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Amyla Albrun, The Imaginarium Nexus
@imaginariumnexus.bsky.social
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Artist, writer, and witch posting art things, fandom things, witchy things, and whatever-catches-my-attention things. 3D and 2D. Queer af and not gonna shut up about it. They/she. NO A.I. IS USED IN ANY OF MY ART. DO NOT FEED MY ART TO THE BOTS. 18+ only.
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Quick and very messy sketch of Arthur Nightingale from Warframe 1999.
Loosely shaded digital chest-up sketch of Arthur Nightingale, a character from the 1999 expansion of the Warframe game. He is a battle-hardened ex-soldier with scars on the left side of his face and one whited-out eye, also on the left. He has short dark hair with floppy, white bangs framing his face. His body is encased in plated biomechanical armor that reaches up to his chin. He is wearing an equipment harness with ammo pouches and a radio, and is wearing a pair of dog tags. He has an earring in his left ear.
August 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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A wild Arthur Nightingale portrait WIP appears.

Yes. Warframe has stolen my whole brain.

Working in Krita. Will have a timelapse when it's done.

#warframe #warframefanart #noai
Work in progress of a digital art piece depicting Arthur Nightingale, a character in the Warframe game by Digital Extremes. The art is being created in Krita; it's currently a line drawing on a white background. Arthur appears to be somewhere around middle age, with angular features and a haircut that is short in the back and longer in the front with bangs that frame his face. He has significant scarring on the left side of his face as well, and his left eye is whited out. His body is covered in biomechanical armor that reaches up to his jawline and chin. His left ear is pierced with a small, simple loop. His facial expression is focused and serious but calm.
July 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Can be about my Daz Studio work or my digital drawing/painting!
What do you like about my art style?
June 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Did a little work on the Constantine piece today. Still have quite a bit left to do, but it's coming together! Working in Rebelle 5. Still recording the timelapse, so part 2 of that video will be coming out after I finish the painting.
Work in progress of a digital painting featuring John Constantine as portrayed by Mat Ryan. John is a blond man wearing a white button-down shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows and a loosened red tie. His arms are crossed and his expression is somewhat surly as he sits at a table and glares.
April 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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A bit of progress. Think I'll stop here for the day.
April 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Starting the color glazing process on the John Constantine portrait today. Still working in Rebelle 5. I haven't used this underpainting/glazing technique before so we'll see how this turns out!
Screenshot of the Rebelle 5 interface, showing a work in progress painting of John Constantine next to a reference photo. John is sitting at a table with his arms crossed, a dour expression on his face. He has blond hair and a scruff, and is wearing a white button-down shirt and a loosened red tie. The painting in its current stage is a sepia-toned underpainting with the first layer of color tint to lay down local colors in the portrait. You can still see some of the underpainting, but the colors of the skin, hair, shirt, and tie are starting to appear as well.
April 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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I am, in fact, arting today. Here's our favorite disaster magician, John Constantine.

WIP; finished up the underpainting. He's too far over to the left though; gonna need to scoot him over before adding color.

I've been capturing the timelapse, so when it's done I'll share that!
A sepia-toned underpainting of the Vertigo/DC Comics character John Constantine, as portrayed by Mat Ryan. Constantine is middle-aged man with blond hair and a slight build. He is wearing a white shirt and a loosened dark tie, and is sitting at a table with his arms crossed, scowling. A pair of light-colored stripes against the dark background serve as contrast-- the stripes were originally lights in the photo but they are more decorative here. This is a digital underpainting in sepia tones that will be painted over in color in the next stage.
April 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Snow day!
A cow in the snow. A photo of a snowy scene. There are two chairs and an outdoor camping chimney by a tree. Some trees can be seen in the background. A young tree in the snow, with a treeline in the background.
January 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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A little progress on Molly.
A screenshot of the digital art program Krita, showing a closeup of Molly Carpenter's face in greyscale. This is a work in progress, a digital drawing of the character from the Dresden Files. She has short hair and facial piercings, and is looking at the "camera' with a slight, somewhat mischievous smile.
January 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Playing with the values, still not where I want it but getting there. Definitely still half in scribble mode here, needs a lot of work.
An unfinished greyscale drawing of Molly Carpenter from Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files. Molly is a young woman with her hair cut in a bob. She is wearing a black strappy top with detached sleeves, and a glowing swirl of magic hovers above her left hand.
January 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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You're a mean one, Mister Grinch (WIP)
3D render of a creature design that I'll be using in one of my works in progress. The creature is orc-like, and is wearing leather battle armor and heavy boots. He is holding a large mace in his right hand. He has a strip of hair on his head leading down to a long braid, a goatee, and sideburns. His mouth is open in a roar, showing sharp teeth, and his eyes are blazing with fire.
December 23, 2024 at 11:25 PM
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Brainstorming over the first test render. Still very, very much a work in progress.

My damn computer has been acting like a slow-lumbering dinosaur since the tornado hit us. Getting this scene together has been a battle in and of itself.
Test render of a scene being built in Daz Studio, depicting Harry Dresden and Thomas Raith, from Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files, battling a large ogre in a gothic fantasy interior setting with stone floors, steps, and pillars. The image has a number of notes on it detailing what still needs to be done and what might be changed, including a reminder to do the lighting and thoughts about layout, pose, expression, clothing simulation, skin surface settings, and a possible change of figure for the Ogre.
December 23, 2024 at 8:20 PM
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Some progress on Molly. Still not sure about the glowy magic I painted, but I'll leave it for now. Going to do some paintover on Molly herself next.
Work in progress shot of a 3D-rendered and overpainted portrait of Molly Carpenter from Jim Butcher's "The Dresden Files" books. Molly is a young woman with a gothic style. Her hair is cut in a simple bob and dyed pink on one side and blue on the other. She is wearing a black strappy top, black detached sleeves, a spiked colar, and a necklace with chain loops and a heart. She has piercings in both nostrils, on her lower lip, and beneath her lip. Her left hand is raised, and a swirl of glowing pink, blue, and white energy is hovering between her fingers. The background is painted, soft and cloudlike, with blues, pinks, and greens on a dark backdrop.
December 22, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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Coat and mantle simulated and edited in Blender. Also did some wrinkle sculpts to the pants and shirt, but the shirt morphs didn't import into Daz for some reason. I may need a different shirt; I had trouble with this one before. Still very very much a WIP.
3d render of Harry Dresden in a long leather coat, weilding his staff. His arm is raised as he channels his magic.
December 21, 2024 at 11:02 PM
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Procrastination defeated.

Cookies achieved! (Well, one batch is still cooking, but yeah)
A photo of six large baked peanut butter chocolate chip cookies still on the baking sheet, on top of a piece of parchment paper. A photo of four large baked peanut butter chocolate chip cookies still on the baking sheet, on top of a piece of parchment paper. A photo of several unbaked peanut butter chocolate chip cookies on a baking sheet inside an open oven.
December 21, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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YES. Simulation complete!

I'm going to simulate the mantle on top of it, then after lunch take it all into Blender to smooth it out a bit and correct pokethrough.
Screenshot of the finished simulation of Harry Dresden's coat. The coat is draping over his clothing, though there is a little of his pants and shirt poking through. The coat is swinging a little to the left, and is a little rumpled. I'll sculpt some repair morphs in Blender to it looks better.
December 21, 2024 at 6:31 PM
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Ohmygodsithinkit'sworking

Will probably need a little bit of work in Blender but it's actually not super wonky. FINALLY. This damn simulation has been the bane of my existence. Still waiting for it to finish though, fingers crossed.
Another screenshot of Daz Studio, showing the coat simulation on the Harry Dresden character in progress. The figure is closer to his final pose, still moving along the timeline. His coat is draping more or less correctly, swinging a bit to the left as I intended.
December 21, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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This is what clothing simulation often looks like in Daz Studio: weird poses positioned along a timeline to get the cloth to drape and move how I want it. Wait for several minutes while it simulates. Make small corrections to the timeline, simulate again. Rinse, repeat.
Screenshot of Daz Studio showing my Harry Dresden character in the process of a clothing simulation. Various parts of the character have been hidden for faster simulation time, such as his hair. The figure is in a partial A-pose, his arms spread out at his sides and his legs in a wide, even stance, as he is moving towards the final pose on the timeline. I've leaned him forward at the start of the timeline as well so his coat will fall forward a bit and will hopefully not stick as badly to his clothing in the front.
December 21, 2024 at 6:04 PM
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Chimkens.
Chickens gathered around to eat blueberries. A hand can be seen to the left of the photo, holding the blueberries.
December 17, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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The landlady's cow had a baby.
Photo of a young calf. He is black, and is stood facing to the left. His tail is sticking straight out behind him. Photo of a mother cow and her calf. The mother is a light tawny color, and the calf, standing a short distance away, is black. They are in a field with trees in the distance.
December 17, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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The one thing that absolutely wrecks me about the tornado hitting us in July is that I had to permanently re-home this precious baby. We couldn't find anyone willing to foster her for an indeterminate period of time while we didn't know where we were going to even live.
Photo of a black and white dog named Shadow. Shadow is probably a Staffy mix; she is blocky and short-haired, and her ears are almost completely upright, except for a tiny fold at the top. She is looking up with a slight head tilt, alert and curious. She is mostly black, with a splash of white on her chest and throat.
December 17, 2024 at 2:41 AM
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Down to one of these. Going to let it rest for a bit and then decide. Kinda leaning towards the second one but not sure.
Screenshot of the Daz Studio interface, showing a work in progress of a scene in its block-in stages. The scene depicts a battle between an ogre, a wizard named Harry Dresden, and the wizard's vampire half brother Thomas Raith. The ogre is huge, dwarfing the protagonists, and is rushing them with an oversized mace in hand. It has green skin and is wearing leather armor. Harry, tall and lanky with short, messy brown hair and wearing a sleeveless shirt and sweatpants tucked into his cowboy boots, has his staff in one hand, and the other arm is raised as he channels magic. Thomas, wearing a dark grey silk shirt and leather pants, his hair shoulder-length, dark, and wavy, is behind Harry, poised to strike with a saber in his hand. A different angle of the previous screenshot. The characters are all closer to eye level. The ogre is advancing from the left, Harry is advancing from the right, and Thomas is in the background between the two. Poses are a little bit modified, but similar to the previous layout.
December 14, 2024 at 10:24 PM
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Another layout option. Still playing around with different options. I'm leaning towards either the second one I posted, or this one.
Screenshot of the Daz Studio interface showing a work in progress in the viewport. The scene is shot at a high angle, with a large ogre clad in leather armor in the foreground, its back to the camera as it menaces the two protagonists with an oversized mace. Harry Dresden is in a battle stance in front of the ogre; he is gripping his staff in his left hand and his right hand is raised, fingers curled as he starts to channel magic. His half-brother Thomas Raith is behind Harry and a little to the right of the scene, holding a saber and looking up at the ogre.
December 14, 2024 at 9:16 PM
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Second layout idea. I'm leaning towards this one. Harry's coat is hidden temporarily while I refine the poses.
Screenshot of the Daz Studio interface showing a work in progress scene in the viewport. A large, green ogre is threatening Harry Dresden and Thomas Raith with a large mace. Harry and Thomas are gearing up for battle; Harry is wielding his staff and Thomas has a saber.
December 14, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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WIP. Still in the early blocking-in stages, setting up poses and composition/layout for now. I always start rough and refine as I go along. I'll be adding background elements (still deciding on them), refining poses, using Daz's dForce physics engine to simulate clothing and hair movement, etc.
Screenshot of Daz Studio with a work in progress. The scene shows a large, green ogre dressed in leather pants, boots, armguards, and a horned helmet rushing towards the protagonists to attack them with an oversized mace. Harry and Thomas are half-crouched, raising their weapons. Harry Dresden is dressed in a tee shirt and a pair of sweat pants that are awkwardly tucked into his cowboy boots. He is also wearing his black leather duster, and his staff is in his gloved left hand-- his right hand is ungloved. Thomas is a little behind him and to his right, and is wearing a dark grey silk shirt and black leather pants. He has dark, wavy hair down to his shoulders and is wielding an old-fashioned saber.
December 14, 2024 at 5:05 PM