✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨

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🌱 they/he/she 🦃 20's ✨ Artist, writer, & character designer! 💜 I like monsters, birdwatching, & video games! 🚨 Please don’t copy/trace/repost/resell my art! #furry | #monster | #doodle | #Artfight | #FanArt

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✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Jun 25

I'd love to be added! I tend to draw all sorts of my own creatures! (It's in my name, lol!)

A digital fullbody illustration of Darragh, a fat-&-muscular turquoise & white dullatroll, against a bluish background.

He has fluffy pig-like ears, eyes with white irises, black scleras & long eyelashes, a white beard-like fur marking along his jaw, long white hair with bangs that swoop to our left & a long braid we can see the end of by Darragh’s farthest hand. His right hand & feathering are white, with blonde claws & hooves to match.

He’s wearing a hooded grey bandana cowl, a blue sleeveless tunic, dark grey bracers or arm sleeves, & brown puffy-legged pants; all but the bracers/arm sleeves feature a black trim.

Darragh stands with his shoulders hunched & an anxious smile on his face as he looks at the viewer. Three large sweat drops emanate from Darragh’s head.

A digital, full-body, illustration of Gwendolyn, a fat, soft pink furred, feminine-looking dullatroll with glasses & shoulder length dreadlocks, standing in the middle of a pink-colored oddities shop.

The shop is full unusual decorative items. A taxidermied elk calf & turkey sit in the dark foreground. The walls are lined with framed bugs, fish, & birds. Humorously dressed taxidermied passenger pigeons stand on a table beside a geode. The shelf behind Gwendolyn is full of wet specimen sheep eyes, octopi, & snakes in globes, as well as & dry specimen birds & snakes in domes.

Gwendolyn is contently smiling as they’re looking down at a small globe full of wet specimen sheep eyeballs in their hand, their other hand is absentmindedly playing with one of their vest’s tassels.

A digital, full-body, illustration of Bentley in his main outfit, on a light orange background; four alternating darker orange stripes decorate the edges of the image. Bentley is a fat & muscular, purple, goat-like monster with tall grey horns & long ears.

He’s smiling & looking at the viewer, standing with his clawed hands on his furred hips. He’s wearing two black hoop earrings in each ear, a turquoise vest with a notched collar, an orange button on his right breast on the vest, & pear green shorts.

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Jun 16

I almost forgot! Here's the simple flat-flag "icon" versions I made too!

A LGBT+ pride themed digital illustration of my interpretation of Callie from the Sir Callie series by Esme Symes-Smith.

Callie, an orange-haired kid wearing a green medieval tunic, playfully salute-waves to the viewer with a wink, a smile, & a tilt of their head. Four golden sparkle stars surround them, emphasizing their charm.

Behind Callie is the non-binary flag, designed by Kye Rowan.

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Jun 15

Artfight time is SOON, & I'm on Team Tragedy this year! (Or as I've been calling it, Team Sad Boys!) I finally made one of these little card things! (It was harder than it should've been...) Fight me with your art, if you dare! artfight.net/~CartoonCrea... #ArtFight #ArtFight2026

A teal Artfight Team Tragedy ID card filled out.

It reads, "Team Tragedy. User, CartoonCreatureLover. I attack, 'Basically anyone, I'll draw most anything!' Friendly fire, yes. Revenge, yes. Mass attack, no. Featured characters include Darragh, Wren, Banjo, & Creature. Characters I have include human, anthro, & monster."

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Jun 9

And here’s some variants of this piece since there were too many lovely looking options & ideas to try! (The fully non-binary flag colored one is the original one, but I think I like the normal-colored Callie version more!)

A LGBT+ pride themed digital illustration of my interpretation of Callie from the Sir Callie series by Esme Symes-Smith, Callie’s coloration matching the non-binary flag behind them.

Callie, a yellow-haired kid wearing a purple medieval tunic, playfully salute-waves to the viewer with a wink, a smile, & a tilt of their head. Four golden sparkle stars surround them, emphasizing their charm.

A purple-tinted version of the non-binary flag, designed by Kye Rowan, waves diagonally behind them against a lighter purple background.

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Jun 8

Happy pride month! 🌈 I’ve been meaning to make a non-binary themed piece, & was inspired to make it with my favorite character! One day, I’ll hopefully make more of these (with the Sir Callie cast or not); this one turned out so cute! #SirCallie #FanArt #Fantasy #Non-binary #PrideMonth #QueerBooks

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· May 20

Thank you so much for the chance!

A digital reference sheet of Creature, a living costume that looks like an anthropomorphic hybrid of a sheep, dog, horse, & troll, on a flat, light, blueish-turquoise background.

Multiple notes about Creature’s design are featured around them, they read, “Black stud earrings!”
“This side has a mole on their upper lip!”
“Blemishes on face!”
“Little whiskers!”
“Visible seams on arms & legs!”
“This side has a mole on their upper cheek!”
“This side has a particular blemish on their chin!”

The handwritten text to the upper right of the image reads, “Creature. They/them. Five feet, two inches.”

A traditional art, bust, pencil doodle, of Creature; a living costume that looks like an anthropomorphic hybrid of a sheep, horse, dog, & troll. They can be seen smiling with their mouth open & eyes closed, implied to be happily laughing.

A single rectangular piece of paper is placed on our right of the drawing as a username watermark for the image, it reads, “@cartooncreaturelover.”

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· May 14

It's Darragh's birthday today!!! 🎉 (I drew him for the first time, this day, back in 2019!) Sooner than later, I will be as old as I've written him to be (24-25), & one day, I will be *older* than him, & I still don't know how to feel about that... 👁️👁️

The original traditional pencil drawings of Darragh, a muscular masculine dullatroll, drawn on May 14th, 2019.
He has pig-like ears, eyes with white irises & black scleras, long hair with his bangs swooping over to our left & the rest of his hair is in a braid that rests over his shoulder. He wears a deep v-necked tank top, arm bracers/sleeves, & puffy legged pants.
A second rougher drawing of his head & face is on the right, & a rough drawing of the skull marking on his back is on the left.

The other original traditional pencil drawing of Darragh, a muscular masculine dullatroll, drawn on May 14th, 2019.
He has sort of pig-like ears, eyes with white irises & black scleras, long hair with his bangs swooping over to our left & the rest of his hair is in a braid that rests over his shoulder. He wears a bandana cowl, a tank top, arm bracers/sleeves, & puffy legged pants.

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· May 5

Finally, Darragh's redesign & re-styling is done (sorta)! Gotta design him some better outfits to fit his story, but for now, here's his original D&D outfit! He's medieval-looking in art style now & I love it! #monster #furry #FurryArt #creature #dullahan #dullatroll #fantasy #CharacterDesign

A cropped, close up image of Darragh's face; his fluffy ears, small stud earrings, shiny eyes & lips, white fur markings, & yellowed teeth are easier to see in this image.

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Apr 18

I heard we were making Sir Callie memes? (This is in reference to a fictional chancellor & a magical witch, purely for comedic & fictitious purposes.) #SirCallie #FanArt #Fantasy #Meme #QueerBooks

A digital chibi drawing of my interpretation of Callie from the Sir Callie series by Esme Symes-Smith in a meme.

Callie, an orange-haired kid wearing a green medieval tunic, angrily sits on grass with their legs out in front of them. Their simplified hands are at their sides touching the grass.

The text around them reads in all caps, “Touching grass isn’t enough, I need bad things to happen to terrible people in power.”

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Apr 14

I’m Rachel! I’m an artist, writer, & character designer! Inspired by nature, my lived experiences, & art old & new, I draw characters & write stories about diverse people, often as fantasy monsters; both familiar beasts & creatures hybridized into something new! 🌱 cartooncreaturelover.carrd.co

A digital, bust, illustration of Creature, a living costume that looks like an anthropomorphic hybrid between a sheep, dog, horse, & troll.

A pair of digital drawings of Barron Dohauser, a stocky man with khaki-colored skin & shoulder-length brown hair & brown sideburns, on a soft, earthy green background.

The Barron on the left is looking to our right with a happy & friendly expression, softly smiling with his teeth. He’s wearing a blue doublet with a navy blue trim at the bottom & upper body section. Around his neck is an amethyst, green glass, & gold beaded necklace with a dark brown taxidermied paw pendant. He wears a light blue, floral patterned, long puffy sleeved with elbow-high cuffs, undershirt. He wears a brown leather belt around his waist, dark grey puffy pants, & black leather boots with a short heel!

The Barron on the right grumpily looks over the scratch marks on the tree to his right. He has a hand touching the tree while his other hand is balled up into a fist at the right side. He’s wearing a deep green, diamond quilted, & sleeveless gambeson with a vertical stripe & three dot berry pattern. On top of it is a dark, sable brown fur cape; the bottom of the cape consists of many fox-like tails. Underneath the gambeson, he’s wearing a dull brown padded undershirt with a padded collar & pants. He has tall black leather flat-heeled boots, black leather elbow length sleeveless gloves, a leather belt around his waist with a hunting sword sheathed on his right, & a dark grey leather bag attached to his belt on his left.

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Mar 14

And here's a version with some height lines since Callie & Edwyn aren't standing at their full heights! (The lines measure to their *hair* instead of their scalps, btw!)

A digital art lineup of my designs of the Court Kids from Sir Callie & the Champions of Helston by Esme Symes-Smith, this version including colored lines behind the kids to indicate how tall they are in comparison to each other.

From left to right, there’s Callie, a kid with messy orange-ginger hair wearing an emerald green tunic & confidently wielding a sword, Willow, a kid with short black hair wearing a grey & black tunic & holding an old leather book, Elowen, a girl with long, wavy, neat brown hair wearing a blue medieval-esque dress holding a magical flame, & Edwyn, a boy with short, wavy, neat brown hair wearing a scarlet red tunic & warily/guiltily wielding a sword.

From shortest to tallest, there's an orange line for Callie, a pink line for Willow, a blue line for Elowen, & a red line for Edwyn, each measuring to the top of their hair instead of their scalps.

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Mar 14

I forgot to share! With my interpretations of the Court Kids from Sir Callie complete (at least, the base Book 1 versions anyway… 👀), here’s all of their fullbodies together (adjusted a bit to get their heights about right!) #FanArt #CharacterDesign #SirCallie #Fantasy #FantasyCharacter #QueerBooks

A digital art lineup of my designs of the Court Kids from Sir Callie & the Champions of Helston by Esme Symes-Smith.

From left to right, there’s Callie, a kid with messy orange-ginger hair wearing an emerald green tunic & confidently wielding a sword, Willow, a kid with short black hair wearing a grey & black tunic & holding an old leather book, Elowen, a girl with long, wavy, neat brown hair wearing a blue medieval-esque dress holding a magical flame, & Edwyn, a boy with short, wavy, neat brown hair wearing a scarlet red tunic & warily/guiltily wielding a sword.

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Mar 10

I am in the middle of drawing the protagonist from the story I'm hoping to finish & publish first that I can share a WIP of though!

A work in progress, digital art image of Darragh, a dullatroll, anxiously smiling. Several sketchy arrows surround him, pointing at areas of him that I still need to touch up & finalize.

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Feb 25

Pass it along, let's see your pfp in its full sized glory! Mine's just a simple icon-specific piece of my mascot, Bentley (from 2023)! I also have a couple other month-specific variations of my pfp you might see throughout the year!

A digital art illustration of Bentley’s smiling head against a solid turquoise background. Bentley is a lavender, goat-like monster with tall grey horns, long ears, orange eyes, & sharp white teeth sticking out from his lower jaw.

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Feb 23

Since I’m working on redesigning him into a new art style, & realized I’ve barely posted him on here, here’s an old doodle of Darragh very angry (he’s usually very smiley) that I think is still pretty good! #furry #FurryArt #monster #creature #anthro #dullatroll #dullahan #angry #doodle

A traditional pencil doodle of Darragh, a fat & masculine-looking dullatroll, looking down & yelling, his pointed teeth visible, drawn on a white notecard.

A single thin rectangular piece of paper is placed on our right of the drawing as username watermark for the image, it reads, “cartooncreaturelover.”

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Feb 20

If you see this, post a monster!!!

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Feb 13

15/18 For anybody wondering, “Why does El have a ‘heavenly’ light behind her in the last panel?” it’s because I wanted to get as many folks as possible to look at *her* before looking at Callie! It’s funnier to see El all pretty & then see Callie’s sour expression than the other way around, no?

A close up image of the last panel of the comic without the text bubble. Elowen dips into an elegant curtsy, smiling playfully with one eye still open, sparkles all around her, & face still blushing. Callie stares at you, the audience, completely unamused & tired of this already.

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Feb 13

9/18 The last 3 panels have a bit of a story about them! Originally, it would’ve cut back & forth between Callie & El’s faces as they talked before being together on the last panel, but I changed it to keep the same shot/angle for all 3, only changing the poses, expressions, & BGs accordingly.

A simple traditional pencil sketch of the 1st draft of Callie & Elowen’s conversation across 3 panels.

The first one features only Callie, leaning back against their chair, waving their hand around, asking “Needlework?” so I’d know what lines are supposed to go in what text bubbles. The second panel features only Elowen, sparkles floating around her as she confidently talks. The third panel finally features the pair together, with Callie still leaning back in their chair, pointing at themself, asking “Bother me?” as Elowen bows (because I didn’t know what a curtsy looked like when I sketched this, lol) with more sparkles around her, responding, “company, sword alone,” so I’d know what lines are supposed to go in what text bubbles.

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Feb 13

7/18 And on Elowen, it’s her big front teeth with that little gap in between! (You could also argue her nose, but I gave her that nose because I think it’s beautiful, among other fun reasons!) Instead of looking like dolls, the characters look more like someone you might know!

A four photo collage of my interpretation of Elowen from my comic panels; each picture shows off her simple, but “imperfect” teeth.

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Feb 13

6/18 On Callie, it’s the asymmetrical freckles on the edges of their face (brows & jaw); they kinda look more like acne than freckles. (+ maybe their missing tooth?) (Also, yes, Callie’s freckles are NOT random, they might shift around a little, but they’re mapped out every time I draw them!)

A four photo collage of art of my interpretation of Callie; each picture shows off their asymmetrical freckles round their jaw & brows, their neck & hands, as well as their missing tooth in the last image.

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Feb 13

3/18 I didn’t mention it last time, but Callie’s blushing in these comic pages is actually their normal base blush (65% opacity)! It’s just that they’re described looking pale in this part of the book, so I essentially halved the opacity on the other panels (to 30%) to match that description!

An image comparing Callie’s face from a fullbody piece of them, & their face on the 3rd panel of the comic side by side.

On the left, is Callie’s face from the fullbody piece. On the right, is their face on the 3rd panel of the comic. The amount of blush between the two appears nearly the exact same, with the only differences being that comic-panel Callie has three orange-pink “blush lines” on their cheek to further communicate they’re actively blushing, & the blush itself extends a little farther across their face.

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Feb 13

1/18 While I plan on sharing all the notecard thumbnails/first drafts I drew once I finish the whole comic (4 more pages, ahhh!) I will share that the only panel that stayed the same from the initial draft is the first one! (These sketches are *literally* thumbnail sized, they’re TINY!)

An image comparing the original sketch & the finalized first panel of the comic side by side.

On the left, is the simple traditional pencil sketch of Elowen with her arms sternly crossed; featuring a placeholder/beta design for her since the comic sketch was drawn before I designed my interpretation of Elowen.

On the right, is the digital, detailed, finished comic panel of Elowen with her arms sternly crossed.

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Feb 13

Surprisingly (or maybe not surprisingly since little details are kind of my thing), I have some things to yap about regarding my 2nd page to that Chapter 15 Sir Callie comic! So here’s a thread! (0/18)

A close up image of the fifth panel from the Sir Callie Book 1, Chapter 15 comic. Callie points at themself, “To come & bother me?” Elowen turns to face them, placing her hands over her heart, & playfully responds, blushing, “To bestow upon you the company you so desperately crave.”

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Feb 10

And here’s two panels I knew I wanted to see *without* the text bubbles, so I made sure to actually draw behind the text bubbles for these!

A close up image of the third panel of the comic without the text bubble. Elowen suddenly bends down, getting close to Callie’s face, both blushing, with Callie looking surprised as El smiles sweetly.

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Feb 8

And here’s some close ups of some of the characters since these beautiful expressions are kinda blurry & are small on the full page!

A close up image of the first panel of the comic. Elowen looking down at Callie, who is offscreen, with her arms crossed, saying, “Well, it’s true. I’m not going to lie to you. Friends tell each other harsh truths.”

A close up image of the third panel of the comic. Elowen suddenly bends down, getting close to Callie’s face, both blushing, with Callie looking surprised as El says while smiling sweetly, “Find someone else.”

A close up image of Elowen from the fifth panel of the comic. She turns to face them, placing her hands over her heart, & playfully responds, blushing, “To bestow upon you the company you so desperately crave.”

A close up image of Elowen from the last panel of the comic. Elowen dips into an elegant curtsy, & playfully says with one eye still open, sparkles all around her, & face still blushing, “Man cannot live by a sword’s companionship alone.”

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Feb 7

Finally! Page 2 (of 6?) of the Book 1, Chapter 15, Sir Callie comic is done! It’s very fitting I managed to finish this part in time for Valentine’s Day, haha! I had so much fun drawing all the Elowens, I’m not sure which one is my favorite! #FanArt #SirCallie #Comic #FanComic #QueerBooks

A digital comic page depicting a scene between Callie & Elowen from Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston by Esme Symes-Smith.

The text at the top reads, “Sir Callie and The Champions of Helston. Chapter 15, Page 171. Dialogue & characters by Esme Symes-Smith. Art by Rachel Martin, @CartoonCreatureLover.

The comic begins with Elowen looking down at Callie, who is offscreen, with her arms crossed, saying, “Well, it’s true. I’m not going to lie to you. Friends tell each other harsh truths.” Callie responds, looking away from her, “Wish you’d tell me nice lies instead.” Elowen suddenly bends down, getting close to Callie’s face, both blushing, with Callie looking surprised as El says while smiling sweetly, “Find someone else.” They look away from El, face still red, “Don’t you have needlework to stab?” She confidently responds, already a couple steps back from them, “I’m a prodigy. I can leave my lessons whenever I like.” Callie points at themself, “To come & bother me?” She turns to face them, placing her hands over her heart, & playfully responds, blushing, “To bestow upon you the company you so desperately crave.” Elowen dips into an elegant curtsy, & playfully says with one eye still open, sparkles all around her, & face still blushing, “Man cannot live by a sword’s companionship alone.” Callie stares at you, the audience, completely unamused & tired of this already.

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Feb 6

Artists, show how you draw eyes! I try to keep it simple, with iris shading to add complexity, & my beloved catchlights to make them pop! (Also, I swear I draw more eye shapes than this! I picked my prettiest ones here, which just so happen to all be a similar shape, lol!)

A zoomed in image of Banjo, an anthropomorphic cat-bird beast, to show off their green cat-like eyes.

A zoomed in image of Elowen to show off her blue eyes.

A zoomed in image of Bentley, a purple goat-like monster, to show off his strange orange eyes.

A zoomed in image of Deidra Quinn, a dullahan, to show off her white eyes.

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Jan 23

Thank you so much for the chance!

A traditional art, full-body, pencil doodle, of an older design for Creature; a living costume that looks like an anthropomorphic hybrid of a sheep, horse, dog, & troll, opening up their fluff-suit to reveal their ribcage inside. They can be seen smiling with their eyes closed, their tongue sticking out, a heart floating above their head.

A single rectangular piece of paper is placed on our right of the drawing as a username watermark for the image, it reads, “@cartooncreaturelover.”

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Jan 16

Here’s Banjo’s new reference sheet! (Took a whole year for me to finally adjust their tail to finish it, whoops!) Banjo is the main protagonist of a story I’ve been working on for a while now! #furry #monster #anthro #creature #FurryArt #ReferenceSheet #CharacterSheet #CharacterDesign

✨ Cartoon Creature Lover | Rachel ✨@cartooncreaturelvr· Jan 11

Like this? :) #FanArt #SirCallie