🐀 She/him.

Hello! Welcome To My Blog :3

Hello! Welcome to my blog :3

I'm Dumi the Dumbo Rat! You may call me Dumi, or Cali! I'm slowly working on improving my rusty drawing/felting skills whilst also coping with the lack of rats in my life. My blog reflects that a lot haha (keep an eye out for the "rat a day" tag in here, I reblog a lot of funny rodents).

I like doing art trades, too! I'm not quite confident enough in my skills to start doing commissions just yet, but I won't object to trading artwork! I will also accept drawing prompts in my ask box for now, I need the practice.

🐀 She/him.

🐀 Adult (18+).

🐀 Biromantic.

🐀 Psychology major, with a specific passion for phobias, disorders, and sleep/dreams.

🐀 Lover of 2000-2010s pop, old rock, electric swing, and indie music.

🐀 Fandom-obsessed geek (I alternate hyperfixations a lot).

🐀 Mythical creature enthusiast.

🐀 Chicken and demon chihuahua owner.

Rules:

🐁 No NSFW asks!

🐁 No rodent haters, I've set up mean person traps in every nook and cranny. But seriously... I love the lil guys, and I don't have the energy to fight you about it. You'll be ignored.

🐁 Please keep religious talk to a minimum. I don't know exactly where I stand on it, so the topic makes me uncomfortable to engage in :P

🐁 Absolutely no homophobia/transphobia will be tolerated. This is a safe space for anyone regardless of their sexuality or gender identity, as long as they are respectful and nice.

My (very outdated) Art Fight!

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5 months ago

The day I started posting about #rats was the best day of my life.


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10 months ago
I Recently Got Back From A Summer Camp, And While I Was Bored I Sketched A Lot Of Drawn To Life Stuff.
I Recently Got Back From A Summer Camp, And While I Was Bored I Sketched A Lot Of Drawn To Life Stuff.

I recently got back from a summer camp, and while I was bored I sketched a lot of Drawn to Life stuff. Slowly but surely slipping into an art style I like!

I also finally drew stuff for an AU that I had in my head. I’ll try not to write too much, but it takes place after the events of the first game; instead of Wilfre fading away after his fight with the Hero, he just retreated. So the Shadow was never resolved that first time, only driven back.

As a sort of peace treaty between the Shadow and the raposa, Wilfre drew a Shadow Being for the new mayor of Rapoville, Mari, to care for.

I Recently Got Back From A Summer Camp, And While I Was Bored I Sketched A Lot Of Drawn To Life Stuff.

As long as the child stayed safe, Wilfre would keep the Shadow away from the village. Mari considered it a sacrifice worthy to make for the safety of the other raposa, so of course she accepted; even if she had a hard time looking at the thing, let alone raising it.

I think the whole story idea stemmed from the little shadow kids in the city levels, since those little guys got me thinking that the Shadow might be misunderstood. They just looked too innocent to be evil, you know?

I Recently Got Back From A Summer Camp, And While I Was Bored I Sketched A Lot Of Drawn To Life Stuff.
I Recently Got Back From A Summer Camp, And While I Was Bored I Sketched A Lot Of Drawn To Life Stuff.

So I think the story’s purpose is to kind of have the raposa realize the the Shadow is not inherently evil, despite the actions of the rapo who created it.

Yeah, ramble over. Now that I’m sorta getting the hang of drawing raposa, I might make a comic about it. It could be fun.


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1 year ago

Hello!!!!

The wool Gary + Rookie are really cute! How did you make them? I.e – Were patterns used? Was it very difficult?

^ Words by a fool who craves to make a wool Cadence but knows nothing

Thank you!

Hi!! Tysm for the ask, I wasn’t expecting this lol (a lot of writing, brace yourself)

To answer your questions— nope, it wasn’t very difficult (cp designs have a lot of basic/easy shapes)! Both of them only took around 5-6 hours to complete. Though needle felting is a passion of mine, so I didn’t feel the need to take a break.

As for patterns, I only really used one to get the flat shape that I got for Gary’s flippers (any triangle cut-out will do really for a mold, if you want to do that as opposed to Rookie’s flippers which were just done with some added felt)

If you want, I can post a step-by-step of another penguin to show you the process, since explaining it would probably be a lot harder than physically showing it. I’ve been experimenting with other designs as well, though I cannot tell which I like more. Here’s an example of a felt I did of a friend’s OC, and I’d be happy to show how I did this too

Hello!!!!
Hello!!!!
Hello!!!!
Hello!!!!

Really, the biggest things I would suggest are to plan ahead, be patient, and focus on layering so clothing doesn’t look awkward (for example, for Gary’s lab coat I made sure to add on his flippers first so the sleeves could wrap around them, then I made the undershirt, then the tie atop of that, and finally added the white felt on top of everything).

Either way though, I wish you luck on your DJ K-Dance! And ty again for the ask :3


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6 months ago

I hereby declare from this moment forward that I will be posting one rat a day, whether it be my art, a reblog, or a random rat nose to boop, it shall be done.

Signed, Dumi the Dumbo Rat

I Hereby Declare From This Moment Forward That I Will Be Posting One Rat A Day, Whether It Be My Art,

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1 year ago
Wool Gary And Wool Rookie (Wary And Wookie??) That I Made To Stare Me Down As I Replay The PSA Missions
Wool Gary And Wool Rookie (Wary And Wookie??) That I Made To Stare Me Down As I Replay The PSA Missions
Wool Gary And Wool Rookie (Wary And Wookie??) That I Made To Stare Me Down As I Replay The PSA Missions

Wool Gary and Wool Rookie (Wary and Wookie??) that I made to stare me down as I replay the PSA missions for the billionth time instead of sleeping, judging my life choices


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6 months ago
I Just Realized That I've Never Posted My Own Fancy Rats On My Tumblr Before. Well Here Were The Two
I Just Realized That I've Never Posted My Own Fancy Rats On My Tumblr Before. Well Here Were The Two
I Just Realized That I've Never Posted My Own Fancy Rats On My Tumblr Before. Well Here Were The Two

I just realized that I've never posted my own fancy rats on my tumblr before. Well here were the two beautiful little divas :3

I miss them dearly. They were one of the highlights of my childhood, and still hold a special place in my heart.


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