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fiery.bsky.social
elemental.embers
@fiery.bsky.social
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Illustrator.
Collector of art supplies, digital art software, and the best of intentions.

♥️ panel shows, life sciences, puns, cake, & dogs.

No AI or NFT.
she/her

https://elementalembers.art
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#DigitalPainting of a red-tailed hawk.
#Rebelle and #AffinityPhoto
Digital painting of a red-tailed hawk in profile view, facing to the viewer's left, perched on a curving branch. The light source is to the upper left though the sky is a bit gray. There are trees and shrubs obscuring a wide open field in the distance.
October 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
fiery.bsky.social
I like painting the weird animals. <3
Greater bilby.
#DigitalArt made with #Rebelle, #AffinityPhoto, and #Procreate
Digital painting of a small light grey marsupial with large hare-like ears and opossum-like tail, crouching on some orange sand against a bright blue background. It is a greater bilby, a small animal native to Australia. It has front claws shaped for digging and a narrow snout.
September 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
fiery.bsky.social
I've been looking forward to it for a while! <3 I hope that you have a lot of success with it-- the premise is great and the art is, well, the big reason I bought it. I can't wait to appreciate the hell out of all of the hard work you put into it.
A screenshot showing a preorder for "Hello Sunshine" (a graphic novel) by Keezy Young. It was placed June 30, 2025.
September 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
fiery.bsky.social
#DigitalPainting of some mushrooms.

Based on a photo from @lukelukeluke.bsky.social and other references from iNaturalist.

Please go check out his amazing photos if you haven't already.

Made with #Rebelle 7 and Huion graphics tablet.
Digital painting of Marasmius rotula, a mushroom with simple white umbrella shaped caps atop thin dark stalks, growing up from a piece of decaying wood. Smaller fruiting bodies also emerge, their stems still light and more tender and their caps not as wide. This small isolated bit of the forest is set against a dark warm gray background.
August 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
fiery.bsky.social
#Aughost2025 prompt of "Shy"

#DigitalArt
#Illustration made with Rebelle
Gray watercolor paper-textured background. Digital illustration of two simple ghosts blushing. The one on the left is presenting a daisy to the one on the right (who is smiling and has a ponytail and large bow). The one on the left looks nervous and shy. Two little hearts float above them. They are framed by a splotchy watercolor frame in muted pinks, greens, and purples. Two daisies grow from the bottom left corner.
August 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
fiery.bsky.social
I thought I'd shared this already, but it looks like I hadn't.

#DigitalArt #Illustration of some skunks.

Rebelle 7 and Affinity Photo.
A striped skunk adult and two young stand facing to the viewer's right, framed by vertical birch branches and horizontal branches resembling red cedar. The frame is adorned with insects, honeycomb, and blackberry plants, referencing just a few components of their varied diet. A gold plate is centered at the bottom with "Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis" typed in black lettering.
August 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Last slice of pie I could finish in time for Utah's alternative state holiday, Pie and Beer Day.

Digital illustration. Procreate, Rebelle 7, Affinity Designer.

#DigitalArt, #Illustration
Digital illustration of a tall slice of pecan pie. It's generously filled and topped with glossy whole pecans, which are arranged in rows. It's set against a desaturated orange and peach gingham background.
July 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
fiery.bsky.social
Happy World Whale and Dolphin Day!
A light colored narwhal, with de-saturated indigo instead of the more natural darker gray seen in the wild, faces to the viewer's left and seemed to make eye contact. It has an upward-curving mouth that makes it seem friendly. The larger amount of white speckles makes it appear somewhere between a narwhal and a beluga in color. Its tail is curved slightly downward, mid-swim. Unlike many other whales, the narwhal does not have a dorsal fin. It has a long spiraling tusk emerging from the front of its face. The glowing white silhouettes of 3 narwhals emerge from the ocean to the surface, their tusks reaching towards the sky. The sky is a watercolor painting with blending pinks, blues, and green, referencing the enhanced photos of nebula taken by deep space telescopes. White opaque splatters imitate stars and distant galaxies. A single bright star in the upper right quadrant appears brighter and clearer than the rest. The choppy ocean surface reflects the sky's colors. Icebergs float off in the distance but the water around the 3 narwhals is open. Digital painting featuring two orcas spyhopping through a break in the ice, seeming to look at an aurora-filled starry sky.
July 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
fiery.bsky.social
Another pie in anticipation of Pie and Beer Day (Tomorrow)!
This one is a bright, tart lemon meringue pie.

Digital illustration. Procreate, Rebelle 7, Affinity Designer.

#DigitalArt, #Illustration
Digital illustration of a slice of lemon meringue pie, seen from the side. The proportion of lemon filling on the bottom to the meringue on top is about 1 to 3. The pie crust is thin and laminated. The meringue on top maintains whipped and curled shapes. A single lemon slice and several lemon peel twists are near the base of the pie. This is all set against a yellow gingham background.
July 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Pumpkin pie with the appropriate amount of whipped cream.

Digital illustration. Procreate, Rebelle 7, Affinity Designer.

#DigitalArt, #Illustration
Digital illustration of a slice of pumpkin pie, half obscured by piles of whipped cream. Set against a muted orange gingham background.
July 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
fiery.bsky.social
It may have the word "cake" in it, but it still has a crust, so it's a pie. <3

Digital illustration. Procreate, Rebelle 7, Affinity Designer.

#DigitalArt, #Illustration
Digital illustration of a slice of cheesecake with raspberry sauce drizzled generously on top. There is a swirl of whipped topping on top of the cheesecake and the raspberry sauce, which appears to have been squeezed from a star icing tip due to the ridges. A single fresh raspberry sits on top of that swirl. The background is a light purple gingham pattern.
July 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
fiery.bsky.social
Another illustration of a slice of pie!

Digital. Procreate, Rebelle, Affinity Designer.

#DigitalArt, #Illustration
Illustration of a slice of blueberry lattice pie. The pie is filled very full and a single blueberry has fallen out. Some of the juicy filling is dripping too. The bottom crust appears laminated. The image is set against a periwinkle blue and white gingham background.
July 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
fiery.bsky.social
First pie illustration in anticipation of Pie and Beer Day this month.

banana puddding pie
Something cooling and tropical for the hot summer days.

Digital illustration. Procreate, Rebelle 7, Affinity Designer.

#DigitalArt, #Illustration
Digital illustration of a single slice of banana pudding pie. The triangular slice is pointing towards the lower right of the image. A baked flaky crust with roughly crimped edges is filled with creamy pudding and sliced bananas. There is a layer of whipped topping on that, and 3 swirls of whipped cream and 3 banana slices on top near the crust for garnish. The background is a light yellow gingham pattern.
July 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
fiery.bsky.social
Same struggle.
It helps to make the space cozy, with a drink nearby. I try to minimize distraction, because holding a physical book isn't as comfortable as it used to be, making focus more difficult.
(It gets physically painful to hold open for me, mostly). I'm considering a book holder like this:
Photo of a product labeled as a "Book Stand with Storage, Book Holder for Reading Hands Free" from an Amazon listing. It's a product that consists of a flat panel of wood suspended at about a 45 degree angle above a small tray by hinges (the hinges allow the panel to close down onto the tray like a lid when not in use). The wooden panel has a bottom ledge to rest an open book on and it has two springy arms to hold pages open. The suggested use shown is an open book spread open, pages held in place by the springy arms, with some highlighters, reading glasses, and bookmarks stored in the tray below. It is an object meant to be set upon a table or desk, as the edges are sharp and would not be comfortable to hold in one's lap.
July 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
fiery.bsky.social
#Illustration of some weirdos.

#DigitalArt made using Krita, Procreate, Rebelle 7, and Affinity Photo (I like to dabble in different programs a bit!)

#Tapir #Art
Digital illustrations of 4 types of tapirs, each taking up approximately a quadrant of the square image each, and each labeled with its type underneath. Top left is a sitting mountain tapir, which is very dark with some auburn fur on its face and a white ring around its mouth. Top right is baird's tapir, illustrated wading through some water with lily pads bobbing in its wake. It's a reddish brown with a cream neck and face and reddish brown snout. It also still has some fading sun dappled markings from its youth. Bottom left is a south american tapir, which is a lighter, less saturated brown-- almost beige in some light. It is trotting to the viewer's right. It has a distinguishable line of stiff hairs running from its head and down its neck. Bottom right is a malayan tapir, resting on a cotton candy pink cloud-- a reference to its ties to sleep and dreams in mythology. Its coat is a striking black with a white midsection, similar to panda coloring.
July 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
fiery.bsky.social
#Junicorn2025
Prompt: Constellation

#DigitalArt using #Rebelle and #AffinityPhoto
Digital painting of a glowing yellow and orange, fiery unicorn floating against a background of a half-lit moon and sky of stars. The Monoceros constellation is in the top left corner, with its stars standing out from the background as larger and sparkling instead of just dots of light. The unicorn is posed nearly vertically as if rearing, though its cloven hooves make no implied contact with any surface. Its pose is tense, with its neck arched, head aimed upward, one foreleg raised high, and mane flowing to the viewer's left.
June 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
fiery.bsky.social
Another drawing for #Junicorn2025

Loosely based on the prompt of "Aviary", a young winged unicorn listens to a plump bird singing at the end of the branch.

What would it sound like if a unicorn tried to sing so sweetly?

#DigitalArt
Used #Procreate, #Rebelle7, and #AffinityPhoto
A winged unicorn with foal-like proportions and a short mane (but long tail) is sat on its haunches on a tree branch, a little awkwardly. It faces to the viewer's right. Its body is white-ish but with bluesilver speckles and shadows. It has light orange stockings on its back legs and under its cheeks. Its muzzle is a grayish pink. Its wings are light gray with teal primary feathers. Its horn starts as white near the base and dapples into a bright marigold orange at the tip. At the end of the branch, from which wispy moss hangs, a small graybrown bird appears to be chirping to the young horselike creature.
June 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
fiery.bsky.social
Another #Junicorn2025 drawing.
This was Day 5, Armour.

#DigitalArt made with #Rebelle7 and #AffinityPhoto
A unicorn wearing blue-silver plate armor, some chain-mail, and a saddle is seen running to the viewer's left, in profile view. Its horn spirals out in a slightly upturned angle, with the base white and the tip dark gray. The mane has been trimmed short (roached) and is visible sticking up from cut-outs in the plate armor on the back of its neck. One front leg is still firmly on the ground, while the other three legs are suspended in the air and its long white tail flows behind it.
June 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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A little behind on @kenziekgoff.bsky.social 's #Junicorn2025 prompt list, with "narwhal" being Day 3.
Unicorn of the sea!

#DigitalArt using Rebelle 7 and Affinity Photo.

I'll try to do all the prompts, but they won't be in order.
A light colored narwhal, with de-saturated indigo instead of the more natural darker gray seen in the wild, faces to the viewer's left and seemed to make eye contact. It has an upward-curving mouth that makes it seem friendly. The larger amount of white speckles makes it appear somewhere between a narwhal and a beluga in color. Its tail is curved slightly downward, mid-swim. Unlike many other whales, the narwhal does not have a dorsal fin. It has a long spiraling tusk emerging from the front of its face.
June 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
fiery.bsky.social
One of the frog species that lives around here. It looks like their range (and range of patterns) is actually pretty diverse, though!

#DigitalArt #Rebelle7 #LocalFauna
Digital painting of a Northern leopard frog sitting, facing the viewer's right against a warm beige background with a subtle papery texture. The viewer is looking slightly down at the frog and can see the top of its toes and head. It's a green and coppery frog overall, with black spots on its torso and black bands on its legs. Its iris is gold-flecked and the black markings that catch the sun have a similarly glittery appearance.
June 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
fiery.bsky.social
#Mayllennial entry for today is Furby.

I always thought they looked a bit owl-like, just perching and staring.

#DigitalArt with Rebelle 7.
A sketch of a furby toy from straight on with light blue fur, a pink belly, and teal inside its ears. It has long lashes. Its mouth is slightly ajar and its eyes half closed. Above, the furbish language for "I see you!" is handwritten.
May 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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#DigitalPainting. #Rebelle 7 and #AffinityPhoto on PC.

Fans of 1500s tapestries may recognize the collar around its neck.
Unicorn against a backdrop of various stylized plants.

I really enjoyed experimenting with new (to me) brushes and settings in Rebelle 7.

#Art, #DigitalArt, #UnicornArt
Profile view of a white unicorn running to the right. It has cloven hooves, a wispy beard, and a golden horn. Around its neck is a blue collar with golden circles; a broken golden chain is connected to it. The background is dark green and covered with mostly flowering plants. They also rarely intersect, giving a flat, wall-like impression rather than a strong sense of foreground and background. There are two silhouettes of trees at the top right, and the glowing specks of light green that fill in the spaces between the plants almost look like fireflies or stars through the bare branches.
May 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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It's always the last 20% that takes up at least 80% of the effort and time. This has been sitting in the WIP folder since that folder was a physical folder in a filing box.

#DigitalPainting from an old pencil sketch.
#Rebelle 7 mostly, with some #AffinityPhoto touch-ups.

#AnimalArt #DigitalArt
Digital painting of a howling coyote. The image has a gradient of olive-yellow near the top that transition to dark teals and blues near the bottom. Some silhouettes of trees are visible in the back, with the more distant ones falling back into the mist. The Moon is not visible in the scene but the clouds in the sky and tufts of fur on the animal seem to be reflecting moonlight.
March 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Happy #PokemonDay !

My first attempts at digital art in high school were #pokemon #FanArt pieces.

Sure, I abused the burn and dodge tools, but beginners then often did, especially if they were self-taught (there weren't the resources there are now). Old #DigitalArt made with Adobe Elements/CS2!
Digital painting of a pokemon, dratini, turning its head upward to look at something above the surface of the moody water its floating in. Light beams shine down but don't reach far. Digital painting, more cartoonish and loose in style, of a cheerful azumarill hiding a single egg of an exeggcute. It looks concerned. An ekans, its body demonstrating egg-shaped bulges, grins excitedly from behind a rock. "Happy Easter!" is written in the top right corner. A vacant-eyed Magikarp swims awkwardly in brackish waters. Digital painting with muted colors. There are swirls of bubbles in the the background. Digital sketch of a skitty, a small feline pokemon that shares the colors of peaches. It smiles with its eyes closed and its mouth wide open, two top fangs visible. In LOLCATS text style, it reads, "I PICKD U PECHA BERRY BUT I EATED IT."
February 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
fiery.bsky.social
Self-indulgent #FanArt.
I absolutely love the #Tales series.
Tales of Legendia was only available for PS2. Like other Tales games, it has a lot of enemies that are basically regional variants.

Something about rows of similar but different creatures is so satisfying. #DigitalArt #Rebelle7
Digital art with a watercolor style. 13 pudgy octopus-like creatures, several colored to look like fried eggs, are arranged in a grid and numbered, 1-13. They vary slightly in colors and shape but are essentially palette swaps to fill out monster encounters in dungeons. Their poses range from aggressive to shy. A bordered text box at the top right gives their names, which are: eggtopus, sunnyside up, egg yolk, egg white, eres stone, tea egg, octon, burnt egg, poached egg, balot, meringue, hardboiled, and eggtopus spirit.
February 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM