A traditional line art and digitally colored painting of a raccoon in a somewhat messy apartment, seen from an above angle. The raccoon is snaking on some chips in the center of the floor, with dirty dishes on the counter and a burrow hole in the couch. Warm evening sunlight pools onto the creature from a window above the sink, and the rest of the apartment is shaded in soft purples and blues.

Another old art reshare~! This time, a rare digital piece I’m still proud of. 😊

(Also I still adore raccoons 🦝)

#SaplingArt #DigitalArt

A very intricate watercolor Islamic tile painting, with vibrant turquoise and gold plant motifs, surrounded by multi-toned deep sea blues and cool and warm purples. It forms a circular, star-like shape, and is surrounded by a white and gold border that blends with the geometric white designs moving throughout the entire painting.

✨ Ramadan Mubarak! ✨

May this month grant justice to all oppressed people, motivate us all towards acts of liberation, and bring peace to all those struggling. 🌙

#Ramadan #IslamicArt #Watercolor #SaplingArt

A deep purple toned painting in traditional gouache, of a portrait of a white woman in profile with various ear and hair jewelry, painting her lips with a paintbrush. She’s illuminated by a light purple light and has long shadowed hair.

The first ever gouache study I made years ago! Guess the musical it’s from?

#SaplingArt #Gouache #Painting #Art

A vivid watercolor painting of a huge canyon, filled with yellow, reddish, and purple shadowed hues, with a river cutting through it, with a turquoise that matches the sunny blue sky. Two masculine figures sit towards the edge of the cliff, one looking a little sickly all in white and one with red hair and a green backpack, with his arm around the other.

This piece is a decade old, but it was my #watercolor breakthrough! I’d made decent paintings before it, but nothing on such a big scale, with such an exploration of textures and colors.

Someday, it could be fun to repaint and see what new vision I could bring too~

#SaplingArt #Acuarela #Painting

A traditional ink drawing, with a single digital grey flat and two red flat areas, of a female angel with pale skin and thin shoulder-length red hair, pinned against a broad and textured tree similar to a crucifix. Her wings drape down to the ground, following streets of light coming through the tree branches. At the bottom is the word “branches” also written in Enochian, with a red feather in between.

Some more old traditional ink work, from years ago~! My angel obsession still exists today though.

#Ink #Drawing #ArtSky #SaplingArt #AngelArt

A five panel comic of Gabriel, a skinny Filipino person with short curly dark brown hair and freckle-like pigmented skin, wearing a green shirt and probably no underwear. In the first panel, he's pacing with a frustrated expression in front of his bed, with a stuffed penguin on it. Inner monologue is behind him, drawn over a vibrant yellow and orange background, showing glimpses of his thoughts like "ASPD diagnosis...mean for me and my family? My baby sister... These episodes forever?? Now one will trust me...even Nico. Will my parents call the cops on me again?" Some Cebuano and Tagalog phrases are interwoven into it too. In the second panel, Gabriel is pacing the opposite direction, hands gripping his hair as his stress increases. The monologue includes "I blow up... Forbid from even having kids? They locked me in here...back in juvie. Fuck. I'm not a sociopath... Expected he would make me violent too. Be better than this, has to be something...help me not destroy my life." Then, the comic jumps to Gabriel sitting and googling "ASPD support." But the articles he scrolls through are about "What is a sociopath" and "7 ways to cope with someone who has ASPD." It doesn't get better as he googles ASPD and dating, with articles like "Living with a person with ASPD" and "Coping with Sociopaths" and "Dating a Sociopath: What to be aware of." Finally, a "People also ask" section shows defeating text like "Can people with ASPD feel joy?" and "Can people with ASPD love?". Finally, Gabriel gives up and flops dramatically, face first, onto his bed, throwing his phone to the side. A large angry and defeated UGHHH! effect his behind him.

"Newly diagnosed"

A mini comic about baby 18-year-old #Gabriel getting his ASPD diagnosis (after a chaotic childhood) and panicking about love, family, and being a decent person. Google didn't help—all that came up was stigma.

Close ups below!

#SaplingArt #ComicArt #OCLore #OCs #Watercolor #Art

A watercolor painting of Todoroki from BNHA, in the sort of medieval ending them song, with purple and orange clouds behind him, a detailed purple vest, and his split tone red and white hair and facial burn scar.

A rare fanart from a few years ago! These ending theme colors struck me and I had to try painting them~

This could be fun to redo more realistically sometime, now that I really understand how to paint burn scars too.

#SaplingArt #BNHA #Todoroki

A young Filipino man with medium brown skin, a strong jaw, a hint of facial hair, and slicked back short black hair (with too much product). He has some Bajau features. He’s standing and holding a bike over his arm (not well enough drawn to pass RISD’s test though) and holding a red and orange helmet up in the other arm. He has a dark blue tank top and teal shorts, with a red and orange dragon design, on. The background is half yellow and half orange, at an angle.

A rarely seen OC: Melchor! He’s a sporty Filipino who’s constantly undergoing a bisexual crisis.

#Melchor #SaplingArt #DigitalArt

A magenta male tiefling jumping in a dyanmic fighting post with a wooden staff above his head and long black hair swirling. He’s shirtless, showing off thick snaking tattoos, with baggy dark blue pants and gold shin guards. The background is a detailed light blue snowflake pattern.

A rare digital art piece of @tapiocawizard.bsky.social’s monk in the Frostmaiden campaign I’m DMing!

#DnDArt #DigitalArt #DnD #SaplingArt

A traditional watercolor painting of two young white men, one with white hair and one with a red non-spiked mohawk and green backpack, pointing up towards a strange colorful pterodactyl-like dinosaur bird perched atop precariously stacked rocks in a valley across a gorge. The colors are vibrant oranges with purple shadows, with end-of-day sunlight pouring in from the distant valley.

This old painting makes me miss large, detailed watercoloring~ It was a school project after learning from James Gurney’s techniques on fantastical realism and one of the first times my skills really shone in watercolor!

#SaplingArt #Watercolor #Acuarela

A purple toned watercolor portrait of a small terrier with black and white coloring, sitting up in a fluffy dog bed.

An endearing painting of a tabby cat posed on top of a pumpkin in a pumpkin patch, with big green eyes looking up. He wears a little pumpkin crown too!

Two cute pet portraits I painted a while ago~ 🐶 🐱

#AnimalArt #Watercolor #SaplingArt

A simple but pretty watercolor painting of two yellow daffodils rising from a ring of small white and yellow flowers, with some purple flowers hidden behind them.

A very old watercolor flower painting to celebrate freedom~ #SaplingArt #Watercolor #FloralArt

Five traditional headshots in weighted line art. One is a masculine person with a strong jaw and top knot hair, one is a profile with shaved sides and curly top hair, one is a fatigued looking masculine person with curly longer hair and a scarf, one is an androgynous/feminine person with closed eyes and long hair tied into a bun, and one is a young kid with big doe eyes and curly hair. They all have fairly white or slightly mixed features.

Some old line art doodles of our (now outdated) system. Gotta make some new system art honestly~

Chat, is it weird to turn your alters into OCs??

#SaplingArt #LineArt #DID #Doodle

A vibrant watercolor painting of Chamuel and Kokabee, snuggling together on a pink, periwinkle, and dark turquoise gradient background with a trail of puppy prints and stars painted in white. Chamuel, a masculine/omnigender angel with brown skin and dark brown curly hair, rests his four dark blue and orange-tipped wings around Kokabee. Kokabee snuggles in tight, lying in a comfortable dog's pose. He's a dog-fox-bunny like creature with turquoise fur, blue antlers, and pink wings.

The closest bond 💕

#Watercolor #OC #OCSky #Kokabee #Chamuel #SaplingArt

A vibrant watercolor painting of a turquoise stream tumbling over smooth river rocks, with small white water rapids pooling around each rock.

A small but detailed watercolor painting of an underwater trench, bathed in sunlight frok the surface. Some parts of the cliff faces are illuminated in yellows and greens, with other shadowed in deep purples and blues.

water studies~ 🌊

#Watercolor #Painting #Art #SaplingArt

Some henna close ups! I used the tiniest little brush for these details~ 🖌️

#Watercolor #Henna #SaplingArt

An intricately detailed watercolor painting of nine pairs of hands, all cupped in a du'a posture (an Islamic prayer) around a central circular tile with the writing of 'Eid Mubarak' in both English and Arabic. The tiles are vibrant intertwined swirls of turquoise, soft magenta, purple, and yellow, all surrounded by a vibrant yellow background. The hands vary in shape and color, with three pairs decorated with intricate types of henna (ranging from Egyptian to Malian styles). A few characters have rings, and the woman's hands at the top has a small rainbow pride bracelet. One pair also has Islamic prayer beads cupped in her hand.

A blessed and happy Eid to all! 🌙

#EidMubarak #EidKareem #Art #Watercolor #Painting #SaplingArt

A detailed character sheet of Chamuel, including a vividly blue portrait of the angel. He has medium brown skin and curly brown hair, with four full blue wings. His outfit is ornate, with a dark blue cropped shirt and a peek of his belly, with two turquoise sashes and golden straps. Dark blue, nearly black pants cover most of his legs, with more straps in pieces where the fabric is missing. As a whole, Chamuel is lit from beneath by painted orange flames, obscured by a semi-transparent overlay of light orange, allowing the character info to be visible. It reads: 'Chamuel, Angel of Love. Any pronouns, omnigender, queer. Personality: Stubborn, prissy, kind, anxious, caring. Hobbies: Spiritual guidance and guarding, relaxing, cuddling, living amongst people (incarnating), crying. Likes: Polyamory and love, parenting, pink, romantic plots, being a high ranking angel, influencing others, kink. Dislikes: Being unemployed, feeling unimportant, cruel people, people who don’t give space, impatience. Patron animal: black cat. Season: Late Spring. Plant: Cherry blossoms. Sin: Pride. Card: The Lovers. Stones: Rose Quartz.' A small character color palette of medium blue, dark blue, soft pink, and soft gold are also on the sheet.

Introducing the Angel of Love: Chamuel~ Their character sheet is finally complete! 🌸

#SaplingArt #Chamuel #OCs #OCSky #OCArt #Watercolor #AngelArt #AngelOC

A small but detailed traditional watercolor painting of an underwater trench, with warm sunlight shining through the water above to illuminate two underwater cliffs. The warm yellows and greens balance the deep purple shadows, as the underwater canyon dissolves into softer blues with distance.

A new mini underwater watercolor study~ 🐠

#Watercolor #TraditionalArt #Painting #ArtStudy #SaplingArt

A digital painting with flat tones, of Ephiel floating before a dark nebula background. He has dark gold skin with curly white hair and undercut, with simple gold jewelry on his hands, arms, and ears. A long red scarf flows around the composition towards the viewer, and a yellow sun-like halo surrounds him.

One of the last digital paintings I made of #Ephiel, before I switched nearly full time to using watercolor~ Even though my work has improved a lot over the years, I still love the swirl of his red scarf in this one!

#OCSky #SaplingArt #DigitalArt

A watercolor portrait of Miguel, a young Mexican boy, mostly painted over digitally. His eyes are closed as he rests in a bed of green leaves, unconscious and peaceful. Red flowers extend from his neck, balanced on either side of the composition.

This was the digital doodle I made as inspiration for my portrait of Miguel in flowers and I still really love it. I need to do more mixed media work, honestly. ♥️

#DigitalArt #OCSky #SaplingArt #Art #Miguel

A vibrantly turquoise traditional watercolor painting of a river flowing and splashing over some large rocks in a stream, with touches of browns and purples shining from the rocks under the surface.

A little watercolor study of a river~ 🌊

#Watercolor #TraditionalArt #Painting #ArtStudy #SaplingArt

A traditional watercolor painting of a curvy woman with her hands temptingly hovering over a dazed young man's face, a blue light emanating from them. The woman, Na'amah, has short black hair with highlighted tips and two red horns, with Afro-Arab features and a lot of detailed gold jewelry. The young man, Sariel, has short reddish hair and Asian-Arab features, with his torso and right arm dissolving into a feathery mess of a wing. His hand presses against the "screen" as if trying to escape, yet he looks entranced, with two snakes slithering close to him out of the darkness.

Excited to share my page illustration for the @13daysadvent.bsky.social zine! It's of #Sariel and #Naamah

It was an incredible project, with a ton of beautiful pieces from many artists. It was also my first zine, so that was super fun~!

#Watercolor #OC #TraditionalArt #OCArt #SaplingArt #AngelArt

A watercolor painting of Nzuzi, a young skinny Congolese man with partially tied back dreadlocks, smiling with closed eyes and a big grin, as if happily in love. He’s wearing a detailed yellow and green shirt, open to show two gold necklaces, and has gold hair jewelry and red hued lip gloss. The background is a blue and pink cloudy pattern.

He’s so in love~ (he’s smiling at his tiny boyfriend) 💗

#Watercolor #OC #OCSky #Nzuzi #SaplingArt

A watercolor sketchbook page of Nzuzi, with four colorful illustrations. One is him in a flowy blue and yellow dress at sunset, one is his hand with painted nails and a curves pinky, one is him smiling with a look of love, and one is him as a kid holding a knit blanket around him.

A watercolor portrait painting of two masculine figures gently kissing. One with brown skin, Chamuel, has his hand tangled in Kokabiel’s long turquoise hair, which frames his paler face and purple headwings. A golden sun glow is behind them. Chamuel has some gold arm bands and a subtle gold ring with an inset turquoise gem.

A detailed watercolor painting of Chamuel, a dark-winged angel with brown skin and hair holding his injured lover on his lap. The injured angel has brown skin and hair, with damaged lavender wings and chest bandages. They rest together in the clouds, stained purple and yellow from a sunlight glow behind them.

¡Holi! I’m Sapling 🌱, a nonbinary #watercolor artist painting queer and disabled OCs~

✨ Tags: #OCLore #SaplingArt #OC #Watercolor
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An open page of a watercolor sketchbook with torn edges, featuring four illustrations of Nzuzi all blending together and overlapping so the whole page is covered. Nzuzi is a young Congolese man with a lanky body and, as an adult, with long dreads tied back in a ponytail with some loose, usually wearing gold hair jewelry. In the top left, he's wearing a colorful flowy blue and yellow dress with a sunset background. On the top right is a close up of his hand, with painted turquoise nails an oddly curved pinky finger, as he has clinodactyly. At the bottom right is a half body of him as an adult, with a love close eyed smile with an open yellow and green patterned shirt. He has a few hearts and splotches of pink around him, blending with the sunset on the other corner of the page. The final picture on the bottom left is of him as a twelve year old kid with short curly hair, holding a knit blue and white and grey blanket around his shoulders; dark blue and yellow star background behind.

First page of my sketchbook complete~! #Nzuzi was such a love to start with 💖

#Watercolor #Acuarela #OC #OCArt #SaplingArt #QueerArt

A traditional ink drawing with digital screentones of Kokabiel standing as a fawn boy, in just cute lace underwear and a garter. He has a sweet face with freckles, long wavy hair tinted pink, and cute antlers with flowers. His deer tail is poking out as he stands, demurely looking back at you over his shoulder as sparkling sunlight falls on him.

What if you ran into this cute fawn boy in the forest...? 😚

#Kokabiel #Art #Drawing #SaplingArt

A traditional watercolor painting of a grey kitty, still with some youthful lank, lying in a playful and twisted pose on a pink, purple, and blue ground with some pale feather toys. He has a white belly, a patterned face, and his dubloons (paw) sticks out of the frame, reaching forward, at the bottom.

Cat portrait commission for @ninjacatmuffin.bsky.social 🥰

#CatArt #Watercolor #SaplingArt #Painting #PetPortrait

A purple toned watercolor painting of a mixed short nosed small dog, a mix, with a white belly and snout and black patches elsewhere, sitting in a dog bed with raised edges.

💜purple puppy💜

#SaplingArt #Watercolor #Art

A watercolor painting of two mer-kids in shallow water with light beams. Gabriel is an older boy, in his mid-teens, with light brown skin and a lot of freckles, curly brown hair, and a green freckled tail. Rosie looks similar to him, but is only around a year old with a purple tail and shirt. She’s reaching up to catch some colorful fish as Gabriel holds her hand, a detailed multicolored coral reef surrounding them.

Too busy moving countries for a new MerMay…but here’s my past work: Gabriel with his baby sister, Rosie! 🥰

#MerMay #OC #OCs #Art #SaplingArt #Watercolor #Painting