Rat Lantern
ratlantern.bsky.social
Rat Lantern
@ratlantern.bsky.social
Ahoy! This is Rat Lantern, plural system of rats and anxiety. Always sincere, doing our best! Software Engineer with a focus on Unity. We're mostly here to praise people. 🏳️‍⚧️ they/them & 💜Isabelle 🔶Lucy ♣️ Serif ♠️ Fahren
Ren has a bent elbow, but he is "ponderous", cautious even. Nora has a bent knee, but there is strong motion behind it, giving a carefree feeling. Super matches the characters!
December 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Nora has a lot of "U" shapes here. The curl of her legs, her finger tips, and the hair. Ren has some curves, but not ones that bend back on eachother. Your other two recent "silly" portraits alternate between whether arm bends are for "serious" or "whimsical" poses. Great linework! ^o^
December 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The rising sun's strong radiant yellow feels like it goes with your red hair highlights, as though the sun painted them on. The facial tilt away from the light source is *so good*; this shows a great mastery of motion. ^o^ From here you can naturally turn more to the camera or to the sun.
December 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It feels like you're channeling the power of the sun in to a little colorful laser, hehe.

I really like the arc of the wing contrasting the large mountain. It feels like you found the best rotational angle for this picture; your face is upright and center with the body tilted in a gentle motion.
December 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
One of the most beautiful things in life is when sharing a part of yourself and your art, leads to wanting to share more of yourself and your art. Let's all enjoy the fruit of your efforts! ^o^
December 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Super elegant use of the background! It's just a clear and sweetly blue sky with the sun at the top center, but it gives a really neat sense of height and motion. ☀️ Lots of negative space on the left. Loving the use of pinks and yellows here, especially your eyeshadow. Compliments the hair well!
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Grace is a good moniker for this! There's a glimmer in your eye from the strong background light, and the exposure makes this feel "glamorous", ahah. The straight legged stance and extended arm feel like a very slick streetwise fashion. Seems like that'd be a functional, warm, stylish outfit.
December 10, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Super snow-idol Kasumi! ❄️ I love how vertical and trim your silhouette looks, even with all these fluffy frills and belts and accessories. It feels like you're *bursting* with fashion power! That belt and that skirt especially go great.
December 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This gentle purple feels so creamy, like a taffy flavor. Scrumptious! The bubble placement is *so good*. One over the mouth is playful. Several surrounding the wand-hand really make the wand feel like a *part* of the process. The scattering of lights forward of vision have good center of mass. Nice!
December 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This second shot is a really great way to show off Lalafell proportions! There's this low camera angle with a circular holographic item on your arm, and a round burst of light in the background. It helps you feel *imposing* and *standing strong*, and also in concert with Lalafell height. Powerful!
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Praise Deersumi! 🦌 You have a pretty light shade of brown for sleeves in comparison to the really dark background color, and the great bright sunlight brings it forward more. Super crisp shot! The camera rotation brings a lot here, making the symmetrical hand sign tilted in an interesting way.
December 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I love the energy here. Ren has a strong simple angular focus, very sleek. Nora has this bouncy, curvey feel to her. The contrast of these two is great. Your distinct style for drawing eyes is such a delight.
December 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The headband droops, the scarf covers downwards, and the velvet-y red skitt ends in a bit of white frill. Your outfit feels like snow was dropped atop the head and fell downwards. 🌨 Long sleeves pair with your legs to provide a splash of color; stay warm out there!
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This glowing nose is super precious! Completely covers the facial expression, feels whimsical and delightful. 🔴 I wanna get a dress like that red Santa-y outfit, it is cute and transformatively festive. Brings some "cheer" energy to the holidays!
December 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The cool blue of the rockface behind gives good compliment to the dark hair, and contrast to skin color. There's a different amount of space on the left, between the hair and neck, than on the right. It gives this a really delightful, smooth, low-distracting-tangets feeling. Good job! ^o^
December 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The second photo feels well framed. Your arm is parallel to your face in a way that lines up horizontal space well, and in between is a flat landscape for the mountain. Spilling out in a hill on the right side feels fun, like the horizon made contact with your head and went pwooof.
December 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The buckle-like shoulder piece ties the top with the pants-skirt in shape language, and your gentle pink color choice. 🤍 Kasumi smiles and heart colors are life restoring.
December 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Enigmatic! Wonder what is going through that mind. The strong mascara looks great here in combination with the blush. Really soft edges. The color palette feels like "frost", cold but not univiting. Kind of regal.
December 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The background blur of pinks and yellows and the sky blend in to a good match for the white outfit and hair. Such a gentle expression in the eyes and mouth communicate refreshing happiness. Thinking to yourself, "this world is beautiful", kind of energy. 🌸🏵
December 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Warmth achieved! ^o^ This weekend has been great thus far. Maybe we too shall don a big blanket soon...
December 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The frosty feeling of your fingernail. It feels like the colors of the hair and outfit and ears compliment each other very well, ending in a carefully selected nail color. You have all these neat blues!
December 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
There's a lot here that feels otherworldly yet also kind. The speckled eyes, downturned tiara, silvery accessories, and shoulderless garment emit an aura of fantastical fashion. The sunkissed color palette, and peaceful, non-vacant expression, make you shaped like a friend. A wise, spiritual guide.
December 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
In an earlier post with a similar outfit, it had a carefree feeling. Here the same cap makes it feel like you're doing construction work, with the strong colored jumpsuit-like clothes feel like you've been really busy putting this together. Long live stepladder snowman! ☃️
December 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Positive Kasumi energy yay! You have a fun and energetic pose here. The contrast in red in light and out of light make some cute colors, and the white helps compliment your hair. Stay warm out there, and consider wearing leggings! Or having hot cocoa. :☕
December 6, 2025 at 2:16 AM