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Charles Utting
@charlesutting.bsky.social
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The greatest lie is in thinking there is anything more important than time with the people we love.

Artist/Illustrator - Open for Commissions

https://www.charlesutting.com/
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A monkey.

Rather, a bunch of squishy bunkham that gives the illusion of a monkey.

Oil on paper.
A photo of a sepia toned monochromatic painting of a capuchin monkey portrait.
November 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Shiny brand new cover for @cvvobh.bsky.social Book I of The Sleepwalker Cycles, by C.V. Vobh, now featuring a bad ass wizard!

#thesleepwalkercycle #bookart #bookcover #booktok #indiebook #irdawards #wizard #fantasyart #illustration
A man wears a green and purple robe, embroidered with vines. He stands in a classy dark room, behind him is a large painting with an ornate golden frame, below that a door, and around him an arm chair a table, featuring a lamp. From his right hands swirls blue magic, and in his left hand he holds a drink, neat. On the chair behind him purches a fairy with butterfly wings.
July 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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For this Portfolio Day's #Portfolioday, it's all about #pirates
#skypirates #spacepirates and sexy #queerpirates
Pirates. Always more pirates.

I have come to the conclusion that at least %50 of what we romanticize about pirates is totally true and totally worth romanticizing.
A man with red heair and beard stands in a turning pose. He stands in front of an odd fish tank looking thing with curious tiny whales in it. He wears a dark coat. He has a pistol in one hand and an open bottle of liquor in the other. A capuchin money stands on his shoulders and reaches for the bottle. He smokes a cigar. A confident pirate strides towards us on the deck of a ship. She wears a billowing coat and has one hand on the hilt of a sword. Behind her, on the ships deck, is a cannon, and behind that a flag blowing, which displays the shape of a goat. The pirate has an eyepatch, and a pistol tucked into a red sash belt. A pirate looking fella stands in front of a seemingly flying ship with a dramatic orange sail, catching evening light. The man leans on a crutch and holds a pistol. Behind him are distant clouds far below him.
July 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Cover image for @jamieroe.bsky.social fresh release, The King's Bow!

#illustration #fantasyillustration #fantasybook #bookart
A close up of an anthropomorphic rabbit and fox dressed in fantasy garb. They stand back to back in a forest at night, while around them heavily armed rats move in towards them. A close up of an anthropomorphic rabbit and fox dressed in fantasy garb. They stand back to back in a forest at night, while around them heavily armed rats move in towards them. The rabbit holds a bow with an arrow knocked. The arrow crackles with energy.
June 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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I often find learning comes from getting out of my own way. Sometimes unlearning bad habits. I also think when you dive deep a craft becomes inextricable from who and how you are, so you end up sorting yourself out as much as the craft.

Painted with a mouse.

#digitalart #fantasyart #warrior #dnd
A brushy digital painting showing a man with a sword and shield walking through a swamp. He walks through green algae looking stuff. He is shirtless and bald, with a short beard. Behind and around him mangrove like trees twist and emerge.
May 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Cheers for all the #murderbot love, folks, and hello to the new followers!

Unrelated, another study inspired by Mark Boedges that I put a spaceship in.

#digitalart #scifiart #spaceship #spaceshipart #markboedges
A brushy digital painting of a river flowing through a snowy little ravine. The area is dotted with bare trees. In the center sits a spaceship, derelict, perhaps crashed.
May 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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"We have 45 seconds to get out of here before we both die." From Compulsory by Martha Wells

Happy #murderbot day! Big fan of The Murderbot Diaries and can't wait to watch the show.

A huge congrats to @marthawells.com and everyone who worked on the show.

#scifiart #digitalart #murderbotdiaries
A digital painting of two sci-fi characters. One has a glass dome helmet with a large crack in it and is perched on a large. The other is dark and shadowed, and is extending a hand towards the other out of the shadows. Behind them are horitoznal vents, light up.
May 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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I have lots of feelings about Disney and Star Wars these days, but there is a lot of it I will always love. Watching #Andor was the most I have enjoyed Star Wars as an adult.

Here is a tank trooper.

#starwars #digitalart #sketch
A brushy digital sketch of a sci-fi figure wearing white armor and a full face helmet. The helmet has a small horizontal eye slit, and the armor paldrons have pale grey blue stripes on them, to denote rank or function. The background is abstract brushwork.
May 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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How about some art? Sketch that started as a Schmid study but then somehow ended up with a spaceship in it.

#digitalart #sketch #scifiart #richardschmid #spaceshipart #illustration
A brushy, loose painting showing a crashed derelict spaceship in a field under an overcast sky. A fence runs towards the ship, and around the ship are loose, impressionistic trees.
May 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Cover image reveal for @jamieroe.bsky.social ‘s The King’s Bow!

It was a delight to get to paint some furry non-human faces.
Book drops June 20th.

#fantasyart #fantasy #digitalart #author #book #bookart #animalart #anthro #fantasyillustration
April 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Going down the greyscale sketch rabbit hole for a minute. Any McElroy fans out there? A year late on this one, but I'm sure he's still out there, hearing your wishes....

#taz #theadventurezone #mbmbam #mcelroys #fungalore #chillvibe #heheardyourwish #digitalart #coneptart #sketch
April 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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It’s #portfolioday , baby.

Sci-fi & fantasy illustration, publishing and games. Sketch Art.

Digital and traditional!

Sky pirates!?

Worlds where, somehow, against all odd, we all make it.

charlesutting.com

#illustration
April 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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2022. An oldie but a goodie. Thank you to a dear pal for cutting his beard like a sky captain, which inspired the piece actually, as opposed to the other way around.

During my "capuchin monkey" phase...

#illustration #art #scifiart #digitalillustration #spacepirate
April 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Some close ups of this ‘ol thing. Look at all those marks ‘n stuff.

#oilpainting #traditionalart #scifiart #robots #painting #art
February 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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“I’ll Put My Rock on Your Rock.” (2020?)

A older one and in many ways feels very rough, but in other ways I still love and stand by.

Done working with Chris Remmers, who isn’t on here but is a baller.

#oilpainting #scifiart #solarpunk #sandbatterypunk #robots #painting #art #traditionalart
Oil painting of young girl and a small dish headed robots stacking rock cairns together by a river. Around them are odd old circular structures, and in the distance looms a massive broken arch.
February 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Throwin up some more older paintings from life, to get em on here. Almost three years ago now I think, but I still quite like this one. Done at the Georgetown Atelier here in Seattle.

#oilpainting #figurepatining #study #allaprima #georgetownatelier #seattleart #gageacademy
February 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Sure, what fun! If you see this, post something RED.

Unused cover from several years ago, slasher horror.
#bookcoverart #art #illustration #bookillustration #red #horror #slasher
February 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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BlueSky painted nipple test v001
#painting #oilpainting #allaprima #figurestudy #paintednipples
February 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Another oil study from life, hanging with my folks at the Modern Color Atelier, including but not limited too @kimberlytrowbridge.bsky.social
Booyah

#oilpainting #allaprima #figurepainting #art #sketch #study #chairart
February 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Sometimes I wanna call it a day after the first 20 minutes.

#painting #oilpainting #allaprima #figurepainting #paintingfromlife #reclaimanalong #goducks
February 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Every Gurney book I own has been well loved, since the original Dinotopia back before I could read the words.
Just received my preordered copy of the new Artist Guide to Sketching. Its wonderful. Thanks @jamesgurneyart.bsky.social for the knowledge, wonder, and inspiration.
#sketching #reclaimanalog
February 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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And let's rick it off with the cover for FIREREND by @emmakennedywrites.bsky.social
In Emma's own words:
🔥 multi POV
🔥 heist with unlikely allies
🔥 queer & nonbinary characters
🔥 political intrigue
🔥 twists & turns
🔥 crystal-based magic

#art #fantasyart #bookart #illustration #digitalart
#noai
February 5, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Hellllo BlueSky - I illustrate and work in books 'n games.
#illustration #bookart #bookcovers #fantasyart and #pirates hell yeah.
February 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM