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@flame-shadow.bsky.social
300 followers 86 following 680 posts
they/them, artist, adult
i like bugs and creatures
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A silk snipper sits slumps against the wall.
>play needolin

...ever more to collect and cut and spool and send...
...dregs always falling... like my will to... haha...
...it'll never be different... no sense hoping for change...
...what's the use...
...who even cares...
a pen sketch of cici, a silk snipper oc, sitting slumped against the wall, heavy with depression and exhaustion.
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Fenley, Joy, and Reek, art trade with Patch
a couple of pen sketches of silksong ocs. on the left is fenley, a burly bug with a snapping trap and chains in his hands and a determined look on his shadowed face. on the right are joy and reek having an excited exchange. joy, a long necked roachfeeder, jerks back his head and flails his arms, exclaiming, "dude, you reek." To which reek, a stilkin who has smelly lines indicating her strong scent, points and shouts, "How do you know my name!!"
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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The Dollmaker, art trade with @littlemonotone.bsky.social
a pen sketch of a vaguely arachnid creature with a taur body plan. she's clambering on some stalactites and peering down at something off-screen. her mask has two long horns, two short horns, and three pairs of eyes. her long neck is covered in matted fur. her torso is long and connects to an abdomen-like lower body from which three pairs of spidery legs stick out and cling to one of the stalactites. she has a cloak which drapes over the back of her body and hangs down at the sides.
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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An underworker sits on the bench
>play needolin

...I pray… I work… all for the citadel… all for the bugs above…
…sacrifice… again and again… bits of me… more and more…
...my voice... gone… no song could I offer… if I ever get out of here…
...Was it not enough? Haven't I… Haven't I worked enough?...
a pen sketch of maúl, a silksong oc who wears a sooty hood and cloak. he's sitting tiredly on a bench, looking down at his hands. he's missing a finger on his right hand, and the right side of his face is obscured by bandages.
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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oh hey, it's time for another art raffle!
a gift to my lovely followers :)

to enter: be following me (duh) and reply to this post with ref(s) for character(s) you'd like to see me draw.

i'll spin for some winners in a few days
a snip of my bluesky profile showing that the account has 301 followers
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Chip and Ratchet, art trade with @midnight197.bsky.social :)
a pen drawing of two hollow knight/silksong characters. Chip, a wingsmold with a vessel-like body plan, runs up some stairs ahead of Ratchet, a vessel-proportioned automaton, who is following along. Chip is looking back at Ratchet who is distractedly watching a cogfly flitting along beside them.
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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loose Terimere sketches :)
two pen sketches of terimere, a bug fables oc. he's a thin wasp with very long antennae. he's sitting on a branch in the first sketch and looking at a reflective orb in the second sketch
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Some extra views~
Ensconce (they/them)
Cici (she/her)
Maúl (he/they)
A cropped view of Ensconce in nearly the same pose as above, though this time, instead of a longer, warm colored wrap, they're wearing a light blue wrap only around their face which reveals another pair of arms that now hangs down, similarly to the pair of arms already visible. Another view of Cici, this time including a sketch and a clothes-less version. The sketch includes arrows swooping up to show that tattered edges of her hat and cloak have an upward shape. The clothes are tan like burlap. Her limbs and neck are nearly black, and her head/face and body are a desaturated red. Another view of Maúl, also including a sketch and a clothes-less view. The sketch has arrows going downward, indicating the droop of the hood's point and all the tatters of the cloak and hood. The unclothed view shows that his head is white and has a single thick horn with a broken tip. He also has random lines of scars from prior injuries. He tucks his arms loosely to his chest, and his right hand is at an angle to show that the right pointer finger is a nub.
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Ensconce, Cici, and Maúl
my #silksong OCs thus far :3
a digital drawing of three silksong OCs standing on a blue-grey backdrop. two are bipedal bugs from greymoor while the third is a long-bodied bug whose upper body is held above the other two but disappears into a hole in the ground; out of another hole, the body curves around and continues off-screen. The long bug, Ensconce, has their head and neck wrapped in warm-colored strips of cloth so their face is in shadow and white eyes gleam from the darkness. They have a pair of gangly arms hanging below, and their long body is a medium-dark brown. The bipedal bug on the left, Cici, is a silk snipper. She wears a ratty hat and short cloak, both of which are hatched to show wear and tear. The bipedal bug on the right wears a drooping hood and longer cloak that shadows his face and covers his body. His right eye is a closed line and has a scar running over it, but his left eye is open
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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silly doodles with some beloved NPCs and also annoying babies
[pinstress, pavo, twisted bud | #silksong]
pen sketches of some silksong characters. pinstress doing a naruto run with noodly legs. pavo standing and singing. twisted bud and grimmchild making noises at each other. twisted bud on the end of pinstress' pin as she holds it away from her. twisted bud hanging onto pavo's hat as he runs away in fear.
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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"Hi, dad... I miss you."
[ gift for Meep | xero is tiso's dad hc | #hollowknight ]
a pen drawing of two panels depicting a somber scene in the resting grounds from hollow knight. in the inset panel, fingers trace the words on xero's grave. in the larger panel, it is revealed to be tiso who does this action, as he looks sorrowfully at the grave. behind tiso, drawn in lighter, looser strokes, is xero's ghost looking down at tiso
November 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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the squallers
a pen sketch of grimmchild and twisted bud from hollow knight and silksong lying on the floor and crying up at someone with their numerous obnoxious noises
November 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Precarious Edge
[ Cici | Silksong OC ]
a pen sketch of a silk snipper character sitting next to a pair of oversized scissors that are open. the character runs a hand along the edge of one of the blades. the sketch is framed so the top of the image cuts off the neck and head of the character
November 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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would you still love me if i was a wyrm?

i don't often dress up anymore, so here's my sona doing it. why bother with shapeshifting when you can make a silly costume instead!
a digital drawing of a giant red centipede wearing a costume that resembles the pale wyrm from hollow knight. the centipede's legs stick out from under the skirts of the costume
October 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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warmup with the sillies
[Cici and Maúl | #silksong OCs]
a digital sketch of two silksong ocs, Cici and Maúl. Cici is a silk snipper and has styled her hat to be slightly more witch-like. She's also holding a broom. Maúl wears a lumpy, rounded cloak with patches of round spots that resemble a lavalug. Cici says, "I'm going as a sexy witch. What do you think?" Maúl looks thoughtful and says in a softer voice, "I think you're missing the 'sexy' part." Cici grabs Maúl's shoulders and puts her face close to theirs. She looks annoyed and says, "Listen here- I'm always sexy, you asshole." Maúl chuckles and says, "If you say so."
October 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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✨ hey~ ✨
a pen sketch of Cici with a playful expression and flirty pose as she pulls her hat back a bit as if brushing hair back
October 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Maúl and Cici
[ #silksong OCs ]
a collection of digital sketches of two OCs who resemble silk snippers, an enemy from Silksong. One of them, Maúl, wears a drooping hood-like hat and a longer cloak. His right eye is a closed line with a scar running over it. In some of the sketches, he has a silkeater under his hat. Cici, the other bug, wears a hat that droops down in the back like a mullet. She's got flirty, confident expressions.
October 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Later...
A bonus panel of Ensconce holding a grub-like Squirrm with their front arms while looking satisfied. There are stars drawn scattered around their head to further indicate their pride and accomplishment.
October 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Cruel and Unusual Punishment
[Ensconce (mine) and Scurry (@trapito.bsky.social) have a normal interaction]
The first two panels of a five panel comic sketched with purple-black lines on a light grey background. The characters are Ensconce, a long-bodied millipede or worm-like bug with tattered strips of fabric wrapped around their head to put their face in shadow, and Scurry, a small snitchfly with a pointed nose, three horns, and feathered antennae. In the first panel, Ensconce is lying desultory and exhausted on a flat rock with some scribbles over their head to indicate their grumpy and perturbed mood. Scurry, with a bag over her shoulder, hops down some rocks to talk to them, and she says, "Hey, Lenghty. I brought some... Wow, what's eating ya?" In the second panel, Ensconce wails, "IT WON'T STOP" with elongated sounds at the start and end. They curve their neck back and grab at their face like they're pulling down lower eyelids. Scurry has dropped the bag onto the ground but looks startled and confused at her friend's outburst. Ensconce now arcs their long body back while flailing their arms. They continue their outburst which is written behind them so their body obscures parts of the text. Scurry stands in the foreground watching with some nervousness or discomfort. Ensconce's dialogue is, "It keeps wa-ing and wa-ing and wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-ing and I can't find it and it won't stay still for me to -- and when I catch it I'll -- to it and whoever put it in -- and then -- limb -- kill -- and rip it open -- and --" at which point the text is no longer visible at all. Fourth panel. While Ensconce continues to vent off-screen, Scurry stands awkwardly with her hands on her hips and a goofy blank-eyed expression. She says, "Hows about I come back later, yeah? Yeah. Okaybye." The "okay bye" is written as one word to indicate she says it hastily. Fifth panel. In the background, there's a "wa wa wa" sound that's indicated as coming from a tunnel. Ensconce bursts, "THERE IT IS AGAIN" and shoves themself into the tunnel. In the foreground, Scurry climbs some rocks to get away, though she looks back towards Ensconce with a very smug expression.
October 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Gather 'round! Gramps is about to tell another story :D

[ Last week, I asked @acehimbo.bsky.social who to draw. Garmond and Zaza time!!! #silksong ]
a digital sketch of garmond and zaza from silksong. they're sitting down, garmond leaning back against zaza. garmond looks like he's telling a story.
October 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Cowboy Melon and Miku Terimere (Terimiku?)
#bugfables
a digital drawing of a bipedal pink glowworm character dressed as a cowboy rancher with blue jeans, boots, a button-up shirt, and a bandana around the neck. she also has a cowboy hat she's lifting as she does a hoe-down type of dance. her hat, boots, and bandana have hearts on them a digital drawing of a red and orange ichneumon wasp dressed up as hatsune miku and doing the caramelldansen dance, his hands above his head while he sways his hips.
October 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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If you think Grindle is cute, you should give him all your goodies, trinkets, and clicky-clackies to prove it~
#silksong
a digital sketch of grindle, a thief in silksong, looking cute
October 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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💤
[ #pinstress #silksong ]
an embroidery hoop with blue cloth stretched within. the snow-covered, sleeping form of the pinstress from silksong is depicted in white and black thread
October 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Ghost joins Hornet in Pharloom
(the triangle is from a past scenario)
#silksong
a follow-up drawing to the comic above. Hornet stands tiredly while to her left, Ghost tinks their triangle, and to her right, sherma clangs his own chime.
October 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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quick GMS sketch for a tumblr ask
#silksong
a loose digital sketch of grand mother silk, a higher being in the game silksong. she's got a humanoid form with a vertical halo and very long, voluminous, flowing white hair made of silk.
October 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM