Liiga Smilshkalne
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Liiga Smilshkalne
@liiga.bsky.social
Artist from the mysterious and far away land of Latvia. Mostly drawing for Magic: The Gathering these days. Big on shinies and coffee.
She/her

Prints: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/liiga/
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/liiga_s_art
The art vs the artist’s hand

With a bonus sighting of fuzzy gremlin paws.
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If you see this, post your bird art 🐦

#birds

Keeping with the crane theme~
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
>:o
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oh. my. god. look at it, being all.. uh.. somewhat round. Truly, think of the children, what if they see a nipp- ..hang on.

Nonsense aside, gorgeous artwork 💖
November 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Bun bun bun bun bun bun; that is all. 🐰
November 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Super excited to be a part of this!!

Here's the first of my three, Tamiyo in acrylics on the back of an Enduring Innocence proof.

Going to elaborate on the meaning and technique in the alt text.
October 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
So I was thinking, working from the top might work for this one? To copy the yellow arch one might draw one side on something, and reuse that shape like copying any sketch. It does follow the edge of a very large circle.
The position of the small circles is also defined by the arches.
October 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
QRT with your skull art 💀
October 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Leave a leaf, take a leaf

QRP with a leaf! 🍁

#LeafPosting 🌿🖌️
October 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
w/o downloading anything new - where are you mentally?
October 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Once upon a time I planted the seed of a cherry tomato in a pot, thinking that surely it won't grow very large.

Anyway, here I am pollinating the ceiling tomatoes.
October 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
And here are the effect paints! I added a lot of detail with interference gold, red, violet and blue, and then dotted the stars with glow in the dark paint 'cause watching them light up in the dark makes me giddy.
September 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Today's artist proof painting - an itty bitty rendition of Leviathan from Final Fantasy (specifically the Dimensions 2 version 'cause it's starry and cool).
Painted in acrylics, with pencil for scale. 🎨
September 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This is why I like painting proofs so much - I'd never painted anything anime up until this request, and now I have! It was super different from my usual, but in a fun way.
🎨🐎
September 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It's been a couple of weeks and life is back to normal but I'm still thinking of the fun at Magic Mania Lille, held by @magiccestchic.bsky.social .

I realized I hadn't posted the proof painted for Alvar - it was to be something Phyrexian (of course) and it was a treat to draw some body horror.
September 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
qrp with something watery 💙
September 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
No cheating, post the last pic of your pet (most recent)!
August 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A bunny proof! Again! 'Cause I really like the whimsy of Bloomburrow. This one is coming with me to Lille for MagicMania.

But if you'd like to get in on the next wave of proof sketches, tomorrow is the day! Info is in the quoted post, and I'm very excited to find out what I'll be drawing.
August 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Painted Jace as a ✨constellation✨ on the back of my very starry Island EOE proof. He's coming with me to MagicMania Lille (Aug 30-31).

And, while we're on proofs, my next wave is this week! See the quoted post for details.
August 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Bunny time! Couldn't decide on the treatment for this one, so painted it both ways! They'll be hopping with me to MagicMania Lille, Aug 30-31.

For anyone not going - good news! My next proof wave is this week, hosted by the wonderful @mountainmagesigs.com . See the quoted post for details ⬇️
August 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Another proof - Marwyn! It's the last proof of my very first artist proof wave, now on their merry way across the ocean. Phew!

Next wave is coming soon and will be once again hosted by the wonderful @mountainmagesigs.com, with the first announcement on his discord - link on linktr.ee/mountainmage.
August 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My cherry tomato has hit a milestone. And by a milestone I mean the ceiling. It hit the ceiling.
August 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A little something from a while ago - a wagtail in Netrunner style for a lovely couple.
August 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Liliana is done! Used fluorescent pinks for the fluorescent pink parts and golds for the gold parts and some interference purples for the very obvious magic and the very subtle markings on her skin.

Done in acrylics - the pencil wasn't involved in any way, I just realized it's great for scale. 🎨
July 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It's a mere 27C indoors, so as soon as the sun started coming in through the big windows Bucha went to finally get some warmth in this frozen tundra.
July 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM