I’m happy to finally share my contribution to @regaliazine!
Anonymous asked:
I've been having a hard time getting motivated to draw this last year. Im in a much better place than I was when this started, but its still been hard getting creative.
I saw you painting of Luz and Andromeda, and really wanted to look at more of your work (particularly Luz lol) and idk what to say. Youve got me wanting to pull out the tablet again and paint.
My wrist sucks so Ill have to go slowly, but I wanted to let you know that your art is beautiful and inspiring. Thank you ♡
This is literally the sweetest ask I’ve ever received thank you! Honestly I’m in a bit of a similar spot. I’ve been struggling to pick up my tablet for projects unrelated to work for a while now and even when I do I really struggle to finish projects. That wip of Luz for example has been a wip for… four months? A half a year? It’s been a while and there’s many others that are even older.
I’m really happy seeing them got you inspired though! If there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s that drawing at all is better than never drawing. It’s not even about productivity or completion. It’s that you have the opportunity to do something you enjoy sometimes as well as the opportunity to make beautiful and cool things. Even if you never finish things or post them for others to see making art is still fulfilling and worthwhile. Despite my creative struggles I still enjoy bringing things to life so it makes me happy that my art is inspiring others to do the same!
I don’t have much art of Luz because they’re a more recent character and my burnout has made it hard, but if you like them you might also enjoy my art of Lucéena (tagged as that name or under Ja’roach) Luz is a pathfinder revamping of Lucéena after her dnd campaign ended so the two share a lot of similarities. Their designs are a little different though because I didn’t want to feel beheld to old character choices I’d made. I wanted the similar vibes but with a fresh start. Their races and classes didn’t line up in the conversion either, so it didn’t make sense to do a complete design carryover. Lucéena was an shadar kai eldritch knight and Luz is a fetchling magus. Their backgrounds are both the guard/soldier tho and they share a lot of story elements. One day I’d like to do more art for Luz! Or maybe even a piece with the two of them together
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Putting wips of your characters from different campaigns on the same page is a mistake I was just trying to compare them for height reference and I accidentally created a fairy gf/goth gf dynamic! Now I’m SAD and MAD because these two are my own characters and the only way I’ll ever get to see them together is if I go off the rails and actually draw AU content for them!
…which I might. I have no idea what I’d draw but literally them just standing on the same page is cute and I want to see what my 5’5 space paladin and my 6’3 pf magus would do if they ever existed in the same room
Putting wips of your characters from different campaigns on the same page is a mistake I was just trying to compare them for height reference and I accidentally created a fairy gf/goth gf dynamic! Now I’m SAD and MAD because these two are my own characters and the only way I’ll ever get to see them together is if I go off the rails and actually draw AU content for them!
…which I might. I have no idea what I’d draw but literally them just standing on the same page is cute and I want to see what my 5’5 space paladin and my 6’3 pf magus would do if they ever existed in the same room
#art#pathfinder#dnd#dnd art#dungeons and dragons#paladin#magus#character art#character design#character#oc#original character#wip#wip art#luz#andromeda#andromeda might actually be a paladin/warlock idk I’m still working on her story#but I think they’d actually be a good couple for each other which is not something I normally say about my characters lol#luz needs to follow someone to find direction in life and Andromeda just so happens to know what she wants and what she plans to devote her#life to#luz is so ride or die which is exactly the kind of spirit andromeda would need#I haven’t had the chance to play andromeda yet but I think she’d appreciate someone who’s resilient and capable in their own right#and offers a different perspective to things#alrighty I’m done smacking my ocs against each other now you may all carry on#I just figure these are the kind of thoughts tumblr would appreciate lmao
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May I offer you all a low-res wip in these trying times?
May I offer you all a low-res wip in these trying times?
#wip#art#digital art#mermaid#work in progress#fantasy#fantasy art#creature#I know it’s still April but does this count as an early Mermay?#I’m hoping to have this done by then so I can share the full piece!#still got a lot to do tho especially for the bg#I also need to find a good ref for collarbones cuz if y’all couldn’t tell I have no idea what I’m doing there lol#been avoiding that in favor of doing the hair and tail#anyway#I’ve been working on a lot of little things! including some cr fanart#I hope may is my art month
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It’s been a while since I shared anything sorry guys! Have this messy sketch I kind of like
Per my rambling tags about not being sure if I liked Luz’s cape like this:
The highest form of compliment I can receive on my art thank you
Thank you! (Before people get too impressed I was sketching with reference. But I pulled the perspective out of my butt so it’s probably not as accurate as it could be.) Luz is my edgy little PF character so I like the idea of them just being that slick XD It’s also funny because the character I based Luz on was a different oc that was colorblind. At one point in this oc’s journey she got a cloak of the mountebank but couldn’t tell that it was bright red so everyone else in the party was like “whoa you know that’s totally not your all-black vibe right?” So she spent a month leaving it at a store to be dyed black because she doesn’t know color theory. If it’s not black then it surely makes her look foolish! (Even tho I thought it was kinda cool lol).
I think it’s funny that Luz as her reincarnate finally got the red cape, this time entirely within their choice.
Thank you! I live for these kind of art analyses on my work :D I do like the red here. If I were to finish it I’d probably compliment it with some hints of blue atmosphere but we’ll see. And yea the paleness really ups the contrast. Thats a signature part of their character so I’m a little reluctant to change it, it’s why I keep going back and forth with the clothes instead XD Thank you for being a continual enjoyer of my art!
Best advice so far. 1.5 goth vampires wasn’t enough I must not stop until I have a hoard of them sitting in a closet and being all gloomy and sad.
#canary talks#I like mass responding to tags sometimes but I’m never sure if I should @ the people who wrote them#like what’s the proper tumblr etiquette here?#feel free to let me know anonymously or not if you think i should tag people when I do this#on one hand if you don’t care then being tagged is probably annoying especially if it brings unwanted traffic and comments to the person#on the other hand it almost feels like stealing content even tho these are comments left in my own public post that anyone could read
It’s been a while since I shared anything sorry guys! Have this messy sketch I kind of like
#art#digital art#illustration#wip#dnd#pathfinder#dungeons and dragons#fetchling#magus#luz#I’m still not sure I’m giving luz the red cape but it was a fun element to throw in this sketch#I’ve always loved the look of capes with bright inner linings so I’m looking for an excuse to design a character w one lol#I’m just not sure if red is the way to go with Luz#their entire outfit is black grey and silver so it would be a nice pop of color#but idk every time I try painting up a red the red just doesn’t look like it belongs#I like muting it to brown but who makes a two colored cape with just black and brown??#maybe I should make the inside silver#that could be cool#or to lighten their outfit the outside could be silver t and the inside could be black#but that’s def not practical for a character that uses the shadows to their advantage#imagine trying to sneak in the dark but your cape catches every speck of light like a beacon#ah well I’ll figure it out#if you’ve read all these tags feel free to leave tags with your own thoughts. or a comment too!
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Wanted to share a series I’ve been working on, even if it’s a bit early in the season. I decided to illustrate the ghosts of Christmas! From top to bottom we have past, present, and future
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Harvest Goddess 2023
Here’s 2022’s harvest goddess for comparison!
Harvest Goddess 2023
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And so begins my mad dash to make fanart between classes!
Wip of a costume breakdown I’m making for my fetchling magus, Luz! This is the base clothes layer that goes beneath the padding and armor
#art#digital art#pathfinder#fetchling#magus#dnd#luz#this is the first time I got to draw luz’s face without them wearing their hood and mask#so that’s nice#I had fun designing their features#lately I have been leaning towards very bold faces#in the past I liked drawing sleak and thin faces more but I feel like you have more opportunity to add character with these faces#there’s more complexity in the cheek bones y’know?#anyway yea luz is yet another character suffering from the resting bitch face syndrome#with the hood and mask they strike and intimidating figure
Portrait 7/7 ~2.2hrs
Final portrait study is my favorite girl Karlach!
#art#digital art#Karlach#bg3 fanart#bg3#teifling#portrait study#I kept forgetting to post this but I did this last week with my other studies#wanted to end on something fun but I would not recommend trying to study someone made out of game graphics#the hair skin and eyes are all a bit off#def not good for textures and lighting is kinda flat#I mostly did this for design and practice fast and cheap rendering#and for the funzies of course#love Karlach
Portrait 6/7
Wanted to do something witchy for the season at least once this challeng