Mikaela T. Strehoff

Hello! I'm an author, artist, animator, and cosplayer from the St. Louis area! I make art prints and more that you can find on my Etsy , and am currently working on a project called "Marked For Assembly", as well as a few others!

I go by the handle @feathersferow on all platforms I am available on, including BlueSky, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, where you can find examples of my work, see my cosplays, speedpaints, jokes, and much more. I take art and animation commissions, and I post fan animations that I make myself using hand drawn, frame by frame 2D animation! I use a style of animation often found in older animes, using less frames and finding ways to save myself time since I tend to make very complex projects.

While aspiring to be a professional animator one day, I unfortunately have difficulties working a "typical" job and the only work I can do at the moment is pursuing art, else I risk falling ill and not even being able to draw. Every single purchase and commission helps me get closer and closer to achieving a stable life, which is all I really want. I hope to be able to soon afford my professional animation software subscription for Toon Boom Harmony with enough sales and commissions.For any inquiries, please contact me via social media.For many years I've been told I have a talent and that I'm going to do great things when I get older, or that I'm going to be famous. Truthfully, I'm no one special, anyone else could do what I'm doing. The only difference is that I'm the one doing it. I fully believe that the power of an artist is not determined by talent, rather the passion and the want to pursue an art. Drawing comes naturally to those who fought against the ink of a pen until the page reflected their truth, and it's the passion for that battle of mind and skill that truly drives the artist. Anyone can imagine anything, and anyone can learn to draw, the only difference is an artist chooses to learn. Those who came before us can teach us great things, but it is the tools of our time and nature that will shape us into who we are, whether that is someone famous or someone who just wants to watch. We are all the art of our own minds, shaped by our world and experiences. It doesn't matter if I become known or if I stay niche, or if I complete some daunting project, I make my art for the thrill of it and that makes me an artist. The art inside my mind is worth putting on a page to me.Thank you for reading!