Kate Bugstrop

@ilikebugs.bsky.social

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Creature drawer, pixel pusher, bi nonmonogamous enby in the northeast. Owner of Kestrop Studio kestropstudio.com Merch: kestropshop.com

Small brown-purple moth with thin white lines on its wings
A small black and yellow wasp feasting on goldenrod nectar
Close-up of a 2cm-long click beetle on a fence post, from the side. In-frame is its head, one eye, thorax, and half of its abdomen. You can also see its little mouthparts below its segmented antennae, which look kind of like a tiny beak.
Black line drawing of a cartoon warbler with wide, empty-brain eyes. Caption is gasp! A perfect warbler! Bubble lettering above says get curious.
A whiteish-yellow butterfly, zoomed into the middle of the photo so you can see the details of faint black spots on its wings and its cute fuzzy body and compound eyes, and thin antennae that have little bulbs on the end of them. It's a cabbage white butterfly!
I'm standing behind my table of zines,a comic,a box of buttons,and a stand display of stickers. I'm a light skinned person with a curly pink short haircut and shaved sides. I'm wearing a button down short-sleeved shirt and have rainbow glasses.
Small brown and tan jumping spider viewed from the top
Big fuzzy bumblebee in a light purple azalea flower, side view
Photo of me, light skinned round faced person with a curly short mohawk and bright red-pink hair, rainbow glasses and a wide eyed expression. I'm holding a piece of pizza with both hands in front of me. Collaged on top of the photo is one of my drawings: a cartoon raccoon with a similar wide eyed expression holding a piece of pizza in front of them.
Caption: 8:00 p.m. ish Picture: black and white sketch of a very fluffy Quaker parrot looking excitedly at a baguette being offered to her by a hand coming up from the bottom of the frame Speech bubble: for me??? Behind the bird in bubble letters it says floof Caption next to the bird is (She did not eat the whole bread much to her disappointment)
Caption 5:50 p.m. ish Gizmo with flosser. Picture: Black and white digital sketch of a Quaker parrot holding a floss pic in her foot. Caption: Gizmo with teeth to floss? Nah. Picture: Black and white digital sketch of a Quaker parrot holding a floss pic in her foot but now she has teeth.
Caption: 4:45pm-ish Goin' downtown to see Yoshi Sketch at the top of stairs of a subway station, looking down. A sign near the top says Red Line To Trains
Caption: 2:10pm-ish Let's walk in the frigid cold! (But the sun is out so that's cool) Three images: a Sketched picture of an American Robin on a branch saying it's cold! Under is a speech bubble, Hi Robin! Then, a snow person with twig arms and eyebrows and a line mouth with the caption Tiny Angry Snowperson and a measurement line that reads 1ft. Finally a tree limb with wiggly blobs on it with a finger pointing toward it from off the page. A speech bubble: ooh look, jelly fungus!
Caption: 12:30-ish. Updating my 5-year journal - write 5 lines a day. Digital pencil sketch of me, round face, side curly short mohawk, wearing a hoodie. Holding a black pen, updating a small chunky journal. My phone sits next to me. Phone label: Calendar, photos and chats to remind me what I did... Label next to my brain: Memory Disk is full
Caption: 11:40-ish: Watching it snow while I pack cards and stickers to take to a shop nearby. Digital pencil sketch of my desk, on the monitor is a sketchy spreadsheet. The monitor itself has a bee sticker on it and googly eyes. Under the monitor on the desk is a stack of cards, a stack of stickers, an envelope, and a sleeve. Also there is a mouse and a really cool penguin cutter thing from the MOMA. Next to the desk is a window, and through the blinds you can see a VERY sketchy view of some trees, railings to a porch, and big snowflakes.
Caption: 10:15AM-ish? Morning YouTube videos with Joel! We call this "Bucket Time" Black and white digital sketch. My partner Joel, white man with dark floppy hair and a light beard in profile sitting in a cushy desk chair. In front of him is a laptop, on the screen two simply drawn narwhals crossing tusks. A waterbottle is next to the laptop. A caption with an arrow pointing to the laptop reads "Is narwhal tusking a thing?"
Caption: 9:30am Do I draw a variation of this every year? Black and white digital sketch of Puck, my black cat, with his paw on my cereal bowl. Sketch of me with short curly mohawk and roundish glasses wearing a hoodie, holding cereal bowl with one hand and spoon in other. Speech bubble from Puck says Dis... Dis for me? Speech bubble from me says No.
A black and white pen and ink cartoon drawing of my head and neck - I have a round head, side curly mohawk, roundish big glasses and a massive open-mouthed smile. Above me in a speech bubble: OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG. I have a hand over a banner that reads HOURLY COMICS and 2025 is written below the banner. The sketchbook is resting on a blanket cropped out of frame but also at the bottom of the sketch rests the pencil and pen I did it with. I am not excited or anything.
Acrylic markers on a desk, on top is a picture done with acrylic markers of cartoony colorful pigeons. Between the pigeons are bread products. In the corner it says pigeons, my loves.
Close-up photo of an Eastern Tent Caterpillar moth with wings raised on the tip of my finger. The moth is very fuzzy and has feathery wings.
The education portion of my CV, which shows the following: Education Mass. College of Art and Design Certificate in Graphic Design, 2020 Lesley Univeristy MFA in Creative Writing, 2010 Denison University BA in Creative Writing, 2005
Cartoony style animal scene! A dumpster against a dirty brick wall. Half the dumpster is closed and on top sits a mostly empty pizza box. In front of the box stands a shocked looking rat with a slice of green pepper. Next to the box lounges a very stuffed looking raccoon, staring into the void. Out of the open half of the dumpster comes another raccoon, holding a piece of pizza. A third raccoon's bottom half can be seen flailing upside down from a pile of trash bags behind it. In front of the dumpster, two pigeons peck at pizza toppings. Everyone looks shocked. Graffiti on the dumpster says Don't Be Suspicious!
A six-panel black and white comic. Panel 1: Spans the top of the page, shows a flat midwestern rural landscape of trees in the background, fields and a shed in the middle ground, and one leafless tree and a fence in the foreground. A red-tailed hawk sits on one of the fence posts. Off to the side comes a speech bubble: ONE! Panel 2: A square panel of houses silhouetting the background. In the middle ground is a leafless tree with a red-tailed hawk sitting in one of the middle branches. One of the branches hangs over a wall, which is in the foreground. This is the kind of wall that divides neighborhoods from the sound of the highway. The speech bubble coming from off to the side says Two! Panel 3: In the background, mostly sky with whispy clouds. We see the tops of leafless and evergreen trees at the bottom of the panel. In the middle of the panel, a soaring hawk. The speech off the side says Seven! Panel 4: In the background, a leafless tree and a hawk swooping from one branch to another. In the middle ground, a sign that partially says "Rest area" with a sign pointing to the left. In the foreground, two figures, talking. Me, with a short mohawk up in a bun and dark jacket, faces away toward the tree and points. The other figure, Dad, Looks toward me. He has darker short hair and wears glasses and a light colored hoodie. I say, "Nine!" he says, "How did you see that?" I reply, "It moved!" Panel 5: A sky starting to darken with a few stars. Background trees, farther away now. A darkening field. A closer-up fencepost, on it sitting a closer-up hawk more in detail. Eleven! I shout. Panel 6: In the background, only gray sky. The underside of a hawk takes up almost the whole panel. It's starting to pass over behind a building. Off-panel, I say, "Eighteen!" and Dad says, "Wow that one was flying low!"
illustration for a holiday card. At the top is a red ribbon with the words seasons bleatings in it. Below that is a baby goat mid-leap, eyes closed and mouth open in a joyful expression, with a wreath around his head.
A digital drawing of three cartoony migratory birds - warblers - playing in a rock band. The black and white warbler spins his drumsticks behind a drum kit with The Warblers on the bass drum. On the bass guitar is the yellow rumped warbler. Singing at a microphone is the yellow warbler. Labels with their names are next to their heads.
A pair of dangly earrings on a light wood desktop. The top charms are cartoony raccoons, mostly heads with arms coming out the bottom. The raccoon's hands are connected to another earring charm, a half-eaten piece of pizza. Next to the earrings partially cropped out are a blue posca acrylic marker and a pair of tweezers.
A digital painting of a wombat made out of tomatoes. Or, more accurately, some wombat-shaped tomatoes. In green and white lettering behind it says Wombato
Pencil sketch cutout on a piece of textured blue cardstock. Sketch is of me at about 7, awkwardly bending to hug a bronze mallard duck statue. I have shoulder length hair which is covering the ducks head. Behind the mama duck are 5 baby ducks visible.
A digital illustration of a bass fish mashed up with a turnip. It’s shaped like a bass jumping with its mouth open but its body is the pink and white color of a turnip, with turnip leaves for its fins. Behind the fish are the words turnip the bass.
Digital illustration of a cartoony goose wearing a red and white striped scarf and blue jean jacket. The jacket is covered with enamel pins and buttons. They are strolling through a park with autumn leaves and trees falling around them. They're looking up with their eyes closed and their hands in their pockets, looking calm.
An up-close photograph of a gray insect on the tip of my finger, looking at it straight-on. She has big brown eyes and thin antennae, a round body, and thin brown legs.
A close-up photo of a tan and white moth from the side. It has big brown eyes and big feathery antenna. It's perched on a small sapling.
A digital illustration of a cartoony yellow pangolin climbing up a blue-trunked tree. Its long tail is wrapped around the tree. On the ground grows pink grass with pink and yellow puffs on it. A few pink and yellow puffs are in the background too, out of focus.
Illustration of a cartoony Whooping crane jumping back with its wings raised in yelling whoop WHOOP! To the right of it is a table with knocked over drinks and a vase. Around the table is a red panda on its back legs and forelegs up in a startled position, a giant anteater on its hind legs with its front arms spread open, a snunk on its front legs with its back feet and tail in the air, and an opossum playing dead
A digital illustration of a cartoony whooping crane, saying "whoop. He is knocking over a cup of tea on a small table. A red panda is up on its back legs with forelegs raised in the air in concern, an exclamation point above its head.
Photo of a craft fair table. The left side has a few art prints, photographs stickers, and greeting cards on display. The right side has necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. Behind the table stand me on the left: pink short curly mohawk, rainbow glasses, rainbow bird face mask, teal dress and a stray piece of scotch tape just below my boobs. Taller than me on the right is Gabby: Almost a short curly mohwak but not quite, dark purple, glasses, rainbow unicorn face mask, colorful plaid shirt.
Digital illustration of an anthropomorphic donkey goddess wearing a long light blue sleeveless dress with gold adornments at the neck and waist. She has a halo behind her head. She is petting the heads of a Canada goose and a wild turkey, who stand in front of and behind her respectively.
Two acorn weevils made of glittery brown polymer clay and wire, measuring about 2-3 inches wide each, sitting on my kitchen table. Their boots got a little burned in the oven. Oops!
4-inch canvas painting, done with posca acrylic markers and gel pens. A colorful cartoony lady beetle of burgundy with red, orange, and yellow spots with a few blooms of buttercups in the background. A posca marker sits below the canvas to show its size
A small canvas (3.5 by 2.5 maybe?) sitting on a tiny easel. The painting on it is three baby mallard ducks in a body of water, with rain pouring around them. They look happy. The first duck has his eyes closed in bliss.
Watercolor cartoony drawing of a grandfather clock, flanked by a turquoise whale standing on its tail like legs and a narwhal in the same position. Both have on British guard hats and are holding axes. Below the picture it says Wow, that's a whale-guarded clock.
Two cartoony drawings of a greater bulldog bat: one up-close of its head. He has long ears, a small nose and floppy jowls like a bulldog. Above the head detail it says who's a good boy? Below the head is a flying pic of the bat from the side, with a fish clenched in its long claws. The fish is very shocked. The bat looks smug and the words next to it say I'm a good boy.
A screenshot of two works reposed by @jayispainting that both feature a checkerboard motif. The top is a black and white photograph of a fence reflected in a puddle. The bottom, a colorful rainbow knitted blanket.
A close-up photograph of a bumblebee clutching to the petal of a hibiscus flower. It's peeking over the top of the petal, and it's covered in pollen.
Roly poly finger puppet with a scattering of roly poly stickers on a desk. The stickers say let's roll out eventually and the roly poly is on its back
A cartoony illustration of a cafe in which anthropomorphic rodents like weasels, rats, and mice cook and serve food to different kinds of weevils , a beetle with a long snout.
Illustrated poster for a past St Patrick's Day event, the Brighton Bazaar Night Market. The scene is a marketplace set up with low tables selling records, art, vintage goods and food. Snakes carrying cups of warm liquid and wearing scarves and hats are shopping. A confused St. Patrick watches the scene from the corner.
Pinback button that's green and says I Pet Moss in a stylized lettering that looks like it's growing moss
A digital cartoony illustration of me laying on my back in bed, from above. I'm holding my phone against my chest and my eyes are closed. I have a short, curly pink Mohawk and blond side shave. Wearing a purple T-shirt and green socks. Laying on a teal comforter and petting a fluffy black cat. Next to me is a stuffed hedgehog, sloth, dog, and narwhal. The narwhal is about half my length. On the floor next to the bed is an iPad and notebook.
A small paper zine called Let's Go Bugging stands upright on a desktop
A yellow beetle on a goldenrod leaf faces the camera with its front legs raised as if to cheer you on
Brown female northern cardinal with orange beak sitting on wood fence against a clear blue sky. Feathers are ragged as she's molting. In the foreground a gray, brown, and black male house sparrow out of focus flies above her head. She and the sparrow are both looking to the left.
My palm holding a pair of plastic sparkly dangly earrings of two opossums hanging from the ear wires by their tails. In their hands they're holding a red Christmas ornament ball each, and each ball has a snowflake on it.
brown and yellow jagged ambush bug perched on the dying blossom of a goldenrod plant
A digital illustration of woodland creatures reading on or against a log in the swampy forest. A frog sits on top of it, holding a steaming mug with a book in their lap. Below the frog an opossum lays on their back holding a comic up with their tail, their steaming mug next to them. A painted turtle three times the size of the frog sits upright against the log on the ground next to the opossum, holding the book, mug next to them. They're wearing glasses. On the ground next to the turtle is a hognose snake curled around their mug, reading a book propped up on a mushroom. Above the snake on the log is a damselfly holding a tiny mug, it's small book spread out on the log in front of it.
Digital pencil drawing of a red panda wearing a construction apron. The apron has tool loops that contain a hammer, wrench, and piece of bamboo for a snack later. The panda is standing on a stack of books (How to fix stuff, lightbulbs for dummies, the handy panda's toolbox, and shades of gray) in order to change a lightbulb on the ceiling. On his head, wrist, and chest are moths who look excited their light is about to come back on.
The songbirds, squirrels, and mice followed the ornate carriage into the woods, but yelled at the city creatures to stay behind. Saddened, they hid behind the dumpster until they heard a soft but slightly ragged voice call them out: "I do love a good resourceful creature," it said. "Won't you be my friends?" A female-presenting person with purple skin, brown straight hair on one side and curly red hair on the other side, two cartilage ear piercings, wearing a light yellow short-sleeve top with poofy sleeves and a lighter yellow long skirt. She's been pieced together from other body parts, as she has stitches on her joints, nose, and ear. On top of her head and on her shoulder rest light gray rats. On her lap rests a pigeon. She's petting an opossum and a raccoon. Her expression is serene.
Digital illustration of a shark holding a spear up pointing forward, riding on the back of a seahorse, who is looking up at the shark incredulously. The bottom half of the shark is human legs. The Shark isn't wearing clothes. In the background is a photo of under the ocean.