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Starite 🌟

@starite.bsky.social

erik ⭑ he/him ⭑ queer ⭑ twenty-something retro artist & life enjoyer 👍 portfolio: starite.neocities.org print shop: inprnt.com/gallery/starite/ art tag: #art icon by @geoledgy.bsky.social

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Starite 🌟@starite.bsky.social · 2h ago

not to brag but that rock by the water isn’t new to me. i’ve actually known about it for quite some time now. cool to see other people discovering it though

Adam Rawnsley @arawnsley.bsky.social · yesterday

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

KAST | COMMS OPEN!@kast.haus · yesterday

AF Revenge for @starite.bsky.social! #kastyoureyes

A poster illustration depicting a young human boy with messy brown hair in an almost bowl cut. The top of the poster says "FRITZ" in a comic vintage inspired font, with an icon of the characters face. The main illustration depicts the character looking from a balcony of some sorts, a fusion between looking into the water and looking at a rabbit in a floral meadow (which breaks outside of the border). The top of this illustration's border is stylised to look like a wave, with a boat sitting on top. To the left there is a small full body broken into little jigsaw pieces

Starite 🌟@starite.bsky.social · 7mo ago

portrait of the artist #art #retro

a busy, eclectic collage depicting the artist, a young man with curly hair and large glasses, sitting at a kitchen table and drawing. he is surrounded by clippings reading "I studied ART at home - SO CAN YOU!", "TURN YOUR HOBBY INTO A CAREER!", "Be Popular - Amaze - Entertain", and "What kind of man do you want to be?" On the table next to him is a machine with arms and a cartoon face, feeding a length of adding machine tape into another machine like it on the floor, which itself is reaching over to pet a kitten. three drawings of fritz, a cartoon character wearing a sailor shirt and shorts, are superimposed atop the collage, with the caption "i don't need to be perfect. i don't even need to be good. all i need to do is BE, and that's what i'll do."

Starite 🌟@starite.bsky.social · 3mo ago

portrait of florence for her second birthday ❤️🐈

an 1970s-style illustration of florence, a brown tabby cat, sitting inside on a patterned rug next to a window looking out across the street. she is looking at the viewer and is surrounded by the things she loves - a cat tree with scratching posts, a plush bat, a blue toy mouse, and three toy springs in various colors. the illustration appears as if it was colored with markers, and the caption below it reads "Florence, age 2".

Starite 🌟@starite.bsky.social · 10mo ago

slowbro for @ poketcg-art on tumblr’s redraw event 💗🌼 #art #artsky #pokemon #pokemonart #ポケモン #retro #vintage #cartoon

a redrawn version of tomokazu komiya's illustration for light slowbro from the neo destiny pokémon TCG expansion. slowbro is sitting in a green meadow filled with colorful flowers under a blue sky, with a windmill in the background. slowbro is smelling a blue flower held in its hand, bearing a blissful expression shared by the shellder on its tail. the illustration is mostly lineless and rendered in comic-style halftones.

Starite 🌟@starite.bsky.social · 10mo ago

far lands #art #artsky #illustration #digitalart #retro #minecraft #minecraftart

a vintage-style illustration of two figures too small to be seen clearly coming face to face with the far lands - a towering alien landscape whose forms look carved and stretched out. the sun blazes above them, and the left and right edges of the frame are obscured by parting fog.

Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · 2d ago

Once upon a time . . .

Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 2d ago

Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now. He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...

Kettlebird Creations @kettlebird.bsky.social · 2d ago

Dealer's Choice #commission for @/sweet-tea-skitty on Tumblr of Sweet Tea! Off to brew her namesake... #illustration #pokemon

Illustration of Sweet Tea, a kitty, carrying lavender in her mouth.

Bubbers ✨ (at work)@shybubbers.bsky.social · 3d ago

✏️✏️✏️TO ALL ARTISTS✏️✏️✏️ The Rhythm Heaven series is about to turn 20, and I'm hosting an art collab to DRAW EVERYONE across all the games! The deadline is 7/2/2027 If you’d like to join, look in this thread below ⬇️

Steyn @hoosiersteyn.bsky.social · 3d ago

Caught snoopin'!

🔼🔽▶️ (Aud)@audart.bsky.social · 4d ago

Dragon pony

sleepyhouse2 @sleepyhouse2.bsky.social · 5d ago

my husband has no hours until monday and we really need groceries and cat food. i am temporarily open for commissions and if you ever liked what i do you can also donate to my ko-fi. appreciate you all for supporting my art, thank you so much. ko-fi.com/sleepyhouse2 #opencommissions #mutualaid

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quad - YCH comms open @quadrilioquy.bsky.social · 5d ago

i can’t shake the fear that the corollary to tboy swag is trans boi cringe…which in the end is tumblr fangirl cringe. at least in my experience. the specter of the tumblr fangirl haunts the concept of trans man who is online

Starite 🌟@starite.bsky.social · last mo.

first attack of the year starring none other than @possessedopossum.bsky.social's ashton! #art #artfight

vintage comic style illustration of legally-distinct totally not william shatner in an airplane, looking away in terror as ashton, a deer with big curly hair and a sweater with the words "plane crazy" taps on the window... from outside! the inside of the plane is black and white, while the view outside is a collage of celestial imagery, bursting with color that breaks inside in the form of colorful goop and a subtle glow.

Starite 🌟@starite.bsky.social · 4w ago

#artfight attack for Qyenmeo! #art #vintage

traditional drawing of joan hoffman, a light-skinned woman with black hair in a beehive style, wearing a red turtleneck sweater and gazing to the left. in the background next to her are some white lilies, death upon its pale horse as depicted in the rider-waite tarot deck, and some simple midcentury style cartoons of joan’s face. the piece is drawn in red and black ink, and shaded partially with red crayon.

Starite 🌟@starite.bsky.social · 2w ago

#artfight attack for chekhovsgunman! #art #oc

two quadrupedal creatures (chekhovsgunman's character inkblot and my character the chimaera) standing atop a textured picture plane and playing with toys modeled after our other characters. the background is a png checkerboard void

Starite 🌟@starite.bsky.social · 3w ago

#artfight attack for @kast.haus! #art #retro

Starite 🌟@starite.bsky.social · 4w ago

#artfight attack for @serafphim.bsky.social! #art #vintage

vintage-style illustration of nate, a catlike creature who resembles a jester and has a long fluffy tail and a zipper across his belly. he's balancing on a giant ball with various circus motifs in the background (balloons, banners, etc). the image text reads "HIP HOORAY! The CIRCUS is in town!"

Starite 🌟@starite.bsky.social · 2w ago

#artfight attack for @fallenrockstars.rip! #art #retro

vintage style illustration of donnie, a grayish-purple anthro raccoon, strumming his electric guitar with a serene but confident expression as wobbly, ghostly waves of purple-pink matter emanate from it

H.B. Tyson @hbtyson.bsky.social · 6d ago

Entangled

A photograph of a watercolor and gouache painting on paper. The palette is a monochromatic blue and depicts three humanoid figures: two standing above one that’s reclining in the grass. The resting figure has vines growing out of a void in her face. The vines spread across the page, weaving in-and-out of the other figure’s faces.

THE KICKBACK ☀⚡@the-kickback.bsky.social · 7d ago

Today we would like to recognize Ken Sample aka Ken Cougar. A Black man who is credited with creating and coining the term "Fursona". While drawing one of his "Exotics" Ken drew a Cougar character that looked strikingly like himself. Attendees of this conference also wanted their own characters!

a drawing by ken sample of the character ken cougar

Ken cougar on a Ken Sample portfolio #1. Ken cougar is inbetween two female furries. On the left is a fox and on the right is a cheetah! There are other drawings scattered in the backround

Starite 🌟@starite.bsky.social · 7d ago

tbh i kind of regret deciding to do it this year because i already knew i wouldn’t be able to participate much, i feel like i let everyone down. but i can’t thank everyone who attacked me this year despite that enough, you made this an amazing month

Starite 🌟@starite.bsky.social · 7d ago

now that there’s only 3 days left of artfight it feels safe to say that i’m probably done with attacks for this year due to time/energy constraints :( i’m sorry to everyone i couldn’t attack or revenge, i hope it’s okay for me to draw you gift art when i’m able to again

Starite 🌟@starite.bsky.social · 7d ago

Starite 🌟@starite.bsky.social · 4mo ago

don't worry! he's Normal 🙂 #art #oc #retro

a digital collage of karl-peter schmidt, a blond man with square glasses wearing a tan business suit and carrying a suitcase with worn-out stickers on it, standing in front of a wall with pink floral wallpaper and light wood paneling. he has a goofy smirk on his face. also behind him is a giant ornate picture frame holding a mountain scene. he is surrounded by smiley face stamps and stickers, along with cutouts reading "believe it or not this is a normal guy (arrow pointing to him)," "100%," and "nothing about this man is very strange at all. please proceed as usual. thank you!"

Starite 🌟@starite.bsky.social · 8mo ago

it took me forever (as sewing does) but i've finally made fritz A REAL BOY!!! i love him so much #art #oc #doll #plush

a fabric art doll of fritz, a cartoon character wearing a sailor shirt and shorts, sitting back on a soft carpet against a deep red backdrop. he is smiling politely.

fritz sitting against a table lamp, with one leg bent and one hand against his head, showing how his limbs can be posed.