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SamKalensky @ fanexpovan A243
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Support ya Sammy, Makin' rad arts! | #VisibleNB |🇨🇦
• Web/Bestiary: samkalensky.com
• Cara Portfolio: cara.app/samkalensky
• Etsy: etsy.com/ca/shop/SamK...
• Patreon: patreon.com/samkalensky
• Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/samkalensky
I'm on most other social media:
@samkalensky
October 16, 2024 at 6:44 PM
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No matter what. I will continue to give you my best. Even if it’s not up to your personal standards. I know what I draw and make myself is excellent!! 💪 😌✨
February 4, 2026 at 3:38 AM
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Hey, @adobe.com, this is a deeply strange way to respond.

We didn't midunderstand you.

You very clearly changed your policy on Adobe Animate in response to backlash.
February 4, 2026 at 8:05 AM
the news this year has been so wild that I forgot that this happened.
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Raggle fraggle!!
February 4, 2026 at 3:44 AM
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Gotokuneko - [yokai] - a forgetful Nekomata which bellows fire into a hearth: it dances about with a stoves iron trivet on its head, forgetting that it lit the flame, and so, its tail's ignite... accidental pyromaniac putty-tat …where IS my pipe anyway? - samkalensky.com/products/got...
July 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Furuōgi - 古扇 - [Yokai] - A fat-green Tsukumogami with a huge worn out folding fan lodged in the back of its head. One old theory says it was a dragon that was painted on the fan which came to life. A Regular of “Hyakki Yagyo Emaki” Edo period picture scrolls: samkalensky.com/products/fur...
July 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Kanebukuro. 金袋 [Takaramono | Charm] - A magical draw string bag of plenty, used by the Shichifukujin (particularly Hotei.) one of the treasures they bring aboard the Takarabune. It's Said to contain an inexhaustible supply of "everything that a man will ever need." - samkalensky.com/products/kan...
July 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Whopper-hoppers - [fearsome critter] - massive grasshoppers that were attracted to the Great Plains by the agricultural abundance & giant crops which were planted across rural America. They were scared away by the foul breath of St Urho!
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July 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Tesso - [Yokai|Onryo] - The vengeful spirit of a priest which manifested as a gigantic Rat with iron sharp teeth and claws! he commanded a plague of 84,000 rats to tear up all the books and sutras in temples across Kyoto! - Full post: samkalensky.com/products/tesso
August 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Umibōzu - 海坊主 - [Yokai] - mysterious ocean giants that vary in size from human size to titanous. They are often said to resemble a balding monk. Usually appearing on calm nights, right before a storm, they ask for a barrel… an easy ward is said to be a lit cigarette. samkalensky.com/products/umi...
September 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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KaneNoNaruKi - "Money trees" - [Yokai Bonsai] - Exceptionally rare trees, bearing thousands upon thousands of broad Golden Ryo coins for leaves. Planted by the sichifukujin; the trunks & branches form auspicious phrases such as blessings, for wealth or longevity! samkalensky.com/products/kan...
September 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Yama-Oroshi - [yokai] - A worn-out Daikon grater used to make garnish. It was left abandoned in the mountains, after decades of neglect, it came to life and ran about wildly scratching its porcupine like head on whatever it could! but alas, its spines had grown dull: samkalensky.com/products/yam...
September 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Kurayaro - [Yokai] - An old wooden saddle which turned into a dirge singing Tsukumogami; It wanders about the battleground where it was left. Acting like a warrior with a stick in hand in place of a wooden sword; it bitterly laments the betrayal of his masters. samkalensky.com/products/kur...
September 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Muku-mukabaki - [Yokai] - Riding Chaps made from a deers pelt, worn by a nobleman who was assassinated during a hunting trip on Mount Akazawa. His death inspired his orphaned sons to avenge him, however unlike the valiant Soga Bros, These chaps are as timid as a deer! samkalensky.com/products/muk...
October 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Furu-Utsubo - [Yokai|Tsukumogami] - an antiquated arrow quiver used for hunting foxes in Nasuno. Owned by renown archer and general Miura Yoshiaki. After he died heroically, his quiver came to life! Now it scuttles about wildly, much like the beasts they once hunted. samkalensky.com/products/fur...
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Abumi-Guchi - [Yokai | Tsukumogami] - A lost stirrup of a mounted Samurai who took an arrow to the knee & died during the Genpei war. Now the stirrups wander the battlefields; lamenting their riders anguish with a sorrowful song, still loyal to their cause. 🐎 samkalensky.com/products/abu...
October 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Hyōtan-kozō - [yokai] - Once a hollow drinking gourd; used like a bottle or flask, but instead of holding “spirits" it was used superstitiously as a vessel to trap bad luck. it became a sickly Tsukumogami. It pops out of thickets, causing monks to riot in prayer! - samkalensky.com/products/hyo...
October 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Lumber Rats - [Fearsome Critter] - Ordinary Pack rats (& mice) which grew to the size of bears from eating pancake crumbs at Ol'Pauls cook shanties. Paul decided to train & breed 'em to help the lesser Axe Men haul redwoods by "twisting their tails." 🐀 samkalensky.com/products/lum...
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Eritate-Goromo - [Yokai | Tsukumogami] - The high collared Kimono of the profoundly prideful Tengu King, Sōjōbō of Mt Kurama. After decades of being worn by such a powerful yokai, the robes sprung to life. Perhaps they are just prideful as the Tengu who wore them... samkalensky.com/products/eri...
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Shiro-Uneri [Tsukumogami] An old tattered Rag abandoned for decades to ferment in a bucket. Eventually it sprang to life, twisting itself into the shape of a tiny dragon, it undulates through the night skies, wrapping its rancid slimy body around peoples faces! - samkalensky.com/products/shi...
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Boroboroton - [Tsukumogami] - A tattered and torn patchwork kotatsu comforter, after decades of collecting dust came to life, out of moth eaten holes rolled empty eyes, Now, the ragged covers roam, seeking vengeance against an empty hearted owner who threw it away! samkalensky.com/products/bor...
December 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Hossumori - [Tsukumogami] - An old “hossu” which after nine years of being handled by a zen master, came to life, it began sitting lotus style in deep meditation. Much like Daruma, it stares with an unrelenting gaze, seeking enlightenment. Perhaps it is unstoppable... samkalensky.com/products/hos...
December 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Mokugyo Daruma. - [Tsukumogami] - A wooden fish which after 9 years of meditative use, sprung to life in the guise of daruma. Much like the legend himself: it stares forward with a deadpan expression & seeks enlightenment. Like Hossumori, perhaps its unstoppable... samkalensky.com/products/mok...
December 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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In #2025 i..
• Attended 11 IRL events! (Got to design a poster for @bonusstagevan.bsky.social 😎)
• Finished 49+ Art Stickers!
•👺 Reached Milestones, 200 Cryptids, 291+ Yokai (Almost reached 500!)
Despite rough life stuff It was a fun year! Thank you all!
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December 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM