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Curioptus
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Artist/Animator. I post a variety of original characters and fan art.
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Curioptus @curioptus.bsky.social · Dec 23
Two weeks ago, I concluded 3 years of University.

I guess there's no better time than now to update my showreel!

#2danimation #animation #showreel #fanart #characteranimation
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Next animation I'm working on is a little more complex, so here's a preview of a simpler shot I animated a few months ago with some test compositing!

Where could Sybil possibly be walking?

#animation #2danimation #pseudoregalia #fanart
February 1, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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Ashleigh Sloane, Novice Fire Mage, experiments with her magic.
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A brief animation loop featuring Ashleigh, created for the LoopdeLoop animation and it's theme, Hot.
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#animation #loop #oc #originalcharacter #furry #furryart #dragon #2danimation #characteranimation
January 30, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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Huntress Wizard

Short sketch thrown together between animating. Said animation should be done by tomorrow.

#adventuretime #huntresswizard #digitalart #fanart
A coloured sketch of Huntress Wizard from the show Adventure Time laying in a shallow pool of water.
January 29, 2026 at 5:14 AM
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The Mirror
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Yeah, 'Everything Burns' is cool and all but 'The Mirror' is absolute peak. (I am not at all biased due to my love of 90s-00s ska punk)
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#ffxiv #ffxivfanart #finalfantasy #fanart #finalfantasyxiv #digitalart
A drawing of two men posing dramatically. One is wearing a hawaiian shirt and has bunny ears. One is wearing board shorts with his hair covering his eyes.
January 27, 2026 at 5:06 AM
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I don't know if I've been influenced by that Frieren meme or something but I've noticed a lot of my drawings and animations lately have featured a lot of of characters looking up.
January 26, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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During some epic FF14 Raiding (Silky Prog), discussion turned to monkeys, and additionally monkeys with the combined head of a monkey and a horse riding unicycles.

Of course, in between lockouts I got to work.
January 25, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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I got a little bored while animating my fire loop. of course, I solved this problem by animating something else.

Here's a super rough Ivy Lipsync test that I may or may not return to.

#deadlock #fanart #ivy #animation #2danimation #valve #deadlockfanart
January 24, 2026 at 4:50 AM
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It's not often I sketch something that's disconnected from any fandoms or other characters of mine. I should do more of it.
January 23, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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The urge to animate vs the urge to play games and think about animating:
A sketch of a small adventurer smiling while approaching a larger monstrous beast. Human remains are scattered around the beast.
January 23, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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Thus concludes the sequence of poll sketches. I've posted other things I've been working on like the fire animation, hopefully those and others will be complete sooner than later.
An sketch of an anthropomorphic dragon watching a movie and saying "This film is so peak."
January 22, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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Freya Crescent sketches. As can be seen, even in rough form, triangular hats are the bane of my existence.

#finalfantasy #finalfantasy9 #freyacrescent #fanart #digitalart #ff9
A collage of sketches featuring the character Freya Crescent from Final Fantasy 9.
January 22, 2026 at 5:19 AM
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The man, the bat, the legend...
Sonar.

#dispatch #dispatchfanart #sketch #digitalart #sonar
A collage of sketches of the anthropomorphic bat character named Sonar from the video game Dispatch.
January 21, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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I've recently been working on an animation loop of Ashleigh using fire magic for the LoopdeLoop animation challenge.

Pretty keen on the progress so far, and wanted to share it.

#animation #loop #2danimation #originalcharacter #dragon #furry #furryart
January 21, 2026 at 4:23 AM
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Nothing worse than opening the door and like six, maybe seven hornets rush in.
#silksong #hollowknight #fanart #digitalart #silksongfanart #hornet
A collage of sketches of the character Hornet from Hollow Knight Silksong.
January 18, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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Grung sketch from the poll, using an idea from this specific grung's creator: Grung trying to order at a fast food drive through.

#sketch #digitalart #dnd
A sketch of a fast food drive-through. A short anthropomorphic frog is pulling himself into the window to order without a car and is holding up the rest of the line.
January 18, 2026 at 7:57 AM
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Found some older sketches of my Warrior of Light.

I really like Hrothgar. I will not elaborate any further.

#sketch #fanart #ff14 #ffxiv #ffxivart #digitalart #furry #furryart #finalfantasyxiv
A sketch of two anthropomorphic cat woman standing next to each other and smiling at the viewer.
January 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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Turns out across the sites I polled, Grung won overall in a surprising landslide.
Gonna draw all these character but roughly in order of the poll results, so Grung - Hornet - Sonar - Freya.
January 16, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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Found some old sketches from my second year at uni.

We were encouraged to draw as frequently as possible, and I ended up designing this epic boxing cat.
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#art #sketch #anthro #furry #furryart
An anthropomorphic cat with sharp teeth standing in a wide pose. In the background the same cat is in a hunched pose at a lower opacity. An anthropomorphic cat lunging and hitting a punching back with great force, lifting it higher into the air. An anthropomorphic cat leaping into the air and pumping their fists.
January 15, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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I've really screwed myself by mostly drawing anthro characters, I cannot keep re-drawing the snout 80 times in every sketch.
January 15, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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I've got a bit of artblock but I'm hovering around some characters I want to draw.

idk if bluesky has dedicated polling feature so I made a strawpoll:
strawpoll.com/w4nWWO7DdnA
I have artblock and am offloading thinking elsewhere. Which character should I draw? - StrawPoll
What is your opinion? Vote now: Freya Crescent (FF9), Hornet (Silksong), Sonar (Dispatch), Grung (A Grung)
strawpoll.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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Okay so 20 minutes later and actually using reference I now have a far better sketch

#deadlock #deadlockfanart #digitalart #fanart #sketch
January 10, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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Ivy Deadlock???

Drawn from memory so probably very innacurate.

Once I'm out of the new year's malaise, more drawings will be made!!! (hopefully)

#deadlock #art #sketch #digitalart #fanart
A sketch of the gargoyle character Ivy from the video game deadlock looking to the right.
January 10, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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SPECIAL PRESENTATION!!!
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Silly little brainworm I've had for a few months that I finally had some time to animate, made in 2 days and only lightly sleep deprived.
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#deltarune #animation #fananimation #fanart #deltarunefanart #tenna #deltarunechapter3 #2danimation
January 6, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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New Years Fireworks Loop
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Simple loop of the final shot from my previous animation. I hope everyone has had a great new year, so here's to a (hopefully) great 2026!
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#animation #loop #2danimation #newyear #newyear2026 #fireworks
January 1, 2026 at 9:53 AM
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New years is an emotional time. Sometimes for the better, and sometimes for the worst.
No matter the emotions, it's always nice to spend time with friends on new years eve...
#2danimation #newyears #originalcharacter #originalanimation #indieanimation
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December 31, 2025 at 5:13 AM