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i'm j/snip and i like contrived animal metaphors adult ✦ they/he ✦ southeast asian ✦ snippityfrog@gmail.com ✦ fishprophets.neocities.org

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j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · last mo.

weird birds for artfight [ #oc ]

A reference for San, a fat woman with dark blue hair streaked with white tied in a high ponytail. She wears a yellow neckerchief, a white tank top, dark blue cargo pants, and yellow boots with a side zipper. There is an additional drawing of a Chinese egret to the side.

Art reference for Lusia, a brown-skinned person with dark teal hair in a fishtail braid. They wear a green shirt with a red neck ribbon and teal trousers secured with a red sash. There's a drawing of a green junglefowl and a film camera to the side.

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 2mo ago

six year anniversary of me completing ambition: bag a legend. thank you women [ #fallenlondon ]

Pixel art in the style of an old SNES RPG, featuring April, Shale and Jenny fighting the Vake (a batlike monster). The bottom UI has options for "Attack", "Arts", and "Item", with the dialog box saying "The Vake swoops!"

Váy Xanh @vayxanh.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Vietnamese Bao Ngoc was abducted by Israel. Please help Bao Ngoc!!! Piracy is kidnapping global citizens on international waters. Please act, contact your governments, speak up, share, watch live to help the Global Sumud Flotilla!!!!

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 4mo ago

got really into drawing themed food at some point [ #fallenlondon ]

A medovik slice with blackberry jam. It's decorated with purple edible sugar glass and rose petals. There's a small glass jar of honey to the side, as well as a cake knife. The text beneath this food layout says "Nemesis / Someone you loved is dead. You swore you'd scour the world for the killer."

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 5mo ago

we have aircraft at home [ #oc ]

Reference sheet for guivres, a race of avian sophonts. They have antennae that serve as sensory organs and a fulmar-like tubed nostril, with a serrated beak. They are tetrapods with wing membranes on their hindlimbs that connect to their tail. They are covered in coarse hair. The upper right text reads: "Guivres - Humanity's long-time neighbors, guivres have been difficult to maintain communications with due to their seminomadic lifestyle and lack of compatible vocal apparati. Recent advances in psiomedicine may prove otherwise."

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 5mo ago

we taught some birds how to play chess and they caused an international incident [ #chessthemusical ]

Chess the Musical characters as anthropomorphic birds. In order, they are: Freddie (Blue jay), Anatoly (Common redshank), Florence (Grey plover), Svetlana (Long-tailed tit), Walter (Red-tailed hawk), Molokov (Eurasian bullfinch), Viigand (Eurasian bittern) and the Arbiter (Black baza).

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 6mo ago

made a sona for fun [ #furry ]

A reference sheet for Obscura (they/it), an anthropomorphic crested argus in a lab coat. It contains a fullbody illustration of them, a stylized stamp with them as the subject, and a digitally collaged portrait. The upper right text says "A researcher who erased themself from the physical world. It has become a memetic pattern which propagates by replacing depictions of other individuals with itself."

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 9mo ago

asiyah [ #LobotomyCorporation ]

Fullbody drawings of Malkuth, Yesod, Hod and Netzach on a white background.

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 9mo ago

style test [ #mgs ]

Cécile from Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker holding a pair of binoculars. She is surrounded by a quetzal, a parrot, a hummingbird, and a tinamou in the Costa Rican rainforest. The text in the top right corner says "Aves de Costa Rica".

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🐦 [ #LobotomyCorporation ]

Illustrations of Punishing Bird, Judgement Bird and Big Bird in a more realistic style. Punishing Bird resembles a small white shrike with segmented mouthparts on its chest with the scientific name "Microrhynchos nemesis". Judgement Bird resembles a cassowary with a white head, and has the name "Justitia justitia". Big Bird resembles a kiwi with bright yellow eyespots, and has the name "Argus luminosus".

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 11mo ago

star employees of facility x-394 [ #lobotomycorporation ]

Halfbody drawings of two Lobotomy Corporation agents. The left agent, a Training Team captain, is a woman in pink tactical gear with a beret, holding a pink rifle. Her eyes are closed and she looks worried. She has dark green hair in two long braids. The right agent, a Welfare Team captain, has dark green hair covering his right eye and a yellow left eye. He wears a black vest with black fur trimming and a red crop top. His forearms are bandaged, and he has a black sword with feather ornamentation resting on his shoulder.

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 11mo ago

day 31: hawai'ian rail (Zapornia sandwichensis) [ #AvianAugust #AvianAugust2025 ]

A round brown bird with one leg lifted up. The bottom left text says "Hawai'ian Rail, Extinct".

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 11mo ago

day 30: kākāwahie (Paroreomyza flammea) [ #AvianAugust #AvianAugust2025 ]

An orange-red bird with black wings perched on a branch. The bottom left text says "Kākāwahie, Extinct".

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 11mo ago

day 29: palila (Loxioides bailleui) [ #AvianAugust #AvianAugust2025 ]

A bird with a yellow head and breast and a white body perched on a branch. The bottom left text says "Palila, Critically Endangered".

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 11mo ago

day 28: 'ula'ai'hāwane (Ciridops anna) [ #AvianAugust #AvianAugust2025 ]

A grey-headed bird with a red body and red and black wings perched on a branch. The bottom left text says "'Ula-'ai'-hāwane, Extinct".

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 11mo ago

day 27: 'ō'ū (Psittirostra psittacea) [ #AvianAugust #AvianAugust2025 ]

A green bird with a yellow head perched on a branched. The bottom left text says "'Ō'ū, Extinct".

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 11mo ago

day 26: kiwikiu/maui parrotbill (Pseudonestor xanthophrys) [ #AvianAugust #AvianAugust2025 ]

A green and yellow bird with a hooked parrotlike bill perched on a branch. The bottom left text says "Kiwikiu, Critically Endangered".

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 12mo ago

day 26: 'ō'ō'ā'ā/kaua'i 'ō'ō (Moho braccatus) [ #AvianAugust #AvianAugust2025 ]

A black bird with yellow leg feathers perched on a branch, singing. The text says "'Ō'ō'ā'ā, Extinct".

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 12mo ago

day 24: hawai'ian stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) [ #AvianAugust #AvianAugust2025 ]

Two black and white stilts wading. The bottom left text says "Hawai'ian Stilt, Least Concern (Imperiled Subspecies)".

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 12mo ago

day 23: 'akiapōlā'au (Hemignathus wilsoni) [ #AvianAugust #AvianAugust2025 ]

A yellow bird with a curved black bill perched on a branch. The bottom left text says "'Akiapōlā'au, Endangered".

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 12mo ago

day 22: hawai'i 'elepaio (Chasiempis sandwichensis) [ #AvianAugust #AvianAugust2025 ]

A small brown bird with its tail cocked, perched on a branch. The bottom left text says "Hawai'i 'Elepaio, Near Threatened".

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 12mo ago

day 21: hawai'i mamo (Drepanis pacifica) [ #AvianAugust #AvianAugust2025 ] (another list substitution for a native bird!)

A black and yellow bird with a curved bill perched on a branch. The bottom left text says "Hawai'i Mamo, Extinct".

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 12mo ago

day 20: nēnē/hawai'ian goose (Branta sandvicensis) [ #AvianAugust #AvianAugust2025 ]

A goose with barred black and white markings. The bottom left text says "Nēnē, Near Threatened".

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 12mo ago

day 19: 'ākohekohe (Palmeria dolei) [ #AvianAugust #AvianAugust2025 ]

A black and orange bird perched on a branch. The bottom left text says "'Ākohekohe, Critically Endangered".

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 12mo ago

food illust for Drefeno on vgen! [ #VGenComm ]

A plate of beef chow mein with bok choy and red bell peppers, with a pair of chopsticks resting on a porcelain fox chopstick holder.

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 12mo ago

day 18: laysan finch (Telespiza cantans) [ #AvianAugust #AvianAugust2025 ]

A small yellow and black finch with a broken egg, beak covered in yolk. The bottom left text says "Laysan Finch, Vulnerable".

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 12mo ago

day 17: kioea (Chaetoptila angustipluma) [ #AvianAugust #AvianAugust2025 ] (diverged from the list since zebra doves are an introduced species)

A kioea, a dark-colored bird, perched on a branch. The bottom left text says "Kioea, Extinct".

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 12mo ago

day 16: 'ōma'o (Myadestes obscurus) [ #AvianAugust #AvianAugust2025 ]

A small brown and grey bird perched on a branch with a berry in its beak. The text says "'Ōma'o, Near Threatened".

j ✦ comms closed @fishprophets.bsky.social · 12mo ago

day 15: 'akikiki (Oreomystis bairdi) [ #AvianAugust #AvianAugust2025 ]

An 'akikiki, a small brownish-grey bird, perched on a branch. The bottom left text says "'Akikiki, Critically Endangered".