Xals-Art
@beyondtherifts.bsky.social
Xal, artist/writer 30, multi fandom - currently obsessing warhammer40k, dagon age, and warframe.
Both an art blog and a personal one. Ocasionally reposting important polotics in my country for visibility, sorry! Trans rights are human rights!
Minors DNI
Both an art blog and a personal one. Ocasionally reposting important polotics in my country for visibility, sorry! Trans rights are human rights!
Minors DNI
Current wip, the thing I've been doing on the side of all my Vios/his Corsair crew finagling (who knew designing 5 space elfs took forever? Apparently not me. :D/j)
This is Daman(Daemon) my voidborn, slightly mutated, commissar for the next RT run. More will be said about him next I post! ✓alt txt!
This is Daman(Daemon) my voidborn, slightly mutated, commissar for the next RT run. More will be said about him next I post! ✓alt txt!
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Current wip, the thing I've been doing on the side of all my Vios/his Corsair crew finagling (who knew designing 5 space elfs took forever? Apparently not me. :D/j)
This is Daman(Daemon) my voidborn, slightly mutated, commissar for the next RT run. More will be said about him next I post! ✓alt txt!
This is Daman(Daemon) my voidborn, slightly mutated, commissar for the next RT run. More will be said about him next I post! ✓alt txt!
Tbh, im probably never gonna get back to this, but my take of a modern vamp marazhai tempting a non descript priest/vampire hunter character.
December 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Tbh, im probably never gonna get back to this, but my take of a modern vamp marazhai tempting a non descript priest/vampire hunter character.
Current wip: More of my corsair oc Vios! I wanted him sitting apon a throne but im still not sure how I want to flesh out everything else.
Working on vios is a love hate process as he pushes me out of my confort zone with his prosthetic.
Working on vios is a love hate process as he pushes me out of my confort zone with his prosthetic.
September 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Current wip: More of my corsair oc Vios! I wanted him sitting apon a throne but im still not sure how I want to flesh out everything else.
Working on vios is a love hate process as he pushes me out of my confort zone with his prosthetic.
Working on vios is a love hate process as he pushes me out of my confort zone with his prosthetic.
Figure drawing studies ive done the other day because alot of my design work lately has been using 3d models to streamline it. Wanted to flex the figure drawing braincell to maintain the skill. Some of these poses really came for my sanity. Learned a bit!
July 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Figure drawing studies ive done the other day because alot of my design work lately has been using 3d models to streamline it. Wanted to flex the figure drawing braincell to maintain the skill. Some of these poses really came for my sanity. Learned a bit!
Progress on my corsair oc. A casual outfit over a synskin type light armor. For this one I really tried to think about what his design would say about him. Thus the human esk prostesis vs a wraith bone arm or regrown limb. Vios is an eccentric aeldari who has fallen far by this point.
July 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Progress on my corsair oc. A casual outfit over a synskin type light armor. For this one I really tried to think about what his design would say about him. Thus the human esk prostesis vs a wraith bone arm or regrown limb. Vios is an eccentric aeldari who has fallen far by this point.
Colored and greyscale versions of Barnabas. Trying a new method with this. Im not sure how I feel about it yet. Need to do the method a few more times to make up my mind, accidentally goofed w/ this one and got stuck working 600×1024 or something close to it. But made it work.
July 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Colored and greyscale versions of Barnabas. Trying a new method with this. Im not sure how I feel about it yet. Need to do the method a few more times to make up my mind, accidentally goofed w/ this one and got stuck working 600×1024 or something close to it. But made it work.
Progress on Vios ref sheet. (Im making it so I have 1 comprehensive layer by layer design of everything from nude, to casual dress, to armor+weapons is the plan. ) Heres casual Vios:
July 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Progress on Vios ref sheet. (Im making it so I have 1 comprehensive layer by layer design of everything from nude, to casual dress, to armor+weapons is the plan. ) Heres casual Vios:
Vios but this time with a turn around of his bust and a extra detail added. This dancing dangerously close to chaos eldar has interupted my previous wip, there for I refuse to draw clothes or armor, thus bust and spiled collar for his bit of flare. The collar motivated me work on Barnabas more.
July 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Vios but this time with a turn around of his bust and a extra detail added. This dancing dangerously close to chaos eldar has interupted my previous wip, there for I refuse to draw clothes or armor, thus bust and spiled collar for his bit of flare. The collar motivated me work on Barnabas more.
I am still not done, but shoes! Finally shoes! Aaaaaa. (Not binning this project has been a mental hurdle.) Holy shit
July 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I am still not done, but shoes! Finally shoes! Aaaaaa. (Not binning this project has been a mental hurdle.) Holy shit
Anyways, back to business: be me, be nearly at bed time, have brain go "hey its time to make a quick visual concept of this elf you have ruminated on the last 2 ish months. Forget the current wips, do it nooowww"
So, first sketch of vios go! Need to do turn around after sleep!
So, first sketch of vios go! Need to do turn around after sleep!
July 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Anyways, back to business: be me, be nearly at bed time, have brain go "hey its time to make a quick visual concept of this elf you have ruminated on the last 2 ish months. Forget the current wips, do it nooowww"
So, first sketch of vios go! Need to do turn around after sleep!
So, first sketch of vios go! Need to do turn around after sleep!
Maling progress on this despite being at the super demoralized part of my project. Also unfucked his face further. Yay. (Face hard ><)
June 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Maling progress on this despite being at the super demoralized part of my project. Also unfucked his face further. Yay. (Face hard ><)
Wait I forgot I clipped this when being hype about it initially, I can show the face adjustments !
June 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Wait I forgot I clipped this when being hype about it initially, I can show the face adjustments !
So ive finished the sketch and fixed what was wrong with the face proportionately, but may redo the eyes a third time because theyre just not doing it for me. I did some science to see how the game uses small med and large portraits and had great success.
So now values! Still need alot of work
So now values! Still need alot of work
June 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
So ive finished the sketch and fixed what was wrong with the face proportionately, but may redo the eyes a third time because theyre just not doing it for me. I did some science to see how the game uses small med and large portraits and had great success.
So now values! Still need alot of work
So now values! Still need alot of work
What I mean ny gayest man of the expanse. Also me: we can finish a full body sketch base idea to done phase in 1 night, itll be eaaaaasy.
No, no i did not, well time for bed!
WIP
No, no i did not, well time for bed!
WIP
June 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
What I mean ny gayest man of the expanse. Also me: we can finish a full body sketch base idea to done phase in 1 night, itll be eaaaaasy.
No, no i did not, well time for bed!
WIP
No, no i did not, well time for bed!
WIP
Finally unearthed the load bearing mha vol 28. The one and only structually damaged book from my collapsed shelf. It served me and the other 27 volumed well.
May 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Finally unearthed the load bearing mha vol 28. The one and only structually damaged book from my collapsed shelf. It served me and the other 27 volumed well.
I am late, but please have this photo I took of mr tigs yesterday while making the most abstractly adorable stare. He was incredibly endearing.
March 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I am late, but please have this photo I took of mr tigs yesterday while making the most abstractly adorable stare. He was incredibly endearing.
Arthur Nightengale from warframes 1999 update is currently my favorite! His personality is really endearing once he stops picking fights where there arent any, and he even cooks. He just has a reasonably hard time believing that some one would want him, hes loyal male wife energy.
February 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Arthur Nightengale from warframes 1999 update is currently my favorite! His personality is really endearing once he stops picking fights where there arent any, and he even cooks. He just has a reasonably hard time believing that some one would want him, hes loyal male wife energy.
It's not something I get to think about as much as I want but it's easy to forget how much drawing portraits lets me get in the head of the subject im drawing. Kiddo def is more ashamed, more gaurded, more afraid and their design reflects it! Where my drifter is comfertable with who he is.
#warframe
#warframe
January 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It's not something I get to think about as much as I want but it's easy to forget how much drawing portraits lets me get in the head of the subject im drawing. Kiddo def is more ashamed, more gaurded, more afraid and their design reflects it! Where my drifter is comfertable with who he is.
#warframe
#warframe
Atleast veilgaurd is coming out so I can have something to do without a working tablet set up at my desk. But lastnight I did work on some quick doodles. Put 3 of the most reacent things together as a sketch sheet; i really need to draw what I feel/comes to mind more as i eas really cooking.
October 30, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Atleast veilgaurd is coming out so I can have something to do without a working tablet set up at my desk. But lastnight I did work on some quick doodles. Put 3 of the most reacent things together as a sketch sheet; i really need to draw what I feel/comes to mind more as i eas really cooking.
Two versions of the same elf; the drow form was him in a past life. I had a lot of fun working on and designing these (and some of their varients) two for my rp partner!
September 27, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Two versions of the same elf; the drow form was him in a past life. I had a lot of fun working on and designing these (and some of their varients) two for my rp partner!
Relatedly have 2 doodles from my doodle doc rn. The unfinished one is my Rook menacing Lucanis, and the other is inky dancing w/ Solas, he was not prepared for the eggs sick moves.
September 27, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Relatedly have 2 doodles from my doodle doc rn. The unfinished one is my Rook menacing Lucanis, and the other is inky dancing w/ Solas, he was not prepared for the eggs sick moves.
Another image of Emil, full name Emil von Blacklake. I'm suppose to be doing other stuff, so it's less effort but has like his main outfit in full atleast!
June 14, 2024 at 7:12 AM
Another image of Emil, full name Emil von Blacklake. I'm suppose to be doing other stuff, so it's less effort but has like his main outfit in full atleast!
The current elf my brain is losing it's collective shit over. Who knew I would think up a cutie that has me my rp partner and a random friend obsessed with his design. Much less a twink lol. But he's my twink Elf. His name is Emil, he works with the counting house and is a oc used in a bg3 rp rn
June 14, 2024 at 7:11 AM
The current elf my brain is losing it's collective shit over. Who knew I would think up a cutie that has me my rp partner and a random friend obsessed with his design. Much less a twink lol. But he's my twink Elf. His name is Emil, he works with the counting house and is a oc used in a bg3 rp rn
After nearly a week of fighting the attentionspan, my Durge oc is complete! Best picture of my Drow so far >.<. The funniest thing is mid drawing this im like "yeah he has bad posture unless he's angry." and a friend said, "So you would say anger makes him straight?".
May 10, 2024 at 3:28 AM
After nearly a week of fighting the attentionspan, my Durge oc is complete! Best picture of my Drow so far >.<. The funniest thing is mid drawing this im like "yeah he has bad posture unless he's angry." and a friend said, "So you would say anger makes him straight?".
I still have alot of texture work that needs to go into this! But we are nearly done! My babygirl he looks so goooood ♡.
May 8, 2024 at 11:12 AM
I still have alot of texture work that needs to go into this! But we are nearly done! My babygirl he looks so goooood ♡.