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Ollie Hayes
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Animator, bassist and DM based in Sheffield UK. Founder & creative director of Steel Magpie (steelmagpie.com).
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Some drawing I did today. I am reading The Lord of the Rings at the moment (and this time I intend to finish it...) I will probably do more of these as I progress through the books! #fanart #lotr #tolkein #illustration #art #frodo #gandalf
An illustration of Frodo and Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings, in Bag End. Frodo is on the left, holding an envelope; Gandalf is on the right, blowing rings with his pipe smoke. A large smoke ring rests in the middle of the frame, circling the front door to Bag End. A line of Dwarven runes borders the image on the top and bottom. Underneath all the imagery is the following text: ‘This is the One Ring that he lost many ages ago, to the great weakening of his power. He greatly desires it — but he must not get it.’
February 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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I am a man of taste
A screenshot of my #spotifywrapped that says: “Your top podcast topic was Other”
December 4, 2024 at 11:18 PM
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a dumb comic from 2019 #art #comics #webcomic #marvel #avengers #thanos
A 2-panel comic titled "INFINITY HAT." In the first panel, a crudely-drawn Thanos from Marvel's Avengers comics and films is sitting at a desk behind a computer monitor, his fingers hovering over the keyboard as if typing. He is wearing a gold hat embedded with coloured gems, resembling the infinity gauntlet from the franchise. The second panel is a reverse shot of the monitor, which shows a search engine called "Goggle," and the query entered in the search bar: "HOW DO I SNAP MY HEAD." The comic is signed on the bottom left: "HAYES."
November 22, 2024 at 1:19 PM
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a more recent piece from last year. love the spot blacks on this one but the line art's a bit sterile - trying to break that habit! could also definitely have done with some bloom, specular highlights etc. may revisit! #fanart #art #illustration #design #metroid #samus #nintendo #gaming
An illustration of the character Samus as depicted in the game Metroid Dread. Samus, in her power suit, peers around a corner in the foreground. In the background, out of focus, an EMMI strides from left to right. Between them, the "METROID DREAD" logo is superimposed over a horizontal black smear. The illustration is rendered with clean black line art with block colours and shading, using a limited palette of blues and pinks.
November 21, 2024 at 12:15 PM
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Some more laser-cut minis from my university days: a trio of mimics! #oc #art #dnd #ttrpg #rpg
Artwork (key colour line with bold colour fills and hard shading) of three mimics (monsters from Dungeons and Dragons lore). They each have a single green eye and a slobbering purple maw, sticky with slobber and lined with razor-sharp teeth. On the left is a mimic disguised as a chair, rearing up its front likes like a horse, and the backrest is opened like a mouth. In the centre is a wooden chest gilded in gold, its lid opened up like a mouth as in the traditional depiciton of a mimic. On the right is a table, rearing up slightly, an enormous pink tongue lolling out of its underside, in which can be seen another wide mouth. A photograph of three tabletop miniatures made of cut acrylic standees, featuring 2D artwork of mimics (described in the other image in this post). The miniatures are presented on a dungeon tile of a grassy clearing. In the background is a large orange candle and a pair of sunglasses.
November 18, 2024 at 12:31 PM
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Brand new piece! I'm not sure if the colour works 🤷 (I might try some other options) but I wanted it to be bold. my linework can be quite stiff usually, so I tried to loosen that up a bit too (which I think paid off!) #fanart #art #illustration #design #doctorwho
An illustration of David Tennant as the 10th Doctor. He is staring into the "camera" with an intense expression and holding out his left hand in a dynamic pose. The artwork is coloured in an abstract way - yellow for the highlights, pink for midtones, a red/deeper pink for the darker midtones and maroon for the shadow. The backdrop is a bright/deal blue with a halftone pattern and tiny pinpricks of white stars.
November 17, 2024 at 7:31 PM
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Some goblin minis I designed & made while I was at university - looking a bit worn & well-loved today. Sadly I don't have access to a laser cutter now, otherwise I'd have tried making more! #oc #art #dnd #ttrpg #rpg
Artwork (key colour line with bold colour fills and hard shading) of three green-skin goblins clad in red. They are brandishing worn, angular scimitars and wooden shields bordered with metal. The goblins each have a single tuft of orange hair in a ponytail; the left goblin's hair is orange, the centre goblin's is blue, and the right goblin's is pink. A photograph of three tabletop miniatures made of cut acrylic standees, featuring 2D artwork of goblins (described in the other image in this post). The miniatures are presented on a dungeon tile of a grassy clearing. In the background is a large orange candle and a pair of sunglasses.
November 17, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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commission from a few years ago - a DnD character portrait as a secret Santa gift. I don’t remember anything about this guy other than he’s a halfling barbarian 😅 no relation to another certain Grog as far as I’m aware #oc #art #dnd
A colour illustration of a fantasy character with black line work. A male halfling dressed in rough leather armour holds a small handaxe aloft in his right hand, his mouth open as if mid-warcry. On his feet are boots fashioned from wolves’ paws and he wears the pelt from a wolf’s head over his own as a hat. The image is captioned “GROGG.”
November 17, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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people seem to like my Egyptian gods (thank you!) so here's the rest of them: Horus, Bastet & Ra #oc #art #fanart #animation #characterdesign
November 15, 2024 at 3:25 PM
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I've been teaching myself 3D modeling on Fridays. Started with a basic cheeseburger, then every week I've added something to it, until... well #oc #art #3dart #3D #3dmodeling #blender
November 15, 2024 at 11:57 AM
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Taking it waaaay back with this one - ancient egyptian gods Set and Osiris, for a very early project at my current job. Lots of things I would do differently now. But still lots of things I like! #oc #art #fanart #animation #characterdesign
November 15, 2024 at 12:09 AM
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another from the Bad Pudding archive #oc #art #comic #comics
November 14, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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are they friends or a throuple? you decide
#oc #art #characterdesign #animation
November 14, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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another fun run cycle from one of my shorts. yee haw! #oc #art #characterdesign #animation
November 14, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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very old piece from 2014 when I first started drawing digitally #oc #art #fanart #breakingbad
November 13, 2024 at 8:41 PM
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another from the Bad Pudding archive
#oc #art #comic #comics
November 13, 2024 at 4:46 PM
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thank you!! yeah it was a real shame. this was another concept for the same minigame #oc #animation
November 13, 2024 at 2:58 PM
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#animation #oc a mock-up I did for a young kids' app that never saw the light of day 🥲
November 13, 2024 at 1:46 PM
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Some villains for my DnD campaign!
November 13, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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from the Bad Pudding archive #oc #art #comic #comics
November 13, 2024 at 1:15 AM
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#oc #animation one of my favourite run cycles! turning this into a seamless loop was so satisfying
November 12, 2024 at 11:21 PM
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npc minis for the next #DnD session. honestly can’t wait for my players to see these. they don’t have names yet, suggestions welcome
November 12, 2024 at 10:01 PM
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#animation #oc
a disco eagle I animated for a project a while back. I was inspired by verka serduchka's backing dancers at eurovision 2007. PS this is how you will feel if you follow me
November 12, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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4E was my gateway edition and will always be close to my heart. My much-loved starter set DMG (DMB??) sporting one of my fave O’Connor pieces:
November 12, 2024 at 5:17 PM
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this is sammie. she is 16 and looking great for it. just this second decided to sit on me while I take a break
November 12, 2024 at 4:38 PM