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Melinda Vass
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Melinda Vass @whiteraven90.bsky.social · Oct 19
Hi! I draw and write for my world called #Tetra, and work as a concept artist. I did a lot of freelancing as an illustrator, and I like doing animation for fun.

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Illustration of a summer outdoors scene. Pegasus is standing in shallow water in the center. To the right is a house with people in front of it. There are books scattered everywhere, even the trees and the rooftop. Comprehensive character reference sheet for Pegasus. Anatomical details, expression and motion examples, and a lot of textual character information. A stylized Pegasus figure drawn with black ink and golden gel pens on paper. Illustration of an anthropomorphic tigress sitting on the ground, holding a staff.
whiteraven90.bsky.social
I made this tracking rig thing a month ago and thought it's fun that to make all this happen you just
- move Pegasus
- disengage Kata's pin at the end
It also doesn't throw any errors
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
whiteraven90.bsky.social
Aaand here's Bee the cat. This is my first retopology, so don't be mean about it lol
Render of an oriental shorthair cat shown from the side, at a slight angle, in the default pose. The model was sculpted in Sculptris and dressed up in Blender. It has black point fur coloration and blue eyes. Cat shown from below. The cat model, the left-hand side is the original sculpture and the right-hand side is the cleaner retopologized model. It now also has its fingers separated, among other improvements. The retopologized cat with its mouth open, a work in progress. The model has a multiresolution modifier applied to it. The 2nd subdivision level is shrink-wrapped onto the original sculpture, so basically no detail is lost, in theory
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
whiteraven90.bsky.social
WIP of my first human sculpt + rig! Character of mine named Kata (and Bee the cat, also my model).

I found that rigging is incredibly fun to me, more than anything else in 3D, so I've mainly been doing that. The clothes are temporary placeholders. I started doing this simply for drawing reference
Concept art page of a humanoid character named Kata. The winged horse-like creature in the back is Pegasus. The tall guy in the middle is a related character. The drawings of Kata feature 2 sets of clothes. The one on the middle left is a formal-looking white dress. The other at the right side is a more pragmatic outfit comprised of boots, pants, a sweater and an overcoat, with a gray color scheme. The uncolored sketch on the very left depicts the latter outfit without the overcoat. The text bubble over the man says: "Valter S. Central Elisia. Was: army mage, contractor" and the text bubble over the lady says "Kata M. Elisian Ocean. Was: naval mage, privateer" A 3D render of Kata modeled after the previous concept art of her, without the overcoat, shown from the side, standing behind an oriental shorthair cat. She is holding a baseball bat. Screenshot of Blender showing part of the control rig of Kata's 3D model. It currently has a face rig, two types of FK bone chain rigs (orange and red), and an IK rig (blue). Screenshot of Blender showing the same rig but with every bone visible. The green and gray bones are deformation bones, mechanism bones, stretch bones, reference bones, etc. meant to be normally hidden.
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
whiteraven90.bsky.social
Posts of mine tumblr flagged as mature content so far:
- horse drawings
- animated griffin fight
- grandma hugging a cat
- architecture
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
artists, what's your favorite part to draw? quote this post!

big fan of the glowy eyes among other things
portrait painting of a dark skinned older woman with white hair and pearl earrings. she is wearing a victorian style green blouse embridered with flowers and is smirking slightly while staring at the viewer head on. a chapter title spread from an illustrated book showing a hag with a wicked smile and glowing eyes emerging from the woods. the border is in Ivan Bilibin style and the text reads "Die Waldhexe, The Forest Witch" digital illustration showing a figure with bloodied chin and neck grinnign at the viewer on the background of decorative leaves assembled in a border. they are dressed in cowboy attire and have a revolver in their hands. two illustrations side by side, 1: a painting showing a crazed village woman mid-transformation into a corvid demon. the light from the moon is red and she is levitating in a corn field, her body contorting and a crazed smile adorning her face. 2. a slavic fairytale book inspired illustration of Laudna as the Baba Yaga, with a witches hut in the background. launda is wearing a veil and carryign a basket while looking over her shoulder at the viewer. behind her, there is a crooked witches hut on chicken legs. The whole scene is sorrounded by foggy autumn birch forest.
October 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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shpedovski.bsky.social
Artists, what's your favourite part to draw?
Quote this post!

I will draw as many creatures with shimmering iridescent fur as long as my arm is able to hold pen
October 19, 2025 at 6:36 AM
whiteraven90.bsky.social
artists, what's your favorite part to draw? quote this post!

I like drawing wings a normal amount
A detail from a larger digital painting, centered on Pegasus. He's carefully lifting a soggy book out of a shallow river, on a sunlit morning, surrounded by greenery. A detail from an unfinished reference sheet of the shapeshifter Phoenix. Two peacock-like red birds fly up, side-by-side. The left one's tail gradients downward into fire. The right one's extravagant tail emits little wisps of blue flames here-and-there. There is a portrait on the right. A stylized frame surrounds them. Digital figure drawing of Griffin and Pegasus. Griffin seems to be basking cheerfully on a rock. The much smaller figure of Pegasus sits on top of him. Digital drawing of Griffin and Pegasus, twirling mid-air. They appear to be fighting each other.
October 19, 2025 at 6:25 AM
whiteraven90.bsky.social
There was just that one spider hole before summer, but now there're at LEAST 20 holes in the ground
whiteraven90.bsky.social Melinda Vass @whiteraven90.bsky.social · Jun 1
My contribution to society today: extracted a female mammoth wasp from the kitchen and made it everyone's problem by releasing it outside.

Coincidentally TIL: mammoth wasps exist. Their females are the largest wasps you can encounter in Europe

btw the wolf spider in the garden is having kids
October 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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anaisfae.art
Hate to do this but I only had two orders this month and I'm overdrawn so if you could boost or check out my shop that'd be a great help! thanks anaisfae.art/shop/
tiny watercolor painting of a tabby cat sleeping peacefully in a bunch of lush blue-green leaves.
September 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social
imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off
In early 2025, beaver activity in the Brdy Protected Landscape Area, Czech Republic, contributed to the restoration of a wetland ecosystem. A family of beavers constructed a series of dams that coincidentally accomplished environmental goals of the Czech government, which had delayed its proposed project since 2018 for bureaucratic and financial reasons. The beaver-built dams saved the Czech government approximately US$1.2 million,
September 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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eriopsis.bsky.social
More curse of strahd stuff I did for the memento mori 2 zine a while back. I just kind of forgot to post it.
September 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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sinistereternity.bsky.social
🍂 Hey there, I'm SinisterEternity, 2D Artist with 3D in the works as well!
🍂 Big fan of Autumn/Fall, Dragons, Fantasy, Starry stuff, Instrumental Music, Erhu, Celtic and Norse things on the side!
🍂I sometimes stream on Twitch!
🍂For Commission details, see here: sinistereternity.carrd.co
September 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
whiteraven90.bsky.social
I realized just now that I did do a second take at Pegasus. Also remembered why there isn't a third. 😀 Because WHO IS THIS. I don't want a noble steed, I want a scrawny a-hole. Mission was already accomplished at first attempt, go home
Sketches of another variant of Pegasus, from 2013. A sturdier horse with a flowy mane and wider wings.
September 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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whiteraven90.bsky.social
My right hand, Pegasus - Full sheet in thread. It is a tiny bit dated (2018) so if it's unreadable due to compression that is fiiiiiiine by me

#Tetra #Pegasus #OC #illustration
1st part of Pegasus's reference sheet. Some lore, accompanied by full-body shots of his own and human forms, and a big portrait on the top left. 2nd part of Pegasus's reference sheet. The top left illustration is of his skeleton. Next to it is a close-up of his eye, showing that it barely has any color in it, and the pupil is crocodile-like. Next to that is a front-facing portrait. In the bottom left are 6 expression examples. In the bottom right are three illustrations of his skull: side view, 3/4 view, and top-down view. 3rd part of Pegasus's reference sheet, containing his human form. 6 expression examples on the top left, and a front and back full-body views on the right. Two big portraits in the middle. A back-view with wings on in the bottom right corner. In the bottom left corner is a whalebone stick with a chess knight figure on its top. Below it is the same stick, disassembled. On the very bottom is a mace. Last part of Pegasus's reference sheet, containing 6 full-body motion/behavioral examples.
January 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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whiteraven90.bsky.social
Pegasus-posting some more. Messed around with his facial anatomy and expressions here (2019)

#Tetra #Pegasus #OC
A sketch page filled with drawings of Pegasus, with one human version in the bottom left corner. There is a full-body sketch in the bottom right corner. The rest of it is portraits, focusing on anatomy and expression.
January 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
whiteraven90.bsky.social
Early Pegasus exploration sketches from ~2013-2015 🙃At first he was pretty much a toothy akhal-teke with wings. The full-body drawings are a bit older than the headshots and a bit more well-cooked IMO. Like a soup
Sketches of Pegasus from ~2013-2015. Headshots, expressions, and a doodle where he exclaims "I'm not a fucking horse". Top left sketch was rather influential for the final design. More sketches of Pegasus. A full-body one on the bottom left without wings, top-down. At the top, headshots with and without a mane. Bottom right shows him angrily holding a cartoony cat in his mouth. Even more sketches of Pegasus, most of which are full-body shots. Some with wings, some without. There are two scanned sketchbook drawings on the bottom right.
September 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
whiteraven90.bsky.social
For anyone who both writes & draws characters: When you do the visual design, do you go with the first take, or make several versions to choose from?
September 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
whiteraven90.bsky.social
A commission straight from 2017 that I still like. :')
A strong anthro crocodilian stands in front of an ominous black circle, his back slightly turned to the viewer. He props his polearm against his neck, and rests his hands on it. His outfit gives the impression of an outlaw.
September 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
whiteraven90.bsky.social
An older commission I still like! I forgot why I looked it up but here it is anyway
A figure of a shapeshifter making a kind of uncomfortable eye contact while also striking a strange pose. A faded green glow seems to be coming from under black feathers at the neck. The tail is black-and-white striped. There is a single gnarly horn on the head pointing straight up.
September 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
whiteraven90.bsky.social
Blendering (my hand)

I have hitchhiker's thumb and the others bend back enough that I can kinda shake hands backwards. Any pre-rigged 3D model I tried posing before it always went like "Why does this only bend so little?... Ohhh right, I'm a freak"
Screenshot of the palm of a hand being sculpted in Blender, lit from behind. A work in progress. The middle and index fingers are particularly unfinished.
August 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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sophiecarr.bsky.social
A variety of still photos from my trip to Háifoss in Sept 2022 that I posted the video of. Beautiful and impressive place :)

#Iceland
A wide view of a huge waterfall falling from the top of a flat-topped mountain into a wide canyon. There are a couple of waterfalls at the bottom. The sky above is a wonderful blue and there are lines of basalt columns and other interesting geology on the cliffs. A river can just be seen at the bottom of the photo, in shade. Long exposure photo of the bottom of a waterfall hitting the rocks below, with a rainbow on the left hand side. Long exposure photo of the bottom of a waterfall hitting the rocks below, with a rainbow on the right hand side - very different effect from the previous photo. The photo is mostly of a rainbow - with some weird shaped basalt lava rocks at the bottom left and spray from a waterfall at the bottom right. The rocky bits look a bit like old troll heads, reclining & looking up at the view.
August 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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whiteraven90.bsky.social
Warm-ups and wind-downs with the horsie (I haven't LOOKED AT humans in six months, let alone draw any)

Pegasus doesn't neigh and doesn't growl, he honks and hisses. u_u" Occasional yowling/screaming; generic terse English, to tell people to fuck off

#Tetra #Pegasus
A dense pack of digital sketches, the subject of them being Pegasus in both human and Pegasus forms. Top half of image is warm-up sketches. The hand-written magenta text says "I wanna show you my world, where the beat goes up and down" which is a lyric of Elevator Operator by Electric Callboy. The bottom half of the image are wind-down sketches. One of them tries to illustrate the vocalizations of Pegasus (a mix of cat screams and seagull honks, on a megaphone). All but one sketch are portraits.
July 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
whiteraven90.bsky.social
I don't think I posted this here yet so here it is. Griffin is pushing some boundaries, because he's Griffin.

#Tetra #Pegasus #Griffin
Digital, colored, shaded comic page about how Griffin does Pegasus's tie, and how Pegasus thanks him for it.
July 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
whiteraven90.bsky.social
Trivia for anon. Pegasus speaks *all* Tetrakian languages, because he's a nerrrd. He'd be more than capable of sharing trivia, but getting him to share is not so straightforward

#Tetra #Pegasus
A two-panel, grayscale comic strip that attempts to address the question of Anonymous. First panel: Holly states to someone off-screen "There are more spoken languages on the Southern hemisphere than on the Northern!", then "And I can speak two and a half of them!". She seems to be lying down on the back of Pegasus, and they are flying. Second panel: Pegasus telepathically interjects: "All human languages come from the same family. It's not as impressive as she'd like you to think." The group of three is shown from above to be flying in a straight line. The third smaller figure is probably who Holly was talking to earlier. Holly briefly replies to Pegasus "well fuck you too then"
July 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
whiteraven90.bsky.social
Warm-ups and wind-downs with the horsie (I haven't LOOKED AT humans in six months, let alone draw any)

Pegasus doesn't neigh and doesn't growl, he honks and hisses. u_u" Occasional yowling/screaming; generic terse English, to tell people to fuck off

#Tetra #Pegasus
A dense pack of digital sketches, the subject of them being Pegasus in both human and Pegasus forms. Top half of image is warm-up sketches. The hand-written magenta text says "I wanna show you my world, where the beat goes up and down" which is a lyric of Elevator Operator by Electric Callboy. The bottom half of the image are wind-down sketches. One of them tries to illustrate the vocalizations of Pegasus (a mix of cat screams and seagull honks, on a megaphone). All but one sketch are portraits.
July 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM