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Practicing looser painting, not sure I’ll finish this.

If you’re one of my players and you see this, no you didn’t.
Portrait of a woman with an elaborate headdress and large black facial tattoos. A slightly zoomed out version of the same image showing from the knees up. She is wearing several layers of fine clothing and carries a large curved saber in a sheath.
December 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Ruzulyen Keihn, Headman of the Chamber of Burgesses of the Township of Moons Landing. The party currently owe him six copper axes for an impounded catamaran.
A portrait of an older human man with dark skin, a large bushy beard, tidy dreadlocks, and a red skullcap. He wears a skeptical, disapproving expression. Text around him reads 'Ruzulyen Keihn, headman of the Chamber of Burgesses of Moons Landing.'
November 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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I think I need to develop a my intuition for light and colour, so I’ve been using @trueref.bsky.social for practice. I feel bad that the sketches look nothing like the models, but I’ve forced myself to just do the line art as fast as possible, to focus more on colouring and finding my style.
Two portraits painted in CSP, besides their reference photos. Another portrait, below its reference photo.
October 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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If you see this, quote post your cat art~
A pencil portrait of a sly tabaxi man in profile wearing a fedora, and suit & tie, with a big unbuttoned collar.
August 31, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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The two genders on my dnd cretin.
Drawing of a nice young man giving a warms smile Drawing of the same young man looking sinister as hell, smirking with red lighting a d holding a gun
June 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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The NPCs will continue until moral improves.
Portrait of Alden Imbër (she/her). Middle aged half-orc. Has dull purple skin, black eyes, nd short curly greying hair, spilling in ringlets from beneath her cap. He holds her chin in thought. Her finger-tips are dyed reddish brown with a henna like pigment. Portrait of Kingfisher (he/him). A human man with reddish brown skin, an aquiline nose, brown goatee, and green eyes. He has small dagger shaped tattoos along his lips and cheekbones. He wears a red hood, which shades his face.
May 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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I ran a prequel one-shot to my 6 year campaign recently, and drew this portrait of one of the NPCs. He’s the father of one of the main campaign’s PC’s love interests, and nothing bad happened to him causing her trauma…
Portrait of a man, titled Zarif III of Kalis. He stares straight at the viewer with a stoic expression. He is a man in early middle age, with short greying hair and beard. He has bags under his eyes and a few light scars on his face. He wears a simple red tunic and hat with spike. There is a halo of fire behind him.
April 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Some more NPCs.
Two figures depicted from mid-torso up facing away from them. The one on the left called Isildë (he/him), and has long straight cream hair, matching fur covering their face and hands, and lion-like ears. They wear a plain beige cloak and a blue tunic with yellow star pattern. The one on the left is called Keid (they/them), and has dark skin and hair, three claw-mark scars on their face, and severed elf ears. They wear dark armour and a dark cloak. Behind the two is a simple drawing of jacaranda flowers.
April 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Trying to find my style for shading/painting with some NPC portraits. Slowly getting somewhere I hope.
Aasimar woman called Zenali with silvery skin and black hair examines a red bamboo flute. She wears a purple headscarf and her fingers are stained turquoise. She has facial tattoos across her nose, checks, and chin. Portrait of a shifter person called Histë Mandara with tan skin, bobbed black hair, and bright red rails. They wear a silver headdress and earrings, and a coy expression. Portrait of a (mostly) human woman called Leowyck Tarp with dark skin and grey eyes, wearing a white turban with purple trim and a white shirt. She has a babyface and a somewhat worried expression.
April 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Practicing new painting techniques with some characters from my dnd campaigns.
Portrait of a melancholy man called Imal with gold earrings and lip ring, and a cross shaped scar on his forehead. Portrait of a young tiefling boy bearing his fangs.
December 29, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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#Lexember 2024 Day 3

Koine Parshaean has three gendered speech varieties (or ‘genderlects’): female, male, and ardev (a third gender category in the Myriad Isles). These have divergent phonologies, as shown by the pronunciation of /jeotan/.

F: [hjʊ̃tʰãn]
M: [hɪ̃ʊ̃tʰãŋ]
A: [χʰɪʊtʰã]
jeotan n. dumpling made with a meat and vegetable filling wrapped in thin dough and boiled, steamed, or pan fried; usually served with a sauce, which differs according to region – in tzingə vistkii jeotan t əmunn̩. ‘I ended up having too many dumpling wrappers.’
December 3, 2024 at 10:28 PM
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#Lexember 2024 Day 2

Koine Parshaean
asher n. (1) sun (2) time, hour – ashera bir chama bezhaan neen dəi. ‘I will go to Byzan at the third hour.’ əum n. (1) moon – əum shaar ɡə. ‘The moon is beautiful, isn’t it.’ (2) month ochtn̩ n. star, planet, celestial body – a jashoa ochtn̩. ‘You are undying like the stars.’
December 2, 2024 at 8:49 PM