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R. Blaylock Art

@meanderingunicorns.bsky.social

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Pet portraits available! See my Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/rblaylockart/commissions (or DM me) Art, animals, and angst. They/them or she/her is fine.

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R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 10d

Hello! I love to draw pet portraits, and cats are my favorite subject. Here are some recent illustrations. Visit ko-fi.com/rblaylockart... for art of your own critter!

Illustration of a sealpoint cat with blue eyes.

Illustrated portrait of a flame point cat with blue eyes.

Illustrated portrait of a fluffy dilute calico cat with a sarcastic expression.

Illustrated portrait of a fluffy torbie cat.

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R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 5h

Gotta draw his boyfriend next, the scrungly redheaded samurai, Tosh.

R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 5h

The cool thing about ancient games with inch-high sprites, no cut scenes, and no fan art is that you’re free to reimagine the characters. So I updated his look a little while trying to keep the ninja vibes.

The shotgun is canon, though. Because for some reason a ninja needs a shotgun.

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R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 5h

So this isn’t actually an OC, he’s just lived in my head so long he feels like one.

This is Shu. Urban ninja, bounty hunter, and certified Dad Friend. He’s a character from a 30-year-old video game, Arc the Lad II.

#art #fanart #characterart

An illustration of a man with a long, blue-gray ponytail holding a shotgun over one shoulder. He wears a black facemask, coveralls, gloves, and tabi boots, and a red scarf.

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R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 10h

I want to connect with a fandom but I am apparently incapable of being obsessed with any media at the same time as anyone else. It’s always something weird and obscure and usually at least a decade old.

Anyway, back to working on some Arc the Lad II fan art

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 15h

This is. And thou art. There is no safety. There is no end. The word must be heard in silence. There must be darkness to see the stars. The dance is always danced above the hollow place, above the terrible abyss.

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R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 12h

Eeeeeee I love how he’s coming along! Gotta put this aside for a bit before starting to render, though, so hopefully I’ll catch any errors early.

#art #WIP #character #characterart

A flat colored drawing of a slim man with a long, bluish gray ponytail. He wears a black face mask, black cuffed coveralls, black tabi boots, black gloves, and a red bandana. He carries a shotgun over one shoulder.

R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 19h

Delightful!

R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna let this #WIP marinate overnight before I charge into colors. But I’m SO EXCITED. I’ve been trying to draw this #character for literally years and I’ve finally found a direction I’m happy with.

#art #characterart

A line drawing of a slim man with a long ponytail holding a shotgun over his right shoulder. He’s wearing a face mask, cuffed coveralls, and tabi boots.

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R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 1d

The texturrrrrrres

R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 1d

A nice, peaceful afternoon sketching… oh. Hi, Quark.

A person looking out a window with an orange tabby cat perched on their shoulder.

The orange cat is perching on the person’s lap, partially obscuring their iPad. Procreate is open and they were working on a sketch of a man.

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R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 1d

This is so pretty!

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 2d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 1d

I love it! Your finished works are so polished 😆

R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 1d

Related: post sketches and WIPs!

R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 1d

I like your timelapse videos a lot! It’s cool to see your process.

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R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 2d

More companies should do this. Glad you were surrounded by compassion.

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R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 2d

I worked at a vet clinic for four years. My soul cat, Artemis, was elderly and had health issues, so she was there a lot. When it was time to say goodbye, it comforted both of us that her last moments were in a familiar exam room with me and her favorite tech and vet, who cared about her and me.

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Gryph @lfgryph.com · 2d

I'll also mention again that if you love little baby kittens, most shelters and rescues are always in need of foster homes for them! Different ages of kittens require different levels of care, so there's some options usually. And it's a great way to enjoy the cute without adding to the population. ❤️

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Paratonia @paratonia.bsky.social · 5d

08 – explode

#OC-tober #OC-tober2025

Ink sketch of a middle-aged woman with a thousand-yard stare lying in bed. She's surrounded by flames and smoke.

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R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 2d

When it’s past time to start roughing in the clothes, but it seems a crime to put a sleeve on that arm.

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R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 2d

Especially in cases like this, where it seems they had a Clear Vision for what they wanted the background to look like, and made the effort to type that Clear Vision as a prompt. Too bad both vision and generated image really, really suck.

R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a boudoir photo of a curvy black lady in sleek black mesh, and I can tell it’s meant to be very dramatic and glamorous. An abstract, textured background would look so much better.

Alas, most photographers I work with do not take kindly to even the most respectful suggestions.

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R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 2d

So, I’m editing and painting a photo, and I’m pretty sure the background is genAI. But, like, why? It’s dingy white clapboard and an asymmetrical window with mismatched curtains. Could they really not take the time to find better stock?

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R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 2d

I CAN SEE THE END OF MY ORDER QUEUE 🙌

R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 2d

Tennessean here. Can confirm. For some reason, though, I love the little menaces.