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meralune
@meralune.bsky.social
🌸just another starving human artist
🎨no thoughts, just draw
📍toronto
🔮 meralune.net
back with my portrait studies!

this one was a little chaotic because I just couldn’t place the features well but I did it in the end 😮‍💨

#art
February 19, 2026 at 5:23 PM
This is the last fruit still life for now, the portrait studies are coming back after this 😅

I really miss using oil paints so I tried out a different brush to achieve an impasto / impressionistic look.
February 17, 2026 at 8:46 PM
not me rewatching all my old process videos over and over to remind myself that I actually KNOW how to do this and that I shouldn’t abandon my current painting just because it doesn’t look good (yet) 😭😩😭😩
February 14, 2026 at 2:23 AM
still taking a break from drawing faces so here’s a tomato 🍅

#art
February 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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GIT YER ART REFS AND STUFF
February 12, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I actually managed to get my old @gaiaonline.com account back 😳
February 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
get rid of the AI and I’ll be back in a heartbeat dA 💀
February 12, 2026 at 6:47 PM
just spent forever figuring out how to make my own custom feeds and ended up using skyfeed 🥲 i THINK it's working? i just wanted a way to organise my own posts by big themes and i'm slightly annoyed i can't reorder them on my profile's public facing feeds tab.
February 11, 2026 at 8:55 PM
got tired of portrait studies and needed a break, so here’s an apple 🍎

I’d like to work on more still life studies if I can find the time 🤔
February 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Bad Bunny’s halftime show was a reminder of how powerful human creativity and exuberance can be; all the designers, costumers, props, set, cameras, sound, lights, choreographers, performers, even the tree people made this happen.

AI could never.
February 11, 2026 at 12:17 AM
here’s my weekly portrait study 🤗

I think I’ve just started to get comfortable with using this new brush 😅
February 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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In today's installment of Old Lady Yells At Clouds:
February 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
here’s portrait study number 5!

I’ve been pleasantly surprised by my progress so far with this exercise and am having lots of fun playing with new brushes 😊

#procreate #artstudy #digitalpainting
February 3, 2026 at 5:52 PM
got tired of my old profile pic so I made a new one 😌

#art
January 31, 2026 at 6:37 AM
ya girl engaged in jobless behaviour and finally got the Legendary Defender of Ascalon along with Dhuum’s Covenant 💀

#gw1 #guildwarsreforged
January 31, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Still struggling with overwhelm so I challenge myself to stay consistent by making at least one post a week and have zero expectations of the outcome for now.

I’ve been so pleasantly surprised by the encouragement I’ve been receiving from everyone so far, thank you all so much, I love you 😭💕

#art
January 30, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.
January 26, 2026 at 7:53 AM
struggled really hard with this quick study and reworked it three times, so I don’t know if I broke the rules I set for myself (not spending more than 3 hours on each one) 😭

this one ended up taking exactly 2 hours 😅

#art #artstudy
January 26, 2026 at 5:58 PM
intensely grateful I don’t have to be anywhere today and can hide at home in a snowstorm with a cup of hot tea and my iPad to draw and read with.

I legit haven’t seen a snow storm like this in my whole entire life 🌨️🥶😵
January 25, 2026 at 10:11 PM
my submission for the Throne of Eros fanart contest! I managed to finish it on time 😭

I really loved the slightly modified outfits the chibi models got for the ice skating game and really wish we got the full sized version!

#loveanddeepspace #rafayel #恋与深空 #祁煜 #恋と深空 #ホムラ
January 24, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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January 16, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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some important advice i always give to new artists just starting out:

"it has to be perfect

if it's not perfect, i, shen comix, will personally kick your ass"
January 16, 2026 at 5:13 PM
so uh…does anyone have any tips to spot AI soundtracks on social media??? 😭😩

I’m just doing my best to avoid any cover art that looks like AI when I compose my posts and reels.
January 14, 2026 at 9:37 PM
I didn’t expect my last post to get the views that it did, thank you all so much 😭

here’s another quick portrait study because I’m having a hard time getting back into making original work 😭
January 14, 2026 at 6:37 PM
…tried resizing some PNGs in Affinity and nearly lost my mind 😩

I’m not sure if I’ll ever be able to free myself from Photoshop jail 😭😭😭
January 13, 2026 at 5:44 PM