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BingyBongo
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✨ Abby Lee Kosonen
✏️ Freelance Animator & Animal Artist
📍 Finland Immigrant / USA Born
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#Brrrdcember2025 - 09 - Blue-Eyed Ground Dove

This bird is critically endangered with only (estimated) 11-16 left in the wild. They need help. :(

#blueeyedgrounddove #dove #brrrdcember2025 #brrrdcember #birdart #birds #birdsofbrazil #brazil #conservation #criticallyendangered #endangered
Illustration of two blue-eyed ground doves cuddling. Drawing for #brrrdcember2025 , day # 9 Prompt list for Brrrdcember2025
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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#Brrrdcember2025 - 08 - Bare-Throated Bellbird

This bird is horrifying. :D

#bare-throatedbellbird #bellbird #brrrdcember2025 #brrrdcember #birdart #birds #birdsofbrazil #brazil
Illustration of a bare-throated bellbird calling from a branch. Entry # 8 for #brrrdcember2025 #brrrdcember2025 prompt list
December 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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#Brrrdcember2025 - 07 - Scarlet Ibis

I loooove Scarlet Ibis! I've been lucky to see them a lot in zoos, so I have a little bit of muscle memory from lots of life drawing!

PS: sorry my reposts are a little delayed!

#scarletibis #brrrdcember2025 #brrrdcember #birdart #birds #birdsofbrazil #brazil
December 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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#Brrrdcember2025 - 06 - Horned Sungem

I love hummingbirds so much, and Brazil is hummingbird central. Taking the 78 hummingbirds of Brazil, and narrowing it down to just two was much harder than drawing the bird itself.

#hornedsungem #brrrdcember2025 #brrrdcember #birdart #birds #hummingbird
December 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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#Brrrdcember2025 - 05 - Red-Headed Manakin

My personal favorite bird of the whole list!!!! And that eyeball size is now canon.

#redheadedmanakin #brrrdcember2025 #brrrdcember #birdart #birds
Illustration of a red-headed manakin with a freakishly oversized eye perched on a treebranch looking silly. bird # 5 of #Brrrdcember2025 drawing challenge. Brrrdcember2025 prompt list
December 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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#Brrrdcember2025 - 04 - Pavonine Quetzal

I had soooo much fun with the feathers on this one!

#pavoninequetzal #brrrdcember2025 #brrrdcember #birdart #birds
Illustration of a Pavonine Quetzal perched in a branch looking at the viewer disapprovingly. Drawing # 4 for BRRRDCEMBER2025 Brrrdcember2025 prompt list
December 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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#Brrrdcember2025 - 03 - Scarlet Macaw

I couldn't shake the idea that this bird was a Brodude trolling everyone with the Circle Game.

I'm sorry, but I think if you even looked at this drawing, you all just lost The Game.

#scarletmacaw #brrrdcember2025 #brrrdcember #birdart #birds
Illustration of a scarlet macaw trolling the viewer with the Circle Game. Entry # 3 for #brrrdcember2025 Brrrdcember2025 prompt list
December 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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#Brrrdcember2025 - 02 - Purple Gallinule

Style change because I suddenly had to go to school full time and I now have 8 hours less in my day.

#purplegallinule #brrrdcember2025 #brrrdcember #birdart #birds
Stylized illustration of a Purple Gallinule standing comedically on water lilies. Drawing # 2 for Brrrdcember2025 Daily Prompt list for #brrrdcember2025 a Brazil themed bird drawing challenge for the month of December 2025, hosted by @BingyBongo
December 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Brrrdcember 2025 - Toco Toucan

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S DECEMBER ALREADY WAT

#tocotoucan #brrrdcember2025 #brrrdcember #birdart #birds
Illustration of a family of 5 toucans. The mother and father watch one of their chicks hang upside down in vines with both concern and amusement. The two other chicks look at their sibling joyfully. This is a drawing for #brrrdcember2025 a December drawing challenge hosted by @BingyBongo Daily Prompt list for #brrrdcember2025 a Brazil themed bird drawing challenge for the month of December 2025, hosted by @BingyBongo
December 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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I've been working on a batch of commissions all day long, but this end of day warmdown sparked joy like I haven't felt about a drawing in a while.

Why is it that the zero effort drawings look so good?!! Or drawings on lined paper?!! Aaaaa!

🤣🤣🤣

#squirtle #breakfast #pokemon
A colored sketch of the Pokemon Squirtle standing like a cool guy with sunglasses and his arms crossed, and behind him there is an explosion of bacon and eggs.
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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BRRRDCEMBER 2025 OFFICIAL PROMPT LIST!
This year's region is Brazil!

The event will run from Dec 1-31

RULES:

🦅 No Ai, screencaps/edits, tracing, or bases🦅
🐦 All artist-made visual mediums accepted🐦
🪿Mention @BingyBongo in your description🪿
🐦‍⬛Use the hashtag, #brrrdcember2025 🐦‍⬛ <
🦉HAVE FUN!!!!! 🦉
Official prompt list for BRRRDCEMBER 2025, a daily bird drawing challenge for the month of December. Hosted by BingyBongo. Official weekly prompt list for BRRRDCEMBER 2025, a bird drawing challenge for the month of December. Hosted by BingyBongo.
November 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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I opened fanart requests on DA, and I got not 1, not 2, but THREE requests for Duchess and 1 for Marie. Is Aristocats having a moment?!!

#fanart #cats #aristocats
Illustration of Marie looking up at her mother Duchess. Fanart of the characters from Disney's Aristocats.
November 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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I drew Fox and Bold for @effrasorbus.bsky.social !

I watched Animals of Farthing Wood for the first time in 2025, and WOW, what a dramatic series!

I was locked into animated content when I was growing up, but I never heard of this one. Maybe it didn't air in USA?

#farthingwood #fox #fanart
Illustration of Fox and his young son Bold. Fanart from the series Animals of Farthing wood.
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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I drew Francis from the obscure, wild 90s film Felidae. I love how this came out though, and that's definitely berry juice.

#felidae #cat #fanart
Fanart of Francis from the animated film Felidae nervously looking at suspicious berry juice splatter on the ground
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Animating my characters as chibis!

Bingy (left) and Bongo (right)
Each character took me about a half hour each.

Bingy - 7 frames (i always give her slightly slower timing)
Bongo - 5 frames

On 1s, 24 fps

Animated with TVPaint.

#tvp #tvpaint #animation #animator #animation #runcycle
October 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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ANIMATING MERV!!!!!!!

Giftart for www.instagram.com/p/DLhwT1AxH3...

#roughanimation #catart #cats #felineart #2danimation #animation #animator
October 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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OH WELL GEE WOW, YOU CAN UPLOAD GIFS NOW!

I guess I've been under a rock.

Animated this PFP for gloryforgood over on DA! It took me about 3 hours. I have posted the Timelapse to my DA and my TikTok if you're interested! (link in about section)

#dragon #animation #wofoc #animated #animator
October 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Gift art for Mantis_the_cat_one on Instagram!

Mantis is an absolutely gorgeous chimera kitten, and I have been meaning to do art of her for weeks now.

Their account - www.instagram.com/p/DOiQrUgDILP/

#cats #characterart #animalart #kitten #chimeracat
Illustration/ Character design of Mantis the Chimera cat. Rough Illustration/ Character design of Mantis the Chimera cat.
October 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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ohhhhhhh, this one hurts. :( I have been weepy all day.

Rest in Power, Dr. Jane Goodall. You are one of my greatest heroes.

#drjanegoodall #janegoodall #inmemory #inmemorium #rip #activist #drawing
An illustration of Dr. Jane Goodall sitting on the jungle floor with a mother chimpanzee and her baby. Sketch portrait of Dr. Jane Goodall with a quote that reads, "It actually doesn't take much to be considered a difficult woman. That's why there are so many of us." --- Jane Goodall Photo of younger Dr. Jane Goodall in Africa Black and white photo portrait of Dr. Jane Goodall
October 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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A BUNCH OF CATS! These were some of my favorite cat drawings I did during Art Fight!

1.) Hams for @spoonfayse.bsky.social
2.) Beakswan for @holdenfound.bsky.social
3.) Jay for xKenma (on TH)
4.) Night Storm for karrakii (DA)

#cats #catcharacter #characterart #warriorcats
Drawing of "Hams", a black and white Tuxedo cat. Character belongs to spoonfayse . Drawing of "Beakswan", a fluffy light colored cat. Character belongs to holdenfound. Drawing of "Jay", a black and white Tuxedo cat with blue eyes and a diamond shape on his forehead. Character belongs to Toyhouse user https://toyhou.se/xKenma . Drawing of "Night Storm", a white pointed black cat with blue eyes and a sparkles and silvery glitter stripes in his fur. Character belongs to DeviantArt user: https://www.deviantart.com/karrakii
September 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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some wimmins

I swear, I draw people sometimes. I think I may have channeled some Daenerys Targaryen vibes with the first one.

#art #portrait #quickstudy #lifedrawings
Bust drawing of a woman with analogous purple shading Bust drawing of a woman with analogous purple shading Bust drawing of a woman with analogous purple shading
September 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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In anticipation of Silksong's release, I did a full replay on Hollow Knight, and then made an oc! If I had a character in that universe, it would be a Carpenter Bee!

The Praying Mantis is my OLD fanart (2019)

#teamcherry #silksong #characterdesign #art #hollowknight #insects #drawing
Fanart of an original character created for the Hollowknight / Silksong Universe. The drawing is an anthro Xylocopa violacea (purple carpenter bee) drawn in the style of Hollow Knight, a video game made by Team Cherry. Fanart of Hollowknight - Original character exploration - quick studies of different character poses of the anthro carpenter bee. Reasons why I would be a carpenter bee as a character in the Hollow Knight universe. There is an image of a purple carpenter bee and text about it. A cleaned up version of the text reads: The reasons why: -They are clumsy -Despite their size, they are 90% bluff -They are known to bite rather than sting -I am actually afraid of them in real life -They just want to hide in holes -They have cute little sweaters -They have chunky legs -They come in the color purple Exploratory sketches and references for an original character created for the Hollowknight / Silksong Universe. The references include images of carpenter bees, as well as official character designs from the original Hollow Knight game by Team Cherry. Old (2019) fanart of an original character created for the Hollowknight / Silksong Universe. The drawing is an anthro praying mantis with a torn green cape drawn in the style of Hollow Knight, a video game made by Team Cherry.
September 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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HELP ME CHOOSE, because I really want to learn both. :3
August 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Some wolf practice! I will be working on a short film the next few months, and I'll need to animate a few wolves in attack mode. I gotta learn how these teeth work!

#wolves #wolf #characterdesign #animalart
Various character designs of a black wolf and its expressions.
May 1, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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I wasn't expecting such a rise out of my coyote drawings from yesterday. So here's more coyotes (and wolves) from yesterday's practice. They were not given the same color treatment, but were crucial in my learning curve nonetheless!

#coyote #wolf #wolves #characterdesign #animalart #canine
Really rough practice drawings of a coyote with its mouth open. This was a stylization study. Really rough practice drawings of a wolf with different expressions and angles. This was a stylization study.
April 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM