James Deatherage
@like-a-gunshot.bsky.social
Freelance Illustrator for hire and Comic book artist, 2018 BFA from KCAI and 2024 MFA from SVA
watercolor in process, liking kairis hair rn. #kingdomhearts
July 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
watercolor in process, liking kairis hair rn. #kingdomhearts
Been playing a lot card games with my husband and family members, and I’ve been wanting to scratch a KH itch, planning on doing the whole deck unless I get bored #Kingdomhearts
May 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Been playing a lot card games with my husband and family members, and I’ve been wanting to scratch a KH itch, planning on doing the whole deck unless I get bored #Kingdomhearts
Important update: I have Risograph Prints of this Elden Ring fanart piece. I will be selling it at upcoming conventions, but DM if you’d like to purchase one!
May 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Important update: I have Risograph Prints of this Elden Ring fanart piece. I will be selling it at upcoming conventions, but DM if you’d like to purchase one!
I mean jeez where do I even start????
April 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I mean jeez where do I even start????
I forgot what it was like to have fun in your sketchbook, but my coworkers showed me how last night. Created this sketch this afternoon.
April 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I forgot what it was like to have fun in your sketchbook, but my coworkers showed me how last night. Created this sketch this afternoon.
Guys I had a cursed thought that I need validated:
#arcane #jinx #edwardelric #fullmetalalchemist #eldenring #marika #venndiagram
#arcane #jinx #edwardelric #fullmetalalchemist #eldenring #marika #venndiagram
March 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Guys I had a cursed thought that I need validated:
#arcane #jinx #edwardelric #fullmetalalchemist #eldenring #marika #venndiagram
#arcane #jinx #edwardelric #fullmetalalchemist #eldenring #marika #venndiagram
I rewatched Kill Bill (Volumes 1&2) on Saturday and can’t get it out of my head so I drew this mock up poster design.
March 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I rewatched Kill Bill (Volumes 1&2) on Saturday and can’t get it out of my head so I drew this mock up poster design.
Recently rewatched all of Revolutionary Girl Utena and wanted to draw the student council and thought using this screen cap worked as a good excuse to redraw it. #revolutionarygirlutena #utena #nanami #anime #fanart #procreate
March 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Recently rewatched all of Revolutionary Girl Utena and wanted to draw the student council and thought using this screen cap worked as a good excuse to redraw it. #revolutionarygirlutena #utena #nanami #anime #fanart #procreate
TBT: to the time I made a three page comic about Cecilia Jimenez and the Jesus Fresco for @susannemreece.bsky.social ‘s class, easily one of the best things I’ve ever made.
February 21, 2025 at 3:44 AM
TBT: to the time I made a three page comic about Cecilia Jimenez and the Jesus Fresco for @susannemreece.bsky.social ‘s class, easily one of the best things I’ve ever made.
Here’s the Valentine’s Day gift I made for my husband this year! I love them so much
February 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Here’s the Valentine’s Day gift I made for my husband this year! I love them so much
My husband and I have been watching “Murder, She Wrote” and I just keep thinking how fed up I would be if people kept committing sloppy murders around me, hence this doodle. #murdershewrote
February 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
My husband and I have been watching “Murder, She Wrote” and I just keep thinking how fed up I would be if people kept committing sloppy murders around me, hence this doodle. #murdershewrote
Does anyone know how to sew/design clothes? Because I came up with some KH inspired sweater designs and now I need to make them for myself and others 🤓
February 1, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Does anyone know how to sew/design clothes? Because I came up with some KH inspired sweater designs and now I need to make them for myself and others 🤓
Step 9: Last step: Add the title and it’s done! This was such a fun piece to work on even though it took me so long. I’ll probably just draw individual character fan arts for the future.
January 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Step 9: Last step: Add the title and it’s done! This was such a fun piece to work on even though it took me so long. I’ll probably just draw individual character fan arts for the future.
Step 8 Continued: For those curious, here’s how the hard light layer looks when the setting is normal, there was so much trouble shooting and flipping between the layer mode for this step it took me over 2 weeks.
January 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Step 8 Continued: For those curious, here’s how the hard light layer looks when the setting is normal, there was so much trouble shooting and flipping between the layer mode for this step it took me over 2 weeks.
Step 8: Easily the longest step, using a hard light layer, add more accurate coloring to the characters and background.
January 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Step 8: Easily the longest step, using a hard light layer, add more accurate coloring to the characters and background.
Step 7: Recolor your lighting/shading layer to make it feel cohesive with the base color layer.
January 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Step 7: Recolor your lighting/shading layer to make it feel cohesive with the base color layer.
Step 6: Combine the 2 base color layers together, rejoice as you now feel the piece start to make sense.
January 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Step 6: Combine the 2 base color layers together, rejoice as you now feel the piece start to make sense.
Step 5: Get ambivalent about the color palette for awhile, only for Apollo to strike you in the middle of one evening and feel inspired to add another base layer of color.
January 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Step 5: Get ambivalent about the color palette for awhile, only for Apollo to strike you in the middle of one evening and feel inspired to add another base layer of color.
Step 4: The second longest step, use line art to illustrate lighting and shading (this probably took me a week).
January 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Step 4: The second longest step, use line art to illustrate lighting and shading (this probably took me a week).
Step 3: Block in the colors for both characters and background.
January 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Step 3: Block in the colors for both characters and background.
Step 2: Expand the canvas from a modest 11 x 17 to a more ambitious 18 x 24, add elements of Piltover and Zaun in because the world building is just as cool as the characters
January 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Step 2: Expand the canvas from a modest 11 x 17 to a more ambitious 18 x 24, add elements of Piltover and Zaun in because the world building is just as cool as the characters
Step 1: Draw as many of the characters as you can in an interesting composition (apologies if I didn’t include your faves, I didn’t feel Singed was important enough to include, I have no excuses for Silco, Sevika, or Aisha)
January 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Step 1: Draw as many of the characters as you can in an interesting composition (apologies if I didn’t include your faves, I didn’t feel Singed was important enough to include, I have no excuses for Silco, Sevika, or Aisha)
Here’s how I made this #Arcane fan art piece using just the 6B brush in @procreate.com Spoilers for the Arcane tv show:
January 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Here’s how I made this #Arcane fan art piece using just the 6B brush in @procreate.com Spoilers for the Arcane tv show:
I’ll add to this: This Elden Ring fan art took me dozens of hours and is in risograph but I’m really proud of the end result!
January 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I’ll add to this: This Elden Ring fan art took me dozens of hours and is in risograph but I’m really proud of the end result!
#newprofilepicture Because I am bald now, and also this portrait looks more realistic than my previous profile pic, #portrait #procreate #illustration
January 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
#newprofilepicture Because I am bald now, and also this portrait looks more realistic than my previous profile pic, #portrait #procreate #illustration