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Happy birthday @theboywithburninghands!

#cleoarrow art #OC #original character #sinatra #it's been forever since I posted any art #hope I'm doing this right lol #a sketch that I had way too much fun with

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I'm actually trying to draw something more than once a year!

#cleoarrow art #my art #radioactive #gas mask #oc #i've always wanted to draw a character with a gas mask #but it never looked right #I guess this is a milestone for me then #also the hair came to me in a dream #I went hey that'd be a cool hair style #and then woke up #that's it that's the whole dream #glowy #glowing earring #post apocalyptic #edited because i forgot to add my shiny bits layer

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Wow, I haven't posted any of my artwork in awhile.

#cleoarrow art #oc #dress #artwork #gothic #my art #i don't remember how to post art anymore #lol #it's been a year #i have been drawing #but for work so i can't post it #this is the first for fun piece i've done in a long time

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Marta Fielding belongs to @theboywithburninghands 

Happy late birthday!

#cleoarrow art #marta fielding #oc #friend oc

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I almost completely forgot to do one of these this year. Not too much shuffling of pictures surprisingly between months either. Just two August pieces got stretched to September too.

Can you tell I slowed down at the end of the year? I felt like I drew very little for fun this year compared to previous (partially because I started writing a lot suddenly again, and also because of the pandemic), hence why I included some of the drawing I did for work. One funny coincidence I noticed is that for the past three years I've drawn something related to my Cleo Arrow story every January. It's probably some piece of me wanting to continue the story and the start of the new year fuels that urge. Here's hoping I can carry it further in 2021.

I'm happy to see myself using more saturated colors again! (Even if my color pallets still lean toward purple. What can I say? It's not hard to figure out my favorite color.) I tried a few new techniques like shading and different inking (aka coloring my sketches instead of inking.) I also see myself unafraid to make full body pieces. I think one of the biggest accomplishments this year is I finally figured out how to draw fire. I also pushed myself to include more movement into certain pieces. I'm still working on it.

I did a piece for 2021 already that I think is going to push me a certain direction with how I improve next year. Line weight variability and coloring those lines with colors aside from just one color, as in not just all black or all red, but perhaps fading between black and red. I may decide in the long run that it's too much work or I don't like the look, but for now, I'm pretty pleased with first piece I did for 2021.

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#cleoarrow art #2020 art summary #digital art #oc #mermaid #fire #greek mythology #norse mythology #i'm real tired after this year #can't imagine why lol #I hope to do more in 2021 #also i keep typing 2021 as 20201 #we're really in the future now #i'm going to bed

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Trying some different shading and lighting techniques.

#cleoarrow art #neon light #neon #oc #practice

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This Adonis is an interpretation of Adonis from greek mythology, and is based on a version made by @theboywithburninghands ! (I struggle with drawing men so I'm really happy with how this turned out.)

#Adonis #greek mythology #greek gods #interpretation #cleoarrow art #hunter #archer #I had a heck of a time trying to upload these to tumblr #moon #apparently it doesn't like large files #masks #magic #mask

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White Suit Phenomenon Speedpaint is up!

#cleoarrow art #my art #roy alder #oc #speedplay #video #white tuxedo #suit #I'm trying out a new thumbnail style #let me know what you guys think!

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A New Year means I can draw my characters in tuxedos for no reason, right?

#cleoarrow art #roy alder #cleoarrow #oc #original character #tuxedo #silently regretting not having the uniform just be tuxedos now

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It's not Mer-May but I haven't drawn a mermaid before and wanted to try my hand at it.

#mermaid #mermay #jellyfish #mermaid warrior #cleoarrow art #fish skeleton #turtle shield #seaweed

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Based on a dream I had a while ago. This is also kind of part of Inktober. A friend and I are trying to do three drawings every week and this was one of them I did last week.

#oc #cleoarrow art #lightning #lightning bolt #headphones #I wanted to have more movement in an image #I think this accomplishes that? #messy but I think that helps

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"They say when the Sun is angry, she sends down a fairy from the sky to light the forest ablaze."

A fire fairy I did for a fairy character design challenge. I imagine she's something of a vengeful creature.

Speedpaint is up!

#fairy #fire fairy #character design challenge #flame #flaming wings #magic #gold #shiny #cleo arrow #cleoarrow art #oc #pretty #glowy

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I actually had this whole thing inked in my usual inking style but didn't like it (mainly because my eyes never look exactly how I want them to when I ink them) and decided to go for a cleaned up version of the sketch. Also, I don't draw a lot of men and wanted to practice. Here, he's probably seeing Cleo do something stupid (as she usually does).

#cleoarrow art #roy alder #original character #oc #cleo arrow

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Speedpaint is up!

#speedpaint #cleoarrow art #dnd #wizard #firebender #fire sword #armor #knight #snow #magic #fiasco

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For a Character Design Challenge, I did Saga! I don't know a ton about Norse mythology, but I read that she spent a lot of her time drinking with Odin, and that she was a seer. I imagine if you can see the future and you're drinking a lot, chances are the future isn't looking good.

#norse mythology #saga #norse goddess #seer #drinking #beer #scroll #I feel like this might be topical #cleoarrow art #braids