‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬

@constancehermit

🌿 Herbivorous Hermit 😶‍🌫️ she/her ✌️ 🖼️ blanketfrog.tumblr.com ⚔️ artfight.net/~Ephy 💚 Art, Plants, Neurodiversity, Comics, #NoAI

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‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· 24d

#ArtFight Revenge! ˚✧₊⁎( ˘ω˘ )⁎⁺˳✧˚ #ShareMyAttack2026 #Art

Illustration of a black magical dnd cryomancer called Rival. She's holding a magical spellbook in one hand and casting some very cold spell with the other. Her clothing has subtle runes, and she wears a lot of silver jewellery with recurring diamond (shape, not material) theme. Cool pallete.

Same as the previous image except close up on Rival's face. She's smirking.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· Jul 8

#ArtFight continues! Today with a sad zombie girl. 💀💜 Abby Normal belongs to hapycow.tumblr.com 💚 #ShareMyAttack2026 #Art

Illustration of Abby Normal, a zombie girl. She kneels in the dark, clutching at herself tiredly, surrounded by shadows and eyes. She looks very tired, has dark purple goth-leaning makeup and clothes.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· Jul 4

Since #ArtFight is at the same time as #DisabilityPride, I'm challenging myself to draw more aids/devices. 😊 So, #DarkAcademia wheelchair! To match October's style (she's @zero0810.bsky.social librarian/witch) 🌙🖤✨ I used (and recommend) refs: tinyurl.com/2jkatv2y #ShareMyAttack2026 #Art

Illustration of October Lovelace, a librarian/witch. The atmosphere is (hopefully) somewhat dark and moody, and aesthetically dark academia. October's wheelchair has a highland gothic tartan cushion, and ornate swirly high back. It also has a lamp attached, which glows with blue fire. October dresses predomiantly in blue. Everything is enclosed in a minimalisticaly ornate border featuring thistles and moths.

Close-up of October's face. She has blue and black jellyfish hair, long bright lashes, and blue lips.

Close-up of Octobers hands, holding a book. Though maybe I should have featured the wheelchair more.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· Jul 3

Hello, I'm Constance. 😊 I work in Tech and draw as a hobby. 👩‍💻🎨 Making slow progress on my webcomic ✍️🐌 I'm here primarily to support Artists! 👏 I love Illustration, Comics, and Animation 💛✨ I repost a lot of #art 🖼️ Vegan🌱 Autistic ✨ Ace 🖤🩶🤍💜

Image. First self-portrait I did after completing my sleeve tattoos! 70 hours later... I love love love artwork being a permanent part of my body! Illustation shows the artist with very long blue hair, round glasses, and (black ink only) ornamental floral geometric mandala tattoos.

Illustration shows a partially obscured moon shining from behind foggy purple clouds, which are being blown low across a cold and foggy landscape of dark, bare, bleak trees in snow. In the foreground stands a deer-person, unbothered by the cold, looking at something offscreen.

Digital fan-art of Bee from Bee and Puppycat. This scene is set on Planet Donut, from Episode 3 of Lazy in Space, and shows the moment when the warlock hands are destroying nearby space-rock and Bee is injured. She's leaning forwards, almost falling, with a vacant expression, and her robot innards are coming out of her arm.

Digital Illustration of a colourful, psychedelic, face that has a third eye. The hair moves like it's swirling in air currents, and the figure (shown up to the collar) looks as if it's lit from within, perhaps. Hints of a skull show through the face, but not in a creepy way. It's very colourful but still calm.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· Jul 2

It's my first year participating in #ArtFight! � I'm targeting neurodivergent characters especially, since July is also #DisabilityPride ✌️✨ (please link your ocs!) This is Grim, they are autistic and semi-verbal, but prefer to use an AAC device. owner: jesterkoi.tumblr.com/ #ShareMyAttack2026

Illustration is an artfight attack (aka gifted art of someone else's original character). The picture has only an implied background, with the silhouettes of trees, some grassy tufts, and part of a park bench. The palette is warm green and brown. Grim Wilder sits at the bench, resting their head on their hand and looking a little wary. Behind them is their AAC device, and they also have a sunflower lanyard. They have a tasselled hat with wolf ear shapes, big muddy hiking boots, and much-repaired and patched trousers.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· Mar 30

Thank you for introducing me to this tag!! 😊🌸💛

Flower shows cute tiny purple flowers blooming from beneath a wooden fence, from between dry brown leaves, emerging from winter!

Photo shows crocuses emerging from a dry forest floor, lovely pale purple petals opening gently

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· Mar 8

Ich heute auch! Danke fürs teilen, Blumen sind in meiner Feed immer sehr willkommen 😊🌸🩷

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· Mar 8

I've recently been converted to the idea of seeing my art practice as medicine🌱💛 I love someone who is autistic (it's me) #autistic #art & happy belated @weirdpride.day 🐌✨

Photo of a colourful sketchbook page, showing the text 'I love someone who is Autistic (it's me)' with lots of flowing colourful fluffy, flowery, soft noodley shapes. Overall it gives a soft, pastel, calm vibe.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· Feb 25

I'm doing my best to draw characters actually inhabiting some setting, rather than standing in front of a backdrop. Looking forward to the gentle spring sunshine! 🌱✨ #art

Image. Soft golden sunlight streams down into a greenhouse, little motes of dust float suspended. A deer-person with soft freckled skin and cosy clothing stands in the middle of the room, reading from a book they hold in their hands. Old wooden tables house terracotta pots and large-leaved plants. There are buttery yellow flowers. There are arched windows set into old wobbly brick walls. Everything feels quiet and peaceful.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· Feb 14

I continue to fight my tired, misguided, brain in a quest to enjoy the flow-state of drawing regardless of output. It's like meditating when my brain is being mean and loud, trying to accept the discomfort and let it pass. 🐌 #art

Image shows a close up of the aforementioned deer person, who, it turns out, has green and purple eyes, and dpesn't mind the cold at all.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· Oct 4

Moss, my #oc, drawing UML diagrams and thinking about the app they're developing (which combines plant identification and virtual garden building) while enjoying autumn vibes 🍂 Once again referencing @jookpubstock.bsky.social's book pack! ko-fi.com/s/6a370b3dd1 📚💛 #art #ocsky

Moss, the person in this illustration, sits at their desk in casual pose, gazing in an unfocused way at the candle sitting on the desktop. They're writing in a book that lies open on the table before them, using a halloween-themed pen with a large pumpkin on top. There's a collection of acorns next to the book, in various stages of ripeness, and a steaming cup of tea in an earthy glazed mug. Moss is a deer-person with long green hair and dark horns. In the background we see more of Moss' home, which seems to have actual trees embedded in the walls and acting as shelves to a collection of books and trinkets (such as pinecones, jars, and a little wooden korok). Beyond this, the living room is also visible, which is mostly in darkness, but lit by a little glowing mushroom lamp.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· Oct 3

Yes! Visible mending! 🙌 I got into this recently to extend the life of my child's clothes 💛 Rainbow thread and cannibalised ripped/outgrown clothing make for some colourful repairs 🪡😊✨

A happy yellow embroidered dinosaur, with rainbow spikes on its long neck, on green fabric, works as a patc. It's being sewn onto a pair of jeans with a ripped knee (rip once repaired already haha, but not visible in the photo). Rainbow thread is being used, and many small (and not terribly neat) stitches run along the outside.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· Sep 28

I didn't set out to make an anthro #oc, but now that I have, I'm completely unprepared to draw a snout from different angles. 🥲I've just been lazily going with instinct/vibes so far, but maybe I need to decide on some underlying construction 🤔 #art

Sketches of Moss, an anthropomorphic deer person, from various angles. They have a gold nose ring, dark antlers, and I have no idea how they should look from the front, or how to incorporate their mouth. A small sketch of the artist also appears, who looks contemplative and tired.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· Sep 27

Drawing people's avatars on gaiaonline was the first online community experience I had, and it was the main reason that I kept drawing in my teens! Sometimes I still check the #art freebie requests for some nostalgia and inspiration. 😊

Illustration of a magic user, body turned away, and hand outstretched. Some invisible force is lifting their long tasselled scarf across their arm and into the air. They have horns, and one eye seems to be transforming and swirling. Smoke or water like patterns shadow their skin and scarf.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· Jun 21

Finished this #oc #art of Moss, who is no longer exactly albino because I cannot resist dark horns after all 🙃 I have no idea what I'm doing re: backgrounds. I think I need to do more stylised/simpler shapes and muddy the colour less 🤔

Illustration of a deer person, reading a botanical book while sitting on a tree-stump in a forest. The predominant colour is green. Moss, the deer person in question, is almost-but-not-quite albino. They have pale colouring, except for their horns, fingers, and toes, which are almost black. They have long green hair, big fluffy ears, moon earrings, and a nose ring. And a cool tattoo.

The same image as before, but cropped to focus on Moss.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· Jun 20

Always thinking about my #oc Moss, whose ear and horn shape and placement still vary wildly.. 🙃 #art You will receive a botanical infodump if you ask what they're reading. 🤭 Relatedly, I highly recommend @jookpubstock.bsky.social's stock packs, this one is from Books (ko-fi.com/s/6a370b3dd1). 📚👏

Image shows an unfinished illustration of Moss, who is an albino(ish) deer person with fluffy ears and curling horns. They're sat hunched over a large book, presumably a plant reference book, whilst looking at (I imagine) some wild specimen. They have long green hair, fluffy eyelashes, golden earrings, and a nose ring. Maybe one day I'll finish this.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· May 27

#art of my #oc Moss, whose face shape I still can't get down reliably 🙃I figure I'll just draw them 100 more times and see where we end up 🤭

Illustration of Moss, my OC, who's looking tired. They're a humanoid albino deer person with antlers and long green hair and eyelashes.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· May 24

More Percy 🌸✨ #oc #art

Art of a sparkly humanoid moth called Percy, except make it very indulgent and lazy. They have super long eyelashes, a fluffy leafy body, and a sleepy expression

More Percy! Sketches this time, trying to find some consistency in drawing them. Four arms makes for some interesting pose possibilities. If I had four arms I'd totally be warming my hands on a cup of tea whilst also typing!

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· May 24

A teenager told me I look 'so cool!' on the underground today, and seemed completely genuine, which I am still feeling flattered about 😊 I attribute the praise mostly to Tealeaf, my cute rucksack buddy, who is from @littlesofts.bsky.social 🌸✨ (he's a B-grade but you wouldn't know! recommend!) 👏

Photo of Tealeaf, my rucksack buddy, who comes from Little Softs. He's a blue, grey, and white raccoon, with hearts on his paws, ears, and forehead. He has a big smile and is super fluffy. He's resting with my shopping bags.

Photo is a close-up of Tealeaf's neckerchief, which has two enamel pins. One reads 'animals are friends, not food' and the other is a rainbow autism acceptance loop with a little star that you can slide around the perimeter!

Photo of me, with my back to a mirror, in order to take a photo of Tealeaf, who looks super cute on my back!

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· May 23

And because I can't talk about Moss without also mentioning Percy, here's my other precious #oc ☺️

Illustration of Percy, who is based on a moth, and primarily purple. They have 4 arms (which may have been daunting before I realised I could take my own hand reference pose pictures), very long eye lashes, and glowing golden eyes. They're resting/squashing their face on one hand and looking rather glum at present.

Image shows a moodboard for percy, which is full of sparkly pastel colours, flowers, and soft textures. They like journalling, stationary, and the night. The quote in the middle (with an image from the last unicorn) reads 'what if my messy, flawed, imperfect natural self is infinitely more enchanting then the standard of perfection Ive been taught to attain'

$Screenshot of Percy's character page in Notion, showing a fraction of their traits (clumsy, sensitive, inauthentic, fawning, kind) as well as ND traits specifically (masking, RSD, meltdowns) and what they THINK they want (being less of a 'mess') and what they actually need (self-acceptance).$

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· May 23

I am 100% a parent 🤭 I can tell you about my precious #oc favourite smells, phone lock screen, speech patterns, mannerisms, recurring feelings, kitchen contents... 👀 Sometimes it starts with the designer (minus the next-level skills) and then keeps growing 🌱

Illustration of Moss! My main OC. They're an autistic, asexual, thoughtful plant-loving outsider, who is somewhat obsessive and has joke blindness. They have (at the current iteration) white/beige skin, antlers, is generally tall and square, and wears loose comfy natural clothing. Also, a septum ring, moon earrings on her ears, and, possibly, freckles.

Image shows a mood board for Moss, featuring an albino deer, chai tea, soft moss, rain in the forest, bark, books, and a quote which reads 'from my rotting body, flowers shall grow, and I am them, and that is eternity'

Image shows a screenshot of a (partial) notion page all about Moss. Clothing, tattoos, and lists of their traits (both in general, and specifically autistic traits), as well as what they THINK they want, and actually need.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· May 23

I'm always reminded of this meme when I'm doing this. 😂 And yeah! After all! Why not? 😤 So what if it's the same as the previous 20 times that I draw a kinda trippy colourful floating portrait creature? So I'm not practising anatomy or background, but I'm enjoying myself! 💛

A meme. Shows bilbo from Lord of the Rings across 2 frames. In the first, he's looking at the ring and saying 'after all... why not?' and in the second, he's putting it on and saying 'Why shouldn't I draw my OC over and over again?'

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· May 23

More instances of one of my favourite types of relaxing and self-indulgent #art (2017-2018) ☺️ Something that I just *enjoy* doing! ✍️💛 time & again Not for any purpose, project, or learning/improvement. Just to relax! I think one of the best ways to keep drawing is to draw what *you* enjoy. 🌈✨

Very colourful illustration of a person's face, glowing in all the colours of the rainbow, surrounded by hair (or is it leaves?) whose growth direction is hard to determine. They have a glowing mandala in the middle of their forehead, and the brush strokes and transitions everywhere are soft and calm. It's self-indulgent because it's just.. the enjoyment of layering colour after colour. No active thought went into creating this, just instinct, and that's relaxing.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· May 22

✨🌸🦌#art

Illustration of magic emanating from a deer person, in lots of gentle sparkly glowy pastel streams.

Same illustration, but close to the person's face, their eyelashes are turning into light beams

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· May 1

I loved seeing these kinds of posts in my feed this week, it's so interesting to see how people draw themselves! 👏 #art

Image shows a collage of self-portraits of the artist, drawn between 2023 and 2025, with one photo of the artist (who has long blue hair, round glasses, and a big black witches hat) in the middle-ish. The self-portraits vary in expression between neutral, concentrating/frowning, and happy self-acceptance.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· Apr 24

Some recent self-portraits 🌱🤭🌈✨ #art & on a side-note, enabling bsky's 'require alt-text before posting' setting really kicked off writing more/longer/(better?) alt-texts for me, and it turns out to be a fun thing to practice ✍️

An illustration of the artist, featuring very pronounced lines in the areas that crease substantially while trying to counter the effects of strabismus in one eye (one frowning eyebrow and half a smiling mouth). It has a touch of the abstract, and features mostly blue and green tones, including the mouth and nose. Glasses are half-there (maybe the other half failed to substantiate) and moon earrings are untethered. The artist has a bulky braid of blue-green hair.

Illustration of the artist resting their hand gently on the fluffy manifestation of their own self-acceptance, which looks relaxed and round. A succession of fluffballs, each a different colour, comprising a rainbow, seem to be emanating from the artists' eyes, and the infinite autism acceptance symbol hovers in the background.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· Apr 24

Following this up with my non-work desk because I love seeing people share photos of their setup! Spirit City not currently featured, but often present, on the monitor while I'm drawing on the tablet display. ✍️😊✨

Photo shows a cosy art desk setup. The predominant colours are green (from plants on nearby surfaces) and yellow (pillows, blanket, art on the walls, lighting). The desk top is made of bamboo, and is supported by two sets of drawers with custom (plant-themed) wallpaper on. There's one floating monitor, one display tablet, as well as some external tools like keyboard, pen, and so on. The framed art on the wall behind show people or creatures observing plant-life. If you look closely it's possible to see wooden korok figures, and Isabelle from Animal Crossing, who is, presumably, cheering on the artist as they work.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· Apr 24

I find body doubling via Spirit City Lofi Sessions really effective at work! 😊✨ I use it in my free time while I'm drawing, too. 💛 I know it has todo lists and a pomodoro timer, but it's actually enough to just see my avatar doing the same activity (and crucially, for work, hearing the typing)! 🧠

Photo showing my working desk set-up. A curved bamboo desk which has two large floating monitors (not via magic, just hidden arms, I wish they could float, anyway). On the screens are various papers and writings on Neurodiversity in the workplace. Also on the desk are the non-work laptop running the Spirit City game, and an iPad showing more notes. There's a (sadly empty) cup, keyboard with custom green botanical caps, and a touchpad mouse. If you were to zoom in further, you'd see a cute fluffy sloth, and smooth chilled frog, which are visual reminders that it's okay to go slow.

This photo shows a laptop running the game (spirit city). A person with long blue braided hair and glasses sits at their desk typing on a laptop. The spirit companion Chapterpillar (a bookworm) is providing further motivation to keep studying by sitting at the same desk pouring over a book.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· Nov 26

Thanks for doing this! I am a big fan 🐸💚 Hello everyone, I'm Constance, herbivorous hermit ✌️🌱 I like drawing kind, colourful, trippy, calm, magical things (usually involving plants) 🌙🌿 Tagging 🌸 @ashenwave.bsky.social @jually.bsky.social @jillsunflower.bsky.social @indiana-jonas.bsky.social

Digital Illustration of a person hugging themselves. Five arms gently encircle the person, enveloping them in compassion and self-acceptance. The person seems to be on the verge of laughing, or falling asleep, or both. They are glowing from within.

The illustration shows a deer-person on a calm green background. They have green hair, brown skin, deer ears and horns. They're wearing a black hood and fluffy green cardigan, and clutching a botanical book protectively.

‪Constance Hermit 🌱‬@constancehermit· Nov 25

Cleaned up some of my sketch-notes on #Neurodiversity in the workplace from the Women in Tech conference I went to in Berlin last week. ✍️😊