My New Year's Resolution was to draw more story artwork of my own characters. So, here's my current personal WIP of my Yarrow & Kal studying hard! 📖✨

The feral urge to reread one of my many fantasy favourites instead of reading the 1000 unread books on my shelf 👀

My New Year's resolution is to post more on Bsky & hopefully connect more with peers! 💖 So let me reintroduce myself through my 2025 art wrap-up: Hi! I'm Rose, an illustrator and animator who specialises in character & story artwork. ✨

Foxglove 🦊🍂 Another addition to my personal project of making my portfolio more diverse but making it autumnal 🫶✨️ #fantasyartwork #characteranimation

Sketch vs Final

𝐅𝐨𝐱𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞🍂 Another addition to my personal project of making my illustrations more diverse✨ I've always loved foxes, and I 100% used this as an excuse to draw one, too ❤️ #fantasyartist

I can finally post this illustration I got to do for the special edition of ✨The Gailean Quartet by Christine E. Schulze✨ This illustration is of Ashlai, only one of Christine's many fantastic characters, and her trusty fire sword 🔥

APPLICATIONS OPEN SEPT 5-8: we’re looking for up to 40 artists for “Villainess,” an artbook run by Dames Prod [ @damesprod.bsky.social ] and Nova&Mali, filled to the brim with hot evil ladies. If you’re interested in creating a digital illustration and/or merch, please fill out the application!

Full cover art for A Treachery of Shadows by @seanvandamme.bsky.social , plus some detail shots! This cover has been so much fun to work on, and hearing about Sean's plans for the characters gets me excited for the book's release!🚀✨️ #bookillustration #bookcover #scifibook #coverart

Hi! I'm Sajuca, a fantasy #artist and #writer. I’m currently working on my debut novel Spellbound: a dark academia story set in a magical university. I also take on commissions (booked until 2026!) and love working on illustrated book covers and character art. 🎨 @sajuca.art on IG 📖 sajuca.com

My entry for @sajuca.bsky.social DTIYS challenge. We got to draw her gorgeous sphinx-inspired character, Safiya. Of course, I had to go as dramatic as possible and very quickly decided to work mostly in blue tones to make her gold accents really ✨️pop✨️ #sajucadtiys6k #DTIYSentry

OMG!!!! SHE'S SO PRETTY 🫶💖✨️✨️ look at her!!!!

I'm not feeling 100%, so of course I did a study of my girl, Ophelia ✨️

I was commissioned to draw #characterart for ⭐️Odessa, from Ascension by Gretchen Schreiber ⭐️ (Which you should all go read 😍!!) I loved going all out with the water theming from the character's home and using it to represent her strength in this scene. #bookillustration

My entry for @anorhanono.bsky.social 's DTIYS challenge! I'm a lil bit obsessed with their art, so I knew I had to join. (Not to mention there was a baby dragon involved!!! 🐉) Congrats on the 2.5k on insta!! 🥳✨️

Guess who for a new DTIYS entry I'm working on! 👀✨

Hi #PortfolioDay ! I'm Rose, an freelance illustrator and animator with a passion for all things fantasy. I mostly illustrate for fantasy books, creating both story and character artwork that brings authors scenes to life ✨ If you're interested in my work, check out my links 💖 linktr.ee/rosekettles

✨️Frieren the Slayer✨️🔪 After seeing the recent trailer for season 2, i just had to finish this drawing to show my excitement. I can't wait for season 2!!! 😭💕

Hi #PortfolioDay ! I'm Rose, an freelance illustrator and animator with a passion for all things fantasy. I mostly illustrate for fantasy books, creating both story and character artwork that brings authors scenes to life ✨ If you're interested in my work, check out my links 💖 linktr.ee/rosekettles

📚✨ FAKE BOOK COVER REVEAL ✨📚 Eragon by Christopher Paolini “Suddenly a crack appeared on the stone…” 🐉💫 Kicking off a series of fake covers for my fave fantasy reads—starting with the book that made me fall in love with dragons! 💕✨

Just in time for #mermay 🌊✨️ (ok, maybe 1 day late...) & a very overdue redraw~ #mermay2025 #digitalpainting #mermaidart #redraw #lofiart

✨Ophelia✨ An animation excersise I started and spent wayyy too much time & fun on~

Teresa of the Faint Smile linework~ All I've done is make myself want to reread the Claymore series all over again. Teresa is such a badass~ ✨

Update to this redraw!! I decided to go with the version that most represented the original 2016's charm ✨

I've decided! It's time for a #mermay redraw!

More #WIP art thumbnails from yesterdays post, this time exploring more angles with slightly more detail ✨

I am once again returning to the drawing board for this scene, as I was very unhappy with how the WIP was coming along. I want a more dramatic angle and more storytelling from the image than I was able to create in the last version ✨

Reworking an old #study, but make it ✨️Fantasy✨️ I sketched this out a few months ago and never got around to finishing it until now.

Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

Finally revisiting this sketch study I did a few months ago. Of course, I'm turning it into my Ophelia ✨

I'm finally working on this again!✨ Teresa of the Faint Smile is one of my favourite characters & I am once again trying out a new pose for the fan art I want to draw of her~

Show off your art style! 🪄✨️ Tagging: (Soz in advance 💖) @rainycharm.bsky.social @mintymidraws.bsky.social

Quote with your #portraits ! #Fantasyart

I drew my girl, Yarrow for that hand pose meme I see going around! I had so much fun messing around with colour & seeing just how neon I could get this without overwhelming it. ✨️

Dragon Dance ✨️ My girl Yarrow dancing with her dragon friend, Kal.

Maybe I'm a little obessed with Frieren after finishing my 3rd watch through of the series ✨️ #WIP #study

I've been suffering from eternal art block lately so decided to do some quick #sketches from Pintrest to try and get some creative juices flowing~

I did a #pixelart workshop and managed to create these two gorgeous babies! Mothra & my boy, Whinnie ✨

I'm sick! So, instead of working on any of my many WIPs, I decided to start something new and cute! 💖✨️

Just me planning out another OC drawing! My girl Yarrow dancing with her dragon friend, Kal.

Finally me finding time to work on this thumbnail I've had rattling around on my ipad for suzannehelmigh's #storyboard challenge 😱✨

If you see this QRP with your portrait art ✨

If you see this QRP with your portrait art 🌺

Human #artist, let's QRT with our work! 🎨 ✨️Before vs After 💖✨️

Long hair character From when I was in my oil painting era 🎨✨️

WIP #animation of my lovely OC, Ophelia ✨

I did some reddit #doodles for the #OriginalCharater subreddit ✨

I am ready to put on a show! #LunaSnow #MarvelRivals #illustration

I can finally post my yearly #secretsanta piece from an art community discord Im in. This year I got to draw Iridia for @mintymidraws.bsky.social, I really connected with her outcast background and how she grows to be confident on her own. This is my interpretation of that ✨