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about me
I'm Nick but I also go by Cal online! I'm a 20 year old YouTube/Picarto streamer with the goal of becoming a fulltime art educator. I focus on creating original works and helping beginner artists get into making their own original projects as well. Currently my content revolves around the studying aspect of artwork - how to study most effectively, what practice actually makes perfect, etc.
animal crossing catchphrase
alright buster
favourite bands + albums
sarah and the safe word, the book of broken glass

the dear hunter, act iii and act v

glass animals, zaba

gorillaz, demon days

SIAMES, bounce into the music
at the moment
watching: CJ the X
playing: Silksong
book worm: The Raven Cycle
ear worm: The Poison Woman - The Dear Hunter
favourite characters
yuffie ffvii, fave character in ffvii of all time. cloud is a close second but no one can beat my girl yuffie.

n pokemon, my creep boyfriend

harvey stardew, my problematic older husband who is also my doctor and i have blackmail on him so he can't leave me

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Art Blog upcoming event: Studycember
The Decline Workroom

10/13/25

hi guys apparently i have a dissociative disorder and am a system what the hell

9/26/25

officially a 2doc shipper again its getting intense here.

Day 3 of using twitter i almost became a bad person but then instead i became a worse person so i think it worked out ^_^

9/25/25

day 2 of using twitter, i logged on to my old main and saw a current day wilbur soot fan on the tl. immediately logged out and went back to my current account. the world's a scary place out there.

9/24/25

Returned to twitter for the first time in well over a year. I will block anything that isn't friendship posting and artwork and if someone puts discourse on my tl theyre getting unfollowed. such is the way of the cowboy in this here rodeo.

and before you ask, no the account will not be going public lol i see my twt as my place to rt porn in peace and talk to my friends.


Upcoming Event: Studycember

Studycember Info Post HereAnybody of any skill level and art medium is welcome to participate! If you have a tumblr, post with the tag #studycember2025 and I will reblog it :D
Challenge starts December 2nd but you can join at any point!

artist inspirations
fourleafisland, obsessed with how it does lineart and coloring, my favorite artist right now.
hoofpeet, first found him when i was on twitter and i saw how he drew N pokemon, was instantly attached and have been following for a few years now. love his coloring style so much and how he stylizes pokemon and animals
ka3l, really just incredible artwork, one of my biggest inspirations for pixel art.
daftpatience, big inspiration to me the moment i found his profile! really makes me want to make little sanrio-based ocs
spoopup, favorite sonic artist, im not usually a fankids guy but nebby is sooo cute. my main art style inspiration for sonic characters.

10/6/25

update that surprises nobody i got a better idea for another thing so im doing that instead #lol

dani and i are doing concept art for a visual novel bc learning to code in renpy as my first coding project sounds easier than learning gdscript first. aka im lazy

9/20/25

Did more tilesheet messing around, added purple grass variants as well as three tree variants. Touched up some of the already-made tiles as well.

Bit the bullet and got back to coding, it's been very difficult but I push through. I have a semi-working textbox. It's ugly and there's something wrong with the code but I got a lot of lines written and I'm proud of that.

9/19/25

Made more progress on the tilesheet, added more color variation in the leaves, and we have cliffs and paw prints now!

9/18/25

Made a few sprites and a basic tileset for Camp Calyptra!

9/17/25

Took a course on stream, actually helped me a lot to learn GDScript, but had to stop bc my voice was destroying itself having to talk for that long.

Switched to coding/learning html and thus this website was created.

games that have inspired me the most
wadanohara and the great blue sea, most inspirational to me in terms of story and art style.
stardew valley, the amount of easter eggs in this game is just impressive, and i love the gameplay loop
animal crossing wild world, furries that are actually mean to you. chefs kiss. i also love how the characters cycle out and allow you to meet and become more attached to characters you didn't think you'd get attached to.
undertale/deltarune, obviously had to mention this one. best vgm music from any franchise hands down. a huge inspiration to me dialogue and music-wise.
minecraft, i really love how you're just dropped into the world and told to do whatever. youre not bound by any 1 thing to do and that's really nice for me as someone who wants to do what I want to do the moment I can do it. no handholding, no opening cutscene, just you and the world.
favourite games
stardew valley, fun to speedrun, contains harvey, easy to get addicted to

night in the woods, such a good commentary on capitalism its been such an important game in my life since i found it.

hollow knight, really good mechanics, fun to replay over and over

pokemon, very replayable, gen 5 awesome, legends arceus was incredible gameplay wise

undertale/deltarune, the one franchise i've consistently been able to make fanart for since 2015.
first album - all that is ursa minor
ursa minor
polaris
kochab
pherkad
yildun
epsilon
zeta (tba)
eta (tba)

9/27/25

Yesterday i hopped on call with dani and we fleshed out roan more and designed two more characters to go with him. i also composed a song for him but idk how i feel about it yet. hes in a band of three, he's keys, his bandmate jen (they/them) is drums, and the third member is oscar, the bassist.

the best way i can create characters is by basing them on animals, so roan is a piranha, jen is a gecko, and oz is an osprey (all named accordingly, jen's full name is genevieve so its like g for gecko. roan is like. piroanha.)

jen is baggy clothing, covered face, bone motif, and short spikey yellow and black hair to mimic a leopard gecko's spots.

oscar is the sluttiest member, his defining traits are long, red hair, revealing clothing, and wearing big, dramatic coats.

finally, roan's whole deal is studs, spikes, ripped clothes, and spikey white (originally black, but turned white due to stress) hair.

they're all very grunge in fashion but i'd call their music more goth. airy and psychedelic, almost ghostly.

9/26/25

2D if he was a beautiful beautiful trans man. uncensored here. this is the same guy i drew yesterday but i gave him more grit and personality

stealing the gorillaz and making them mine and you are not getting them back

9/25/25

Making new ocs. osprey guy and fish guy, take it or leave it

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Q: Are you a system?A: Yes! The hosts names are Stoat and Pan. There are multiple alters who stream at any given time, so just look at the talker gif of whoever is fronting and thatll tell you pretty much. I also try to keep my discord status updated to who's fronting but sometimes i forget.



Q: Do you mind questions about your plurality?
A: I don't mind at all, with the caveat that you understand that I can't answer everything perfectly and everyone's experiences are different.


Q: What canvas size do you use?A: 3840x2160 aka typical 4K canvas size


Q: What programs do you use?A: I use Streamlabs for Youtube streaming and OBS for Picarto.tv streaming;
Clip Studio Paint for drawing, sometimes MSpaint;
Davinci Resolve for editing videos;
and Reaper for making music.


Q: What is your shoe size?A: i have 2 of them