Welcome to My Internet Den!
Hello! I'm Isa, and this is my little corner of the internet. I'm a queer Puerto Rican artist an local dog who really really REALLY likes Sonic the Hedgehog, among other things.
This website serves as a hub for the stuff I do (mostly drawing) as well as a personal space to be myself and talk about whatever I want. I got sick of traditional social media and ditched all of it (except Tumblr, my beloved mutuals are all there). The focus on numbers and engagement had a negative impact on both my mental health and creativity, and I wanted to try something new, so I'm using this as a way to learn a new skill as well!
The old version of the site was cobbled together with sadgrl's layout builder and other copy/pasted bits of code, but I was running into some issues with that method of website-building, so I'm actually learning HTML for real so that I can have a better understanding of what I'm looking at when I code. I'm still new to this, though, so it might be a bit funky here and there, but I wanted to build something that felt fully my own!
The buttons on the footer following Sonic are decorative, but the ones following Tails are links to other cool sites! Check them out!
Feel free to chat here!
More About Me!
I never know what to write for these things, but I'm gonna try my best anyway. Hi again! My name is Isa and you can use they/she/he pronouns for me. Like I said in the home page, I'm a Puerto Rican living in the United States (:/) and I'm queer as hell. If you wanna get more specific about my identity, I'm a genderqueer something-or-other who is somewhere in the aro/ace spectrums (don't ask me where). I'm also a furry and some flavor of alterhuman (funny doggy :] also Werehog. Yes That Guy).
I like Sonic the Hedgehog a normal amount (lie). My favorite games are Unleashed, Frontiers, Shadow Gens, and the Rush duology! I like a bunch of other stuff too, like Kirby, Splatoon, a handfull of idie games, and miscellaneous shows and manga. I also listen to vocaloid music (inabakumori and Flavor Foley my beloveds) and game OSTs almost exclusively.
My brainrot for those other things is nowhere near as intense as it is for Sonic, though. The hedgehog has captivated me in a way nothing else has. Especially the werehog. Probably one of the best things to come out of the franchise. I love him he's so mecore (SEGA please bring him back I beg of you).
I'm an artist who draws for fun and don't really plan on making this my career (my Ko-Fi is more of a tip jar, if anything). I like drawing funny little anthropomorphic animals and little beasts. I also love yapping and will post some ramblings about random stuff from time to time, and I will be using parentheses like my life depends on it.
I'm done talking about myself now, go look at my stuff (it's cool)!
Some Art for You, Friend :]
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-2025-
Please do not repost my art elsewhere, thank you!
Blogging Moment!
-May 28, 2025-
Finally have a bit of time to sit down and write an update, so here we are! Work has been draining and I haven't had much time or energy to draw recently so I don't have much to share right now, but I have a couple ideas so I hope I have it in me to draw some stuff this weekend. I do have my hands a bit full right now though, because...
I have a new kitten!
Her name is Chip (yes like Chip from Sonic Unleashed what do you expect from me) and I love her so so so much. She is SO itty bitty right now. Like about a month old. I think she might be a tortie, but I'm not super sure since her colors are so muted still. She's mostly gray with little patches of orange.
She actually had her first vet visit yesterday, and she's in pretty good health for the most part. Unfortunately she does have worms which I already suspected because her belly has been a bit bloated, but she's getting medicine for that and is otherwise eating well and being super playful.
She's just the sweetest thing. Sometimes I'll pick her up after a play session and make purring noises and she'll fall asleep in my arms. Just today she fell asleep and kept sleeping for a while after I put her in my lap. I damn near cried. Literally who decided kittens had to be the softest most adorable things in the universe
She's the first kitten I've ever had, so I'm super excited to see her grow up :]
In other news, my job is exhausting! So here's a quick PSA for people who go to shoe stores, from a person who works in one.
For the love of god don't jam the fucking cardboard inserts back into the shoes they are not going to go back in correctly. Don't put them inside the box either it's not going to close properly. And most importantly DON'T JUST LEAVE THEM LYING AROUND ON THE FLOOR OR ON THE SEATS JUST THROW THEM AWAY IN A TRASH BIN. IF YOU DON'T SEE ONE JUST ASK.
ALSO don't leave the FUCKING SHOE BOXES LYING AROUND EITHER OH MY GOD. Please I beg put them back where you found them and if you can't do that at least leave them somewhere neatly or again just ask an employee. PUT DISPLAYS BACK WHERE YOU FOUND THEM TOO PLEASE I am begging you. Make our jobs easier please I should not have to clean up after grown ass adults so much. This is both common sense and basic sympathy. If your ass is leaving a mess I am exploding you with my mind.
OKAYYYY that's it for today I have a headache and should probably go to bed soon. Good Bye
-May 10, 2025-
I now have a new little critter in my cast of characters that I'm totally going to draw regularly, Mellow Mimi!
I've been going through a rough patch. Work is difficult, one of my aunts died not long after an uncle got deported, and to top it all off, my stepsister randomly decided to come back to the house after months of being away JUST to take Luna away to live with her mom. Because she "missed her".
Even though I was the one who cared for Luna every day and she didn't even bother to check in to see if Luna was being fed. And that's after barely doing anything for her while she still lived with us.
There's nothing I can do about it, either, since my stepsister (or stepbrother, can't remember which) adopted her before moving in with us after mom got together with stepdad. Legally, Luna is theirs.
So yeah. Not doing too great. Really in need of something comforting right now. So I made Mimi just for that.
They're partially inspired by a cute blindbox doll I saw while scrolling yt shorts. It was a cat kemonomimi with a big tv head. While designing Mimi, I was originally gonna make them an android or doll, but I ended up making them a plushie. It's more fitting for a character that's meant to be soft and comforting for both myself and hopefully others.
I also really like lolita fashion (especially ouji lolita) and have a soft spot for clowncore stuff, so I kinda meshed those two together with a pastel color palette.
They are also kinda inspired by two furry characters I have that I don't draw anymore. They were both androids and I had lore for them and everthing, but I never managed to do anything with them, so I stopped using them altogether. Mimi doesn't have any real lore as of now, they're just there for me to draw cute stuff with pastels, so I think it'll be easier for me to actually make stuff for them.
In other news, the website overhaul is mostly complete when it comes to coding and stuff, all I need is to draw some assets for it. I'm only making two pagedolls this time, but I want to make chibis for the ocs page, a drawing of myself (as in, my sona) for the about page, and one for the new entry page as well (clicking on it will let you enter the site)! I'm hoping to have that done soon.
I also went back to tumblr recently, but I'm trying to keep myself from being on there too much. I used to be on there like. A Lot. Almost constantly actually. It was bad. So I'm not posting my recent art there, at least not yet. I'm just reblogging cool stuff I see and looking at mutual's stuff I missed (I MISSED THEM SO BAD....)
I think that's all for now. Hopefully the next major update is gonna be the big overhaul :]
-Apr 25, 2025-
So I may or may not have started learning html recently and I gotta say, it's been pretty fun so far! This site might be getting a big overhaul at some point in the near future. I know it hasn't been THAT long since I made the site, but since I kept running into issues with the way I worked on it (mostly just copy-pasting stuff), I wanted to actually understand how html and css work better. I haven't been at it for that long but I feel way more confident in my skills.
In learning, I decided to use an external html editor that allows me to see a live preview of my site as I work on it, which helps A TON. Now I don't have to constantly press the save and view buttons on Neocities' html editor to make sure everything works. I've already built a couple pages for the new version of the site, thought I'm going to keep at it for now until I can get the site just how I want it. It probably won't be uploaded here for a while, but I've been having a blast with it so far!
I'm still gonna upload any art I make in the meantime to this version of the site, and still upload blogs and stuff, thought I probably won't be making major updates here. I'll also transfer all art, blogs and oc profiles to the new version, and will be keeping this version of the site available once the new one is up, so nothing will be lost! I'm also adding the about page I said I wanted to add last time to the new site, as well as a resources page with links for the stuff I used to help build it!
Honestly all of this has been super exciting for me. I love learning new fun things!!! And making things!!! I love creating!!!!!! It's also been a nice thing to pass time and unwind after work. I wanna continue working on it and even making more of my own assets and such, like new pagedolls and a unique background and maybe even a header. I'm not super sure about all the little details I wanna add just yet, and it's likely I'll be adding more after the site's up.
If you had told me a couple years ago that I would be learning to code and building my own website from scratch, I would have laughed in your face. I never thought I'd get here.
Unrelated, but I also read Is Love The Answer? by Uta Isaki and like. wow. Good shit.
Anyway I think that's all I wanna talk about today. Leaning new skills is fun :]
-Apr 22, 2025-
Very tired today, but I have Thoughts and I wanna talk about them.
So i'm considering adding an about page so people can know a bit more about. y'know. me. This is a personal website after all, and I wanna add things that make it More Personal.
I also wanna add more widgets and stuff, but I tried adding one that shows the current phase of the moon and it didn't work lol. Which is weird because it's an iframe and the cbox (which is also an iframe) works just fine but like idk what I'm doing Ever. I'm also too tired to care much. Maybe I'll try some other time.
I've also started thinking about an old fully original project called Eterna. It was a worldbuilding/story thing with a couple OCs tied to it. I kinda wanna redesign them (again) but I'm worried I'll end up not doing anything substantial with it. I only ever got to redesign characters a couple times and talk about some of the lore on Tumblr, but it was (and still is) kinda half-baked. Maybe I'll find enough time and motivation to do something with it. I miss those characters and genuinely wanna bring them back but I honestly have a hard time balancing multiple creative projects + irl shit. So who knows.
Speaking of not having time and motivation Jesus fuck am I tired of my job already. Maybe that's on me for choosing a job at [insert name brand] shoe store and not something more slower-paced as my first job but like. Holy shit it's rough. I'm exhausted and I literally just started like. a couple months ago.
Then again it was the first job I applied to that actually went past the application phase and gave me an interview (which I FUMBLED SUPER HARD BTW IDK HOW I GOT HERE) so I might not even HAVE a job today if I didn't. So.
Anyway. I'm experiencing critical levels of eepy right now. Probably gonna go to bed early. Everyone say hi to Luna I don't have a picture of her this time but she is watching me as I type this lol
-Apr 20, 2025-
Wanna talk about different things today. First- I played Ena Dream BBQ recently.
You may have noticed by the fact that there is a little polygonal Creature now in my gallery.
It might be pretty much all I can think about right now. Ena has my brain on a chokehold. Specifically BBQ Ena. One of the most appealing character designs I have ever seen that doesn't fall under the big fluffy beast category. I want to eat her.
Anyway I based the design heavily on Sonic the Werehog because OF COURSE. Also made them as furry as an ena could possibly be. The other side tho is mostly based on Merlina from SATBK. I took characters from my two favorite Sonic game stories and slapped them together into one silly little guy.
Honestly cannot wait for the next chapter because the surrealist art and themes scratch an itch in my brain I didn't know I had. I already beat chapter one multiple times and I want to get all the achievements available so far. I need to see EVERYTHING it has to offer. That's probably the highest compliment a game can get from me.
Second thing I wanna talk about, totally unrelated to the first thing- I guess I just wanna vent about some confusing feelings.
Sometimes I hate having certain features. Particularly my breasts. I don't like them. I don't want them on me. I would much rather have a flatter chest. It's why I draw my sona without them.
But sometimes they're... fine? Like I go a while without really thinking about it and not really hating them. But then the thought hits and it's like "Oh :/".
I wear a binder when I can, which is not all that often to be honest. Mostly when I go out with my family to eat or something because I know we won't be out too long (I can't stand having anything itchy on for long). But the majority of the time when I'm home or at work I just wear bras.
I think it doesn't help that I'm not out as genderqueer to most people I know irl. I'm only really out to my mom, and while she's supportive, I don't think she really Gets It, y'know? Not like I need her to, but like. I'd be nice if I knew more people irl who did.
That was kind of a tangent. Anyway, sometimes I consider surgery (whenever I'm independent enough and have enought savings for it, that is) but I'm also scared of regretting it. Though I'm always scared of making decisions like that I guess. Because I feel like I can live with my body as it is. I don't LIKE it, but I can live with it. But do I WANT to?
I don't know. Though I guess there's no real point in worrying about it too much, since I can't do anything about it.
It still makes me wanna bash my head into a wall.
Anyway (how many times have I said that now? Three?) I don't wanna end my second ever blog on a sour note, so here's a picture of Luna reading PEAK (dunmeshi) with me. She has good taste.
-Apr 9, 2025-
First blog moment! Honestly not super sure what to talk about? Idk what ppl do for these things tbh. Do I just like. ramble? I wanna ramble. I like doing that.
I think I'll just talk about some of my art first! Specifically the monochrome Sonic + Dark Sonic pieces bc there's some context to them ppl aren't getting with just the drawings alone.
To start, they're pretty much almost entirely inspired by In Stars and Time. I played it, enjoyed it thouroughly, and thought "I wanna see Sonic going through that. Put Sonic through The Horrors (timeloop)."
There's like. an entire story in my head for this. I tried writing it, and got to like chapter 3 before the brainrot died down. I want to keep going with it but idk. I got to a point with it where I was criticizing literally everything about what I'd written so far so. who knows lmao.
Wouldn't be the first time it's happened tbh. I had another multi-chapter fic I'd posted on Tumblr called Project: New Moon (real ones remember) and I actually finished it and was super proud of it for a while. But after some time I started to hate everything about it and stopped updating the blog altogether. And that's the one I actually finished. The previous versions of the story (called Sonic Eclipse) never got to the ending for pretty much the same reasons.
So anyway, back to the art. It's got heavy inspo from ISAT, so Dark Sonic in these pieces represents something similar to [BIG ENDGAME SPOILER]. He's not really like. a person? More like a manifestation in Sonic's brain embodying his repressed trauma and bottled up negative emotions. The hedgehog has gone through a lot, so I like the idea of him having a moment when he's a bit older, where he finally just. breaks. The mask he didn't even know he wore starts cracking bit by bit until it shatters and all of the things he kept inside for years start to spill out. And it manifests as a dark image of himself in his mind that tries to kill him like. metaphorically.
I'm so normal chat (lying)
Tbh I also kinda just like drawing him scared. I like pushing his expressions in a way you don't typically see in official stuff, so finding ways to make extreme emotions work on him is just a good drawing excercise. And I wanted to draw Dark Sonic again also. He's cool. Sega should do something with him like genuinely it would go so hard.
Alright, I think I'm done rambling for today. Have a picture of my cat that I really like (her name is Luna :])
Look At Blorbos From My Brain!
Images are placeholders (for now!)
Rue the Wolfdog (she/they)
Once a regular wolfdog known as Rubí the Vagabond, Rue was transformed into a beast during the events of Sonic Unleashed by Eggman. He ran experiments on multiple subjects to test the physical and mental effects of Dark Gaia's energy, inspired by the strange reaction it had on Sonic aboard his spaceship. The god's energy awakened their dormant Gaian ancestry, changing them permanently into their current form. Once Dark Gaia was sealed away once more and Eggman abandoned the research on its energy, Rue escaped and ran away to Spirit's Grove, where they live to this day.
They have similar abilities to the Werehog, though are a bit slower due to their large size. They also transform further than Sonic, becoming a Nightmare when under extreme stress or on new moons when the night is at its darkest.
They act standoffish and aggressive and are very protective of what they consider their territory and their friends. Currently, they seek revenge on Eggman for turning them into a "monster".
Specter the Cat (she/her)
A self proclaimed "reaper" of evil spirits, Specter is an outgoing young girl who loves thrills and adventures. She lives in Spirit's Grove along with her twin brother, Phantom, and her friend, Rue. She likes going on ghost hunts with her brother in order to cull troublemaking ghosts called Boos using her supernatural abilities.
She's able to see ghosts as well as people's souls, and is able to summon a schythe from the Chaos Energy in her own soul. Her ability to read people is uncannily good as well due to her abilities.
She's very sociable and confident, though sometimes a bit insecure about her appearance and voice, specifically. She's also a fan of all things horror and loves watching scary movies, playing horror games, and writing in her free time. She's deathly afraid of insects as well, which is very inconvenient considering her brother's interests.
Phantom the Cat (he/him)
Like his sister, Phantom is a self proclaimed "reaper". He's an awkward young boy who doesn't speak much. He lives with Specter and his friend, Rue, in Spirit's Grove.
Despite having the same abilities as Specter, he doesn't enjoy ghost hunting quite as much as she does, seeing it more like something he has to do to put his powers to good use. In fact, he's quite scared of them, especially Boos, and his truest passions lie in entomology.
Despite being able to see people's souls, he's not very good at understanding them, and prefers to keep to himself. He likes taking walks in the woods, bug catching, and playing videogames, particularly platformers and turn-based RPGs.
Mellow Mimi (they/them or any pronouns)
A plush doll made for comfort. Mimi is a sweet, soft kitty whose presence melts people's troubles away. They love cuddles, warm blankets, fluffy pillows, and seeing people smile. They will purr when hugged and squeak when squished tightly. They're the perfect companion for when the times get tough.
Isa (fursona) (they/she/he)
Less and OC and more of a representation of myself. Literally me in all ways except physical appearance. Also how I view myself internally I think (identity is weird lol).
Sonic the Werehog (kinsona) (they/she/he)
Also not really an OC, but I am this guy. This is me (identity is weird lol).
Resources and Credits!
Updated as the site develops.
- HTML tutorial for beginners - What I used to learn the basics!
- W3schools - Good for both the basics and more specific stuff, like my gallery!
- Sadgrl's Layout Builder - What I used to build the first version of the site! Good if you want to just jump straight into site building without going super in-depth into learning HTML (super recommend actually learning this stuff though, at least the basics).
- HTML Cheat Cheet
- Chat box (iframe)
- Moon Phase widget (iframe)
- Music Player (javascript)
- Backgrounds Archive - For the tiled background I use (and a bunch of other nice ones)!
- Sonic Channel - For the header image! (Yui Karasuno's artwork my beloved......)
Ring and Chaos Emerald dividers made by me! You can use them if you want. Credit isn't necessary, but appreciated!
