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Dorli

@peonycladknight.bsky.social

My little four-eared-fennec guy!

#originalcharacter #characterdesign

A Person with four white fennec fox-like ears and two antlers that mostly look like twigs. They are wearing a big warm scarf and loose and flowing but thick outer layer in earthy tones. Their left hand is wrapped in fabric and they're pulling the scarf down like they're about to speak, looking off to the side. On their face they have white dots under their eyes looking a bit like scales, and similarly markings on the forehead. Their hair is white like the ears and a bit longer than their collarbone.

November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM

Dorli

@peonycladknight.bsky.social

Under the fading evening light ☀️

#theapothecarydiaries #apothecarydiaries #kusuriyanohitorigoto #maomao #jinshi #jinmao #薬屋のひとりごと

A black and white comic strip of Maomao with 7 panels. Of the three on the top one is blank, in the second Maomao looks to the left and in the third she lets something drip out of a vial into a cup. The panel in the middle is the largest, showing Maomao in her woskshop surrounded by hanging herbs and flowers. The bottom three panels show her looking at something off-screen, grinding more herbs with a mortar and pestle, and then sighing.

The second comic strip with another 7 panels. In the top one Maomao looks to the left again, surprised at a noise. Panel two to 5 in the middle show Jinshi standing in the door to the workshop, sparkling as usual, and Maomao greeting him with a smile. He is backlit by the setting sun, but the flush at getting a smile from Maomao is nevertheless visible. Panel 5 shows him happily dissolving into many tiny hearts. In the bottom two panels he moves closer, putting his hand on Maomao's shoulder, who has a speech bubble with only one of her 3-part checklist having been checked off. In the last panel, Jinshi happily leans his head against Maomao's as he settles in to watch her work. Maomao has an angry little twirly above her head signaling her apparent displeasure, but there are many tiny hearts all around them.

October 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM

Dorli

@peonycladknight.bsky.social

Sneak peak and also spoilers exclusively for the like, three people who see my posts on here. 🌱

These two will be insufferable. Even though Rys (Lynx guy) has yet to make his appearance in the comic as I'm drawing it right now. But soon!

Three sketches. One bigger one to the right, of a human looking guy with a ponytail grabbing a feline looking guy by the chin and kissing him. Feline guy has the lynx ear tufts and looks surprised. Sketch two to the left has them also kissing with lynx guy lookin surprised, but no grab this time, only kissy. Sketch three is lynx guy nuzzling and/or rubbing his face against the side of ponytail guy, ears pinned back.

Three sketches of lynx guy, looking mostly human with only the lynx ears poking out of his curly hair. Sketch one on the right is him holding something, looking confused, with his ears turning outwards. Sketch two on the right also is him napping. Sketch three on the left is lynx guy nuzzling his face to ponytail guy's, while ponytail guy looks surprised.

A sketch of ponytail guy kissing Lynx guy's cheek. Lynx guy scrunches his face real scrunchy and has his ears pinned back.

October 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM

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BEBERT 🌈

@velkia.bsky.social

Day 1 - Strand
#haikaveh

October 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM

Dorli

@peonycladknight.bsky.social

Lighting practice! Specifically working on hard shadows and setting the mood.

A landscape illustration with train tracks in the front and an old broken sign that says "No T", and a hanging R and the shadow of an A. The sign stands behind the tracks in a grassy meadow, and in the back there are mountains with big clouds. The light is light and soft and rose, like a sunset behind the onlooker.

The same illustration, but here the light is dark and blue shadows envelop everything, like the sun is half-hidden behind the big dark clouds. Some few rays shining from directly behind the sign.

Again the same illustration but lit in a more green hue, with fog rolling across the meadow and hiding parts of themountains in the background.

September 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM

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Jessica Elena

@byjessicaelena.bsky.social

Autumnal lighthouse time :)

#art #illustration

A digital drawing of an autumnal landscape with orange trees, hills and flowers. To the right in frame is a lighthouse, and to the left some small cottages.

September 8, 2025 at 5:13 AM

Dorli

@peonycladknight.bsky.social

Hi @theglazeproject.bsky.social ! I'd wanted to ask for an invite to webglaze if possible! It won't let me dm you on here.

September 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM

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Miichi࿐

@miichifu.bsky.social

#haikaveh #kavetham

September 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM

Dorli

@peonycladknight.bsky.social

Comic drafting is going surprisingly well so far! even if it's a very slow process lol

so out of context and probably illegible but i am really liking it so far 🌱

Digital comic pages sketched out with what looks like pencil.

August 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM

Dorli

@peonycladknight.bsky.social

Story development has been going very well! Here are the three main darlings. I love them, all of them are so weird.

Three coloured sketches of the same guy with a green hood and dark, curled hair. Left is a portrait. He has slightly Middle Eastern looks with light brown skin, deep brown eyes and dark eyelashes. He has a bit of stubble. Middle sketch is waist up, he is looking at a bug on his arm. To the right is his full silhouette to show the outfit and character design fully. He looks mostly apathic and emotionless.

Three coloured sketches of the same guy with a high dark brown ponytail. Left is a portrait. His ponytail is messy and the front half of his hair hangs artfully over his face. He has almond eyes and medium light skin. At the outer lower corners of his eyes is what could technically be considered makeup but could also be a smear. Middle sketch is from his thighs up, he is looking at off to the side, leaning against a surface and has his other hand up as if making a point. To the right is his full silhouette to show the outfit and character design fully. He is wearing a bow and the thingy with the arrows inside on his back.

Three coloured sketches of the same person with with a light brown beret and a pink mullet. Left is a portrait. They have light skin and light brown eyes, eyebags under them. They're wearing a white coat and a dark crop top between brown and wine red. Middle sketch is waist up, they are leaning on a surface in front of them with both arms, smiling mischievously. The right is a full view of them to show the outfit and character design fully.

July 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM

Dorli

@peonycladknight.bsky.social

posting some behind the scenes for a new story I'm working on!

Ponytail guy is called Aoidos and he's an ass and I love him with all my heart.
#oc #ocs #characterdesign #originalstory

A sort of sketched and loosely coloured roster of five characters. They all wear clothes in earthy tones and half of them look very fit to go into nature while half of them absolutely do not.

Two full body and coloured sketches of Apidos, wearing dark green-brown clothes and having a bow and arrows strapped to his back. And a small sketch of his eye and eye makeup, green below and in the outer corner of his eye. Kind of like an inverted eyeliner and slightly edgy.

Four pencil sketches in a sketchbook of Aoidos looking one surprised, two shocked or exasperated, three annoyed, four surprised but also not really poroportional.

Proper illustrations of Aoidos, still slightly sketched, but with a pleasing colour palette of earthy and more well balanced hues for his clothes. There are three of him, one is a closeup and a more realistic look at his face. He has almond eyes, a tan skin and a flat nose. His dark brown hair falls into his face. Two he is shown gesturing, a bow and arrows strapped to his back. Three is him very small and a full body look at him. Hair falls into his face in all of them, as part of his design.

July 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM

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Loish

@loish.bsky.social

I did it. After a lifetime of using light mode on all my devices, I switched to dark mode. My eyes just can’t take it anymore! So it was time to update my light mode art with a new version ~

Which mode do you use: Light or Dark?