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Phoenix Baldwin

@phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social

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He/him. 27 - Independent Artist & Writer Creator of @dinotoons.bsky.social Specializing in Animal artwork & Paleoart! For COMMISSIONS: https://phoenixofstarlight.com/ For BOOKS: https://dinotoons.net Redbubble Shop: FeenicksPhoenix.redbubble.com

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Aug 17

Happy #IndieAnimationDay! I've been working on a couple of very fun scenes for the EPIC: Horse Games multi animator project! Here's my first part! #animation #epicthemusical youtu.be/DvBM0K1luOs?...

Horse Games Part 49 Process - EPIC: The Musical MAP

YouTube video by PhoenixofStarlight

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Reposted by Phoenix Baldwin

Turasna🪐🌌 @trayceinspace.bsky.social · Aug 13

New noodle just dropped!
I love her!

🎨: @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Aug 2

This one was a revenge for ApexArts! They'd included one of my characters in an animated mass attack so I sent 'em a trot back! First time animating a trot so this was great practice for me! c: #artfight #artfight2025 #2danimation

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Aug 2

Thank you so much! :D

Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Aug 2

Bunch more ArtFight attacks! Ended up doing a bunch this year c: #teamfossil #artfight

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Aug 1

I'm hosting a free art raffle over on FurAffinity! There's not a lot of entries so far and there's only a week to go! Come enter for a chance at a free sticker! #artgiveaway #artraffle #furaffinity
www.furaffinity.net/journal/1118...

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Jul 22

Buncha real quick sketches for #artfight! Been a good year for me since I decided to do cleaned-up sketches instead of super slow lined pieces lol.

Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Jul 11

Like four years ago @tytofi.bsky.social did an AWESOME animated artfight attack for me of Cedar Ceratosaurus walking, and here I am FINALLY getting them back for that >:) A Cerato for a Cerato, muahahah! #artfight #teamfossil

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Jun 29

I get so bent out of shape about the last frame of this looking weird that I almost never share it but damn, I gotta show my pencil animations from school more often. As many things as I think look bad about it now, I learned SO much when I did this. #traditionalanimation #2danimation #penciltest

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Jun 27

Tbh I don't think my peccary cozy does it justice
They are made of so much hair and this just does not capture it. One time at the zoo someone sneezed and all of the peccaries just fluffed up and they were SO. SO FLUFFY.

Cozy Collared Peccary! It does have a lot of fluffy hair, but could it have MORE hair?

Reposted by Phoenix Baldwin

Kaveh Taherian @ NYCC D-33 @kavehtaherian.bsky.social · Jun 27

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Jun 26

Got a lil celebrity in the backyard today! Been a while since I've seen a monarch butterfly at this bush :D

Monarch butterfly hanging upside down and drinking from flowers!

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Jun 25

Such cool photos!! Did the beetle escape minus one leg? Or is that just the camera angle? Either way being picked at by a caracara and living to tell the tale makes one lucky beetle!!

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Jun 24

I FULLY confess that I'm getting too much of a kick out of making "rare" original species traits that come with lore costs. Yeah you can have a rare furless cave satyr! It'll come with a respiratory disorder :) Lightless? Sure! But you probably got scammed!
phoenixofstarlight.com/planet-nirvae

Styled like a textbook. "Cave Satyr Care: A Guide to Mutations and Morphs Pt 2. There's an illustration of two Cave Satyr busts on the first page - one with wavy hair, one with coiled hair. Text reads, "Fur Texture: Curly and Coily fur is completely ethical and decently common in Earthborn satyrs. However, please be aware that failure to meet the advanced grooming requirements for these types of coats is a form of neglect and punishable by fines. (see the grooming guide!)" It continues, "Do NOT attempt shearing unless you are licensed to do so. Cave Satyrs are not like domestic sheep - they will shed their coats periodically. Shear only when absolutely medically necessary (severe matting, tangles, mange, etc.)"

A head-up illustration and ugly diagram of a fullbody, furless cave satyr follow. Text reads, "Regarding 'Vaxisian' Satyrs: Velvet and completely furless Cave Satyrs, although very popular, are very susceptible to illnesses due to a linked gene that weakens their filter organ. They cannot safely socialize with coated Cave Satyrs. To clear up confusion - 'Vaxisian' satyrs are not natural to the Vaxisi region. The morph's name is a creative choice by breeders, based on other furless Luminates in the region."

On the next page are similar illustrations - a sad looking cave satyr with clipped antennae. Text warns that scam breeders will clip antennae and say that a satyr is a hypocapetesian, but that these are exceedingly rare and unlikely to be real offers. The text recommends reporting them.

Next is one with curly antennae - "Candelabra" satyrs. These ones don't have health complications but it's advised to regularly detangle their very curly antennae!

The final bit is on tail docking, and specifies that rounded tip, fully-furred short tails are naturally occurring, but that flat-tip, partly furred "pufftails" are docked and subject to chronic pain due to removal of the caudal bulb glands.

I have never run out of space on alt text before, wow

Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Jun 24

Let's be so real. "I'm at the Soop Store" is a marked improvement. 😤

Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Jun 24

Obligatory Cozy Orca follow-up post!

Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Jun 24

I LOVE whenever a new report comes out about a specific orca group doing some wacky new thing but this one is TOOL USE LET'S GO
Tho calling it "FIRST marine tool use" does feel like a bit of a middle finger to octopuses. I suppose because it's skin care?? Hmm...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Killer whales seen grooming each other with kelp in first for marine tool use

Behavior in orca population off coast of US and Canada captured by scientists using drone observation

www.theguardian.com

Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Jun 23

From Nov '23, study after a really great stock photo by Ricardo Reitmeyer. I always forget how long lion faces are! #animalart #sketch

A lion cub nuzzling up against a male lion's cheek, leaning up to do so.

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Jun 23

Barn owl painting from a bit ago - 4x4" canvas using acrylics

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Jun 23

I'm a dog owner, I love my dog, I think he's too dumb to hunt and he has really good recall. I cannot FATHOM letting him off leash in public, let alone at a nature park. Just because "nothing bad has happened" doesn't mean we should play with fire when it comes to pets. Sorry this happened. :(

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Jun 23

I saw the video earlier and really had to process that this was within a couple cities of us. So many loved ones I'm worried for.

Daniel Tedford @dgtedford.bsky.social · Jun 23

www.ocregister.com/2025/06/22/v...

‘I feel betrayed,’ U.S. Marine says of seeing his father punched by federal immigration agent

After the man was surrounded by Border Patrol agents and pinned to the ground, one agent could be seen repeatedly hitting him on a video posted to social media.

www.ocregister.com

Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Jun 23

Campaign is ON it!!! 👏

Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Jun 22

Shaving him makes him look juuust different enough for me to go "that ain't right"...

Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Jun 22

I've made a point to not speak to certain family anymore, because the way they've engaged with me makes it clear there is nothing I can say that would sway their support of the current administration. But at times like this, I really wonder how they reconcile it all in their heads. Brains are scary.

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Phoenix Baldwin @phoenixofstarlight.bsky.social · Jun 21

Common Phoenix L, I went making a FurAffinity ad and I 1. didn't see that the dimensions had changed, and 2. made one that's way too chunky file size wise. xD
Oh well. Have an obnoxious DinoToons banner ad that I can't actually use :p