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[Image Description: A digital painting of one of the hand devices in the simulation. In the foreground a ghostbird is grabbing the protagonist's outstretched arm as they try to flee. Both their arms and the hand device are illuminated in the light of their artifact. The image is at an upwards angle so the hand is looming against the starry sky and the characters' hands cast a shadow over the center/palm of the device. End Image Description.]

speedpaint link here!

#I like to call this one sunk cost fallacy dot png #it was supposed to be done for halloween and it nearly was! it just.. became more work than I had expected #and the week afterwards I was trying to get it done but couldnt focus on it and it just became an ordeal and im sick of looking at it #but its done now I finished it! 2 months later than I wanted but it's ok. I need to not put pressure on myself like that though. #also this is the first big thing I've finished with my new tablet! feels good #𓆱 °v° - #<- [redacted] emoticon #outer wilds #outer wilds spoilers #echoes of the eye #echoes of the eye spoilers #eote #eote spoilers #hope you are all having a nice holiday season #also hoping this doesnt get too compressed #oh almost forgot to say I made a speedpaint for this - I will finish editing it and link it later

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[Image Description: Two unfinished digital paintings / sketches of the hatchling and Hal from outer wilds. they are standing with their arms around each other and the hatchling has their head leaning on hal's shoulder as hal watches the supernova in the distance through the doorway of the museum. the first image is the scene viewed from behind with everything lit in bright blue with dark shadows. the second image shows hal's face looking in fear towards the light and is only partially colored, the rest sketched over a gray background. End Image Description.]

something you'll run back in for when the house burns down

#im going to post something on halloween but also want to post like sketch compilations and unfinished stuff #bc I draw alllll the tiiimeee and theres so much and its just going to get buried in my hard drive if I dont do anything with it #I'm so shy to post this but im in a good mood today so ok you can have the hal post #::) hal. #I wanted to finish these sooo badly and I still want to - it might take me completely reworking it again though :P #im scared this will become one of those pieces where i improve at anatomy more then look back at this one and be like. Gah what was I doing #honestly thats already happened. these are from several months ago #I kept their expression kind of neutral.. both because I dont think I could accurately capture the sheer dumfounded horror. #also because my heart will shatter into many pieces if I draw hal too sad #anyway the caption is a lyric from alone by tresspassers william #the album that song is from is called different stars and its one of my favorite albums ever ever <3 its very somber but I love it #this song doesnt even remind me of these two thaaat much #but theres other songs on the album that do more.. like vapour trail... and anchor oh my god. anchor... #and if you cant steer then it would be safer to drop the anchor 🤔🤔 #ok I'm done talking now bye hal fans #outer wilds #outer wilds spoilers #very early spoilers. lol sub 23 minute spoilers #hal outer wilds #hatchling outer wilds #the hatchling #timber hearth #. I guess?

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The Outer Wilds Travelers' Encore Fanzine is Available Now on itch.io!

Thank you for your patience during our technical difficulties, but you can now receive the FULL OWTE FANZINE on itch.io for free!

#happy birthday to travelers encore!!! <3 #its strange to think that it's already been a year!! #if any of my newer followers (who have beat the full game and dlc!!!!!!!!) haven't read this please check it out!! ::] #thank you again to the hosts and mods and my fellow artists and writers and musicians and designers #I absolutely treasure the time I spent working on this #I still love it so much I Will cry :'3

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[Image Description: a digital sketch of feldspar from outer wilds in a cool pose with one arm reaching forward and their scarf flowing out behind them. End Image Description.]

I got a new tablet for my birthday and my favorite thing about it so far is that I can unlock my true tux paint potential, I dont have to use a mouse anymore :D

#I have been listening to sleigh bells (the band) all night and I am full of energy can you tell can you tell?? #and I'm having fun with art again finally CAN YOU TELL? #:D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #who remembers tux paint!!!!! its fun #I want to post againnnnnnnnnnnnn #I still have cant finish things disease though so itll probably just be sketch comps #outer wilds #feldspar #outer wilds feldspar

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[Image Description: A digital painting of the shrouded woodlands from outer wilds. One of the wooden hand devices stands across the water. In front of it is a short dock with a single lit candle on the right railing. There are faintly lit tree branches above the scene. In the sky above the trees are many stars and the distant horizon is visible on the right of the image, lightening blue with dawn. End Image Description.]

game study from april ^^

#HIIIIII #I LOVE THE HAND THINGS THEYRE CREEPY THEYRE LOOMING THEYRE DISORIENTING THEYRE SO COOL #I have another big wip of one in the works :3c #I didn't know what to call them in the description.. #I just had the worst day ever I am feeling better now and thinking about videoed game #anyway emjoyyyyy #outer wilds #outer wilds: echoes of the eye #echoes of the eye #eote #outer wilds spoilers #eote spoilers #ow spoilers #echoes of the eye spoilers

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[Image Description: A digital painting of a bright, yellowish full moon above softly lit clouds in dark sky with a few scattered stars. There are two large bright four-pointed stars on either side of the moon at a diagonal angle to each other. End Image Description.]

sky painting from late 2019

#last thing for today I am running away now :> #my art #digital painting #moon #sky #clouds #tags........ difficult #landscape

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[Image Description: An angular stylized drawing of an anthropomorphic mouse made with thick pen lines and flat areas of shadow. He is wearing a knight's tunic and is leaning forward with his right hand on his hip. He is holding a sword vertically downwards in front of him. The sword reflects a cat's eye. End Image Description.]

This is my little mouse knight character, his name is Fortissimo because I thought it'd be funny to give him a very loud-sounding name when he is just very very small I drew this on shrink plastic so I could make a keychain but it didn’t turn out unfortunately this is from last november so this design is outdated now but I still like the lines here!

#I like this naming convention lol like fortissimo's sidekick is named tambor #and there's also others named rodomontade and fanfaronade and bombast etc etc but I haven't drawn most of them #I realized this drawing looks like it implies that he hunts cats or something omg he doesn't #once again. how do you tag original things. #mouse #my art

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my phone screen broke and I’m taking full advantage of the situation and making glitch art!! I put some of my echoes of the eye WIPs on the screen and took photos of them since the glitchy and flashing green suits the DLC aesthetically very well ^^

#'I'll be back tomorrow' 🙄 sorry it's been a week #I also apologize for no ID for these.. I was really struggling to write anything that wasn't overly confusing #these wips will all appear here eventually if I ever get around to finishing anything :P #my art #glitch art #outer wilds echoes of the eye #eote #echoes of the eye #echoes of the eye spoilers #outer wilds spoilers #not described #outer wilds #mixed media #yeeeeaaayyyyy #I don't know what I'm doing but I'm having fun!!!

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[Image Description: A digital sketch of Porphy from Outer Wilds. They are leaning on an implied surface, resting their head on their right hand while the other hangs down. They are looking to the right, winking with their left set of eyes. They are framed by an orange rectangle in the background. End Image Description.]

porby ::)

#porpy ::) #this is a remake of a sketch from march 17 2022 #I liked the original but I'm really glad I redid it! I like this one so much better and enjoy seeing how I've improved ::3 #this has been sitting in my drafts for 3 weeks now aaaGH I don't understand why I'm so nervous about it. #but yeah it's porphy idk what else to say #compositional rectangle. #outer wilds #porphy #btw of COURSE they're winking at gossan do you even have to ask? #much intellectual debate about how many eyes hearthians wink with

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[Image Description: A digital painting of Myla from Hollow Knight, a cartoony bug with a headlamp. She is holding a pickaxe in her right hand and the other hand is held up to her face. Her eyes are orange and yellow and she is looking down and to her right bashfully. The background is dark indigo purple with a light grainy texture. End Image Description.]

this is an old drawing (from late march 2022) but look!!! bug :>

#tumblr compression pleeeeeaasee.... not this time this picture's already so small.. >< #I made this on such a tiny small canvas idr why!!! I tried to resize it but keeping it from getting blurry has been very annoying #this is why I try to stick to drawing on very extremely large canvases lol my computer hates me for it though #anyway its mylaaaaaaaaaa #don't worry about why her eyes are orange jsut don't even consider it :) #hollow knight #myla #do I spoiler tag...? #hk spoilers #hollow knight spoilers

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[Image Description: A watercolor painting of a landscape at night. The horizon and foreground are solid black. The sky is dark gray and cloudy and fades to be lighter near the horizon. A greenish beam of light cuts across the clouds diagonally from the right side of the horizon to the upper left. End Image Description.]

a painting based on a searchlight I sometimes see in the distance on the way home from campus

#hiiiiiiiii #I'm on a little 'vacation' rn to help my stepdad move in to his apartment and having a very weird conflicting time of it #I don't get along with him but I'm trying to enjoy it! #but the city lights are cutting me to my core and the yearning to have a normal life is very not fun to deal with #agh it'll be fine anyway I hope you are all doing well #I don't like this painting much at all but I want it posted so I can stop thinking about it :P #I have more drafts in the queue as well finally! ^^ #hollows knight fans I have something for you tomorrow :3c #how do you tag original work... #landscape #watercolor #painting #my art

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[Image Description: A 2d animated gif of the protagonist from outer wilds hugging Solanum. It is animated digitally with solid blue lines over a white background. The protagonist is smiling as they put their arms around Solanum and she tilts her head, raises a hand, and blinks in surprise. End Image Description.]

#things have been hard lately so I just wanted to make something very cute #so I took several straight hours to knock this out. psa: please take care of yourselves when making art :I #I keep seeing mistakes in this and things I wish I pushed more so please take them off my hands goodbye I am scampering away now #outer wilds #outer wilds spoilers #nomai #solanum #hatchling

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[Image Description: A digital sketch of two spacesuited Nomai dancing while holding hands. The sketch is drawn with a textured brown brush with areas of light yellow detailing the gold accents of their space suits as well as a heart symbol above them. The background is light brown and lightly textured to look paper with a light green line running around the edge. End Image Description]

my doodle for the OWTE zine’s doodle page!!!

#I meant to have this posted sooner but I've been very tired you know how it is #ah well ⁖3 #iirc I think I had mallow and avens in mind while drawing this but really they could be anyone #I love nomai and I love drawing them but they're so.... cromplicated...... ><; #so cromplicated not very srimple #:P anyway hiii #thank you for the tags on my owte post I am crying and screaming about them so much >///< #outer wilds #nomai #my art #its already been 2 weeks since it came out.... how?? #I was really on the fence abt posting this bc its so late but I realized it doesn't matter that much and I still think this is cute so!

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[Image Description: A digital painting depicting Feldspar standing to the right of a campfire, facing away from the viewer and upwards. They are holding an arm outstretched above them and the other gesticulates as if they were telling a story. Several fireflies surround them and their shadow falls to their right. Wreathed in the smoke of the campfire is a scene of their campsite in Dark Bramble. Three large twisting brambles, the anglerfish fossil’s teeth, and three pine trees are suspended upside down, stretching downwards toward Feldspar and the campfire. A plume of stylized curling smoke stretches across the top of the scene from Feldspar’s ship in the top right corner. The ship is sparking with electrical failure. End Image Description.]

my piece for the @travelers-encore-zine !!!  I think this came out a bit more conceptual than I wanted but I still like it!

Thank you to the mods for making this happen, putting everything together and being an amazing support team!!! Thank you to my fellow contributors for being so lovely and making such amazing things and sharing this project with me, I'm really happy I got to be a part of it!!

#I'm so late to posting this omg sorry!! I got stressed abt writing the caption bc its hard getting the words out of my brain sometimes #but its already been a few days since the zine came out I can't believe it #expect some sort of process video or post for this maybe!! as soon as I figure out how I want to do that haha #idk I put a lot of work into this that I don't want to leave unseen but I don't know how I would even go about formatting smth like that #I dont know how to feel abt this piece lol I definitely got very tired of looking at it by the end but I think I'm still happy with it #there's so much going on for me atm but I'm happy! I'm so happy I have things to be passionate about #crazy how life is messy as ever but so much more manageable when you have something you care a lot about #videos game. <3 <3 <3 #I’m interested to hear people’s thoughts on what this means like symbolically ::] #both lonely and claustrophobic #Stories are the basis of so much in game but give feldspar room to breathe god damn it #I have to go to class and stop rambling in the tags now #outer wilds #feldspar #dark bramble #my art #outer wilds spoilers #ow spoilers #how did i forget spoiler tags... smh my head XD

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The Outer Wilds Travelers' Encore Fanzine is Available Now on itch.io!

Thank you for your patience during our technical difficulties, but you can now receive the FULL OWTE FANZINE on itch.io for free!

#HEY #I'm in this #and people did AMAZING work for it #please check it out if you've played the game!! theres a lot of spoilers #I will be posting my page later tonight I'm at a friends house rn #and process behind the scenes stuff probably as well

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[Image Description: A digital painting of a red jellyfish curling in on itself in front of a dark blue background. Its tentacles and arms are ruffled and slightly transparent. In the foreground beneath the round bell of the jellyfish are 2 Nomai, facing it and lit in a soft red glow. End Image Description]

#my art #outer wilds #nomai #jellyfish #how do you tag things..... #canonically I don't think any nomai actually ventured to where the jellyfish are...? #I'm pretty sure with the way the timeline works out they just wouldn't have needed to? #so this is just speculative #thinkin about... what if the jellyfoshes were really big #there's not much to say about this ig.. I just wanted to make something visually interesting and paint a jellyfish lol #but I'm happy with this :) #eye strain #compression noooo!!!!! my mortal enemy!! its crunchy now :<

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the river goes where the current flows

the light we must destroy

events conspire to set afire

the methods we employ

#hi again it's catposting time - this is probably the last piece of old art I'm gonna post before posting new things #so this is based on a warriors MAProject on youtube - the angry river hosted by amelia b #(it's one of my faves omg everyone did so well!! but if you look it up be warned it contains blood) #basically I just wanted to follow the art direction of how the dark forest looks but with one of my own OCs! #it has like a diptych? format? but I just did the right panel (ig I'm not going to do the left now) #I made this back in february I'm pretty sure and god I'm still so in love with it I'm so proud of it!!! #wc #warrior cats #warrior cats oc #warriors oc #wc oc #marshflower #oh and the lyrics are from that song - the angry river by the hat #my art #scheduled