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Ransom 🐈

@ransom.cat

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😼 Illustrator, Graphic Designer, Tabby Cat
🖌️ Macro/micro furry artist (sometimes NSFW 🔞)
💙 Bi, enby (any pronouns)
🌐 Art gallery and contact information: http://ransom.cat

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There were better choices available!

8BitDo's Zero2 gamepad, an extremely small controller being held between two hands.

December 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM

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Aaah, I'm still recovering from the same procedure about two months ago. If your dentist didn't give one to you, get yourself a Monoject angled syringe. It's incredibly useful for cleaning food from the empty sockets.

Four thick plastic syringes with angled tips by Monoject.

November 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM

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I felt like showing off my gorgeous mama kitty, Jeannie (and her boyfriend, Mango). 🤍🤎

Jeannie, a brown shorthair mackerel tabby cat with green eyes and the tip of her right ear missing, sits comfortably on a pillow and looks at the viewer.

Jeannie, a brown shorthair mackerel tabby cat with green eyes and the tip of her right ear missing, sits comfortably on a pillow and is yawning wide, showing her fangs.

Two cats: Mango, a grey and white shorthair with green eyes; and Jeannie, a brown shorthair mackerel tabby with green eyes and the tip of her right ear missing. Mango lies in a circular cat bed while Jeannie cuddles against and lies on top of him. They're both looking at the viewer.

September 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM

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I haven't done it in a long time but I like oil painting!

An oil painting portrait of a blonde dog with a black snout wearing a colorful bandana around his neck.

September 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM

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Thank you so much, Abbey! Here are who it's going towards.

I'm in full-time university and on a super tight (actually negative) budget, so I really appreciate it. 💙

Three grey cats — Benny, Cloud, and Cecil — all brothers, lying on a bed during a calm afternoon. Two are shorthaired, and one is longhaired. The longhaired cat, Cloud, is lying on his back, exposing his belly, while cuddling into his brother, Cecil.

September 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM

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I just finished my first university course! They normally last four months, but this was accelerated so we knocked it out in five weeks.

That's one down, and… at least fifty to go?

But hey, I get a brief break before fall classes. I'm gonna celebrate.

A scratchy doodle in a notebook of a cartoony tabby cat writing a paper.

August 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM

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I want a specific animation cel.

A screenshot from The Simpsons, season 5, episode 21, "Lady Bouvier's Lover". Bart (mostly out of frame) is holding up an animation cel in front of Lisa's face. The cel is from The Itchy & Scratchy show, and depicts nothing but a single arm of Scratchy.

July 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM

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Back from my first day of university! Time to study!

Tippy, the brown mackerel tabby cat, is lying on a bed. She's got her forepaws on an open binder containing university coursework, with her head turned to the viewer, looking like she was interrupted in the middle of reading.

July 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM

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No cheating. Post the last pic of your pet.

Lily, the longhaired grey tabby cat, is lying on a beige fleece blanket. She's belly-up, with her left arm outstretched, and is looking directly at the viewer while meowing!

July 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM

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"Little" tufties?

Cloud, the longhaired grey tabby cat, is lying on a pile of shirts. He's got his right arm outstretched and is staring at the viewer.

Cloud, the longhaired grey tabby cat, is standing on a pile of shirts. He's looking at something out of frame, just above the viewer, and is reaching with his right arm to grab it.

July 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM

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Happy Father's Day! Remember to hug your dad. 😽🩶😺

June 17th, 2023: A photo of a longhaired kitten and a chubby shorthaired cat, both dark grey. The kitten, Cloud, is two months old. Cloud is on his hind legs, his arms wrapped around his much larger father's right shoulder and chest, Samson, like a hug.

June 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM

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Leaf on the Wind 🍃
Rogue scout 🏹

He's a kind male snow leopard tabaxi in his twenties, and a highly skilled archer, scout, and survivalist. His love of reading inspired him to travel, to see more of the distant world. Leaf became friends with a dragonborn druid, and secretly writes in a journal.

An illustration of an anthropomorphic snow leopard man, named Leaf on the Wind. He's adorned in cloths and leathers of woodland colours. On his right hip is a quiver, from which he is withdrawing an arrow. His pale blue eyes pierce directly at the viewer.

May 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM

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Lily, Benny, Cloud, Clyde, and Reno are two years old today! 🎂😸🐱😼😺😽🎁

(It was really hard to get them to pose for this family photo.)

Five young fully-grown grey tabby cats — two longhaired and three shorthaired — sit on a bed with a blue blanket, on their second birthday. They're all looking towards the viewer. From left to right: Lily, Benny, Cloud, Clyde, and Reno. The one in the middle, Cloud, has his tongue out and is licking his cheek.

April 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM

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I'm over thirty and I can't help but admire your tanktop!

🎨 @d6016.bsky.social

A very sketchy doodle of Ransom the tabby cat, very small, viewed through a magnifying glass. He's got his arms up with a mischievous grin, displaying a lot of cattitude. It was drawn by DeeDee (D6016) in 2021.

March 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM

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I don't love the idea of snipping ears, but it makes sense to identify a neutered cat without needing to trap them again.

One of my cats (a former stray) is missing the tip of her ear too, due to frostbite. But she's still beautiful.

Two shorthair adult cats lying together on a blanket, on a couch. The fat grey male on the left, Samson, is looking towards the brown tabby female in the middle, Jeannie. Jeannie is missing the tip of her right ear. She's looking at the viewer with beautiful green eyes.

March 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM

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Yeah, that was like 13 years ago. But if you're on a budget, or don't wanna lug another device around, there are still games that work.

I have a Powkiddy RGB30. It plays up to PS1 and some N64. I especially love it for Game Boy because of its big square screen!

Kitty for scale and cuteness.

Cloud, a grey longhaired tabby cat, reclining. Leaning against his belly is a pale green handheld game console, with three Nintendo games displayed on its square screen.

February 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM

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Today's been a lot more upsetting than I expected.

The guy who took the other pair, Lady and Caramel, told me he gave them to a Hutterite colony so they "are free to catch mice and have all the babies they want."

So he never spayed them. And now it sounds like they're barn cats. Fucking hell.

Lady, a brown shorthair kitten with beautiful eyes, lies in a shallow cardboard box, and she's looking directly at the photographer. Behind her, a grey kitten — her brother, Reno — is asleep.

Tippy (top) and Caramel (bottom), two nearly identical brown shorthair tabby kittens are lying down on a pink fleece blanket. Caramel has her left arm draped over Tippy, and tippy's rear feet are draped over Caramel. They're cuddling while asleep.

February 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM

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Today is Cecil and Tippy's second birthday! 😺🎂😼

I love these (now fully-grown) kittens a lot. In lieu of a cake, they get tuna and extra treats. 💙

February 21st, 2023: Jeannie, a brown shorthair tabby cat is lying on her side, on top of a grey blanket, and looking with green eyes at the photographer. She has six newborn kittens nursing off of her: Tippy, Lady, Caramel, and Milo look like mini versions of her, but Cecil and Frank are grey like their father (not pictured).

February 21st, 2025: Two cats: Cecil, the shorthair grey tabby; and Tippy, the shorthair brown tabby, are lying on the floor next to each other. They're both fully grown now. Tippy is looking with green eyes to the right of frame, while Cecil is staring with yellow eyes and wide pupils directly at the viewer.

February 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM

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A person who adopted two of my kittens in 2023 lost one of them. The kitten's name was Frank. Two months ago, she let him outside and he never came back. And she never tattooed or chipped him.

I cried when I gave him up, but I thought he was going to a good home. I'm frustrated with her and myself.