Ngl it's been a week since the 2.0 release and I'm disappointed to see there still hasn't been a single CLEAR improvement in sight. Idk if the team is still as small as it was before but like. I have to sadly agree with some criticism I've seen on the main page. It's sad to see that a new version of the website was pushed out when it clearly isn't functional, and I'm wondering why the staff decided to revamp it into looking like a mashup of other social media websites like FB and Twt. Reactions?? Rlly?? Why am I still not able to upload a banner and why did it make an independent post the one time it seemed to work? Why did it delete the banner when I tried to hide my post from my timeline??? Why is there a 'followers' tab before my gallery (that's not even called gallery) and why do I have to click a button to see past 6 previews of the most recently posted art? Is this not a website dedicated to art and creative stuff? Why does it not show my gallery proper? Is the activity so damn low on the website rn that it keeps looping to the same things I've been seeing for the past 7 days? Or have people been posting and I don't see anything? And why is it that some users seem to be fine with uploading stuff and others aren't? Maybe I'm just ignorant about the current situation or what the staff is up to but I would've sincerely preferred to wait longer than to face the excitement of a new version, only to immediately eat disappointment. I've always loved the initiative they had in creating a safe space for artists given how most platforms are going to sh!t, but idk man. In any case, I'm going back to my corner on twt, IG and bsky lol. I shall be waiting for news but will stop checking every 2 days if I can upload a banner or simple image 😂

This time I tried to construct more of a scene ahead of time. I’m still trying to get there with backgrounds. This one of the SFW part of my cycle, is of Frelly and Qian together as one of the many couples I might draw. *********************** Frelly and Qian stood together in the docks of the Floating Archipelago, a city scattered among sky islands in a relatively calm border region in the Plane of Air. The city connected to a few other worlds across the planes, where the Tiefling couple were among some of the visitors that walked its streets. Perhaps what was most appealing about the Floating Archipelago was that it had a warm and mild climate, unlike the storms and constant hurricanes found in many other places across the Plane of Air. “We’re catching this ferry to the Janni Island,” Frelly said as she held on to Qian’s arm as the a ramp unfolded down onto the ferry that just docked. “What are we doing with a bunch of Air Genasi?” Qian asked hesitantly, as he stepped on to the ramp. “To see the Wind Dancers in action, and to find ourselves a good airship captain for the other part of the journey.” “That might be a bit difficult, as I got myself in some trouble the last time I was here with Kess and Thames.” Qian pondered for a moment about what the implications might be. “Let’s say we didn’t leave the best impression with the Cloud Kings, the gang that rules that part of town.” “Were you being a little fecker about it?” “Just a bit, I’m pretty sure they won’t try to shoot us on sight at least.” “And to think this was going to be a boring trip, but I don’t think it was only you.” “You're right about that, it wasn’t completely about me. It was more about these two girls, twins, that I shagged, who happened to be the daughters of a big Cloud King boss. And I somehow got into a fight with a bunch of Cloud Kings when they walked in on us.” Qian looked at Frelly, as she spread her wings and glared at him, looking like she was ready to pounce. “Oh for fuck’s sake! Am I going to have to give you spanking later on?” “Maybe, I just hope there aren’t any other surprises. Kess and Thames also got in some fights with the Cloud Kings too.” “This might be a long ferry ride, me love,” as Frelly took a seat on the main deck of the ferry. “Enough of that, we’re still on vacation, let’s enjoy the view.” Frelly kissed Qian on the lips, “Whatever would I do without you? You need to show me what you did with those girls, as I think there’s still a spanking you still need to get.”

Oh god... What even happened here? We went from an art site to a facebook clone? All my artwork is out of order, my page doesn't even feel like an art site gallery, the front page is just another scrolling timeline where everything is massive and built with only mobile users in mind... I have to scroll endlessly to see any new artwork, hidden among people's status posts... No way to browse just artwork outside of tags. No way to see a tile of recently uploaded artwork. At least as far as I can tell. Clicking on trending tags brings me to yet another timeline scroll, which isn't even centered on desktop. It's aligned to the left with a lot of dead space on the right that is just... empty. Yeah no. This website is not for me. This isn't an art site. ("Photos" instead of "Gallery"???) It's yet another generic social media clone. Sorry, but that's not what I'm interested in. I don't know why there's such a push for every new site having a mobile-centric UI, even on desktop, designed to keep you scrolling forever on your phone. It is *so clunky* to use on desktop. It's so easy to miss new art uploads, because you can't view thumbnails on a grid. Discoverability becomes tied to how often people share your pieces around. I'm just tired, man. Maybe I'm just getting old and exhausted from trying out so many new "art sites". The way artwork is displayed and discovered is one of the most important things to me. I want to be able to open the front page, and see a grid of new artwork, where I can select multiple tabs to open and browse at my leisure. I want my profile to have my art be the focus. I don't need everything to try to function like bluesky or twitter, and if this is the direction inkblot is going to go, then well... I don't think I'll be giving it another chance. So if anyone who happened to follow me here (I can see my follower count got wiped anyway) wants to see what sort of art I'm doing now, please check out any of my other social links here: https://runicillusionist.carrd.co/ I hope for those of you who do intend on staying that this site serves your needs better than mine. But for me, I'm out. - Rune 🐇 EDIT: WHY IS THE WEBSITE CARD LINK SO BIG!???

After some INVESTIGATING I see that the v.2.0 is still a WIP/facing technical issues! So for now here's a simple post of my art summary for the past year! Most of these were for merch, collaborations and events, but I did enjoy doing a lot of them. *Edit: Forgot to say the template is from @/whoismiyan on twitter! #artsummary2025 #HazbinHotel #HazbinHotelValentino #HazbinHotelVox #HazbinHotelVax

my awful, unredeemable soon-to-be divorcees that i love [ID: First image: A halfbody digital illustration of our characters, young Peseta and Rukhsar posing for a photo. Peseta is a dark-skinned black woman with a slit left eyebrow, and he's pointing at the viewer with a smug look on his face while holding Rukhsar. Rukhsar is a big and tall hijabi with dimples on her face, and she's got her hand over her torso as she smiles and lifts an eyebrow. They're both wearing formal attire, but Peseta's glitter-covered suit is a special kind of eyesore. The background is white with splashes of neon green. Second image: The same drawing of Peseta and Rukhsar as before but without the colors. End ID.] #oc #myoc #ocs #myocs #originalcharacter #originalcharacters #toxicyuri #ibispaint #ibispaintx #digital #digitalart #lineart

ORIGINAL TITLE: The Grinning Beast More fanart and more Look Outside fanart. It got the 2.0 update recently, so what're you waiting for?? Go play it! This was just a simple, pixel art project that I dediced to do in between working on comms. It was one of my quickest projects, 1 hour and 20 minutes or so...and that's cuz of me using a tool i'm not used to. Pixelorama is such a great tool... Enjoy, ya weird salamanders! Follow my other accounts here! Also the timelapse and the sketch render are all free on my patreon and video accounts! https://linktr.ee/battlestoriesfan #leigh #lookoutside #fanart #fan-art #lookoutsidegame #female #sfw #horror #horrorgame #cartoony #stylized #pixelart #pixelated #digitalart #art #artwork #illustration

ORIGINAL TITLE: A spooky costume party ORIGINAL RESOLUTION, BEHIND THE SCENES AND EXTRA GOODIES ON SUPPORT PAGES From a simple 1 hour picture to a 15 hour behemoth of a project, that's how it go with me. Commission for a discord friend, finished right on time for Spooky Day! Done in about 15 hours, with posing done in Blender and art done in Krita! Bon-Bon the Mawile, Moneybags the Scrafty, Spirits the Oshawott, Rose the Roserade and Daicey the Weavile have decided to organize a costume party at their little club, and decorations are almost done! Here's hoping they can enjoy the party... (Can y'all guess what the costumes are? ;D ) Enjoy, ya weird salamanders! Follow my other accounts too! https://linktr.ee/battlestoriesfan #mawile #roserade #weavile #scrafty #oshawott #originalcharacter #anthro #anthropomorphic #costumeparty #halloween #spookday #spooky #art #artwork #digitalart #sfw #cartoony #stylized #pokemon #pokesonas

ORIGINAL TITLE: Girls' game night EXTRA GOODIES, FULL RESOLUTION, SPEEDPAINT AND ALTERNATE RENDERS ON SUPPORT PAGES From a simple doodle to a big elaborate picture. That's how it be with me! After a spa night with the boys, Tag gets invited to play some rounds of mario party with the girls! Unfortunately, mario party does its thing, and it seems that a fight is about to break out...how unfortunate. This was one of the big pics! It required a ton of 3D posing and several hours of work. Around 11 hours or so...But in the end, i'm happy with the results, I think it turned out good. Enjoy, ya weird salamanders! https://linktr.ee/battlestoriesfan #sfw #cartoony #stylized #oc #originalcharacters #weavile #mawile #ironvaliant #gardevoir #robot #female #anthro #anthropomorphic #pokemon #nintendo #pokemontrainer #human #art #artwork #digitalart #illustration #krita #blender #commission #digitalmedia

ORIGINAL TITLE: Personal Contrasts EXTRA RENDERS, FULL RESOLUTION AND SPEEDPAINT ON SUPPORT PAGES Finally, someone asks me to draw something simple. This was a treat to do honestly. Gotta love when someone gives me a meme pic to draw for a change. :D Daicey and The Usurper are the same person, living in two different dimensions and separated by a single action. It is funny to think of how much a single action changes a person... Done in krita entirely, with no 3d posing, done in about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Enjoy, ya weird salamamders! Check my other accounts here! https://linktr.ee/battlestoriesfan #weavile #anthro #anthropomorphic #meme #funny #humor #pokemon #oc #originalcharacters #female #witch #daicey #art #artwork #digitalart #illustration #sfw #cartoony #stylized #krita #humanoid

FULL HD RESOLUTION HERE: https://youtu.be/uhtFA7PRgnE Here we are for another 3d model showcase! Commissioned by the same person that asked for the cyberpunk door, funnily enough. A much simpler project compared to the ridiculously complex door, It was a fun experiment! Played around with some baked physics animations too. The main issue was, again, preparing the model for the GLTF file export. I hate this file format so much. It's clunky as all hell to prepare both the shaders AND the textures, and even then you're lucky to even get it semi good enough. Whoever invented this format, i hate you. Enjoy, ya weird salamanders! Check my other stuff here, please! https://linktr.ee/battlestoriesfan #render #blender #neon #digitalart #3d #3dart #3drender #artwork #blender3d #dice #sfw #stylized #blenderart #blenderrender #art

Imma go nuts about The Mandalorian AU! :Dc (Keeping this short for now.) So, Akumu is obviously in this AU cuz there’s magic. There is Jeti temples but their abilities is strictly telepathic and simple levitation spells. This is true for most species. There is no dragocian Jeti, although, but they can use these abilities through other means, like technology-wise. Akumu, like all other Royal Dragocians are considered advanced mages with their own title, “Guardian.” The rest of the subspecies (Northern, Winter, Desert, etc) has an ability to use elemental magic but it depends on their energy levels. Some can use many different types of spells and does not tire quickly. But some can only use low energy spells. (Royal Dragocians are a good exception to this. They have a crystal in their chest, which allows them to store huge amount of energy for use.) Other species can use magic to a certain extent but it depends on the location. Some planets carry more energy than the others. If that planet does not carry any energy, magic use will be much harder and the magic user will have to rely on their own energy to use. Royal Dragocians are extremely powerful beings that can wield high energy magic spells. But they are not exactly common to see on Altea and other worlds. Since they are considered the guardians of the world, they would be considered leaders (if they proved themselves worthy of leaderships.) They can main in one or two specific elements. They are also the only species that can fly and use dragon fire. (Din had a blast finding that out in the hardest possible way. Akumu flew up and asked him to follow. Guess what he did? He jumps a few inches off the ground, just like Grogu did. 😭 Akumu had to do a bit of encouraging to teach him how to fly.) Royal Dragocians can be compared to a Jeti but their power level is far from them and does not use a lightsaber as a main weapon. Magic is all they need as a weapon. Certain elements can be dangerous to wield and can be extremely difficult to use. Elements such as pure crystals, air, metal, and few others are harder to master. (With a exception of Din, apparently. He had a easier time using crystal spells more than anything else. Which is extremely surprising to Akumu. It took her years to learn and master it.) Back to the Jeti! Jeti cannot use any magical spells, due to a strange energy type they use. You can say that they are more attuned to nature than anything. Dragocians usually refers them as Animal Whisperers since they can communicate to any wildlife easily. (Dragocians cannot communicate with wildlife but Royal Dragocians can.) Since the empire rises, their temple fell and scattered. There are hardly any Jeti anywhere but there are a few known living Jeti. A bit about Grogu: Grogu may be the last of their kind but that cannot be confirmed since what they are. He is a Celestial Dragon that lives among the stars. In his past, he was taken before he hatched and he then was raised on Coruscant. But due to the rise of empire, his “training” was incomplete and his identity remained a secret until about 40 years later. The Lost Empire was searching for him to use him to create their own army of Dragocians and mages. It is said that his scales can make anyone a temporary mage and it is said that a drop of his blood can turn anyone into a half Dragocian, permanently. This allows them to use magic a bit more efficiently. Grogu knows what he really is but chose to keep that to himself, even from his Buir. (His father, Din.) A bit about Din Djarin: Din Djarin is a natural born Royal Dragocian and he never knew what he was until after the battle of the Pike on Tatooine. A voice called out to him and guided him to crush that one droid using magic. Since that was his first time using magic, it did tire him out pretty quick. After that battle, he decided to seek out the people like him. Sure enough, he found them and his living family. Akumu is his biological mother, hence the last name,’ Djarin.’ Akumu knew who he is the moment he got closer to his homeworld, Altea. (Altea is a planet, which is located far from the outer rims. It is more isolated than other systems. Akumu is the current Queen and rules over the entire systems, several systems actually.) There, he finds more mandalorians (that are willing to follow him as Manda’lor.) and ended up training there for a few years. He now follows his own Mandalorian way AND super OP with magic. (Grogu did not see him until after the siege of Mandalore.) Needless to say, he may learn pretty quick but magic is not easy to use. (Pretty much explodes in his face a few times.) After a few years, he goes and looks for Bo-Katan and her group. During that time, Bo-Katan spent these time seeking out more Mandalorians to join the cause, to reclaim what was lost to them. The moment he arrives, everyone was pretty hesitant to follow his lead but Din proved himself as a worthy Manda’lor in time. :3c After aaaaallll that, Din and Grogu finally reunited. You bet Grogu was so happy to see his Buir again and sees him actually accepting of who he is. Din was so excited to show him everything as well. From magic he learned to the places he explored. But it’s not over yet. They still gonna worry about the Lost Empire after all that events that happened. :,D Which is still incomplete series rn. (I’m still writing all the stories and doodling some cute/full of action scenes.) (I would be happy to answer any questions if needed. 👌 I love talking about all this. :,D This also goes to my other OCs too!)