Pen drawing of the head and shoulders of a bearded male humanoid with a bone or stone looking appearance whose head is stylized like that of a spiral seashell. Around them is sand that has enveloped the lower part of their body providing a sense of the massive size of the being along with span of time that the world has moved on and consumed them. Stone ruins dot the landscape along with a large nomadic tent and some dead trees. In the sky are jellyfish like structures kilometers across hanging in the sky, the bigger one to the left of the face. Large asteroids hang in the sky indicating that there was a ri.ng around the planet.

Artifact of a different age
11x17 pen and paper
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Work in progress pen drawing of the head and shoulders of a large bearded figure emerging from the ground

That shell skull t9ok a long time to do today...
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Work in progress pen drawing of the head and shoulders of a large bearded figure emerging from the ground

Mostly focused on tightening up and strengthening the line work along with some progress
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I drew Tifa in 2005 after seeing FFVII: Advent Children in theaters. I loved her updated character design and her hair style.

Anyway! #FFVII #Tifa #inksky #b&wart

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Work in progress pen drawing of the head and shoulders of a large bearded figure emerging from the ground

More lines scratched on a page...more tomorrow
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Work in progress pen drawing of the head and shoulders of a large bearded figure emerging from the ground

And now another slice of unreality starts to take shape
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Pen drawing of a feminine figure laying on their back in profile to the viewer, their body is made up of various high tech parts and metal plates in a cyberpunk look with many fine pieces building up the whole of the body with their face easily visible and their right arm appears to be in a state of disassembly as it reaches upwards to the sky. Around this bio-mechanical form are large nautaloid like constructs, the nearest interacting with the form with its lenses locked on their face. Others float in the distance where large metallic towers rise against a pale sky.

Soul harvested
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​A sneak peek at #doomsong for the marvelous @caesar-ink.bsky.social

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Work in progress pen drawing of a figure lying on their back and they are composed of biomechanical components and metallic plates with a left arm raised

More later but for now I need to pull it together for work tomorrow.
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Work in progress pen drawing of a figure lying on their back and they are composed of biomechanical components and metallic plates with a left arm raised

Happy with today's progress.
Prioritized not having to be anywhere for a time to do things. Srew made, some cleaning done, some extra reading time and some exercise
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Work in progress pen drawing of a figure lying on their back and they are composed of biomechanical components and metallic plates with a left arm raised

More tomorrow...enough for tonight
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Work in progress pen drawing of a figure lying on their back and they are composed of biomechanical components and metallic plates with a left arm raised

Im amazed given how wiped out i feeling i got this much done. In any case day 2 checkpoint
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Work in progress pen drawing of a figure lying on their back and they are composed of biomechanical components and metallic plates with a left arm raised

And now somwthing detailed and will take a few days im sure..but off we go again
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Pen drawing of a withered, corpse like being with a bone looking technological helmet with a singular eye piece in the center of its face and tubes coming out of its nose looping into the side of the helmet while teeth exposed from a lack of lips. The bare neck and chest are full of metal pipes and corded muscle as it holds a sword glowing with a bluish energy field in its right hand parallel to the ground and the left is drawn back into a fist by its hip. From the waist down it is in red robe with armor plates down its legs as it stands in smoke and embers. It is flanked by a couple of orbs with bright blue central eyes and turrets with fleshy texture and turreted weapons emerging from each side and the bottom.

RoboZombieSwordsman
A rare one-shot. Started and finished today
9x12 pen on paper
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Pen drawing of a hunched over humanoid figure with a long, angular face with a thick neck with bone white lumpy skin with black antler like growths emerging out of its back with purple gems and armor pieces over their back and chest before transitioning to belts and red robe decorated with some blue gems in silver settings. Their left arm is holding a silver helix-shaped staff while their right hand ends in a black metal steel cap etched with sigils. There is a pyramid filled with blue and purple energy, and a large book hanging from the belt on the right side while a smaller being in a reddish robe carrying a book about the third of its height. They are walking past an opening deeper into the stone-walled keep where a large fireplace with some of the smaller beings scurrying around in that far room, while approaching a lab area. It is approaching bookshelf stacked with books and jars while walking past a foreground table made up of a series of twisted faces with various candles, incense, books and a large jar with a small body in it and heading towards a cauldron over a fire.

Deep in the Keep
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Work in progress pen drawing of a large headed alien being walking with a staff and wearing a form of armor with leather bands while antler like growths grow out of its back walking through a stone wall lined citadel towards a laboratory followed by a small being carrying a large book

Lots of time spent cleaning up lines on top of pushing it forward. Will finish this tomorrow for sure
Thank you to everyone who has been encouraging me as ive been chipping away
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Work in progress pen drawing of a large headed alien being walking with a staff and wearing a form of armor with leather bands while antler like growths grow out of its back. It is walking through a castle like interior towards a lab looking area

Slowly filling in the blanks
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Work in progress pen drawing of a large headed alien being walking with a staff and wearing a form of armor with leather bands while antler like growths grow out of its back

Wrapping it up for tonight. More tomorrow
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Work in progress pen drawing of a large headed alien being walking with a staff and wearing a form of armor with leather bands while antler like growths grow out of its back

More world building
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Work in progress pen drawing of a large headed alien being walking with a staff and wearing a form of armor with leather bands while antler like growths grow out of its back

Day 4 and lots more world to build still
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Work in progress pen drawing of a large headed alien being walking with a staff and wearing a form of armor with leather bands while antler like growths grow out of its back

Day 3 and yes...will be a lot of fiddly bits to come
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Work in progress pen drawing of a large headed alien being walking with a staff and wearing a form of armor with leather bands while antler like growths grow out of its back

I may grow to regret where this one is going in terms of complexity...
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Work in progress pen drawing of a large headed alien being walking with a staff and wearing a form of armor with leather bands while antler like growths grow out of its back

Let's see who they become
Seem to be a bit more character driven at the moment.
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Pen drawing of a more science-fiction looking elf sitting cross-legged with a sword hovering above their lap while a pinkish-purple ball of energy with an eyeball in the center hovers above their up-turned left hand. She sits with banners behind her back and behind her shoulders in purple and blue with alien symbols written on them while around her are various portal like structures and two vaguely humanoid statues with multiple blue gems in place of faces. The bodies of the statues are bio-mechanical looking growths that twist and writhe to make a human-like figure. In the distance, in the blue and green mist and sky, various towers of organic looking design rise up, half realized through the haze.

Contemplating their path
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Work in progress pen drawing of a feminine elven figure sitting cross-legged legged wotha sword hovering over their lap and penants behind their back

Will finish this tomorrow
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Work in progress pen drawing of a feminine elven figure sitting cross-legged legged wotha sword hovering over their lap and penants behind their back

Slow and steady progress. Hoping for a bit more rest this weekend
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Work in progress pen drawing of a feminine elven figure sitting cross-legged legged wotha sword hovering over their lap and penants behind their back

Day 3 check in point. At this pace should be wrapping this one up on the weekend
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Work in progress pen drawing of a feminine elven figure sitting cross-legged legged wotha sword hovering over their lap and penants behind their back

A little bit of progress tonight I guess
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Work in progress pen drawing of a feminine elven figure sitting cross-legged legged wotha sword hovering over their lap and penants behind their back

Bit of an eldar influence creeping in (reading a 40k short story collection..so go figure) but not explicitly that
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