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Beetle🏳️‍🌈🪲

@eightbitbeetle.bsky.social

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Bianca丨 31 丨 Bi/Genderfluid 丨Digital Drawer丨♿Fibromyalgia/hEDS🦓丨 #VarietyIsHOPE volunteer 丨 Part Time Beetle Comms via email: [email protected]

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Beetle🏳️‍🌈🪲 @eightbitbeetle.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you so much everyone for your help; I was able to get him seen and I got his meds!
Now comes the tough part: Oddy's got Cryptorchidism and it seems it's starting to form a tumor. Luckily it can't spread and with a simple procedure he'll be fine.

Commissions are open:
ko-fi.com/8bitbeetle/g...

A quote from a veterinary office for a procedure to remove a tumor as a result of Cryptorchidism. The bill is estimated at $435-$527 USD.

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Loogi 🦆 @theluigiguy.live · 53m

Quack!

#ducks #birds #loogiphotos

A male Mallard duck on the water with its beak open

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Gearomatic @gearomatic.bsky.social · 4h

We are streaming in 9 days for Gamers Outreach again.

10/23 @ 7PM Eastern Twitch.tv/vinesauce

Campaign: bit.ly/2025VSFGO

I chased down a Go Kart to see how donations make an impact: youtu.be/r9eELyG4BdM

And our stats so far:

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Squid @squidinu.bsky.social · 2d

party popper!
i colored this Rocco from @knaveofclubs.bsky.social

sketch of a large purple jolly looking piñata monster grasping onto a much smaller annoyed human man dressed in a business suit.

sketch of an ecstatic purple lycañata yanking on another blue and magenta piñata wolf's tail in a loud burst of confetti

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Beetle🏳️‍🌈🪲 @eightbitbeetle.bsky.social · 7h

Is there no better way to get into the Halloween spirit?
No really, there's got to be a better way then this!! 🎉💥

100% inspired by @squidinu.bsky.social and @knaveofclubs.bsky.social party popper comic!

Tizzie the Lycañata belongs to @ritzzybitzyspider.bsky.social

A two panel comic featuring a pair of anthropomorphic animals. To the left a tall Lycañata in shades of greens, orange and fuchsia; to the right, a small koi fish dragon in monotone shades of blue grey.
In the first frame, the Lycañata is leaned over grabbing the fin of the dragon's tail and asking: "Trick or Treat?"
In the second frame, the Lycañata screams: "Both it is!" then yanks the dragon's tail before they can respond setting them off like a party popper with a loud explosion of confetti. The dragon has transformed into an Lycañata version of themselves.

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Beetle🏳️‍🌈🪲 @eightbitbeetle.bsky.social · 14h

Glad to hear! Yeah, Squidinu knocked it out of the park with the Lycañatas!

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Knaveofclubs @knaveofclubs.bsky.social · 26d

The Pizzadilla. I make this when I just have leftover pizza makings and spaghetti sauce in the fridge

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Miracle Mosley @penbee.art · 1d

Working on fleshing out the design for Post Office/Mail Carrier! Quill because I would like to draw more pen pal and postcard/mail related art of her!

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Ritzzy (commissions open!) @ritzzybitzyspider.bsky.social · 2d

Since everyone else is sharing theirs this month, how about some Tizze's for ya'll, shes my sweet and sour candy filled Lycanata sona! every full moon Party, Dizzy or Ritzzy can become her! (this is post her new design)
@squidinu.bsky.social
@reviewshark.bsky.social
@skorps.bsky.social

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Kieue Caprie @kieuecaprie.neocities.org · 2d

Sender: ADLTETZMU.ntfrntr.spess
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Weh. :p

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#oc #ocart #adalitetosimizu #kieuecaprieocs #ss14

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Emi the Terror Toon @emithegoat.bsky.social · 2d

In the words of the wise ancient furries: "If it gives you the happy brain chemicals, you should doodle it"

Hope you don't mind! This is so gosh darn cute!

#EmiGoatArts #Furryart

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Loogi 🦆 @theluigiguy.live · 2d

For those who are in my circles but may not be in my Discord - I'm holding a COMMUNITY ART COLALB! Steps:

1) Get templates from: drive.google.com/file/d/1404S...
2) Draw + submit up to 2 ducks using any of the templates by October 31!

Submit in the Discord (!discord in Twitch chat) or DM me here!

Ducky Art Collab! (the second)
1. Draw up to 2 ducks with the templates + submit via Duckscord (or DM)
2. You're done! I'll put everyone's ducks into a fun combined art piece!

Submit by October 31!

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Otto Falcon @formalfalcon.bsky.social · 15d

Emperor Penguin Chozo scientist? They are the travel companion for my vulture Chozo bounty hunter OC. As they go from job to job, the pengu gathers research data on the area of space their in and sets up jobs for the vulture bounty hunter.

A reference drawing of an anthro Emperor Penguin as a Thoha Chozo. The left shows the marking on the body and the right ref shows them in their traditional wear
#chozo #metroid #furryart

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Otto Falcon @formalfalcon.bsky.social · 3d

I've finally made some headway on these two Chozo, giving them names and a bit of a back story. Frigid Tome is the Thoha penguin scientist and Swift Feather is the Mawkin vulture warrior. More lore on my tumblr

www.tumblr.com/formalfalcon...

A drawing of my two Chozo OCa. They are in "their" ship with Frigid Tome standing over Swift Feather, who is on what seems to be a medical table. SF is sitting up, right arm clutching his chest, left pointing at FT, most of his armor removed or cut off aside from the left leg, and His right forearm and lower torso is bandaged, and FT is working on bandaging his right leg. Some of the bandages have spots of blood on them, particularly on the lower torso which looks like it has been clawed by a large creature. The two are upset with each other, and their dialog is shown in the drawing on top:
FT: You were told this was a dangerous mission
SF: You gave me outdated security data
And bottom:
SF: Now my armor needs repairs
FT: Stop squirming. You will live
In the background is a terminal with 3 hexagonal monitors, each displaying various data.

#furryart #chozo

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Beetle🏳️‍🌈🪲 @eightbitbeetle.bsky.social · 3d

Sashimi has taken on many forms over the last decade (and maybe I'll share some of their earlier art some day) but your version is easily my favorite!
Can't thank you enough!

Beetle🏳️‍🌈🪲 @eightbitbeetle.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, thank you!! 😊

Beetle🏳️‍🌈🪲 @eightbitbeetle.bsky.social · 3d

I was reminded of Lycañatas the other day and now seemed like the perfect time to take another whack at this piñata version of my koi dragon, Sashimi! 🪅🐟

The original design was done by @ritzzybitzyspider.bsky.social back in 2021!

Four drawings of a pink Koi Dragon Lycañata. They are covered in pale pink paper 'scales' with a white underbelly; they have striking electric blue eyes and a red nose. Their paw pads bright red with pale green claws. There are several yellow and green trimmed bands around their neck, upper arms, thighs and the end of their fish tail. They have several fish fins that are made up of crinkly metallic plastic. Two deer like horns adorn the top of their head along with braided thread hanging from their muzzle like a mustache.
The drawing to the left, the newest, depicts the dragon walking towards the viewer out of the cloak of night. Their head is cocked to the left with their mouth slightly ajar to reveal a bright green tongue. They're clutching a pink Swedish Fish candy.
The middle sketch, done in 2023, features the same dragon with their back to the viewer; tail curving away. A trail of darker pink scales lines their back with a single yellow and green band around the end of their fish tail.
The final sketch, done in 2021, is a simple side view of the dragon clutching a pink Swedish Fish in their mouth with arms resting at their fore.
The original design was done by @ritzzybitzyspider in 2021

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Loogi 🦆 @theluigiguy.live · 4d

Here's a photo I took a while back of a Taiwan barbet, or the "five colored bird" (五色鳥)! Definitely one of the prettiest birds I've ever seen 🌈

#birds #loogiphotos

A Taiwan barbet perched on a tree branch. Its body is mostly green, but it has a blue ring around its neck with red, yellow, and black accents

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Cakeman @cakeman.bsky.social · 4d

Hey everybody!
Looking for a 3D Model commission?

I am looking to fill 4 slots on my commission queue.

I do:
-vrc avatars
-vtubing avatars
-game/animation assets

More details here:
rb.gy/jz0aea
Request form here:
rb.gy/ryuia0

<3 Cakeman
#commissions #b3d #3dart

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Peppermint Bubble @peppermintbubble.com · 4d

HAPPY WORLD CEPHALOPOD DAY! 🐙
I love love love cephalopods, especially octopuses, and they're some of my favorite animals to draw!

Email me to commission your own octopus art, or check out the octopus prints I have up on sale here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/pepp...

#art #octopus

A traditional mixed media illustration of two cute happy yellow flapjack octopuses with a stack of flapjacks (or pancakes) on a plate floating between them. Pink syrup is being poured on the flapjacks from a floating small saucer, and there's strawberries and bilberries floating around, as well as a starfish and a seashell as decoration.

A digitally colored ink and marker illustration of a happy gardener octopus, drawn in dark blue and yellow on aqua blue. He's wearing a straw hat, smiling with his eyes, and holds a pot with a yellow flower in it, as well as a watering can and spade in some of his tentacles. There's some kelp, yellow flowers and tiny yellow fish as decoration.

A traditional mixed media illustration of a happy small grey East Asian common octopus, holding a grey ceramic traditional matcha tea cup in its tentacles while using a bamboo whisk to whisk green matcha tea with two of its tentacles. There's some green tea leaves and a bit of matcha powder as decoration, and there's a light pink watercolor pattern for the background.

A collection of 15 small circular colored pencil illustrations, each of a different animal in a different color. From left to right, top to bottom: a red macaw, an orange fox, a yellow tang, a green frog, a blue whale, an indigo snake, a violet octopus, a magenta katydid, a pink pig, a teal peacock, a brown buck deer, a black panther, a grey elephant, a white polar bear, a rainbow chameleon.

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Phantasy Shann Online @shannguin.bsky.social · 6d

Since I haven't put anything in my store for a hot minute, I finished not 1 but 2 new designs for my Teepublic store!

One is with Ukiki from SM64 and the other is Bow from Paper Mario.

Check em out!!

www.teepublic.com/user/shann-g...

#supermario64 #SM64 #papermario #illustration

A vertical design with Ukiki from Super Mario 64 doing the The Three Wise Monkeys ("see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" ). The top and bottom monkeys are ' hear no evil ' and ' speak no evil ' respectively while the middle monkey is ' see no evil ' while pulling Mario's cap over their eyes.

A design with Bow from the game Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64 with text that reads ' feelin' BOWNITA '.

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juice @juicefruit.bsky.social · 6d

lost in thought

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🕸️♥ Ripley Arachnid ♥🕸️ @spiderdungeon.bsky.social · 6d

hey im admittedly in a pickle bc of the IRS overdrafting me. im sorry to ask for help but im gonna drop my donation info below. please do not feel obligated!! im very sorry, stuff has been hard bc of being sick all the time :(

paypal.me/ehunt
ko-fi.com/bipley
venmo.com/u/fangciful
cash.app/$bipley

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juice @juicefruit.bsky.social · 7d

slowly working on some more stuff

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Jay @jay6t4.bsky.social · 8d

"A mysterious creature. Is it flora, fauna, or both?"
#Yoshi

A drawing of a Yoshi carrying a Crazee Dayzee on his back

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Ritzzy (commissions open!) @ritzzybitzyspider.bsky.social · 9d

Relisting my adopts!
These are $30 The hyena is $40
DM me here or discord, RT pls
Once bought you can change their names, pronouns, and will receive a palette alt
I will also provide OC facts and Commissioned art of them
Peri the Nudibrach
Big Triceratops
Night color Hyena
Sylveous Morgan Otter

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