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Should I be a kind person? Should I help my community? Should I learn dark magic from dusty books in secret libraries? Should I wear a tiara of ancient goblin bones and a raven on my shoulder to the market to buy cheese and wine? The answer is always yes.

Some hand sheets I made for the animation team! I looked at how Dana drew hands a lot and coupled it with my own anatomical knowledge of hands. #KnightsOfGuinevere

I worked on this a little bit, lovely team! 😊 Lets hope they spoil my artwork in the kickstarter🤞😅

im gonna say this really loud this morning i really need everyone who thinks theyre being annoying about the things they love to do it more. do it louder. your happiness is so special and wonderful to witness and i hope you learn to love the space you take up in this world like we all love it

You’ll be happier in this industry if you can learn to be genuinely happy for folks when they get gigs you wish you’d have gotten.

✨️🐺NEW ITEM IN SHOP: Werewolf Memopad 🐺✨️ In celebration of spooky season, you can find this werewolf inspired, illustrated memopad in my shop 💫 More info below ✨️

Hi everyone and thank you, Julia, for hosting 🌿

There are now 3 full chapters (that's 106 pages!!) of completely free-to-read KEEPING TIME, the queer, slow burn between two former friends and now current bandmates who - for better or worse - fall in love. #KeepingTime #webcomics 🎸 keepingtimecomic.com

#the_color_wheel Did it too, these are so fun to see!

#the_color_wheel This trend is lovely, thanks so much to whoever started it ❤️ this has been so fun!! And also a bit surprising: green is my favourite colour but… I don’t use it much? While I have tons of blue paintings, and blue is fine but nothing to write home about. (Apologies to the fans 🤷‍♀️)

The way I struggled to find any green paintings although that's my favourite color :') #the_color_wheel

Online digital version of the Arcane artbook. www.artofarcane.com

| The Barrier | Remembering just how much I love drawing water and rainy weather. 💕 #dragonage #oc

Yknow what, fuck it. I'm gonna append my thread on talent (and how it's not real) to this post. Fun fact, I entered art school at roughly the same level as the left image. It still took me 11 years *post* art school to get to the image on the right. bsky.app/profile/ashl...

I recently came across someone who thought all my poses are pay to use. no no no sweeties there are SO MANY FREE POSES. My site has some Gallery www.adorkastock.com/pose/ Sketch App www.adorkastock.com/sketch/ And my old DA account still has lots www.deviantart.com/adorkastock/...

If you ever beat yourself up because you're not happy with how a drawing is turning out, remember you've just taken an empty piece of paper/canvas with some pigments or pixels and made something exist that didn't just moments before!!

A little lost

i love you beginner artists. i love you even if you're trying to learn art in your 60s. sharing your art can be scary if you are new to art and learning, but don't ever let mean people stop you. your art is important and beautiful because it's yours. keep creating, now more than ever.

Authors & Publishers posting about illustrated books launching this week: pls credit ILLUSTRATOR. Doing a #CoverReveal? Credit illustrator & designer. Not only does this help boost artist but it shows people that you hired a HUMAN artist. #PicturesMeanBusiness Art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social

New game development hiring scam just dropped! They overwhelmed the email with information that might look trustworthy but if you pay attention to details it's a scam Anyways!!! No perfect portfolio, just vision, commitment and passion 😔

I’ve turned 35 today! The best present for an artist is their art reposted, and I’d be grateful for that too ) especially since I’m currently open for new opportunities :3

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

I googled your symptoms and it turns out you need an escape trip to a fantasy world. 🌿🧙🏼‍♂️

Some of the latest moody environments made for The Dark Order card game

Harpy!

look... if you ask me about AI in publishing-related interviews, you'll get a semi-coherent scream of rage that I'm attempting to wrangle into language the unpersuaded might listen to

I’m searching for an illustrator of children’s literature (PB, MG, YA) who identifies as disabled – if that’s you please reply below! #KidLit (Can’t promise anything will come of this, though!)

Today is my birthday (turning 29), which is the only time all year that I ask for a repost 🌿 I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮

I encourage artists to mention their art directors when posting art. Not because I think ADs must be thanked or credited, but because it makes it easier for other artists to find ADs to contact and cold email!! It's just another way artists can help artists 🩷

It was my birthday yesterday 👀🌱 Can I still have some of those birthday shares and comments, it would make me so happy 🥰 You can make this grandma's day!!!

Fascists hate art because it allows people to experience the power of a fantasy: that things are not what they seem, that other people experience things the way you do, that a better world is possible. Imagination is a dangerous weapon when your main tactic is "because I said so"

Concept art by Kazuo Oga for Pom Poko (1994), dir. Isao Takahata, Studio Ghibli

The Nuckelavee. Concept sketch for Pale Tides.

A reminder to all artists not to be too hard on yourselves - While drawing is a wonderful thing, it’s also undeniably extremely difficult and it’s ok to have phases where it just doesn't work out! The tides will turn again eventually if you stick with it <3

And, because I'll take any reason to link to this essay, please know that fascists have a long history of taking issue with any amount of abstraction in art. Forget issues of stylization, they'd prefer to dump any art that can't just be classed as a "pretty picture" www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Dq...

Never stop making art.

embarrassing myself

Random art opinion incoming: Forcing yourself to develop a "style" is pointless. Just draw. The style comes as you work. No one makes lines like you because they're your lines. That's your style.

#FundamentalsFriday has become a bit scarce, first because of my workload, rn because I wrecked my shoulder and needed surgery, but since I just saw people talking about chainmail, I thought why not share one of the oldest tutorials around that still works great: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJL-...

Its still study time!

Happy non-binary day to all the enbies out there. Stay hydrated 🌱

AF revenge for @/SanDeDuck

We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers. The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.

COMMISSIONS OPEN I'm opening three commission slots for character illustrations with a decorative border in this style. If you have questions or want to commission me, please reach out to me at [email protected] More info and examples below. Shares are much appreciated! 🙏

Hey #PortfolioDay 🖤 I'm Andrea, freelance illustrator and concept artist who loves to paint fantasy and dark fantasy themes.🌙 I've worked in TTRPGS, TCGs, videogames and book publishing. Would love to work for MTG and DnD one day! ✉️[email protected] 🎨 www.andrea-corsini.com

Make art that you think is fuckin sick as hell. Make the shit you never thought you could that you always wanted to see. Beat your insecurity to death and fight to become your own favorite artist.

To all the artists creating in these times: thank you. It’s not easy to make beauty, truth, or meaning when the world feels chaotic. Whether it helps you breathe or comforts others, your work matters. Art doesn’t need to fix the world to be meaningful, sometimes it just needs to exist.

whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever you're going through, i hope you make it. i hope you achieve your dreams. i hope you and your family are healthy and your bills are paid and your joys are many. take a deep breath. hydrate. eat something. i'm rooting for you 💛

Good morning✌️🍀