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@thecatingrey.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 11:07 PM

I think this is actually the first time I’ve ever drawn Talita. And of course its a couple unreferenced scribbly doodles in a letter, lol. Also ft. Jack the Halloween Dragon.

#art #traditionalart #pen #runawaytothestars #dragon

Talita from Runaway to the Stars drawn in red glitter pen on lined paperTalita from Runaway to the Stars drawn in yellow and red pen on lined paper
@jayeatonart.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 11:37 PM

This week on #RunawaytotheStars: Imagine an 80km rollercoaster ascent, then a cable descends from the sky and yoinks you off the rails.

Catch up: https://runawaytothestars.com
Read ahead: https://patreon.com/jayrockin

A fleet of vehicles depart from the glowing airlock chamber of the recycling plant and head towards the Runaway, which is stationed on the rails outside with a towering delicate-materials hitch attached to the jack sled it sits on, and a construction elevator positioned outside its docking ring. A suited Talita is shown handing off pressurized canisters of luggage from the construction elevator to Gillie and Idrisah, who are standing inside the airlock of the Runaway. Inside the airlock, the sweaty trio take off their helmets and enjoy the cool air blasting from the air pumps. Gillie's hair and Talita's mane are rumpled and wet and flattened from being in the helmets. Talita stretches her arm and jaw as Idrisah signs thanks to her for doing so much heavy lifting. On the wall panel displays, Bip waves to them and prints the word "WELCOME!" The lifting isn't done yet, though, as the trio pack their belongings into the cargo bay. Luggage is held to the floor, walls, and ceiling with thick adjustable straps, then covered with netting. Talita brings in cargo while Gillie and Idrisah tighten straps. Finally, the three follow Bip's directions into a room of the third floor. They point down from the third floor ceiling and print the words "LAUNCH BEDS." They carefully climb down the ladder through the door of the sideways room.Gillie, Idrisah, and Talita all lie down in cushioned launch beds that are positioned flat against the interior outer wall of the ship, and buckle their seatbelts. Bip's icon lounges on the wall next to them, as if also lying down. The floor of the room (currently a vertical wall at their feet) displays a countdown of 25 minutes and 32 seconds.  The launch procedure begins, described in steps: 1. Dispatches on ground rail: the sled with the Runaway travels away from the recycling plant along the outside of the berm wall. 2. Transfers to access rail: the sled switches rails onto a path that takes it around the far edge of the berm, and into the interior loop. 3. Merges onto loop rail: the sled switches tracks onto the looped end of the launch highway. 4. Passes through magnetic bearing housing: the sled rounds the loop track along the inside of the berm and passes through one of the trapezoidal buildings powering the rotors of the launch loop. 5. Approaches loop ascent: the sled heads out straight towards the climb. 6. Ascends launch loop: the sled climbs the 80 km tall rail, the ground beneath it falling away to an inky black sky with stars. Direct message log: Calcery: Hey Talita, I hope you're doing well.The sled accelerates to match velocity with the skyhook. Dirtball's surface is 80km below the Runaway from where it rides on the maglev rail, soon to be further. 7. Skyhook baskets lock on the target: the three basket ends descend from above, their RCS flaring to move them into position 8. Baskets grapple hitch: the baskets tighten and lock onto the 3 hitch hooks on the support structure 9. Sled disengages launch loop rail: the sled is pulled upwards off the launch loop rails by the long cable of the skyhook. Inside the habitat module, the transition from mild lateral acceleration to stronger centrifugal acceleration is felt, pressing the passengers flat on their backs against the wall. Talita grimaces in discomfort. Idrisah grimaces in resigned anxiety. Gillie grins in delight. Bip flattens their avatar and has it grip the wall and bug out its eyes in perspective, as if it to is being squished by the centrifugal force. Direct message log: Calcery: Sorry it took me so long to message you. Calcery: We had connectivity issues with the galactic internet for a while after setting my servers back up.
@thecatingrey.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 12:26 AM

My Ben 10/Runaway to the Stars crossover designs :] These were super fun to make! Maybe I should make more "Ben as this other fictional alien species" designs in the future...

#art #digitalart #alien #ben10 #runawaytothestars

@thecatingrey.bsky.socialSep 26, 2026, 1:19 AM

power went out at my place. can I offer you a Brownie From Memory in this trying time?

#doodle #art #runawaytothestars

@thecatingrey.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 11:05 PM

(WIP) some centaur outfits

#wip #art #digitalart #runawaytothestars

@upsidedownsmore.comSep 18, 2026, 6:28 AM

...Yeah!
#RunawaytotheStars

Edit of a Miiverse "Yeah!" react that inserts a traced drawing of Talita from the second panel of page 298 of Runaway to the Stars into the symbol and replaces the text with "...Yeah!"
@jayeatonart.bsky.socialSep 17, 2026, 10:17 PM

This week on #RunawaytotheStars: Tragic irony, and epic babies reveal.

Catch up: https://runawaytothestars.com
Read ahead: https://patreon.com/jayrockin

Verengt: Do you know what they think of us? Talita: It's... similar? Your relaxed eyes and lips actually look like an "angry" expression to them. Talita points at her face, relaxing her eyes into a half-lidded position and her lip corners into a droop. The impression is similar to a human glower or displeased frown. Verengt: Is that why you're doing all this with your eyelids⁇  Their trunk curls into a smile, and they mimic the expressions Talita makes with her nictitating membranes, gesturing similarly with a hand. Verengt: I thought you were just very anxious! Talita glances away in embarrassment, rubbing her neck with a hand. Talita: Er... Well… It may be both. Verengt: I've never met another dwaull like you. I look forward to talking more!Talita's expression falls. Talita: I’m so sorry, I don’t know what Mel told you… But I’m actually… leaving this place. Tonight. Verengt: Ah, so we won’t be working with you? Talita: No… Verengt: A shame! But we would never keep you from traveling. Talita: Is there any way I could contact you from space? I hate to leave you without any help adjusting to the job. Verengt grimaces and reaches underneath the cloak covering their back. Verengt: Partwack… my children are better with alien technology than me…Verengt: But I do have this… They lift their cloak, briefly revealing the six larvae clinging to their back. They are round and chubby with vertical stripes, and each is chewing on the end of a silk thread produced from a pair of spinnerets emerging where a tail would be on a mammal. Talita looks down at them in delight and wonder. Verengt pulls a phone out of their pocket and drops the cape, peering at the screen with a monocle corded to the phone case. Verengt: If you give me the number of your phone, I can send messages to it. Talita: Oh! Yes! Of course. Verengt pops the monocle into the socket on the back of their phone and hands it to Talita, who enters her phone number on the screen's extremely large text input. She hands it back to Verengt. Talita: If you have any questions at all, contact me. The equipment is designed for humans, so you to have to be creative to get some of it to work.Verengt: I will send messages to you, Talita. Have a safe migration! They step back to rejoin the three other centaurs, making a downwards gesture with an open palm. The other three repeat the gesture. Talita is slightly confused, but beaming with a returned trunk smile anyways. Talita: ...Yeah! Talita walks with a fleet of autonomously driven trucks full of luggage through the plant, and out towards the main airlock. There, near the same lockers that Talita used to suit up with the temp workers, Idrisah and Gillie are putting on their company-assigned exosuits. Talita: Sorry I'm late. Idrisah: No problem, you're... Ugh! She fumbles the ring of the hip gasket and her pants drop down to her knees, dangling by a fluid cooling linkup. Talita smiles, this time with her mouth. Talita: Need help? Idrisah looks at her, apologetic. Idrisah: Yes please.
@thecatingrey.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 11:38 PM

(WIP) return of the normal horses

#art #digitalart #runawaytothestars #wip

@jayeatonart.bsky.socialSep 8, 2026, 4:25 PM

This week on #RunawaytotheStars: A tapetum lucidum is a kind of mirror.

Catch up: https://runawaytothestars.com
Read ahead: https://patreon.com/jayrockin

Talita finishes packing the cart in the puddle of light by the apartment building's front entrance, then is startled by a movement to her left. Emerging from the darkness between the two buildings are four large shadows, with 7 eerie eyes flashing the artificial light back towards her. It's Verengt and 3 other centaurs, all barely visible silhouettes. One of them points their trunk to the matriarch and whispers something, causing them to take notice of Talita. Talita looks back at them, apprehensive. Her own pupils reflect the light too, the uneven angle causing one to glow, and the other to mostly remain dark. Verengt walks toward Talita out of the darkness, their body gaining detail as they slowly become illuminated by the door lights.Verengt approaches Talita, who is hunched fearfully over the cart. Verengt: Talita. Good evening. Talita straightens up and nervously touches her neck. Verengt's trunk points up in a loose curl. Talita: H- hi Verengt! I need to apologize for earlier, I– Verengt: No, we should apologize. I believe we misinterpreted you. Do you speak human language with your face, as well as your trunk? They gesture with an open palm over their own face.Talita: Oh! …Yes, I do! Verengt: Showing teeth means something very different to them, doesn't it? Talita: Humans pull their lips up and bare their teeth to show they're happy or friendly.  She points at her face and pulls her lips back into a quick smile that mostly shows gums. Talita: I've lived with them so long that I do it habitually. Verengt: I see. I usually look for a trunk curl... They lift their trunk upwards in a relaxed curl. Verengt: Do humans not know what this means? Talita returns the curl, with a small closed-lip smile. Talita: No, they usually don’t. Verengt looks off thoughtfully. Verengt: They always seem so unfriendly to me, with their flat nose and teeth flashing as they speak. But I suppose that's just how they're built…