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forta-ver.bsky.social
Lex (ask me bout collabs and commissions!)
@forta-ver.bsky.social
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weaver of timelines, monster maker... Chaos optional.

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forta-ver.bsky.social
Going back through old sketchbooks and found this old thing. Decided to clean it up a little and share.
Mixed media illustration of a person with short hair and glasses wearing an oversized coat. They carry a small briefcase and glance back towards the viewer over the top of their high collar. The coat is brown with white floral pattern, and has pink trim with some lacy white accents.
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
forta-ver.bsky.social
I like how this came along, but I need to revisit her hairstyle and actually figure out the color scheme of her outfit.
Roughly-colored sketch of a black pokemon trainer and her partner torracat. Text next to the trainer says "Tal" and text above the pokemon says "M.C.Lain" Both of them wear gray jackets with the sleeves ripped off. Tal's outfit is striped and similar colors to her pokemon. She is dark-skinned, with pink hair done partially in locs and partially left out. It looks a little like a mane and a little like that silly hat that the female protagonist of Sun/Moon wears.
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
forta-ver.bsky.social
Way to go, little me! Let current me do this, and I know you'd be proud.
Collection of sketches emulating the style of Gen 3 Pokémon, using a trainer at three different stages of his life. The youngest has a snivy (grass snake) next to him, teen has a chespin (cartoon woodchuck), and adult has a chesnaught (big pangolin-knight) with flowers braided into her beard.
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
forta-ver.bsky.social
Hey, howdy! I'm ace and I do DnD/TTRPG and OC art.
(Final image is for the upcoming Lunar Call Zine for @adepticarus.bsky.social 's game "Rue from Ruin." The others are just for fun.)
Traditional ink drawing of a hellhound with tusk-like fangs and an additional, large eye in the center of its forehead. Licks of fire escape its snarling jaw and trail from its raised hackles, and it hisses out a puff of smoke through its teeth. It is colored digitally, using brushes that mimic alcohol markers and ink washes: bronze-green with accents of chartreuse, yellow, and orange for the eyes and flames. Loose digital sketch of a stylized jaguar/tiger with glowering green eyes and a wide, toothy maw. Only its front half is visible, as though it is climbing down over something unseen. Loose digital sketch of a pair of half-orcs who stand menacingly in the tall grass. They both wear leopard pelts, with the heads as pauldrons on opposite shoulders, and mixed armor of cloth, leather, and possibly bone or metal. The smaller of the two stalks forward, wielding a pair of cruel-looking shortswords. A quad of javelins is visible from a quiver on their back and their expression rests between a scowl and a smirk. The larger, bearded one stands back, resting a jagged war-pick across his broad shoulders, looking much more relaxed; possibly amused. Illustration of a pair of fashionable women and werewolves. One of them wears a flapper dress and art deco earrings, with a handbag draped over her shoulder. The other wears a suit and fedora, with one hand in her pocket and the other holding a lit cigarette. The both of them are wrapped up by werewolves that echo their colors. One caresses the flapper-girl's face and has its face caressed by her. The other hunches forward, hackles raised and one arm wrapped possessively around the lead leg of the smoker. All parties glare at the viewer, except the flapper-girl; she glances over her shoulder with a bored pout. This image is for the Lunar Call Zine, which is a supplement for the solo journaling RPG "Rue From Ruin" (Adept Icarus games).
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
forta-ver.bsky.social
The gift has been given, and now I can share!

I got the chance to do this style emulation, and it was so so fun. I love Pokemon so much.
Digital illustration of the pokemon Persian, seated in front of a winning slot machine. It looks back towards the viewer with a paw held in front of its mouth as though laughing, "ohoho." The slot machine shows 7's across the board (jackpot) and spews golden coins that look like the same kind on a Meowth's forehead. The machine's gimmick is "Pay Day" with a rainbow and pot of gold nestled among clouds. Along its side, there is text that reads "Never Punished."
November 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
forta-ver.bsky.social
Me + My Vibe
Photo of Lex, a light-skinned person with short-curly hair, thick eyebrows, and wire-rim glasses. They offer a small smile from an industrial-looking back room, somewhere. Wearing a black outfit with folded high collar, brass zipper, and double breast-pockets. A different photo of Lex that has been drawn over as if a comic-book or cartoon world were bleeding into ours. Real-world Lex wears a black t-shirt and holds the phone in a plain beige room, while the rest of her form is being overrun by the cartoon. Cartoon Lex wears a purple vest rendered with dramatic shadow, hand-drawn glasses with the "villain glare" light effect, and her skin and hair are inky dark gray and black. She flashes a big, awkward grin as she waves at the camera. Both seem surprised, confused, and sweat nervously about the situation.
October 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
forta-ver.bsky.social
I am a genius, in fact!

After I finally woke up I:
Got to talk to baby sis, got some new dice, made a new friend (I think!!?), got a neat sticker, AND finally finished a set of dice for a character of mine who's never really had a proper set of his own!

Strawbebby also has a new friend!
Photo of a black tablet case with a pair of cute stickers on. The first is a sweet strawberry-themed cow. The second is an adorable golden d8 dice cleric with sparkles hovering around its smiling face. The d8 holds a spike-ball mace and a tray of simple food (bread, cheese, goblet of wine) with a lit candle on it. It also wears a silver amulet around its neck.
October 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
forta-ver.bsky.social
.....

I'm killing y'all with kindness. And this sword I found. 🪡
White text on a scary red-and-black background. Text: The Killer
October 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
forta-ver.bsky.social
Fell a bit behind on these, but here's Days 04, 05, and 07:
#Monstertober #OCtober
Loose digital marker drawing of a faun-like creature in beach clothes. He smiles, carrying an umbrella and an inner-tube over his shoulders. Text: Mossfoot + Beach Clothes Mossfoot homebrew race is by Tumblr-user Snejkha. Another loose digital marker drawing, this time of a dancing sphynx wearing some kind of formal outfit with ruffles and bells. Text: Sphynx + Formal Wear Loose digital sketch of my character Zeon lying in the Family Guy Death Pose, drenched in soup. The busted cans litter the ground around him and a sad, ghostly shape emanates from his head. For context, Zeon is (technically) a ghost. Text: Ghost + Meme Redraw
October 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
forta-ver.bsky.social
03. Creature Teacher + Gargoyle
#Drawlloween #Monstertober
Ink sketch of a squat Gargoyle dressed like one of my math teachers, using a ruler to point to a problem on a chalkboard. It grips the top of a desk that it barely fits on. Above the chalkboard, cut-out letters spell, "Creature Teacher" and the problem on the board reads, "5x+3=y."
October 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
forta-ver.bsky.social
Y'all wanna see an ugly baby?
No?

Too bad!

For Day 2 prompts (Baby and Onesie), I used my Shifter half-orc, Sounder, and focused on texture. She was even hairier back then, and pouted lots. Squishy little girl.
#orctober #oc-tober
Digital sketch of a hairy baby orc in a spotted piggy-themed onesie. Her face is scrunched as though she's fussing and she squirms like babies do.
October 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
forta-ver.bsky.social
Day 01, #Drawlloween2025 Heads Up! focused on gesture
Loose ink sketch of a dullahan playing beach volleyball using its head as the ball.
October 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
forta-ver.bsky.social
Sending vibes and this butt:
Photo of a desert rain frog, also called a potato fairy frog, trying to climb out of a white ceramic basin. The photo highlights the species' surprisingly prominent butt-cheeks. It is a cute and silly thing.
September 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
forta-ver.bsky.social
Black Dog thoughts
A page of notes with doodles of scary dog shapes. Text: when your take reaches Goal, game ends (you win) - when game ends person w/ greatest take 'wins' - when a hauler dies, game ends (?) - If run [out] of spoons to spend in [...]
September 28, 2025 at 3:44 AM
forta-ver.bsky.social
Done.

@stardragonart.bsky.social If you want the high-res version to use for anything, lmk!
@stardragonart.bsky.social's Sith, Xolia, in her white shirt and leather pants. She wields a purple whip-saber and has a fierce look in her eye. Her pose is dynamic and the composition uses foreshortening such that the whip lashes towards the viewer.
September 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
forta-ver.bsky.social
And the one that took the rest of my day: @stardragonart.bsky.social 's character Xolia. I hope you like it!

I've been wanting to draw her for ages, but hadn't managed to. And I finally did it!

You can tell where I ran out of steam, I think, and I wish I'd done purple whip,but I'm proud of it.
Digital illustration of the Sith, Xolia, wielding a red whip-saber. Xolia is a red-skinned alien with yellow eyes, black hair, spurs on her face, and black stripes. She is wearing a stylish, open-front linen shirt, and black leather pants that either cover or fuse with a pair of black leather boots. I hadn't decided. Text: "6(?) hours." Xolia belongs to @stardragonart.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
forta-ver.bsky.social
Flat color on the luxio took an extra 10 minutes, since it's simple enough.
Text: "Clean sketch vignette, ~40 min (w/ref). Color, ~10 min (w/o ref)." Inked sketch of the pokemon luxio, playing with some kind of ball, cat toys littering the ground, with simple color. With color, the ball appears to actually be an incense censer and greenish, sparkly smoke drifts along the ground.
September 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
forta-ver.bsky.social
These were the first set, all uncolored. Fairly rough, except the luxio.
A clean sketch (that is just about to the finished lineart stage) of the pokemon Luxio playing with some kind of ball. Other cat-toys litter the ground around it. Luxio is an adolescent lion with bands on its front legs, a star-shaped tail tuft, and dark fur on its back end that look like it's wearing pants. Text: "Clean sketch vignette, ~40 min (w/ref)" Text: "Rough sketch, ~23 min (w/o ref)" Loosely inked sketch of a chubby half-orc woman in a thick apron and large boots. She squats over something she's scribbled in the dirt sroking her chin thoughtfully. Text: "Rough sketch, ~30 min (w/ref)" Loose sketch of a curly-haired person speed-skating with roller-blades. They're wearing gear reminiscent of the outfits in the game Jet Set Radio, complete with gimmick headphones and bug-like goggles. Text: "Clean sketch, ~31 min (w/ref)." Despite what the text says, this sketch is still fairly rough, just cleaner than the previous rough sketches. It shows an older woman in an evening dress and heels, lounging on a curved couch with a martini in hand. Her legs are crossed, her other hand rests in her lap and her eyes are closed. Classy, unbothered, living the high life.
September 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
forta-ver.bsky.social
I love this guy already.
Ballpoint pen doodles of a kyuzo over text notes. The first image shows him looking exasperated as he throws his (very long) arms up over his head. The second image explores what he'd look like in a hooded poncho. The visible text includes scratched out personal shorthand for stats, and the words, "Speaker", "resilience", "Strong-willed", and "Force-attunement."
September 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
forta-ver.bsky.social
Still looking for long-term work, but I'll be doing a few art challenges this October and (if you like what I do) you (yes, you!) can help.

If you sponsor a prompt, you get to pick what I'll draw for that day and how!

More details are on my ko-fi page (ko-fi.com/c/b7e0a3efeb) but here's samples:
Scratchy illustration of a demonic, skull-faced owl with one red eye staring out at the viewer. Engulfed by its feathers is a human with a terrified expression, with tears streaming from their eyes. Perdomo - demorrtis An anthro scolipede punches an anthro drapion while other pokemon watch. The scene suggests that this is an underground fight club and bar, frequented by all different sorts. In the midground, a goth glaceon and a sylveon-chandelure hybrid talk over beers. In the background, a zoroark and strikingly-marked riolu irritate the curvacious zangoose at the bar behind them with their rowdy enjoyment of the fight. The equally-bodacious serperior standing near the zangoose gestures as if asking if she wants to get out of here. The barkeep tends to other vague pokemon behind all that. Shee (scolipede) - Hattie Seraphine (glaceon) - cannibal_mantis Ghost (sylveon-chandelure hybrid) - limeadecrimeade Ninja (riolu) - BatToTheBone Selena (serperior) and Zaina (zangoose) - AgentStrudel Rough digital drawing of two men eating large cheeseburgers. The man on the left has a burger in each hand, and holds them up to flex his large muscles. The other holds a single burger and points at it with his other hand. He wears a fox mask and has lip piercings. Text at top reads: Burger Bros. Magnus (muscle-man) - Ilmarinen Nine (fox-mask) - Yob0t Loose digital sketch of two half-orcs standing menacingly in a vague grassland scene. Both wear leopard pelts over layered armor pieces, and carry cruel-looking weapons. The nearer of the two is leaner, and at least a head shorter than the other; he carries two jagged shortswords and a quad of either javelins or throwing spears on their back. The other has a magnificently-braided beard and broad shoulders, and rests a warpick over one of them.
September 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Why are concept sketches the most fun? I need to learn how to preserve these kinds of thing throughout the illustration process. :T
Rough digital sketch of a skeletally-thin humanoid monster with a mouthful of sharp teeth. Text above its head reads, "Evil ape face."
September 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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(7/7)

25. ~Hattie's Shee the scolipede, @cannibalmantis.bsky.social 's Seraphine, @limeadecrimeade.bsky.social 's Ghost, ~BatToTheBone's Ninja, @agentstrudel.bsky.social 's Selena and Zaina, and randos by me.
An anthro scolipede punches an anthro drapion while other pokemon watch. The scene suggests that this is an underground fight club and bar, frequented by all different sorts. In the midground, a goth glaceon and a sylveon-chandelure hybrid talk over beers. In the background, a zoroark and strikingly-marked riolu irritate the zangoose at the bar behind them with their rowdy enjoyment of the fight. The serperior with the zangoose gestures as if asking if she wants to get out of here. The barkeep tends to other vague pokemon behind all that.
September 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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(6/7)

21. @longarmsmagee.bsky.social 's Hanako
22. @keithachu.bsky.social 's Keef
23. @thornydryad.bsky.social 's Lindred
24. @seaplaysrpg.bsky.social 's Pi Sharp and my Enma
Scary illustration of a masked woman with blue hair, black haori, and a cruel scythe that glows with some kind of energy. Colored drawing of an anthro racoon with blue hair, jeans, and a black hoodie. He is seated and makes the surfer's gesture for "hang loose." Dramatic illustration of a theatre scene, where ribbon-dancers in full-black fencing outfits leap and twist in mock-battle around the star of the scene: a woman with long, black hair in a flowing red dress and white dragon mask. The star falls dramatically as she is "stabbed" by a prop sword through the heart; its wielder stands in a manner that highlights the motion and the star's tragic fall. A slender tiefling with a raven on their shoulder is interrupted from reading their large map by a burly tiefling clapping them on the shoulder. The burly one grins, posed as if saying, "Way to go!" and the slender one offers a strained smile in response. In the bottom left corner are a trio of outfit doodles, unrelated to the larger image.
September 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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(5/7)

17. @doomweaselart.bsky.social 's Doom (feral form)
18. ~SnailyMaily's Jackal
19. ~Mossbed-root's Little One
20. Doom's Mallow, and Mossbed's Death (in the form of a fox)
Stylized drawing of a white stoat with gold eyes, purple mohawk, and black markings as though it were a member of the band KISS. Colorful drawing of a cream-colored canine dressed like a clown. He strikes a silly pose balanced on one front paw, while balancing a spinning ball on his nose. Illustration of a bug in the style of Hollow Knight, deflecting some attack with its nail-sword and leaping backwards to another platform. It wears a black and red cloak, and a red ribbon tied around one of its mask's horns. It looks incredibly determined. Rough colored sketch of two skull-faced canines - one like a german shepard, one like a fox - having an unexpected meeting. The dog shows a play-bow, while the fox slightly arches its back and tail in confusion.
September 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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(4/7)

13. @chenilu.bsky.social 's pokesona, Cheni, and my Rick
14. @pookapooka.bsky.social 's Daisychain
15. @izaberun.bsky.social 's Joshua
16. @bunnyangelart.bsky.social 's Lilliana
Two bird-dragon pokemon engage in aerial combat. The altaria gracefully dodges a beam fired by the archeops, who wheels much less gracefully overhead. Banners for each of their trainers are in the top left and bottom right corners: Cheni with an electric blue-and-white pattern, and Rick with a fiery black and orange pattern. Colored sketch of a pink bear with blue accents, over top a fainter sketch of a pink kobold with blue eyes, mouth, and horns. The kobold wears a frilly yellow dress. "Daisychain" is written below them in blue, with flowers to either side. Dramatic illustration of a gyarados in a flooded arena, thrashing or dancing in a manner that creates dangerous waves. Its trainer stands on a narrow stone platform behind it, unperturbed by the perilous environ. Illustration of a tan girl with long, curly green hair, a pink bow, and cute outfit, deep in thought as she accessorizes the uninterested pokemon, sizzlipede that sits in her lap. They are both sat on a bed with colorful bows and ribbons scattered around them.
September 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM