Dakota Drake
@artbydakotadrake.bsky.social
Artist, illustrator, woodland creature living in the desert. She/her.
Acroyoga, comics, nature. Here for both a good time and a long time.
Portfolio: www.dakotadrake.com
Acroyoga, comics, nature. Here for both a good time and a long time.
Portfolio: www.dakotadrake.com
10 years ago I knew of several companies who were working on A//I. They loved the idea of "machine learning" and the prospect of an algorithm that could potentially do it all. But those tasked with keeping stock prices up had no idea how to have human employees and (1/)
January 17, 2026 at 4:22 PM
10 years ago I knew of several companies who were working on A//I. They loved the idea of "machine learning" and the prospect of an algorithm that could potentially do it all. But those tasked with keeping stock prices up had no idea how to have human employees and (1/)
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Know thyself.
Know what time of day/season when you're most mentally active and can work best. Know when you can push yourself. Know when you need rest. Know what recharges you.
Know your own needs and listen, or else you're gonna wreck not only yourself but others around you.
Know what time of day/season when you're most mentally active and can work best. Know when you can push yourself. Know when you need rest. Know what recharges you.
Know your own needs and listen, or else you're gonna wreck not only yourself but others around you.
ARTISTS: quote with some random art advice!!
January 16, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Know thyself.
Know what time of day/season when you're most mentally active and can work best. Know when you can push yourself. Know when you need rest. Know what recharges you.
Know your own needs and listen, or else you're gonna wreck not only yourself but others around you.
Know what time of day/season when you're most mentally active and can work best. Know when you can push yourself. Know when you need rest. Know what recharges you.
Know your own needs and listen, or else you're gonna wreck not only yourself but others around you.
Have sketchbooks lying around everywhere. Ones for drawing out art plans, ones for sketching ideas, ones for doodles, ones for journaling. Sprinkle them around your home and life like confetti.
ARTISTS: quote with some random art advice!!
January 16, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Have sketchbooks lying around everywhere. Ones for drawing out art plans, ones for sketching ideas, ones for doodles, ones for journaling. Sprinkle them around your home and life like confetti.
A vintage photo of a girl with her cat inspired me making an entire playroom of her imagination out of this cigar box.
January 14, 2026 at 1:41 AM
A vintage photo of a girl with her cat inspired me making an entire playroom of her imagination out of this cigar box.
Me: "I don't really have favorite colors"
* spoken inside of a room where every picture includes orange, while wearing almost all yellow under my yellow blanket, on my red-orange couch. I am basically a sunset at all times. *
* spoken inside of a room where every picture includes orange, while wearing almost all yellow under my yellow blanket, on my red-orange couch. I am basically a sunset at all times. *
January 12, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Me: "I don't really have favorite colors"
* spoken inside of a room where every picture includes orange, while wearing almost all yellow under my yellow blanket, on my red-orange couch. I am basically a sunset at all times. *
* spoken inside of a room where every picture includes orange, while wearing almost all yellow under my yellow blanket, on my red-orange couch. I am basically a sunset at all times. *
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Human Artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you
January 10, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Human Artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you
The most peaceful video I've seen in months was a guy restoring a stone workshop in the British countryside. 20+ mins of clearing ivy and debris and slowly rebuilding. No voiceover except for the sounds of birds. Just timelapses of quietly working with dogs sleeping nearby.
January 9, 2026 at 5:34 PM
The most peaceful video I've seen in months was a guy restoring a stone workshop in the British countryside. 20+ mins of clearing ivy and debris and slowly rebuilding. No voiceover except for the sounds of birds. Just timelapses of quietly working with dogs sleeping nearby.
A few years ago, I vended at maybe 3 or 4 events. The experiences were so awful that the thought of doing it again makes my skin crawl - but I know people can actually make money at these! And I want to make it work!
Do you have tips? Hints? Guidance?
Do you have tips? Hints? Guidance?
January 5, 2026 at 3:30 PM
A few years ago, I vended at maybe 3 or 4 events. The experiences were so awful that the thought of doing it again makes my skin crawl - but I know people can actually make money at these! And I want to make it work!
Do you have tips? Hints? Guidance?
Do you have tips? Hints? Guidance?
Remodeling furniture by modeling on furniture.
January 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Remodeling furniture by modeling on furniture.
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Sitting a stewing in frustration isn't nearly as cathartic as just designing a poster. Let's see how often I remember that in 2026.
December 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Sitting a stewing in frustration isn't nearly as cathartic as just designing a poster. Let's see how often I remember that in 2026.
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I think you should get weirder and freakier about their writing next year. Expel the thoughts of "is this too much? too strange? too out there?" fuck it, we ball. Break the ancient seal cast upon ye. Unleash the inner esoteric thing within clawing, begging to wreak creative havoc.
December 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I think you should get weirder and freakier about their writing next year. Expel the thoughts of "is this too much? too strange? too out there?" fuck it, we ball. Break the ancient seal cast upon ye. Unleash the inner esoteric thing within clawing, begging to wreak creative havoc.
I have TWO paintings in this!
December 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I have TWO paintings in this!
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Ancient Wisdom III
Woodcarving
Last sculpture of 2025
Woodcarving
Last sculpture of 2025
December 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Ancient Wisdom III
Woodcarving
Last sculpture of 2025
Woodcarving
Last sculpture of 2025
I get cuteness aggression from looking at good art, but it's a sudden "godDAMMIT" and "how dare you?!!" from seeing good color combos and line art and whatnot.
It's a visceral compliment that starts in the body.
It's a visceral compliment that starts in the body.
December 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I get cuteness aggression from looking at good art, but it's a sudden "godDAMMIT" and "how dare you?!!" from seeing good color combos and line art and whatnot.
It's a visceral compliment that starts in the body.
It's a visceral compliment that starts in the body.
I draw comics in my nature journal to show action and emotion, like the excitement of these burying beetles finding and carrying away a dead vole.
AND APPARENTLY so did artist JJ Grandville!
It's SO EXCITING that he was ALSO a weird freak that wanted to draw this in action!
VALIDATION
AND APPARENTLY so did artist JJ Grandville!
It's SO EXCITING that he was ALSO a weird freak that wanted to draw this in action!
VALIDATION
December 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I draw comics in my nature journal to show action and emotion, like the excitement of these burying beetles finding and carrying away a dead vole.
AND APPARENTLY so did artist JJ Grandville!
It's SO EXCITING that he was ALSO a weird freak that wanted to draw this in action!
VALIDATION
AND APPARENTLY so did artist JJ Grandville!
It's SO EXCITING that he was ALSO a weird freak that wanted to draw this in action!
VALIDATION
Pretty sure this is exactly how cats work.
December 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Pretty sure this is exactly how cats work.
At dinner w/ friends, one said, "I'd live out in the country like a little rabbit in an apron having tea with a goose, but I need a Trader Joe's nearby, and international foods with labels in other languages."
So I drew it.
Obviously I'm the ferret in pants.
So I drew it.
Obviously I'm the ferret in pants.
December 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
At dinner w/ friends, one said, "I'd live out in the country like a little rabbit in an apron having tea with a goose, but I need a Trader Joe's nearby, and international foods with labels in other languages."
So I drew it.
Obviously I'm the ferret in pants.
So I drew it.
Obviously I'm the ferret in pants.
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December 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Please, please join your local Buy Nothing group. It's a delight.
You'll have 10 posts of "Give: used shampoo" "Give: dented can of beans" and then one of "Give: perfect condition real midcentury modern dresser, HEAVY, from non smoking home."
You'll have 10 posts of "Give: used shampoo" "Give: dented can of beans" and then one of "Give: perfect condition real midcentury modern dresser, HEAVY, from non smoking home."
December 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Please, please join your local Buy Nothing group. It's a delight.
You'll have 10 posts of "Give: used shampoo" "Give: dented can of beans" and then one of "Give: perfect condition real midcentury modern dresser, HEAVY, from non smoking home."
You'll have 10 posts of "Give: used shampoo" "Give: dented can of beans" and then one of "Give: perfect condition real midcentury modern dresser, HEAVY, from non smoking home."
Cactus and Cactus wren!
December 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Cactus and Cactus wren!
Showing this to my bf as a reference of where to rub my shoulders
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December 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Showing this to my bf as a reference of where to rub my shoulders
Throwback to... idk, a while ago, when I used a UHaul truck as scaffolding to paint a mural on the side of an old grain silo at a farm.
December 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Throwback to... idk, a while ago, when I used a UHaul truck as scaffolding to paint a mural on the side of an old grain silo at a farm.