February 2024

digital art of a gray-skinned and white-haired aasimar, sitting with their hands folded in their lap, looking at the viewer with a cold disdainful expression. their very long straight hair is partially done up in a high bun and partially let down, with two strands resting on their chest. they have solid sclera gold eyes, and around their head there are two intersecting transparent halos, with a few pairs of tiny wings fluttering around the circumference. they are wearing a deep red shirt with bishop sleeves, fishnet tights, a number of gold chain accessories, a leather corset and a leather neck and shoulder piece that is laced in the front.ALT

commission for @gingersnipe, their aasimar sorcerer/paladin Visenya! their request was to depict Visenya as if they’ve had their official portrait painted as part of their political position, and honestly? i was born to be a portraitist in a fantasy universe

thank you for commissioning me! ❤️

digital art of a Miqo'te character. he has tan skin, messy raven black shoulder-length hair, black cat ears and yellow and blue heterochromatic eyes. he is facing the viewer, looking at them with a stony expression, his left hand holding up the handle of a two-handed sword at his hip while the right is resting lightly on it. he is wearing a simple gray shirt, dark pants and a roomy jacket with wide sleeves.ALT

Serve… Save… Slave… Slay… I’ve sins aplenty, aye, but regrets? Not so much.

commission for @shabammo, her Dark Knight Aavhen! i’ve never played FFXIV so it was very fun to learn that it has its own race of cat people. 🤭 thank you for commissioning me!

digital fanart of Essek and Caleb from Critical Role. Essek is a drow with light purple skin and short white hair, dressed in an ensemble of a dark form-fitting shirt and trousers with silver embroidery; his torso is wrapped in a hishi karada, plain ropes tied in a repeated diamond pattern over his clothes. Caleb is a light-skinned human with chin-length red hair and a beard, wearing a simple white shirt, underarm holsters and dark pants. 
they are lounging on a settee, looking at each other. Essek is sitting with his legs crossed, holding a glass of wine in his right hand; Caleb is leaning in to Essek, his left hand resting low on Essek's stomach, with the thumb sliding underneath and slightly tugging on the ropes leading down between Essek's legs.ALT

happy valentine’s day, friends! 💜

a week or so ago i ran a bunch of polls on what kind of shadowgast picture i should draw for v-day, and y'all have helped me build something really fun! especially with the three winners of the color poll (purple, teal, and orange!). i don’t know how much of a ‘regular shadowgast’ this picture has turned out to be (regular shadowgast are probably studying ancient tomes in a dusty library as we speak), but let’s say that i am giving you the plot bunny gift of figuring out the setting of this scene 😏

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digital shoulders-up art of a tiefling with mint-colored skin and long wavy dark blue hair that fades into purple and has a few beads, ribbons, and leaves woven into it. they have curly ram-like horns with spade-like tips, heterochromatic eyes (one yellow, one white) with vertical pupils, a few small scars going through their eyebrows and a beauty mark on their jaw. they're smiling playfully, their right hand up by their face casting the Moonbeam spell, which looks like two spectral moons: a little red one cradled in the white crescent of the other. their face is lit with pink glow from the spell on their right and blue light on their left.ALT

commission for @wintert-ide, her tiefling Moon druid Leaf! i was instantly in love with the request (which was to depict them casting the Moonbeam spell), and was very grateful for the opportunity to use some fun lighting 🌙 thank you for commissioning me!

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digital shoulders-up art of a tiefling with mint-colored skin and long wavy dark blue hair that fades into purple and has a few beads, ribbons, and leaves woven into it. they have curly ram-like horns with spade-like tips, heterochromatic eyes (one yellow, one white) with vertical pupils, a few small scars going through their eyebrows and a beauty mark on their jaw. they're smiling playfully, their right hand up by their face casting the Moonbeam spell, which looks like two spectral moons: a little red one cradled in the white crescent of the other. their face is lit with pink glow from the spell on their right and blue light on their left.ALT

commission for @wintert-ide, her tiefling Moon druid Leaf! i was instantly in love with the request (which was to depict them casting the Moonbeam spell), and was very grateful for the opportunity to use some fun lighting 🌙 thank you for commissioning me!

My child!!! Thank you so much for drawing them and adding so many beautiful details to the art. 10/10 would recommend, they are such a lovely person to work with and so so talented :>

ahhh thank you for your kind words!! and this drawing is so cute 💜

six digital colored headshots of Caleb Widogast from Critical Role, who is a light-skinned man with blue eyes, slightly graying wavy hair and a full beard; each drawing depicts him with a different shade of red hair, from strawberry blond to bright red to auburn.ALT

i’d wanted to play around with Caleb’s hair color for a while, so i did! gave him a few different hairstyles just for the hell of it too (feat. my scourger Bren design in the bottom right-hand corner, because why not).

i am actually a big fan of the shade Caleb has in the official character art, i find the fact that his hair is more brown than red very charming for some reason 🤭 though i always end up giving him bright red hair in my art. the temptation to use it as a visual metaphor for fire is too strong i suppose 😔

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six digital colored headshots of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role, who is a drow with light lavender skin and periwinkle eyes. each drawing depicts him with a different short hairstyle (short wavy bangs, long curled bangs, wavy with a side-part, an undercut with a heap of curls on top, straight hair in a neat side-part, short finger waves) and various nearly white shades of hair (snowy blue, grey-ish pink, light blond, pastel purple, almost pure white and a warm-toned off-white).ALT

after exploring various flavors of redhead with colored Caleb sketches i couldn’t help but do the same with Essek 🤭 i know his hair has been described simply as ‘white’, but my personal headcanon is something slightly warmer (the one in the bottom right-hand corner!). i think farmboy dirt wizard Caleb could definitely compare it to the color of unbleached linen or something, like the hopeless and incredibly silly romantic he is

anyway, i thought i could also play with Essek’s hairstyles here a bit like i did with Caleb! Essek drives me crazy with how difficult his hair is to draw and i still haven’t settled on something specific (though i’ve been recently defaulting to the upper left-hand style). at this point it’s part of my headcanon that Essek simply changes his hairstyle depending on what he’s in the mood for that day

(also, here’s another permanent Essek headcanon of mine: he has a naturally asymmetrical upper lip)

let me know your favorite shade of Essek hair in the tags! 🤭

Discord Conversations Result In Chibi Esseks

a compilation of digital drawings of Essek from Critical Role, done in a cute simple chibi style. there are seven in total:

Essek sitting on a rock, wearing Caleb's scarf and enjoying a bowl of cauliflower soup;
Essek wearing a warm fur-collared cloak, in a dynamic pose, casting Dark Star on a broccoli head;
Essek wearing an Elie Saab outfit that consists of a long flowing dress and a fluffy jacket made of feathery flowers;
Essek standing with his back to the viewer, the back closure of his shirt open. he is holding a hand mirror, and his smug smirk can be seen in the reflection. next to him, there is a speech bubble pointing outside, with Caleb's surprised and enamored face in it;
Essek wearing a wide-brimmed hat and gardening gloves, planting a seedling;
Essek wearing an apron that is too large for him, with a triumphant face, holding up a steaming pie dish;
Essek knitting a very long scarf.

in between the Esseks, there are small drawings depicting things like a pink umbrella, a watering can, a mini beacon, and a chibi Frumpkin.ALT

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here’s the deal lads: in the span of two weeks i got ill with covid, lost half of a tooth, accidentally set my bed on fire and had to have my phone repaired with mediocre results. i NEEDED something light in my truly comical life, and drawing tiny Esseks has been a blast. i hope you enjoy them too (he meeps when you pick him up)

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