do you ever see a piece of art and get chills because you recognize you are witness to a raw reflection of the humanity within the artist?

a digital illustration of two gauntlets/hands, a dark one with golden details and white/lighter one, both inspired by renaissance 15th/16th century armor. their fingers are slightly reaching out for each other. both hands are wrapped in a red ribbon that says 'No Love, however brief, is wasted.' In between there are white periwinkles as a symbol for fond memories

| No Love Is Wasted | ⚔️💮
#originalart

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i was hoping things would change but after going to the ER and then being sick with flu-like symptoms this whole week.. i still haven't been added back to my work schedule after reaching out.

unfortunately that means the next 2 weeks i'll have no income :,-)

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Illustration of a clearing in a dark forest with pools of water on the ground among the trees and vegetation. In the water is a reflection of a cityscape with skyscrapers in vibrant orange and yellow with a bright blue sky, contrasting with the murky blue-green colours of the woods. In the far distance an early sunrise can be made out through the trees.

In an ancient forest, shallow pools reflect not the trees above, but a luminous city of elsewhere.

My shortlisted entry for the Cheltenham Illustration awards. Inspired by the changing landscape, childhood (and adulthood) fantasy, reflections, exploration of strange places...
#art #illustration

the other day i went down a rabbit hole when researching the history of clothing dye and I spent maybe 2 hours reading like a madman

underwater image of a shark with a disproportionately massive mouth that has a creepy bonelike structure inside of it.

did yall know basking sharks are really cool? i mean look at this guy, hes so creepy looking, yet hes one of the dumbest sharks and only eats krill.

I am still jarred sometimes by my cognitive changes from before and then after my schizophrenia developed. Like I get this feeling like i should/would have known how to do something, or that i should have been able to remember something and I cant. Its infuriating, it even affects my art sometimes.

Sylph songstress

ahh thank you!!

digital art of a person curled around a group of pill bugs. their are motifs of pregnancy and surgical instruments

a figure poofy green hair holding a knife to their face hard enough to draw blood

a man with a bite scar on his shoulder and two skeletons. they all have glowing blue eyes

a wolf with blood on its mouth and the words “the holy act of violent revenge”

Hi im max, a trans man from california. I draw my ocs and art about my personal mental and physical health complications.

colorful illustration of a man with glasses and shaggy hair, a simple shirt and a bite scare with dark veins coming from it staring at the viewer. behind him are two skeletons also staring at the viewer. all three of them have high contrast bright blue eyes.

new art new art new art

what god did i piss off enough to nerf me w schizophrenia AND chronic pain AND an autoimmune disease

friend asked me to draw a centipede
So I did

I love my wife

QTP with women for women day

My amazing, skilled, smart, beautiful wife.

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This drawing depicts a witch, with 2 wraiths beside her. She is wearing a lot of trinkets and baubles and is doing some strange magical gesture.

+ Déaelle, the witch prodigy, trusted by the dead +

[ #fantasy #ocsky #oc #ttrpg #cultofmagest #art ]

sometime i feel odd for not being as social online. my lurking habit frustrates me because there is so much connection to be had and i see so many wonderful people posting and commenting and engaging.

happy valentine's :)

digital illustration in muted, dark colors of a thin and pale original character with long poofy green hair and bangs. They have pointed ears and are wearing gold earings, a collared shirt and a vest. They are holding a dagger to the side of their nose with thin trails of blood falling down their face from the point of the knife. their eyes are a shiny gold, and the background is dark with barely visible butterfly wings

let them see you bleed
#oc

digital illustration in muted, dark colors of a thin and pale original character with long poofy green hair and bangs. They have pointed ears and are wearing gold earings, a collared shirt and a vest. They are holding a dagger to the side of their nose with thin trails of blood falling down their face from the point of the knife. their eyes are a shiny gold, and the background is dark with barely visible butterfly wings

let them see you bleed
#oc

An illustration of a man in a tattered jester's outfit reaching down creepily towards the viewer. His hat is shredded and he is obscured in a dark shadow. Around him are brick walls and a frame that features black tentacle-like creatures with multiple eyes. The primary colors used are green and pink.

the jester in the maze

A painting of a crying monstrous deer in a frame, around the frame are small white dogs with halos and angel wings, one of the dogs is trying to lick the tears from the deer's cheek.

𝔄𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔩𝔰 𝔬𝔫 𝔪𝔶 𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔰

i love your art! the way you render lighting is so eye catching and i love the mood you have captured!

this is so cool, i love the heads in the top corners that look like an mri image!

a digital sketch of a harpy waist-up and her head is tilted back so that the underside of her chin and nose are the most prominent features. her visible eye is glaring down directly at the viewer. she has long dark hair and the top of her shoulders are where her wings begin. she is very thin and has a flat chest

odd angle digital sketch portrait of one of my partners. they have long hair but shaved on the sides, glasses, and light facial hair. the angle is 3/4 view but from up high facing down

warm ups

so silly haha when I do too much work at once and almost give myself hypothermia in 73 degree weather. (i have terrible temp regulation and it responds to mental strain) maybe… i should take breaks…

sketch page of three subjects in red pencil. the top left is a nude woman on her knees arching her back with her hands over her head. on the right is a muscled man wearing boxers standing on one leg with his arms crossed, his face is a :3. on the bottom is a more abstract profile of a vampire; it is conventionally attractive but the proportions are off so it feels uncanny

sketch page with blue pencil and black ink. there are 3 figure drawings. the top sketch is two figures with one kneeling over the other with their hands woven together. the bottom left is a nude fat person with shaven hair and one of their arms raised and the other on their hip. the middle is a woman laying on her stomach with her legs crossed behind her and her chin resting on her hands. the bottom right is a small collection of ink doodles with eyes, hair, hearts, and crosshatching.

sketch sketch sketch

cw: artistic nudity

eee curvyyy! hes so precious 💖