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Maciej Stępniak
@maciejstepniak.bsky.social
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Architect by trade, traditional artist by passion. Poland, he/him

Off-bsky archive of my older artworks: https://www.deviantart.com/thegreatmc - should there ever be a need for multi-year proof of AI-free creative process.
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Larger artworks leave less room for mistakes, so here is a small (A3) practice piece to get a better grasp of MD's unique lighting and textures.

42cm x 29,7cm paper, watercolor, fineliner sketch.
V, Sparky (Murder Drones, by Liam Vickers) © Glitch Productions
Knife cat meme, except with Serial Designation V and Sentinel Sparky. Done in watercolor as a practice artwork.
November 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Reuploading a properly edited (and more honest to original physical artwork) version. Previous one seemed fine to me upon initial upload... but I was already half-asleep at that point.

42cm x 59,4cm paper, Kuretake markers.
V, Doll, Lizzy ( #Murder_Drones, by Liam Vickers) © Glitch Productions
November 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Sometimes your best bet is to just cut out that bad influence from your everyday interactions and hope it didn't take hold of your impressionable mind.

42cm x 59,4cm paper, Kuretake markers.
V, Doll, Lizzy ( #Murder_Drones, by Liam Vickers) © Glitch Productions
Murder Drones fanart drawn with traditional mediums. Accompanied by a disassembly drone V, worker drone Lizzy is pushing a stair-climbing cart to which remains of her departed friend Doll are secured.
October 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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A squad of disassembly drones trying their best to meet their quota, but their pilot seems to have wandered off somewhere. Again.

42x59,4cm paper, markers.
N, V, J ( #Murder_Drones, by Liam Vickers) © Glitch Productions
Gangle, Jax (The Amazing Digital Circus, by Gooseworx) © Glitch Productions
A Murder Drones / The Amazing Digital Circus fanart, depicting disassembly drones V and J sitting on a pile of butchered worker drones while disassembly drone N is trying to work at a fast food restaurant while wearing a paper mask of Jax. New employee toils under the watchful eye of manager Gangle who grows increasingly suspicious over her co-worker's sudden helpfulness and enthusiasm.
September 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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First time dipping my toes in MD territory - which of course calls for a study drawing to get a hang of characters, as well as to get some mistakes out of my system. I have no idea where this rabbit hole leads to, but I'm eager to find out!

Uzi Doorman, N, V, Alice (Murder Drones) © Liam Vickers
A set of study drawings created to practice characters from Murder Drones web series.
August 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Gangle at her not-so-secret figurine workstation. Turns out that making #TADC fanart is more challenging than drawing paper bears - who would have guessed?

Watercolor, 42x56cm paper.
Gangle, Jax, Ragatha, Pomni (The Amazing Digital Circus) © Gooseworx
Zeruel (Neon Genesis Evangelion) © Khara, inc.
The Amazing Digital Circus fanart. Gangle is hard at work painting a lewd figurine of Jax in a maid outfit, all while the real Jax is standing right behind her, malding and seething.
July 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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TES: VI won't be out for a while, so that wraps up my streak of Teri-fying post-Daggerfall TES games.

#Teri #tawog (The Amazing World of Gumball / The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network/Warner Bros
The Elder Scrolls V: #Skyrim © Bethesda Game Studios/ZeniMax Media
Teri, the paper bear from "The Amazing World of Gumball" cartoon, imagines herself as a bunch of characters from "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" video game.
June 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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I had so much fun with the previous, Morrowind-themed piece that I had to draw another while moving to the next video game.

42x59,4cm paper, Kuretake pens.
#Teri ( #The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball ) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
#Oblivion © Bethesda Game Studios / ZeniMax Media
Paper bear Teri from "The Amazing World of Gumball" cartoon show imagines herself as a lineup of characters from The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion video game.
May 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Self-absorbed student has found an alternative use for school time - like daydreaming about video games.

42cm x 59,4cm paper, fineliners.
TES Morrowind © Bethesda Game Studios / ZeniMax Media
Teri, Molly ( #The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball
) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
Traditional artwork of a paper bear Teri from "The Amazing World of Gumball" cartoon is sitting at her school desk, imagining herself as various characters from The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind - either wearing precious clothing, or an ornate elven armour, or a garb of nefarious cultist.
March 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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POV: It's 2020 and you've been caught sneaking into a public area without a proper cloth mask.

Technique shift inspired by Shigeru Mizuki's work.

42 x 59,4cm paper, fineliner.
Warhammer 40,000 © Games Workshop
Teri ( #The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball
) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
Dimly lit school hallway being patrolled by a paper bear girl Teri (The Amazing World of Gumball) in a papercraft power armor stylized after ones from Warhammer 40000 franchise. Teri is wielding hand sanitizer station as a makeshift mace and a transparent sneezeguard as a shield. Floor of the hallway is littered with battered lesser demons of Nurgle, their efforts to spread filth and disease averted.
February 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Brief respite from drawing paper bears - all in order to improve my workshop a bit.
Watercolor on paper, 70cm x 50cm, based upon a self-made photo.

Courtyard/patio of a former community center building in #Warsaw, originally built in late eastern bloc era.
September 28, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Reposted by Maciej Stępniak
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vib-ribbon (1999) | NanaOn-Sha | Sony Computer Entertainment | PlayStation 1

#PlayStation #VideoGames #VibRibbon #OutOfContext
September 16, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Reposted by Maciej Stępniak
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Popeye - Barbecue For Two Reanimated Collab v.02
Popeye Barbecue for Two was a 1960 cartoon pilot short introducing the TV series for King Feature Syndicate mostly directed by Jack Kinney. The Reanimate was planned in September 2021 and animation started in December 2021and the last scene was finished in May 2023. The whole reanimate was made with no money and purely for fun. Thanks so much to all the wonderful contributing artists!! 1. Anthony Loiacono (illustration Disclaimer) 2. Sam McKenzie (illustration Syndicate banner) 3. Kékéflipnote (Popeye head animation) 4. BridgeofFaust (Popeye banner animation) 5. Edith Schulz (Intro credit background textile work) 6. Elton Portilho (Title card illustration) 7. Kostas Firindis (1st scene) 8. Brock Gallagher (2nd scene) 9. Milton Knight (3rd scene) 10. Éder KF Cardoso (4th scene) 11. Brian Bear (5th scene) 12. Harvey Rothman (6th scene) 13. Golfinho Yurii (7th scene) 14. Johanna Gassner (8th scene) 15. Carlos Araya (9th scene) 16. Jack D. Evans (10th scene) 17. Rob Yulfo (11th scene) 18. Ryan R. Nitsch (12th scene) 19. Smo (13th scene) 20. Andrew "TmsT" Kepple (14th scene) 21. Danycan (15th scene) 22. Sedat Ademci (16th scene) 23. Emily Curran (17th scene) 24. Arón Keyser (18th scene) 25. Ha Huy Hoang "Splendidriver" (19th scene) 26. Thomas van Kampen (20th scene) 27. Nicole Hardy (21st scene) 28. Owen Fishback (22ndscene) 29. Will Finn (23rd scene) 30. Pedro Vargas (24th scene) 31. Gaelrice (25th scene) 32. Erin Humiston (26th scene) 33. Miles John (27th scene) 34. Ryan Krzak (28th scene) 35. Dan Sills (29th scene) 36. Christopher Ian MacFarlane (30th scene) 37. June Kind (31st scene) 38. Matt Vogler (32nd scene) 39. Margo "marble" Pierce (33rd scene) 40. Mike Pelensky (34th scene) 41. Ye Htut Aung (35th scene) 42. Charles Moss (36th scene) 43. Teodor Ajduk (37th scene) 44. Austin Kimmell (38th scene) + Todd Kimmell (Set Construction) 45. Andrew Scherman (39th scene) 46. Malcolm Thomas + Lily Reyes + Daniel Acosta (40th scene) 47. Pibgeon (41st scene) 48. Malakaixed (42nd scene) 49.Psicoyote (43rd scene) + Crazyhiena (background art) 50. Piti Yindee (44th scene) 51. Dirk Erik Schulz (45th scene + curator + editor + organisator) 52. Graphic Blandish-Mate (46th scene) + Bibimbeepbop (colors & animation help) 53. Mike Dietz (47th scene) 54. Stradomyre (48th scene) 55. Crisppyboat (49th scene) 56. Andrew Kauervane (50th scene) 57. Makinita Silva (End card illustration) 58. Christoph Hasche (End credit animation) 59. Javier Ulloa (Nope to Dope 1st scene) + Nannercoco (Backgrounds) 60. Putuk (Nope to Dope 2nd scene) 61. JW Balsley (Nope to Dope 3rd scene) 62. Dave Alvarez + Alejandro Reyes G (Nope to Dope 4th scene) ( • Popeye - Barbecue for Two Reanimated ... ) 63. Stefanie Achtnig (Credits bg illustration) () • Popeye - Barbecue for Two Reanimated ... )
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August 8, 2024 at 10:25 PM
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Teri as a #Warhammer_40k inquisitor, done to fulfill an anonymous request!

42cm x 59,4cm paper, greyscale pen & marker.
Warhammer 40,000 © Games Workshop
Teri, Darwin Watterson ( #The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball
) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
August 1, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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Uploading an updated version of bsky.app/profile/maci... - with more consistent colouring and contrast, as well as a halo 'painted' through removing watercolor with a wet brush.

Watercolor, 50x70cm paper #Kuromi © Sanrio Co, Ltd.
June 7, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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Respectable and level-headed commentary on even the most delusional of cranks is admirable... but not exactly entertaining, is it?

Greyscale pen & marker on paper;
#Teri, Steve Small ( #The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball ) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
May 25, 2024 at 9:32 PM
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An alternate way to obtain high-end designer clothing, though definitely not without some opposition! Hopefully this brings me closer to a 'finished' piece in a greyscale pen+marker technique.

#Teri, Larry Needlemeyer ( #The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball ) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
May 12, 2024 at 8:39 PM
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While this might look like an intentionally edgyfied piece of fanart that an artist drew on a whim, it's actually a depiction of a canon event from a prequel season to "Onegai My Melody" anime series. But hey! it works and that's all that counts.

Watercolor, 50x70cm paper
Kuromi © Sanrio Co, Ltd.
Kuromi robot castle attack at night Sanrio character fanart
April 16, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Reposted by Maciej Stępniak
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Thought I should drop some life-sign from time to time and what is a better life-sign than dragons~? :D

I hope you're all having a fantastic day!
green dragon breathing out smoke copper, bipedal dragon with huge wings blue winter forest with hidden dragon
February 21, 2024 at 11:31 AM
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Landscape art painted pleinair during my stay on la Palma.
February 11, 2024 at 12:43 PM
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Good altar servers are hard to come by and this one dares to fall asleep during sermon just because he had been toiling away all night!

Watercolor on 42x56cm paper. Image totally not inspired by a tradcath cult LARP of a niche internet clown, that would be rude!
Cult of the Lamb © Massive Monster
Lambert - Cult of the Lamb - scolds sleepy acolyte for falling asleep during ceremony in a dark room lit by red light. Watercolor painting.
February 4, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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Faves from 2023! And now that I've had a nice break there's more art on the way
January 1, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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"When lunar flowers crumble, they fracture into shards of pure light. And instead of returning to the darkness they sprouted from, they turn into bonfires for those who walk the void."
White unicorn on starry nightsky background, standing on a cliff from which moons sprout
December 27, 2023 at 12:31 PM
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*Reupload - edits and camera replacement*
Sometimes visible light is a viable and cost-effective alternative to an X-ray... but only as long as the patient has a body depth of less than a milimeter.

Teri (The Amazing World of Gumball) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
December 28, 2023 at 1:00 AM
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I find posts of people who complain about how they don't want to learn how to draw rather funny.

Sweetheart... it's too late for that.
You can already draw.

Absolutely everybody can draw.

And your worst drawings will always be the ones you didn't try to make.
A fairy mouse with butterfly wings and glasses, a whole bunch of scrolls in pouches and stuffed into the belt, holding a giant quill. City guardian holding a staff of light for the city inside its wings Cinderella, but the pumpkin coach is a chariot and the horses are less friendly
December 19, 2023 at 11:45 AM