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@ashcorvid.bsky.social

Artist • she/they • Costume work: @fullmoonspecial.bsky.social Virginia/Massachusetts current icon by: @beaky.social

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Hanmonster @hanmonster.bsky.social · 3w ago

I love cats

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 3w ago

💚💚💚💚

Nice Footpaws @ionotter.bsky.social · last mo.

One of the furry community's originals, Roz Gibson, is in really big trouble. She is in kidney failure, and needs a donor, so please reskeet. www.furaffinity.net/journal/1138...

I’ve thought long and hard about making this post, but really, at this point, I don’t have much to lose. Desperate times, and all that.

TLDR version: I need a kidney transplant, and I’m looking for a donor. Read below for all the gory details.

Since late 2019, right before Covid hit, I’ve been battling a serious illness. I’ve been kind of cagey about what exactly is wrong, for a number of reasons, but here’s the truth—I’m in full kidney failure.

There is no history of this in my family, so when the symptoms began appearing I didn’t recognize them until it was too late. By the time I went to a doctor my kidney function had dropped into the single digits. Most kidney failure is caused by diabetes or high blood pressure—I got some weird kidney disease I can’t even pronounce and never heard of: Oxalate Nephropathy.

By adopting some dietary changes and careful monitoring, I was able to limp along with reduced kidney function for several years. But you don’t appreciate how much your kidneys do to keep you healthy until they stop working. There’s constant fatigue and nausea, and a general feeling of unwellness that never goes away.

But eventually I lost even what minimal function I had left, which left the end of the line for kidney disease: dialysis. As of this point I’ve been on dialysis for about 3 years. Let me tell you—dialysis is its own special kind of hell that you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy.

But even that is just a stop-gap measure, and my condition is continuing to get worse. Despite this, I’m trying my best to live as normal a life as possible. I’m extremely lucky I have a job that’s willing to allow me 9 hours a week for dialysis, so I’m still working. On weekends I work on my art and comics, and one or two days a month I do my volunteer work at the bird-banding site. I can even travel to see my family—if I arrange for dialysis at a local clinic ahead of time.

All of that is done while trying to deal with the symptoms of kidney failure. I’ve known 4 people who were on dialysis—none of them worked or really did much of anything, and at this point they’re all dead, which doesn’t really give me a lot of hope for my future.

Which brings us to the point of all this—I desperately need a kidney transplant. That is the only thing that will give me a chance at a relatively normal life. I’ve been approved and on the transplant list for a few years, but the waiting period in California is very long. By the time I get to the top of it, I may be too sick to get one. Right now I’m still in relatively good condition, comparatively. A transplant from a living donor lasts much longer and is better in every way than one you get from a deceased donor.

Unfortunately, everyone in my immediate family is too old or has other health problems that preclude donation. So this post is a desperate attempt to find anyone willing to donate. I realize donating a kidney is a lot different than giving ten bucks to a GoFundMe, but as I said at the beginning, at this point I don’t have much to lose by asking.

Here is the living donor site: https://www.uclahealth.org/medical-.....t/living-donor

You can inquire and even arrange to donate completely anonymously if that’s what you want. Hopefully there’s a Jack Salem fan out there who wants to see the stories (and the artist) continue for years to come.

That is all.

Deni⚡️Taiyo🌻 🔜 EF @denucard.bsky.social · 4w ago

Fitz

Vela Lightheart 🌊@velalightheart.bsky.social · last mo.

Anything will help us until we find a place to stay, this is a definite emergency as my home is now incredibly unsafe for us. I don't know where we are gonna go, but it cannot be at home, well, not home anymore. paypal.me/VelaLightheart

Pay John Campbell using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/VelaLightheart and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

paypal.me

Yve ➡️ Furrydelphia @yvethered.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Bird time!

becca | they/them @beccagoesoutside.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🦉

a drawing of a grackle noticing you from behind

False Knees @falseknees.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Focus

It's a tight crop on an intense crow's face that is rendered in many pen lines. Background is a vivid vermillion, as are the crow's eyes. The crow is tinted teal. It has a small speech bubble which reads "Focus"

Angela R. Sasser, Fantasy Artist, Geek, Gamer, Comics Fan @angelasasserart.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Now the 2nd & final part of Ganjo's Secret Sketchbook tutorial! Accessible to all my paid Patreon members or for a $3 one-time cost. Discussing the topics: - Problem-solving in painting - Researching historical weapons - Style & texture Find the post here👇 www.patreon.com/posts/secret...

A collage of various aspects of the painting process of a TTRPG character, featuring a glimpse at rapiers, image composition, and more.

Plive 🐊@plive.bsky.social · 4mo ago

kobold hheehe

Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 4mo ago

Flat, illustrated poster graphic of a Florida Scrub-Jay in flight titled "I'm worth more than 100 tech bros!"

Jim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My painting TOFINO SKY

☽ ✦-Ash -✦ ☾@ashcorvid.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Virginia, fight back!!!👊🗳️ Vote YES to stomp out the fascistic power-grab!! (More fun with posca, I early voted a couple of weeks ago 🫡 ) #voteYes

That Dragon Guy @paintyourdragon.bsky.social · 8mo ago

More amazing hybrid costume/puppetry stuff. Suspension-of-disbelief level: even the cameraman points to stuff and interacts as if the character can see anything. 💯 What if this but werewolf?

☽ ✦-Ash -✦ ☾@ashcorvid.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Had a really nice time at MFF!! Thank you everyone who stopped by or hung outt. ^^ In the middle of the 16 hr drive home but see y'all next year! ✨🐦‍⬛

FullMoonSpecial @fullmoonspecial.bsky.social · 8mo ago

All set up at #mff2025! Table L5. Come on by for some tails or a fursuit! ^v^ @FurFest

FullMoonSpecial @fullmoonspecial.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🌙✨Vending at MFF!! ✨🌙 Table L-5! 🐦‍⬛ See y'all there! Super excited to be returning to @furfest.org

Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🌻🍂

A mouse lady in a green-white striped dress and floppy sunhat perched on the stem of a sunflower that is comparatively large, with numerous sunflowers in the distance.

A mouse lady holding up a mostly opaque maple leaf in front of her nude figure as she glances back at a butterfly that has landed on her tail.

Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Pets

Parody of coppertone, mouse lady in bikini looks over her shoulder at a camel spider.

Mouse lady plays with velvet ant as if it were a cat

Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Make a wish!

A mouse woman and her two children in a grassy clearing. The mother is holding a dandelion with its seeds floating off while one of the kids hops in the air trying to grab one. They are surrounded by various plants and grasses.

☽ ✦-Ash -✦ ☾@ashcorvid.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Voting 💙 in Virginia!!!

𝖈𝖗𝖔𝖜 𝖑𝖊𝖊 瀬川 @crowlees.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Kākāpō! New Zealand’s flightless night parrot

☽ ✦-Ash -✦ ☾@ashcorvid.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I haven't posted in 10 billion years but just dropping in to say I'm in the middle of moving again (for the bazillianth time...) Life has been very busy and hectic otherwise, but I will be at furpocalypse this upcoming weekend. Hope to see some friends!!