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Artist | Character Designer | Folklorist | 32 | 🇨🇦 | They/Them 🚫🤖 Patreon: http://patreon.com/samkalensky Website/Bestiary: Samkalensky.com
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~Yahoo~ I was recently commissioned to draw bonus stages poster for their upcoming Ultimate event! (i'll also be tabling there! so be sure to check it out!❤️) early bird tickets are available now~

Not exactly why I suddenly have 200 new followers today but FUCK AI FUCK NAZIS FUCK TERFS FUCK ICE ITS FREE PALISTINE IN THIS BITCH Glad we could cover the basics.

Art vs artist time!!!! #artvsartist

We BIPOC folks need to stick together and support one another through thick and thin. Now more than ever, our voices need to be heard loud and proud. Nothing and nobody is gonna silence any of us!!!!!

The Grand Mononoke - 具乱怒物乃怪[ぐらんどもののけ] - An absurd chimerical-yokai which featured among UMA in an issue of Keibunsha in 1987. Today it's a cult-favourite adored for its absurdity. Supposedly lives in Tohoku, it grows up to 10m and eats livestock in one bite! - samkalensky.com/products/gra...

Me and my booth made a cameo appearance in a manga! 🥰 Please check out “a Canadians guide to making manga!“ by shoba art! - it will be available online later this month, deets here: www.instagram.com/shoba.art?ig...

Menreiki - (面霊気) - [Yokai | Noh masks] - sixty six ancient Noh masks that where brought to life as they where perhaps "enchanted by the raw talent of the performer who first wore them" well maybe these masks came alive, perhaps from the proceeding decades of neglect.. samkalensky.com/products/men...

Mekurabe - [Yokai] - An Immeasurable number of vengeful, ghostly skulls of those killed by Warlords. They pile up in massive skull-shaped mounds outside of their mansions, their cold gaze unrelenting. Taira no Kiyomori glared them down as though in a staring contest.. samkalensky.com/products/mek...

Rattlerabbit - [FearsomeCritter] - A 'mythical hare' with the front end of a rabbit and the back end of a rattlesnakes. If it attacked using its tail or if it bit with sharp teeth is not known, it was only spoken of by silly scholars and imaginative archaeologists. 🐰🐍 samkalensky.com/products/rat...

Cactus Cat - [Fearsome Critter] - a breed of southwestern big cat that sustained themselves & attracted mates by slashing cacti with its spurs and then getting “pickled” on fermented cactus juices… old folks once trailed em whenever thirsty. 1st recorded in 1910! - samkalensky.com/products/cac...

Bunyan Pigs -[fearsome critters] - The pigs at Ol' Pauls camps were as fat as they were smart: they would dig out of their enclosures & wander into the woods. Inebriated, the Axmen built a non-euclidian fence, poor pigs could never tell if they were in, nor outside! 🐷 samkalensky.com/products/bun...

Purple cows - [Fearsome Critter] Ol' Paul owned a Lucky Lavender heifer by the name of Lucy; A champion dairy animal with an insatiable appetite for greens, When the year of two winters hit it got so cold they fit her with green glasses, yielding instant ice cream! 🐮💜 samkalensky.com/products/pur...

Reminder that supporting Black people doesn’t stop at Juneteenth Support Black People 24/7 All Year Round!!

You're really not going to please everyone, and trying to do so will only drive you insane. Just be true to yourself, live out your ideals, and work to make both a world you want to inhabit and a life worth living. Everything else will take care of itself.

Happy Juneteenth I am a black disabled autistic, struggling artist from the South. My grandma lived thru slavery and cotton fields and I have been begging people to see me and support my art for months now. Anybody want to help me live by buying art or sending me money for Juneteenth, DM’s are open.

I was born in 93 & wanted a 64 so baaaad but we waited til GameCube and played Kirby’s air ride, ribbit king and we also rented amazing island, tony hawk & sonic adventure 2 battle from blockbuster a lot so I think that was a pretty good time 🥰✌️

Learning line weight and how to use it will make or break your style/appeal.

By the way, as a creative, it's completely valid and absolutely natural to be thinking both "I CREATE FOR MYSELF AND THE JOY OF IT ALL" and "... but please please please like it please I hope they like it" at the same time

Happy #IndieAnimationDay, everyone! I want to highlight a project that @pearllow.bsky.social is trying to get off the ground called, Wheels & Roses. A coming of age story mixed with Sailor Moon, Roller Derby, friendship, & representation galore! Love to see it!🛼⚔️🌹💕 #Wheels&Roses #MagicalGirls

Oh I've gotten a bunch new followers! Hey I'm Pearl (they/them)! A Cantonese-Jamaican Director in Animation. I also work in publishing🤎 You can check out my latest project "Wheels & Roses" which is a Sailor Moon meets roller derby coming of age story 🛼✨ youtu.be/AETU1450uWQ?...

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Smeet Frog - [Fearsome Critter] - A furry moss-covered, flying frog, named & identified by its unique “twittering croak" A thin membrane between its limbs allows it to migrate down the Huron river in Labrador, Canada to Ypsilanti Michingan. - More info & deep dive: samkalensky.com/products/sme...

Ninja Cats - 猫の忍者 - [Urban Legend] - Aggressive Ninja Cats! Stalked & terrorized the witness for a week! Described as a pair of Bipedal Russian Blue's standing on their hind-legs, wearing black clothing and wielding a jagged piece of metal like a sword! 🥷Full post: samkalensky.com/products/nin...

#drawmries another goofy vehicle, this time it's a one-seater orange car with pith wheels. the seat slides back to let the door open, but you can just jump out the top if you want to.

#drawmries another monstergirl transportation picture. this lady has a creature taxi service, but she's never had a rider this big before so she had to improvise. it's a long trip, and they're trying to beat the rain. the dragon lady doesn't seem to mind, though.

Big news!!! It's still a little ways off, but I am Kickstarting my next big project this fall! ⛩️🐉Echizen-Wakasa Kidan: Strange Tales from Fukui👺👹 Click the link below and sign up to get notified when the project launches! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Bunyan Pigs -[fearsome critters] - The pigs at Ol' Pauls camps were as fat as they were smart: they would dig out of their enclosures & wander into the woods. Inebriated, the Axmen built a non-euclidian fence, poor pigs could never tell if they were in, nor outside! 🐷 samkalensky.com/products/bun...

Cactus Stag 8x8 acacia wood tray. Good for holding knick knacks or rolling DnD dice. This tray is up for sale! DM me if you're interested!