Animals/Creatures

Drawings of real OR fantasy animals and creatures (excluding creatures which look more human than animal).

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Oekaki Rules and Information
by Simon @ Mon Oct 01, 2012 12:13 am [Reply]

All rules regarding forum conduct, child-friendly content, and art use/creation also apply to the Oekaki, but there are also some specific rules that apply only to the Oekaki forums.

    Oekaki Rules
    • Keep comments polite, helpful, and relevant to the artwork. Do not start discussions or debates. Critique is allowed if requested by the artist but insults are not welcome.

    • Make an effort to post your drawing in the correct board. Continued intentional misuse of the forum categories may result in disciplinary action. You can view descriptions of what each board is for in the forum index.

    • Don't spam the Oekaki. Your drawing should show intention and a modest amount of effort. We do not allow random scribbles, simple shapes, or empty/solid color canvases, nor should you post advertisements for trades, streams, or other threads. Covered drawings must still follow the oekaki rules and have art visible, even if they are WIPs.

    • Don't create Oekaki topics just to share art you've created elsewhere. Art drawn in another program should be posted in the appropriate board (example: non-Oekaki adoptable characters go in User-made Adoptables).

    • Don't make Oekaki drawings with just words or puzzles written on them. The Oekaki is for sharing artwork, not for displaying a written message or playing a forum game.

    • If using an editable you must follow the artist's rules. This may include leaving a signature/watermark layer on the final image, or may prevent you from selling colored-in versions as adoptables.

    • Don't post blank canvases in the contests board. Contests may be posted there only if you provide a recognizable lineart or relevant background for contestants to use in their entries. If you don't need people to edit something in particular, go to the Regular Art Competitions Board to create your topic. You can still make a rule that your contestants make their entries in the Oekaki boards if you prefer it that way. For more specific rules about contests please view this thread.

    • Specific rules apply to the the Adoptable boards on the Oekaki:

      • The Oekaki is for making and sharing art in the Oekaki program. If you’d like to use another program to create your adoptables, please post them in user-made adopts or character design shops. “Cover adoptables” are not permitted, except for “milestone” adoptables in which case the cover must still follow Oekaki rules.

      • You may sell Oekaki art/adoptables for CS pets/items/C$, allowed offsite currency, and dA points/real currency. Keep in mind that CS staff are unable to assist with transactions gone wrong involving other site currency or real currency.
        • Any real currency discussion must occur offsite; please link to where you can be contacted. Do not discuss real currency transactions on CS.
      • Post your adoptables in the correct board. If you want to create just a few adopts, use the Adoptables 1: Independent/One-Off board. If you want to create a closed species, community, and intend to make many adoptables, use the Adoptables 2: Closed Species/Communities board.

      • Follow the rules outlined by the adopt creator(s). Many species owners have their own rules that you must follow in order to successfully participate in their species, so be sure to read their rules before posting. CS staff may enforce a thread owner’s rules if necessary. Note that species rules may not circumvent our official site rules.

      • All Adoptable Oekaki submissions must be judged no later than 1 month after their end date. Staff may intervene if the user fails to select a winner after 1 month. Failure to judge a contest after being reminded may result in a board warning.

      • Users are bound to the species rules published at the time that the user receives the adopt. If a species owner adds a new rule, they cannot punish players for breaking the rule before it was added. This includes revoking or rehoming adopts. Updated adoptable rules apply only to adopts made after the rule was published.

      • Paid-entry raffles are not permitted. You may not charge users for the chance to win something.

      • Competitions with entries requiring artistic/creative effort must end with a winner. The promised prize (in this case the character design) must be awarded at the end of the contest to an entrant, so be sure you want to give the character away. You may only change your mind if there are no forms that meet the competition requirement.

      • If you want to transfer your species to another player, then you will need to notify CS staff beforehand. More information on transferring thread ownership can be found here.



    Selecting a different version of ChickenPaint:
    We have 3 versions of the Oekaki program to choose from. The newest version (ChickenPaint v2.0) allows you to use extra features like layer clipping, layer groups, and layer masks.



    Help:
    If you don't know how to get started, go to the Beginner Oekaki. When you create a 'New Topic' it will load ChickenPaint for you.
    You need Java to view it, and once you create and send a picture it will feature at the top of your new topic.

  • Gallery display:

First time doodle with mouse
by *42 @ Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:27 pm [Reply]

Wanted to test out how the dynamics work with a mouse.
Sketch turned out waayyyy better than i thought lol

the beautiful bride and ugly groom
by ♥ mizu @ Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:06 pm [Reply]

i can't find the image but there's this really funny meme i really like it it's very funny to me 👍

also i have this toy!! she was one of my first ever ponies. i remember i got her right before target closed in canada with my mom :) she has the frizziest mane ever and i lost her crown and comb but. i love her. my dear cadance <3 the best princess

"today is my wedding day!"
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pronounwizard @ Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:30 pm

HER FAIL GROOM IS VERY BEAUTIFUL TO ME!! i love this LOLOLOL

Crazyclaww @ Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:34 pm

the roblox face!! 😭

Paint-is-forever @ Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:29 pm

♥ mizu wrote:i can't find the image but there's this really funny meme i really like it it's very funny to me 👍

I gotchu bro ;)

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sketch based on this drawing by ♥ mizu
by ♥ mizu @ Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:03 pm [Reply]

i just really wanted to post the sketch that i originally had with this!! i feel like it captures the motion better. sketching with a tablet is so nice because it really just captures the emotion i think.

COOLDOGOOO @ Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:47 am

aaa this looks so goood.
idk why but i feel that sometimes, sketches are better than the actual thing lolll

♥ mizu @ Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:20 pm

COOLDOGOOO wrote:aaa this looks so goood.
idk why but i feel that sometimes, sketches are better than the actual thing lolll

lol especially for dynamic poses like this!! i feel like this could look so cool as an animation tbh

dulce
by ♥ mizu @ Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:00 pm [Reply]

i have been working on this for SO. LONG. like since the summer. i initially sketched it during the summer and have been trying to perfect my canines ever since then. i'm still working on them, but i'm actually SO happy with the anatomy of this!! i especially like the paws and the expression. i played with the line of motion and i just think it looks so, like... what i want my style to be. yknow? also this is my newest baby, dulce :)

also people who unironically think canines are easier to draw than equines are so wrong /lh

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also a VERY positive rant because i NEED to share this with my cs friends. i'm SO excited and i know you guys can never see photos of it but. maybe, one day, you'll see it irl and not know i helped make it.

so my uncle is unveiling this massive statue - it's going to be the highlight of his career, 100%. i can't give too many details cause of like privacy and stuff but like. this is a nation-wide monument. like it's going to be huge. hundreds of thousands of dollars are going into this, it's a massive memorial and he's been working on it for 10 years now. he's finalizing some of the details before sending it off to get moulded.

and GUESS WHAT? HE LET ME SCULPT A MAPLE LEAF ON IT! AND I COULD CARVE MY INTITIALS!!! GUYS I LITERALLY MADE PART OF THIS INSANELY HUGE MONUMENT. isn't that absolutely INSANE?? this thing is going to be seen by millions of people for generations to come and I HELPED MAKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!

i wonder if anyone in the future is going to look at it and think, "hm, i wonder how they sculpted that" or think about all the thought that went behind each piece of this freaking massive work. there is so much detail and it has been an honour being able to watch my uncle work on it. i have pictures of the wip and i wish i could show them but it's just not safe. i'm SO. FREAKING. HAPPY. THOUGH!!!! guys i'm literally going to be immortalized by this!! there are only 10 leaves going on it to symbolise the provinces and I MADE ONE. I MADE ONE OUT OF TEN LEAVES. THAT'S ME. BLISSFULLY. BLISSFULLY HELPED MAKE THIS HUGE STATUE. BLISSFULLY HAS LITERALLY MADE HISTORY. GUYS I'VE DONE IT!! I'VE DONE IT!!! i'm so freaking happy guys i could cry!!! i'm so grateful to my uncle, i love you uncle d!!!


but just imagine guys. imagine you're looking at the intricacies of some huge statue, and you see a leaf with some initials carved on it. that could be my leaf!! that could be MINE! you could be looking at something i carved with my own two hands!! wouldn't that be crazy? actually, there's a good chance that if you come to canada and like historic places, maybe you'll see it! or maybe your kids, or grandkids, or great grandkids will. but my art will be immortalized in this huge bronze statue. I WILL NEVER DETERIORATE!

COOLDOGOOO @ Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:46 am

aaaaaaaaaaaa this looks so good bliss!! and honestly i totally agree with you, even though im mostly a dog artist on oekaki. but ive only drawn dogs like wayyy after i did horses (properly) . my first drawing on cs is of a horse :3 case in point >:D

and omg congrats! im so happy for you bliss!! <333 omg im so proud that im friends with someone to be famous hehehee (tho im very glad to be friends with you anyways; youre an awesome person in general!)

♥ mizu @ Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:11 pm

COOLDOGOOO wrote:aaaaaaaaaaaa this looks so good bliss!! and honestly i totally agree with you, even though im mostly a dog artist on oekaki. but ive only drawn dogs like wayyy after i did horses (properly) . my first drawing on cs is of a horse :3 case in point >:D

and omg congrats! im so happy for you bliss!! <333 omg im so proud that im friends with someone to be famous hehehee (tho im very glad to be friends with you anyways; youre an awesome person in general!)

AAA thank you so much!!! dogs are so freaking hard 😭😭 they have so much fur, their paws can be so confusing, and their noses/mouths?? i'm shivering /j

HAHAH thank you so much dogooo xD i'm honestly so grateful for my uncles, i have a really cool family and it's allowed me to do some awesome things :3 i freaking wish i could show you some photos of his work but i don't want to run the risk of reverse image searching lol

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILD!!!!
by coffee.berry @ Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:25 am [Reply]

    its quite early i know (still the day before the day??) but i made this animation for you
    and i'm going to set it together now so if anyone sees the art switch i'm just
    downloading the different pieces of art :)

Wildflower75 @ Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:42 pm

Oh you didn't have to!!! i'm very excited to see this and so grateful you took time to make it (i actually have yet to make my own hhaHAHAHAA....)

a cave
by I Like Bees @ Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:28 pm [Reply]

full of glow worms that i fought so hard to make flicker nicely for a gif

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ArithMedic @ Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:18 pm

That flicker effect is so cool :0

nindroidzane @ Tue Mar 19, 2024 6:35 am

this SLAPS i love the flicker

feverrr @ Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:09 am

congrats on the feature, bees!! :0 this is so lovely

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eel
by adheline @ Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:18 pm [Reply]


emblo @ Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:26 pm

this is great omg

Pandora! @ Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:36 pm


    oh! Est this definitely a drawing!! what a drawing it is

HowlingHooves @ Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:05 pm

    how dare you make such a curse
    its disgustingly wonderful

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shayn in a new style ??
by Chuuyaaaa @ Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:20 pm [Reply]

0-0

3/13/2024
by qwertyo @ Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:37 pm [Reply]

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15!!!!! FIFTEEN (15) YEARS!!!! I'VE BEEN DRAWING HERE LONGER THAN SOME USERS HAVE EVEN BEEN ALIVE!!! AAAAAA

I was going to originally draw the dog resting in a patch of flowers like the previous few years, but I wanted to draw him standing, because I am old and tired, but I am still here and standing. I don't think this is a particularly interesting composition or an impressive drawing, but I've decided for these anniversary oekakis that rather than trying to draw something to the best of my abilities, I want to just simply draw what I can. If what I can manage this time is a dog in basic standing pose facing left, then so be it. Last year I couldn't draw anything because I wasn't doing great at the time, so I'm glad that 2024 Sol was able to manage something.

Thank you so much to everyone who has ever supported my art! I've been here for a really long time now and while I do have better options for drawing (like procreate and clip studio paint lol), I intend to keep drawing here :)

Previous years' drawings:
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2013
2012
2011
2010

ItsAsher0 @ Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:38 pm

This is GORGEOUS - the shading, attention to detail, the style is stunning!! Your art is so pretty, I love your style!!

Lemon Bark @ Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:42 pm

Glad youre here Sol! I love seeing your art

crowthefrostyfloof @ Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:55 pm

Mmmm your art is amazin as always!!!

And wow ur CS pet u have in that drawing is 15... that is one old fren/pos

it feels cool to look at all your prev CS anniversaries and see how your art became what it is now

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inky
by PheonixThunderslayer @ Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:32 am [Reply]

for mah sig

dog based on this drawing by Vidapup
by slushy puppy @ Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:58 pm [Reply]

dogggggie

Vidapup @ Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:34 pm

SO cute!!!!!!

slushy puppy @ Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:55 am

Vidapup wrote:SO cute!!!!!!


tysm for the adopt ! :D

PheonixThunderslayer @ Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:27 am

adorable and underrated!!!

the moon is melting
by PheonixThunderslayer @ Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:13 am [Reply]

meet inky
yayaya

surfer cat
by PheonixThunderslayer @ Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:57 am [Reply]

help my hands hurttttt
i drew this with a mouse 🤯🤯

got inspired by other drawings that were so much better than mine.

Doggo :3 based on this drawing by owlbyr
by Galactic_Spook @ Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:21 am [Reply]

I love them

any followers here? c:
by shadow~wolf @ Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:54 pm [Reply]

dalmatian puppy looking for followers fr

znailien @ Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:55 pm

:3 hello

rabbit.tears @ Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:00 pm

dropping in 👀

Rocky Road Raccoon @ Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:06 pm

I follow!

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warrior art 1
by polaris ❦ @ Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:06 pm [Reply]

want to try to start drawing more again and thought drawing some of my fav warriors would be a fun way to work on anatomy and also my art style c: here's yellowfang looking all regal and gorgeous like the queen she is

next is gonna be silverstream my love

Boghound @ Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:46 pm

Yess I love Yellowfang so much. This is awesome!

Aldersnap @ Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:33 am

Yess grandma yellowfang

berketex @ Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:56 am

YELLOWFANG MY BELOVED

Roxie and Vallie
by Rocky Road Raccoon @ Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:00 am [Reply]

When they were acquaintances
Such huge goobers

fuyunofabuki @ Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:49 am

Love the expressions!

Rocky Road Raccoon @ Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:54 am

fuyunofabuki wrote:Love the expressions!

Thank you!

hurg
by meisxinyi @ Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:49 am [Reply]

im sick...

but that means i don't have to go to school!! yay!!!11!1

Yeah, there is only one, so now I sit
In silence as it warms my skin
And I don't need to plan
Or even know where we are
'Cause it's all the same sun


15/15

That road is gone based on this drawing by Marz-With-A-Z
by Marz-With-A-Z @ Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:16 am [Reply]

I've seen all I've seen
But I sometimes wonder
If you still think of me


14/15

Could you share a little piece of your sunlight
Or carry me off in the cold night?
I don't really care where I land
Could you teach me how to walk in the moonlight
Or show me how to bury these old knives?
I'd like to get 'em out of my hands


13/15

pancakes
by .wafflecat. @ Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:23 pm [Reply]

auggieeeee <3

Madel @ Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:23 pm

Little critter.. I really like how you made the background pastel colors, it makes the character pop!

daybreak. @ Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:28 pm

not... not waffles?! Σ(°ロ°)

COOLDOGOOO @ Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:47 pm

omgg the dynamics and the way that you put everything together is stunning... totally deserves a feature! <3

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I feel you in my mind
I cannot sleep, but I'm tryin'
I hear you all the time


12/15

And some forgotten
And some of us will sleep out in the rain
And some of us will die lonely
And others' in grace and warmth
But in the end we all go the same


11/15

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