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@greys.is
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🐰Freelance Artist & Illustrator
✨Ex-Engineer & Recovering People-Pleaser
✅Commissions OPEN
🔗 https://greys.is/links
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Decided to do some quick face studies and

the first two random refs are the fUCKIN HARDEST ANGLES WTF
Two reference photos of faces. Left: bearded male looking down. Right: person in large sunhat looking up at 3/4 view.
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Soggy Doggy.

Super fast sketch because the model would not stay still! 🤣

#art #sketch
Pen sketch of a curly-haired dog from behind wearing a puffy jacket.
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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WIP was running late

#art #painting #watercolor #watercolour #gouache #blueberry
In progress painting of two blueberries on square paper. Palette with a paintbrush to the right and iPad showing the reference photo of the blueberries above.
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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김밥 💖

g i m b a p
Roll of gimbap on a wooden tray with a dipping sauce bowl.
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Always love a good pub sketch.

#art #sketch #sketchbook
Sketchbook page with a pen sketch of the interior of a pub patio, with the actual interior out of focus behind the sketchbook.
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Inordinately happy with accidentally making this mylar balloon text effect in Photoshop!! Might need to save this one.
"BUNS" in golden yellow text that looks like mylar balloons on a blue background with faint yellow stars.
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Thanks for the art share! 🙌
Digital painting of a woman in a long red dress at night. She sits on the bannister of a staircase overlooking a river with a castle and bridge in the background. She holds a high-heeled red shoe in one hand and looks down. Digital painting of a femme-presenting person with ashy-brown hair in a bright sunlit indoor garden surrounded by glass windows. The person is holding a blue coffee cup and looking up at the wisteria flowers hanging above them from the ceiling. In the foreground, a glass hanging terrarium and monstera plants are out of focus. Digital painting of a femme presenting pirate with red hair against a blue cloudy sky. The pirate wears a big hat with a pheasant tail feather in it. One of their hands reaches up to a kākāpō parrot in flight, maybe about to land on their fingers. Digital painting of the back view of a person in a yellowish light. They are holding a large Transgender Pride flag behind them. NOTE: This image has been processed through Glaze/Nightshade.
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Turns out the textures in this were a lot harder than I thought 🫠 Oh well, it was practice.

#art #traditionalart #painting #watercolor #watercolour #gouache #icecreamcone #mintchoc
Gouache painting of a scoop of mint chocolate ice cream in a waffle cone. Three tubes of gouache paint to the bottom left of the canvas, an Artgecko sketch pad to the top right, and bristles of a paintbrush to the right.
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Surprisingly this turned out pretty okay despite it being trickier than expected.

#art #painting #watercolor #watercolour #gouache #strawberry
Painting of a strawberry sliced in thirds done in gouache. A palette is to the upper right corner of the paper and a box of gouache tubes to the bottom left. An iPad with the reference photo in the background.
November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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What the actual?!

Apparently scanning is completely fucked?! Tried at various DPIs but all are different levels of messed up. They better fix this soon or it might be a bit of a no-go for me.
Screenshot of Affinity on Mac with an image open that is scanned incorrectly.
November 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Cendrillon en Prague

#art #digitalart #illustration
Digital painting of a woman in a long red dress at night. She sits on the bannister of a staircase overlooking a river with a castle and bridge in the background. She holds a high-heeled red shoe in one hand and looks down.
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Welcome to Bunger Ping, home of the original CheesBunger and PingFries! 🍟🍔

Order up! November's sticker and print club theme is... Fast Food Frenzy! 🍕🌭

Join my Patreon for hoppy mail! There's even a FREE tier for exclusive goodies like my newsletter! ✨

patreon.com/greyschale
Promo image for @greyschale on Patreon with mockups of a sticker sheet featuring 6 bunnies and penguins with a variety of fast foods and wearing uniforms and handing out fast food orders, and an individual sticker of a penguin eating an oversized pizza. Text: "November Sticker Preview!" "Prism Pals + Spectral Stars" with an arrow pointing to the sticker sheet. "CMYK Chums + Sticker Squad" with an arrow pointing to the individual sticker. "Sign up by 30th Nov!"
November 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Right-click options with the Select tool are in a different order which is a bit annoying. I like to be able to select layers first more than copy/paste...

Especially when I have 150+ layers and can't find the right one from the Layers panel because I never name them 🫠
Screenshot of right-click menu from Affinity's Select tool.
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Being able to customise the Snapping options is fantastic though. It was the one thing that Canva seemed to have over Photoshop so I'm glad they ported this.
Screenshot of the Snapping options window in Affinity.
November 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Okay already one thing that's gonna be annoying to get used to:

Clipping Mask layers are _underneath_ the layer they mask.
Screenshot of layers menu in Affinity. Layer 172 is below Layer 171, which it is a clipping mask of. A small down arrow is under the visibility toggle on Layer 171 and Layer 172 is indented. Don't judge my layer count.
November 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Hafta say though, really do appreciate being able to swap between modes so quickly.

But of course as with any behemoth app, there's just so many settings and things to learn 😮‍💨
Screenshot of Affinity app on Mac. Menu dropdown showing the different modes: Vector, Pixel, Layout, Slice, Canva AI, Retouching, Colour Grading.
November 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Went to a local art group last week and managed to actually do some watercolour!

Should make a print of this...maybe? 🤔

#art #traditionalart #watercolor #watercolour #painting #coffee
Watercolour painting of an enlarged coffee bean with some coffee water dripping from it.
October 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Fan album art for @wondertruly.bsky.social's banger of a single, "Arcade". Had so much fun with this one!

#art #digitalart #albumcover #illustration
Digital illustration album cover. Person with long hair that's dyed with a rainbow streak stands in the centre holding an acoustic guitar. They are backlit by some blurred arcade game machines in the background. Text: "WONDER TRULY ARCADE"
October 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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✨ Artists! Quote with long hair ✨

#art
Digital illustration of a woman in profile wearing a short yellow dress with yellow thigh-high stockings. Her hair is long and past her knees, fading from light turquoise to purple and pink at the ends. She is reaching out to catch a falling star. Background is a night sky with a hint of a galaxy and stars falling.
October 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Finally got around to setting up a VGen shop!

Got a couple of 🐱 emote packs up at 20% OFF for shop launch sale!! Reposts and shares are always super appreciated 🙌

➡️ vgen.co/greys

#vgen #emotes #art
Sample image of a pack of 8 black cat emotes. Heading: "EMOTE PACK Twitch • Discord • YouTube" Label: "black cat" Links: vgen.co/greys • twitch.tv/greyschale
October 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Saw a meme about the breed of Cerberus never being specified...

#art #pug
Digital sketch of a three-headed pug dog.
October 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Heyo #PortfolioDay! 👋

I'm Grey(s), a freelance artist & illustrator with a focus in the fantastical and ethereal. Dabbled in music album covers and looking to expand into books!

Open for commissions as well!

✨ greys.is/links
✉️ hi@greys.is
Digital portrait of a person with short red hair and purple eyes. They are looking at a transparent purple and pink butterfly over their shoulder. Digital painting of a femme-presenting person with ashy-brown hair in a bright sunlit indoor garden surrounded by glass windows. The person is holding a blue coffee cup and looking up at the wisteria flowers hanging above them from the ceiling. In the foreground, a glass hanging terrarium and monstera plants are out of focus. Digital painting of a femme presenting pirate with red hair against a blue cloudy sky. The pirate wears a big hat with a pheasant tail feather in it. One of their hands reaches up to a kākāpō parrot in flight, maybe about to land on their fingers. Digital painting of an angelic figure with red hair and a single wing. A long toga drapes over them and trails onto the ground at their feet. They are holding a long golden pole with a white banner. A halo of light circles their head.
October 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Seeing my art up on the huge @procreate.com screen at InMotion last week gave me all sorts of ✨feelings✨ that I still haven't fully processed. 🥹
Photo of a floor to ceiling projection screen at Barbican Centre London featuring an art piece by me. The art is a digital painting of a redhead looking over their shoulder at a translucent purple and pink butterfly. Text in corners of the screen: "You made this." There is a large sofa in front of the screen and two people sitting on opposite ends, backs to the camera.
October 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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bunlove 🐰💖

#art #digitalart #procreate #bunny
Digital monochrome illustration of a person in profile hugging a white lop-eared bunny. The person's shoulder-length hair is up in a half-ponytail and they are wearing a long tank top, denim shorts, and knee-high socks. They are touching noses with the bunny.
October 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Happy Mid-Autumn Moon Festival!! 🥮
October 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM