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Retro Heart
@retroheart.net
Your friendly California Bay Area artist and VTuber coming at you from the sleek, ultramodern future of 19XX.
Biracial. Est’d 1985. He/Him.
Pleasing taste, some monsterism. Spread love, punch fascists.
🌐 links.retroheart.net
🔴 live.retroheart.net
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Super #Introduction II Turbo!
I make #DigitalArt and #Comics inspired by 80s/90s anime with cute, colorful characters, livestream, and get experimental with #OBSCrimes.
Gallery:
🌐 retroheart.net
Support/Rewards/Bonuses:
🟠 patreon.com/RetroHeart
ko-fi.com/RetroHeart
Streams:
🔴 live.retroheart.net
I want to get back into a regular art stream rhythm on Monday (and other) mornings, and that's a Super Promise™, but the battery is on empty and I think I'm nearing the end of my website rebuild arc. As informative as it's been I am so ready to knock that off my mental stack
January 12, 2026 at 6:21 PM
"Saves" has to be the most ominous statistic on Bluesky, man

For a platform that's obsessed with sharing exact data on number of interactions and who interacted and "follow back" buttons here's the one button that tells you NOTHING
January 11, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Yeah, that's definitely on me looking at it again. The colors on my drawing tablet are a little washed out and I didn't check it against another monitor first, whoops
January 11, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Beach oni doodle. I've been in Headache Mode™ for like 3 days so I didn't get anywhere past the idea of "watermelon plus watermelon bikini"
#Art #DigitalArt #RetroHeartArt #Sketch
January 11, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Reposted by Retro Heart
Got some pressing bills to pay this week, any new comm orders would be appreciated!
Hiya! I’m Otacat, an oldtaku lady who loves drawing retro anime style!

🍥✨Available for personal and commercial projects!

🧋 Ko-fi Support: ko-fi.com/otacat
🎨 Commissions: ko-fi.com/otacat/commi...
Shop: ko-fi.com/otacat/shop
🖼️ Social Links: otacat.carrd.co
✉️ Business E-mail: [email protected]
January 9, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Haven't touched my tablet pen in like 20 hours, the training arc begins now
January 10, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Update from the webdev mines:

Flex Boxes are dope as hell
January 10, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I'm not used to my art escaping containment, so.

Hey new folks! I'm coming off of crashing out hard last year and my current obsession is rebuilding my website. The CMS I'm using ain't cuttin' it.
It might take me a while to get back into regular art posts but I hope you stick along for the ride. 💙
January 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
People REALLY like Censa.
This isn't new info, just positive reinforcement.
January 9, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Reposted by Retro Heart
A friendly water dragon swims near!
#Art #DigitalArt #RetroHeartArt
January 8, 2026 at 4:10 AM
It's been too long, forgot to add her freckles. There's always next time.
January 8, 2026 at 12:55 PM
A friendly water dragon swims near!
#Art #DigitalArt #RetroHeartArt
January 8, 2026 at 4:10 AM
I am absolutely going to crash out trying to get a gallery working this week, though
January 8, 2026 at 1:06 AM
I think it kinda weirdly combines with friends who hang out in my stream being at or doing MAGFest / GDQ related stuff so I'm just letting the hyperfocus guide me this week
January 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
It's entirely a self-made barrier but man rebuilding my main website is where so much of my energy is going.
Having that central showcase for my art in a way I'm happy with is important.
January 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
"for real" implies there's a tier system here, sketches are art.
I haven't been able to get many full illustrations to my own standards done in the last several months, and I want to get back to that
January 6, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Various sketches from yesterday's stream plus a bonus sketch I started over the weekend as I try to kick myself back into getting art done for real again
January 6, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Had a good time getting back into the groove with some sketches on stream this morning.

Realized after I had some partial sketches of Censa I could have pulled up that people probably would have liked for two big reasons*, but that'll be for another day

(*Her large, round, soft eyes, obviously)
January 5, 2026 at 11:06 PM
I'm kinda tired, think I might have some sort of sinus pain dealie going on having to do with weather changes, it's GDQ week, and I dicked around with my audio settings this weekend so I expect those to break in weird ways

Seems like a good time for a stream after I get some breakfast in me
January 5, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Also caught the last 30 minutes of The Last Crusade, and not to diminish the point above, but watching fascists get their comeuppance is always a good time. Good end cap to the day.
January 5, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Anyways I went to Cirque de Soleil today, and witnessing the heights of human creativity and expression once again moved me to tears.

A beautiful weave of daring acrobatics, dance, comedy, juggling, even a contortionist. Absolutely stunning performances by all involved.
January 5, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Twelve skateboarders are arrested and find Jesus while being sent to a minimum security prison via a special prisoner transfer airplane

Call that Christ Air
January 5, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Normally I write a sort of stream of consciousness blog at the start of the year and got out of bed this morning reflecting on what went okay last year, but fucking Christ on Ice if I write out what I'm feeling today I will be put on several government lists
January 4, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Carried [unknown] lbs of groceries home that cost $[redacted] because of greedflation and walked by a store that caters to tech workers who moved here from the city in 2020 and spiked cost of living with a hat displayed that says "i can't afford to live here" and yes, I would like to burn everything
January 2, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Good to know! I'll enjoy it for what it is.

My big interest is that it's made by the same team who made Crusader of Centy, one of my all-time faves. That game also feels like they ran out of money 2/3 of the way through, so maybe it's house style.
January 2, 2026 at 4:05 PM