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Banger Cover Art.

Cover for the North American version of Magic Knight Rayearth on SEGA Saturn.

various tem life journaling

Hot pink leopard

Joan? of The Day: Mandrakes

Non-Plush Mary

Lean in to the frizz!

Art trade with @grrumble_ 🐾🏜️

Older Hyena Lady I drew because I was bored.

Over all head cannons

Animal reploids –Animaloids

Once in a while, the reploid will make their respected animal sound.

(supported by chill penguin in the day of Sigma “HACK”. Ride Boarski (thought his name was boarserker for the longest) in X 7,  flame mammoth in X1, and Overdrive ostrich X2 )

They also show the behavior of their animals .

(Supported by Blizzard wolfang howling X6, Sting chameleon crawling around, Chill penguin sliding on his belly, and Kuwanger fluttering his wings in Maverick hunter X )

If one animaloid makes their respected sound by another they are likely to respond back with their sound.

Ex. chill penguin chirping at Storm eagle and he chirps back. Or, Chill penguin squawking at Flame mammoth and he trumpets back.

If one animaloid makes his noise loudly, it might trigger all the animaloids to sound off. (some hate this.)

EX. Cyber peacock caws loudly, causing the neighborly animal based reploids to respond.

By default, prey animaloids get uneasy around predatory themed animal reploids. predatory animaloids feel repelled by their respected prey themed animaloids.  This was put into place so both reploids and fully develop their personalities without distraction. But after a while this can be over looked and both parties and interact normally. This built-in mechanism can drive the relationships of the involved reploids though; as how long it takes one to lose his or her restrictions is different for each individual.

EX. Flame stag wants to avoid Neon Tiger because he freaks him out, but Neon Tiger has gotten over his restrictions so he keeps following him; wanting to be friends. In the end Flame stag grows fearful of Neon Tiger and wants to avoid him at all cost believing him to be a weirdo.

Animaloids tend to befriend their own kind. Birds want to talk to birds, bugs to bugs

Supported by Storm eagle and over drive ostrich being friends

For @gilbkeku and any else interested. 

Please enjoy a pic of a mom helping his kids beat a hard level on a weird old white brick they found at some yard sale.

Reference pic here...I spent way too long on a joke pic, but it least it looks good lol.

1579: Blizzard Wolfang

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Hilda

Mary in Pajamas. This is just a colored sketch. Had to put away my tablet for reasons.

Phonon

I unfortunately fell for this a while back.

Artists, let’s talk about Instagram commission scammers

There’s been a huge rise in commission scammers recently, mostly on Instagram. A lot of new artists don’t know what to look out for, so I figured this might help people.

How they begin

Usually the scammer will write to you asking about a commission. Something deceptively cute - mostly I encounter asks about pet portraits, with one or two photos sent. They’ll probably try to sell you a sweet little story, like “It’s for my son’s birthday”. They will insist that they love your artwork and style, even though they don’t follow you or never liked a single piece of your art.

What to look out for:

Their profiles will either be private, empty, or filled with very generic stuff, dating at most a few years back.

Their language will be very simple, rushed or downright bad. They might use weird emojis that nobody ever uses. They will probably send impatient “??” when you don’t answer immediately. They’re in a crunch - lots of people to scam, you know. 

They’ll give you absolutely no guidelines. No hints on style, contents aside from (usually) the pet and often a name written on the artwork, no theme. Anything you draw will be perfect. Full artistic freedom. In reality they don’t really care for this part.

They’ll offer you a ridiculous amount of money. Usually 100 or 300 USD (EDIT: I know it might not be a lot for some work. What I mean here - way higher than your asking price, 100 and 300 are standard rates they give). They’ll often put in a phrase like “I am willing to compensate you financially” and “I want the best you can draw”, peppered with vague praise. It will most likely sound way too good to be true. That’s because it is.

Where the scam actually happens

If you agree, they will ask you for a payment method. They’ll try to get to this part as soon as possible. 

Usually, they’ll insist on PayPal. And not just any PayPal. They’ll always insist on sending you a transfer immediately. None of that PayPal Invoice stuff (although some do have methods for that, too). They’ll really, REALLY want to get your PayPal email address and name for the transfer - that’s what they’re after. If you insist on any other method, they’ll just circle back to the transfer “for easiest method”. If you do provide them with the info, most likely you’ll soon get a scam email. It most likely be a message with a link that will ultimately lead to bleeding you dry. Never, and I mean NEVER click on any emails or links you get from them. It’s like with any other scam emails you can ever get.

A few things can happen here:

They overpay you and ask for the difference to be wired back. Usually it will go to a different account and you’ll never see that money again. 

They’ll overpay you “for shipping costs” and ask you to forward the difference to their shipping company. Just like before, you’ll never see that money again.

The actual owner of the account (yes, they most likely use stolen accounts to wire from) will realize there’s been something sketchy going on and request a refund via official channels. Your account will be charged with fees and/or you get in trouble for fraudulent transactions. 

You will transfer the money from your PayPal credit to your bank account and they will make a shitstorm when they want their money back, making your life a living hell. They will call you a scammer, a thief, make wild claims, wearing you down and forcing you into wiring money “back” - aka to their final destination account. 

Never, EVER wire money to anyone. This is not how it’s supposed to go. Use PayPal Invoice for secure exchanges where the client needs to provide you with their email, not the other way around.

You can find more info on that method HERE.

What to do when you encounter a scammer:

Ask the right questions: inquire about the style, which artwork of yours they like, as much details as you can. They won’t supply you with any good answers.

Don’t let the rush of the exchange, their praise and the promise of insanely good money to get to you. That’s how they operate, that’s how they make you lose vigilance. 

Don’t engage them. As soon as you realize it might be a scam, block them. The sense of urgency they create with their rushed exchange, and pressure they put on you will sooner or later get to you and you might do something that you’ll regret later.

Never wire money to anyone. Never give out your personal data. Never provide your email, name, address or credit card info. 

Don’t be deceived by receiving a payment, if you somehow agree to go along with it. Just because it’s there now doesn’t mean it can’t be withdrawn. 

Here is a very standard example of such an exchange. I realized it’s a scam pretty fast and went along with it, because I wanted good screenshots for you guys, so I tried going very “by the book” with it. 

Please share this post, make it reach as many artists as possible. Let young or inexperienced artists know that this is going on. So many people have no idea that this is a thing. Let’s help each other out. If you think I missed any relevant info, do add it as an rb!

Also, if you know other scam methods that you think should be shared, consider rb-ing this post with them below. Having a master post of scam protection would AWESOME to have in the art community.

Childhood besties 🐐🐐

Mary's Knife

Took me a bit co complete. I like how it turned out. Th Pink Overlay Layer on top helped a lot.

Playing some old RPG

can we learn everything about Merry thanks

ok so she's a kindergarten teacher that used to be very Rowdy in her youth and is very embarrassed about it. also I made her to ship with my wolf oc, meat

Meet Mary. She's an OC I've been working on for the past two days.

Settled on the name Lychee. He doesn't even have a lighter, he just thinks it makes him look cool.

Sorry for not posting at all lately, havent used tumblr in a bit! Here are some susies as compensation! Top to bottom = most recent to least recent!

I'm probably about to delete most of my old art. It's archived on DA, so don't worry.

How I pratice drawing things, now in a tutorial form. The shrimp photo I used is here

If this tutorial has helped you, please consider buying me a coffee! :)

Woodland Worm

Children need some fresh air! (Especially if they have just recovered from a disease).

Rocinante: "Law! Come on, let's go outside!" Law: "Not now, Cora-san." Rocinante: "But your friends are waiting for you." Law: "They are not my friends!" Rocinante: "Too late, I already told them you are coming!" Law: "Fine, we'll play… But you'll be sorry, Cora-san"