely my strongest animation work so far. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsI1...

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CASCADE - Pt. 6 Process Video ~ OC MAP

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Two new animal designs have been added to my Redbubble shop! Red River Hog and Blue Marlin are now available. 😄 There's over 300 designs to browse through! Check them out at the link here: www.redbubble.com/people/Feeni...

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I have seen many people lamenting the rise of AI animal videos lately. So I thought I’d make you a list of photographers who post wildlife videos (in addition to photos.) You can trust these accounts, they’re all people I’ve followed for years. Please enjoy!

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Finished MAP part for RATATATA ~ been really enjoying OC MAPs lately for practice! Although I'm unsure why I chose two men dancing for my first time doing fullbody human animation..... very scary. I lived! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtAp...

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RATATATA - OC MAP ~ Part 5 || PROCESS Video

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Moa @moa810.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

🕊️豪快に水浴びするおこさん 🍮Bathing Okosan #birds

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Ira @ira12.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

My first ever commission!! @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social ’s amazing character Calloway!!

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SmallestJay || Comms Open @smallestjay.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Commissioned art of @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social's sona Calloway! #commissionart #commission #art #horse

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Every year I do conventions my setup gets juuust a little stronger. Had a wonderful time vending at GSFC 2026 after taking a break during the 2025 year!! Per usual the convention staff were absolutely lovely and attentive, and it was just an overall great experience!

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Casting call is closed now but, I forgot to share this! The first call for voice actors went out last month for A Horse Tale, an indie animation series I'm so proud to be working on. I animated the little horses, Atlas, and did cleanup for Haïti in this little video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnpZ...

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A Horse Tale - Pilot Casting Call (Part I) [CLOSED]

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Company mandated warrior cat OC -> Obligatory walk cycle! Just how it goes.... #animation #walkcycle

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I think the Barn Owl design was my favorite Cozy Creature from 2025!! Really love how this one came out. <3

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

My animation reel from this year! Finally a year where I went out and animated... www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_W...

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Phoenix of Starlight - 2025 Animation Reel

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Inevitability of needing to make a warrior cats oc because I'm participating in all these multi-animator projects now LOL. I have not had a warrior cat oc since 2010.... and it's been about that long since I've read one of the books.. hearing everyone talk about the new characters and going WHO, HUH

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Been a looong while since my last style swap video, but this time I did Hazbin Hotel characters in the style of Disney's Winnie-the-Pooh! Just a brief little break from all the horses I'm drawing right now. ;> www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9M4...

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Drawing Hazbin Hotel in the Winnie-the-Pooh Art Style

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Halloween animatic~ If you're planning on crossing River Styx, please be mindful to bring the right fare. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSeD...

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C r o s s i n g

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Snapping out of my mad animation haze just long enough to post this. For the "Bye-Bye" Reanimated Lion King MAP! #2danimation #TLK #Mufasa www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtFg...

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BYE-BYE Reanimated MAP - Part 20 | Process Video

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Happy #IndieAnimationDay! I've been working on a couple of very fun scenes for the EPIC: Horse Games multi animator project! Here's my first part! #animation #epicthemusical youtu.be/DvBM0K1luOs?...

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Horse Games Part 49 Process - EPIC: The Musical MAP

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Turasna (Ruby) @trayceinspace.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

New noodle just dropped! I love her! 🎨: @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

This one was a revenge for ApexArts! They'd included one of my characters in an animated mass attack so I sent 'em a trot back! First time animating a trot so this was great practice for me! c: #artfight #artfight2025 #2danimation

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Bunch more ArtFight attacks! Ended up doing a bunch this year c: #teamfossil #artfight

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I'm hosting a free art raffle over on FurAffinity! There's not a lot of entries so far and there's only a week to go! Come enter for a chance at a free sticker! #artgiveaway #artraffle #furaffinity www.furaffinity.net/journal/1118...

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Buncha real quick sketches for #artfight! Been a good year for me since I decided to do cleaned-up sketches instead of super slow lined pieces lol.

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Like four years ago @tytofi.bsky.social did an AWESOME animated artfight attack for me of Cedar Ceratosaurus walking, and here I am FINALLY getting them back for that >:) A Cerato for a Cerato, muahahah! #artfight #teamfossil

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

I get so bent out of shape about the last frame of this looking weird that I almost never share it but damn, I gotta show my pencil animations from school more often. As many things as I think look bad about it now, I learned SO much when I did this. #traditionalanimation #2danimation #penciltest

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Tbh I don't think my peccary cozy does it justice They are made of so much hair and this just does not capture it. One time at the zoo someone sneezed and all of the peccaries just fluffed up and they were SO. SO FLUFFY.

Cozy Collared Peccary! It does have a lot of fluffy hair, but could it have MORE hair?

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Got a lil celebrity in the backyard today! Been a while since I've seen a monarch butterfly at this bush :D

Monarch butterfly hanging upside down and drinking from flowers!

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Such cool photos!! Did the beetle escape minus one leg? Or is that just the camera angle? Either way being picked at by a caracara and living to tell the tale makes one lucky beetle!!

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I FULLY confess that I'm getting too much of a kick out of making "rare" original species traits that come with lore costs. Yeah you can have a rare furless cave satyr! It'll come with a respiratory disorder :) Lightless? Sure! But you probably got scammed! phoenixofstarlight.com/planet-nirvae

Styled like a textbook. "Cave Satyr Care: A Guide to Mutations and Morphs Pt 2. There's an illustration of two Cave Satyr busts on the first page - one with wavy hair, one with coiled hair. Text reads, "Fur Texture: Curly and Coily fur is completely ethical and decently common in Earthborn satyrs. However, please be aware that failure to meet the advanced grooming requirements for these types of coats is a form of neglect and punishable by fines. (see the grooming guide!)" It continues, "Do NOT attempt shearing unless you are licensed to do so. Cave Satyrs are not like domestic sheep - they will shed their coats periodically. Shear only when absolutely medically necessary (severe matting, tangles, mange, etc.)"

A head-up illustration and ugly diagram of a fullbody, furless cave satyr follow. Text reads, "Regarding 'Vaxisian' Satyrs: Velvet and completely furless Cave Satyrs, although very popular, are very susceptible to illnesses due to a linked gene that weakens their filter organ. They cannot safely socialize with coated Cave Satyrs. To clear up confusion - 'Vaxisian' satyrs are not natural to the Vaxisi region. The morph's name is a creative choice by breeders, based on other furless Luminates in the region."

On the next page are similar illustrations - a sad looking cave satyr with clipped antennae. Text warns that scam breeders will clip antennae and say that a satyr is a hypocapetesian, but that these are exceedingly rare and unlikely to be real offers. The text recommends reporting them.

Next is one with curly antennae - "Candelabra" satyrs. These ones don't have health complications but it's advised to regularly detangle their very curly antennae!

The final bit is on tail docking, and specifies that rounded tip, fully-furred short tails are naturally occurring, but that flat-tip, partly furred "pufftails" are docked and subject to chronic pain due to removal of the caudal bulb glands.

I have never run out of space on alt text before, wow

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Let's be so real. "I'm at the Soop Store" is a marked improvement. 😤

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Obligatory Cozy Orca follow-up post!

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I LOVE whenever a new report comes out about a specific orca group doing some wacky new thing but this one is TOOL USE LET'S GO Tho calling it "FIRST marine tool use" does feel like a bit of a middle finger to octopuses. I suppose because it's skin care?? Hmm... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Killer whales seen grooming each other with kelp in first for marine tool use

Behavior in orca population off coast of US and Canada captured by scientists using drone observation

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

From Nov '23, study after a really great stock photo by Ricardo Reitmeyer. I always forget how long lion faces are! #animalart #sketch

A lion cub nuzzling up against a male lion's cheek, leaning up to do so.

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Barn owl painting from a bit ago - 4x4" canvas using acrylics

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

I'm a dog owner, I love my dog, I think he's too dumb to hunt and he has really good recall. I cannot FATHOM letting him off leash in public, let alone at a nature park. Just because "nothing bad has happened" doesn't mean we should play with fire when it comes to pets. Sorry this happened. :(

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

I saw the video earlier and really had to process that this was within a couple cities of us. So many loved ones I'm worried for.

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Shaving him makes him look juuust different enough for me to go "that ain't right"...

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I've made a point to not speak to certain family anymore, because the way they've engaged with me makes it clear there is nothing I can say that would sway their support of the current administration. But at times like this, I really wonder how they reconcile it all in their heads. Brains are scary.

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Common Phoenix L, I went making a FurAffinity ad and I 1. didn't see that the dimensions had changed, and 2. made one that's way too chunky file size wise. xD Oh well. Have an obnoxious DinoToons banner ad that I can't actually use :p

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Btw I don't know if anyone has clocked me doing this but if you ever see me use "we" when I'm talking as or about DinoToons. It's still just me doing the project, I think sometimes I use the royal "we" because DinoToons having a plural name makes it feel weird to use "I"....

Phoenix doing the OTL emote, on his hands and knees with his head hung

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Ah... growth. 😌 2025, 2017, and 2015 versions of the "cave satyr antennae variation" guide lol. Long overdue!

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Page is from "Formerly Known as Ella," my second and easily most popular picture book! A coming out nonbinary story, this one best encompasses my mission of "making the books I wish I had growing up." All printed books are on sale - %30 off using PRIDE25 til the end of the month! #transpride #kidlit

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

The root of it is denying care when we have something that works for trans patients.. Yes, spread trans joy as much as possible but without normalizing anti-science or denying the damage this will cause. Going through childhood without HRT permanently affected my body. It certainly wasn't "sexy" lol

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Too true!! I think my favorite rebuttal I've seen is the exchange of "it's basic biology!" - "Yes, and I'm talking about *advanced* biology." What we learn in middle school science class is not the full extent of the subject. 😩

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Your comments in the thread make me feel a lot better about chickening out on studying biology to become an author-illustrator... because at least now I know that if I DID pursue biology, it wouldn't change people waggling their fingers about my dang chromosomes!

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