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Rowan 🦨🦡🦔🐿️

@stoatsidewalk.bsky.social

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they/she, 21, silly animation student. mustelid/weasel enthusiast. youtube (animation): https://www.youtube.com/@EtherealFlicker COMMISSIONS OPEN: https://ko-fi.com/etherealflicker

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Rowan 🦨🦡🦔🐿️ @stoatsidewalk.bsky.social · Oct 17

updated my ko-fi commissions again now that the fall semester's started! some of my classes require some expensive materials so funds go towards that!! link below!

(pst- if you want an animated icon/pmv, lmk and I'll give you a quote- starting price 200 usd for pmvs, 80 for icons)

#commissionsopen

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Bill Mudron @mudron.bsky.social · 27d

Man, the way the blanket hangs in the air after she tucks him in, and the well-observed efficiency of her digging behind his pillow to find the toy, without that action taking up TOO much time or hewing so close to any filmed reference that it threatens to get distractingly heavy and *real*.

Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 27d

A pencil test by Glen Keane for Treasure Planet (2002), dir. Ron Clements and John Musker, Walt Disney Feature Animation

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 28d

A pencil test by Jorge A. Capote for Klaus (2019), dir. Sergio Pablos, SPA Studios

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Angus Hervey @angushervey.com · Sep 10

Mini marsupial bounces back from the brink!

Once listed as Endangered, the crest-tailed mulgara expanded its range by more than 48,000 km² between 2015 and 2021, lifting its status to Least Concern. Biocontrol contributed to the heartwarming bounce-back.

https://f.mtr.cool/afllseseeb

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Devin Elle Kurtz @devinellekurtz.bsky.social · Aug 25

One of my favorite spreads from the upcoming Bakery Dragon book 2. Ember meets Princess Turnip!

A spread of Ember the tiny red dragon peering over a bakery counter at a little fairy made up of turnip components. The fairy is bowing in a beam of sunset light. The bakery is laden with golden bread. Ember is silhouetted against a bright window.

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tatiana 🌈 @caterwaul.bsky.social · Aug 22

one very real, concrete way to help feed Gaza right now is through donating to World Central Kitchen

World Central Kitchen @wck.org · Aug 21

WCK’s mobile bakery in Gaza is currently producing 45,000 loaves of bread every day. With more supplies, including flour and fuel, we'd be able to more than double that daily output and support more Palestinian families in need. #ChefsForGaza

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Dominique Ramsey 𓃥 @dominiqueramseyart.bsky.social · Aug 23

Hawkfrost - Brother my brother

#warriorcats

Illustration of a brown tabby cat with a green lightning bolt going through it’s neck and it’s body in two halves.

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Rowan 🦨🦡🦔🐿️ @stoatsidewalk.bsky.social · Aug 23

YWW it was awesome bringing it all together!!

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Aaron @pksp.bsky.social · Aug 23

Everyone needs to watch this RIGHT NOW IT'S LITERALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS I'VE COMMISSIONED IT FILLS ME WITH SO MUCH JOY SEEING ME AND MY FRIENDS AS SILLY LITTLE ANIMALS <3<3<3 TY SO MUCH TO ROWAN WHO BROUGHT THIS TO LIFE IT'S LITERALLY PERFECT

Rowan 🦨🦡🦔🐿️ @stoatsidewalk.bsky.social · Aug 22

Just finished up a commission for @turnin.bsky.social !! Go check it out: youtu.be/D87dMlrqpx0?...

#animation #MV #commission #animationcommission #rowanstoatart

[WONDERFUL☆OPPORTUNITY!] MV Commission for charmander-line

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Rowan 🦨🦡🦔🐿️ @stoatsidewalk.bsky.social · Aug 22

Just finished up a commission for @turnin.bsky.social !! Go check it out: youtu.be/D87dMlrqpx0?...

#animation #MV #commission #animationcommission #rowanstoatart

[WONDERFUL☆OPPORTUNITY!] MV Commission for charmander-line

YouTube video by EtherealFlicker

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Rowan 🦨🦡🦔🐿️ @stoatsidewalk.bsky.social · Aug 16

LOOK it's mae!! go follow my roommate friend!

Nova @novashadowart.bsky.social · Aug 15

My ArtFight attacks for 2025! I didn't do many this year but I'm proud of how they turned out!

#artfight #artfight2025 #teamfossils

Edgar - @lanternsquid.bsky.social
Mae - @stoatsidewalk.bsky.social
Sturgeon - @arualmeow.bsky.social
Vivian - @/gale-the-cat

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Nova @novashadowart.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Rowan 🦨🦡🦔🐿️ @stoatsidewalk.bsky.social · Aug 12

It's a little hilarious to me that your own gifs will work in drafts but not when they're published. Bsky I know you can do it someday I believe in you

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Louie Zong @everydaylouie.bsky.social · Aug 12

wrestler

a stylized downshot 3d render of a man wrestling a stag beetle

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Benjamin (he/him/his) @benzed.bsky.social · Aug 12

No criticism at all to Animation Obsessive in any way here — in fact, I am immensely grateful to them for putting Glassworker on my radar.

But beside that, I find it a very sad state of things that GenAI has become so prevalent that we need to clarify when something isn’t.

Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · Aug 11

The Glassworker is a gorgeous, moving, sometimes brutal feature from Pakistan. Making it was a decade-long struggle.

Ghibli inspired it, but this is no GenAI knockoff. It’s a deep study of Hayao Miyazaki's and Isao Takahata's filmmaking. We explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/learning-t...

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Rowan 🦨🦡🦔🐿️ @stoatsidewalk.bsky.social · Aug 12

Пожар for @pozharandpaprika
Cori for @frolicinq.bsky.social

Fullbody drawing of a white, black, and orange wolf. They have a sly smile on its face, blue and green heterochromia, and are on a bright yellowish background.

Fullbody drawing of a grey cat with scars shaking all over her body. She has purple eyes, a silver necklace, and the background is a dull purple with lightning. She looks angry.

Rowan 🦨🦡🦔🐿️ @stoatsidewalk.bsky.social · Aug 12

Prosecutor White for @lilyznow.bsky.social
Reigen for @/yoinkey
Sol for @/thesolackianone
Birch for @/albythealbatross

Fullbody drawing of a tall brown and cream cat. She has long straight head hair and an accusatory expression as she idles towards the camera. The background is purple and pink on canvas.

Bust drawing of a tan orange cat with a pink tie. The background is blue and green and he smiles smartly.

Fullbody drawing of a black and grey anthropomorphic cat excitedly racing against a can of Pepsi. The cat has green eyes and a purple pearl necklace and the can has stick arms and legs. The background is of a blue sky and green grass.

Fullbody drawing of a malicious looking tan and black striped cat with a white underbelly and blue eyes. She has two scars over her lips and the fur on her head is slicked back. She is loafing next to a clear pool of water.

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Rowan 🦨🦡🦔🐿️ @stoatsidewalk.bsky.social · Aug 12

Mantis and Snake for @arachnits.bsky.social
Touma for @/Frogleebogly
Nova for @/artlordnova
Rusty for @/insert-name

A drawing of a brown cat and a black and blue cat smiling and teasing each other, split apart by a long red scar trailing from the bottom of the canvas to the top, where you can see the same black cat with distorted, crying eyes and unkempt hair with its back to the camera and an expressionless face. A pale blue rose is at the top left, dropping petals across the composition.

A fullbody drawing of a person in a black outfit and boots, with big white and green wings and green feathers poking up from their arms and face. Their long black hair is tied back and they are stretching with their arms bent behind their head. The background is various shades of green.

A bust drawing of a long furred orange, black, and white cat with dark olive eyes. They smirk confidently at the camera. The background is a splatter of purple, blue, red, green, and yellow.

A bust gif of an orange dragon with long yellow frills and dark orange horns and back spikes. It has a narrow snout and yellow bulging eyes with slit pupils. It tosses its head in a loop and blinks. The background is purple and yellow.

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Rowan 🦨🦡🦔🐿️ @stoatsidewalk.bsky.social · Aug 12

Artfight 2025!! All my attacks in order

Sabha for @linoone.bsky.social
Abel Telemann for @/telemutt
Orion for @puppyk1sses.bsky.social
Hiroji for @rxraltzna.bsky.social

A fullbody drawing of a brown and tan boar-wolf chimera, with abnormal enamel protrusions in her jaw, nose bridge, cheek, and back. She has boar stripes on her back and back hooves. She has a happy expression and is wagging her tail. The background is warm green.

A bust drawing of a tan and white dog with brown eyes and a blue neck bandanna. He has a troubled expression, and the background is blueish green.

A fullbody drawing of an anthropomorphic dog with long shaggy head hair and black and white fur. They are wearing a white tshirt and are laying back with their paws over their chest. He has red octopus frills in place of a tail. An eye in the middle of their forehead is open, while the rest are shut. The background is purple and yellow

A fullbody drawing of a small brown and cream cat with glasses and a black collar, grinning at something off screen. He's got his back arched and fluffed in the classic angry cat posture. The background is light green.

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Rowan 🦨🦡🦔🐿️ @stoatsidewalk.bsky.social · Aug 12

Oh boy I should probably post all my artfight work here

Rowan 🦨🦡🦔🐿️ @stoatsidewalk.bsky.social · Aug 12

Still REALLY love how you drew Calla here thanks again!!!

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Lily @lilyznow.bsky.social · Aug 9

Attacks for
@/mnxien
@/Foxglow
@stoatsidewalk.bsky.social
@mistrex.bsky.social

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