an elderly eredar mage leans against a stone wall in stormwind city. he is very narrow in figure, with tall horns, purple skin, and lavender-white hair in a bun. his clothing is elegant, in shades of maroon, mauve, and red.

Dragging myself out of burnout one scribble at a time. The grandpaposting will continue until my morale improves.
--Too many of my sets are super complex, so I figured I'd dress him down just a little. Still fancy but he's incapable of the 'casual' in business casual lmao
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Today is Tuesday. If I don't get back to ALL of the people I've left on read by Fri/Sat at the latest, I'm going to have my closest confidants ban me from group activities until further notice. I'm starting to get some fuel, & my goodness, there's a mess to clean. Hold this moron accountable y'all

two cropped front-facing views of an elderly eredar wizard's portrait, 7 months apart. in both images he stares with a severe gaze toward the viewer. behind him is a colorful textured background.

7mo diff after reworking an old unshared piece. The wizardposting will continue. Lines & colors have stabilized, even for 'sketchy', & that feels good.
How do we feel about body horror around here, do I post the whole thing at some point or let it marinate in the spoiler bin
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The world did slow down & wait for me, & I feel lucky to have that grace. Now, I need to crawl out of that ghostly vanishing, & take up my prior obligations with some sort of fire. If a few humans can visit the moon, then maybe we can be brave enough to face the little things we're avoiding, hm?

I've been trying to get energy back for a long while now after my nutritional mishap, & I've been living in a nebulous state of misplaced idealism. 'Surely tomorrow I'll have enough energy' etc, but the task list isn't getting any smaller, & I keep losing hours. Maybe a big nap's in order tomorrow

A lot of people can't balance authenticity with safety right now, for one reason or another, given the state of things. Check on a friend this week, or just check in with yourself: You're gonna make it, but you gotta give yourself a fighting chance. Happy TDoV, use caution and courage, but BE here.

Dear friend in the closet: It won't be forever, & you're still needed here. If you doomscroll your hours away because you think it won't get better? Close the tab. Rest your eyes. Return to fight the internet battle some other day. You're alive, right? That, too, is defiance.
Keep at it, I love you🌟

A reference sheet for an elderly Eredar mage, with three views of the character. He stands alone on an alien world colored in pastel hues against a starry backdrop, with a planet looming overhead. He is purple with lavender-white streaked hair in a bun, with tall double-pronged horns. He wears battle armor with coattails and a large cape, in hues of blue, purple, and gold. The mage is shown casting two spells, one made of shadow and twisting nether magic, the other an arcane rune. Overall, the mood of the character is stern and confident. On top of the image is the text: Exodion / The Helionstar.

Exodion gets a new armor set & ref sheet today, after NPC-ing it in the same gear since the DoTI patch. He finally feels like a proper wizard, all stars & glitter & way too much sass to be healthy. He's been a treasure to write & make art for, hope to live here awhile longer
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Also feeling a bit sappy over the fact that in a few short years, I've made so many bonds and connections through the vessel of one grandfatherly wizard. He's had such a warm reception since I unshelved him (after 6yrs of marinating!) & it's let me connect w/ my whimsy in a new way. I love it here

four comparison shots of a reference sheet of the same character. one shows the difference in legs, the next is a conjured portal, followed by a hair bun, and lastly an arcane rune. each image shows improvement over one year. at the bottom is a message: 'bro. I know it's hard. but you gotta keep going. do it for your blorbos ok'

Still tweaking the last bits on a new ref & I'll post the whole thing later, but I thought I'd grab some snapshots since the last one for this char was 1y ago. Turns out improvement happens, even when you can't see it, so please stay obsessed w/ your OCs. shit's the only way forward #art

I've been a zombie for months, & there's a lot of people I've left hanging while I climb out of burnout hell. I will take measures to do some serious self care so I can Exist again instead of just floating through the day half-conscious-- I want to be a wizard, not a hermit!! My blorbos need me AUGH

cropped zoom of two hands of the same character, gnarled and old, clawed, and garbed in form-fitting arm gloves. in the middle, a dubious looking creature flaps their wrist, looking amused. Text: Is he. You know. [EGREGIOUS WRIST FLAP] (Just a little)

These are the nicest & fruitiest hands I've drawn in weeks so I'll immortalize them before I move to rendering. My health & energy has been in shambles for a while but I am TRYING!! to get my spark by any means necessary!! I will be less of a ghost soon, with any luck (WIP)

a collection of scribbles: a silhouette of a cartoonish wolf, a mock-up background thumbnail of space, and three gesture drawings of an elderly eredar wizard. the artist tries to narrow down their thoughts with various notes, such as 'i'll use this bastard for something else probably' and 'cape??'

a half finished waist-up image of a friendly looking eredar wearing armor. big curly green hair, gold-capped horns, and plenty of facial jewelry.

Crawling out of my cognitive dead zone again by listening to 2010s dubstep & picking at new ref sheets for my boys. I swear I'm not dead, just coming back from The Horrors, & I'll catch up on obligation when it stops feeling like hot coals 😭
For now, I full-steam recharge my own interests (WIP)

Sigma face down on the cobblestone, head under Lifeweaver's tree like he's been buried there.

On the complete opposite end:
THE ASPHALT SINGS TO ME

I should start sharing my idiotic POTGs while I'm back on the Overwatch bug. Been locked on Sigma for awhile (& no one was surprised) & I've had some pretty scuffed moments, a lot of flailing, but sometimes I get a dub in there while I'm failing to fly-swatter the supports lmfao

an elderly eredar mage in battle robes floats in an abstract space next to a fel hound, both apparently in zero gravity. the eredar is smiling down at the beast while he manipulates various runes and mana screens, and the fel hound flails after a trailing orb of shadow magic to eat it. The mood is bright, sparkly, and lighthearted.

Trying desperately to find my spark again, so I drew what creates joy. Figured I'd go back to basics & draw something whimsical! Sometimes u gotta bring your weird dog into a mana tank & let him chase around some shadow magic for enrichment
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Today I join the 30s club, & I'm going to celebrate that by... growing the hell up & catching up on all my correspondence! Augh.

I've been away enduring burnout so bad I feel like it's impacted me cognitively, but I've wallowed quite enough, now. Today I'll drag myself to my desk & fix it. Ideally.

lifeweaver sailing to the atmosphere in a tragic ragdoll death, up from his petal platform, in a tropical area.

I'm kind of mediocre at everything except facetanking everything I absolutely shouldn't, but you know what? I'm having fun. Good game. Missed it. I'm also fast on the screenshot trigger so i got that going for me. Sorry lifeweaver, you deserve better than the cover fire I tried to give you

showing most played overwatch heroes at different levels: 8, 7, 6, 5, 4

I got back into overwatch a few days ago just to see if Frank could run it/to use as a dopamine recharge, and I think my mains are quickly shaping up as some sort of Type. Gravity grandpa (ha. ha ha) is about to overtake the tire fire in an entirely unpredictable sweep that no one foresaw /s

Lately I've been dragging myself out of a burnout spiral & getting back up, since I've got an obsolete PC to replace before he bites it, & big dreams involving content production. Bit of a messy scrambling back to 'functional'! I'm tired! We're all tired! But I love you bros, do the next right thing

a citrus-colored creature with animal features, a hoodie, accessories like a crown and glasses, and big orange hair stands in disbelief. they check their phone ('oh'), eyebrows up high, with a notification alert floating nearby.

hELLO that's some new faces, good heavens
--I'm Ness! I draw mostly Draenei with a smattering of commissions in between! All I do is draw OCs, play WoW, & battle approx. 5,000 health debuffs at any given moment.
If you like things with hooves, horns, & magic, you're probably not -that- lost tbh

HONESTLYYYY
They both ended up absolutely beating the hell out of each other's face and had to be separated by force, because they're exceptionally bad at using words that aren't full of hate and vitriol to solve their interpersonal feuds. GOOD TIMES (they will never learn)

In the sands of K'aresh, a Man'ari warrior and a purple Eredar mage are locked in combat. The Man'ari parries a blow from the other's conjured mana shield with an enormous polearm, spewing fel and anima magic. The mage charges into the warrior leaving a trail of shadow magic behind, who is bracing himself in the sand. Both characters snarl viciously at one another, and there's a clear hatred and hostility between them.

Turns out, self indulgent stuff remains the key to burnout.
Had a capital-I Incident the other night between Exodion & @jackaboi-art.bsky.social's Venmaar, & I couldn't get the resulting clash outta my brain. They're both so stupid & violent & they WILL reap the consequences
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These next few weeks are going to be hell on my heart because it's been nearly a whole trip around the sun after a difficult date, but I'll keep trying to play catch up with whatever energy I can hoard away. Hitting Unending Resolve IRL & toughing it out, a few brush strokes at a time. It'll be ok

And just like that, I realized what's kept me in burnt candle mode for months. Last winter (+ some of this one) was overfull w/ grief & hardship, & my poor brain is fighting for its life w/ pattern recognition in the Now. I'm looking for the spark, I promise, I won't leave everything hanging forever

low poly k'aresh fields, no objects loading in the distance

Our wonderful event runner for the night: ok here's where you're going, i've marked it, this is exactly what you're looking at. there are tents, pipes, and batteries.
The Nefarious Frank, my beloved PC:

BlizzHUDTweaks Simple addon which provides some useful stuff for the default blizzard frames like mouseover fading. 287.4K Downloads | Addons

www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/b...

Have at it my liege, takes some fiddling but functions just fine once you've got it sorted o7

"Squeakin' Into the Weekend" - Some of my neighborhood squirrels along with an improvisation in D on an amplified 12-string. I hope this video finds you alive and well! #Guitar #GuitarSky #Music

Yesterday was a badly needed rest day after we got all moved in, but now that it's all taken care of, I can return to business & get back to art for realsies. I'll be putting high prio on it since Frank gave me another subtle error last night!
Don't you do it, boy, I need you to survive a lil longer

nagrand with no textures, mobs and objects present. all following images are similar

liminal space, dude