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Maciej Stępniak
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Architect by trade, traditional artist by passion. Poland, he/him

Off-bsky archive of my older artworks: https://www.deviantart.com/thegreatmc - should there ever be a need for multi-year proof of AI-free creative process.
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Larger artworks leave less room for mistakes, so here is a small (A3) practice piece to get a better grasp of MD's unique lighting and textures.

42cm x 29,7cm paper, watercolor, fineliner sketch.
V, Sparky (Murder Drones, by Liam Vickers) © Glitch Productions
Knife cat meme, except with Serial Designation V and Sentinel Sparky. Done in watercolor as a practice artwork.
November 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Reuploading a properly edited (and more honest to original physical artwork) version. Previous one seemed fine to me upon initial upload... but I was already half-asleep at that point.

42cm x 59,4cm paper, Kuretake markers.
V, Doll, Lizzy ( #Murder_Drones, by Liam Vickers) © Glitch Productions
November 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Sometimes your best bet is to just cut out that bad influence from your everyday interactions and hope it didn't take hold of your impressionable mind.

42cm x 59,4cm paper, Kuretake markers.
V, Doll, Lizzy ( #Murder_Drones, by Liam Vickers) © Glitch Productions
Murder Drones fanart drawn with traditional mediums. Accompanied by a disassembly drone V, worker drone Lizzy is pushing a stair-climbing cart to which remains of her departed friend Doll are secured.
October 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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A squad of disassembly drones trying their best to meet their quota, but their pilot seems to have wandered off somewhere. Again.

42x59,4cm paper, markers.
N, V, J ( #Murder_Drones, by Liam Vickers) © Glitch Productions
Gangle, Jax (The Amazing Digital Circus, by Gooseworx) © Glitch Productions
A Murder Drones / The Amazing Digital Circus fanart, depicting disassembly drones V and J sitting on a pile of butchered worker drones while disassembly drone N is trying to work at a fast food restaurant while wearing a paper mask of Jax. New employee toils under the watchful eye of manager Gangle who grows increasingly suspicious over her co-worker's sudden helpfulness and enthusiasm.
September 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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First time dipping my toes in MD territory - which of course calls for a study drawing to get a hang of characters, as well as to get some mistakes out of my system. I have no idea where this rabbit hole leads to, but I'm eager to find out!

Uzi Doorman, N, V, Alice (Murder Drones) © Liam Vickers
A set of study drawings created to practice characters from Murder Drones web series.
August 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Gangle at her not-so-secret figurine workstation. Turns out that making #TADC fanart is more challenging than drawing paper bears - who would have guessed?

Watercolor, 42x56cm paper.
Gangle, Jax, Ragatha, Pomni (The Amazing Digital Circus) © Gooseworx
Zeruel (Neon Genesis Evangelion) © Khara, inc.
The Amazing Digital Circus fanart. Gangle is hard at work painting a lewd figurine of Jax in a maid outfit, all while the real Jax is standing right behind her, malding and seething.
July 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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TES: VI won't be out for a while, so that wraps up my streak of Teri-fying post-Daggerfall TES games.

#Teri #tawog (The Amazing World of Gumball / The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network/Warner Bros
The Elder Scrolls V: #Skyrim © Bethesda Game Studios/ZeniMax Media
Teri, the paper bear from "The Amazing World of Gumball" cartoon, imagines herself as a bunch of characters from "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" video game.
June 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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I had so much fun with the previous, Morrowind-themed piece that I had to draw another while moving to the next video game.

42x59,4cm paper, Kuretake pens.
#Teri ( #The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball ) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
#Oblivion © Bethesda Game Studios / ZeniMax Media
Paper bear Teri from "The Amazing World of Gumball" cartoon show imagines herself as a lineup of characters from The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion video game.
May 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Self-absorbed student has found an alternative use for school time - like daydreaming about video games.

42cm x 59,4cm paper, fineliners.
TES Morrowind © Bethesda Game Studios / ZeniMax Media
Teri, Molly ( #The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball
) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
Traditional artwork of a paper bear Teri from "The Amazing World of Gumball" cartoon is sitting at her school desk, imagining herself as various characters from The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind - either wearing precious clothing, or an ornate elven armour, or a garb of nefarious cultist.
March 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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POV: It's 2020 and you've been caught sneaking into a public area without a proper cloth mask.

Technique shift inspired by Shigeru Mizuki's work.

42 x 59,4cm paper, fineliner.
Warhammer 40,000 © Games Workshop
Teri ( #The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball
) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
Dimly lit school hallway being patrolled by a paper bear girl Teri (The Amazing World of Gumball) in a papercraft power armor stylized after ones from Warhammer 40000 franchise. Teri is wielding hand sanitizer station as a makeshift mace and a transparent sneezeguard as a shield. Floor of the hallway is littered with battered lesser demons of Nurgle, their efforts to spread filth and disease averted.
February 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Brief respite from drawing paper bears - all in order to improve my workshop a bit.
Watercolor on paper, 70cm x 50cm, based upon a self-made photo.

Courtyard/patio of a former community center building in #Warsaw, originally built in late eastern bloc era.
September 28, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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Teri as a #Warhammer_40k inquisitor, done to fulfill an anonymous request!

42cm x 59,4cm paper, greyscale pen & marker.
Warhammer 40,000 © Games Workshop
Teri, Darwin Watterson ( #The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball
) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
August 1, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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Uploading an updated version of bsky.app/profile/maci... - with more consistent colouring and contrast, as well as a halo 'painted' through removing watercolor with a wet brush.

Watercolor, 50x70cm paper #Kuromi © Sanrio Co, Ltd.
June 7, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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Respectable and level-headed commentary on even the most delusional of cranks is admirable... but not exactly entertaining, is it?

Greyscale pen & marker on paper;
#Teri, Steve Small ( #The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball ) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
May 25, 2024 at 9:32 PM
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An alternate way to obtain high-end designer clothing, though definitely not without some opposition! Hopefully this brings me closer to a 'finished' piece in a greyscale pen+marker technique.

#Teri, Larry Needlemeyer ( #The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball ) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
May 12, 2024 at 8:39 PM
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While this might look like an intentionally edgyfied piece of fanart that an artist drew on a whim, it's actually a depiction of a canon event from a prequel season to "Onegai My Melody" anime series. But hey! it works and that's all that counts.

Watercolor, 50x70cm paper
Kuromi © Sanrio Co, Ltd.
Kuromi robot castle attack at night Sanrio character fanart
April 16, 2024 at 9:19 PM
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Good altar servers are hard to come by and this one dares to fall asleep during sermon just because he had been toiling away all night!

Watercolor on 42x56cm paper. Image totally not inspired by a tradcath cult LARP of a niche internet clown, that would be rude!
Cult of the Lamb © Massive Monster
Lambert - Cult of the Lamb - scolds sleepy acolyte for falling asleep during ceremony in a dark room lit by red light. Watercolor painting.
February 4, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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*Reupload - edits and camera replacement*
Sometimes visible light is a viable and cost-effective alternative to an X-ray... but only as long as the patient has a body depth of less than a milimeter.

Teri (The Amazing World of Gumball) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
December 28, 2023 at 1:00 AM
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Using traditional mediums to produce a reaction image might seem like overkill, but I wouldn't have it any other way if doing so allows me to add new things to my skillset.

Teri (The Amazing World of Gumball) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
December 19, 2023 at 3:40 PM
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Study drawings of a paper bear and her interaction with her own hypothetical house environment. Plus a bit of size guesstimate to make it a tad easier for me to organize a scenery.

Teri (The Amazing World of Gumball) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
October 22, 2023 at 6:51 PM
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Study sketches of an angelic lifeform from Evangelion franchise, both Neon Genesis Evangelion and Rebuild of Evangelion versions. Drawn with fibre pen on A3 paper - pleasant return to a technique I used in the past.

Zeruel/10-th angel (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Rebuild of Evangelion) © Khara, inc.
October 22, 2023 at 6:36 PM
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Although Vibri might enjoy trampoline regardless of unwanted occupants, Teri would have rather wished for something more compliant with sanitation guidelines! 😁

Vibri (Vib-Ribbon, Vib-Ripple) © NanaOn-Sha;
Teri (The Amazing World of Gumball) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
October 22, 2023 at 6:31 PM
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Warsaw Spire - watercolor on 50 x 70cm paper, based on self-made photo.

Incidentally, the lobby of this skyscraper hosted a watercolor exhibition where several of my artworks were also displayed. Photo itself was taken on the eve of said exhibition, as I was returning from vernissage.
October 20, 2023 at 6:15 PM
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Vib-Ribbon fanart, drawn with white ink on 50 x 70cm black paper.

Making it WW2 Red Army themed wasn't the best choice - this piece had been originally finished just weeks before Russia started an all-out war against Ukraine and its people.

Vibri (Vib-Ribbon) belongs to NanaOn-Sha.
October 20, 2023 at 6:09 PM
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Late 1930s brutalism, as seen in modern day Warsaw.

Watercolor on paper, 42cm x 55,5cm, based upon a self-made photo. Painted for the sake of improvement drive, as idleness from work burnout throughout 2022 began to take its toll on the quality of my works.
October 20, 2023 at 6:03 PM