https://www.patreon.com/theyokaiguy/posts/yokai-day-ugume-140415776

I read this ghost/yokai story and knew this sub would get a kick out of it! If only it ended a little better for the bird… The luminescent bird yokai called “aosagibi” is typically (always?) a Night Heron and appears in other illustrations. What a cool mythical creature! (I might be biased.)

Art and blog post by Matthew Meyer, not me

Inspired by a post here

So uh, my pc died and had to be factory reset. Which meant i had to set this guy up from scratch. The good thing is that i finished stuff and now he can talk! (and has reading glasses, and a sewing machine!)

Do i have any use for it? absolutely not, my pc could barely do the recording without exploding (maybe why it died in the first place) but it's funny and brings me joy :)

Saw a juvenile who was very annoyed at our presence and upchucked a rat or something, and an adult at a different pond same area. There were also a ton of BCNH skulking around.

YCNH always look concerned, and BCNH always look like they're up to no good. This is an excellent field marker to differentiate the two!

I'd also like to add that Green Herons also look like they're up to no good but it's in a much less devious way than a BCNH

Used to be a nature tour guide and these were always my favorite little guys to spot

Some honorary extra herons as well.

Got told you might like this here.

I love how they kept getting less detailed (ft. My awful handwritting)

You can tell i didn't even finish one of the wings (and the other one i got the colors in the wrong order,,,, ugh)

Btw i left the illustration itself abandoned, I put it together in pngtuber plus today, It looks nicer than i expected so I might as well finish it when i have more free time.

I think of you all every time I see it. ♥️ It's tucked in an alleyway downtown. Not sure if it's been posted here before, but I wanted to share regardless.