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Polaris Croquis
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✨Self-taught Artist & Writer
✨Also a Lawyer (for real)
✨Cyberpunk | Dark Fantasy | Horror Comedy with Rock n' Roll
✨Some fanart of bands, games, movies, etc.
🇧🇷 Living in ~tropical down-under~ 🇧🇷

(music/bands are a big thing in this household)
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And a quick little WIP on Kathleen's Hunter illust I'm working on to go with István's Monster illust 😉🖤

| #oc #ocsky #wip #artsky #krita #darkfantasy |
A screenshot of my workspace on the drawing software Krita. On the right, you can see the color wheel, brushes and layers. On the left, you can see the canvas. It shows a sketch with mostly finished lineart above it, of a woman with long, pale blonde hair walking in the woods with a sword on her hand and the moon behind her. The color palette is very messy and painted to have just an overall idea of the colors on the drawing, being mostly black, dark brown, pale yellow for the hair, variations of gray and blood red. She's an original dark fantasy character of mine, Kathleen Rose, a vampire hunter.
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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As I always do ('cause I like playing with layer modes 😅), this one has 2 other versions as well

The "no blood" version and the "neon blood" version hahaha
(the blood layer was a placeholder messy test thing but I ended up liking how it looked 🫠👍)

#oc #ocsky #vampire #illustration #artsky
A half-body illustration of my original dark fantasy character, a Vampiric Lord called István. He is casually standing with one of his hands close to his lips, while the other holds a sword (poorly drawn sword for reasons of: the guard of the sword kept getting in front of important stuff in his hand, so I decided not to draw it and it looks more like a metal stick than anything else). He is tall, strong but skinny, and very pale, with dark black wavy hair down to his waist. His eyes are surrounded by darker black/wine colors, while the irises glow in red. His lips are of the same dark wine color. His forearms are black, with black veins going up his arms almost to his shoulders, and you can also see the same black veins going up his torso from his lower waist. His hands are actually sharp, skinny and long claws, not human. He is wearing black leather pants that almost look like armor and black leather embellished belt, with silver and red gems details. Behind him, you can barely see the shape of black, bat looking big wings. The background is a simple, lighter color and the lightning is during the night, with highlights and rim lights in bright red. A half-body illustration of my original dark fantasy character, a Vampiric Lord called István. He is casually standing with one of his hands close to his lips, while the other holds a sword (poorly drawn sword for reasons of: the guard of the sword kept getting in front of important stuff in his hand, so I decided not to draw it and it looks more like a metal stick than anything else). He is tall, strong but skinny, and very pale, with dark black wavy hair down to his waist. His eyes are surrounded by darker black/wine colors, while the irises glow in red. His lips are of the same dark wine color. His forearms are black, with black veins going up his arms almost to his shoulders, and you can also see the same black veins going up his torso from his lower waist. His hands are actually sharp, skinny and long claws, not human. He is wearing black leather pants that almost look like armor and black leather embellished belt, with silver and red gems details. Behind him, you can barely see the shape of black, bat looking big wings. He is also covered in blood, that looks more like watercolor, splattered on his lips, hands and chest, running down his whole body. The background is a simple, lighter color and the lightning is during the night, with highlights and rim lights in bright red.
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Happy Halloween! And thanks for the share 😉🎃

I'm Polaris, usually working with my OCs and some fanarts, varying between themes of cyberpunk, dark fantasy and a sort of horror comedy with rock n' roll art (kinda weird, but it makes sense in context 😅)
A half-body illustration of my original dark fantasy character, a Vampiric Lord called István. He is casually standing with one of his hands close to his lips, while the other holds a sword (poorly drawn sword for reasons of: the guard of the sword kept getting in front of important stuff in his hand, so I decided not to draw it and it looks more like a metal stick than anything else). He is tall, strong but skinny, and very pale, with dark black wavy hair down to his waist. His eyes are surrounded by darker black/wine colors, while the irises glow in red. His lips are of the same dark wine color. His forearms are black, with black veins going up his arms almost to his shoulders, and you can also see the same black veins going up his torso from his lower waist. His hands are actually sharp, skinny and long claws, not human. He is wearing black leather pants that almost look like armor and black leather embellished belt, with silver and red gems details. Behind him, you can barely see the shape of black, bat looking big wings. He is also covered in blood, that looks more like watercolor, splattered on his lips, hands and chest, running down his whole body. The background is a simple, lighter color and the lightning is during the night, with highlights and rim lights in bright red. A full body illustration of Eric Draven, as portrayed by Brandon Lee in the 1994 The Crow movie. He is perched on a tombstone almost like a bird, under heavy rain. He is wearing black clothes - long sleeve shirt, pants and combat boots, as well as straps around his forearm and hands and across his torso. He is also wearing a necklace with a little wedding ring and The Crow makeup (white face, black diamonds around the eyes, black lips elongated on a smile). The tombstone has the name of Shelly Webster on it. A half body illustration based on the song Cirice, by the band Ghost. There are two characters. On the front, there's a woman, all in flat dark colors and light lineart, holding a white lamb while reaching out to the character standing behind her and touching her shoulder. there's a low detail heart in the middle of her chest and blood pouring down her face - like in the 70's movie, Carrie. Behind her, the second character is the band's frontman at the time, Papa Terzo. He is wearing white and golden Pope robes, holding her shoulder with one of his sharp hands, while holding a sheepherder's priest golden staff with the other. Around his head, there's a broken halo resembling horns, surrounded by stars. His clothes and the lamb is also a reference to Clarisse and Hannibal in Silence of the Lambs. The background is a simple red one, fading from lighter red on the bottom to darker red on the top, framed by a fine golden line, almost like a painting. On the top, there's part of the lyrics written: "Can you hear the rumble that's calling?" A half-body illustration of two original characters of mine, Mick and Angie. Mick is on the left, playing bass, while Angie is holding him from behind while carrying a microphone so they can sing together. Mick is tall and pale, with black hair shorter on one side and with a longer fringe on the other. He's got blue eyes and a sort of skull halloween makeup on his face (circles around his eyes, black lips, two "lightning strikes" on his cheekbones), as well as having the left side of his chest black see-through and showing his bones, along with his left arm and hand, in a very halloween-y makeup fashion. He also has bullet scars along the area of his sternum. He is shirtless, wearing a cropped, black leather jacket with spikes and pins, as well as black leather pants and a large leather belt with rounded spikes - just like the leather collar around his neck. Angie is on the right - she has literal white skin, like a sheet of paper, and dark green eyes, as well as long, flowy strawberry blond hair. She is wearing a white sleeveless shirt with a black leather top underneath, along with leather red pants and a black bandana tied to one side, while the other side has a silver chain with many crosses hanging from it. She is also wearing a wide, black belt and black wristbands with rounded spikes. On her shirt, you can barely see it written in red "rebel rebel". On the background, it's just a simple color fade from blue to purple, with the lyrics "I put a spell on you" and a little heart written in neon behind them. They are lit with neon green from Mick's side and neon pink from Angie's side.
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
kapolaris.bsky.social
Thank you for the share 🖤

I'm Polaris, usually working with my OCs and some fanarts, varying between themes of cyberpunk, dark fantasy and a sort of horror comedy with rock n' roll art
A half-body illustration of my original dark fantasy character, a Vampiric Lord called István. He is casually standing with one of his hands close to his lips, while the other holds a sword (poorly drawn sword for reasons of: the guard of the sword kept getting in front of important stuff in his hand, so I decided not to draw it and it looks more like a metal stick than anything else). He is tall, strong but skinny, and very pale, with dark black wavy hair down to his waist. His eyes are surrounded by darker black/wine colors, while the irises glow in red. His lips are of the same dark wine color. His forearms are black, with black veins going up his arms almost to his shoulders, and you can also see the same black veins going up his torso from his lower waist. His hands are actually sharp, skinny and long claws, not human. He is wearing black leather pants that almost look like armor and black leather embellished belt, with silver and red gems details. Behind him, you can barely see the shape of black, bat looking big wings. He is also covered in blood, that looks more like watercolor, splattered on his lips, hands and chest, running down his whole body. The background is a simple, lighter color and the lightning is during the night, with highlights and rim lights in bright red. A full body illustration of Eric Draven, as portrayed by Brandon Lee in the 1994 The Crow movie. He is perched on a tombstone almost like a bird, under heavy rain. He is wearing black clothes - long sleeve shirt, pants and combat boots, as well as straps around his forearm and hands and across his torso. He is also wearing a necklace with a little wedding ring and The Crow makeup (white face, black diamonds around the eyes, black lips elongated on a smile). The tombstone has the name of Shelly Webster on it. Full body illustration based on the song I Believe by Ghost. It shows the band's frontman at the time, Papa Terzo, sitting with an iridescent creature that seems to be crying while he comforts them. Around his head, there's a broken halo with stars resembling horns. The creature is mainly white, with no specific gender, glowing in the dark while surrounded by faint rainbow colors. It's based on the sculpture The Kiss by Rodin, but also a faint (very faint) memory of Pietà by Michelangelo. The whole illustration is in black/gray/white tones, having a few lyrics of the song nearby "I believe you could be what I need to believe". I also call this illustration the "Terzo comforting a fallen angel" one. A half body illustration based on the song Cirice, by the band Ghost. There are two characters. On the front, there's a woman, all in flat dark colors and light lineart, holding a white lamb while reaching out to the character standing behind her and touching her shoulder. there's a low detail heart in the middle of her chest and blood pouring down her face - like in the 70's movie, Carrie. Behind her, the second character is the band's frontman at the time, Papa Terzo. He is wearing white and golden Pope robes, holding her shoulder with one of his sharp hands, while holding a sheepherder's priest golden staff with the other. Around his head, there's a broken halo resembling horns, surrounded by stars. His clothes and the lamb is also a reference to Clarisse and Hannibal in Silence of the Lambs. The background is a simple red one, fading from lighter red on the bottom to darker red on the top, framed by a fine golden line, almost like a painting. On the top, there's part of the lyrics written: "Can you hear the rumble that's calling?"
October 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
kapolaris.bsky.social
Happy Halloween! Quote with your creepy art 🎃

(not *that* creepy I think, but certainly Halloween-y! and I'm too happy with the result not to share a billion times hahaha Happy Halloween everyone 😉🎃)

#arttrain #oc #vampire
A half-body illustration of my original dark fantasy character, a Vampiric Lord called István. He is casually standing with one of his hands close to his lips, while the other holds a sword (poorly drawn sword for reasons of: the guard of the sword kept getting in front of important stuff in his hand, so I decided not to draw it and it looks more like a metal stick than anything else). He is tall, strong but skinny, and very pale, with dark black wavy hair down to his waist. His eyes are surrounded by darker black/wine colors, while the irises glow in red. His lips are of the same dark wine color. His forearms are black, with black veins going up his arms almost to his shoulders, and you can also see the same black veins going up his torso from his lower waist. His hands are actually sharp, skinny and long claws, not human. He is wearing black leather pants that almost look like armor and black leather embellished belt, with silver and red gems details. Behind him, you can barely see the shape of black, bat looking big wings. He is also covered in blood, that looks more like watercolor, splattered on his lips, hands and chest, running down his whole body. The background is a simple, lighter color and the lightning is during the night, with highlights and rim lights in bright red.
October 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
kapolaris.bsky.social
◾ Only Monsters Hunt At Night | The Monster ◾

Just in time for Halloween, my Vampiric Lord, István, in his vampire form 🖤🦇
(I also wanna work on a Hunter version for Kathleen 👀)

| #illustration #art #artsky #oc #ocsky #halloween #vampire #dnd #halloweenart #darkfantasy #blood |
A half-body illustration of my original dark fantasy character, a Vampiric Lord called István. He is casually standing with one of his hands close to his lips, while the other holds a sword (poorly drawn sword for reasons of: the guard of the sword kept getting in front of important stuff in his hand, so I decided not to draw it and it looks more like a metal stick than anything else). He is tall, strong but skinny, and very pale, with dark black wavy hair down to his waist. His eyes are surrounded by darker black/wine colors, while the irises glow in red. His lips are of the same dark wine color. His forearms are black, with black veins going up his arms almost to his shoulders, and you can also see the same black veins going up his torso from his lower waist. His hands are actually sharp, skinny and long claws, not human. He is wearing black leather pants that almost look like armor and black leather embellished belt, with silver and red gems details. Behind him, you can barely see the shape of black, bat looking big wings. He is also covered in blood, that looks more like watercolor, splattered on his lips, hands and chest, running down his whole body. The background is a simple, lighter color and the lightning is during the night, with highlights and rim lights in bright red.
October 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
kapolaris.bsky.social
sketch vs final

quote with yours!

(behold, the ~final~ sketch - the faces only look decent because I already have them on another file with face studies for each character 🫠👍)

#wip #sketch #arttrain
A sketch of a half body illustration of two original dark fantasy characters of mine, Mihai and Kathleen. They are Mentor and Apprentice, standing side by side while leaning on their swords in front of them, observing something in the distance - the viewer is seeing them from the side, not front. Being a sketch, the lines are very rough and you have an overall idea of the pose, body, clothes, swords and shapes, but their faces are a lot cleaner and with less rough lines. The background is a simple sand color, except for some areas on Kathleen, where I painted white so I wouldn't be able to see the intersecting lines of Mihai's character and wouldn't be a mess when drawing the final lineart, if that makes any sense. A half body illustration of two dark fantasy original characters of mine, Mihai and Kathleen, Master and Apprentice from the Vampiric Chapter of the Order of Hunters. They are seen on profile, standing side by side, Mihai a little more on the background and Kathleen more on the foreground. Mihai is tall, with skin a little more tanned, having brown hair down to his shoulders, with some braids, and almost covering his green eyes. He has a large scar splitting his lower lip, down to his chin and going down his neck. He is wearing a simple white shirt, brown pants and black leather belt, casually resting his hands on his sword in front of him. His sword is silver, with a simple and reliable design, and a brown leather, weathered grip. He also has some scars on his hand and forearm, and wears very faint black makeup around his eyes. Kathleen is shorter than him and very pale, with pale blonde hair up in a messy bun. She has green eyes surrounded by heavy black makeup, and her neck is filled with scars as if it was once torn apart - the scars go a little up the left side of her face. She is wearing a simple black shirt, black pants and a brown leather belt - but there is a little patch of embellishment on the arm of her shirt, with an embroidered blue and purple cloth with little roses. She is casually resting her arms on her sword in front of her, just like her Mentor. Her sword is also silver, but with an intricate and complex design and embellishments with the theme of roses. The grip of her sword is black leather. She also has scars all over her hands and arms, including a few that looks like teeth. The background is a field with some trees on the right side and the clear blue skies on the left - the sun calmly shining over them on a quiet afternoon.
October 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
kapolaris.bsky.social
A little WIP before the weekend ✨
Decided to rescue the ~full vampire concept~ from the WIP folder 😉
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(you can also see my "color palette" layer is a certified mess and I'm probably going to change it in the future 👍)

| #oc #ocsky #wip #vampire #art |
A screenshot from my workplace in the drawing software Krita. On the right, there is the color wheel, brushes and layers. On the left, there's the canvas with a zoom in the illustration. It shows a vampire, only shoulders up. He is very pale and has dark, wavy hair. One of his hands is near his face, being very skinny, sharp and with pointy, long claws. The lineart and the coloring on his face are in full opacity, showing he is very pale but the shadows are purple to black, especially around his sunken eyes and his very dark lips. His eyes are blood red, almost glowing, while his eyebrows are also very dark. In low opacity, there is the overall sketch of the drawing and a very bad coloring, only to figure out where each color would go - I will probably change some of those colors in the future.
October 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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🖤✨
A half body illustration of two original dark fantasy characters of mine, Mihai and Kathleen. They are standing side by side, on profile view. Mihai is taller, with tanner skin, brown hair and a large scar from his lips down to his neck, as well as a few scars on his forearm and hands. He is wearing a white shirt, black leather belt and brown pants. He is casually leaning on his sword in front of him - a simple silver sword with a worn brown leather grip. Kathleen is smaller, with very pale skin and dark makeup around her eyes, pale blonde hair up in a messy bun and scars all over her neck and a little up her face, as if it was torn apart at some point - she also has scars on her forearms and hands. She is wearing a black shirt with a blue rose embroidery on her arms, brown leather belt and black pants, casually leaning on her sword in front of her, just like Mihai. Her sword is silver, embellished with careful work with roses motif, with a black leather grip. They are vampire hunters, Mihai being the Mentor and Kathleen being the Apprentice. A full body illustration of Eric Draven, as portrayed by Brandon Lee in the 1994 The Crow movie. He is perched on a tombstone almost like a bird, under heavy rain. He is wearing black clothes - long sleeve shirt, pants and combat boots, as well as straps around his forearm and hands and across his torso. He is also wearing a necklace with a little wedding ring and The Crow makeup (white face, black diamonds around the eyes, black lips elongated on a smile). The tombstone has the name of Shelly Webster on it. Half body illustration of two original cyberpunk characters of mine, Alastor and Nyx. Alastor is on the left - he is taller, wearing red clothes, and has purple shoulder length hair as well as golden eyes. He is holding a gun close to his head, ready to shoot. Nyx is on the right - she is smaller and stronger, wearing black clothes, and has pool blue short hair as well as purple eyes. The left side of her body, including her face, is covered in burn scars and she has a prosthesis in her left hand. She is reaching for one of the swords strapped to her back, ready to fight. The background is a simple one, with written words resembling graffiti, with statements like "no gods". Portrait illustration of the character Rogue from the game Cyberpunk 2077. The background is green and it is written "Queen of the Afterlife" in red over the portrait.
October 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
kapolaris.bsky.social
A sketch from my WIP folder I've a feeling I'll never finish
(they're flirting)

| #oc #ocsky #artsky #wip #sketch #krita |
A screenshot from my workplace on the drawing software Krita. On the right, it shows the color wheel, brushes and layers. On the left, it shows the working canvas. There's a sketch with two original dark fantasy characters of mine, István, a vampire lord, and Kathleen, a vampire hunter. István is laying on the floor, with his arms raised next to his head, looking at Kathleen, who is on top of him with her silver sword to his neck. His expression, though, is calm and with a little bit of admiration, while her expression is determined and quite proud. Their faces are a bit more detailed and better done then their bodies, because I have a file with sketches of their heads in different angles so I just copy/paste them on my final sketches to make my life easier and their proportions constantly consistent.
October 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
kapolaris.bsky.social
Congrats on 2.9k!! That's very well deserved, your art is beautiful!!

You already have lots of great characters here, but I'm gonna throw mine for the raffle hahahaha I've a feeling he'd look nice in your style - my vampire lord, István 🖤
A bust illustration of an original dark fantasy character, a vampire lord named István. He is tall and pale, with pale blue eyes and dark, long wavy hair. He also has red lips stained with blood. He is wearing simple black clothes and a long, wide red cape with sharp shoulders. He is leaning on his sword in front of him, but still maintaining a regal pose. The background is a forest during twilight, with orange skies fading to dark purple. A few sketch studies of a dark fantasy original character, a vampire lord named István. There are 3 drawings on the 1st row and 3 drawings on the 2nd row, exploring different angles of the face and keeping his looks consistent. On the bottom, it's written "István, my beloved" with a little heart underneath.
October 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Finally done! My OCs, Mihai and Kathleen, on a rare moment of rest🖤

Mihai: Look at Jacoba's Apprentice. *Horrible* stance.
Kathleen: Bet I could beat him with my bare hands.
Mihai: I'm not betting. You'd actually *do* it.
Kathleen: And *win*.

#art #illustration #oc #ocsky #dnd #darkfantasy #artsky
A half body illustration of two dark fantasy original characters of mine, Mihai and Kathleen, Master and Apprentice from the Vampiric Chapter of the Order of Hunters. They are seen on profile, standing side by side, Mihai a little more on the background and Kathleen more on the foreground. Mihai is tall, with skin a little more tanned, having brown hair down to his shoulders, with some braids, and almost covering his green eyes. He has a large scar splitting his lower lip, down to his chin and going down his neck. He is wearing a simple white shirt, brown pants and black leather belt, casually resting his hands on his sword in front of him. His sword is silver, with a simple and reliable design, and a brown leather, weathered grip. He also has some scars on his hand and forearm, and wears very faint black makeup around his eyes. Kathleen is shorter than him and very pale, with pale blonde hair up in a messy bun. She has green eyes surrounded by heavy black makeup, and her neck is filled with scars as if it was once torn apart - the scars go a little up the left side of her face. She is wearing a simple black shirt, black pants and a brown leather belt - but there is a little patch of embellishment on the arm of her shirt, with an embroidered blue and purple cloth with little roses. She is casually resting her arms on her sword in front of her, just like her Mentor. Her sword is also silver, but with an intricate and complex design and embellishments with the theme of roses. The grip of her sword is black leather. She also has scars all over her hands and arms, including a few that looks like teeth. The background is a field with some trees on the right side and the clear blue skies on the left - the sun calmly shining over them on a quiet afternoon.
October 20, 2025 at 4:14 AM
kapolaris.bsky.social
quote with a vampire 🩸

(someday I shall finish the other sketches rotting on my WIP folder, including his "monster" design 🫠)

#ocsky #arttrain
A bust illustration of an original dark fantasy character, a vampire lord called István. He is tall and pale, with pale blue eyes and dark, wavy black hair down to his waist. He has red lips stained with blood and is wearing simple black clothes, as well as a wide, long red cloak with sharp shoulders. He is leaning on his sword in front of him, but still maintains a regal posture. The background is a forest during twilight, with the light fading from orange to dark purple.
October 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
kapolaris.bsky.social
Thank you for the share! I hope you have a safe trip!

I'm Polaris! I do mostly my own OCs, cyberpunk and dark fantasy, and a weird little thing I call horror comedy + rock n' roll. I also work on some fanarts, like my huge little project of doing illustrations for every song of a Ghost album 😅
A half body illustration of two cyberpunk style original characters of mine, Alastor and Nyx. Alastor is on the left, behind Nyx, holding a gun and wearing red clothes - pants and jacket, with a dark blue shirt written "burn it down" in red. He has shoulder length purple hair and golden eyes. Nyx is on the right, in front of him, preparing to grab one of the two katanas strapped on her back. She is wearing black tactical clothes with neon blue details. She has short pool blue hair and a chrome plaque on the left side of her head, as well as burn scars on the left side of her whole body - including a cyberprosthesis on her left hand. She has purple eyes and a tattoo across her torso written "Huntress". The background is simple, with writings all over it, almost like graffiti on a wall, with words like "no gods". A bust illustration of a dark fantasy original character of mine, a vampire lord named István. He is tall and pale, with pale blue eyes and red lips stained with blood, having dark, black wavy hair down to his waist. He is wearing simple black clothes and a wide, long red cape with sharp shoulders. He is casually leaning on his sword in front of him, but he still carries a regal demeanor. The background shows a forest during twilight, fading from orange to dark purple. A full body illustration of the character Eric Draven, as played by Brandon Lee in the 1994 movie, The Crow. Eric is perched on a tombstone almost like a bird, with his hands crossed in front of him, almost touching the tombstone's name "Shelly Webster". He is wearing all black clothes: long sleeve shirt, pants, combat boots and straps around his torso, forearm and hands, having a few around some of his fingers, including the one where a wedding ring would be. He also wears a small wedding ring as a necklace. He has shoulder length black hair and wears the classic Crow makeup - black lips elongated in a permanent smile and black diamond shapes around the eyes, extending to his forehead and cheek - his face expression, though, is serious and his eyes look a little shiny/watery. The background is simple black, but there's rain falling and a white "aura" around him and the tombstone. Behind him, very faintly, there are a few shapes resembling the wings of a crow. A half body illustration based on the song Cirice, by the band Ghost. There are two characters. On the front, there's a woman, all in flat dark colors and light lineart, holding a white lamb while reaching out to the character standing behind her and touching her shoulder. there's a low detail heart in the middle of her chest and blood pouring down her face - like in the 70's movie, Carrie. Behind her, the second character is the band's frontman at the time, Papa Terzo. He is wearing white and golden Pope robes, holding her shoulder with one of his sharp hands, while holding a sheepherder's priest golden staff with the other. Around his head, there's a broken halo resembling horns, surrounded by stars. His clothes and the lamb is also a reference to Clarisse and Hannibal in Silence of the Lambs. The background is a simple red one, fading from lighter red on the bottom to darker red on the top, framed by a fine golden line, almost like a painting. On the top, there's part of the lyrics written: "Can you hear the rumble that's calling?"
October 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
kapolaris.bsky.social
◾ Believe in Angels ◾
(I forgot to add that 🫠)

My 1st art on a tablet was of The Crow - been some time I don't work on one and this month is fitting for it. @trueref.bsky.social has a great reference challenge for Oct, which I used here 😉

#thecrow #artsky #illustration #art #TrueRefDT009 #fanart
A full body illustration of the character Eric Draven from The Crow, as in the 1994 movie, played by Brandon Lee. The illustration is in black and white. Eric is wearing a black long sleeve shirt, which is torn on the chest and shoulder, as well as black pants, black combat boots, and black tape around his torso, forearms and hands (some around his fingers, including the one where a wedding ring would be). He is also wearing a small wedding ring on a necklace around his neck. His hair is black, shoulder length, and covering part of his face, painted with the iconic black and white crow makeup (extended black lips on a smile, eyes surrounded in black in diamond shapes, extending to his forehead and cheeks). His expression is serious, eyes having a wet look. He is crouched, almost as if perched like a bird, on a tombstone - you can only see its upper part, but it reads "Shelly Webster". He has his hands crossed over the top of the tombstone, almost touching her name. The background is black, while he and the tombstone are surrounded in white, with light rain falling over him and the grave. Behind him, there are a few strokes of the brush, very faint and low opacity, which remind of bird's wings. (for the rain, I observed as reference an original art made by James O'Barr, because I've never really figured out how to draw rain without looking like a mess and, voilà, it worked)
October 17, 2025 at 5:49 AM
kapolaris.bsky.social
Artist! Quote with long hair art ✨️

(I draw lots of long hair, but one of the points in Hellish Misadventures was that Angie inherited her dad's hair. and some stage mannerisms.)

(alsooo... a little more context on characters in alt text 😉)

#oc #ocsky
A half body illustration of two original characters of mine, Mick and Angie, from a series I call The Hellish Misadventures. Mick is on the left, playing bass, wearing black leather pants and jacket, with his shirtless torso showing that his left rib-cage and arm/hands are black see-through and showing his bones, in a sort of real Halloween makeup. He has black hair shorter on one side and blue eyes, wearing a stylized black skull Halloween makeup similar to Skeleton Band Guy in the movie Hocus Pocus. Angie is on the right, holding him from behind, bringing the mic closer so they can sing together. Her skin is literally white, she's wearing red pants and a white sleeveless shirt written "rebel rebel", as well as a chain on her belt with a series of crosses. She has very long, flow-y, strawberry blond hair and dark green eyes. The background is simple, fading from blue to purple, with a neon green and pink lighting, with the lyrics of the song they're playing on the background "I put a spell on you" and a little heart by their side. A little context on these two: they're dead and in Hell. Angie has to work bureaucratic Hell, sorting "new arrival souls" with her uncle to their proper places, and that's why her skin is literal paper sheet white - she's kinda an entity. Mick was sorted to rock n' roll Hell, where Angie wanted to be, and retains the appearance he had when he was shot during a show with his band on Halloween - hence his clothes and makeup that is now permanent and his body is actually see-through with his real bones showing, where before it was just a costume. A half-body simple illustration of two original characters of mine, Axel and Eric, from the series I call The Hellish Misadventures - back when I was drawing it on comic format. Axel is on the left, playing guitar and singing. He is wearing a black, torn sleeveless shirt and emerald green pants, with a chain hanging from his spiked belt that has a couple of inverted crosses. He also has a bull skull inside an inverted triangle tattoo on his upper left arm. He has spiked, light brown/dirty blonde hair and very pale skin. Eric is on the right, leaning on Axel's shoulders, wearing red pants and a turtle neck, sleeveless black shirt, as well as a chain hanging from his belt with lots of crosses. He also wears a sort of rosary, but with a crow and a crow feather instead of religious imagery. He has long, flow-y strawberry blonde hair and a mustache that goes down the sides of his mouth. They are both on a stage with colorful lights, and singing the lyrics to one of their songs that Eric wrote to his daughter, Angie: "Angel! As sweet as can be, a vision of heaven for a sinner like me!" (yes, I wrote the song too) A little context on them: this is one of the flashback memories Angie has from when her father was alive back when she was a kid. He wrote her this song and used to play with his band during shows all the time, but they also would play it just for her during rehearsals so she would smile. Axel and Eric were best friends and had kind of a "blood pact" and that's how Axel became Angie's uncle. A half-body simple illustration of two original characters of mine, Axel and Angie, from the series I call The Hellish Misadventures - back when I was drawing it on comic format. They are loudly singing Highway to Hell (as very dramatically written on the background, along with stage lights). Axel is on the left, playing a reddish SG guitar. He has literal paper white skin, this time shirtless and still wearing the green pants. His hair is still spiked and the bull skull tattoo is showing, but now he is also wearing a padlock chain around his neck. He is winking at Angie, who is on the right (also, I used Duff McKagan as a reference for this one, so his guitar is unusually low and I got the straps all wrong and only realized when I was done - let's say he's a little weirdo playing it). Angie is back to back with Axel, winking back at him. She is wearing her red pants and white sleeveless shirt, with a black, spiked top underneath, as well as a purple shawl tied as a bandana on her forehead - her long, flow-y strawberry blonde hair dramatically around her. Her skin is also paper sheet white. A little context on the characters and the series: Axel is Angie's "honorary" uncle and years after her dad died and she grew up, she took his place as vocalist in his and Axel's band... Until Angie and Axel died in a car accident. Now they're bureaucratic staff working in Hell sorting souls to their proper places and long to be in rock n' roll hell - when their skin is paper sheet white, it's their afterlife in Hell, when they have their normal skin tone, it's a flashback for when they were alive.
October 16, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Hey, #PortfolioDay !

I'm Polaris! I'm a writer/artist, usually working on cyberpunk and dark fantasy art, along with a "horror comedy + rock n' roll" thing I have - and some fanarts as well 😉

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A bust illustration of my original dark fantasy character, a vampire lord called István. He is tall and pale, with pale blue eyes and long, dark wavy hair. His lips are dark red and are stained with blood. He is wearing black, simple clothes and a long, wide red cape, with sharp shoulders. He is leaning on his sword in front of him, but still carrying a regal posture. On the background, there's a forest during twilight, with orange fading to dark purple. A half-body illustration of two original cyberpunk style characters of mine, Alastor and Nyx. Alastor is standing behind Nyx, on the left. He is taller and is holding a silver gun, while wearing red clothes (pants and jacket) and a dark blue shirt written "burn it down" in red, as well as leather, spiked gloves. He has a barcode tattoo on his right forearm. His hair is on his shoulders, bright purple, while his eyes are golden. Nyx is standing in front of him, on the right. She is smaller and paler, with the left side of her body covered in burn scars (from her face down to her waist and her whole arm), also having a prosthesis on her left hand. She is wearing a black turtleneck, sleeveless cropped top with pool blue neon details and black pants, as well as leather gloves. She has two katanas strapped to her back and carries a gun on her left hand, while reaching for the sword with the other. She has a tattoo written "Huntress" on her belly, and has pool blue short hair and bright purple eyes. On the left side of her head, she has a chrome plaque instead of hair. The background is a simple black and neon one, with things written as graffiti along the lines of "no gods". A half-body illustration of two original characters of mine, Mick and Angie. Mick is on the left, playing bass, while Angie is holding him from behind while carrying a microphone so they can sing together. Mick is tall and pale, with black hair shorter on one side and with a longer fringe on the other. He's got blue eyes and a sort of skull halloween makeup on his face (circles around his eyes, black lips, two "lightning strikes" on his cheekbones), as well as having the left side of his chest black see-through and showing his bones, along with his left arm and hand, in a very halloween-y makeup fashion. He also has bullet scars along the area of his sternum. He is shirtless, wearing a cropped, black leather jacket with spikes and pins, as well as black leather pants and a large leather belt with rounded spikes - just like the leather collar around his neck. Angie is on the right - she has literal white skin, like a sheet of paper, and dark green eyes, as well as long, flowy strawberry blond hair. She is wearing a white sleeveless shirt with a black leather top underneath, along with leather red pants and a black bandana tied to one side, while the other side has a silver chain with many crosses hanging from it. She is also wearing a wide, black belt and black wristbands with rounded spikes. On her shirt, you can barely see it written in red "rebel rebel". On the background, it's just a simple color fade from blue to purple, with the lyrics "I put a spell on you" and a little heart written in neon behind them. They are lit with neon green from Mick's side and neon pink from Angie's side. A portrait illustration of Anakin Skywalker from the Star Wars movies. He is smiling under a night light, and the background is just a simple colored purpleish blue fading from lighter to darker, littered with yellow stars. It's supposed to be a more realistic style of art.
October 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
kapolaris.bsky.social
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Bust illustration of an original dark fantasy character of mine, vampire lord István. He is tall and pale, with pale blue eyes, red lips stained with blood and dark, wavy hair down to his waist. His clothes are simple and dark, with a wide red cloak with sharp shoulders. He is leaning on his sword in front of him, but still carrying a regal posture. On the background, there's a forest under twilight, with orange tones fading to dark purple. A bust illustration I did as an attack for Art Fight, of comikbook's original character, Mercy. She is a cowboy vampire, wearing western themed clothes with puffy sleeves and dark colors, carrying a worn down rifle and having a cigarette on her half open lips, showing her fangs. She has brown hair down to her shoulders and wears an eyepatch on her right eye, as wel as a dark cowboy hat. On the background, there are the colors of the sunset, and a "halo" around her head (could be the sun or the moon) as well as frame embellishments of classic wild west posters. Portrait illustration of the character Rogue from Cyberpunk 2077. The background is bright green and on the top left corner, it's written "Queen of the Afterlife". Illustration based on the song Hunter's Moon by the band Ghost. It depicts the band's frontman at the time, Copia, jumping with a dramatic pose, as if having drawn a bow, but carrying a scepter with an inverted cross at its end on the other hand. He is wearing sort of army commander's clothes, as if commanding people to a hunt, and they are in hues of blue and gold. On the background, there's an orange moon, with lines from the lyrics written around it "It's a Hunter's Moon".
October 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
kapolaris.bsky.social
quote with your very first #art of your OC vs the latest
let’s see that glow-up 👀

István
2013 vs 2025
(not the super very first art of him, but two of the many little sketches I had on my sketchbook when he came to be)

| #arttrain #oc #ocsky #illustration |
Two sketchbook photos of little sketches/doodles of my original character, István, a vampire lord. He has long, wavy dark hair, always wearing a fancy long coat with details and embroidery, as well as a belt with an ornate buckle and a big, ornate crucifix around his neck. On the drawing on the left, there are a few little embellishments as a sort of frame, mostly roses, a half-moon and a few bats, with a starry sky behind him. On the drawing on the right, it's just a simple, rather stiff one, with his lips stained with blood. It looks very anime/manga like. Bust illustration of my original character, István, a vampire lord. He is pale and tall, with pale blue eyes, red lips stained with blood and dark, wavy hair down to his waist. He is wearing simple black clothes and a wide, red cloak with sharp shoulders. He is casually leaning on his sword in front of him, but still retaining a regal pose. On the background, there's a forest during twilight, with orange fading to dark purple.
October 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
kapolaris.bsky.social
Oh, we are so back 🖤

(still debating if I'm gonna lineart the face with the ink brush or a graphite pencil to get more of a wet/shiny look on his eyes)

(also yes, TrueRef pose, I'll tag on the finished artwork 😉)

| #wip #krita #illustration #artsky #thecrow |
A screenshot of my workspace on the drawing software Krita. It shows the color wheel, brushes and layers on the right and the canvas on the left. On the canvas, there's a low opacity rough and slightly polished sketch of the final drawing, while the full opacity is the lineart with an ink brush - everything done, missing only the face. The art is based on a picture by TrueRef, and it's of the character Eric Draven, from the 94 movie The Crow, crouched on a tombstone, hands crossed while almost touching its name.
October 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
kapolaris.bsky.social
It's been a while (again) and I forgot to post the ~alt versions~

After I'm done with illusts, I play around with layer modes and colors, sometimes getting nice results!
This one, I've the "metropolis" version and the "absinthe" version 😉

| #illustration #art #ghost #papaemeritus #fanart #artsky |
An illustration based on the song Deus in Absentia by the band Ghost. It depicts the band's frontman at the time, Papa Terzo, lying on a funeral pyre, with his head detached from his body, being engulfed by flames. His clothes and the pyre are designed with art deco themes. Underneath, there's a phrase of the song: "the world is on fire and you are here to stay and burn with me". This version is in black and white, looking more like a silver, shiny type of B&W, like in 1920's movies from the German expressionism era, like Metropolis. An illustration based on the song Deus in Absentia by the band Ghost. It depicts the band's frontman at the time, Papa Terzo, lying on a funeral pyre, with his head detached from his body, being engulfed by flames. His clothes and the pyre are designed with art deco themes. Underneath, there's a phrase of the song: "the world is on fire and you are here to stay and burn with me". This version has its original colors - being black, purple and gold for the robes and the pyre, and green for the flames - but it has a somewhat dark green filter on it, as if one is looking at the illustration through a green bottle - maybe through a bottle of absinthe. The only part of the drawing that is a lot lighter is his face, mainly because of the white makeup.
October 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
kapolaris.bsky.social
First try ever at 3D modeling, almost 5 am and I'm having a whole new appreciation for 3D artists

(not that I didn't have before, but still)
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I'm so proud of those silly, wonky hands ಥ‿ಥ

#wip
A screenshot of part of my workspace on the 3D modeling software, Blender. It shows a reference of a character I'm working on with low opacity behind and the current mesh on the front, having the whole body modeled so far except for the head. On the top left side, there are a few infos, such as number of objects, vertices, edges, faces and triangles. It's my first try ever at trying to model a character in 3D and I've been working on it for the past 2 days. It's not perfect, but it's a lot better than what I was expecting (honestly, I was expecting a formless blob of nothing to come out, but it actually looks like a person's body, so I'm impressed *laughs*)
October 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
kapolaris.bsky.social
Thank you for the share! 🖤
A portrait illustration of the character Anakin Skywalker from the Star Wars movies. A half body illustration of the game Cyberpunk 2077. It shows Johnny Silverhand and my V in game - she is accidentally very similar to Alt. V is knocked out and Jhonny is holding her with his silver arm, while using his other hand to point a gun to the viewer. Underneath, there's a line from him in the game "Tell him it was your guardian angel". The background looks like an alley with lyrics from Samurai songs, as well as the band's logo. A bust illustration from an original dark fantasy character of mine, a vampire lord named István. He is tall and pale, with pale blue eyes and red lips, as well as long, dark wavy hair down to his waist. He wears simple black clothes and a long, imposing red cape over his shoulders. He is casually leaning on his sword in front of him, but still carrying a regal pose. The background is a forest during twilight, with orange skies fading to purple. A half body illustration I worked on as an attack for Art Fight, on Cyanorat's original character, Ophelia Pendragon. She is a witch queen of Avalon, wearing a light iridescent dress that contrasts with her deep, dark skin. She is wielding water, her magical element, while the background is deep blue with many shimmering stars.
October 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
kapolaris.bsky.social
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A portrait illustration of the character Anakin Skywalker from the Star Wars movies. An illustration based on the song Deus in Absentia by the band Ghost. It pictures the frontman of the band at the time, Papa Terzo, with his head detached from his body and lying on a funeral pyre. He has his hands crossed over his body with a rosary entangled between his fingers. The pyre is art deco themed, in gold and purple, as well as his Pope robes - being black, gold and purple. The pyre and his surroundings are engulfed in green flames, and underneath it's written part of the lyrics of the song: "The world is on fire and you are here to stay and burn with me". Even so, he has a peaceful expression in his face, with closed eyes. A half body illustration of the original fantasy character by artist Cyanorat, called Ophelia Pendragon. She is a witch queen of Avalon, wielding water as her magic element, with starry skies behind her.
October 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
kapolaris.bsky.social
Oh, this looks interesting! Thanks for the share!!

I usually do a ✨vibes✨ sketch first and then polish for a 2nd sketch to go from there hahaha the first example is polished version sketch, the second is the pure ✨vibes✨ sometimes I think it's quite remarkable it actually turns into something 🤣
A screenshot of my workspace on the drawing software Krita. On the left, there's the color wheel, brushes and layers (I accidentally saved the sketch into a final file and then opened it again to take the screenshot - it was very late and I didn't want to wait for the software to load it again, so there's apparently only one layer). On the left, there's the canvas with a portrait of two original cyberpunk style characters of mine, Blitz and Agni. Blitz is a taller guy with spiked, messy hair, standing behind Agni and winking to the camera, leaning his head on one of his hands. He is wearing a spiked collar and a padlock chain necklace. Agni is smaller than him, standing in front of Blitz and looking up to him with a somewhat mocking expression, she has long hair and is wearing a spiked collar. It's very much a sketch, with jagged lines and an even loser sketch in lower opacity underneath it. A portrait illustration of two original cyberpunk characters of mine, Blitz and Agni. Blitz is a taller guy with spiked, messy hair, standing behind Agni and winking to the camera, leaning his head on one of his hands. He is wearing a spiked collar and a padlock chain necklace. Agni is smaller than him, standing in front of Blitz and looking up to him with a somewhat mocking expression, she has long hair and is wearing a spiked collar. Regarding colors, Blitz has metallic red hair and silver eyes, wearing a little black makeup around them and red lipstick. Agni has metallic golden hair and aqua green eyes, wearing heavier metallic black and purple makeup and red lipstick, as well as black painted nails. Where they come from, it's genetically natural for people to have what we consider unnatural hair colors and eye colors, but the rarest types are metallic ones. Their hair is natural, which makes them quite unique. A VERY early sketch of an illustration based on the song Deus in Absentia by the band Ghost. Jagged lines and poor details, with only the necessary to catch the vibes and general idea/composition of the drawing. Usually, what people would do in thumbnails, but I do it in big ones because I have no sense of self preservation, apparently. Digital illustration based on the song Deus in Absentia by the band Ghost. It depicts the band's frontman at the time, Papa Terzo, with his head detached from his body, lying in an art deco themed purple and gold funeral pyre. He is wearing black, gold and purple Pope robes, also based in art deco styles, and has his hands crossed over his body, with a rosary entangled between his fingers. Everything else around him is engulfed in green flames and already taking the pyre as well. Underneath it, there's a part of the lyrics of the song written in gold "The world is on fire, and you are here to stay and burn with me". In spite of all that, his expression is quite serene. Everything is painted in gold, black, purple and green.
October 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM