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kniftykat · 1 year

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Happy Mermay! Going 4 years strong on drawing a mermaid at least once during the month of May. I used the prompt ‘celestial’ from @Mermay_official on Instagram for some inspiration! Think the prompt fits the work?

Also, now I’m a fan of drawing glowy fish, lol.

#mermay2023 #mermaid #mermaid art #whimsical #Digital Illustration #procreate #mermay #celestial #celestial art #fish art #whimsical illustration #artist on tumblr #illustrator on tumblr #sand #sand art #gold fish #colorado artist #kniftykat #stayknifty

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myramysticmoon · 2 years

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Inktober Day 2 Part 1

Part 1/3. Yay for getting past the first day! Tbh I tried 2020 and 2021 to do Inktober on my own, and both times I didn't get past day 1. I think beginning things is the hardest part of the creative process to me, lmao. But now that we're past that block, things are looking pretty good! This first piece I think turned out really cute. I imagined a very lighthearted and playful scene with a little bit of spookiness. At least from the puppies' perspective.

Prompts: Scurry, Puppers, Frog

Lists: Official list, kniftykat's list, november-joy's list

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A small band of puppies appear to be running about! One is a floppy-eared dachshund, another is a bold german shepard, and the third is a sweet labrador. All three stumble and scurry over each other, having fun playing outside in the soft grass of someone’s backyard. It has recently rained, so the cool dew on the lawn is exactly what the puppies needed to have a cool day. A tail wag here, a playful paw pull there, a cute sight for sure.

Oh? What’s this? The dachshund appears to have spotted something lurking in the grass! It jumps closer and closer, and by now the other two have noticed as well. The german shepard places themself heroically between the beast and the other two dogs, while the labrador tries to bark. Suddenly, out leaps the terrifying bea-! Oh, wait. The dogs all sit and stare in confusion. This creature seems to be quite small to be worried about, and too jumpy for it to be that fast. Is this a frog? Can this be a friend? The german shepherd carefully pads forward to investigate, gently leaning their snout down to the frog.

The frog, on the other hand, looks just as curious and cautious as the puppies. With a ribbit, they hop to the side of the german shepherd. This jumpscares the dogs a bit, but they ultimately decide their curiosity outweighs their fright. The frog then continues along their merry way back into the grass, but not before regarding all three puppies and giving a goodbye ribbit. The puppies also give a slight yip in response, look between each other, and then continue on playing in the cool yard. I suppose this makes them acquaintances with the newly found frog friend? They certainly hope so!

#inktober2022 #kniftytober2022 #november-joy #inktober but with words #mythic writes #i like perspectives where small things seem adorably major. i think it's very cute and wholesome

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silverview · 5 years

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comic by kniftykat on instagram

#marscorp #im losing my MIND over this #how have i never seen it before #is that jim in the baseball cap and tom in the Very Good Hat ??#in any event my week is MADE #LOOK #the MarsCorp(TM) Rust-Red & B&W colour scheme #the good shiny gooey buddy!! so cute!!!!!#hhhghfghhhh #long post /

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kniftykat · 6 months

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Is it too late to post ghost art?

NEVER mwahahaha! 👻 This piece was actually meant to be uploaded for #peachtober23 but I honestly forgot about it. Inspired by the prompt, BULB, I created these little flower ghostie bulbs just chillin with a ladybug. I actually separated a bunch of the pieces out to animate so we'll see if I get to that!

Image Description: One small and one large white flower bulbs in the shape of ghosts just hanging. The bulbs have cute eyes and a little blush. Surrounding the stems of the bulbs is some green foliage leaves with a ladybug sitting in top of one. The bulbs have a faint glow to them.

#kniftykat #kniftykatart #stayknifty #artist on tumblr #illustration #cute art #illustrator on tumblr #art #kawaii art #artists on tumblr #colorado artist #ghost #cute ghost #ghost art #flowerart #flower art #ladybug #procreate #illustrator

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kniftykat · 7 months

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🎃✨🍂La~La~Laaaaa~🎃✨🍂

Who else loves pumpkin everything? Pumpkin spice lattes (that Starbucks drink!), sweaters with pumpkin patterns, pumpkin patches, stickers 👀, desserts, etc. Pumpkin season only comes once a year so gotta enjoy it while it lasts!

These lil dudes are a part 1 of 2 October Shop updates on my Etsy store front. Go check them out now here.

Cheers to the Fall season! Stay Knifty! 🍁

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kniftykat · 7 months

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Well howdy partner! 🤠👻

So I made a cool block stamp from scratch last year of a cowboy ghostie (you've seen him on envelopes if you've ordered from my Etsy shop in October) and decided I really wanted to make him into a sticker design. From this day forth he shall be known as Mike, the cowboy ghost! Name inspiration from Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc as I've been thinking about rewatching that movie lol.

Talking about October - I'm trying to finish some Halloween designs before next week so folks can order themed designs if they'd like but I also have a ton of other products in the works. I'm thinking I'll either do a 2 part shop update in October or maybe just save the rest for November? Not sure - thoughts???

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kniftykat · 2 years

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What better way to get back into the swing of doing art everyday and challenging yourself to work with new supplies and prompts than inktober or in this case #kniftytober2022 !

For more details on this challenge, please check out my Instagram post!

I'm so excited - expect some daily content (posts and videos!)

#kniftytober2022 #kniftytober #kniftykat #inktober #inktober 2022 #artist on tumblr #prompt list #art challenge #october challenge #illustrator on tumblr #art #femaleartist

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kniftykat · 5 months

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Everything on my Etsy shop is 20% off! If you're looking for some cute and whimsical small business stickers and prints, check it out here!

You can search kniftykat on Etsy. ✨

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kniftykat · 2 years

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Also, if ya didn't know already - I have an Etsy shop where you can buy cute stickers and prints. 😉

#etsysmallbusiness #etsyfinds #etsyshop #illustrator on tumblr #cute art #prints #stickers

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myramysticmoon · 2 years

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Inktober Day 1 Part 1

Welcome to the first day! Happy October everyone! This first bit of writing I'm pretty proud of. I've always loved bits of folklore like this. Though disclaimer, this isn't an actual bit of folklore. Any similarities are coincidence. Would be funny if I predicted a new cryptid, though. Anyway, I hope you enjoy 💜.

Prompts: Gargoyle, Mountain, Legend

Lists: Official list, kniftykat's list, a-chaotically-small-lunta's list

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There is a village in the mountains west of here. I’ve visited it before. It’s a beautiful place, especially in autumn when the trees are painted gold and orange and crimson. Its people are equally as beautiful and diverse, too. Though, I’ve found the best people for travelers like me to talk to are the ones who love to share their stories to those who would lend an ear. Barkeeps, friendly and long-time residents, staff at the museum or the tourist center, and people who just look like they’ve lived a lot of life. Their stories are always interesting, but one sticks out to me above the rest. Everytime, it’s mentioned at least once. This village has it’s own legend.

The legend always starts out the same. “Have you heard of the Gothwind Gargoyle?” Most times, the answer for me is yes, but I’m not one to turn down hearing a retelling. They often proceed to provide a basic explanation. Early in the town’s history, there was a rather famous cathedral that people from around the area would visit. On this cathedral’s roof sat four gargoyles, one for each corner outlooking the rest of the town, and one major one at the base of the tallest spire. It’s this major one that was particularly ornamented. Lion’s mane, talons, bat-like wings, draped in robes and with rubies for eyes. It’s this same one that disappeared in a particularly bad storm in the late 1800s. Now of course to skeptics, it was known that it had likely just fallen and broke into pieces that were later cleaned up. The roof was never subject to much repair and refurbishment, apparently. However, to those more superstitious folks, this wasn’t just a disappearance. This was a case of storm-brought animation! Thus started a search for this gargoyle and where it had gone. Though unfortunately besides a few false leads nothing much had come of the search, and after a year the event had lost its spark.

Fast forward to a group of young adults in the 80s who had come to stay at the village inn. One night on their visit, they had decided to go out ghost hunting. Y’know, as you do when you’re young and in a town with a lot of history. And what better place to start than the surrounding forest and mountains? At the least, it would be a nice walk. Though what they experienced was a bit more than just a walk. In fact, it was a flight. They had been messing around, not being that serious, when a huge figure came rustling out of some trees on the upper side of the mountain they were hiking on. In a moment they all had witnessed a large, winged, bipedal creature soaring over them and into more forest below and ahead. A moment of mutual silence agreed that it was time to run back to the car. After that, the group asked around the village the next day and found out about the disappearance of the statue over a hundred years earlier. The story was soon shared, and once again the village buzzed with talk of the gargoyle and the Gothwind Cathedral it came from.

Now the story of the gargoyle is well known all across town, and many people seem to have their own experiences or have family or friends with one. People are more than ready to share what kind of fright they had or what sounds they heard or sights they saw. While there are people who brush over it when told, most take it seriously. I think it’s the want for something more to be out there that drives these kinds of legends home for people. I’m certainly no exception. Now did I personally experience anything? Nothing that couldn’t be explained. However, I do fully believe that gargoyle is still around that village in the mountains. Protecting the town and its residents for as long as it’s around.

#mythic writes #Inktober2022 #Kniftytober2022 #a-chaotically-small-lunta #inktober but with words #it's interesting getting back into the swing of things. quite fun but also quite busy #also apologies that these will sometimes be posted after midnight and therefore technically a day late #with my schedule the next day doesn't really start until like. 6am lmao

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myramysticmoon · 2 years

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Inktober Day 8

Part 1/1. I had a sudden spark of motivation today, so we definitely take those. It definitely helps that I woke up early, but I also woke up due to nightmares sooooo. Give and take I suppose? Anyway, I figured I'd try my hand at dialogue this time. I also had a prompt of "Word Generator". So I went to one, and hit it a bunch of times with my eyes closed until I stopped and it landed on "glamorize". Pretty fun word! I hope you enjoy this small interaction. I'd love to play this version of chess, tbh.

Prompts: Match, Bear, Werewolf, Chess, Word Generator (Glamorize)

Lists: Official list, kniftykat's list, thainaaraujo's list, november-joy's list, a-chaotically-small-lunta's list

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“Wait a moment, what do you mean my king is in check?” A werebear sits across a werewolf, in between them a table with a game of chess set on it with quite a few more black pieces on the board. The werebear, clearly bewildered, is unfortunately playing white.

“I said what I said, your king is in check.” The werewolf says this with a sly, casual grin on his face. He looks over the board and finds the bear’s reaction all too amusing.

“Okay, there has to be a better way to do this for me. Clearly regular chess isn’t working to be a match for you.”

“Alright, what do you have in mind? Chess is just chess, really. I don’t see how you can add anything to it.”

“Easy. We glamourize it.” The wolf looks on in confusion, having no idea what this implies.

“I said what I said. We add new rules and twists, skew the existing rules, and make nonsense of it until I can win against you. Let’s start with a d20.” The bear gets up and goes over to a bookshelf the two roommates share. He picks up a huge coin bag, opens it, and rifles around for a favorite purple d20. He then sets the bag down, goes over to a bin with playing cards in it, and picks out a standard deck. He then looks the shelf over for a moment, claws on his chin in thought, and suddenly perks up at the sight of Clue. He draws out the box, carries all the items over to the table, and sets them down. The wolf, naturally, is still confused as hell.

“Here’s my thought. This d20 is used as an attack roll for any chess piece against another chess piece. The AC and attack bonus is based on the point value for each piece. Then, if it’s a tie, we play War with the cards. Alternatively with the cards, we could each get half the deck and flip over one card from the top to add that amount to the roll or the AC. Now, for Clue, I suggest we both pick a location, a weapon, and a person. In order to kill each other’s kings, we have to guess who did it, with what, and where. Every piece one person knocks out, one thing must be ruled out. Sound good?”

The werewolf sits there for a moment, gears turning as he processes the sheer amount of wild information thrown at him. He then slowly returns that sly smile to his face.

“You crazy bear, you’re on!”

#inktober2022 #kniftytober2022 #thainaaraujo #november-joy #a-chaotically-small-lunta #inktober but with words #mythic writes #the werebear probably ended up winning and then the werewolf accepted that as a challenge to rematch again later #and yes. they are indeed roommates. make of that what you will~

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myramysticmoon · 2 years

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Inktober Day 5 Part 1

Part 1/2. Today was another rough day, but I managed to make the best of it. Sleep really doesn't want to cooperate, but i suppose that makes more time for writing? Anyway, this piece is something I really like the idea of. Ever since playing Xenoblade Chronicles 1 and reading item names and descriptions from that game, I've always wanted to make items similar to this. So this is somewhat my attempt. I imagine the flames drop mini crystallized embers when defeated.

Prompts: Flame, Pattern

Lists: Official list, kniftykat's list

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Ah, the Mythril Mines, you say? Be wary of exploring that place, love. Sure, it’s not too bad compared to other dungeons, but never let that lower your guard. You’ll need to know something about that place. You see, monsters aren’t the only thing that’s alive in there. Much of the fire that the crystals produce can also simulate life. After all, it’s what gives those crystals the energy they’re known for. They won’t give that up so easily. This is why adventurers such as yourself are needed to attend and escort miners.

The primary thing you need to worry about is how the mythril flames move. It’s patterned, see. They will always come out of the crystals when another living thing comes close enough to them. It will then swirl around the crystal for a second, grow larger as more fire is generated, and then if the creature is still in range it will release from the crystal. It will then drift over to the creature and suddenly burst! The embers on the ground will then ignite into circles of fire, generating smaller mythril flames. It’s important to take care of the flame before this happens, but if it gets to this point it’s extremely important to keep the continued spreading to a minimum. Understood? Good. Now you can go in there prepared and thank me later when you come back alive.

#mythic writes #inktober but with words #inktober2022 #kniftytober2022 #i imagine an older lady informing you of the dungeon before you go in like in an mmo

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