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Also here's the reference for the painting:

Banquet Scene with a Lute Player, Nicolas Tournier (c.1625)

hey that mullet's got lil devil horns that's interesting

(said mullet below read more)

horns? wings? leave that to your interpretation but either way the design of his costume in the earlier comics makes my brain go brrr

#edited to fix a typo in tournier's name lol #anyway he was a french artist that lived between 1590-somewhere before 1639 #fun fact #it's on display in gallery 236 in the st louis art museum if you ever want to go see it

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hey that mullet's got lil devil horns that's interesting

(said mullet below read more)

horns? wings? leave that to your interpretation but either way the design of his costume in the earlier comics makes my brain go brrr

#bennet du paris #marvel exodus #marvel x men #digital art #digital sketch #sketches #H A N D S

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some doodles between class

#bennet du paris #marvel exodus #sketches #marvel x-men

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Self portrait is basically done!

#i do not like looking at myself for as long as i had to for this #i prefer not to look at myself at all in fact #traditional art #oil painting

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The portrait assignment for my painting class is coming along great, btw

#i don't know if anyone has noticed yet #but i really like doing portraits #traditional art #work in progress

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I dunno, I think we should listen to him

#brb running my 'magneto made some valid points' shirt through the wash again #sketch

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Oh yeah, I posted this on Instagram at like 2 in the morning and immediately passed out. Happy Eclipse day, I hope those who could see it had fun

Here's one of the only pictures I took, and I didn't have the wherewithal to do it properly so it's just a picture of a bright light 🤣

#bennet du paris #marvel exodus #he doesn't descend in a ray of light nearly enough anymore #it's enrichment for him he needs it to be happy #side note because i've been slowly working my way through the older comics though #exodus as a psychopomp/ferryman? yes? anyone? #the thought haunts me and i'm trying so hard to figure out how to do art about it and i CAN'T #can't think of anything #so i guess i gotta keep playing around with the idea until something happens oh nooo.....

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I get word back tomorrow on whether or not my artwork was accepted into an exhibition so I guess you could say I'm fine.

#other than all the anxiety #marvel exodus #bennet du paris #i have missed painting him #marvel x men #digital art #sketches

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Finished the still life!

#still life #traditional art #oil painting

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baby boy

#he's a good boy #whether he'll remain one is unknown #dnd paladin #tiefling #dungeons and dragons #sketch

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One of the pieces we looked at over spring break was A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery by Wright of Derby, and the guy leaning against the Orrery gave such strong Rolan vibes that I couldn't resist

#bg3 rolan #baldur's gate 3 #digital art #not totally happy with it but mostly in an 'guess i gotta do some studies' way so

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long week

#digital art #portrait #missed doing moody half portraits

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Messing around with angles I'm not used to doing

#marvel exodus #bennet du paris #digital art

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A fee, nothing more.

#i finally watched the full musical last weekend and fell in love immediately so you get a screenshot redraw #jcs judas #digital art #jesus christ superstar

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Rewatched Drawfee's 6 challenges challenge video and decided to have some fun with Exodus

#bennet du paris #sketch #marvel exodus #drawfee #from memory and from reference could honestly have looked the same #given how many people have drawn him and in how many styles he's been drawn #if ever there was evidence i'm not ambidextrous lol #i think the only real difference is that i give his hair more of a wave or curl than he typically has in the comics?

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get hugged idiot

#if i don't mention the things i forgot to paint maybe no one will notice #the dark urge #bg3 astarion #oc: gwydion #astarion ancunin #baldur's gate 3 #digital art #durgestarion #i made astarion's hair not curly enough and yes it is bothering me #but I've been painting for like...6 hours (underlayer of a still life and then this) and i need to turn my brain off #...and i just remembered the essay i need to write 😥

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I try not to let the whole AI thing get to me or influence how I use my art blog, but I do find myself at a bit of a crossroads. Down one path, I keep posting my art here and on my Instagram and just trust that my art won't be misused (because I do not and will not ever consent to my art being used for AI), or I turtle up and delete my art from the internet as best I can.

Neither option makes me happy. One requires me to make myself vulnerable to some people who couldn't give a shit about me or my feelings. The other cuts me off from sharing my art with people I know will enjoy it.

#there's a third option where i make all of the accounts with my art private accounts but then...how do i reach other people? #art is communication for me and if i can't share my art then i feel like i can't communicate #I hate this. I hate all of this. #My thoughts have taken a singularly defeatist bent as of late and I know this but genuinely...what am I supposed to do. #I dunno. I'll figure something out that feels satisfactory to me. I just need to be depressed about this for a bit. #personal post