riverholtart

[riverholtart]

I suppose now that I’ve switched careers to work in wildlife education as my main occupation, there’s no reason not to share my personal blog where I post pretty much all my art these days (it’s 100% fanart and OC content). If you’re interested, you can find me at @fischotterkunst!

(Thats not to say I’m abandoning this blog, I have just been focusing on “non-professional” art more since the pressure’s off. I will still post wildlife art here from time to time!)

#news #chatter

[riverholtart]

Hi! I messaged you a while back about getting your mooblooms tattooed and finally got it done so I figured I'd show you how it came out! Thank you again, I absolutely love it

WOW WOW it turned out great!!! i'm so honored :D i hope the stinging and especially the itching goes away super fast for you 🤞

#river babbles #asks #thank you for remembering to show me!!! i'm delighted :D

[riverholtart]

Some changes

Due to having changed my career path and dedicating much of my time to wildlife education, I will no longer be offering commissions regularly. My work will still be available on Redbubble and I do hope to produce different merchandise via some kind of online storefront like Etsy or similar (details on this to follow!).

This blog will remain open for the time being, but I might convert it into a catch-all art blog to include personal work as well as professional work. We'll see!

#news

[riverholtart]

with all the newcomers and returning tumblr users, i figured it was a good time for a promo!

i'm River (they/them), naturalist by day and artist by night, specializing in illustrating animals both real and fantastical, living and extinct. i also like creating wildlife guides and scientific illustrations of video game flora and fauna, as well as designing fantasy and sci fi characters. in my spare time i can be found playing video games, hiking, baking, and spending time with my cat 💚

✎ About ✎ Taglist ✎ Commission prices and info ✎ Redbubble

#promo #artists on tumblr #mooshrooms #minecraft #monsters #wildlife illustration #breath of the wild #horses #aliens #reblogs appreciated

[riverholtart]

long time no art! a friend of mine introduced me to Final Fantasy over the past year, and i did some studies of Chocobos to better understand how they worked, so i thought it would be fun to arrange my drawings like an old-timey anatomy chart! as usual, this piece will be available on my Redbubble, linked in my pinned post :)

#chocobos #chocobo #bird #final fantasy #fantasy creatures

[riverholtart]

a collection of some of my personal favorite backyard visitors - please click to fullview! 

this piece is available as a print on my Redbubble!  link in my pinned post!

#birds #birding #backyard birding #backyard birds #birds of michigan #pure michigan #digital art #digital illustration

[riverholtart]

✎Holiday Deadline Commissions✎

with the holidays fast approaching, i thought now would be a good time to update my commissions page! whether it’s for a friend, loved one, or yourself, personalized artwork makes a fantastic and unique gift :D if you’d like to commission a holiday gift from me, please make sure to do so 2 weeks before the day of celebration so i can be sure to get it finished in time!! 

Order by Nov. 24 to receive in time for Rohatsu 

Order by Nov. 27 to receive in time for Hanukkah 

Order by Dec 7 to receive in time for Yule/Solstice 

Order by Dec. 11 to receive in time for Christmas

Order by Dec. 12 to receive in time for Kwanzaa 

✎ CHARACTER COMMISSIONS

✎ ANIMAL COMMISSIONS

✎OCs and pet portraits welcome

✎Payments via Paypal

✎for backgrounds, multiple characters, mechs, or other more detailed commissions, feel free to dm me!

#commissions #reblogs appreciated

[riverholtart]

small digital painting done as a test for a larger project - i did end up going in a different direction with the final piece, but i’m still pretty pleased with how this test turned out!

#digital art #digital illustration #wildlife art #american robin #turdus migratorius #birds

[riverholtart]

sketch studies for various paintings i’d like to do someday when my motivation returns from the war ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#wildlife art #wildlife drawing #cougar #raven #fisher #mule deer #coyote #animals

[riverholtart]

you should draw mooblooms based on purple night sky galaxy flowers!!!

ooooh i just looked those up and they ARE really pretty! i'm not taking requests at this time but here's a link to my commission info!

#i do take suggestions from time to time but only if they REALLY speak to me #river babbles

[riverholtart]

testing out some new SAI brushes that i made myself trying to get a more painterly look while still balancing it with my own stylized manner of illustrating. i’d never drawn or painted a pronghorn antelope before but i think they’re really neat!! it’s wild to think that there’s such a unique and gorgeous animal living in my own country that’s commonplace for some people to see and yet to me feels so exotic and far away. this piece is available as a print on my Redbubble! please check my pinned post for the link!

#antelope #pronghorn antelope #Antilocapra americana #wildlife art #wildlife illustration #digital painting #digital illustration #animals

[riverholtart]

dino doodles....dinoodles

my best girls from Jurassic World Evo! i got way more attached to these digital dinos than i expected, tho in retrospect i don’t know why i didn’t see that coming alsdkjfasdf

#jurassic park #jurassic world #fanart #digital art

[riverholtart]

Shaggy Inkcap (Coprinus comatus) mushroom cow, inspired by a suggestion from @mish--shticks! thank you so much for the suggestion, this was such a fun challenge! the shagginess of the inkcap mushroom immediately made me think of Highland cattle, so i went with a combo of the two.

this painting is available as a print on my Redbubble! please check my pinned post for the link!

#animals #cattle #highland cow #shaggy inkcap #mushroom #mooshroom #cottagecore #digital art #Digital Illustration #animal art #animal illustration #sorry for the ugly watermark - my other cow art got stolen :c

[riverholtart]

What if you created a lacey mooshroom? (Also could you tag me if you do because I never keep up with Tumblr QwQ

OOH i love that idea!! i think i will, and yes i'll definitely tag you when i post them!

#might take me a bit to get to them cause i have some Projects to do #river babbles

[riverholtart]

hello! i just wanted to say i bought two of your minecraft cow prints and they arrived today and i'm in love with them. <3

!!!! excellent im so glad you like them!! thank you so much for supporting me!!

#river babbles

[riverholtart]

hey guys! i just wanted to give a warm welcome to my new followers and a thank you to all of you guys, both new and familiar, for all your support on my Minecraft cattle arts! i figured this was a good time to try to get a feel for what you guys are most interested in seeing from me moving on. so i’ll ask you directly: what would you like to see me draw more of? is there any merch you’d be particularly interested in? please let me know! :D

#river babbles

[riverholtart]

Not sure if you remember me haha but so glad to see the poster art print is back up for the botw wildlife! Also super excited about the genshin wildlife :)

omg hi! i do remember you! thank you for your patience on that, and i'm glad to hear you enjoy the genshin wildlife art as well :D (more of that is in the works, btw!)

#river babbles