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A Bleak Artist
@ableakartist.bsky.social
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ableakartist.bsky.social
Been doing a lot of pose practice lately. Here's the @theposearchives.bsky.social November challenge… #DTPYSNOV25.

I saw the ref and all I could think was “Vin Mistborn”.
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 AM
ableakartist.bsky.social
Some more Barbarian character design noodling with ref from @trueref.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
ableakartist.bsky.social
More DnD PC character design. This time I've got a Barbarian who is a shard of a spider demon. I think I'm finally cooking on this one.
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 AM
ableakartist.bsky.social
Saw a funny pumpkin and had s bit of inspiration.
A sketchy digital drawing. In the top left is a photograph reference of a jack o'lantern that is old and wrinkled so it has a funny, aged-face. The drawing takes up most of the image and it is a headless horseman sitting behind a drawing of the jack o' lantern. The headless horseman has an exasperated posture, as if frustrated that his pumpkin head has gone all wrinkly.
November 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
ableakartist.bsky.social
Alright, I looked at this drawing for long enough and got so upset with it I had to go again. This time I redrew the pose from memory.

Thanks @theposearchives.bsky.social for haunting me with your cursed downward angles. Ffs.

Thanks @rebeckeronie.bsky.social for the cool Wick to draw.
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
ableakartist.bsky.social
Just some @drawfeeshow.com fanart as a warmup. The Stegaswordsman from one of the Ralph episodes.

Thanks @adorkastock.com for the reference!
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
ableakartist.bsky.social
QRP with something silly and whimsical! ( I saw it again and I did it again),
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
ableakartist.bsky.social
QRO with something Silly and Whimsical

(Donut God is @drawfeeshow.com stuff and this is their Digijinka).
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
ableakartist.bsky.social
This angle is an absolute nightmare @theposearchives.bsky.social . You're devils.

Wick is a character by the inimitable @rebeckeronie.bsky.social. I'm sorry they look awful In this one, Reb.
November 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
ableakartist.bsky.social
I did the thing. It’s nice to feel slightly confident drawing an extreme head angle. It's not super great, but it's not too bad, and that's a real improvement over not long ago.
November 19, 2025 at 4:23 AM
ableakartist.bsky.social
Doing some from reference practice of my DnD PC based on these refs from @theposearchives.bsky.social …. Yasa and the horrible little rabbit she's not allowed to eat.
A sketch of a two panel comic. One panel is a tall lady looking down disapprovingly. The second panel is a small rabbit-lady cast in shadow staring up at the Yuan-Ti with a smug smile.
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Still on the astronaut and Deleter screen tone kick. The ref is from @trueref.bsky.social and was really fun to draw.

#truerefdt0010 #drawing #ink #deleter
An astronaut and her coffee done in India ink and screen tones
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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marmoladon.bsky.social
I used #TrueRefDT0010 month challenge to also do a #vtmb anniversary piece
Digital painting of a feminine character sitting with her legs crossed on a glowing red pentagram. She is wearing a crop top and a long skirt. One of her hands is covered with blood while the other is holding a cup full of blood.
November 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
ableakartist.bsky.social
November @trueref.bsky.social monthly from reference challenge. #TrueRefDT0010 .

Nando from Hot Guy PI belongs to @dilfosaur.bsky.social .

Chiikawa is kind and brave.
A digital drawing of Nando from Hot Guy PI sitting on the floor with legs crossed. He is resting a mug of coffee on one knee and Chiikawa hangs on his crooked finger. The same image as previous but this has word bubbles with the following dialogue. Nando: “Check it out!” N: “I found a Labubu!” Unseen Schmidt: “…” US: “…Put it back.”
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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BABIES ARE BORN WORSHIPPING UNKNOWN GODS — DWARF FORTRESS, BUG REPORT #13172
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
ableakartist.bsky.social
Another @trueref.bsky.social study. A little Gothic Hornet Silksong dress.
A digital drawing photo study of Hornet Silksong standing in a flowing red dress.
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
ableakartist.bsky.social
A little from reference pose practice using a great pose of Gabby from @trueref.bsky.social .

Man my version of her head is real friggin' big. Also, drawing pursed lips is hard. Likeness is impossible, sorry Gabby.

Time to walk into the woods.
A photo of a woman sitting with her head resting on her chin is in the left side of the pic. On the right is a cartoony black and white drawing of the same woman in the same pose.
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
ableakartist.bsky.social
The old "random bullshit go" technique from my variant Architect crest Hornet design.
A picture of Hornet from Silksong jumping through the air and throwing tacks, drones, and knives. Instead of her usual outfit, she is wearing a red sleeveless work coat (which represents her Architect crest).
November 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
ableakartist.bsky.social
I had an idea this morning and there's zero chance it's a novel idea.
Two drawings of a boy's head and neck. He is wearing a baseball cap with a "Pokeball" logo on it in the first picture. In the second picture, the hat is gone and there is a Rattata Pokemon sitting on his head holding his hair in a Ratatouille-style pose. A Rattatatouille if you will.
November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
ableakartist.bsky.social
This isn't like, an expression of skill, or an exercise in improving my abilities, or even something aesthetic and cool and shareable, but sometimes it's just fun to turn on the symmetry tool and the lightpen brush and go to work…. Sometimes it's fun to spend five minutes drawing a clown angel.
November 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM
ableakartist.bsky.social
Here's Kreth, our monk, in Silksong mode.
October 30, 2025 at 5:49 AM
ableakartist.bsky.social
Doin' so much art today! Burnee the Silksong Goblin alchemist!
October 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
ableakartist.bsky.social
These are too fun. Turning goblins into bugs! Who knew? Drago Trashgrub, draconic sorcerer, in Silksong style.
October 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
ableakartist.bsky.social
Drew this Hollow Knight version of my Pathfinder goblin bard today. Skint, Maestro of Mystery.
October 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
ableakartist.bsky.social
Okay, one more alternate crest Hornet Silksong. The Shaman!
October 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM