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Jenny Dolfen
@jennydolfen.bsky.social
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🌈She/her. Visually disabled artist (Tolkien, Stormlight Archive, Critical Role, D&D, Fantasy, Mythology). Teacher (Latin/English). Pronounced "Yenny". Older than the Internet.
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“The skies are mine”

My favourite Kaladin I've ever painted. 🩵🩵🩵
Procreate, done with a new gouach-y brushset I’m putting together.
Kaladin soaring into the skies, accompanied by Syl, who stands in the air above him and looks down on him. He’s smiling up at her. He holds a spear in his hand, there are wind-blown dark clouds around him, the Shattered Plains are visible below.
February 11, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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Elend waiting for Vin. Some Titanic crept in there.
#mistborn #cosmere #art
For this weekend only, all my Procreate brushes are 30% off: tinyurl.com/JDBRUSHES
A watercolour style picture depicting Elend, sitting on the bannister of a staircase and reading a book, looking up with a smile as Vin walks down the stairs. The staircase is inspired by the one on the Titanic, the dreamy feel of the scene a nod to the ending of the 1997 film where Rose sees Jack waiting for her on the stairs next to the clock.
January 31, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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“Bind my leg,” Kaladin said weakly. “The rest of me should be fine. Heal right up . . .”
#stormlightarchive #art #procreate
Kaladin and Shallan after killing the chasmfiend in _Words of Radiance_. The dead beast is lying behind them, luckspren flying up from it now that it’s dead. Shallan is bandaging Kaladin’s wounded leg with strips of cloth torn from her dress, painspren crawling up from the ground and latching onto his leg and side.
January 25, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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Vin and Elend. And nothing bad ever happened.
#mistborn #art
Vin and Elend from Mistborn, by Brandon Sanderson. They are kissing in the ballroom, Elend holding up Vin, with a book held in his hand. There are tendrils of mist swirling around them, a stained glass window inspired by the 2025 Worldhopper Ball is behind them. Vin is wearing a black dress with long black gloves, Elend his white uniform.
January 23, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Hello #Portfolioday! I'm a Fantasy artist from Germany that does watercolour, digital watercolour, and whimsical(ish).
January 13, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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#stormlightarchive
Three closeup paintings of the eyes of the trio from Stormlight Archive: Kaladin, Adolin and Shallan. Above Kaladin’s eyes, we see his slave brands. Adolin has his trademark black-and-blond peppered hair hanging across his forehead, Shallan's freckled face is framed by her red hair.
January 12, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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I've started doing ko-fi sketch commissions and I love them!
You can find them here: ko-fi.com/jennydolfen/...
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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That was… unexpected.

I got today's Cosmeredle in 4 tries!
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Try and beat me at cosmeredle.net
Cosmeredle
A Cosmere character guessing game!
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January 3, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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Kaladin and the Lopen kick off 2026. 🎉
#stormlightarchive #art
Kaladin and Lopen from Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive series. Kaladin, recently wounded by a chasmfiend, limps through the warcamps, leaning on his spear and supported by Lopen. Kaladin's face is tense, Lopen is his usual cheerful self.
January 3, 2026 at 8:44 AM
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Response to somebody looking for an artist who "only used AI to show what I want."
Screenshot reading "My dude, for future reference, the prompts you used to get those images? THAT'S ALL YOU NEEDED. If you can describe what you want in terms that a robot can understand, you can definitely do the same for a person. In fact, IT'S EVEN EASIER, because a person ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDS what you're saying. So, all you've done is waste your own time (not to mention our collective water and energy) and made an actual artist's job harder, because now they have to push back against the images that you've embedded in your head."
January 2, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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New series on Patreon: Dive into the archives with me! (Re)discover old art, starting with two beauties from 2004 and 1999, respectively.
(Free-for-all post!)
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January 2, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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It's that time of year again!
#artvsartist
#stormlightarchive
It was the Year of the BrandoSando.
December 30, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Blackthorn. Spoilers for Wind and Truth in comments!
(Sorry, no alt text today. *my* eyes are done for.)
#stormlightarchive
December 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Well, hello, Twitter refugees! We have tea, cookies, Stormlight, CritRole, and Tolkien. 🧡
A scene from The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson. Kaladin helps Adolin fight four Shardbearers in the arena. A scene from the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson. Syl stands watch on Kaladin's chest after he was strung up in a highstorm. Caleb Widogast from Critical Role, reading in his library. Fingon and his archers driving off a young Glaurung. Scene from Tolkien’s Silmarillion.
December 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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The Girl Who Looked Up. Shallan Davar.
Prints available! Painted with my Procreate watercolour brushes.
A digital painting showing Shallan Davar, with several scenes from her life making up a silhouette of her. Bottom: young Shallan sitting in the garden. The plants around seem gigantic and oppressive, but lifespren are glowing around her. She's hugging herself, her eyes are red. Middle: Veil, Shallan, and Radiant surrounded by drawings. Radiant is in Shardplate, the other two are in their iconic teal and white clothes. Pattern sits on Shallan's long safehand sleeve. The drawings show a chasmfiend, Veil, Dalinar, Jasnah, Urithiru, Gaz, and Kaladin. Top: Adolin and Shallan sit in Shadesmar. They are kissing, their arms around each other. Above them, a giant starspren coils in the sky, stars on its form shining brightly.
December 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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I want this so much.
kristinagehrmann.bsky.social Kristina Gehrmann @kristinagehrmann.bsky.social · Dec 15
This is why our art got so much more traffic on the old Deviantart: an inbox just for new art posts from the artists we followed.
I want a dedicated art platform that has this option. Why is there none today!??
December 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Born unto Light
It's our golden boy! I love Adolin so much.
If you're wondering where his helmet went in the middle picture… probably to the same place that Kaladin's shirt went in the last one. 😅
A double exposure-type illustration of Adolin Kholin from Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson, with scenes from the books making up his silhouette. Bottom scene: Adolin and Shallan on their first date. She is smiling, her freehand on his arm, asking him about pooping in armour. He looks st her, startled. Middle scene: Adolin, on Surefoot, jumps over a line of Parshendi fighters, his Shardblade forming from mist below his outstretched hand. A warpair is clearly seen, the malen with gemstones in his beard, the females with long hair down her back, both in warform. Top scene (minor Wind and Truth spoiler): A thunderclast towers among ruins, laying about him. Adolin is hanging from its neck on a chain, brandishing a Shardblade.
December 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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When today's Cosmeredle is from a book you haven’t read and only know two characters of.

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Cosmeredle
A Cosmere character guessing game!
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December 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Stormblessed. One year of obsessing over these books. Go me!
A collection of scenes with Kaladin Stormblessed from the Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson, three scenes situated in a side-profile silhouette of Kaladin. Bottom: Kaladin, ca. 10 years old, being trained as a surgeon by his father. They're washing their hands in preparation for surgery, both look focused or lost in thought. Middle: Kaladin in the chasm, doing a spear kata. There are lifespren glowing around him, casting some light on the scene below as well, and the chasm behind him glows in an eerie soft blue-green as he works. His expression is both focused and peaceful. Top: Kaladin battling Szeth above the clouds. Kaladin is holding the glowing Sylspear.
November 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Our world. Our rules.
Watercolour on Fabriano cold-pressed paper.
From "Yumi and the Nightmare Painter", by Brandon Sanderson. Because art is, and always has been, about what it does to us. To the one shaping it and the one experiencing it.
#art #noai
I… Her voice. It’s not right… “Yumi,” he said, tears in his eyes, holding on tight. “We decide what is right. Nightmares can be real. Why not dreams? You have power granted by the spirits. Your whole life—your dozens of lives—you’ve used it to serve. Use it for yourself this once.” But… “Our world, Yumi. Our rules.” From Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, by Brandon Sanderson. A watercolour painting of Nikaro and Yumi, holding each other as the remnants of a nightmare shroud vanish around them, looking incredulous as the world they created together comes into existence. Faintly behind them, painted bamboo on Nikaro's side and stacked rocks behind Yumi symbolise both their art, and the worlds they combined to make a new one.
November 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Shop update, print sale, and commissions! (Free-for-all post)
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November 15, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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A happy boy and his happy horse: Adolin Kholin on Gallant, both living their shared dream of flying. An absolute joy of a commission for Finnean.

From Wind and Truth, by Brandon Sanderson. Watercolour on Windsor&Newton cold-pressed paper, 11x14 inches. Prints coming soon!
A watercolour illustration from "Wind and Truth" by Brandon Sanderson. Adolin Kholin is riding his father's horse Gallant, drawn resembling a powerful black Frisian stallion. Gallant is running in the air, and both man and horse are grinning, having the time of their lives. Adolin is wearing goggles against the wind, his blue gold-embroidered uniform echoed in the blue bardings of Gallant.
November 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...
AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism
It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.
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October 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Interior illustrations for Bryan Vanderhoof's Rosharan cookbook! I had so much fun with these.
Adolin and Shallan from The Stormlight Archive. They are drawn in a sketchy pencil style. He has just coaxed her to try some men's food, and the spiciness is making her question several life choices. Yanagawn and Lift from The Stormlight Archive. They are drawn in a sketchy pencil style. Yanagawn is about to enjoy his meal, to see that Lift has beaten him to it - his plate is empty, and she is gnawing on a chicken drumstick. A servant is taking the cover off the empty platter. Behind Yanagawn's shoulder stands his vizier Noura; behind her, some shocked Azir citizens whose turn it is to witness the Prime dine. A picture story with Lift from The Stormlight Archive. The three images are drawn in a sketchy pencil style. In the first, Lift is gliding along the floor, looking behind her, a stack of pancakes in her arm. In the second, Wyndle is racing/growing/vining behind her, his vine-face one of appalled shock as he glances at unseen persecutors. Those are seen in the final image - heavily armed Azish guards racing after Lift and Wyndle. The Lopen from The Stormlight Archive. He is drawn in a sketchy pencil style and holding a rolled bread (chouta) in us one arm. He's in bridgeman attire, his left sleeve is rolled up on his missing arm.
October 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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A fun project with Bryan Vanderhoof (@bryanvhoof on Instagram), who's putting together a Rosharan cookbook to bring to Dragonsteel Nexus.
I had a lot of fun with Bridge Four (and a rare smiling Kaladin)!
Left to right: Hobber, Skar and Drehy, Rock, Renarin, Teft, Kaladin, Moash, and Lopen.
#art
September 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM