Oozejar 🍯

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✏️ Drawing TTRPG critters, items, and maps 📚 Publishing TTRPG stuff @gourdinkonbo.club 📅 Open to illustration/design freelance work 📍🐸in🗾 (he/him) 🇯🇵 Translated Cairn - 日本語版 https://ja.cairnrpg.com 🔗 https://oozejar.com ☕ https://ko-fi.com/oozejar

Illustration of a humanoid creature with green skin and thorns growing on their back, arms, and legs. Large serrated leaves grow from their waist, and rose-like red petals form a kind of hood behind their head which has grey-red hair. They stand precariously on their right foot, looking warily above their shoulder.

Above it, text reads:
"The Ooze Cellar 14, Cautious One, MAY 2026, Thank You"

May is the beginning of the breeding season for Rock Ptarmigans here in the Japanese Alps, and it's a good time to check on them and see if they are doing OK (they are classified as Endangered in Japan). It's been a rough few years for them on our local mountain... :(

Photograph of a Japanese Rock Ptarmigan crouching on a rock right after laying 2 droppings. It says "Sorry, I've been holding Oozejar up in the mountains."

lllustration of a big, burly hornet's nest with broken branches as legs, drooling a dark brown liquid. A brown hornet is on the face-like end of the nest.

Above it, text reads:
"The Ooze Cellar 12, Drunken Hive, MAR 2026, Thank You"

Illustration of a smooth rounded stone, levitating a few inches above the ground. It is covered with a flower, petals, and coins.

Above it, text reads:
"The Ooze Cellar 11, Waking Stone, FEB 2026, Thank You"

Illustration for the Cairn Illustrated Bestiary of a lich in a decrepit robe, reading from two spell books.

Illustration of a large carp with two human legs protruding from its flanks, standing upright with the help of its tail. It wears a metal chain around its neck, with a pendant in the shape of a crowned legged fish. It wears a belt with a purse and knife hanging from it. The legs wear green hoses.

Above it, text reads:
"The Ooze Cellar 10, Arienay, JAN 2026, Thank You"

Illustration of a blind old lady with a wreath of holy tangled in her white hair. Two shivering children cling to her heaving fur coat. She holds a bird chick in her hands clasped over her green embroidered dress.

Above it, text reads:
"The Ooze Cellar 9, Frost Matron, DEC 2025, Thank You"

Illustration of a bald, rat-like humanoid with dark-brown fur, seated. It is wearing a sleeveless fleece jacket, stares at the large piece of cheese in its hands, and holds a cheese knife with its right foot.

Above it, text reads:
"The Ooze Cellar 8, Cheesemonger, NOV 2025, Thank You"

Illustration of a gnarled, humanoid pollard tree holding a heavy, rusted anchor with branch-like arms.

Above it, text reads:
"The Ooze Cellar 7, Pollardling, OCT 2025, Thank You"

Illustration of a large white root with a face, leaves, and 3 yellow flowers emerging from a clay pot pulled by 4 dung beetles thanks to spider silk. Ants are moving sticks under the pot to help it slide. Dung beetles are also pushing the pot. A spider on the pot and 2 bees flying around the flowers are also visible.

Above it, text reads:
"The Ooze Cellar 6, Dung Crone, SEP 2025, Thank You"

A slender person with pale skin, blond hair, four-fingered hands, wearing tight medieval clothing in various tones of green. Holds a white longbow and sports a curved dagger on their hip.

Illustration of a little brown bird perched on a twisted, dark, leafless tree branch. The bird has a short but wide beak, large yellow eyes, and curly feathers falling down like the curls of a wig.

Above it, text reads:
"The Ooze Cellar 5, Wigbird, AUG 2025, Thank You"

Illustration of a long haired man carrying a large glass casket on his back. On the sides of the caskets, various stained glass panels depict scenes of a female saint's life. Inside the casket lies a woman in a blue dress, hands on her chest.

Above it, text reads:
"The Ooze Cellar 4, Wandering Saint, JUL 2025, Thank You"

Red kobold with a bulldog head holding a spear

Illustration of a headless humanoid in shining armor holding a severed head above their shoulders. On their trunk, the armor is decorated as to suggest a face. The central plate flaps open, revealing the creature's face on their stomach.

Above it, text reads:
"The Ooze Cellar 3, Headless Knight, Jun 2025, Thank You"

Illustration of a headless humanoid in shining armor holding a severed head above their shoulders. On their trunk, the armor is decorated as to suggest a face. The central plate flaps open, revealing the creature's face on their stomach.

Above it, text reads:
"The Ooze Cellar 3, Headless Knight, Jun 2025, Thank You"

Pink and green sketch for the illustration drawn by Oozejar for the Ogre entry in the Cairn Illustrated Bestiary.

Illustration of a blue dragon by Oozejar for the Illustrated Bestiary.

Monochrome drawing showing two anthropomorphic jar characters fighting.

The one on the left is brandishing its mace and jumping in the air over the shards of a broken jar.

The other on the right is holding up its shield, ready to fend of the attack. In the background, silhouettes of similar characters fighting.

At the bottom it reads "The Gods are thirsty!"

Illustration for the Cairn RPG Illustrated Bestiary of a red humanoid creature with scaly skin, a bulldog like face, and a blind eye. It's holding a hooked spear, and wears a simple leather scale armor. Text reads "Kobold" and "Cairn"

Illustration of a red toad wearing a gold necklace and multiple rings. Its mouth is wide open, sticking a hand-shaped purple tongue out.

Above it, text reads:
"The Ooze Cellar 2, Beggar Toad, May 2025, Thank You"

Illustration of a mossy statue of a dog. Small white flowers grow on its head and lap. Text reads "狛犬 Cobblehounds" and "Cairn 日本語版". It is signed by Oozejar.

9 black and white item illustrations showing archive scraps, a faded map, a spool of spider silk, a spyglass, a bark cloak, a liquor bottle, a brush, a wig, and fragrant powder from Birbritter.

Illustration of a creature made out of green ooze pouring out of a large crusty jar is being fed various objects (a coin, a pebble, a helm, a bone shard) by cute little slime characters.

Above it, text reads:
"The Ooze Cellar 1, Cellar Guardian, Apr 2025, Thank You"

Nine character drawings by Oozejar including a skeleton in robes, an elf with a longbow, a bugbear with a club, a frost giant with a recurve bow, a cloud giant with a mace, a fire giant with a longsword, a foxwoman in a dress, a berserker with two axes, and an acolyte holding up a sacred symbol

An iron construct, a medieval robot powered by a furnace in its chest. Holding a big ass sword. Its head is a big hovering iron ore nugget.

Table showing the European Forest Types and its tree species organized in a matrix.

A future Earth, the Moon, and the sun floating in starlit space

Excerpt from a vertical comic, showing a planet, satellites, a constellation with two dolphins, a ruined city overgrown with mushrooms and a young boy with his pet looking at the moon.

Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles, Photo from Wikipedia by Myrabella CC BY-SA 3.0

A Lamia from the Illustrated Bestiary, part red-skinned humanoid, part baboon, and part crocodile with magic tattoos.

A female ogre, rubenesque, with two shields strapped to her chest, scars crossing her belly, her ringed hands holding a stone pestle (right) and a pearl necklace (left).

A screenshot showing the Illustrated Bestiary on DriveThruRPG

Medieval graffito on a red ocher background showing a mounted knight holding a lance. Below is a music score with a few notes. At the bottom a coat of arms with a fess and three crescents, two in chief and one in base.

Thumbnail image for Birbritter, showing a willow tit holding a torch in its beak and a dagger in its right foot, fending off a grey cat. The words "Birbritter" can be read at the bottom of the image.

9 black and white item drawings: a leather pouch with seeds, a bee smoker, a rattle, a fish-shaped brooch, a large ragged feather, a wood auger, a basket-hat, a shellfish knife, a sieve

A sea hag, green skinned, wearing kelp tangled in a net, drawn by Oozejar for the Illustrated Bestiary

Drawing of a blue metallic ring topped by two large prongs shaped as long-necked birds. The large gen that should be set between the prongs is missing. One of the birds' head is broken and can be seen by the ring's right side.

Sketches of three dung beetles inspired by the green, blue, and red dragons.

Illustration of a snake with two mouths and 2 bodies, a black and a white, spiraling around each other, forming the number 25.

Black and blue cover illustration for a cairn adventure by Oozejar. A large ring with bird shaped gem claws, one with its head broken off, is backlit by the moon in a starry sky showing a constellation. In the foreground, cattails and high grasses emerge from a thick mist, parting to reveal a hill with a mysterious, dark round shaped object at its top.

Black and white drawing of a viper and a giant leech biting each other.

A Japanese Serow (Capricornis Crispus) in a frost covered field.

Black and white drawing of a zoomorphic swan jar, and a frog statue

Illustration of a fire giant clad charcoal black skin and flame like orange hair, in shiny copper and bronze armor, holding a sword.

Black and white drawing of a medieval tower capped with a tiled roof and a turret. The wall is partly removed to reveal the keep's interior.

A tall, gaunt, square jawed man with glowing eyes is hiding a sword under a very large hooded cape.

Jumpy Joan. Crouching, wearing a green metal frog-mouth helm with a frog sculpt. Red trousers. Barefoot. Armed with a billhook.

Jumpy Joan. Crouching, wearing a green metal frog-mouth helm with a frog sculpt. Red trousers. Barefoot. Armed with a billhook.

Cropped screenshot of the layout of a Cairn RPG adventure showing a quilt embroidered with swans.
Its description reads:
Swan quilt (petty)
- Incredibly light, warm, and packable duvets, decorated with hand-stitched embroidery. Sometimes referred to as milk skins.
- Made of two lengths of the softest gowtswool fabric stitched together,
and filled with a secret blend of cygnet down and cattail fluff.

Illustration of a modest medieval one-room house interior, with a central hearth, food, a straw bed, and 3 small rats hiding in the scene.

Hedorah, 2nd evolution, in "Godzilla vs Hedorah" 1971

Illustration by Oozejar showing 2 gold coins. One shoes the coin's tail, with a two-headed flower in a pot shape surrounded by the Latin words "MEDULLAE MODERATOR". The coin's head shows a bearded man seated on a chair, holding a ladle and raising his left hand, surrounded by the Latin words "HENRICUS II".

Illustration of a Lamia by Oozejar, with the lower body of a crocodile, the torso of a monkey, and the upper body of a red-skinned female with magical tattoos and pointy ears, licking magical energy from her right hand

A parchment page with black and white text and illustrations by Oozejar. Marginalia representing 3 coats of arms with swan heads. At the bottom, a regal figure attended by a large swan receives a ring from an ugly looking person.

Color illustration by Oozejar of a chamber pot character with a green-yellow fumes-like body

Screenshot of the Itch.io Physical Games homepage, showing the Illustrated Bestiary in third position.

The Dispossessed - Ursula K. Le Guin