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Illustrations, maps, and ill-conceived thoughts on rpgs and fantasy obscura.
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If you see this, post funguys.
An old statue of an unknown saint, vaguely feminine, standing behind a tanker with a symbol engraved into it. There are mushrooms and lichen of various types growing on and around the statue. The statue is carrying a vessel that some mushrooms are growing out of as well.
November 20, 2024 at 12:26 AM
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Trying to ramp up for October-drawing-event, so here’s some old pictures.

Also my dog having an existential crisis.
A tossed about ruin atop a pile of rocks, capped with crumbling Tower base. A skinny tree on top of a cliff with mountains in the background. Wind blows leaves past the tree toward the viewer. An old stonework wall with an open doorway. Behind the doorway trees can be seen. A closeup of a rat terrier having an existential crisis.
September 23, 2024 at 2:12 AM
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Working on a sketch for a character I’m running in a friend’s d&d game soon.

Barney the mercenary guard, in want of an overlord or a city gate to stand in front of.
A grizzled man wearing a nose-guard helmet and smoking a bent cigarette.
January 17, 2024 at 3:36 AM
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Here's some random ones from my new sketchbooks. I like having a bigger one and a littler one at the same time.
An ancient ruined tomb set into a rocky ridge-side. Stairs the right of the tomb entrance lead to grassy hills above. Stone blocks can be seen littering the landscape. The tomb-face shows three stoney entrances. Before the tomb is littered more stones. A sci-fi desert landscape in which a tower can be seen in the distance. The tower is made up of dome shapes and a large globe on top. In the foreground can be seen the outlines of travelers with some kind of beast of burden. Rocky outcroppings dot the dunes. A sci-fi scene in which some sort of facility is seen in the background, made up of towers and various shapes. Satellite dishes and an antennae are installed on some of the roofs. This facility sits on a rocky ridge. In the foreground a skeletal figure in a space-suit lies among the rocks. A tombstone or some sort of stone slab sits among stones and a dead tree on the top of a grassy hill. Ivy covers one side of the stone, and writing or carvings can be seen on its face.
January 5, 2024 at 2:48 PM
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Speaking of ol Roerich, I only recently learned that he did sons paintings in America in the south west.

This is from his Arizona series. He also did a number of sketches and paintings of the ancient pueblos.

(Nicolas Roerich - 1921 from his Arizona series)
A panting by Nicholas Roerich of an American landscape in Arizona. A wide river is running through a desert landscape between two cliff or canyon sides. The background portion is painted in blues and the foreground ridge is painted in brown.
January 5, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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Nicholas Roerich traveled up through Sikkim and through the Himalayas all the way to Siberia on a spiritual pilgrimage gaining inspiration to paint beautiful paintings of mountains.

All I got for references is a google image search inundated with AI trash.

(Himalayas by Nicholas Roerich - 1933)
A painting by Nicholas Roerich of the Himalayas. A large range of mountains is lit by either a rising or setting sun. They are colored in blues, purples, and pinks. Clouds hang low around them, and a fog obscures the foreground where the foothills can be seen barely peaking out.
January 5, 2024 at 1:52 PM
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I keep wishing for snow, thus the snowy mountain sketches
A snowy mountainous scene, with a snowy fir tree featured in the center. Snow is draped over broken paths along the mountain.
January 5, 2024 at 1:33 AM
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Before bed, doodlin on my iPad
A cabin in a snowy mountain scene. It sits on a snowy bank overlooked by rocky cliffs.
January 2, 2024 at 3:09 AM
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Another little winter scene, this time with a cabin.
A winter mountain landscape scene. Among snowy crags can be seen three pine trees. Overlooking them is a cabin, stairs cut into the rock leads up to the cabin.
December 26, 2023 at 2:25 AM
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A bit of sketching on procreate before bed.

Brrrrrr
A snowy mountain scene, featuring a pine tree and a scraggly dead tree.
December 24, 2023 at 2:22 AM
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A few more older arts.

A version of The Tower tarot card, a lake scene in (digital) india ink, and two cold mountain scenes.

Trying to get myself juiced up to do more; it's been awhile since I've done some serious art.

Hopefully this change in social media will herald an increase in motivation.
A version of The Tower Major Arcana tarot card. A tall tower, with the roman numerals "XVI" engraved into its base, sits on a jutting outcropping of rock. It is being struck by lightning, causing an explosion and five rays to shoot from the opposite side. Three windows are aflame and two people can be seen falling from them. Behind the tower groups of clouds block out most of the starry sky. A lake scene in digital brush ink. In the background, across the water, an island with pine trees can be seen, shadowed in contrast to the light breaking through trunks and boughs. In the foreground, the bank is also shadowed, showing the shapes of cat-tail plants and tall grass. A mountain landscape scene. Snowy mountains in the background, made up of four visible peaks, rise above a rocky foreground. The mountains are alight while the foreground is contrasted in dark. A small shack or cabin sits in the foreground with a spindly fence. A window can be seen to be lit up. A scene showing the side of a mountain. A rocky and cold looking mountainside upon which can be seen an old cabin or shack. More mountains can be seen with little detail in the background.
December 23, 2023 at 8:57 PM
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More random arts, please love me
December 22, 2023 at 2:39 AM
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A random assortment of flavors to tempt your appetite for messy doodles
December 22, 2023 at 2:12 AM