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wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · 16h

sorry for no art as of late, ive been deep in the depression pit 😔 but here are some random side character doodles i liked enough to share
a baker and his normal cat

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avi 🌧️ @barghest-land.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of feelings that are more than words

(I guess, in a way, #paleoart)

A digital drawing, few simple drawings on a dark background. From top to the bottom, it starts with half of the Earth seen with its continents being placed like in the Middle Ordovician. Below it is a line, showing a process of life - from one little star, to dividing cells, to an embryo (it's all different creatures - fish, dog, tadpole, and a human).
Then, series of little drawings, showing different stages of life in different things. A plant emerging from the soil, a larvae, baby birds with their bright open mouths, pregnant horse with a star on its belly, very old human, and a dry plant in a pot with a leaf falling from it.
A fossil of a crinoid can be seen on the background, in some places nicely preserved, in some - scattered around, with segments seen as little stars.
The text on the picture says: "Let sunshine touch the memory of me again"

Following the previous part of it, from top to the bottom: mammal bones scattered around, a fossil of a trilobite on a rock, human remains, a piece of a fossilized plant, little drawing of an ammonite, a part of a thylacine seen in a little square, and in a square next to it - plate with fossilized fish, being shattered.
Below them is a line - an ornitomimus running forward, its fossilized remains, and on the right - same remains, but scattered around in little pieces.
The text goes through the drawing, saying "I will remain. I will remain. I will remain"
The first phrase is written normally, the second is written fast. The last one is poorly written by my left hand, without looking at the screen.

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wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · Jun 14

Hello! I am in need of money for gas and groceries, so I have opened up commission slots for these portrait style illustrations!
I am also still offering sketch commissions as well. Please check out my ko-fi for more details!
ko-fi.com/aurumdrake/c...

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wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · 8d

update on this, i couldn't afford treatment and i overcharged my card on outpatient care. ill draw any character/creature full body full colored for 50 dollars each ;;

wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · 8d

bumping this, i had to take my cat to the emergency vet

wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · 9d

Helloo, sorry I've been gone for a while. Long story short, I moved back to my home state, and it's taken a lot out of me, especially with my finances. 😭
I lowered the prices on my c0mms. Please share this if you can!

#commissions

ko-fi.com/aurumdrake/c...

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wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · 8d

bumping this, i had to take my cat to the emergency vet

wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · 9d

Helloo, sorry I've been gone for a while. Long story short, I moved back to my home state, and it's taken a lot out of me, especially with my finances. 😭
I lowered the prices on my c0mms. Please share this if you can!

#commissions

ko-fi.com/aurumdrake/c...

simon's Commissions

Commissions Open! Click to see simon's commission menu.

ko-fi.com

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wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · 9d

Helloo, sorry I've been gone for a while. Long story short, I moved back to my home state, and it's taken a lot out of me, especially with my finances. 😭
I lowered the prices on my c0mms. Please share this if you can!

#commissions

ko-fi.com/aurumdrake/c...

simon's Commissions

Commissions Open! Click to see simon's commission menu.

ko-fi.com

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wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · Aug 25

thank u!!!!

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wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · Aug 25

thank u!!!

wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · Aug 25

todays my bday wahooooo

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Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 15

#smaugust #smaugustcircle Day 11: Devonian
This creature belongs to a group of dolusdracoform dragons which only kept one pair of limbs and often took to the water. Its species is euryhaline, meaning it can live both in freshwater and in saltwater. Despite its intimidating (1/3)

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Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 14

#smaugust #smaugustcircle Day 8 & 9: Mineral + Salt Water
Here we have another Dragon Mania Legends redesign, the Jade Devil. Due to its jade-inspiration and its aquatic features, I found it fitting to be a combination of the two prompts Mineral and Salt Water. I imagine (1/2)

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Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 14

#smaugust #smaugustcircle Day 7 & 10: Corpse + Rival
An older and a younger male of this herbivorous, novadracoform dragon species got into a fight for dominance during the mating season. Usually, these battles are more of a pushing contest, but this time, the younger, (1/3)

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wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · Aug 12

:D

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Max Lee @paleorex.bsky.social · Aug 12

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#pokemon #frog #bulbasaur

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wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · Aug 11

apologies for the lack of dragon art, i thought i was getting better wnd then today i got hit with a fever ;_; as much as i want to get caught up i gotta prioritize my health (lame)

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Inu @inutile.bsky.social · Aug 11

Smaugust 11 : Devonian

The flying fish you don't want to encounter at sea

#SmaugustCircle #Urkist

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Hannah Comstock @hannahorca.bsky.social · Aug 11

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Illustration of a creature head. It has a long snout with sharp teeth and curved horns

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wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · Aug 10

Smaugust Day 8 - Mineral 💎

Click for better quality + Full art in the replies! This took me a lot of time to finish, so now I gotta play catch-up with the prompts :'D

#Smaugust2025 #SmaugustCircle

Veins of magic streak throughout Archai, giving life and power to the world. Special arcanophilic organisms grow and thrive along these places of power, and the denizens of this world rely on their presence for vital nutrients.
In the case of these wyverns, they have come to this ancient cliff to scrape away at a fossilized leyline. Eons ago, it was once a colony of arcanophilic bacteria thriving in an ancient sea. Though now it's power has been greatly reduced, it still has enough kick to power a dragons' special flame emitting organs, of which these small guivers are using to scare away the peaceful newcomers.

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wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · Aug 11

I LOVE YOUR SONA!!! this design is so sleek and cool!

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wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · Aug 10

Now that my big illustration is out of the way, should I skip ahead to day 12 to give myself a break or should I pick up where I left off....

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wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · Aug 10

I spent a lot more time on this than I expected to, and it challenged me a lot artistically. I know it isn't perfect and I have a long way to go, but I don't think I did too bad considering I like, never do full illustrations. I hope you all enjoy!

3 small blue and white wyverns are using small bursts of flames to scare away two larger wyverns from perching on a cliff where a fossilized leyline is exposed on the surface.

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wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · Aug 10

Smaugust Day 8 - Mineral 💎

Click for better quality + Full art in the replies! This took me a lot of time to finish, so now I gotta play catch-up with the prompts :'D

#Smaugust2025 #SmaugustCircle

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Grimmla @grimmla.bsky.social · Aug 7

It's smaugust.... So here's a dragon that lives rent free in my brain.
This is Smaug from the old animated hobbit movie! My grandfather loved this movie and I saw it on repeat when I stayed with them over the summer.
Look at this handsome lad <3

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Inu @inutile.bsky.social · Aug 8

Smaugust 8 : mineral

woah what strange...dragon?

#SmaugustCircle #Urkist

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Andrés L. Mignucci @andreslmignucci.bsky.social · Aug 7

Now, a #Smaugust post where the dragons are the ones being eaten...

A white-bellied forest griffin (Opinicus leucogaster) snatches a little brown dragonet (Carpodraco adustus) from its flock. #Smaugust2025

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