Hey all, sorry for the silence - I seem to have hit a bit of a slump. I tried some traditional art a week or so ago and it was a complete disaster (I didn't even produce a failure, I gave up almost immediately because I just couldn't see what I was doing.)
Which doesn't stop me from fiddling with new brushes, hee....
2024-03-12 14:12:41 +0000 UTC View Post
So, here's the finished steampunk fish for Is! I love those guys, especially that anglerfish weirdo up there with his moustache. XD Enjoy!
And a warm welcome to new Patron, Iza! I hope you feel right at home.
2024-02-27 17:32:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the sketch for Juliette's suggestion! I think I haven't drawn Círdan since... 1992?
2024-02-26 16:11:28 +0000 UTC View Post
An Elrond sketch as commission for Paul! Now for finishing the steampunk fish; but first, surviving a Sunday at the in-laws. 🫣
2024-02-25 08:07:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Liam O'Brien setting out to break my heart yeat again; three times in an episode.
Sleeping Orym cradling the silent sending stone = 💔
2024-02-24 17:02:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to Isobel, Tara, Leona, and Ian! Great to have you! 😊
As you can see, I dived right into the steampunk fish (heh), which are a lot of fun! Some more detail work left on them. I decided to go for fewer accessories, as I didn’t really know wh...
2024-02-22 16:55:18 +0000 UTC View Post
So here's the finished dirt wizard for Emily! I had a lot of fun with the fiery oranges against drab earth-tones.
Up next: Steampunk fish! (What did I get myself into? XD)
I also did a new nsfw piece over on Discord: Will and Orym having a private picnic. With bran carrot muffins from Orym's mom, of co...
2024-02-17 10:11:24 +0000 UTC View Post
When all the colours are roughly blocked in on their separate layers and I have colour schemes and contrasts down pat, and I can switch off my brain and just bask in colour and texture for the next few hours. 🥰
2024-02-16 12:38:21 +0000 UTC View Post
This took ages (and I survived four DMing sessions in eight days - yes, because my D&D club at school was AGAIN today, but at least thirteen-year-old kids are totally happy with a little flick from "One Shot Wonders"!) but the lineart is done! And I'm very, very happy with it. I'll upload the lineart for Ja...
2024-02-14 18:04:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to three new Patrons - Areingwe, Sammy, and Heliodor! Glad to have you here! <3
Been busy with the Art Nouveau piece of Caleb! Redid the pose and figure about three times and ended up going with zero reference in the end, which somehow worked best. I find that, after two failed attempts with ref, the th...
2024-02-11 13:22:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Forced myself not to overthink stuff and be bold with colours, and managed to get myself out of a little rut I was starting to get into again.
I also survived two of my three DMing sessions and have a bit of air for the coming days! The last one is my Spelljammer campaign, which is the most relaxed of the three as...
2024-02-09 22:51:45 +0000 UTC View Post
First off, welcome to new patron, Catherine!
Second sketch in the current round of commissions: a steampunk lionfish, with some anglerfish in the margins. What fresh nightmare, pray, are anglerfish?! I looked them up on Wikipedia and boy, the females carry their males around as tiny parasites? Yik...
2024-02-09 17:59:38 +0000 UTC View Post
A whole bunch of new peeps! Welcome Tay, Tara, A Nonny Mouse, Jamie, Areingwe, and Bobbie! I hope the Discord link is still working for y'all; let me know if it isn't!
Here's a first sketch of one of the recent batch of...
2024-02-07 10:11:38 +0000 UTC View PostFirst things first - I know that a lot of you have been waiting for commissions, and have been asking me about certain projects, but I can only take on very few, and in a very restricted manner, so I can only hope you'll understand that. <3 Right now, I do NOT see myself doing classic commissions - i. e., you give me your ...
2024-01-30 14:36:30 +0000 UTC View Post
A warm welcome to several new folks! Hello Pedro, Mari, Middi, and Jamie!
So, Troels, your tenacity paid off! Here's your oft-suggested sketch of Pengolodh for this month's suggestion box. =D
I'm going to make some sliiiight changes to the s...
2024-01-26 10:22:38 +0000 UTC View Post
"You smell of the touch of divinity. That makes you… enticing!"
I didn’t change that much between now and the end of last night’s livestream, but somehow, there were still two more hours of work involved. Thanks all of you who tuned in!
Here's the beautiful little man finished. Procreate wit...
2024-01-23 12:41:53 +0000 UTC View Post
We just tried it out and it works! =D Join me in one hour (6 pm CET) to chat, and watch me work on this painting of Orym! I'll be happy to demonstrate all sorts of stuff, so don't hesitate to ask.
Here's the link to Discord if you haven't logged in yet: 2024-01-22 16:04:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to new supporter, Inja! <3
I'm finding another nice aspect about CSP: It allows me to do such a clean sketch that the lineart can stay on the same layer, just refining, cleaning up a bit, and strengthening the lines.
I've also thought about my rough idea about a D&D/RPG colouring book again, a...
2024-01-21 13:05:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Yes, sometimes I still draw Orym with his clothes on. 😁 The title is a quote from Nana Morri, Fearne's hag grandmother, who sensed some divine eyes on Orym. She didn’t specify whose they were, but it’s probably safe to say it’s the Wildmother's as well as the Raven Queen's.
A warm welcome to Rosea...
2024-01-20 07:31:54 +0000 UTC View Post
The other weird thing about falling in love: you spend time with the one you're crushing on, having a great time, and you think you’re the only one with butterflies. 😁
Also, Jenny on 31st December: Hey, I found this new way...
2024-01-19 18:37:28 +0000 UTC View Post
I don’t know about you, but thinking back to the earliest days of falling in love, the feeling that it most associated with it is PANIC. 😂
This is from my headcanon of Will and Orym being in love with each other long before confessing their love. Will shows it by wanting to be close to Orym. Orym shows it by totall...
2024-01-17 20:35:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe Discord server is open to all Squirrels and up!
It's been almost two and a half years since I let it go to sleep, ...
2024-01-17 10:08:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Here we go! Can't wait to see you there. Join the Discord server to chat, ask questions, see NSFW art, and/or look over my shoulder in scheduled livestreams!
Welcome to three new folks already this month: Melinda, Katharina, and Kiwi! So glad you’re with us!
I'm in the middle of an art slump, with my eyes more or less cooperating but me just hating every sketch that drops on my canvas. My first enthusiasm with Clip Studio Paint has worn off as I’m reminded how much of a ...
2024-01-16 19:01:20 +0000 UTC View Post
First finished art based on CSP models! Massive thanks to Rae, who helped me find head models as well, which are at least as useful as body models for the poses and angles you see here. Will in particular would have driven me crazy without the head model.
Done mostly with the Texture Galore set, plus a coupl...
2024-01-10 19:39:23 +0000 UTC View Post
I hope you’re not tired of me waxing poetic over CSP yet?
This is a scene I really wanted to draw for over a year because it really broke my heart - Orym, freshly resurrected by Fearne, stumbles off shouting for help after being told that Laudna is dead and that they flipped a coin for his and Laudna's life. I imagine...
2024-01-06 22:05:41 +0000 UTC View Post
I finally tied together the tutorial for my Texture Galore watercolour set! Not narrated, as that’s such an insane amount of work, but with in-depth tips at normal speed so you can see exactly what happens.
Gumroad (one of the best places for digital brushes and such) just did something I’ve just been waiting ...
2024-01-06 10:56:59 +0000 UTC View Post
This such a revolution!! The only thing I haven’t found in Clip Studio Paint are props, which is why the grip on the sword hilt is the least convincing thing here, lol.
This is going to make my life so much easier; I can’t believe it took me this long to find!
After thirty years of trying to pose wooden IKEA dummies whose flexibility starts and ends at raising their arms, or plastic "body-kuns" whose flexibility is pretty ok IF they can hang on to all their limbs (they can't), how come I never knew Clip Studio Paint has posable models that are REALLY, REALLY good once you get the h...
2024-01-03 16:04:55 +0000 UTC View PostOne reason why everything seems to take ages in Procreate at the moment is entirely my fault, and I wouldn’t want it any other way. Every fifteen minutes while I'm drawing, I find myself thinking, "Now I'd like a brush that does… this." Or, "If my brush right here did this instead of that, that would be cool." And I make ...
2023-12-31 10:44:10 +0000 UTC View Post
