RPing this to my wall to look at something cheering when I feel down

Portrait of Pavel Tretyakov, Founder of the Tretyakov Gallery https://www.wikiart.org/en/ilya-repin/portrait-of-pavel-tretyakov-founder-of-the-tretyakov-gallery-1883

Unfortunately it seems I've lost access to my main Instagram account, it's been weeks I'm trying to reach the Instagram support via mail from my associated email, to no avail. I do not have my 2fa codes anymore. If anyone experienced this before I'd be very grateful for any insight 😭

Is there anyone still on Blogger? Or Tumblr? I reckon some of you maintain private blogs attached to the websites, too I do earn for longer txt posts neither X nor BS allow, this format looked much like that of the old forums

He has a perverse goblin energy and I needed to reveal it

It's Sunday and I have 2 questions: Why the heck does the muse come at 1am? Painted till 3:40am, moved forward an old comm, but am wrecked now 🤣 And, how come the belongings I've packed in boxes to store during the home renovation, DON'T FIT in same spaces an drawers now once unpacked? 📦📦📦

Ngl, the reason I wanted to finally read Ruslan and Ludmila by Alexander Pushkin was because I wanted to know what the heck was going on in these Gennady Novozhilov illustrations. It did not disappoint.

learning swedish, there's this word for "love" = kärlek funny enough, swedish does sound quite demonic, and their word for "love" reminds me of BG3 character's name Karlach

HUGE thank you for funding my Art Book FANTASY ART day 1! I Can't tell you how much I appreciate the support. We still have plenty of stretch goals(increased page count,addition of color artwork,etc)Help spreading the word is SO appreciated. If you haven't checked it out: Zoop.gg/c/maxdunbar #dnd

Dear diary: today I closed THE gestalt, more on this later. Yours, 💚

Not sure how Bsky's timeline works, but I'm very tempted to ban all the accounts that follow me, AND follow more than 1k users on here. I want ppl to actually see my posts, and not slide down in a stream of reposts from 30k accts they follow. What do you think? Do you curate your following?

What I drew for TSR's toy line—with constant demands for "more detail!"—and what they actually manufactured & sold.

💵Ways to earn money for an artist in gamedev and beyond 1. Working in a studio for hire 2. Freelancing for private clients 3. Freelancing for companies 4. Selling original art 5. Selling your own 3D models 6. Selling reference packs 7. Selling stock art (died with the AI)

I’ve been hard at working making more dolls of your d&d characters as if Strix made them, here’s two more! One belongs to @crystalfier.bsky.social. They get dusted with *actual* grave dirt before they’re sent out! (It’s fake dirt makeup, but it’s called that teehee)

#HandsInArt RT with yours!

How much did it take you to go from the thought "I wanna make a living with art" to actually doing it? From first impulse to your first job or a steady stream of clients, even if they were small gigs?

It's wild in 2025 you still see artists on Artstation who haven't filled in their email info. How am I supposed to contact you, by raven or horse?

Entrevista concedida em uma revista de Fantasia e Ficção Científica russa! Obrigado mais uma vez pela oportunidade, @olgadrebas.bsky.social 😁

@pietro-ant.bsky.social incoming with an interview in the Apr issue of Mir Fantastiki , the oldest national magazine on sci-fi and fantasy. (yes, the mag is still alive) Translation from pt to ru by yours truly. I'm looking forward to send Pietro his copy. #fantasy #magazine #comicart

Kickstarted projects relying on chinese components and ttrpgs being printed in China, I wonder how they'll cope.

Anyone of y'all on Telegram? I got a channel with a lot of text posts, even tho it's in Russian, automated translation works well there. t.me/olgadrebas_art

drawing trees, thinking about composition

Here's my major challenge painting so far. I do hope to make y'all some bigger ones in 2025 yet ♥️ I did some drafts, of which the funniest one I'd love to show as well. AD Kate Irwin <3 Ringlerun in his study D&D Dungeon Master's Guide, 2024 #dndart

Here's my major challenge painting so far. I do hope to make y'all some bigger ones in 2025 yet ♥️ I did some drafts, of which the funniest one I'd love to show as well. AD Kate Irwin <3 Ringlerun in his study D&D Dungeon Master's Guide, 2024 #dndart

Wait, what? I closed the tab a couple days ago at ~250 people following this acct, came back today to this. Is this even normal? Thank you so much everyone! 💚

If you see this, post a witch! Tasha in her study Dungeons & Dragons: Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, AD Kate Irwin

Thank you so much Chris! Im so happy this one saw the light of day! I bet the mouse is not so simple as it seems xD Maybe someone casted a Polymorph... who knows!

D&D art directors periodically commission batches of “spot” illustrations, their purpose being to fill holes in books. This lovely spot illo, commissioned by Kate Irwin and created by @olgadrebas.bsky.social in 2021, found a home in the 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide. #dnd

One's carreer sometimes does loops and we acquire new skills that set the tone for the next few years, setting aside the specialization that we focused on before. What are such skills for you? The ones you've practiced time ago, but you would love to put in the game again?

No LinkedIN you can't #noAI

An indie project approaches an emerging artist. What can go south and how to spot the red flags? 1) Low / nonexistent budget - not a problem if it's a passion/study project, AND everyone are on the same page about it. If they are not, you probably won't know. Watch for the turnover.

🤔 Q for artists: there is a product you've done artwork for. It gets published, and you see your artwork has been altered by the publisher — in-house, — compared to the originals you've submitted. How would you feel in this situation? #freelancelife #freelance #artistlife #artistontwitter

Concept art for the movie "The Mask" was done in 1910 by Egon Schiele. This is what you call "to beat a deadline"! In the New Year of 2024 I wish everyone to nail dem deadlines no matter what!

One of big takeaways of working in board games, a total mind blower, was this: you can spend MUCH less than, let's say, 15h on a character artwork and still have it sell well and be "successfull". It's all in expression, efficiency and style, not render.