Sylessae
@sylessae.bsky.social
Helping tired artists rekindle their love for art.
✏️ Portrait Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/sylportrait
📖 Mentorship: https://mentor.sylessae.com
🖼️ https://www.sylessae.com
✏️ Portrait Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/sylportrait
📖 Mentorship: https://mentor.sylessae.com
🖼️ https://www.sylessae.com
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Sylessae
@sylessae.bsky.social
· Nov 27
My portrait bootcamp is for you if you:
- Spend too much time thinking about drawing rather than actually drawing
- Don't know what to focus on in your studies
- Get overwhelmed by all there is to learn
- Struggle to balance art with other responsibilities
- Thrive with accountability & structure
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- Spend too much time thinking about drawing rather than actually drawing
- Don't know what to focus on in your studies
- Get overwhelmed by all there is to learn
- Struggle to balance art with other responsibilities
- Thrive with accountability & structure
👇
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Even if you’re short on time, squeeze in a quick 15 minute practice study.
Your brain will try to convince you otherwise, but it DOES make a difference.
Your brain will try to convince you otherwise, but it DOES make a difference.
February 5, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Even if you’re short on time, squeeze in a quick 15 minute practice study.
Your brain will try to convince you otherwise, but it DOES make a difference.
Your brain will try to convince you otherwise, but it DOES make a difference.
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Throwback to something worth repeating.
February 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Throwback to something worth repeating.
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I've been using my Karst planner to log my art discoveries rather than plan my days.
It feels more in alignment with the slow pace of my day - rather than focus on hustling, I tell stories and log creative moments.
So of course I'm giving one (and some prints) away!! 👇️
It feels more in alignment with the slow pace of my day - rather than focus on hustling, I tell stories and log creative moments.
So of course I'm giving one (and some prints) away!! 👇️
February 8, 2026 at 12:58 PM
I've been using my Karst planner to log my art discoveries rather than plan my days.
It feels more in alignment with the slow pace of my day - rather than focus on hustling, I tell stories and log creative moments.
So of course I'm giving one (and some prints) away!! 👇️
It feels more in alignment with the slow pace of my day - rather than focus on hustling, I tell stories and log creative moments.
So of course I'm giving one (and some prints) away!! 👇️
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Every time I create now, I try to conjure up @adwills.bsky.social and @sylessae.bsky.social's posts in my brain as encouragement
Art is deeply personal!! Do what's true to you!! Your voice is important and valid!! Add some swords and elves!!
Art is deeply personal!! Do what's true to you!! Your voice is important and valid!! Add some swords and elves!!
February 9, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Every time I create now, I try to conjure up @adwills.bsky.social and @sylessae.bsky.social's posts in my brain as encouragement
Art is deeply personal!! Do what's true to you!! Your voice is important and valid!! Add some swords and elves!!
Art is deeply personal!! Do what's true to you!! Your voice is important and valid!! Add some swords and elves!!
I've been using my Karst planner to log my art discoveries rather than plan my days.
It feels more in alignment with the slow pace of my day - rather than focus on hustling, I tell stories and log creative moments.
So of course I'm giving one (and some prints) away!! 👇️
It feels more in alignment with the slow pace of my day - rather than focus on hustling, I tell stories and log creative moments.
So of course I'm giving one (and some prints) away!! 👇️
February 8, 2026 at 12:58 PM
I've been using my Karst planner to log my art discoveries rather than plan my days.
It feels more in alignment with the slow pace of my day - rather than focus on hustling, I tell stories and log creative moments.
So of course I'm giving one (and some prints) away!! 👇️
It feels more in alignment with the slow pace of my day - rather than focus on hustling, I tell stories and log creative moments.
So of course I'm giving one (and some prints) away!! 👇️
This model from Line of Action is taking over my sketchbook
February 7, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This model from Line of Action is taking over my sketchbook
Throwback to something worth repeating.
February 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Throwback to something worth repeating.
Even if you’re short on time, squeeze in a quick 15 minute practice study.
Your brain will try to convince you otherwise, but it DOES make a difference.
Your brain will try to convince you otherwise, but it DOES make a difference.
February 5, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Even if you’re short on time, squeeze in a quick 15 minute practice study.
Your brain will try to convince you otherwise, but it DOES make a difference.
Your brain will try to convince you otherwise, but it DOES make a difference.
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I dare you to fill the next ten pages of your sketchbook with ink drawings.
At the end of it, tell me what you learned.
At the end of it, tell me what you learned.
January 27, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I dare you to fill the next ten pages of your sketchbook with ink drawings.
At the end of it, tell me what you learned.
At the end of it, tell me what you learned.
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I drew Astarion for week 2 of #sylbootcamp. He is expressing my feelings about one of my fellow boot campers entrapping me into drawing a hand.
It was challenging to work from a game screenshot, and the result feels kind of stiff. I’m going back to my nice familiar stock photos.
#art #bg3
It was challenging to work from a game screenshot, and the result feels kind of stiff. I’m going back to my nice familiar stock photos.
#art #bg3
January 14, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I drew Astarion for week 2 of #sylbootcamp. He is expressing my feelings about one of my fellow boot campers entrapping me into drawing a hand.
It was challenging to work from a game screenshot, and the result feels kind of stiff. I’m going back to my nice familiar stock photos.
#art #bg3
It was challenging to work from a game screenshot, and the result feels kind of stiff. I’m going back to my nice familiar stock photos.
#art #bg3
Keep drawing. Keep drawing things you like.
You'll become recognizable through your taste and discernment.
That's it.
Style is a compilation of things you like.
You'll become recognizable through your taste and discernment.
That's it.
Style is a compilation of things you like.
January 31, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Keep drawing. Keep drawing things you like.
You'll become recognizable through your taste and discernment.
That's it.
Style is a compilation of things you like.
You'll become recognizable through your taste and discernment.
That's it.
Style is a compilation of things you like.
The need for practice drawings to look "good" is what keeps most artists from practicing at all.
Experiment. Try different approaches. Embrace the bad. It's supposed to be messy and unknown.
That's what practice is.
Experiment. Try different approaches. Embrace the bad. It's supposed to be messy and unknown.
That's what practice is.
January 31, 2026 at 1:32 PM
The need for practice drawings to look "good" is what keeps most artists from practicing at all.
Experiment. Try different approaches. Embrace the bad. It's supposed to be messy and unknown.
That's what practice is.
Experiment. Try different approaches. Embrace the bad. It's supposed to be messy and unknown.
That's what practice is.
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do you need help lifting something ma'am
October 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
do you need help lifting something ma'am
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Don't make a big deal out of drawing.
Look at stuff you like. Draw that stuff. Practice whats hard by drawing it a lot.
Rinse and repeat.
Look at stuff you like. Draw that stuff. Practice whats hard by drawing it a lot.
Rinse and repeat.
October 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Don't make a big deal out of drawing.
Look at stuff you like. Draw that stuff. Practice whats hard by drawing it a lot.
Rinse and repeat.
Look at stuff you like. Draw that stuff. Practice whats hard by drawing it a lot.
Rinse and repeat.
I love that these are both mine
January 27, 2026 at 7:52 PM
I love that these are both mine
I dare you to fill the next ten pages of your sketchbook with ink drawings.
At the end of it, tell me what you learned.
At the end of it, tell me what you learned.
January 27, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I dare you to fill the next ten pages of your sketchbook with ink drawings.
At the end of it, tell me what you learned.
At the end of it, tell me what you learned.
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Don't be so afraid of making mistakes that you never allow yourself to explore.
February 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Don't be so afraid of making mistakes that you never allow yourself to explore.
If you're feeling a bit aimless when creating, it helps to have something bigger to work towards. An example is my convention prep:
- It creates a clear goal
- Every project has a purpose
- Everything is an experiment (yay dopamine)
- The monotony of packing and printing is a brain reset from art
- It creates a clear goal
- Every project has a purpose
- Everything is an experiment (yay dopamine)
- The monotony of packing and printing is a brain reset from art
January 23, 2026 at 2:35 PM
If you're feeling a bit aimless when creating, it helps to have something bigger to work towards. An example is my convention prep:
- It creates a clear goal
- Every project has a purpose
- Everything is an experiment (yay dopamine)
- The monotony of packing and printing is a brain reset from art
- It creates a clear goal
- Every project has a purpose
- Everything is an experiment (yay dopamine)
- The monotony of packing and printing is a brain reset from art
This has come up a lot in recent mentor sessions and feels important to reiterate:
It's important to know the difference between pushing past your comfort zone versus ignoring your own needs for rest and regulation. 👇
It's important to know the difference between pushing past your comfort zone versus ignoring your own needs for rest and regulation. 👇
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 PM
This has come up a lot in recent mentor sessions and feels important to reiterate:
It's important to know the difference between pushing past your comfort zone versus ignoring your own needs for rest and regulation. 👇
It's important to know the difference between pushing past your comfort zone versus ignoring your own needs for rest and regulation. 👇
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Playing with other mediums can feel like becoming a master of none, but I've found each one feeds the next. What I learn in one medium always carries into others and has a funny way of leading me back to the one I love most.
Quick croissant study in watercolor 🥐
Quick croissant study in watercolor 🥐
January 18, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Playing with other mediums can feel like becoming a master of none, but I've found each one feeds the next. What I learn in one medium always carries into others and has a funny way of leading me back to the one I love most.
Quick croissant study in watercolor 🥐
Quick croissant study in watercolor 🥐
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Self doubt is something every artist deals with.
Instead of trying to erase the doubt, invite it in. Let it sit with you while you create.
When you show up WITH doubt, you build confidence.
Instead of trying to erase the doubt, invite it in. Let it sit with you while you create.
When you show up WITH doubt, you build confidence.
January 9, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Self doubt is something every artist deals with.
Instead of trying to erase the doubt, invite it in. Let it sit with you while you create.
When you show up WITH doubt, you build confidence.
Instead of trying to erase the doubt, invite it in. Let it sit with you while you create.
When you show up WITH doubt, you build confidence.
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It took you hours, days, months to make.
✨ Why should your art only live for a few hours in a single post?
Here is permission to repost your work.
✨ Why should your art only live for a few hours in a single post?
Here is permission to repost your work.
January 18, 2026 at 4:27 PM
It took you hours, days, months to make.
✨ Why should your art only live for a few hours in a single post?
Here is permission to repost your work.
✨ Why should your art only live for a few hours in a single post?
Here is permission to repost your work.
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it's my birthday today. i ask that you please make a shitty little drawing in a journal without posting it and revel in your human heart. maybe write a nasty curse against an ai bro in the same journal. 😌
January 17, 2026 at 4:16 PM
it's my birthday today. i ask that you please make a shitty little drawing in a journal without posting it and revel in your human heart. maybe write a nasty curse against an ai bro in the same journal. 😌
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My grievance with the notion of talent is how much it disempowers individuals and how deterministic it is — how it causes most to believe that there is an age limit to learning and developing skills, and most importantly, that it’s not as worthy of trying as a result
January 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM
My grievance with the notion of talent is how much it disempowers individuals and how deterministic it is — how it causes most to believe that there is an age limit to learning and developing skills, and most importantly, that it’s not as worthy of trying as a result