@mantidate.bsky.social

@mantidate.bsky.social

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Profile picture by @stratica.bsky.social she/they/its pronouns user ™ genderfluid foxgirl + agender buggirl over 20 I like Venomancer Dota 2 I play too many MMOs look at my art

dearest wish dragon Riven staring at me with the icons of a couple friends in the background
A screenshot captura of my Nova frame sprinting in the sand whilst wielding a very weird looking blocky four-barreled shotgun. Her armor is a mix of sandy tans with splotches of lime green melting into it. Next to her is a Diriga, a floating drone with cables hanging from it. It's kept afloat by the fastened balloons that make up its body, which are a washed out olive color.
A version of the above ref sheet with many adjustments such as fixing the proportions of the feet on the back view, coloring the mold lines on the hips, adding lines that segment the glutes from the legs, and correcting colors where I had accidentally used the wrong shade of grey. (Namely the silver bits on the beak.)
An Updated Version of my crow Myriad's Ref Sheet. Her ref is now fully lined, has an added back view, 4 extra expressions, and an alternate outfit. She also has added ball-joints, like a doll! The expression sheet features a shot of the crow with an excited look on her face; eyes shut and mouth open. The second expression is her looking to the side, her mouth tears open as if it were held together by fabric. The third features her blushing with very small pupils, very flustered! Fourth expression is simply her staring cutely.
Various Expressions of Myriad. She is a bird with a plague doctor-like face. Described Top to Bottom, left to right Myriad looking at you, captioned "looks at you" Myriad with her mouth open, revealing a snake-like forked tongue. ms paint doodle of Myriad opening her mouth with a line pointing Myriad glancing to her right while her mouth is open; bits of her upper and lower mouth are stuck together as if the opening was torn by her opening it. A picture of Myriad blushing happily with the caption "me when pretty bird."
A bust portrait of an orb-weaver spider in robes, a titular pumpkin-shaped helmet, and a scarf. The helmet has a visor that currently displays a cartoony blushing expression, partially open mouth and the spider's 6 eyes. Pumpkin has two of their hands visibly poking out of their sleeves, resting near their face on the scarf. The entire piece is monochromatic with the only color being the bright green visor. Half tones are seen around the art giving it texture: Dots on the sleeves and helmet. The wrapping on the helmet's top handle has darker dots. The hands and main part of the robe have a fiber-y fabric texture. The scarf has a noisy, blurry pattern. The visor has many diagonal lines to give it a screen-like appearance.
A spoof of a meme image of Statler from the Muppets featuring my mantis drawn over the head. The image caption reads; HOW TO FRIGHTEN THE NEW GENERATION, ( the "New Generation" text has been replaced by text from the Logo of Street Fighter Three, New Generation. ) PUT THEM IN A SUBMARINE UNDER AN OCEAN OF BLOOD PUT THEM IN A SUBMARINE WHERE THE DOOR HAS BEEN WELDED SHUT. THERE ARE NO WINDOWS. THERE IS NO WAY SEE ANYTHING. THERE IS A CAMERA ON THE FRONT OF THE SUBMARINE. THERE IS SOMETHING TRYING TO RIP APART THE SUB. The image features a watermark reading "Funny Thoughts and Jokes"
a screenshot of a very happy looking Poppy from Beast Breaker; she is an anthropomorphic chipmunk in a reddish pink dress
a fixed version of the art two posts above, the coarse antennae texture is now a lot less noisy; it now has a pattern consisting of rugged diagonal lines
A bust portrait of an anthropomorphic mantis in a space suit. Most of the piece is grey-scale, with only the visor being colored a glowing blue to purple gradient. Her helmet encases her head with the visor, and has a small face-guard at the front. Her armor features a lot of greebles. An asymmetric triangle on the right side of her chest can be seen, whereas the left has two grooves that curve akin to lines on a motherboard. Her armor also features a jetpack at the back, jutting out to form two wedges with thrusters peeking out the bottom. Half tones are seen around the art giving it texture: The background is dark and filled with spirals Waves shimmer on the mantis' visor Her undersuit has a dark fabric, with lighter padding on the inner parts. Her antennae bits have coarse pattern across it.
tiny bug holding a land mine next to a large electrical explosion, implied to be caused by another landmine the it was holding
FOOD girl dinner, matcha made in a blender with milk alongside a toasted salami, turkey, and cheese sandwich
An anthro fox in a gas mask lounging with her left hand resting its knuckles on her cheek. She looks at the viewer
A bust portrait of an anthropomorphic isopod in a space suit. The suit has tertiary lines around it, giving a metallic look to it. Attached to it are respirators and an armored forehead piece. The suit's chest has a metallic breastplate with a seam up the middle that leads to an oval shaped light on the suit. The entire piece is monochromatic with only the visor being colored pink. Half tones are seen around the art giving it texture: The background is dark and filled with spirals Dots darken the isopod's visor Their undersuit has a dark fabric Their antennae bits have coarse pattern across it.
A very nervous mouse, a Woodland Alliance supporter, with a comically large vertical double barrel shotgun. Text above them says "AMBUSH times 4" and the text below them says "I HAVE ARMED ALL MY MICE WITH SHOTGUNS"
Famous videogame character Fennel, looking very worried at off-screen enemies. it is implied the enemies have red squares, which means they're aggravated and are about to attack Fennel.
A mint green and orange fox sitting in front of a TV. The number 2026 can be seen within the TV's glow.
Fennel from Brush Burial in a pink desert
famous character Fennel from Brush Burial in a black crop top jacket and jeans. They are doing an upside down peace sign like that one dog image.
Your 2026 Word - mid
An Armored Core 6 recreation of an Armored Core from the Armored Core Three intro. According to Armored Core's wiki, it has been given the nickname "Auld Land Syne" by the community. The bipedal mech is slender and angular, with rounded sides. Its paintjob is a mud brown with white accents on top and black accents on the bottom. It holds a bronze brown machine pistol in one hand and a handheld rocket launcher in the other. Its shoulders bare big missile launchers.
various reference images of a mantis lass, her main colors form a gradient that goes from mint green to a pastel orange with ginger brown accents Arts are accredited as: Bug2go as character designer, previously BeetlePC. hr_bananabird as reference artist . And Mantidate as character owner. That's me!
a red anthropomorphic nondescript dinosaur that is also a plushie. they have a padded purple belly with pink flowers on it. there are yellow ridges that go down their back and onto their tail
A reference sheet for Autumn, an anthro, gender fluid, mint green platinum fox. Her pronouns are she, he, they, and it. The reference sheet has panels for her color palette, collars, and examples of facial expressions. The largest panel contains three full body images; one of her with a flat chest, one of her with breasts, and a backside view. The final detail on the panel is a headshot displaying her alternate hairstyle with makeup & earrings.
a very rough, early, wip of Autumn's ref. she is a fox, and is waving so you can see the details for her hands
vent art of my bug football kicking a youtube logo into space
A spider in an orange, grey robe and purple scarf stands in the middle of a wheat field wielding a farmer's scythe. An abnormally large moon glistens in the background, surrounded by dark green clouds.
A very purple isopod in space armor that has green glowy filters on it. The isopod is making a very joyous face with a mouth that looks like a w.
A line-less Halloween drawing featuring various Space Bugs character in a lobby-type area. A pumpkin-themed orb weaver arriving from a carriage A mantis dressed as a cowboy sitting with an ant in a vampire costume. A mothman moth kissing a plaguedoctor moth. An isopod in the foreground with a mummy costume.
Art of 5 spacebugs characters in a row: a mantis, an ant, a bee, and an isopod. All of them wearing different witch outfits. The mantis has a very pink, peppy, frilly witch outfit that has a sunflower on the hat & bow on the collar. The ant has a goth witch outfit with translucent sleeves with a web pattern and a spider hanging onto the end of her hat. The bee has a fusion of a witch outfit and bunny suit. The isopod has a very simple classic witch outfit, and an eyepatch that glows with the color of their eye.
A portrait of The Judge from OFF, bordered by window-like lines; text above & below the borders read "The Judge", and "Pablo". Inside the borders, the colorless cat stares forward whilst being heavily contrasted by the vibrant pink background, which has faded repeating text that reads "REGRETS". I don't know what that means. Beyond the borders are wavy pixels meant to represent water. Or is it plastic?
An Asura standing in front of crystals at night, there is a fancy looking hammer that peeks out behind their back. It has a sinister red glare that comes from the orbs adroned on it.
Guild wars 2 Screenshot of an Asura cosplaying as Solbadguy. She is named "Sol Googuy"
A Guild Wars 2 screenshot featuring an Asura Mesmer named Pukeii the Witch, they have mohawk with purple elegant baggy robes and goggles. With the goggles on their eyes are given a wine red colors.
unfinished pixel art of Tali'Zorah Vas Normandy, she wearing a suit that fully masks her appearance; a purple hood and a pink gas mask
Fireman on a Dungeons and Dragons Map next to Phandalin
a pixelated yellow smiley with legs that's on fire, named Fireman. it as been drawn on a website called Wplace, and is on top of a Walgreens according to the map.
The head of an "empherma" model Armored Core, glowing with pink embers. It is sandwiched between a quote from the game that says "When something's alive it doesn't die easy."
bug nerd. their eyes are green and orange, there are also green and orange hearts to the sides of them.
I had trouble completing it, but came to it 6 years after release. It was really comforting to play through while struggling with depression. I love Alphys & Mad MewMew. This text is displayed in a dialogue box next to a portrait of a bug lady that tries to emulate Undertale's art style.
A small kitbash of the phonodroid addons "roo head" and "reindeer head." (Both addons also by Smorbee.bsky.social)
A render of a default ruby red phonodroid with a stretched and crumpled face.
The charr player character "Mimi Mistfiner" chilling on a rooftop. She's got fur reminiscent of a panther, her armor consists of a bunch of big plates strapped to her shoulders and a heavily plated skirt. She's also got a cool blindfold on!
the free pride wing cosmetics from Guild Wars 2's gem shop. unfortunately 4 color channels is the limit for dye, so the middle part of the flag is a bit off. agender pride though yippie wahooo yay
Guild wars 2 screenshot of player character "Bug Bug Mantis Bug" an asura in a duster with armor plating around the shoulders. They have chunky metal gauntlets with a firey glow around them, alongside some boots with holograms that emit a similar glow. They also bare a mask that covers their forehead, eyes and mouth. A pair of skeletal mandibles is attached to the sides of the mouth-covering.
sketches of a goblin druid in armor, the armor is segments red dyed leather that form a chest piece alongside a belt with three plates and pouches attached near both thighs. art also features the goblin's leaf cloak!!! yippie
A painted scene of a beach with various celestial bodies on the horizon A red star that takes the shape of a diamond, distant planet with 2 moons, and a very close planet with a large station orbiting it. The beach itself contains 5 bugs, a crustacean and a spider. An isopod stands idly in a swimsuit holding a beach ball. Two moths play volleyball in the background. A mantis is being chatty with an ant. (they have a habit of chatting like this) A bee shakes sand from their prosthetic arm A spider reads what I assume is some kinda Halloween catalog whilst sunbathing.
a doodle of a mantis saying IT STILL WORKS very excitedly
a doodle of an orange pig named Hogbert from the Vinesauce Rimworld Anomaly playthrough
Hogbert, between two other Rimworld colonists; Super Nintendo Chalmers and Pendleton
A Microsoft Paint drawing of the jovian moon Europa, it is depicted with pink lines that extend beyond its horizons
Mass Effect Three's Commander Shepherd in armor that consists of Death Mask helmet, which has a cool respirator Hahne-Kedar chest armor, which has a distinct breastplate reminiscent of Halo's O D S T units. Armax Arsenal shoulderpads which have cool circles on the sides Hahne-Kedar sleeves which look oddly casual, like a hoodie and Hahne-Kedar leg armor, which have cool spikes on the thighs and ammo pouches on the hips
An anthropomorphic minty green mantis girl wearing a black dress with translucent black bridal gauntlets and socks. Her head is shaped like a diamond, she has blue eyes, and her antennae resemble seaweed.
Autumn with Zorua proportions, there's an arrow pointing to her that says doggy because she's a fox, therefore canine
A painting of a large pointy shelled creature that resembles a mix of a hedgehog and an otter. Their shell is tan with a red accent, with a thick layer of green underneath that. They have 3 brown, rounded claws and a crest on their forehead that resembles those same claws.