Katie/Axie

@artsyaxolotl.bsky.social

Artist | Sleepy | Trying her best ♡ https://theartsyaxolotl.com/ ♡ https://www.steveandpals.com/ ♡ https://ko-fi.com/artsyaxolotl/

My cousin got me this little sign thing that says “my cat’s not spoiled, I’m just well trained” and it’s accurate because it’s 5am and Shay won’t eat her breakfast because I started to go back upstairs and now I’m standing in my kitchen so she eats

I had to stop taking a medication recently (thanks insurance) and I’ve been thinking about Little Guy more. People sometimes ask me if Steve is my fursona and no, he isn’t. He’s more of a mascot! I feel like a little amorphous guy whose body just does shit sometimes. Thus: Little Guy.

Concept sketches of a potential sona-type character. They’re a robot axolotl with a ghost living inside. The robot axolotl seems to have a mind of its own and the ghost is its companion. Sorta representing how I often refer to my body as though it’s a separate entity.

This year was… a lot. I’m kinda just burnt out on existing. It’s cold, GenAI is everywhere, and the world is on fire. But… I’m finding ways to survive. That’s all I can do. Be kind to yourself. Be patient with yourself. You deserve it, even if you don’t think you do. Survive with me 💜🫂

Steve the axolotl and Blue the hermit crab do crafts together.

Man it’s been fall weather for approximately 2 days here and I’m already over it. I know yall love your crisp air, hoodies, pumpkin spice, and spooky season but I miss my long daylight hours and not having cold bones :(

He made it!!! This is the last surviving hermit crab from the first spawn at the beginning of August! He’s 43 days old today and just went from the Zoeae stage to the megalopa stage! Now he has to learn how to use his legs and pick a shell!

Shout out to car behind me at the red light who excitedly pointed at the back of my car. Not sure if it was my bumper stickers or the axolotl plushie in my window but your pink hair is cool and the thumbs up from your passenger made me smile 💕

YALLLL we got caterpillars in our garden!!!!! There’s at least 3 of them hanging out on our parsley. I’m so happy the bugs love what we made for them 💕 I hope these little guys will be safe!!

Closeup of a black swallowtail caterpillar, a yellow caterpillar with bright yellow bumps and black stripesA corner of our porch, with a bird feeder, a strawberry tower, a tiered box with zinnias, dianthus, and other assorted flowers, black eyed Susan’s, and a rail box with wildflowers and butterfly weed.

Oh right. I should probably post art sometimes. If you didn’t know, I have a club on KoFi called “Pal of the Month”, where I feature an animal and members of the club can get a sticker and trading card of that animal! This month is the Manchurian Black Bear!

An image mockup of a sticker and a trading card featuring the Manchurian Black Bear. The bear is mostly dark brown with a tan muzzle and a tan crescent shape on its neck.

Hey by the way, thanks yall for being so chill about the sticker club stuff. My job has been nuts and my car (which I need for said job) had a couple thousand dollars in repairs so I’ve been… having A Time ™️ Hopefully I can find some time to rest and actually pack up those stickers soon 😵‍💫

You know, after I posted this, I was a little worried about how I specified he was Hispanic. It’s so common for white people to mention ethnicity for anyone other than white, even if it doesn’t matter for the story. But seeing all the comments… yeah you know what? It does matter. Fuck ICE.

Katie/Axie@artsyaxolotl.bsky.social · last yr.

Shoutout to the kind Hispanic man that jumpstarted my car in the auto store parking lot after I just had it jumpstarted at a client’s house by USAA to bring it to said auto store. He didn’t speak any English but he saw me crying and knocked on my window with a jump kit to help me