I've recently read Emily Wilson translation of The Odyssey and I happened to do so right when I was putting together the story for Starstitcher and thus likened some of the characters to some in that story. Captain Then is, once you see the Starstitcher flag probably pretty easy to guess.

some more sketches for Captain Then and Machus 👍

Just a quick sketch of Starstitcher's marine uniforms.

starting off this year with some early character work for a story I've been working on. I had the name and background down pretty early on, but thought I'd need longer for the design and then he just happened.

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Cutest Xmas gift from @calypsosky.bsky.social was this amazing artwork of K‘leo 🥺 love everything about it 🩷🩷🩷

I had exactly 8 drawings for this lmao but hey, at least I don't see a decline of skill comparing it to my 2024 version. 😬 I'll take it. #artvsartist #artvsartist2024

I'm kind of dreading doing the artvsartist trend for this year simply because I don't want to see just how little I actually put together in 2025 😬 so instead I just continue working on this for now #illustration #originalcharacter #comic #manga

will I ever figure out why the drive to draw hits me whenever I'm already absolutely overwhelmed with work and life? no? cool cool. #illustration #originalcharacter #comic #manga

it's a wip! (isn't everything) #illustration #originalcharacter #comic #manga

I know there's a typo, but it'll be fixed the next time I sit down to draw, so for now, live with the portait please 😂 #illustration #originalcharacter #comic #manga

I am working on something and as always I will not adhere to time invested or size of the project because deep down I know I hardly ever finish anything and I just want to have fun sjkdfhdks but I *am* working on something

I always overload my illustrations but it is what it is #illustration #OCs #originalcharacter #fantasyart #comic

I deep-cleaned my bathroom, finished my cosplay, finished a game, finished a book, watched the last movie in a series *and* finished the lineart for this today. idk what happened.

cries in cables

I think I found my new favorite brush to draw outlines with ☺️

this is going to take a hot minute, because I plan to draw the horse as a gundam/animal hybrid

an updated version #illustration #originalcharacter #drawing

I cooked tonight #illustration #originalcharacter #drawing

in my head this turns into a series, but I'm also a realistic person. 🫠 Ahlrun and Spectre, with Ahlrun's home Espenberg, the capital of the Vermeilon Empire in the background. #illustration #OCs #originalcharacter #fantasyart #comic

today something completely different! I'm blessed to have amazing friends with (arguably more) amazing dogs that also make great birthday presents as illustrations. #1 is @tabletobrpg.itch.io and @herbstlaubliebe.bsky.social baby, #2 is part of the @federstaub.bsky.social family. #illustration

I really thought I was putting the design together for a new character while drawing her and then it dawned on me. And just to test it out, I drew the forehead tattoo and turns out it's just an old character from 5 years ago, I can't escape from my own lore

sir I love her

"far up North, beyond Vermeilone's reach, lies Festental, its snowy mountaintops not yet soaked in crimson." #illustration #fantasyart #drawing #landscape

I haven't really been able to get in a lot of practice and now I'm just stuck in one of those relearning everything phases, so here's some sketches I've done in the last few days. #illustration #sketch #OC #fantasyart

ok ok ok

I'm forcing myself to use a different brush for the outlines. That usually ends in frustration and unfinished drawings, we'll see how it goes this time sdfsdk

"𝘐’𝘮 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘩, 𝘐’𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺?" Aster combines my love for Sailor Moon and vampires.😏 #dnd #illustration #dndart #originalcharacter #drawing

am dreading the background #wip #dnd #illustration

standard reference is standard reference but sometimes it's still a good reference #wip #illustration #dnd

Finally done with the first piece of 2025. Since I love consistency, I'll have to draw a cover like this for every other expansion... (when the time comes...) . . . #illustration #fanart #FFXIV #FF14 #finalfantasy

Don't get used to daily updates

100%, I forgot to turn the clouds back on before saving this oTL

The linework is 60% done 😵‍💫

I'm sorting through my old hard drives and found two pages from 2018 (maybe) that I never uploaded. It puts how much I've improved into perspective, but also they still kind of slap. #illustration #originalcharacter #comic #manga

I'm slowly creeping towards the end of ARR in my FFXIV fanfic (archiveofourown.org/works/385652...) and as I've planned to print every expansion as a book for myself, it must come with a cover, naturally. The second picture shows what's still left to draw, so you can imagine the dimensions.

I honestly thought I wouldn't get enough drawings together to fill this completely because it felt like I did NOTHING this year, but I guess I was wrong? #artvsartist #artvsartist2024

Page 1 of maybe 4. Who knows. Not me. . . . #illustration #originalcharacter #comic #fantasy #manga

I wasn't lying about working on something shfksd I'm also "working" on Dragon Age: The Veilguard though. 🫠 And since these pages will never belong to a bigger project, I'm putting a lot of effort into the details in every panel, that takes time too.

For years I've been trying to come up with a ship for Ahlrun and nothing ever really stuck or felt right for her. Turns out she's gay. Of course that idea would only hit me 7 years after coming up with her, it's not like she's my creation or anything. Expect art soon. 😌

Hi I'm Sabrina and I offer commissions! Feel free to check out my carrd (calypsosky.carrd.co), it has my prices, examples and info. DMs are open if you want to get in touch. 💗 Another couple examples below!

I don't often get personal on my art account (because I'm not good at keeping more than one social media account alive 😂), but I do want to speak about my journey and decisions as an artist in the last few years because I think they might be relevant to recent times or in general just good to hear.

I had the pleasure to work on Mailu, @alexnun.bsky.social's OC. From what I had seen of her before, she's always radiated a certain gentleness so I tried to put a lot of emphasis on the softness in her features. . . . #illustration #originalcharacter #fantasyart #drawing

my mere goal with this is make you want to read a comic that doesn't exist . . . #illustration #originalcharacter #comic #fantasy #manga

I know there is no way I would be able to find the time to work on an actual comic, but I am having fun putting together 'fake' pages right now. I do miss the time when I could throw together a full comic page in 2 hours though and not one miserable panel in the same time. 😂

Color theory practice with Brenna and Aster, @en-writes.bsky.social and my OCs. . . . #dndart #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #originalcharacter #illustration

I originally had a more water-color look in mind, but decided to go for the simplier style instead. . . . #OC #ocart #illustration

#wip while I'm currently rebuilding and rewriting the world of Irium, it was only a matter of time until I'd return to Ahlrun.