iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Kattabolt is LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! Help me print chapter one of my webcomic & get a neat book for yourself. My goal is small but mighty; the funds will provide me with the all-important stock for conventions and comic shows. www.kickstarter.com/projects/353... Read the comic anytime: kattabolt.com

The Kattabolt comic Kickstarter launch poster, featuring art of Alex doing an action-oriented somersault across the page. The poster specifies that the campaign runs from July 24th to August 7th, 2026.

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apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

We funded in 13 hours on day one! I still have to write my official update about that, it's been a very busy weekend, but THANK YOU SO MUCH ❤️ Please pass these posts around so more people can have their chance to get the comic book (and the special gifts!) www.kickstarter.com/projects/353...

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Kattabolt Chapter One - Print Edition

Kattabolt is an ongoing fantasy webcomic about young cat girl Alex as she travels abroad. Let's print chapter one!

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apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Hey #PortfolioDay! I'm apricot, and I make the webcomic Kattabolt. It's a coming of age fantasy that follows a weird, kinda naive kid named Alex who is traveling alone. kattabolt.com From July 24th to August 7th there will be a Kickstarter to print chapter 1. Now's your chance to follow the project!

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Coming soon: Kattabolt Chapter One - Print Edition

Kattabolt is an ongoing fantasy webcomic about young cat girl Alex as she travels abroad. Let's print chapter one!

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ruri @ruriscomics.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

🙈 Guys I'm joining artfight and I'll counterattack everyone who draws Viper for me... 🙈🙈🙈 How about that? artfight.net/character/37...

Digital art of my original character Viper. He's a brown man with long dark brown hair tied in a long and thin ponytail. He's wearing a white lab coat of a sorts and matching pants.

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apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🎨 I'm doing monthly #Pokemon illustrations for 2026 and Shaymin was chosen for May! 🌸 June (Skitty) is already up for supporters to see. Patrons will get to nominate Pokemon for the upcoming month's art in a special post. patreon.com/areyoshi

The cute hedgehog pokemon, Shaymin, walking amongst some pink flowers.

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apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Some Alex doodles from 2020! She got a bit more squished, stylistically, after these. I never finished the second one; it was an experiment based on old Naruto illustrations (you know the ones, always wacky action poses with no logic LOL I love them still) kattabolt.com #OCSky #art #webcomic 🎨

a collection of old doodles featuring Alex from the comic Kattabolt. Alex is a young cat girl with colorful clothes, long black hair, and big, round glasses. Most of the doodles showcase Alex exhibiting different emotions, like fear, smugness, and shame.

Alex again, but this time she is jumping through the air a bit like a frog, looking towards the viewer and sticking her tongue out while doing so. The mood doesn't really fit anything that readers of the comic currently know about Alex, so this image was never finished and is rarely shared.

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ruri @ruriscomics.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

the silly mega absol team i made that accidentally reached master ball is starting to show its limitations 😂 i should switch to another team, i should use a better mon... But I don't want to 😂😂😂 (blastoise is the MVP of the team btw 🤣)

digital art of a mega absol with a blastoise, farigiraf and a sinistcha cheering from behind.

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☆Dyo the art cryptid☆ @demondionysus.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

"What are you willing to give?" Painting of my #OC Hiram 🎨 Keep an eye out, he may be showing up in a future project! 👁️ #ocsky

a painting of a man, from the neck up, whose glasses are shattering due to a light coming from his left eye. He has blond hair, and his right eye is a bright yellow with his pupil white. He is wearing a pink button-up shirt, and the background is a void of pink and purple. His hair and shirt are drawn so that they look as if they are also being blown around by the explosion coming from the light in his left eye.

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apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Dyo is super close to 1k followers 👀 He did all the final character art for #HBHS, makes a cool Steven Universe AU, and is also one of my longtime best friends. I've known him since 2009! If you needed an endorsement, there ya go 🙏

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ruri @ruriscomics.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

This month's theme is paws 🐅🐾

illustration of a tiger attacking forward with its paw. Inside its mouth and below its body you can see a faded image of a person.

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Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

A limerick. Based on a true story.

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ruri @ruriscomics.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Kanata my beloved ❤️👻💃❤️

Digital art of a red haired woman sitting down and looking smugly towards the viewer.

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ruri @ruriscomics.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Kanata my beloved ❤️👻💃❤️

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Mano Lon @manolon.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Actually, I just realized I never shared this Cora art here, so let's pretend it's new 🐰👌

2023 digital illustration featuring an anthro bunny character with pink fur and sharp teeth. She's all happy and bubbly.

#art #tombcats #oc #bunny #bnnuy

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ruri @ruriscomics.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Kiss your homies with consent guys. (I've been stuck in the comic dungeon for so long, my brain doesn't believe it can draw comics anymore so I'm rehabing it by doing these) (Sorry, these are very out of context. Just assume they were having a heart to heart in the pages before) #scribblomic

A short, out of context, sketch comic. Two characters were having an important touching conversation and it ends as one of them crouches down to give a kiss on the cheek of the one who was kneeling down. Shocked at the display of affection, and looking up to see his gentle, loving and slightly sad expression as he stood up again, the crouching character gets back on his feet.

Page 2 of the sketch comic. The character who was crouching then approaches and kisses the other on the mouth. Surprised at first, the receiving character softens and accepts the kiss.

Page 3 of the sketch comic. A third character approaches shocked at seeing the two kissing. In disbelief, they approach and confront them: "What the hell? What are you two doing?! Is this how it is now?!". The first character answers a little awkwardly: "Ah, Setsu, no... It's not what it looks like. In our culture, it's not uncommon to seal promises by kissing...", but the second character, hugging the first character tightly interjects: "It's not that common either!", which leads the third character to demand more clarity: "Which one is it?!". The second character: "I'm sorry Setsu! But I want him afterall!". Setsu, the third character, even more exasperatedly answers: "You can have him!". Which leads to the first character, while not putting any effort to return or free himself from the hug, to stare at Setsu wistfully for a second. Setsu, noticing, asks: "What?!". "... Nothing." - the first character replies, which leads Setsu to be even more upset.

Page 4 of the sketch comic. A fourth character rushes in after witnessing the scene from afar. He holds the first character by the shoulders as he's still being hugged by the second character and questions him worriedly: "But, Sei! Are you really ok with this?! Didn't you just say that the you of now doesn't think of us that way?!". Sei, the first character responds: "Well, yeah, I.. Romance is not on my mind right now. We have many more pressing things to worry about... But if kissing me makes Tsukasa happy, then I'm fine with that." - Sei finishes with a slightly sad smile, much to the fourth character's chagrin. Tsukasa, the second character, however, upon hearing this says in his language: "(I'll take it)", refering to the affection Sei is willing to receive from him. Aghast at the situation, the fourth character then panickly forces the couple apart, causing Tsukasa to become enraged and threaten him in a thick accent while physically holding his collar: "Do you want to die?!". Nervous but firm, the fourth character stands his ground by saying: "Y-you can't...! H-he's not saying yes, he's just not saying no! You can't take advantage of the situation like this!". On the back, Setsu is leaving the chaotic scene beyond herself and Sei is trying to pacify the conflict. End of the sketch comic.

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ruri @ruriscomics.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Y'all's arts... Are AMAZING. You're really... So awesome and so talented. I wish I could telepathically beam into your brains how damn cool I think you all are. Yes, you. You too. All of you.

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Mano Lon @manolon.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Check out my indie pilot in development Tomb Cats!! 🐱🏝️

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apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Kattabolt ch1 edition~ Nathan: his own mistreatment of others. Chris: the wartime occupation. Leigh: negative impacts of Ray's behavior (to anyone besides Ray.) Ray: anything that might make Leigh disappointed in him. Alex: anything that's more than surface deep. kattabolt.com

Cropped panels from the Kattabolt webcomic. Alex the cat girl asks Nathan, a young blond man about characters he is feuding with. Nathan is immediately avoidant.
ALEX: you know 'em well, huh?
NATHAN: Not really. Not anymore.
ALEX: What does that mean?
(Nathan talks over her)
NATHAN: Anyway, don't worry about them!

Cropped panels from a different comic page. Ray the fox boy is looking at his burnt hands while Chris, a young Black man, is checking on him. Chris says nothing, but has to look away when Ray refers to an unnamed 'them'.

RAY: I did this... I'm just as bad as THEM.

More cropped panels! Leigh the cat boy looks over his shoulder and glares at Nathan while they argue about Ray's behavior.

LEIGH: I'm handling it, Nate.
NATHAN: There's nothing to "handle", this isn't the time to baby him!

More crops! Ray is trying to lie to Leigh and hide something awful that he did, but Leigh grabs him by the wrist to look at Ray's burnt palms, showing that he has quite literally caught him red-handed.

RAY: I- I didn't do anything- Hey-
LEIGH: Don't lie to me, Ray!

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ruri @ruriscomics.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Digging some stuff out today I just remembered this was an edit of another meme drawing of another character stealing this guy's hair dye from the shower (my folders are a mess)

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ruri @ruriscomics.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

So this joke tradition started when I first found this drawing without rhyme or reason in my folders and i had no recollection of ever drawing it

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ruri @ruriscomics.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

If you guys want to understand one of the hundreds of inside joke layers in this is that it's a small tradition for me to draw this naked guy at Christmas. Here are some past examples:

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ruri @ruriscomics.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

This was supposed to be a joke... But it ended up wayyyy too campy. I'm sorry for burning your eyes on Christmas 🙈

Drawing of a naked anime guy accosting another anime guy dressed in chrstimas clothes, wrapped in wrapping ribbon, against the wall. The joke here is that these characters are alter egos of the same person so they're really fighting for control of the body rather than having actual spicy chemistry. There are more layers to this joke but I'm too awkward to explain.

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ruri @ruriscomics.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Secret Santa gift for the @coldtrojan.bsky.social ! It's their adorable character Pyra 🔥🔥🔥

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apricot @areyoshi.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

⚡ Alex is a 12 year old cat girl on her way to meet Lord Kerri, the aloof matriarch of a neighboring foreign land. Will she even get there?! kattabolt.com #MeetTheWebcomic Kattabolt edition! I kinda buried the lede; these are the pages that made people say "Ohhh, THAT'S why it's called KattaBOLT!"

Kattabolt chapter 1, page 45 transcript:

Leigh and Nathan continue to duke it out with one another as Alex dashes past a still-stunned Ray. Chris reaches out after her.

CHRIS: Alex, wait!

ALEX: Alright- That’s enough!

As she is running forward with a determined look on her face, there is a glimpse of some trees in the background, where the mysterious cloaked figure has apparently climbed to a good vantage point from which to see whatever is about to happen. Unaware of any additional audience, Alex’s shoes skid against the dirt, her hair appears to poof out, and her hand swings upward. The air around her seems to crackle.

Kattabolt chapter 1, page 46 transcript:

With a firm stance and her arms thrown out, Alex lets loose a bright crack of electricity in several directions. A bolt shoots between Nathan and Leigh, sending both of them flying back and to the ground. They’re stunned (literally and figuratively) for several seconds. Everyone but Ray is left staring at Alex in shock, with the exception of the mysterious stranger who is still hiding in the trees; there is a slight smirk on his face, his satisfaction clear.

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ruri @ruriscomics.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

happi boi 🤴🐲😁🌞🌈☁️

Colored sketch of an original character covered in burn scars grinning gleefully under a bright blue sky

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