April 2024

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zmeess:

digital fanart of Essek Thelyss and Caleb Widogast. Essek is a drow with dark purple skin and short white hair swept to the side; Caleb is a taller light-skinned human with long red hair and a beard. they are standing with their backs to the viewer in front of a large mirror; Caleb is behind Essek, in the middle of helping him do up the hook closure in the back of Essek's white shirt. it is open all the way down to Essek's tailbone, exposing Essek's naked back and a delicate necklace consisting of several interconnected chains with one orange pendant trailing down his spine; the necklace is resting low on his neck so it would be completely hidden by the high collar of his shirt once it is done up. the closure of the shirt is decorated to vaguely resemble a vertebral column; Caleb is holding one part of the open collar with his right hand, while the left is positioned down low, with the index finger slipping underneath one of the panels of the shirt, touching the skin of Essek's back. Essek is looking at himself in the mirror with a slight self-satisfied smile, fixing the cuffs of his shirt; the reflection of Caleb's face is carefully watching Essek in the mirror. the painting utilizes a dark and sultry limited color scheme, and the characters are lit from the side with cool light that turns Essek's white shirt and hair bright chartreuse and his skin a saturated emerald green.ALT

just over a year ago, @saturdaysky commissioned me with an absolutely outstanding shadowgast prompt; namely, ‘Caleb helping Essek put on a fancy outfit’. i’m sure you can imagine how ecstatic i was about it (just look at that line, every single word in it is designed to make me go heart eyes), and i’m finally finished and excited to post this bad boy. i hope you guys enjoy this picture too and my very optimistic wish is that it inspires all sorts of lovely stories in your minds 😏

sky gave me a beautiful prompt and a specific atmosphere/mood to depict, but was very patient and generous about letting me go wild on the actual posing, colors and details, so naturally i did 😂 my idea of using a mirror in the composition was admittedly rather ambitious, and lead me to reading up quite a bit on optics, the physics of reflections and reflections in art specifically (as well as the history of zippers and other closures!), so not only was this commission a delight from the point of view of its topic, but i also learned a fair amount of new stuff while working on it. honestly speaking, i like to think that the bookworm wizards would approve of my little adventure.

thank you for commissioning me! 💜

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a hips-up digital painting of a character hugging herself, looking up with a wistful expression on her face. she has light skin, long straight black hair, pupil-less blue eyes and dark tattoos in the form of straight bars loosely following the bones of her skeleton. she is wearing a simple dark blue dress with tight light blue sleeves that end in a triangle connected to a thick gold ring on each of her middle fingers, a grey cloak with a purple lining inside and a geometric black pattern outside, a thin gold bangle on each wrist, a necklace disappearing between her breasts and under the neckline of her dress, and a pair of dangle earrings consisting of two dagger-like shapes. her hair and cloak are moving with a slight wind, and behind her is a backdrop of moody gray-pink skies.ALT

commission for @crazy-fruit, her lovely character Juvia! thank you for commissioning me 💜

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a digital hips-up portrait of a young soft-faced elf holding a white blue-eyed fox in their arms. the elf has pale freckled skin, silver shoulder-length wavy hair and amber eyes. their hair is partially done up, with their wand stuck into it and visible from behind their head. they are wearing a violet-orange duochrome shirt with long puffy sleeves and a brown embroidered short-sleeved jacket over it. there is a second pair of sleeves peeking from underneath the purple shirt, with a triangular piece of dusty blue fabric stretching over the back of each of their hands and hooking around the middle finger. around their neck, there is a pearl and amber necklace and a brown striped scarf.ALT

commission for araviir on bluesky, their chronurgy wizard Fyrin & Fyrin’s familiar Sternan! had a lot of fun trying my hand at mixing Kryn & Empire fashions for this one 🤭 thank you for commissioning me!