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do you like magic? sci-fi fantasy? original comics and illustration featuring SUPER gay original characters? then you're in the right place!

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Here’s a few more! I’m redoing the core four’s sketches before I lay down color for them lol

#sketches #art
A picture of an iPad screen that displays another bear-like android character with red, orange, and white fur. He has glowing gold eyes and his color palette is overall very splotchy. He looks menacing (and he ca be), but he’s a big softie. A picture of an iPad screen that displays a sketch of a young woman with pointed ears, an undercut, and a funky denim/hoodie jacket. She has a blaster on each hip and is smiling at the people on the other side of her. A picture of an iPad screen that displays a half-started sketch of a young man with curly hair, a broad nose, and bright smile. His ears are pierced and he has gauges. He is smiling up at people to his left (viewer right).
January 11, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Early in December I finished sketching a character lineup of the general Lycanthra cast to turn into color/design refs, and I’m currently almost done!!

Here’s a quick look at the cast :)

#brokendimensions #thelycanthrasyndicate #ocs #art #digitalart
A picture of an iPad screen that displays a procreate file. The shot shows part of 2 full-body character illustrations in full color (not rendered). One character is a vaguely canine anthropomorphic shadow creature with glowing orange teeth, purple-gray fur, and 2 visible weapons on their hips (a plasma gun and a knife). The other is a bear-like sentient android with black, teal, and yellow fur. He’s in a red cardigan and work pants. A picture of an iPad screen that displays another android character who is partly humanoid and somewhat canine. She has pink markings and fur across her shoulders, her hair is pink, and she’s wearing a yellow crop top with a triangle print design across it. She’s sticking her tongue out at the character to her right (viewer left) (her brother). A picture of an iPad screen that displays a humanoid android character with blonde hair, torn and rabbit-like ears, and a green letterman-style jacket. He has a red blaster on his hip and a joint in between two fingers. A picture of an iPad screen that displays a bird-like/harpy-like character with winged arms and a red poncho. She’s smiling brightly and is generally very colorful, which gives her a friendly appearance.
January 11, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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First thing I sat down and dedicate time to drawing in like… 2 or more weeks bc of the holiday season

and of course it’s Fin and Ev

#art #digitalart #sketch
A sepia (tan) toned sketch of two characters holding each other closely on a soft surface (likely a bed). Their noses brush intimately, as if they just shared a passionate kiss, and they embrace each other with a fragile tenderness. Character descriptions: the character on the left (Ev) has a few blocky stripe patterns on their arm, face, and wrist and their hair is up in a loose bun. They have a dark undercut, and are leaning heavily into their partner. Their body is twisted sideways to face him, their legs half folded under them as they press a hand to his ribs. The other character (Fin/Finlay) has flaming hair and is holding the face of his partner close. He has several dark, mostly undrawn tattoos on his back, hip, and calf. He also has a long point “devil-like” tail and pointed ears, as well as a goatee-and-sideburns kind of thing going on. Both characters have earrings and are dusted in a sepia-toned blush across their faces and shoulders. Both have freckles, but Fin has more. They both have their eyes closed.
January 6, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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haven’t drawn any of the Eagriss siblings in a long while, so here’s a sketch of Ciar I did some color experimentation on

#oc #brokendimensions #art #digitalart
A messy digital painting/sketch of a man who is vaguely identifiable as being from a fantasy setting. The biggest tip-offs are the glowing, swirly magic hair and the long canine-like ears. He’s washed out by the lighting a bit, but the figure is a brown man with dark hair, red magic swirling through it and flecking his beard. He’s wearing a shoulder wrap shawl thing. It looks cozy. His expression is forlorn as he looks off into the vague distance. A closer, more square crop of the same illustration.
November 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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oh and here’s the full sketch from last night

#ocs #sketch #brokendimensions
A messy digital sketch of 3 characters grouped together like they’re ready to throw down. The woman on the left has a sci-fi pistol with a scope and magic headgear; the middle person has thigh holsters for two hand guns, plus glowing blue eyes and orange magic around their arms and head; the man on the right has fiery hair, runes in his arms, and knives. In that order, the characters are Catie Davis from The Lycanthra Syndicate and Ev Stark and Fin Heran from Fractal Alliances. The sketch is set in the 2030s E-10 when these three briefly team up to root out some mindbreakers in the Iron Archipelagos (where Catie is from). The sketch is on a gray background with varying shades used to create the shadows of the alleyway and on their persons. Additionally, there is a series of written note on the bottom of the frame that say: “Catie, Ev, and Fin get to fuck shit up in the Archs in the mid-2030s. The Black Market, enemy (to Lycanthra) territory, Order territory...” “Ev goes incognito via glamour... but it's clear it's them if you know to look” “Catie and Ev bond over guns, + Ev shows her will's old prototypes they've tinkered with.”
November 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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a small Catie sketch for the evening

#sketch #oc
A pencil sketch of a woman with long hair drawn up in a ponytail, two strand hanging in front of her ears, and a fluffy short bit coming off her forehead that doesn’t fit in the ponytail. She has a peculiar expression on her face, kind of an “uh… fuck no?” expression. Confused as to Whh You Would Even. She’s also in a hooded jacket, but the sketch is just a bust so the hood and internal collar are all that’s visible.
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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hey I remembered I can just. sit down and draw stuff I dream up while listening to music. huh, who would’ve thought I could do that (/s)

#art #sketch #ocs
A messy digital sketch of 3 characters grouped together like they’re ready to throw down. The woman on the left has a sci-fi pistol with a scope and magic headgear; the middle person has thigh holsters for two hand guns, plus glowing blue eyes and orange magic around their arms and head; the man on the right has fiery hair, runes in his arms, and knives. In that order, the characters are Catie Davis from The Lycanthra Syndicate and Ev Stark and Fin Heran from Fractal Alliances. The sketch is set in the 2030s E-10 when these three briefly team up to root out some mindbreakers in the Iron Archipelagos (where Catie is from).
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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I finished another thing! I haven’t properly drawn Nathan in a long time, so this was good to do.

(also I was focused on him, not the bg okay)

#art #illustration #oc
A digital illustration of a man in a reddish brown t-shirt, black pants, and armored knee pads sitting on the edge of a balcony made form large stone blocks. The painting is set at night, with orange light pouring out from inside the ambiguous structure (artist could not be bother to construct a proper background). The subject character also has a mixture of tattoos and blue body markings. The tattoos are primarily rune circles connected by thin line work, and are visible on his bare arms and ankles. He has pointed blue markings on his jaw, forehead, and arms as well, which are innate. His eyes are white against black sclera. A halo of yellow-orange magic circles his head, a four-pronged rune hovering in its center. A close-up of the same image at slight tilt. This crop focuses on Nathan’s face, and has a more golden lighting overtone because much of the darkness has been cropped out. Another cropped version of the same image, which looks more like a dedicated portrait (I like this one the best personally).
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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finished coloring the crop of this particular Ev and Talis doodle! Messy shading, but it’s all good. I made a thing.

#ocs #art
A cropped digital illustration of two masc-presenting characters gazing at each other lovingly. One (Talis) is a brown trans man with vitiligo, teal magic hair, and curved horns. The other (Ev) is a mixed-race human-apparent person with multicolored magic hair (brown under-cut, white and orange up top), glowing blue eyes with dark sclera, and orange body markings. It’s not really visible in the cropped selection I actually added color to, but Ev is pulling Talis in by the hip as he leans out of a kiss. He’s also making a comment about how Ev is a cocky bastard, which is how these two flirt. A closer crop of the same illustration as before, focusing more on Talis and Ev’s faces.
November 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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I’m?? Working on something?? ME???

(It feels SO good to work on one of my WIPs after a month of not even touching my iPad or my digital programs.)

#art
A screenshot of a digital WIP open in Procreate. The WIP snapshot features a sketch and the start of line art over a very low-opacity illustration (the original of this one, which I’m redoing currently, from 2022!). The sketch is of two masculine characters in partial armor smoking and laughing at each other. The characters are Fin Heran (left, hair in fire) and Ev Stark (right, honestly looks infatuated with Heran lol).
October 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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have I done anything productive today? no. but I did write over 10.4K words (more, because I added to another doc as well this morning) so there’s that.

#writing
A picture of a laptop screen showing the bottom of a libre office document that displays a page count of 30 and a word count of 10,437 and 57,911 characters. All of that was written today.
October 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Seriously guys every time I sit down he finds me and sits. He’s too damn cute and I keep having to move him 😭
A black cat in a blue sushi collar curled up atop the legs of someone in dark gray sweatpants and blue socks. He’s been here all of 2 minutes and is very comfortable.
October 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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cat picture as an apology for my absence✨

#cat #catsofbluesky
A gorgeous picture a sun-bathed black cat curled over his on little feetsies on a plant-pattered bed sheet amidst a couple of sort blankets a macrame pillow. He looks content, sleepy, and adorable.
October 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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here’s some crumbs for you all.

I’m ✨thriving✨ out here rn, totally, for sure. Didn’t have an anxious spiral about the state of the house less than 2 weeks ago, nope.

(everything is genuinely much better in just busy af)

#art #sketch #comic
A messy pencil sketch in white paper of a masc individual in a cut-off tee with their hands in their short hair. They have glasses and are lightly panicking. “Oh shit!” they exclaimed. “It’s been nearly a MONTH [since I moved] and I’ve hardly drawn ANYTHING!!” Another messy sketch if the same individual reconsidering their statement. “Ehhh…. On second thought… I had been needing a break for a while anyhow,” they say. A wider shot of both sketches that reveal they are part of a haphazard, sketchy mini-comic. Below the 2 offset panels are two word boxes. On shouts “FUN FACT!” and says “I don’t even have an eraser right now! Ha!” An arrow points to the next one which reads: “I’ve had a LOT going on since I moved lmao” A close-up of the “FUN FACT” blurb
October 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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some Ev doodles to fill a sketchbook page (and distract myself from everything else I should be doing instead)

#sketches #art #oc
A full sketchbook page featuring doodles of one character with 2 different haircut variation. The character is Evansen Stark, mixed-race (white-passing) magic user who, in these sketch, is drawn without color. One sketch up near the top of the page shows a side-view bust of Ev with a ponytail, wearing a hoodie. Next to that is a more finished sketch of them with what appears to be a sheet hanging off their shoulders, their hair tossed to one side and messy, multiple hickeys visible on their shoulders. They appear shocked and have a speech bubble that exclaims “What?!” Below that are some small expression doodles and another more detailed sketch of Ev in Imperial armor with a HOLOtech visor and side-screens. They have short hair in this one, and appear to be offering a suggestion to someone off-screen. Beneath that at the bottom of the page is a sketch of Ev in an open dress shirt, lounging across a couch, asking the universe “why is this my life..?” A close-up crop of the sketch of Ev in a bedsheet. You can more clearly see a bite mark on their left shoulder and bits of magic floating around their hair. A close-up crop of the sketch of Ev in armor. A crop of the sketch of Ev on a couch, pondering reality.
September 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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I have to keep reminding myself that even if I don’t have finished (or even digital) art to post, I can still post. It’s not illegal lol, and I do in fact sketch in pen and pencil more often these days.

so, have a rare sketch of Corrin and Jesse

#sketch #art #ocs #brdimocs #brokendimensions
A pencil sketch of a man with two horns (maybe 8-10” for reference), fluffy hair, and long elf-like ears. He had a sharp, straight nose and a strong jawline and cheekbones. He’s also got freckles and gauges. This sketch is just a bust (collar-up). A pencil sketch of the man from the last pic getting enthusiastically kissed by a shorter masculine (?) person who has one hand on his hip pocket and one… elsewhere :) Corrin is getting a little heated; he’s easily overwhelmed by physical stimuli and affection. (There’s a reason he live din his armor during his Vanguard days.) Jesse, the other party, is going to town lol. Jesse also has short, curly hair and although you can’t tell because I done color most of my sketches and his features are small here, they are a mixed-race brown person. (They are also trans and genderqueer, but for the purposes of this sketch, they’re not at that point in the timeline yet lol. He’s still an egg.) A larger crop of a sketchbook page showing the contents of both previous images.
September 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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I’m working on some knife and dagger designs to put up on Redbubble btw

mostly sticker designs, but like with this one, I’d like to do a plant/floral version with some ✨pizazz✨ so it could go on shirts or other stuff too

#art #illustration
A digital illustration of a simple dagger. The blade is a metallic blue-gray with shining silver edges. The hilt is a soft red-brown with a gold pommel and detailing. Some parts of the illustration sparkle.
September 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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finished that concept art thing I was working on (for now)

#conceptart #art #originalproject #brokendimensions
A messy illustration of several armored characters with weapons in a darkened cityscape. At the end of the city avenue is the bright orange glow of daylight. In the far distance puff clouds and a floating city are visible. Someone just out of the shot wields an angular scythe whose crook draws focus to the most distant character, near the a break in the tall buildings looking upward. The two closest visible figures have glowing blue visors. Another figure in the mid ground faces towards the furthest character, which can be construed as loyalty to that character (and the ones with visors therefore being loyal (in some fashion) to the one wielding the scythe). The colors of this concept piece are dark, vaguely purplish, with the bright parts being predominantly yellow, orange, and gold with some blue in the sky and visors. The same image as previous, but with a redder color palette. The original palette of this piece which has dark browns, bright orange-golds, and dim blues. Less saturated, but the forms are still clear because the values are differentiated decently well.
September 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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more that are a bit messier
More rose-focused crest variants
September 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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attempting to doodle up some concepts for the Heran family crest.

somehow, in all 8+ years Fin Heran has been around, I’ve never done this lol

#sketchew #art
A picture of a sketchbook page containing variants of a fictional family crest. Most iterations feature roses, weapons, and/or the curving horn of a Wyvern.
September 18, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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here’s a doodles of Fin and Ev since I haven’t had much to share recently

#sketch #art #ocs
A pen sketch on white paper of two masculine-presenting characters sitting at the edge of a bed. They are (technically) clothed). One is sitting in the other’s lap, cradling his face and smiling tenderly. The other is holding their waist, gazing up at them with affection. There’s not much detail to the sketch and it’s kind of messy. But it’s sweet.
September 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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one of the updates on the project website included making new headers for Lycanthra, Fractal Alliances, and Prophecy Lost (!!) which was really fun.

I like making headers and titlecards for things!! it's a fun excuse to paint stuff in a low-stakes way :)

#art #illustration
A long website header/title-card for "The Lycanthra Syndicate," an original comic project. The title is displayed in a glowing yellow-orange serif font, and a smiling wolf's head in the same colors glows right below it. The background is a series of reddish-purple evergreen trees and a cloudy sky. Cords of glowing gold-orange magic crisscross through the boughs.
September 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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alternate crop with more tilt. heheheheh
The same pic as the second one up above, but tilted more so it looks more like Fin is sitting on top of Ev. Closer crop than before. The deception is pretty good.
August 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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planning sketch with values. Nathan is That Bitch, I hope y'all know that.

#sketch #art #digitalart #oc
A grayscale sketch of Nathan Shasear sitting in the ruins of some building with a scythe with a small, round blade (as opposed to the longer, stereotypical Death-style scythe). He's sitting between two blocks of stone with his boots up on one, leaning against the other. He's glaring evilly at the viewer. Also, he's in a cape and is wearing akasures (Aetherian armored skirt things) in addition to sleeker pauldrons - so, not at all normal Councilman gear. He appears to be wearing the Imperial Council military jacket, but he probably won't be in the final. He has boots and knee pads as well. A broken island floats off in the distance. He absolutely had nothing to do with that.
August 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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them again.

man, I used to do so much messy, fun, colored stuff like this just a couple years ago. I gotta get back into it now that I have time to make actual stuff.

#digitalart #art #ocs #brokendimensions
A messy digital illustration of two characters during a hand-to-hand spar. Fin Heran, the one with the back tattoo and fiery hair, has Ev (orange-white hair, sweatpants, orange markings) pinned to a mat (not drawn in). There are lines to mimic the impact and their movements, and Fin has a word bubble that says "gotcha." Ev protests with a spiky bubble that says "HEY!" Other details: The background of the piece is dark, but there is a red rectangle behind the two characters to emphasize the focal point. It could be more centered, lol. Fin is in athletic shorts and has his knee on Ev's hip/crotch. Ev is grinning despite having just lost a round. There's clearly some sexual tension going on here. A closer crop of the same illustration, focused more on the characters' faces and close proximity. You can see Fin's freckles and his and Ev's scars better. It's also clear without zooming in that Ev is staring at Fin's hand on their shoulder. Also, their other hand is joined with his for some reason. Certainly not because Fin's gonna take this "pinning" thing out of the usual parameters for a spar... nope...
August 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM