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:

hi stirlz
by the folly of man @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:41 pm [Reply]

shoutout to nonbinary he/theys who walk in dreams yk

if you recognize this guy. good job! i give you a gold star ⭐

coffin @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:05 pm

STIRLZ ! NATION ! RISE ! STIRZL !

Rough painting
by aakkie @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:37 pm [Reply]

Trying out painting on here. It’s not what I’m used to, but it was fun to try out :D

Crazyclaww @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:56 pm

following immediately 👀
can't wait to see more from you!

Stars MYO #1367 based on this drawing by I Like Bees
by woes @ Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:15 pm [Reply]

username: woes
clan: The Stormshelter
myo/items using: UC MYO
coat description: Cinnamon classic tabby with low white
edits:
[NR] expression edit, accessories.
[C] whiskers, teeth/fangs, eyelashes, ear placement, ear tufts, sclera color.
[UC] med fur.
obtained how?: Bought

Finally done! I'm sure he'll need some kind of change bc this is the first real MYO we've done so please bear with us staff. :'D

I Like Bees @ Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:02 pm

Hello! Please add sclera color (c) to the edits list ^^ Please also untint this cat's white markings a bit -- they should be either pure white or just slightly off-white

Lmk when that's been updated!

woes @ Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:56 pm

Made some edits!

- Fixed the white markings to be much closer to white.
- Added tabby stripes over the chest + darkened the chest to make it more distinctly *not* a white marking.
- Added sclera color to the edits list.

Hopefully he's all okay now! :o

I Like Bees @ Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:40 pm

Approved and archived!

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sephora in g3 mlp!
by ♥ mizu @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:14 pm [Reply]

holy cow guys. i'm actually so proud of this 😭😭😭💖💖 i think it looks SO cute and i'm so happy with how it turned out!!! i was SO anxious about the hair since i hate drawing hair, but... i got through it! i'm so excited to share this with you guys omg. i love it so much 😭😭

this is sephora, who i got from rebel! i've been anxious about drawing her a full piece because her braid scares me, but yeah - i got her done and i LOVE her!!!!! it's currently 3:12 and i wanted to go to sleep HOURS ago, but i just.. i couldn't resist finishing this. i hope you guys like it 😭😭

i referenced this g3 screenshot:
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SnapDragonJoy @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:20 pm

Sephora is super cute! I love her crystal horn and her braid. Braids are hard to draw and you did awesome! Her eye is perfectly MLP shaped and purple is best color!

A little hydrozoan!!

huskyhiccups @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:12 pm

Very cool! :o

resisting the urges
by ♥ mizu @ Mon Apr 22, 2024 4:03 pm [Reply]

every single day i have to tear myself away from equinenow.com and the beautiful horses there. every day i have to tell myself not to buy a cremello akhal teke. every day i have to tell myself not to buy a cremello in general. every day i have to tell myself not to buy a palomino. every. single. day.

one of these days, i am going to break. i am not strong enough for this.

sandpaperteeth @ Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:55 pm

im going to regret learning about this website :D

COOLDOGOOO @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:39 am

arrgh i will not search up the website... i will not. not yet ..

but i totally get you! horses are so prettyyyyyyyyyyyyyy and esp akhal tekes! argh i love how pretty and majestic they are <3

Kayara @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:58 am

I HAVE BEEN THERE FIVE TIMES THIS WEEK
I'm convinced that even though I don't have anywhere near the finances I would need to do it, I can absolutely take care of that one specific horse I keep coming back to better than anyone.

And I only know about the website because I'm delulu enough to look up "horses for sale" T-T

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stranger
by Wide Castle @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:39 pm [Reply]

hes scared of you right now but maybe he can grow to accept your attention

Hoodie Wolf Guy, I Guess
by Ebony Stardust @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 4:06 pm [Reply]

Another experimental doodle

Diatom under my microscope :o
by invertebrea @ Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:50 am [Reply]

Wow a diatom!!

neeko? @ Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:51 am

diatom :)

invertebrea @ Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:53 am

neeko? wrote:diatom :)


diatom <3

HEXORCISM @ Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:54 am

i am immensely enjoying these. these are so cool. i dont know how you manage to replicate the look so well

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first pets
by Lierre @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 4:04 pm [Reply]

started writing a zine last night about cs and some of my special pets and it inspired me to draw the pets i consider my firsts!

my first pet ever is rex! he was a gift from a dear friend ~20 minutes after i joined the site :} he was named rex already by my friend but i of course added the additional info in the name and i don’t have the heart to remove it haha
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Pet's name: Rex(first pet)(NEFT)

next was eclipsar, my first pet i adopted which took some digging to figure out! i adopted him and a few others later that night after cs rollover i’m pretty sure. i didn’t realize that you should adopt the max amount of pets yet so it was easy to just check all my species groups to see who had the earliest adoption time. as for the name… i’m not too sure what happened there… the other pets i adopted at the same time got warrior cat style names so who knows why this guy got a mistype of eclipse(i think?) that never got corrected or capitalized (and never will be!!!!)
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Pet's name: eclipsar

last is bubbles! my very first pound pet and focus of my biggest goal on cs…. collecting all her relatives(including littermates of direct relations) anddddd i will probably never actually finish whoops!! but i did get the entire direct line of 1st->2nd->3rd gen! it only took me less than a year thanks to an extremely lucky december 18th pull that i was able to trade for a bunch of pets i really wanted
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Pet's name: Bubbles♥

oekaki is such a fight to use on the ipad but i can’t help but have fun with the restrictions and i kinda love the messy quality LOL anyways!! thanks for reading if you made it this far! maybe when/if i finish the zine i’ll post a digital version in the forums!

bristly mandible of a nauplius!

♥ mizu @ Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:43 pm

this is amazing and SO creative. it's incredible how you can capture so much detail in your art, i adore this!!!! heck now i wanna get my own microscope xD

invertebrea @ Sun Apr 21, 2024 3:06 pm

♥ mizu wrote:this is amazing and SO creative. it's incredible how you can capture so much detail in your art, i adore this!!!! heck now i wanna get my own microscope xD


Thank you! I highly recommend getting a microscope! there is so much too see in water and soil!

♥ mizu @ Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:42 pm

invertebrea wrote:
♥ mizu wrote:this is amazing and SO creative. it's incredible how you can capture so much detail in your art, i adore this!!!! heck now i wanna get my own microscope xD


Thank you! I highly recommend getting a microscope! there is so much too see in water and soil!

gah i totally have to!! i'm stuck using the school ones for now, but they're pretty neat x) i've always wanted to look at stuff up close. i wonder how many organisms are crawling around on my skin rn.

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I Love You, It's Ruining My Life.
by Skiller @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:46 pm [Reply]

I never expected a Taylor Swift and Post Malone collab, but I haven't been able to stop listening since Fortnight came out.

Anyway, here's a drawing of Lunar. I haven't drawn him in quite a while. This was fun : D

Stormbird @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:52 pm

Most gorgeous piece yet! Nice work, Skiller! <33

Spiritstar3 @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:10 pm

Oh, this is so pretty

OPEN FREE BOTCHED ART!
by meisxinyi @ Sun Sep 17, 2023 11:51 am [Reply]

Will you accept this trade offer?

Essentially, I'm going to draw a fully shaded scene for you FOR FREE, but it's going to be minimal effort. Probably 1 hour tops per piece.

HOW TO APPLY
If you enter a request for this, please post a message that you want art on here first before pming me with the details of your piece. I WILL ASSUME YOU ARE OK WITH PMS and will pm you back to make sure abt the details.
This will essentially be a free commission! I am doing this so I can improve my art and commissioning skills, so any constructive criticism is good! Preferably stuff about the service because I don't rlly know what I am doing on that front-


May not accept every entry, but I'll try my best!
PLEASE NOTE I AM TERRIBLE AT BGS AND I DRAW SOME SPECIES VERY BADLY
Stuff I'm bad at:
- humans
- reptiles
- winged animals
- insects
- robots
- undead stuff
- small mammals
- clothes
- armour
- greenery(like trees and leaves and stuff)


also please note that the requests will be done in whichever order I feel like it because I appear to be unable to figure out who sent a request first-

Slots:
1.
2.
3.

boolif @ Sun Sep 17, 2023 11:52 am

id love to enter! ill pm you :]

arcadia. @ Sun Sep 17, 2023 11:53 am

    I accept

    anyone from my th?

GhostxX @ Sun Sep 17, 2023 11:55 am

Seems like I very good trade offer, would you be willing to draw 6 characters? (in the same scene)

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(sketch page) w/e comes to mind
by 67Phlox @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:23 am [Reply]

"the inner machinations of my mind are an enigma..."

I really don't want to bother, yet here i am. hypocritical much?
I should have doodled on paper instead

gonna force myself tomorrow to begin assigments, wish me luck~ ^^ (or don't, probably better if you do not)
have a day (or night)

and in the meantime, im gonna snooze

fuyunofabuki @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:25 am

This looks epic

67Phlox @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:36 am

fuyunofabuki wrote:This looks epic

Thank you c:

clemmie @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:38 am

love the bunny in the bubble at the bottom lmao

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extra love for the ur dragon ♥
by ~SheWolf~ @ Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:27 am [Reply]



fanart of the ur dragon, i absolutely adore it ♥
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Edit: OMG yay thank you for the feature!! my very first <3

Lucikan @ Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:22 am

This looks great! Love the shading and how you drew the blossom branch ^^

~SheWolf~ @ Mon Apr 08, 2024 8:20 am

Lucikan wrote:This looks great! Love the shading and how you drew the blossom branch ^^


thank you!! <3

See_Air_Ruhh_ @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:50 pm

This is amazing!!!

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Emotion
by SnowyEevee @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:52 pm [Reply]

Hiccup, I will never forget you, you are my best friend from 1010, from the first time we met, to the very last, I always shed a tear when I remember you, my old friend, I'm safe in the Hidden World, my friend, I'll never forget you, and you'll never forget me, our first flight, to our very last flight, all of our adventures, all of the great memories we've made, I miss you, but unfortunately we had to go to the Hidden World due to the Hunters, I will always remember you, old friend.
-Toothless, probably


anyways, i was listening to a 1hr version of Emotion, or Unwavering Emotions, or Emotion Theme or whatever you wanna call it from Pokemon, a small little httyd drawing because it made me wanna draw something, so here have this toothless drawing

In Orbit
by snow miku @ Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:18 pm [Reply]

It’s unsure what Black Eyed Galaxy sees, if she sees at all. Sometimes she stares off into space, as if daydreaming…

I wonder what she thinks about?

(spoiler alert it's her gf subwoofer)

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EDIT: WHOA TYSM FOR THE FEATURE!!!! it's always been my dream on cs to get featured awawuwauwa i am crying of happiness

Mortuary @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:03 am

This is so cutee I love how they look in your style!

snow miku @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:27 am

Mortuary wrote:This is so cutee I love how they look in your style!

TYSM <333333

chaoticaura @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:19 pm

ohhh my goodness I love your art style so much!! this is so so pretty and congrats on the feature <3

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silly alastor
by Mellowmarsh @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:57 am [Reply]

he dancin

Mellowmarsh @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:13 am

uuhhh is there a way to change the board?? Accidentally posted him on animals

Vidapup @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:21 am

LOVE

arcadia. @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:57 pm

Mellowmarsh wrote:uuhhh is there a way to change the board?? Accidentally posted him on animals

    love this 🤩

    (also, report your own post (the first one) and just ask if the mods can move it 🖌️)

Gloo
by ShadyBro @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:00 am [Reply]

help them they're dying in da glue :[

I have no excuses for this my partner just promised fast food in return and I am a slave to the taco bell beans I'm so sorry

starswater @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:50 am

-immediately goes to free them and dispose of the glue- ono

arcadia. @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:54 pm

    tbh my first thought was s’mores

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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789
by bin @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:10 pm [Reply]

uw8tj

exhaustion
by whispering.smaug @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:29 pm [Reply]

i had to pull an all nighter just to get my 3D model not even all the way done!! it still needs a lot of work
im so tired

it doesn’t even look that good!!!
i’m trying not to beat myself up over it since this is pretty much my first time modeling using maya autodesk. i’ll get better.. i hope
i sat in the shrimp pose the entire night
i had 3 monster energies just to keep me awake
AUGH

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ThousandSounds @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:33 pm

It looks amazing whatyu talking aboouuuut :O

Twily!
by eternalsunshine @ Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:19 pm [Reply]

poorly drawn twilight sparkle :')

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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