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Tamalito Canario
@tamalitocanario.bsky.social
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She/They✨/He
Disabled & autistic

The poet can only yearn to one day be the muse.

TTRPGs, baking, videogames, doggies, and art, in its many shapes, keep me alive.🫀
Learning pixel and digital art. 🎨🤓
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Milka looks like this
#NotAloneTalk
An orange-gold fur dog, with white fur down her neck and whole chest, looks directly at the camera, its ears leaned back, tongue sticking out, and mouth looking like she's smiling. Her tail seems to be in the middle of a wag The same dog is sitting in a Cheems-like pose, we can see her white chest completely now and her head fur looks very shiny in the picture, she's wearing a checkered white and lilac bandana, her ears are raised and we can see the tips of her ears are floppy. Her tail seems to be mid wag in this picture as well A silly picture of the same dog, her nose and snoot are first and center, making her face seem very long and small horizontally at the same time. We can see whiskers that go from black to white and her fur looks shiny. Her eyes and ears are out of focus and she's looking at the camera intently The pup, curled up with their owner whom is under the covers. She is curled up sideways on top of a teal fluffy blanket and her ears seem to be standing up straight
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Hi! I'm Tamalito Canario, a disabled artist that has big opinions.
I don't upload my art too often due to my health's unpredictability.
I make art in a variety of mediums; digital illustrations, physical drawings, pixel art, embroidery, poetry, etc.

Thanks for hosting, Davis!
#InvaderZim #PixelArt
A digital illustration of a river with very slow flow and two reed banks on each side. The sky is blue and there are no animals in sight. A crayon on plywood illustration of GIR from the animated series Invader Zim, wearing his green puppy disguise suit. His eyes are looking different ways, tongue is out, and GIR's ears go upwards, but are cut off by the canvas size not being big enough. A pixel art illustration inspired by the show wipe out. An orange platform sits against a blue sky, it seems at a short distance between the first bouncy red sphere of the path that lies ahead. In total there are five red spheres over water. The water's there in case a contestant falls while doing the challenge. A pixel art illustration where there is a tiny crab on the floor, which is sand, next to the central focus of the piece; a coconut with the top cut off. There's a brown bamboo straw and a pink decorative umbrella coming out of it. In the background we see the sea.
October 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Today's #SciArtSeptember prompt is #cenote. Originally used to describe formations in the piedra caliza of the Yucatán peninsula, it has since been adopted as a term for other places as well.
This tiny cenote is around two meters wide, right outside a Costco in the city of Mérida, Mexico
Photo by me
A very small cenote in the city of Mérida, Yucatán. This specific cenote is in the parking lot of a Costco and since cenotes are protected by law and can't be altered or destroyed, it is in the middle of an arrangement of vibrant green plants and stones that are close in color to the piedra caliza. The water inside looks light green in some parts and darker green where you can see algae Since the cenote is protected by law and isn't deep enough for swimming, it has fencing around it that isn't visible in the picture.
September 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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It feels nice to make and post art that matters to me after my disabilities made me pause
I am way behind on SciArtS but I had to post day # 9's prompt with the Vaquita

Please talk about Vaquitas, gillnet use and illegal fishing. Media pressure aimed at governments (China, Mex, USA) is our hope now
An illustration of a Vaquita with its calf swimming freely in the ocean, from the website wildbloo.
September 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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A drawing of a Vaquita for #SciArtSeptember prompt #vanishing
Vaquitas are the most endangered sea mammal and are almost extinct, there are an estimated 13 to 6 Vaquitas left
As a kid I had an illustrated book about Vaquitas that made me fall in love with them, I hope to make others love them too.
A crayon over plywood drawing of a Vaquita marina. A small porpoise that is endemic to Mexico and critically endangered. The Vaquita has a gray body with some dark markings (the reason why it's called "little sea cow" in spanish "vaquita marina"). In the drawing it has a dark back, dark fins, and a dark spot in the front of its face. The rest of its body is a very light gray. The background is a gradient of light to dark blue. A close up of the drawing and textures of the crayon over the plywood. We can see light reflecting off of the Vaquita's back and on some of the darker parts of the water gradient. An artistic signature of mine is also visible in the lower right corner A real picture of a Vaquita marina underwater, we can see its very light colored body with some darker markings around the eye, mouth, and fins. This vaquita was the main inspiration for my drawing, but I took other Vaquita's markings into consideration as well.
September 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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5th day of #SciArtSeptember, today’s prompt was #corridor I chose #mangroves which are very important wildlife corridors and are extremely useful to us in protecting our coastlines and purifying water before it reaches the sea
While my drawing does no justice to them, opening the image helps a lil
A very amateur digital drawing of a mangrove forest. We can see the murkiness of the water where the mangroves are in get turned into a beautiful clear aqua blue tone that expands upon opening the image.
September 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Fourth day of #SciArtSeptember and I’m just joining in on the fun. Today’s prompt is #Riverbank and I drew a reed riverbank
A river with very slow flow and two reed banks on each side. The sky is blue and there are no animals in sight since in reed biomes animals like to hide in the bush.
September 5, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Artists! Quote with some fanart ❤️
A 32x32 pixels Superman fan art. He is waving at the viewer while hovering over a city of which we can see a bit of skyline. There’s a colorful sunset in the background
August 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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A happy pup after a fun walk.
Milka won’t lick my hand unless I put it right in front of her, but makes it clear she reciprocates my affection and demands more when I dare stop the pets.
I love her so much.

#Adoptee #AdoptDontShop #RescuePup
August 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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My favorite boba 🧋 place has these cute cups that I love. They all have a bit of a snarky comment, this one sums up my mood today though.
A passion fruit, mango, and green tea smoothie with boba in a transparent cup that says; Tea, yes You, maybe The cup is on top of a granite imitation table and there’s a white pot with some greenery in it
August 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Of course i had to see what Singaporean drink I am, and this was my result.

The Singapore drink match quiz 🇸🇬 ;
limsimi.vercel.app
A quiz result image in a pastel green tone. There is an illustrated glass of avocado shake with a small avocado as garnish. The beverage has a cute simple face and small legs and hands stem from the cup. There’s text that reads; you are…avocado shake. 8.8% of people are also this type. The characteristics are; artistic, unique, indulgent, beauty is everything, creamy dreamy soul, never afraid to be different. There’s a “what’s inside” box that has the texts; 70% artistic soul, 25% aesthetic sensitivity, 5% conflict avoidance. Strengths; Highly creative, flexible and adaptable, strong aesthetic sense. Weaknesses; avoids confrontation, struggles with criticism, indecisive under pressure. There are other drinks that look similarly at the very bottom. In the goes well with category; there’s a bubble tea and a sugarcane juice with happy and cute faces. In the might taste funky category there’s Teh C Kosong and lime juice with equally adorable expressions.
August 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Hello everyone! I went out to breakfast and the restaurant gave everyone a blank piece of wood and some crayons while waiting for our food. It was super fun to draw in a new medium and I quite liked the result! So, here's the GIR I drew (Wikia pic used as reference)

#InvaderZim #fanart #crayon #GIR
GIR from the animated series Invader Zim, wearing his green puppy disguise suit. His eyes are looking different ways, tongue is out, and GIR's ears go upwards, but are cut off by the canvas size not being big enough. A close up of the drawing's textures. The amount of pressure, direction of strokes, and the chipping of the crayon are all visible. The small details on the zipper, hand, and coloring are front and center
June 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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It’s been rough these past few days since I can’t work like I used to, but yesterday I had enough energy as to not sleep all day yet not enough to get work done. I realized it was the perfect day to finally start my #mermay rough sketch and I’m proud of what I have thus far ^^
#invisibledisability
A chibified mermaid rough sketch made in clip studio paint with pencil texture. She’s holding her long and wavy hair with one hand over half her chest and the other arm isn’t drawn yet. She shows a slight smile to the viewer and is winking
May 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Continuing with the art that wasn’t posted because I didn’t quite finish. I have this design that I used for embroidery. I finished the lettering and birds and gifted it half complete because my deadline arrived sooner than I expected. I’d put a picture of the embroidery, but i didn’t take any :(
A simple quick sketch of some hiragana and katakana spelling two people’s names. The names are at the top and bottom of the page, separated by the character “to”. It is adorned with two pairs of birds, foliage growing from one character of each name. The “to” in the middle is used as the trunk of a tree with some pastel pink flowers sprouting from its green leaves. It is situated on top of a very small pond.
April 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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This is one of the pieces I was working on that I won’t finish now. A #LeagueOfLegends fanart of the Garen&Katarina ship. While some resizing, coloring, and shading are all missing, I really loved working on it but it’ll remain a forever WIP
An unfinished piece with watercolor and pencil textures. There’s the emblematic Garen sword, and Katarina’s weapons right next to it. Only the line art in color is made for the weapons. The background is a bush against which the weapons are, a small cut tree trunk on the lower left corner, and a blue sky. This image is the same as the last one except it has the rough sketch underneath. There’s texture on the bush, Garen’s sword has more detailed lines and there are two birds. One resting on top of the handle for Katarina’s weapon on the top right and another on the cut down tree trunk on the lower left corner
April 25, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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This cute strawberry milk skirt!! IT HAS POCKETS AND A BUILT IN SHORT!!!! I LOOOOOOVE IT!! 💖 (Pls ignore that it's super wrinkled rn)
A picture that got uploaded upside down of a pink skirt made of pants like fabric. The hem is white and looks like waves (the inspiration for the skirt was strawberry milk). The pink part has little strawberries, white flowers and white dots which are drops of Milk. The entirety of the skirt is creased but it's not so obvious because I haven't steamed it so it looks really wrinkled
March 15, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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A sneak peek at a very small part of one of my current WIPs, finally combining my love for writing with my newly found passion for graphic art💫
#clipstudiopaint
A clip studio paint screenshot that shows the letters BL in a dark red color, the letters appear to be made of some liquid. The background is black
February 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Finally finished the #pixelart challenge started by Tetra after giving up on it for a while because my mental health has NOT been kind these days. Anyway, here’s a sort of chibified #Superman in a 32x32 grid.
He’s got a big head cause I needed to include his lil hair curl in the design :3
Superman is floating above a skyline at sunset. He’s waving at the viewer and has the other hand on his hip. In all Superman fashion, he has his right knee bent and his cape being slightly blown to the side by the wind
February 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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I was doing #pixelart and I looked up references for legs in small grids because mine look like a stick xd AND MORE THAN HALF OF THE RESULTS ARE JUST GAI. Most came from the same app or website as in this picture. I don't know if this might help someone save their work from scraping but here goes
A Google search showing many images by a generative AI model all from the same source; Freepik. The people are shown in athletic gear.
January 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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I knew I didn't caption one of my images because when I posted it I was sleepy and realized later. But I didn't realize it had happened two times 🥺 I have now changed my alt text settings to be required whenever I upload something. If y'all wanna try, the link's below

dame.is/ratingalttext
An image that says Bluesky Alt Text Rating, below that there's a metric that looks like a speedometer with a portion in red, another in orange, another one in yellow, and a green piece. The pointer is in the green section and on top of it there's a Score that says 84.62%
January 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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There is! You can tap the three dots below the comment and this menu shows up
December 10, 2024 at 1:45 PM
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For #pixel_dailies the theme was #relaxing I didn't have much time today, so this simple sketch is today's submission.
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#pixelart
There is a tiny crab on the floor, which is sand, next to the central focus of the piece; a coconut with the top cut off. There's a brown bamboo straw and a pink decorative umbrella coming out of it. In the background we see the sea.
December 5, 2024 at 7:41 AM
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4th day of #pixelartvent and we drew baubles, in my home country we call them esferas (literally spheres). I tried to recreate my favorite one on our Christmas tree, it's from a town called Tlalpujahua where they specialize in making blown-glass baubles and hand painting them.
#pixelart
#christmas
December 5, 2024 at 6:46 AM
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Day number 3 of #pixelartvent and today we're doing stockings!
This one had me work on proportions and resize many times because of how limited 16x16 is, I think it's great practice though!
#pixelart
A red Christmas stocking with a fuzzy white at the top and green candy plus a candy cane poking out of it
December 4, 2024 at 8:11 AM
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In #pixel_dailies today's theme was #dolmen I didn't know this type of structure had a specific name since my part of the globe doesn't have any. If someone could give me pointers on how to texturize the grass I would really appreciate it! :3
#pixelart
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A lone dolmen with two large rock pillars holding up another one that's laid on top. It casts a shadow on the gras and dirt underneath, there are some bushes at the base of the pillars, other than so it's just grass. There's a vibrant blue sky
December 4, 2024 at 7:19 AM