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TAY ✨ working!
@harlantaylor.bsky.social
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Tay | 26 | he/him | transgender/queer
Southerner, illustrator, storyteller, and OC enthusiast
18+ please, sometimes suggestive

Portfolio: https://harlantaylor.carrd.co/

tags: #oc | #art
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So here's a sketch of my DnD character I also did between working on stuff. I play with @corvikcorax.bsky.social, @leeland.bsky.social and a few other friends and I have grown very attached to this troubled kid in a very short time. Her name is Tillie.

#oc | #art | #dnd
My DnD OC, a deep gnome Fighter/Renegade named Tillie. She has black hair, bluish skin with a chipped ear and a scar beneath her eye. She wears a bandana, a holster, tasseled gloves, furred chaps, as well as a cowboy hat and boots. She has a pistol in her hand.
February 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
harlantaylor.bsky.social
Still alive, my day job has just been taking a lot out of me.
There's still lots of work to do, but here's Leo as a warm-up sketch in the meantime!

Hope everyone is well.
(reposting cause I forgot alt text!)

#art | #oc
A sketch of my OC, Leo, a freckled blond man with dark roots and blue eyes. He is sitting with his knees close to his chest and hands together, wearing ripped jeans and a brown cardigan.
February 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
harlantaylor.bsky.social
Commission for @shanicetjn.bsky.social!
I love this character so much!

#art
A scarred, blue haired man sits looking disgruntled behind a skull and blue flowers. Behind him are bottles of alcohol on a shelf.
January 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Secret Santa for @bmmbooshoot.bsky.social
I hope you're having a great holiday, Sadie!

#tayssecretsanta | #art
A blond, freckled character with pointed ears looks peaceful bathed in warm light.
December 25, 2024 at 4:12 PM
harlantaylor.bsky.social
Inspired by the song:
Did I Love You (Like I Promised To) - flipturn

Never tagged this one properly, so reuploading.
Was trying to digitally emulate traditional textures.

#art | #oc
black and white sketch. up close, a man in a sweatshirt looks up with his eyes closed. in the back, a spectacled man in all black looks into the distance. two cat motifs are both in front and behind the figures. the words read "I'm still trying to know you." A dark circle emulates a coffee stain in the right hand corner.
December 20, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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Commission for @britishmuffin.bsky.social I forgot to post!
A brunette person dressd in black looks pensively to the side. He is wearing black sunshades. Around him float playing cards, and in front of him are white and red roses.
December 20, 2024 at 3:22 PM
harlantaylor.bsky.social
I’ll remember you.
I’ll always remember you.

On this day of remembrance, hold your transgender friends tightly. Let them know you will fight for them. Be together, and share with each other.

To my transgender siblings, both here on earth and beyond, I feel you near me today and always. 🏳️‍⚧️

#art
A person holds a small flame in their open palms.
November 21, 2024 at 3:04 AM
harlantaylor.bsky.social
Warm-up of an OC, as beloved as he is old.

#warriorcats | #art | #oc
A drawn image of a white cat with green eyes. Over his right eye, a claw mark scars his face. His ears are tattered. A catnip plant lay between his paws.
November 12, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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Here are the cookies I made today for a little bit of joy
A photo of sugar cookies freshly out of the oven, dyed in the colors of the trans flag.
November 10, 2024 at 1:16 AM
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Here's my oldest emo cat from around 2009.
Humble beginnings, or something like that
A drawing from 2009 of a cat with emo bangs
November 8, 2024 at 10:52 PM
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TODAY, TOMORROW, FOREVER
A line of characters holding flags, in order: trans pride, progress pride, Black Lives Matter, the Palestinian flag, and the feminism flag.
November 8, 2024 at 1:44 AM
harlantaylor.bsky.social
Tay | 26 | he/him | queer, trans, and arospec
Illustrator, storyteller, and OC enthusiast

Support me: ko-fi.com/harlantaylor
Questions? Send me a DM!
💌 [email protected]
A person holds their head down with their eyes closed. They are lit from above by a bright, pale light. An olive skinned man with neatly trimmed facial hair looks stoically into the distance. He wears a button down white shirt and suit. In front of him are purple hyacinths, behind him there are columns and a halo. Four characters in an elevator. One dark-haired man stands with his arms crossed, one brunette waits patiently, a blond looks impatient, and the last looks angrily upwards. Illustration of a person defeatedly crying into their hand.
November 7, 2024 at 9:47 PM
harlantaylor.bsky.social
that funny feeling

#art | #oc
A person holds their head down with their eyes closed. They are lit from above by a bright, pale light.
November 7, 2024 at 6:03 PM
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praying for time alt. version

#art | #oc
Illustration of a person defeatedly crying into their hand.
November 6, 2024 at 8:31 PM
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A little bit of sunshine
Tychon for @bmmbooshoot.bsky.social

#art
An illustration of a smiling man with pointy ears, green eyes, blond hair and a snaggle tooth. In front of him are roses covered in gold liquid. Behind him, rabbit and crow skulls hold a string bearing crystals.
November 6, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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and it's hard to love / there's so much to hate

#art
a character cries defeatedly into their hand.
November 6, 2024 at 3:44 PM
harlantaylor.bsky.social
going up

#oc | #art
Four characters in an elevator
November 4, 2024 at 5:57 PM
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✨ TAY’s 2k DTIYS ✨

Rules:
Draw YOUR characters in an elevator. What are they doing? Causing trouble? Are they stuck? Up to you! (Keep it SFW!)

SHARE this post and use the hashtag #taysDTIYS when you post your own!

Ends 1/1/2025!
(No winner, just for fun!)

#oc | #art
Four characters in an elevator viewed from a wide angle and as if through a security camera.
November 4, 2024 at 5:22 PM
harlantaylor.bsky.social
More pics of my son because I love him
A black cat; he is without a leg on his back left. A black cat
November 4, 2024 at 1:22 PM
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Repost with a banger pic of your cat

Schmendrick :)
A photo of a cat, photographed at a wide angle
November 4, 2024 at 1:16 PM
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WIP number two!

#art | #oc
Four characters in an elevator, viewed from a wide angle
November 4, 2024 at 5:23 AM
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WIP for DTIYS 👀

#art | #oc
Four characters in an elevator, viewed from a wide angle
November 4, 2024 at 1:12 AM
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Alekos
for @galaxystt.bsky.social

#art
A young man with a red cloak, dark hair, and a scarred face. In front of him, there are bay leaves. Behind him there are two Corinthian columns and a sun.
November 3, 2024 at 11:41 PM
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Sufian

#art | #oc
An illustration of a black man with decorated locs and many facial piercings. He looks to the side with an ambivalent expression. There are daffodils in front of him and long grass behind him.
November 2, 2024 at 2:21 PM
harlantaylor.bsky.social
Then, my forgotten girls. They've been written out of their canons but I think Victoria was actually my first human OC ever?? She was a self insert Naruto OC at first. Nadine on the right was a part of my fantasy project but was also absolutely pivotal in my own trans journey as my first trans OC
A pretty, curly haired girl with pink eyeshadow and lips looks over her shoulder flirtatiously. A pale trans woman draped in fabric leans on a rock.
November 2, 2024 at 3:04 AM