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Layne
@chromaphage.bsky.social
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Felt pretty good about today’s prompt on the daily challenge I’m doing with some friends, I’m definitely faster than I used to be at painting, roughly 1.5 hours of work
A portrait of a zombie/corpse-like monster in purplish black monochrome. Features include a severe bite mark near the neck, three irises/pupils in each eye, a rip in the right cheek, and balding hair with a slight comb over. Prominent ligaments/bones hinting at emaciation of the body.
October 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
chromaphage.bsky.social
A wide angled creature
A wide angle shot of Tig the cat, extremely close to his nose A wide angle shot of Tig the cat, extremely close to his eye
June 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Here’s the crunchy tunnel photo for reference lol
May 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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#studybuddies tried some 30 minute studies this time, and gave in to the repeated suggestion by map crunch to paint this crunched-to-hell photo in some random tunnel in Japan
May 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
chromaphage.bsky.social
Really gotta dig into this WIP, but I’m trying to go for something more atmospheric with it.
May 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
chromaphage.bsky.social
Really gotta dig into this WIP, but I’m trying to go for something more atmospheric with it.
A realistic digital painting of a red shouldered macaw, named Tookie, on a java wood perch. Two yellow ipê flowers sit in the top left, two brugmansia cherub flowers hang below the wooden perch, and one deep red delbard pondicherry flower to the right of the bird. Prismatic shapes of pinkish, purplish, light greenish, and yellow greenish color float behind the bird and the flowers glowing slightly. Transparent orange circles float behind the shapes, growing in size from left to right in an upwards curved line in the background. The backdrop is a smoky, cloudy gradient from a deep blue in the bottom left corner, to a glowing yellow in the top right, with a red tinted streak of light cutting across the middle, from the top left corner, to the bottom right corner. A deep reddish orange border surrounds the painting shifting from a lighter to dark shade around different points of the border. A WIP of a blue washed valley path leads between mountains to a shining golden, triangular structure with rings of light floating around the topmost part of the structure.
May 2, 2025 at 8:46 AM
chromaphage.bsky.social
Forgot to post some of the snow day pics from winter
Sleet and ice on a metallic surface with park greenery in the background A tangle of tree branches from a large tree at the point of divergence I’m gonna be honest, idk what kinda plant this is, orangish leaves with deep blackish red bits branching out between them. Another one of the unknown plant along a branch of its tree
April 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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the grilled pork bánh mì is a pinnacle of sandwich existence
A grilled pork bánh mì, a perfect sandwich Fallen cherry blossoms taking up the entire photo A small blue, rusty Toyota van The crumbs and wrapper of an eaten grilled pork bánh mì, a perfect sandwich
April 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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A cherry blossom tree next to a couple of sheds, with power lines running along into the top of the image, with a blue sky above A mushroom in the sunlight on a patch of grass Cherry blossom branches with powerlines running tangentially above them, a blue sky above and the sun peaking through the foremost branches A sunset along a street, with houses, streetlights, and trees visible in the foreground, the sunset forms a gradient along the clouds from bright yellow into orange, then purplish to blue
April 18, 2025 at 3:36 AM
chromaphage.bsky.social
1hr45min study from The Northman, now I need to actually watch the movie
#studybuddies
March 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
chromaphage.bsky.social
Huh
The lunar eclipse in a blue night sky above a few houses and power lines
March 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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The lunar eclipse framed by branches of a tree in the night sky, with the edge of a building’s roof peeking in from the top of the picture.
March 14, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Trying to achieve the next level of speed is fucking hard, 1 hour studies of some Puss In Boots shots for #studybuddies
A study of a shot from Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, Puss and Kitty ready their weapons nervously, surrounded by blue light, as one of the three bears approaches in the background A study of a shot from Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, very rough depiction of Puss standing precariously on the giant.
March 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
chromaphage.bsky.social
What are they up to?
A small creature wearing a straw cloak, standing among green and yellow grass on a dirt patch. The creature has light grey fur, rabbit like ears, buck teeth, and jerboa-like legs and tail.
February 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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They’re road ready
A “work in progress” image of a creature with a straw cloak on a white background. The creature has light grey fur, rabbit like ears, buck teeth, and jerboa-like legs and tail.
February 26, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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It's coming along, chunky, textured pause menus are just superior
A work in progress image of a conceptual equipment pause menu for a video game. The menu is framed by a textured, purple border with purple plaques for the item slots. Some slots are connects for related items, and controller button icons (blue for directional buttons, and reddish for shoulder buttons) sit at the top of the menu, hovering over it. Some items sit in some of the menu slots, all at varying degrees of finished, a sword, a shield, a dagger, an arrow, a magic flaming arrow, a purple galaxy ring, a flute, a horn, a lute, a blue flame lantern, a glowing bell, a seed emitting smoke and embers, and 3 gems (blue, red, and green). Light appears to be cast on the menu and items, witha transparant black backing to the whole frame.
February 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Okay, decided I need to touch up a couple things, so one more post of this. Still getting used to the black level on my iPad lol
February 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Started as a sketch, and after about 4 hours I got something pretty decent put down, I wanna play Elden Ring again.
A vertical fantasy landscape, drenched in red. A floating obelisk with an orb above it sits near a waterfall that splits the purplish rock formations in the foreground. An ominous statue stands in the distance, cloaked figures descending from its location, while dilapidated building stand crooked further away, one of them billowing some kind of smoke from vents in the roof. Mountains far away are seen on the upper right side, with two moons and a glowing fissure of light sitting in the sky. A fog of some sort obscures most of these things in the distance.
February 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Human artists, let’s QRT with our work! 🎨

Before vs After
A vertical fantasy landscape, drenched in red. A floating obelisk with an orb above it sits near a waterfall that splits the purplish rock formations in the foreground. An ominous statue stands in the distance, cloaked figures descending from its location, while dilapidated building stand crooked further away, one of them billowing some kind of smoke from vents in the roof. Mountains far away are seen on the upper right side, with two moons and a glowing fissure of light sitting in the sky. A fog of some sort obscures most of these things in the distance.
February 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Channeling Wayne Barlowe, working on painting nefarious things.
A work in progress of a vertical fantasy landscape. Red drenches the entire scene, with purplish rocks below formations split by a red waterfall in focus, dilapidated structures in the distance, a strange statue that cloaked figures descend from, and 2 moon-like bodies sit in the sky. Very Wayne Barlowe inspired.
February 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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I’m having a hell of a time, making an “equipment” page in an N64 style Zelda pause menu frame. I might start using some of these as icons for stuff when I start streaming again.
A work in progress screenshot of a Clip Studio Paint session, with 4 items (A sword, a lantern, a burning seed, and a glowing bell) inside of a equipment selection UI box with a. Purple frame for a theoretical game’s pause menu.
February 7, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Finally finished! My first painting on my ipad “mobile art” setup, a little present for my folks!
#artistsonbluesky #art
A realistic digital painting of a red shouldered macaw, named Tookie, on a java wood perch. Two yellow ipê flowers sit in the top left, two brugmansia cherub flowers hang below the wooden perch, and one deep red delbard pondicherry flower to the right of the bird. Prismatic shapes of pinkish, purplish, light greenish, and yellow greenish color float behind the bird and the flowers glowing slightly. Transparent orange circles float behind the shapes, growing in size from left to right in an upwards curved line in the background. The backdrop is a smoky, cloudy gradient from a deep blue in the bottom left corner, to a glowing yellow in the top right, with a red tinted streak of light cutting across the middle, from the top left corner, to the bottom right corner. A deep reddish orange border surrounds the painting shifting from a lighter to dark shade around different points of the border.
January 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Look, feathers are tedious, I’m about 5-6 hours into this piece but you know what?
I’d take a job at the feather painting factory.
A “work in progress” screenshot of a digital painting of a bird in Clip Studio Paint. A dark grey UI with cropped in image of a red shouldered macaw that sits on a wooden perch. A red flower resembling a pinkish dinner plate dahlia flower behind it, and some crystal like geometric shapes in the background of various colors (yellow, purple, and blue). Up front next to the bird is another dahlia-like flower, currently pink and will become a deep violet towards the center. The bird’s name in real life was Tookie.
January 9, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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I finally have an on-the-go tool for art! #Bird #sketch
A digital color sketch of a hybrid macaw (green-wing, blue-gold, and scarlet) on a wooden perch with a greenish brushstroke gradient background with tree textures. The bird has blue/gold feathers on his tail and tips of his wings, green/gold a bit further up the body, and red on the belly and head. An off-white upper beak with streaks of black, a black lower beak, black tongue, and yellowish eyes. His wings are drawn in as he looks at the viewer behind him. The real bird’s name is Skittles.
December 26, 2024 at 6:20 AM
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December 17, 2024 at 3:39 PM