December 2023

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full-body character art of a tiefling. they have light gray skin and very short straight warm pink hair, full-sclera black eyes, a pair of small horns growing on the sides of their forehead and black hooves. they're standing with a neutral expression, hugging their messy spellbook to their chest. they're wearing warm clothes in shades of gray: a short woolen cape, wide striped pants and leather bracers; there are black tassel ornaments tied around their horns. they're carrying a messenger bag and a few pouches on their hips, with various bits and ends sticking out of them.ALT

one of my 2023 new year resolutions was to draw my own d&d OCs more, and i… haven’t really been doing that! but i did draw a new baby for a oneshot i played a couple of days ago. this is my lvl3 tiefling divination wizardling Namylukka, and now they have a cat-shaped celestial following them around 🐱 all in all they had tremendous fun (and so did i).

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digital fanart of Essek Thelyss and Caleb Widogast from Critical Role. Essek is a drow with light purple skin and short white curly hair, wearing a soft cape wrapped around his shoulders, a dark tunic, a teal shirt with decorative bracers, similarly colored pants and short lace-up boots; Caleb is a light-skinned human with a beard and long red hair brushed back into a ponytail, dressed in a simple white shirt, brown trousers and tall leather boots. they're sitting on a blanket-covered log in front of a campfire that is just out of frame; Caleb is petting a very happy-looking Frumpkin, who has taken the form of a fluffy ginger cat and is sitting on his lap, and Essek is leaning his head on Caleb's shoulder, holding an earthenware mug in his hands. Caleb's mug is on the ground, and behind them, there are trees and a dark blue-purple starry sky.ALT

everyone’s favorite wizards commissioned by @that-wee-munchkin! they requested Caleb and Essek finally getting outside and enjoying some whisky hot chocolate at a campfire 🔥 a cozy early autumn night spent sharing stories and petting Frumpkins 🐱

thank you so much for commissioning me and giving me the sweetest prompt imaginable!

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digital fanart of Essek and Caleb from Critical Role. Essek is a drow with light purple skin and short white curly hair, wearing purple winter gloves and a dark fur-lined cloak with the hood up; Caleb is a light-skinned human with a beard and long red hair in a bun, dressed in a brown coat and purple scarf wound around his neck. they are kissing; one of Essek's hands is tugging the hood of his cloak to the side, while the other is resting on Caleb's back just below his neck. behind them, there are lines of lanterns and simple triangle garlands.ALT

i haven’t really worked on any personal/non-commissioned drawings in quite a while due to just *waves hand around* life stuff, so i tried getting back into it today, and i tried getting silly with it. use a different style, a different brush texture here and there. same wizards though! sneaking a naughty wizard kiss at whatever winter holiday market exists in the empire before Essek has to recast his disguise ❄️

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shoulders-up digital line-art drawing of a man with long wavy hair in a side-shave mullet, facing the viewer and looking at them with one slightly raised eyebrow. there is a lit cigarette between his lips, with wavy tendrils of smoke coming off the tip of it and curling around his head.ALT

commission for @elanorofcastile! her character Steve Gilbertson, bartender who stumbled into Narnia and became a paladin 👀⚔️ thank you for commissioning me! 💜

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digital fanart of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role. he is a purple-skinned drow with short curly white hair, wearing dark and warm clothes, slightly worn and stained in places: a wrap-around shirt with a white turtleneck collar peaking from beneath it, wide pleated striped ombré pants, a wide leather belt with various pouches hanging off of it, lace-up boots and a cloak with a fur collar and geometric pattern on it. he is standing on a snow-covered road facing the viewer, one hand holding the edge of his cloak, the other raised in front of his stomach in an uncertain gesture; he is looking at something off-screen in front of him with wide and stunned hopeful eyes. behind him, a lightly sketched market fades into unimportance below a bright periwinkle sky, and he is lit from the side by pinky-orange rays of the rising sun.ALT

commission for piratethextine, an illustration for the second (upcoming!) part of her shadowgast fanfiction On Gravity and Time!

i really enjoy conveying stories in my art, and this was an absolute treat of a commission because i got to illustrate that magical moment of seeing a person you love for the first time in a very long time : ) thank you for commissioning me 💜🧡

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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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chest-up digital fanart of Essek and Caleb from Critical Role. Essek is a drow with purple skin and short light curly hair; Caleb is a light-skinned human with long ginger hair and a beard. Essek is standing on the left in profile, gazing up at the grey-ish blue overcast sky and the falling snowflakes. on the right, slightly farther away from the viewer is Caleb, looking at Essek with a small fond smile. both of them are wearing warm clothes, with a thin layer of fresh snowflakes on Essek's fluffy dark fur collar and Caleb's muted green and purple striped scarf.ALT

two wintery wizards commissioned by @aravhy as a gift for their friends! they requested Essek admiring the first snowflakes, and Caleb admiring Essek : ) i thought that that prompt was the sweetest thing in existence and was incredibly excited to put it on canvas 🥰 thank you for commissioning me!

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2023 art summary, featuring details of full-render artworks i have created over the year, one per each month.ALT

a full year of a lot of drawing! (and many wizards! thank you shadowgast for sponsoring my creativity this year 🧡💜)

(september features the only fully-rendered picture i drew that month, but it’s from a very sexy semi-secret project that i might post in 2024 ✨ hence the blurring)

i had set a few very loose art-related new year resolutions for 2023, and…

i think i’ve improved a lot in 2023 and i’m very happy with all the work i’ve done 😎

i encourage all the artists to look at your art and notice all the things you’ve improved at! even if you haven’t drawn a single thing this year, congratulations on honing your skills by observing the world, experiencing life, and learning and doing other things. it all goes towards making your art more awesome 🫂

happy new year guys 🥂