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:

Funny
by Rocky Road Raccoon @ Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:42 am [Reply]

Rip Nic you would've loved Phoenix


NOTICE! If you are marking for the event please instead mark on the adopt page!


About the new system for Shelter For Angels
Previously SFA was made as a no profit, no payment adoptable custom lined group meant to promote character development and learning genetics. However nowadays that is not quite as feasable for artists to do custom lined art for free frequently, especially with chickenpaint being harder to use and needing motivation to use.

Now that I've gotten slightly back into this I want to restart it. The following will be the primary features of the group itself.
    1. Full Artists are able to choose if they sell designs for profit (CS Pets, C$, USD, or DA points), raffle the designs in some way, or make typical arpg style competitive adoptables.

    2. All Artists will have their designs be under their Terms of Service or other requirements as soon as the design is created.

    3. All designs made will be considered not under the group, and as such will be just a design you win or purchase with no group attached. You can use the design offsite or onsite, change the design/make alts for the design (under the artist's ToS), and use the designs in personal projects. If you decide you want to move the design to an actual ARPG, you will still need to get the previous artist's permission!

    4. All designs made will be realistic, semirealistic, or stylized realism in correspondence with genetics. More stylized designs and shapes will need to be looked over by myself or a full artist that knows the limits, but is able to play with shapes and such to make a character design more fun while staying in the realistic range.

    5. Optional challenges (and potentially events) will be available to possible win a free custom design ticket, however otherwise customs are purchased directly from the individual artist if they choose to accept it. The price will range from any of the acceptable prices for SFA or Art/Design trades (only if offered by the artist). Custom items will not be available to purchase from myself or a store. Said custom though, will have to stay within the limits of SFA if the artist is being commissioned to draw a group design.

    6. It is uncertain if events will be hosted or not, however if interested please do let me know now or when the page is up again if you would be interested in events, challenges, or a discord and suggestions for such things!

The first things that will be posted for the Version 2 will be our lovely ambassadors (mascots) sporting the new setup, and the artist search. The artist search will only be posted once I've finished my Public Visual Genetic Guides, including their descriptions, and/or genetic google doc. SFA v2 will just be SFA still, however the genetic forum will instead be a genetic google doc so everyone can view it easier.

Fawntura @ Sat Jul 01, 2023 2:08 pm

Mark!

BlueEyedKite @ Sat Jul 01, 2023 2:11 pm

I am c$ broke but have the pets, plus I always find a way. I will take the strays happily OuO

Wolfycat101 @ Sat Jul 01, 2023 2:37 pm

Gonna leave a little mark of interest, as I've seen the series for so many years, and with a refurbish I'd love to partake :>

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commision for rats!
by berketexspet @ Wed Apr 17, 2024 12:21 am [Reply]

Hello chicken smoothie. today i got my biggest commision! 300 smoodles! i got a commision for rats!'s pet rat. his name is ghost. AHHHHHHH! I only ever made commisoins for cats, but this is my first rodant! it's a rat. I think i traded with rats! before. oh yes! i did in fact! i just checked. i got 8 smoodles for the rats from november. i did good on that trade because they were ugly and i didn't want a stain on my collection. your pet is so cute it should be a smooth! please do not say my art is bad or AI generated. i work so hard on my art and the LAST thing i want are slanderous remarks against me suggesting i use AI in my art work when i spend hours every commision all day just for people to lie and say i use AI or that my art is bad. CHICKEN SOOTHIE DOES NOT HAVE AN AI GENERATION TOOL BAKED INTO CHICKEN PAINT, I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS, I WILL REPORT EVERYONE WHO SAYS MY ART IS BAD OR AI GENERATED! NOT JUST TO CHICKEN SMOOTHIE, BUT TO THE POLEICE TOO! AND YOU WILL GO TO PRISION AND ROT IN HELL FOREVER! also, i'm commisioning anywhere between 3-58 smoodles (c$) for art because my mom spends her money on cigarettes and alchol instead of me so i need to do commisions to get smoodles. remember, the more chicken dollars, the more good the art!

Have a smooth-tastic day

~sundae~ @ Wed Apr 17, 2024 12:31 am

Absolutely beautiful as always

kaatlove @ Wed Apr 17, 2024 12:42 am

oh yes smooth him immediately so cute!!!!!

rats! @ Wed Apr 17, 2024 12:55 am

I LOVE IT SOOOO MUCH THANK YOU SO SO MUCH! What a beautiful drawing, you captured her essence perfectly, I showed Ghost and she loves it too and says thank you very much

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Conclusion: Yes, sketches with two layers do save faster (even if internet connection is bad).
Image

warm up dragon doodle
by 67Phlox @ Wed Apr 17, 2024 12:21 am [Reply]

Warming up plus testing my wifi connection.
Took a bit longer than usually to save, but it should be okay for two layer drawings.

horse practice :3
by Grimsnap @ Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:04 pm [Reply]

horse proportions always confuse mee (╥﹏╥) but i like how this turned out! might work on it some more later

huskyhiccups @ Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:22 pm

gorgeous!

Grimsnap @ Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:05 pm

huskyhiccups wrote:gorgeous!


thank you!

COOLDOGOOO @ Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:40 pm

woah, this looks stunning!! i really love how you did this, and the direction of the wind is conveyed perfectly!! <3

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Banging out the tunes
by Marz-With-A-Z @ Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:00 am [Reply]

its 4/13/2024 which means its the 18th anniversary of Neil banging out the tunes!

Pothos is druid/bard multiclass so I thought this was funny

ArithMedic @ Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:12 am

A NEIL POST IN THE WILD

I always only see these in screenshots, I feel so blessed

noch @ Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:23 am

NEIL!!!!!!

leonscharizard @ Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:24 am

NEIL MY BELOVED SO GLAD THAT POST IS GETTING RECOGNIZED

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Vagabonds Update
by Rocky Road Raccoon @ Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:28 pm [Reply]

I'm gonna be honest, I HATED their cat designs. So naturally, I went with dogs instead! I love it a lot more. I also REALLY disliked their personalities, so I decided to change them too!
Trent- The overwhelmed, honest leader. He's not very sharp, but he is dependable. Hates everyone secretly.
Rebel- The goofy , energetic, hyper one! Strongly disbelieves aliens.
Vinnie, or "Vincent" as he'll now be called, he doesn't like nicknames- A dog of few words. Dislikes chaos and disorder.
Chase- A clean-cut, hardworking fellow. Very good guy, he's never done anything remotely wrong.
Hunter- Rude and mean, always ready to pick a fight. Most keep their distance. HATES Sunny.
Sunny- A selfish guy, blunt to an excessively cruel degree, will point out your insecurities. HATES Hunter.
Bear- A ray of sunshine, naive and sweet. Prefers the nickname "Bruno" instead because bears are scary and he doesn't want to be seen as scary!
Nic- Helpful, with no odd mannerisms to speak of, he just wants to get the job done!
Zeus- Zeus loves his job. He gets so excited to go to it everyday. It's so fun!
Colt- A extreme troublemaker, doesn't play by the rules. His patience, however, is immense.
Roxanne- Very nervous and scared most of the time, prefers to stay in her comfort zone.
Val- Intelligent, well-read, and realistic. Thinks everyone else is an idiot.
Phoenix- CHATTY, all he does is talk, talk, talk.
Ivy- She's boring. Very, very boring.

Of course with this will be a lot of dynamic changes. Which I'm so excited about! If anybody has any questions feel free to ask!

What day is it?

fuyunofabuki @ Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:41 pm

I love this concept even tho I didn’t fall for it XD but they look cute as doggos too!

Rocky Road Raccoon @ Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:44 pm

fuyunofabuki wrote:I love this concept even tho I didn’t fall for it XD but they look cute as doggos too!

The dogs I picked do fit their real personalities lol (Rebel being a border collie for intelligence, and Vinnie is a goofy pitbull in truth lol)

fuyunofabuki @ Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:51 pm

Still super cool

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Scorpion
by Rocky Road Raccoon @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:17 am [Reply]

Slight redraw of a drawing I did a while ago.
This is a very evil dude, probably the worst of them all. He's the reason Chase has no vision in one eye, and he's a professional dream crusher (especially for Bear and Trent)

Hawk WillowWatcher @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:53 am

At first glance: chill farm dude

Reads what you wrote: this thing is now the bane of my existence. I am the crusher of dream crushers. I WILL DESTROY

Rocky Road Raccoon @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:55 am

Hawk WillowWatcher wrote:At first glance: chill farm dude

Reads what you wrote: this thing is now the bane of my existence. I am the crusher of dream crushers. I WILL DESTROY

He's an EVIL cowboy lol

COOLDOGOOO @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:16 pm

he doesn’t exactly look very evil… save for his eyes lol
but i love the drastic shading you did here! <33

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My Dear Tiny Cow
by SM0395 @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:53 pm [Reply]

Yes, she sinned


Portrait of my cat...
I'm a beginner digital artist! Idk how to color help me-

Ponies
by ♥ mizu @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:34 pm [Reply]

Pobi es

Rose tinted
by ♥ mizu @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:24 pm [Reply]

Idk I just wanted to draw horses and this is whathappened

COOLDOGOOO @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:32 pm

horsi!!

The Way it Was
by Strange_Atoms @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:22 pm [Reply]

Fallen Leaves design to go along with my Hollyleaf design

Their relationship means so much to me actually... let Hollyleaf be at peace with her unstuck in time bf Erins

bear
by lykzoi @ Thu Apr 11, 2024 6:40 am [Reply]

Using anything besides a desktop computer to draw in chickenpaint is quite difficult lol

mrfish @ Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:30 am

i love the fish so muchhhhh :'-) gorgeous art!

shadow~wolf @ Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:31 am

ohhh the lighting is SO good!! i love everything about this. trying to learn bears currently and its so hard haha

lykzoi @ Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:19 am

mrfish wrote:i love the fish so muchhhhh :'-) gorgeous art!

thank you!!! <3

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Summer
by Redzba @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:51 pm [Reply]

"I haven't been much myself
And I feel like my friends are being put through this hell
Feeling, I think that I'm living, if you could call it living
So brash and unforgiven
Ruled by the vibe I'm bringing
Serving myself
Serving myself"
"Bambi", Hippo Campus

Art for wafflefalaffle (2/4)
by Cherryfreeze @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:47 pm [Reply]

For Waffles use only!

very glow-y and sparkly!

been wanting to try out the oekaki on this site for a long time now and finally went for it :thumbup:

kinda started as firestar but it's just any cat now really
p.s. ignore the time spent i accidentally left it open the entire day

WeepingWillows @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:15 am

made a tiny edit

WeepingWillows @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:40 pm

nother edit

Commision for ~Sundae~
by berketexspet @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:00 pm Attachment(s) [Reply]

Hello chicken smoothie. Today is the first time I got a commision that wasn't for smoodles, but for an extremely rare butterfly wolf! (I love butterfly wolf) ~sundae~ is one of the coolest, if not THE coolest chicken smoothier. they have the holy trinity of sunback dogs! can you believe it? someone with SUNBACK decided to commision ME! anyways, i was commisioned to draw their pet cat Tonks. He's so cute! he's cute, but if you look at the last cat i drew (his name is oroboros) he is very very very cute and fluffy. probably one of the cutest cats ever. but hey, i loved drawing tonks! they asked me which smooth they wanted to trade. i saw the sunback but they were not available to trade. which is fair, but I have a deal. If you give me the 3 sunback dogs, I will make a free commission for you every week for the next 3 years. Please do not say my art is bad or AI generated. AI ART IS NOT REAL ART! NEVER SAY MY ART IS BAD OR AI GENERATED I CAN SHOW YOU THAT MY ART IS MADE IN CHICKEN PAINT, AND CHICKEN PAINT ONLY. CHICKEN SMOOTHIE DOES NOT EVEN HAVE AN AI GENERATION TOOL. also, Copying another person's art without permission to reproduce their work is a form of art-theft! DO NOT TRACE MY ART, YOU WILL BE SUED, AND YOU WILL GO TO PRISION FOR THE REST OF YOUR SAD AND PATHETIC LIFE! Also, i'm commisioning anywhere between 3-58 chicken dollars for art because my mom spends all her money on cigarettes instead of smoodles. remember, the more smoodles the more good the art! (the attached image is tonks. say hi to tonks! he's so cute, he should be a smooth!)

Have a smooth-tastic day!

berketex @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:12 pm

very good i like his pose he look like he is Pouncig to catch a mousey

~sundae~ @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:23 pm

This is beautiful you really captured Tonk’s essence

Jolt !!!
by Words @ Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:07 pm [Reply]

Shiny Jolteon drawinn since they're my fav eeveelution and i'm fixating on pkmn atm !! :3

seeing the small mistakes and internally screaming

ItsAsher0 @ Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:08 pm

THIS is GORGEOUS!! I love your style and the detail!! Shiny Jolteon is also my favorite <3

Words @ Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:10 pm

ItsAsher0 wrote:THIS is GORGEOUS!! I love your style and the detail!! Shiny Jolteon is also my favorite <3

WAHHH TYSM AND SAME !!!

huskyhiccups @ Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:08 pm

Gorgeous!! omg

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moonswirl!
by eternalsunshine @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:39 am [Reply]

wanted to draw another one of my fav pets in the game teehee

ClarkG23 @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:13 am

Cool beans!!!!

ruethefangirl @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:03 am

This is cute!

skylark @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:10 pm

    I love your art style!!!

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My baby <3 based on this drawing by Rocky Road Raccoon
by SpcrRd @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:22 am [Reply]

Thank you Rocky Road Raccoon!!! I love her sm sm sm sm
I need name suggs if anyone has any!

Snake-A-Pillar
by Little Trickster @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:39 am [Reply]

A character I created a while back and decided to add it here

the birds will still sing
by Mythz @ Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:56 pm [Reply]

      messy little sketchy artwork of a little fishing stoat
      pretty happy with how this turned out !! far from finished but thats all the time i have for him this evening <3

Starryfox @ Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:59 pm

WHOA this is so gorgeous!!!! 🥺💖💖💖💖💖

Vivika @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:58 am

    aaaaa, this is so adorable, myt!! love the framing and the colors,, such a sweet lil stoat friend out fishing <3

clemmie @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:00 am

oh my goodness this is so freakin cute
i love ur style <3

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Cute unicorn kitten with wings
by babybubbles4 @ Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:40 am [Reply]

I was bored and drew this :)
Im very happy with how it turned out!

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