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@donav.bsky.social
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I make art and sometimes play video games (I used to make them, too, in another life).

🌐 https://dona.neocities.org
🎨 https://dona.neocities.org/doc/portal → Commission Me (I'm available)
☕ https://ko-fi.com/donavajgand → Memberships, Shop
💌 dona@duck.com
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Day 7 of #ArtAdventCalendar: the city center of Novi Sad, Serbia. The last time that we got proper snow... I miss it. ☃

2019, digital photo

#photography
A street in the evening, completely covered in a thick layer of snow. Fairy light "curtains" hang from above, like a canopy above the street. People can be seen walking around the thin path where the snow has been cleared.
December 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Day 6 of #ArtAdventCalendar: "Gilding the Halls", a postcard design made for the Guild Wars 2 Wintersday fan zine. GW2 holidays are the best! 🎄

2017, digital

#art #GuildWars2 #GW2 #griffon
A vintage style postcard starring a plush griffon from Guild Wars 2, flying with a long golden ribbon in its beak. The ribbon wraps around the picture. A pink Christmas tree is in the background, rays of light shining from the top of it.
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Day 5 of #ArtAdventCalendar: "Valentine Bird". Stay fluffy and cozy! 💗

2019, digital

#art #birds
A sleepy cockatiel painted in soft pink and blue pastels.
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Day 4 of #ArtAdventCalendar: "Ivory", a Lies of P fanart. Something soft for the cold winter days. ❄

2023, digital

#art #illustration #LiesOfP
Side profile of the main character P with his eyes closed, painted in soft pink colours.
December 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Dieselpunk inspired portrait of Theröz, for Leo!

You may notice he bears a familiar face... ;)

2025, digital

#art #digitalArt #TheronShan #StarWars #SWTOR #ArtAdventCalendar
A classic style portrait of Theron Shan in dieselpunk AU setting. He is a man in his 30s, smiling at the camera. He has short, styled hair and a stubble, and he's wearing a dark jacket with shirt and tie underneath. There's brass goggles around his neck.
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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The November 2025 art journal is up for supporters!

Getting back into doing art after being sick for a long time, photos, and two lovely classic portraits.

New supporters are always welcome 💚 You help me put the food on the table - you can get some custom art in return.

ko-fi.com/Post/Monthly...
November 2025 blog header, featuring close-ups of two men done in a classic Rembrandt style.
December 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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The November 2023 art journal is now public!

Short and sweet, a journal of teasers of what was to come. Some months are just like that! Can you recognise the artwork it had turned into?

And Mycroft, as a bonus.

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November 2023 blog header, featuring a sketch of Mycroft Holmes smoking a cigarette.
December 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Wylenn's Manual of Style from Guild Wars 2: "Using words is hard, because words mean things."
December 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Dieselpunk inspired portrait commission of Lord Braxton, for Leo!

It was great to do a classic-looking portrait again 💗

#art #DigitalArt #portrait #dieselpunk
A classic style digital portrait of a young man painted in warm, earthy tones. He has long brown hair and is wearing a dark suit with blue silk scarf and pocket square. He is looking at the viewer over large, round silver glasses and smiling.
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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If you see this, post your bird art! 🪶 #birds

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#kleineKunstklasse
Portrait of a celestial gryphon. Her feathers are soft cream, with magical blue highlights and sparkling stars beneath the wings. The bird's moon-like eyes are speckled with stars and she looks confident and warm. Behind her is a crescent moon and a dark sky full of stars. An anthropomorphic pigeon in elegant rococo clothes including a white wig, sitting down one hand dramatically resting against their forehead. 90s style digital drawing mimicking soft pastels. The 'apapane bird is happily showing off its skateboarding skills while wearing a rad yellow baseball cap, turned backwards of course. The ghost bunny is holding a pink old school boombox, giving thumbs up. The bunny is wearing a teal baseball cap (also backwards) and neon pink sunglasses. Blue parrots in various poses. Their eyes are glazed-over and greyish and they have bright pink stripes on their dark beaks. The Poetess poses with her blue prophet, wearing blue, white and gold robes and a golden fishbone hair clip. There is a human heart tattoo on her forearm.
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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A little warm-up after my two-week torpor (I was really ill). Phyre from Bloodlines 2 seeing the Christmas lights for the first time!

#VtMB #VtMB2 #Phyre #Vampire #art
Phyre, a young male vampire with short grey slicked-back hair and pitch-black eyes, looking up at the Christmas lights in a snow storm. There's a swirl of light garlands hanging above him.
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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I have greatly underestimated the cold that I got last week. 😩 It's all marshmallow root teas and doing very little because I get fatigued so fast. Happy winter :( ❄️
A transparent double wall glass mug with tea and pieces of marshmallow root floating in it.
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Did you know that you can find wallpapers/hi-rez version of some of my artwork in my Ko-Fi Shop? ☕

I keep the fanart pieces free, while personal work comes with a small fee to help support me directly. Come take a look! 💗

ko-fi.com/donavajgand/...

#FediGiftShop #KoFi #wallpapers
Preview of the wallpaper bundles in my ko-fi shop.
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Book cover illustration for Space Dragons: Cosmic Survivors by Veo Corva!

You can support them on Kickstarter launching TODAY and get some cool rewards!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/veo...

#BookCover #illustration #art #dragon #scifi #ScifiArt #space
A glittering blue dragon pulling a silver spaceship through space, riding along the bright pink energy river, leading to an aquatic planet.
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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My art commissions are OPEN!

I offer a wide variety of options: personal illustration, commercial, streaming assets, skeb (surprise me) style, character sheets... All of the info is in the link below. I look forward to working with you!

Full info: dona.neocities.org/doc/portal

#CommissionsOpen
Screenshot of the commissions landing page, showcasing multiple options.
November 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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#SilentSunday
Fisheye lens photo of a large gaming machine claiming to be the world's biggest Pac-Man game.
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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The October blogs are always public and here is the one from 2023!

- Art process, including an unfinished picture
- A discussion on how doing personal work differs from client work
- A retrospective of #Repostober and how it fared on different social media

Read it here:
ko-fi.com/Post/Monthly...
The journal cover showcasing the Halloween picture featured in the blog
November 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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A little Halloween surprise from me: the new art journal is up earlier than usual!

This October, we discuss the creative voice. The different forms of creativity, creating just for yourself, the ups and downs... I'm curious to hear your thoughts it all!

ko-fi.com/Post/Monthly...
#KofiCreativeVoice
The October 2025 blog banner, featuring a collage of artwork, homemade ink, custom bracelets and fuzzy stick ornament, and a website screenshot.
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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A spooky #ThrowbackThursday... All is not as it seems, so close to Halloween! 🎃

#art #digitalart #portrait #illustration
Portrait of a young woman with blue eyes and hair up in tight curls, looking off into the distance, expressionless. Half of her face is in shadow. Autumn leaves are falling around her. The same portrait as previous, except the atmosphere is dreary with green and blue glow, and the falling leaves are blood-red. The woman's eyes are glowing white and her skin has faint veins all over.
October 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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My piece "The Swordsman" is now available in Jaded Gem Shop!

It is hand-charted and comes in a variety of sizes and drill options.

You can find more of my art in the shop, too. 💚

www.jadedgemshop.com/products/the...

#DiamondPainting #DiamondArt #DPArt #JadedGemShop #JGS #LiesOfP
A sample of the hand-charted diamond painting of my piece, The Swordsman, by Jaded Gem Shop
October 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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A spooky necromancer book cover I did a while back! Don't worry, she's actually very nice and has a lovely cat companion. :D
Book cover for The Beautiful Decay by Veo Corva. Necromancer Usther is casting a bright red spell.
October 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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My art commissions are OPEN!

I offer a wide variety of options: personal illustration, commercial, streaming assets, skeb (surprise me) style, character sheets... All of the info is in the link below. I look forward to working with you!

Full info: dona.neocities.org/doc/portal

#CommissionsOpen
Screenshot of the commissions landing page, showcasing multiple options.
October 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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#SilentSunday
A very autumnal view of fallen leaves and tall yellow trees, with large letters saying "beer garden". The photo is taken with fish eye lens, making the scene look dream-like.
October 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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I created the saddest little ghost and I love them dearly.
A very sad looking ghost wearing a baseball cap with pins standing in front of a bunch of carved pumpkins
October 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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The veil is getting thinner and we dig deeper into the vault...

Morella, after Edgar Allan Poe, that I did as a part of my illustration degree dissertation in 2012. I wrote about women in Poe's work and illustrated four of them. It is based on a childhood photo of me.

#ThrowbackThursday #art #Poe
Waist-up digital portrait of a young girl wearing a white blouse and holding a round vase with three poppies. Her face is white and she is staring at the viewer with glowing, unearthly purple eyes. Her hair is pitch black and tightly curled, framing her face.
October 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM