May 2024

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digital fanart of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role, with only his head and hands fully rendered while the rest of his body is covered in nondescript dark clothes. he is depicted as a young-looking slender drow, with light gray-purple skin, short wavy blond hair, periwinkle eyes and small pointed ears. he appears to be sitting down in an armchair, leaning his left elbow on the armrest and touching his lips with the fingers of his left hand, right hand resting on his knee. he is looking off-screen with an attentive expression and a soft amused smile. the painting employs a limited palette of beige, mauve, dusty purple and light blue.ALT

a little study i did to try to depict Essek looking as realistic (within my style) as possible. you can tell i was serious by the fact that i blacked out his clothes so as not to get distracted from the task at hand /j

i encounter a few persistent issues when i draw Essek; it’s not only in him not being a real person that i can’t look at to then draw accurately as far as his facial features are concerned, but also in the fact that purple people don’t exist. i can’t study, from pictures or real life, how skin of that color would behave in different lighting, how the blood vessels would appear from underneath it, what shade the sebum would highlight the nose and forehead with, and on and on and on. i can only make an educated guess, and it takes a lot of mental math each time 🀭 so here i tried paying special attention to the realism of it all, to see if i’ll learn something! my art is somewhat (semi-)realistic as is, but there still is a fair amount of stylizing going on, and i wanted to have a bit of fun figuring out where it happens. so far noticed that i tend to exaggerate facial features and make them larger than they would probably be on a real person (noses and eyes in particular), and my art could benefit from more different hues when i’m doing skin, especially green.

very excited to try doing Caleb next \o/

detail!

a close-up of the above picture, showing Essek's face and hand.ALT

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zmeess:

digital fanart of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role, with only his head and hands fully rendered while the rest of his body is covered in nondescript dark clothes. he is depicted as a young-looking slender drow, with light gray-purple skin, short wavy blond hair, periwinkle eyes and small pointed ears. he appears to be sitting down in an armchair, leaning his left elbow on the armrest and touching his lips with the fingers of his left hand, right hand resting on his knee. he is looking off-screen with an attentive expression and a soft amused smile. the painting employs a limited palette of beige, mauve, dusty purple and light blue.ALT

a little study i did to try to depict Essek looking as realistic (within my style) as possible. you can tell i was serious by the fact that i blacked out his clothes so as not to get distracted from the task at hand /j

i encounter a few persistent issues when i draw Essek; it’s not only in him not being a real person that i can’t look at to then draw accurately as far as his facial features are concerned, but also in the fact that purple people don’t exist. i can’t study, from pictures or real life, how skin of that color would behave in different lighting, how the blood vessels would appear from underneath it, what shade the sebum would highlight the nose and forehead with, and on and on and on. i can only make an educated guess, and it takes a lot of mental math each time 🀭 so here i tried paying special attention to the realism of it all, to see if i’ll learn something! my art is somewhat (semi-)realistic as is, but there still is a fair amount of stylizing going on, and i wanted to have a bit of fun figuring out where it happens. so far noticed that i tend to exaggerate facial features and make them larger than they would probably be on a real person (noses and eyes in particular), and my art could benefit from more different hues when i’m doing skin, especially green.

very excited to try doing Caleb next \o/

detail!

a close-up of the above picture, showing Essek's face and hand.ALT

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digital fanart of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role, with only his head and hands fully rendered while the rest of his body is covered in nondescript dark clothes. he is depicted as a young-looking slender drow, with light gray-purple skin, short wavy blond hair, periwinkle eyes and small pointed ears. he appears to be sitting down in an armchair, leaning his left elbow on the armrest and touching his lips with the fingers of his left hand, right hand resting on his knee. he is looking off-screen with an attentive expression and a soft amused smile. the painting employs a limited palette of beige, mauve, dusty purple and light blue.ALT
digital fanart of Caleb Widogast from Critical Role, with only his head and forearms fully rendered while his shirt with rolled up sleeves lacks any details and is painted solid beige. he is a human in his early forties, with light freckled skin and blue eyes; he has shoulder-length slightly wavy ginger hair and a beard, with light streaks at his temples and at the corners of his mouth. he appears to be sitting down on a chair, leaning forward with his right elbow on the table in front of him. his right hand is caught in the middle of dragging across his mouth, the fingers propping up the chin and the left cheek, the thumbnail caught between his teeth. his left hand is pressing down on top of the back of the chair behind him, the elbow pointed back. on both of his forearms there are regularly spaced long-healed hypertrophic scars. he is looking off-screen with an intense contemplative expression on his face. the painting employs a limited palette of light green, beige, peach, brown and light blue.ALT

i thought i could post my realistic studies of the wizard husbands together. just cause πŸ’œπŸ§‘

here are the links to Essek and Caleb posted separately + some of my musings on the process : )

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p.s. please don’t spoil the recent stuff in the tags _(β”γ€ŒΞ΅:)_ thank you!

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a digital lineart piece featuring Caleb and Essek from critical role. Essek is naked save for plain boxer-briefs, lying on his back with each of his forearms tied to the respective upper arm, with the elbows pointing up and the palms resting right next to his head on the pillow. he is blindfolded with a satiny sleeping mask, and is pressing his face into one of his raised arms. his legs are also tied, with his walking cane used as an improvised spreader bar, tucked in the fold between the calves and the back of his thighs. Caleb, dressed in a simple t-shirt that is slightly too big for him, is sitting on his haunches between Essek's spread thighs. he is pushing Essek's legs down closer to his stomach with his left hand on the back of Essek's thigh, while in his right hand he is holding a lit pillar candle, dripping melted wax onto Essek's chest with an expression of awe and reverence on his face.ALT

commission for @eldritchmochi, an illustration of a very steamy scene from his fic coping skills! 😏 (this chapter in particular!)

this picture was a very fun challenge for me from the point of view of posing, and y'all know me. always happy to draw ropes πŸ’œ thank you for commissioning me!

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zmeess:

a digital lineart piece featuring Caleb and Essek from critical role. Essek is naked save for plain boxer-briefs, lying on his back with each of his forearms tied to the respective upper arm, with the elbows pointing up and the palms resting right next to his head on the pillow. he is blindfolded with a satiny sleeping mask, and is pressing his face into one of his raised arms. his legs are also tied, with his walking cane used as an improvised spreader bar, tucked in the fold between the calves and the back of his thighs. Caleb, dressed in a simple t-shirt that is slightly too big for him, is sitting on his haunches between Essek's spread thighs. he is pushing Essek's legs down closer to his stomach with his left hand on the back of Essek's thigh, while in his right hand he is holding a lit pillar candle, dripping melted wax onto Essek's chest with an expression of awe and reverence on his face.ALT

commission for @eldritchmochi, an illustration of a very steamy scene from his fic coping skills! 😏 (this chapter in particular!)

this picture was a very fun challenge for me from the point of view of posing, and y'all know me. always happy to draw ropes πŸ’œ thank you for commissioning me!

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digital hips-up portrait of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role. he is a young-looking drow with lavender skin, light violet eyes, and shoulder-length white wavy hair, the bangs artfully pulled back. he is dressed in layered dark robes: a cape with silver scale-like embroidery and short wide sleeves, a caftan-like jacket underneath with complex sleeves, a dark teal very high turtleneck peeking from underneath the open collar of the caftan, and a wide iridescent black sash sitting high on his waist, with a dark teal ribbon tied over it in a large but simple knot. he is looking at the viewer with a confident expression and a barely-there smile, raising his right hand up to cast a spell that manifests as a small almost black orb. the painting is done using a limited palette, with blacks leaning towards wine red and brown, and lights in a variety of dusky mint green, beige and lavender.ALT

i have finally watched episode 94! welcome back hot boy πŸ’œ

y'all might know that i am a staunch supporter of short haired Essek, so when i learned about his new hairstyle i went mmmmm not sure about that! but it took me like. two and a half hours to change my mind. it’s cool to experiment with your appearance! the dude deserves some cute fancy curls, as a treat. also zmeess you’ve been growing out your hair from a buzz cut for years, now he’s just like you fr or whatever the kids say.

so yeah, i support you man, you go and dazzle everyone with your fabulous Xhorhassian looks

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p.s. haven’t watched eps 95 and 96 yet, please no spoilers! \o/

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zmeess:

digital hips-up portrait of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role. he is a young-looking drow with lavender skin, light violet eyes, and shoulder-length white wavy hair, the bangs artfully pulled back. he is dressed in layered dark robes: a cape with silver scale-like embroidery and short wide sleeves, a caftan-like jacket underneath with complex sleeves, a dark teal very high turtleneck peeking from underneath the open collar of the caftan, and a wide iridescent black sash sitting high on his waist, with a dark teal ribbon tied over it in a large but simple knot. he is looking at the viewer with a confident expression and a barely-there smile, raising his right hand up to cast a spell that manifests as a small almost black orb. the painting is done using a limited palette, with blacks leaning towards wine red and brown, and lights in a variety of dusky mint green, beige and lavender.ALT

i have finally watched episode 94! welcome back hot boy πŸ’œ

y'all might know that i am a staunch supporter of short haired Essek, so when i learned about his new hairstyle i went mmmmm not sure about that! but it took me like. two and a half hours to change my mind. it’s cool to experiment with your appearance! the dude deserves some cute fancy curls, as a treat. also zmeess you’ve been growing out your hair from a buzz cut for years, now he’s just like you fr or whatever the kids say.

so yeah, i support you man, you go and dazzle everyone with your fabulous Xhorhassian looks

tip jar!

p.s. haven’t watched eps 95 and 96 yet, please no spoilers! \o/

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four digital sketches of Essek and Caleb from Critical Role, all of them depicting them kissing sweetly or with their faces close to each other, about to kiss. Caleb is portrayed as a freckled human with medium-length wavy hair and a beard, while Essek is a drow with curly hair, the length of which varies in each sketch from short to long, either let down or put up in a bun with a wooden stick.ALT

i have finally finished watching c3ep95! congratulations to Essek Thelyss for probably having this ☝ in his mind on repeat 24/7 /j

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