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Pretty boy~~~~

My divination wizard from DND/BG3 cause I have versions of both.

#your honor i love hum #nothing slaps more than a divination wizard who uses tarot cards for spells #CHANGE MY MIND #dnd #dnd character #dungeons and dragons #digital art #dnd oc #digital painting #ttrpg art #digital artist #bg3 #bg3 tav #divination wizard #tarot

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Did a DTIYS for Jimble Doods on insta of their comet inspired OC!

Tried something more graphic with the treatment.

#bump #dnd #dnd character #dungeons and dragons #digital art #dtiys #dtiys challenge #genasi

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Yall have seen those “art thou nasty?” short bloomers right?

These:

(this is their instagram btw)

Well please, PLEASE someone draw Jaskier in these.

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Commission for a friend.

Shout-out to her for giving me a character who is just... So done with our bullshit.

#dnd #dnd character #dungeons and dragons #digital art #dnd oc #digital painting #ttrpg art #digital artist #bg3 #commission #please commission me

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A DTIYS for Selenada.art on insta

#its such my vibe irl like AAAAUGH #i love this kinda look #blue? stars? moons? say less!! #digital art #digital painting #digital artist #magic #celestial #sparkle #star #space inspired #god i love this aesthetic #celestial aesthetic

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Did a DTIYS for Jimble Doods on insta of their comet inspired OC!

Tried something more graphic with the treatment.

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Oh my god. If you're a terf/radfem don't reblog my art

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.... just gonna put this here without context...

kthxbi

#ok context here lol #so Thom (purple background) left his duties as older brother to study magic #as mages are kinda known to do #and as the other kid #Alan (green) was forced to pick up the slack #including TAXES #because even fantasy manor lords have to do taxes #sigh #its april in the us im not happy with this every other fucking country does the taxes for folks #why the fuck cant we #its legit the stupidest lobbying bullshit ive ever heard #demolish these institutions it makes life HELL for so many millions of people #rant over #anyways back to OCs #I thought this would be a fun expression practice since that's not something that I've been focusing on #but like #something i wanna improve on #anyways #had a ton of fun. the main bulk took me like an hour and then refining it a bit took another 30 to an hour so not bad honestly!

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Did a DTIYS for Jimble Doods on insta of their comet inspired OC!

Tried something more graphic with the treatment.

#digital drawing #comet #not my oc #but my art #clip studio paint #genasi like i guess?

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Canonically, she'd wear these.

Yall have seen those “art thou nasty?” short bloomers right?

These:

(this is their instagram btw)

Well please, PLEASE someone draw Jaskier in these.

#bg3 #bg3 tav #bard #chani #dnd #dnd character #dnd oc art #my oc art #my ocs

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Drew some Fanart of Astarion and Shadowheart for some friends' birthdays!

#Shadowheart #Astarion #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #dnd #digital artist #digital painting #they were so confused cause the title of the file is #mac and tay but shape #and im like #ut was just gonna be portraits but then i decided to add a background shape #and ghen cut out the bottom for some viaual interest #and fheyre like oh #and im like yeah i have the old file too #and they're like why #and i just quietly whisper backups #and the other artists nodded sagely

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Could I ask where dungeons of the kind in D&D came about? Like they’re a cultural icon now, but I don’t understand their origins very well

The dungeon crawl is a pretty standard trope in 1960s and 1970s sword and sorcery fiction and its near ancestors. A lot of ink has been spilled about how Dungeons & Dragons has become so creatively insular that it's basically emulating itself, and while there's some truth to that, the claim that dungeon crawls are part of that is a misconception. That bit is lifted more or less directly from the contemporary literature which original flavour D&D was inspired by – modern commentators tend to miss that because nobody reads sword and sorcery anymore. If you look at Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, Robert Howard, you'll see dungeon crawls aplenty; Conan the Barbarian* went on not a few!

Of course, that just kicks the can down the road a bit: if Dungeons & Dragons got the dungeon crawl from 1960s and 1970s sword and sorcery fiction, where did they get it from? That's a question I'm less qualified to address, since literary history isn't my area. I know there are several students of early to mid 20th Century popular fiction following this blog, though; perhaps a qualified party can weigh in?

* Yes, I'm aware that Conan the Barbarian was 1930s; I'm including him in the "near ancestors" of 1960s sword and sorcery fiction

#ttrpgs #this is the increasingly studious sidebof dnd that i LOVE #all the references built in #not only frankensteined from older versions #but also the way it adapts as fantasy adapts #theough the lens of contemporary literature and pop culture #something something i could write my thesis about this something something

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Anyways here's my latest sketchbook check..

i don't like to yuck people's yum but i have to say that my least favorite thing to come from the current state of Artists on the Internet is the idea of a sketchbook as something nice and pretty and shareable. like i love me a notebook full of gorgeous art don't get me wrong but that is NOT what a sketchbook is. a sketchbook is my friend who i carry around everywhere like a purse chihuahua. it is the physical manifestation of my notes app. it is the container into which i wring my brain out. it is my therapist. and most of all it is filled with absolutely terrible sketches that should never see the light of day.

#rant #artist problems #sketchbook #some people would say my sketchbook is really curated #but i see all of those things #i put my blorbos in the jar and shake it #its just that im at a point where i also enjoy making each page look pretty #cause its a part of my process rn #i like testing layouts and adding color to graphite sketches #but like #nothings perfect #i write silly notes to myself #one of my favorite pages was STARTING with a scribble

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There's a huge amount of pressure to make perfect art.

You're supposed to know and have such a good handle on all of the fundamentals because, if you don't, the algos won't show your work to anyone.

We have to simultaneously be (usually) multimedia experts and infinitely relatable.

There isn't room in the Algo to experiment and try new things... Because it actively sabotages you if you do. Use a different media? Stop working in the same style? Bye bye, followers. Goodbye, reach.

It's heartbreaking! Experimentation is the crux that's kept me doing art consistently for almost a year now.

I used to go *months* without drawing. And now I feel weird if I haven't drawn that day; it's such a comfort to me. To give myself time to decompress.

And to think that the space I use for playing and messing up and thumbnailing and trying new things and GROWING is a thing that could actively sabotage a career as an artist is ...

Honestly fuck it.

FUCK the algorithms. FUCK the nonsense that means I have to """""niche down"""" and never change.

No. We're human. We change. We grow. We evolve. We EXPERIMENT.

Anyways long winded way of saying just share it. You don't need a perfect sketchbook.

So many folks have told me that my pages where I actively add silly notes or go (OH NO) when I realized I made a mistake? They love it.

Do it. Remind each other that imperfections are necessary. It brings community. It relieves others (and yourself) of that pressure. Even if just for a bit. Even if just for a little.

i don't like to yuck people's yum but i have to say that my least favorite thing to come from the current state of Artists on the Internet is the idea of a sketchbook as something nice and pretty and shareable. like i love me a notebook full of gorgeous art don't get me wrong but that is NOT what a sketchbook is. a sketchbook is my friend who i carry around everywhere like a purse chihuahua. it is the physical manifestation of my notes app. it is the container into which i wring my brain out. it is my therapist. and most of all it is filled with absolutely terrible sketches that should never see the light of day.

#rant #artist problems #sketchbook #some people would say my sketchbook is really curated #but i see all of those things #i put my blorbos in the jar and shake it #its just that im at a point where i also enjoy making each page look pretty #cause its a part of my process rn #i like testing layouts and adding color to graphite sketches #but like #nothings perfect #i write silly notes to myself #one of my favorite pages was STARTING with a scribble #did it look like the other sketchbook pages? hell nah #anyways #uh #ill reblog this with my sketchbook reel cause the amount of people being like #oh I love the pages where half of it is little notes to yourself and the other half are rough ass sketches was SUCH a mood #end rant

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The difference literally 4 layers can make.

I feel like it's done...??

But maybe I should sleep on it ....

#shadowheart #astarion #bg3 #dungeons and dragons #digital art #digital painting #ttrpg art #theyre together cause a couple friends are having their birthday and these are thwir faves #as aomeone said #wlw and mlm solidarity

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I have since slept and decided I should go bolder with the shading.

I feel like it's done...??

But maybe I should sleep on it ....

#shadowheart #bg3 #dungeons and dragons #digital art #digital painting #ttrpg art #astarion #theyre together cause a couple friends are having their birthday and these are thwir faves