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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

October 6: Spider. Requested by my friend Wendy, the spider queen. 🕷️Protected by @theglazeproject.bsky.social #noai #octoberdrawing #spider

Spider girl illustration for October drawing challenge, drawn entirely by a human artist who is anti-AI. A girl in a spider costume is dancing while her grumpy orange cat, also in a spider costume, looks on in disdain.

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

October 4: Pumpkin. I don’t know why the pumpkin is knitting, it just is. Protected by @theglazeproject.bsky.social #noai #octoberdrawing #pumpkin #knitting

A young pumpkin person (green skin and a pumpkin head) wearing slip on sneakers, leg warmers, shorts and a tee with a star on it is knitting a pink scarf. One of their knees has a bandaid applied. Balls of yarn sit nearby, one in a yarn bowl shaped like a black cat. Illustration made by a human artist who is anti-genAI.

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

October 1: Werewolf. Spooky Season illustration is upon us! I don’t know how many drawings I’ll manage this month but here is a cute little werewolf. Hoping to keep things this speedy and simple. Protected by @theglazeproject.bsky.social #noai #octoberdrawing #werewolf

Werewolf illustration for October drawing challenge, drawn entirely by a human artist who is anti-AI. A young ginger werewolf in a white tee and shredded black trousers is happily showing his fangs and claws.

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Happy Bi Visibility Day! Have some of my OCs -- all the monsters in my historical AU Regency universe are bisexual. I got tired of including one lone bi character in human stories for personal rep and so pivoted to a fantasy universe where bisexuality is normalized and present. #BiVisibilityDay

A wheel of illustrations of bisexual original characters from my historical monster universe for Bi Visibility Day 2026. Shown: orcs, goblins, a troll, a harpy, a griffin, and a centaur. All drawn by sharksketchbook from original as-yet-unpublished works by author Kate Lavish.

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My library had Sword Dance! Very excited to experience this author for the first time. Thank you for telling me about her! ✨

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Absolute truth! And you’ve been featured several times on turnipspotting before! You have long appreciated the comedic power of the turnip lol

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The three where I play with other styles were a lot of fun. I evolved a vintage-esque sapphic pairing, explored the style of Cartoon Saloon’s Song of the Sea, and tried emulating a Russian pinup.

A human young woman in a sailor dress evoking the turn of the 20th century stands on a beach with a mermaid at her feet. The women are holding hands and looking at each other fondly.

A cute child mermaid looks out from the waves, done in a style meant to emulate Cartoon Saloon’s animated classic Song of the Sea. She has purple hair and a purple tail, and is under a starlit night sky. There are a few fish friends.

A sexy pink mermaid with dark green hair lounges beneath neon waves, having thwarted a fisherman by severing his line. She’s holding the lure and hook in her hand as she rests on the railing of an underwater metal dock.

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The two in my usual style pull from my monster romance WIP. An upcoming chapter deals with dangerous mermaids and grief (kind of on brand for me, generally, tbh)

A pair of menacing mermaids, one with a red tail and one with a blue tail. Both have long black hair, sharp teeth, glowing green eyes, and dangerous claws. They are in a dark and overcast swamp environment.

A thoughtful merman in a swamp-like setting. His long black hair is in a braid. He has a dark green tail, long red claws, and a red scaly fin flourish on his ear. A graveyard sits on a bluff overlooking the swamp.

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Managed five drawings for #MerMay this year (and have one more I hope to finish soon). Two in my usual style and three where I raided my brimming mer reference folder for inspo and played with other styles. All images protected by The Glaze Project @theglazeproject.bsky.social

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

That’s so frustrating! It’s there, it’s live and it exists. I’m not sure how to combat a false 404, I’m sorry 😔

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I would absolutely rather eat a shoe! sharksketchbook.com/monster-show...

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Palette continued: the orc lord who started it all and the palette itself. Loved this as an exercise! … All images protected by The Glaze Project @theglazeproject.bsky.social

Color palette featuring “Harelock Gold” (hex #f1df98) and an illustration of a young orc lord. He has golden hair, golden eyes, and green skin.

Color palette based on colors pulled from the OC illustrations of SharkSketchbook

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Inspired by @flaroh.bsky.social and @samanthamash.bsky.social, I made my own suggested alternatives to Pantone’s terrible and problematic choice of “Cloud Dancer” White for color of the year. Have a palette pulling from illustrations of my Orc Regency OCs, and celebrate color!

Color palette featuring “Harpy Kiss” red (hex #912719) and an illustration of a harpy woman with brown skin, blood red lips, and black wings

Color palette featuring “Weeping Witch” blue (hex #e4f3fa) and an illustration of an older witch woman with pale skin, black hair streak with silver, bright blue eyes, and wrinkles. She is weeping. Her hand is tattooed with runes and stained purple from recent spellwork.

Color palette featuring “Orc Dynasty” green (hex #31542d) and an illustration of a Regency-era aristocratic orc woman. She has green skin, blond hair, and is wearing a dark green gown. She is standing in front of a wall where portraits of her deceased parents hang.

Color palette featuring “Aqua Union Blue” (hex #53a3ce) and “Vita Union Gold” (hex #ecad4d) and an illustration of two Union coworkers. One is a goblin man with grey marbled skin, red hair, and pince-nez spectacles — he wears an Aqua Union diamond on his lapel. The other is an orc woman with pale green skin and fair hair, who wears a Vita Union pin on her pelisse.

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Final October drawing! I managed seven this month — that’s more than one a week so I’m pleased. Have these cutie girlfriends at a Halloween party! HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🎃 #noai

Two girlfriends at a Halloween party, one dressed as a sexy cat and the other wearing a papier-mâché pumpkin head.

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

October drawing 6: an octo demon. And why not? #noai

An orange octomaid/horned demon hovering above a moonlight oceanscape.

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

October drawing 5: flapper witch. I am just enjoying orange lately. #noai

A flapper witch with glowing red eyes, an apathetic bird on her shoulder, and crackling lightning-like magic coming off her right hand.

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

October drawing 4 (yes only 4, sigh, the world is on fire). A frog witch in conversation with a peeping tom cat. Are they arguing? Are they friends? Neighbors? Enemies? You can fill in the story lol. I’m still alive and still drawing, just… slow. #noai

A witchy frog looks out of her window to find a large orange cat looking in. Autumn foliage.

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

October drawing 3: Monster Woman. I love a human confused by their strange new feels for a monster. I wanted the monster herself to be largely up to the viewer’s imagination/fantasy. (She’s probably an orc, have we met?) This is a nod to the simple style of my fave childhood fairy tale books.

A green-skinned monster woman tenderly touching the face of a human woman.

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

October drawing 2: Skull Mice! Having a hard time getting into spooky season drawing this year — everything I was trying was too detailed, too fussy, too complicated. So I simplified and drew some nice mice having October fun. 🎃

Two mice wearing clothes playing around a large skull with a few pumpkins thrown in for Halloween fun.

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

October drawing has begun! I’m comfortable posting art online again thanks to the Glaze Project. Not sure if I’ll manage 31 drawings due to limited bandwidth but I’m here to have some spooky season fun. 1: Vampire Prince — he sees something he likes… #noai

Illustration of a vampire prince with dark skin and red eyes looking through branches

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Late to this, but love this sort of thing. No surprise, it was hard to find reds and purples… and hard to pick from all the greens and blues. Mermaid and Orc versions! #the_color_wheel #thecolorwheel

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

I managed five drawings for #MerMay this year, roughly one a week. Four originals and one redraw of an old marker sketch. Best I could do what with life stuff happening. Full versions (and all mers from previous years) can be seen on my site: sharksketchbook.com/mermay-2025. #mermay2025

Excerpts of four illustrations of undersea creatures for MerMay 2025. Full versions on sharksketchbook.com

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Wow, very first post and already incorrectly flagged by bots for sexually suggestive adult content. This is going to be a rough May.

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Shark Sketchbook @sharksketchbook.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Finally kicking into action over here! As a first step towards divorcing M*ta, I'll be posting this year's #MerMay illustrations here and on my website. Here is a tiny sampling of mers from 2024 and 2023. For a full look at previous drawings: sharksketchbook.com/category/art...

Illustration of a mermaid and a young female sailor in her sailboat about to share a kiss.

A merman with heavy scars and a mermaid share a tender moment.

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