Sara Otterstätter

@saralutra

Illustrator of Animals, History, detailed fun stuff, Sherlock Holmes and Happy Gay Pirate Otters. Currently very active in the #ourflagmeansdeath fandom and #palaeoart. Hope I will meet my friends from other sites (in particular a former bird app) again.

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Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· 28d

One of the plenty projects I want to return to is my "Haunted Mesozoic" series. It was an ink drawing series of #paleoart with a more eerie take on its subjects. It was part of #inktober. But I think I make it its own thing #sciart #palaeoart #dinosaurs.

A group of compsognathus circling the skull of an ancient synapsid.

Headless Struthiomimus freaking out its flock mates.

A Ceratosaurus hiding in the body cavity of a dead sauropod.

A Quetzalcoatlus swinging around a baby sauropod in its beak.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Jul 14

It's #PortfolioDay. And this time I didn't miss it. To celebrate this rare occasion, here are some of my works. I am also open for commissions via ko-fi.com/saralutra/commissions And my portfolio is on www.sara-lutra.de

Line drawing of a small Dinosaur for a colouring sheet.

Cartoon of the OtterFlag Otters, based on Our Flag Means Death. Ed and Stede having breakfast in bed. Between them lies a huge catfish with a glorp orange marmalade on its head and potatoes with red strings around hanging out of its mouth. Stede is holding a potato with string around.

Dialogue:

Stede: "a potato with a string around."
Ed (visibly flustered): "Yeah, I tried to decorate. But then panicked. You have no idea how many potatoes with string around fit into a catfish..."
Stede: "It's charming. ❤️"

Watercolour of two ringed seals diving. Part of a picture book about ringed seals for publishing house Inhabit Media.

Bust commission for a roleplaying character. A young very attractive woman clothed in fifties era style with a big rose in her hair. She is about to apply lipstick.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Jun 26

I hope you can get some cooling down. But be careful that sharks and crocodiles don't nibble on Your toes. #ourflagmeansdeath #ofmd #otterflag #oldart

Otter Ed and Stede on their merry way to the beach. They a wearing very DIY looking shark and crocodile costumes.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Jun 21

Had a run-in with depression recently, and painted this artwork in an attempt to exorcise my struggles. #unicorn #junicorn #traditionalart #watercolour

Undead unicorn with a skull head. Its body looks rotten and made out of plantmatter. Out of its lower back shiny, vivid flowers and plants are growing.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· May 1

Bake Kujira is the revived skeleton of a whale said to curse whale hunters. It is usually surrounded by strange birds and fishes. #sketchbookart #yokai #monsterart #fantasyart #illustration

Watercolour drawing of Bake Kujira in my Japan sketchbook.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Apr 27

I finally got to visit the Japanese Wolf at the Museum of Science and Nature in Tokyo. It eluded me for years, as there are only few specimens of this sadly extinct species remaining. #art #illustration #sciart 🐡 #sketchbook #travelsketches

Photo of the taxidermied Japanese Wolf, an endemic species that went extinct in 1905.

My watercolour sketch of the taxidermy of the Japanese Wolf at the Museum of Science and Nature in Tokyo.

An imaginative watercolour drawing with Fineliner of typical Japanese wildlife. Wolf, sika deer, wild boar, tanuki, Nippon Ibis, bear and more.

Mounted skeleton of the Japanese Wolf at the Museum of Science and Nature in Tokyo.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Apr 17

I was in #Tokyo for the first time, and of course I paid a visit to dear old #Hachiko. #TravelSketches #sketchbook #watercolours #watercolors

Watercolour line drawing of Hachiko, the faithful Akita, and Taira no Masakado's head. Taira no Masakado was a samurai of the 10th century and is a now infamously vengeful spirit (Onryo).

Watercolour sketch of the Hachiko statue at Shibuya Station.

Photo of Hachiko's taxidermied body at the Museum of Science and Nature at Ueno Park.

Photo of the sitting Hachiko statue at Shibuya Station.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Mar 13

For some reason, I think a lot about the Yeongno, a figure of the traditional Korean Talchum masked dance. It has to eat 100 rich and greedy people to regain its celestial form and return to heaven. #sketchbook #mythology #folklorecreature

Black and white ink drawing of a man-eating Yeongno. It has a masked face resembling an anteater and is playing a willow flute. It also wears a traditional gat hat . It's body is serpent like and covered in fine fabric with some scale patterns. From the fold of the fabric several human arms sprout, appearing to be trying to flee or plead.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Mar 9

For an upcoming vacation in Japan, I bought a new #sketchbook. Because I have no sketchbooks (no empty ones). To set the theme I painted this #koifish on the cover. #art #sketchbookart

Sketchbook cover painted with Acrylic markers. A koi is swimming in the waves in a style reminiscent of Japanese woodcuts.

Close up of the koi fish in the waves. Acrylic markers on the sketchbook cover.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Jan 30

Pretty much my take on current day happenings. From Greenland down to the weird Disoriented Penguin Meme, that completely misrepresents the actual scene in the Werner Herzog documentary. I went with the persistent #polarbear, patiently following tracks in the snow. #digitalart

A polar bear is following disoriented zigzagging tracks in the snow. On the left side is a ripped apart upside-down United States flag. The bear walks towards mountains, while in the sky polar lights are glowing.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Jan 26

After a long break, here something new from the otters from #OtterFlag . I honestly don't know why I didn't come up with that banger of a joke earlier, given Ed's canon love for Lavender soap. #ofmd #OurFlagMeansDeath #GentleBeard #GentleOtter

Two Panel Comic strip of the Pirate Otters. Stede is in the background, rummaging through a chest with toiletries, searching for Lavender soap. Ed sits in the foreground looking innocent. Stede says: "That's so weird! I could have sworn that there was at least one bar of Lavender soap in there." The second panel shows Ed burping a lavender soapy hiccup. Stede just looks on in understanding very mild irritation.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Jan 20

This little goober and his mate will soon make a return. #ofmd #ourflagmeansdeath #otterflag

Me inking a panel showing Ed with a bow in his hair. He has the shape of an otter.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Jan 14

I have added my #Firehorse as a design to my Redbubble-Shop. You can find it there with other designs. All made with O.I. (Otter Intelligence) and Sisu (my mum insisted on mentioning it. It's the Finnish way of going through hardships.) www.redbubble.com/de/people/sa... #art #illustration

Mugs with the illustration of a Firehorse.

Totebag featuring the illustration of a Firehorse.

Man in grey hoodie with the design of the Firehorse.

A woman and a man in black t-shirts with the Firehorse illustration.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Jan 11

I may do some more horse artworks in dedication of the year of the Firehorse. #horse #art #YearOfTheHorse

Watercolour and lineart, with ecoline pen. It shows a running, fiery horse.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Dec 6

Today is Finland's Independence Day, and I had to honour this half of my heritage with a jolly happy reindeer. #art #animalart #suomi #itsenäisyyspäivä #chubbychubbychubby ❤️🇫🇮

Drawing of a little reindeer in a Finland flag shirt on brown craft paper.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Nov 22

Just an #art of a hibernating dormouse. Kind of feel like hibernating myself. #drawing #dailysketch

Little daily sketch of a sleeping dormouse. Drawn with inkpen and fineliner on brown paper.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Nov 9

I have set up the first five #dinosaur colouring pages for download on my Ko-Fi shop. Link is down below, and every support is very welcome. ko-fi.com/saralutra/shop Also the majestic pinecone Borealopelta is finished. #paleoart #sciart #illustration 🐡🦖🦕

Black and white linedrawing of Borealopelta, a stout and massive Dinosaur covered in plates and large spikes on its sides. It is munching on tree ferns and surrounded by a group of small feathered Dinosaurs. Some of which are hitching a ride on its scaly back.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Oct 15

You think even them no good otters?

Two Pirate otters sleeping and forming a heart with their bodies.

Ed and Stede in otter-form on their way to the beach. They are wearing a shark and a crocodile costume.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Oct 12

I finished my newest colouring page for my Dinosaur colouring book. This time featuring Sinosauropteryx, a fuzzy little theropod with a fabulous striped tail. You can support my work on ko-fi.com/saralutra I will also make soon the first colouring pages available for download.

Linedrawing of a small dinosaur with a striped tail, running through the thicket, and looking at a large dragonfly. In between the ferns and mushrooms is also a small, shrew like mammal hiding away from the dinosaur.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Oct 5

This one is Cryptid art but also nostalgic #Dinosaur art to me. The Arica Monster sightings described an animal reminiscent of the Raptors from Jurassic Park, or some Bird-Kangaroo-Lizard creature. I went more with Raptor for the sake of nostalgia.

Pencil drawing of the vintage naked raptor.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Oct 3

Third one for #Cryptoctober, based on the list by @bestcryptids.bsky.social . Rock Apes were reported during the Vietnam War. They were described as monkey, ape, even hominidlike. Rock Apes had the habit of throwing rocks, hence the moniker. #cryptozoology #art #sketchbook

Pencil drawing of an apelike creature reaching for a half buried M1 helmet.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Oct 2

Second #drawing for #cryptoctober. Pach-an-a-ho is an alleged cryptid, looking like Gastornis, an extinct large flightless bird. There were claimed sightings in 1975, and also it's allegedly known to the Yakima tribe. The name is supposed to mean "crooked beak" or "rough looking bird" in Yakima.

Pencil drawing of Pach-an-a-ho, a bird cryptid.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Oct 1

First entry for #cryptoctober . I used the list by @bestcryptids.bsky.social as they feature lesser known #Cryptids. Like Cleary's Fish, a Deep-sea Fish claimed to have been witnessed by a diver in a dive bell. #cryptozoology #art #drawing

Pencil drawing of a rather bizarre looking fish.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Sep 27

Drawing little Sqwuak-Sqwuaks for my #Dinosaur colouring book. And also inking a pinecone with attitude. #paleoart #sciart 🐡🦖🦕

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Sep 24

I could have made a super clever caption or voiceover. But I am not feeling it. Just drawing #dinosaurs . #paleoart #sciart 🐡🦕🦖

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Sep 21

Some #sketches from my visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum. I simply forgot to post them

Pencil sketch of a bust of a young woman.

Sketch of a statue of Nandi, Shiva's sacred bull

Sketch of a Theseus and Minotaur statue by Antonio Canova.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Aug 31

Finally some fuzzy, fuzzy #Dinosaurs. And a little more progress on the colouring book. #paleoart #sciart 🐡

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Aug 27

New Dinosaur for my colouring book. And I went a bit overboard with about anything concerning details. This time it's Baryonyx on the hunt for some fish. And Scheenista having a crappy day. #sciart #paleoart #dinosaurs 🐡 #digitalart You can support my work here: ko-fi.com/saralutra

Black and white line drawing of Baryonyx, a theropod Dinosaur with a characteristical long snout, hunting a fish in a shallow lake, surrounded by lush shrubs.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Aug 23

I was in UK, and visited the Victoria and Albert Museum among other things. And I did some sketching in the museum. Here is the video and the sketch.

Sara Otterstätter @saralutra· Aug 10

I am currently offering commissions. They start at 40€. In the video down below You can view my past commissions. I won't do anything Disney related, but OFMD, Sherlock Holmes, and various other fandoms are welcome. ko-fi.com/saralutra/co... #art #artcommissions #commissions