New inking brush I quite like. 👀
With two characters I quite like, too.

#dragonageorigins #morriwarden #dafanart #damorrigan #greypetrelart #ocsky #digitalart

A digital portrait painting of a custom Warden Mahariel, from Dragon Age Origins. She is staring at the viewer, her face is tattooed in blue flames, and her left cheek is scarred deeply with three talon gushes.

Warden-Commander Mahariel.

I wanted to practice painting, here's my Mahariel, Alyra. You can call her Warden-Commander. 💅

#dragonageorigins #dragonage #greywarden #wardenmahariel #greypetrelart #dafanart #digitalart #ocsky #elves

A sketch of a female Hawke from Dragon Age 2, tall and with short hair, sitting sprawled on a bench and trying not to laugh. Leaning on her side, Isabela is hugging her neck, leaning a leg over Hawke's and whispering a joke in her ear.

Some #hawkebela spilling some tea.

#DragonAge #DragonAge2 #greypetrelart #dafanart #da2

I could stop here. But I think I'll try and render a bit further, try to smooth things out.
I'll die on the hill that make up tutorials are great to understand where light hits a face. And also yay, references!

#dragonage #dragonageorigins #OCsky #greypetrelart

#wipwednesday going on with this, and some sketchy almost smoochies.

#dragonageorigins #morriwarden #dafanart #OCsky #fanart #greypetrelart

Progresses, trying not to let go at the ugly phase.
It lacks shadows I know I know I'll get there.

#dragpùonageorigins #ocsky #dafanart #wipwednesday #morningsketches #greypetrelart

A real quick Mahariel in the morning, to face a Monday with the right (wrong) mood.

#dragonage #dragonageorigins #greywarden #greypetrelart #sketches

I'll have time to actually finish something. But for now a #wipwednesday.

#greypetrelart

"I want to kiss you so bad, right now. 🙈"

Part 2 of this!
bsky.app/profile/grey...

#greypetrelart #dragonage #cullavellan #digitalart

A digital drawing in brushes that mimic coloured pencils. Cullen Rutherford from the Dragon Age Inquisition videogame is pinning Inquisitor Lavellan down on a bed. The light is dim, they both look happy. It'll follow in the next pictures, they're meant to be read in a sequence.

Follows from before. Lavellan stops laughing and looks up, smiling at Cullen.

Follows from before. Lavellan cups Cullen's face and speaks, the quote in the caption is what she's saying: "I want to kiss you so bad, right now."

"I want to kiss you so bad, right now. 🙈"

The sillies in digital pencils, part 1!

#greypetrelart #dragonage #cullavellan #digitalart

Forgot to post this #wipwednesday!
Costume design mon amour, for a personal character.

#ocsky #greypetrelart #characterdesign #costumedesign

Impromptu WIP because I don't know if I like the effect enough to repeat it for other five frames.
But HAPPY!

#dragonage #cullavellan #wipwednesday #greypetrelart

A digital illustration of two Lavellans from Dragon Age Inquisition. Aisling pounces at Elowen, hugging her neck and kissing her cheek in relief from being long separated. On the background, tall snowy mountains.

One over the mountains ❄️

#ockissweek day 2, with a pounce at Elowen, who belongs to the super talented shivunin.tumblr.com <3
Love this pose and how the mountains came out! And the purple of course v.v

#greypetrelart #dragonage #illustration #digitalart

A digital illustration in shades of fuchsia of Diana Trevelyan, raflesia's Inquisitor, sitting under a stylized birch tree. At her shoulders, Aisling Lavellan, my inquisitor, is hugging Diana's neck whilst holding her hand with her other, and kissing her on the jaw.

One under the birch tree 🌳

It's #ockissweek down on Tumblr! Day one features lovely Diana Trevelyan, who belongs to @raflesia.bsky.social . I had so much fun with these and I think they'll be fast friends.

#digitalart #greypetrelart #dragonageinquisition #illustration

A nocturnal view of the inside of Neve Gallus' study, from Dragon Age: The Veilguard. On the left, a neon sign on the window lights the scene in blue, it says "Gallus and Ghilly, private eye", with the logo of an eye in the middle. Neve is leaning over a desk full of notes, books, a map with signets on it, and a teapot. To her back, Ghilan'nain is pensive, offering the detective some fried fish, because mortals need to eat, all tentacles spread around, with a new mask that's smiling. On the background, there's a cork board on the wall, with the poster of a missing child and a portrait of said little girl in view. Above, a big sign warns: "No blight!".

A coloured illustration depicting a nocturnal scene viewed from the bottom up. A sickle moon is lighting Neve Gallus, from Dragon Age: The Veilguard. She's dressed in turquoise with a brown protection on her shoulders, and holding a magic staff whose crystal shines in blue. Her right leg is a brass prosthetic shaped like a cobra. She's turning her back to a dilapidated city, crumbled buildings peeking in the mist. Her eyes follows a figure in yellow, only her foot is seen. A bloodied blade is dripping on the floor and on the embroidered skirt and high-heeled shoe of the owner. A magic sign glows in hot pink, not readable fully but it can be guessed it says either "Warning" or "Ward".

A digital illustration of two girls having a picnic on a white beach in Sardinia. One character is napping, lazily spread on the blanket close to a dish full of traditional cookies called Papassini. The other is reading, but still holding the first's hand.

A coloured illustration of an underwater kiss. A she-sailor, looking masculine, is leaning off a rowboat, her face is submerged in water to kiss a mermaid-like figure, crowned in seaweed and with long hair flowing in the current. A wave cuts the image, dividing the picture between above and underwater.

Hi, #PortfolioDay! 🐳

I'm Arja, freelance illustrator and graphic design. I'm currently working and studying concept art.I like character design, vivid colours, history and lineart.
Here's some of my work, have the nicest of days! <3

#greypetrelart #digitalart #illustration

An open spread page of a sketchbook. It depicts various studies of a creature, a big eye surrounded by either tentacles or a cloud of something similar to ink spreading in water into rivulets. On the page on the right, one sketchbook was lined in black pen: the same monster of before is the shadow of a girl, and its tentacles are wrapping around her.

Some studies of Hubris the demon.
She's friendly! A bit too much, at times.

#greypetrelart #concept #monsters #sketchbook #ocsky

Digital illustration of two people sitting on a recliner. On the left a girl with long curly blond hair, bent forward as she reads some papers and writes on another one, placed on a book open on her lap. She looks pretty annoyed. To her right, a pile of big books on a small table, and a big plant. She is annoyed because the second character is leisurely not working, and leaning a high-heeled foot on her shoulder, smiling as if they didn't have one problem in the world. Close to them -second character- is another coffee table with another book, but there's a glass full of tea perching on top.

A group effort.

They both are working, Niamh on their group project, Cicero on explaining Loboutins. Equally important matters, if you ask them.

Brushes by @thedawner.bsky.social , I loved them!

#digitalart #ocsky #greypetrelart #illustration #postveilguard

A sketchbook spread in fuchsia pencil, a planned art nouvea illustration of a witch with long curly hair. The theme is "L'Apprenti Sorciere", the Sorcerer's apprentice, of Paul Dukas.

A sketchbook spread in fuchsia pencil. Four different gothic windows.

Last morning sketch of the year!

I finished this sketchbook today, serotonin is at 9000. Planning an illustration, let's see if I'll manage to actually make it!

#greypetrelart #art #sketchbook #gothicarchitecture

I'm joining the trend!
It was a less productive year, work first and school later kept me busy from much personal work... But I'm glad I took more care in what I did, and of the collaborations that are here! :D

#artsummary #artsummary25 #art #greypetrelart

A hand study with old brushes and brush pens.

My comic professor always warned us against being too afraid of shadows when inking and well. I was less afraid of them today.

#greypetrelart #art #sketchbook

Morning sketches, today with the new babies, Niamh and Cicero.
Nothing bonds people together as slowly destroying from the inside an evil imperium right.
I do love Cicero and I'm having too much fun with AUs.

#sketches #sketchbook #greypetrelart #digitalart

Kinda niche in my own art lately, but I missed these three.

Kudos if you know them, tell me who's your favourite! <3

#greypetrelart #sketch #sketchbook

A coloured illustration. Set at the end of Dragon Age 2, after the battle that ends the game. Merrill and Hawke are sharing a kiss amongst debris and rubble of destroyed walls. On the background, a golden statue of a bird, typical of Kirkwall in the game, and the sun rising behind mountains and a smoking city.

Post-battle dawn.

Last of a series of prompts done! Tried some more simple shades + light technique.

#DragonAge2 #DragonAge #merrihawke #greypetrelart #digitalart

Hey #PortfolioDay!
I'm Arja, 30s, illustrator, comic artist and graphic designer.
I've worked in indie comics and graphic design, designed merch and apparel.
I love fantasy, history, and the mix of the two.

For everything:
linktr.ee/greypetrel

#greypetrelart #digitalart

In a rare instance of "I have nothing to do this weekend!", I tried some oil pastels I inherited from my mom/got in the years.

The experiment had mixed feelings. I liked the vibrant colours, but they're patchy af, and I'm not a fan of having to wash my desk afterwards.

#greypetrelart #oilpastels

A picture of Morrigan from Dragon Age in a burgundy ballgown she is seen wearing in Inquisition, during the mission Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts. She is laying on her stomach, and kissing a female Warden Mahariel holding a bottle of wine they've been consuming.

One good use for orlaisian wine.
Or: when Kieran's asleep and Morrigan is finally back from that neverending ball.

(prompted on tumblr by @miisobee.bsky.social , thank you!! <3)

#dragonage #dragonageorigins #wardenmahariel #morriganxwarden #greypetrelart

A rainy scene. The characters are walking back home under the rain, on a pathway separated by a wooden fence from open fields, with woods and mountains in the background. The clouds in the sky part to reveal a full moon. It's raining heavily, but the character don't seem to mind much. A tall, blonde man in a dark cloak is holding his wife and kissing the side of her mouth. They both look happy.

A kiss under the rain.

Busy period is hopefully ending, I'm with more time to draw yay!
Prompted by lovely @raflesia.bsky.social on Tumblr, grazie ancora! <3

#dragonage #cullavellan #illustration #greypetrelart

A coloured illustration of an underwater kiss. A she-sailor, looking masculine, is leaning off a rowboat, her face is submerged in water to kiss a mermaid-like figure, crowned in seaweed and with long hair flowing in the current. A wave cuts the image, dividing the picture between above and underwater.

We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
- T.S. Eliot

@salsedine.bsky.social
asked on tumblr for an "Underwater kiss", it called for some original content. 😌💜

#greypetrelart #digitalart #illustration

A comic page consisting of three panels. The first is the view of an old-style kitchen, Commander Cullen from Dragon Age Inquisition is walking towards the outside, a hat on his head and a trowel in hand, with a determinated face. Sitting at the table, Aisling Lavellan asks him, looking up from her breakfast: "Where are you going so early in the morning, venhan?" Cullen answers: "To the veggie garden. I saw some very suspicious dirt mounds near the tomatoes, I have to get rid of all the moles". The next panels are two portraits of both characters, side by side. Aisling is beaming, a hand on her cheek and sparkly eyes. She says: "Oh! But venhan, do you know that moles-" Cullen looks back, worry on his face. A small note reads "I have a bad feeling about this". Cit.

Second page of the same short comic. In the first panel, Aisling is explaining to Cullen "a very big number of facts about moles", happy to do so, surrounded by many cute and pretty round moles smiling. In the second, Aisling and Cullen are sitting in front of the veggie garden, two plants looking sickly and yellow to the side. They're looking at a mole peeking from a mound. They're both smiling, but Sera on the background doesn't look happy at all. Cullen: "What excellent creatures! Really, it's remarkable for creatures so small! Our recruits should have learnt from them! Hello, little fellow!" Aisling: "I'm naming her Carrot!" Sera: "No, no! Not you too, Cully, don't join her! I want my free, talon-less, eatable tomatoes!"

~ They'll never eat their own tomatoes, beans or cabbages, but the moles will be the happiest moles in Ferelden.

#dragonage #dragonageinquisition #cullavellan #inquisitorlavellan #cullenrutherford #greypetrelart #dafanart