Happy year of the Wood Snake!

Happy #Caturday

-Mifune the Cat

#painting #cosmos #aurora #landscape #sunrise

Step right in, tea's inside, mind the petals on the walkway - wouldn't want to slip into the pond!

[Commission for YukiyaKitsuNebi]

#Japan #animation #handpainted #art #pond #teagarden

We admire the tallest trees because they've spent so long growing, but they too began as sprouts~

#timelapse #pinetree #painting #clipstudio #Japan

I know a panaderia that only opens on the warmest, sunny mornings~ [Commission for pandulcefx]

#motiongraphics #handpainted #panaderia #animation #environment

A quiet moment in a quiet forest~

#Kirby64 #adeleine #kirby #fanart

7 stories up the back steps of Kyoto Station lies the inviting warm light of Ramen Street~ But just outside is a fine view indeed~

#photostudy #kyoto #japan #handpainted #art

This picture was drawn when my boy was 3 months old~ He literally couldn't retract his claw-swords, and that was a big reason we named him Mifune <3

#inktober #cat #samurai #sevensamurai #inkdrawing

Thanks man! Ironically, it's not really true to him; Mifune is not a serious/samurai cat. He's much more comic relief, although in the movie to be fair, Toshiro Mifune's character is sort of played like comic relief...

Portrait of my cat Mifune as his namesake, Toshiro Mifune. [From #Inktober 2021]

#inkdrawing #cat #samurai #SevenSamurai #portrait

Or sending secret code talk from your dreams.... hmmm~

500 years since the deluge, a murder occurs in San Francisco, and the culprit has bigger plans in mind...

Concept for an abandoned Sci-fi project, 2019~

#scifi #concept #SanFrancisco #GoldenGate #art

Appreciate it man! Honestly, I was impressed how well it turned out, since I made it a couple years back and just remember feeling down about the results - if nothing else, it was a great learning experience, and hey, if it looks good all the better!

Unfinished study of a Kyoto Gate I randomly found while walking near the Heian Shrine~ Learned an important lesson with this one! More contrast is not always better~

#Photostudy #art #kyoto #京都 #painting

The colorwork is jawdropping, and so is everything else! Your work really goes beyond <3

A little #fanartfriday for you all, a rare indulgence for me, surprisingly~ This is from way back in 2020, when I was still obsessing over the then-new Total War 3 Kingdoms (rest in peace)~

#ThreeKingdoms #CaoPi #fanart #曹丕 #三國演義

'Brothel by the docks' - Concept for a story about Chinq Shih the Pirate Queen~ 2021

#art #environment #handpainted #HongKong #pirate

You know, that's a good point actually, the ol' all marketing is good marketing approach. I suppose it... shows what a sucker I am~ *badumtssh*

My god, did you have photo refs for this? It looks picturesque - in every conceivable way <3

I thought this fantastic thing could use a name-rebranding - but with paintings like this, maybe it's doin just fine~ An astounding amount of control for watercolor! Great work

I can bearly contain my excitement! Adorable~

A grand ol' pine tree~ [Photo study from a tree in Uji Japan, 2022]

#art

This is my most recently completed painting - the assignment was to create a triptych on the idea of different cultures coming together. A commission for @asobulab.xyz

[ #acrylic #landscape]

I've been drawing and painting all my life, but I owe a lot to this particular photo study - it was the first time in my independent career I felt my painting really clicked~

[ #InariShrine #伏見稲荷大社 #artstudy] Clip Studio based on photo, 2021

Just briefly, I love the interplay of negative space in this - as a technique and as a way to emphasize the message! Fantastic~

I don't usually do studies, and this might've been the first I did in years, back in 2021, but it gave me the confidence to feel I could paint again~

And this is my cat Mifune~ Say hi- oh... Maybe he'll say hi later... #catsofbluesky

My art is honestly not as polished as some out there, but my color-sense is a bit of a strength, and my background in animation often leads me to create unique little worlds~

[Twitch Background Art, 2021] #environmentart

Greetings Blue Sky! My name is Denn~ I'm a 2D artist, an animator, video essayist, and indie game dev. Honestly I've never been good at explaining just what I do or who I am on social media, so I'm hoping that around here, it'll suffice to show some of what I've done!

[Kyoto Photo Study, 2021]