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Phil Hemsley
@philhemsley.bsky.social
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Visual Artist | Maker | Musician
Purveyor of fantasy & sci-fi art
Always human made 🚫Never AI 🚫NFT
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Stubby space ship from one of my sketchbooks.
#sketching #scifiart #spaceship #art #artsky #sketchbook
Graphite drawing of a compact, organically shaped space fighter with huge engines.
March 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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'The Hermit's Cottage' - Pen and ink drawing from a while ago.
#art #artsky #artistsofbluesky #fantasyart #penandink #drawing #fantasyillustration
A stylized black and white pen and ink drawing of an organically shaped half-timbered cottage in a meadow.
March 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Another old drawing that turned up while spring cleaning. A little isometric sketch of a guard tower that I never quite finished.
#artsky #art #artistsofbluesky #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #conceptart #drawing
Isometric sketch in graphite of a small medieval guard tower.
March 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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March 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Spring cleaning unearthed and old portfolio with some drawings I had not seen in many many years. I am fairly certain this was the first traditional drawing that I tried to color digitally, but that file was lost in a drive crash ages ago.
#artsky #art #penandink #fantasyart #conceptart #drawing
A pen and ink drawing of a street scene in a fantasy village.
March 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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The final product:
Krita painting of an autumn evening scene of a cottage fashioned from the stump of a giant tree.
March 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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WIP Krita practice from today's painting session.
#art #artsky #fantasyart #darkfantasyart #conceptart #krita
Krita painting of an autumn evening scene of a cottage fashioned from the stump of a giant tree.
March 16, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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March 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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I was a late adopter of Krita (was always a PS guy). Starting to get a bit more comfortable with it.
#art #speedpaint #krita #scifiart #fantasyart #sketching #digitalpainting
A digital speedpaint of an alien landscape with flowering vegetation covering a Lovecraftian monument.
March 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Another chonky spaceship thumbnail sketch.
#art #conceptart #scifiart #sketching #sketchbook #artsky #staedtler
A graphite sketch of a sleek spaceship hovering above the ground as a robed figure looks on.
March 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Found this dude lurking on the fringes of a sketchbook 🐉
#fantasyart #darkart #creaturedesign #sketching #graphite
A graphite thumbnail sketch of a small dragon-like creature perched on a tree limb with a full moon in the background.
March 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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If you need a break from all of the noise, feel free to check me out over on #Cara. There are tons of talented real human artists doing amazing work.
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Cara "best nine" block of graphite and ink fantasy sketches.
March 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Shaking off the dust with a few hand sketches from reference.
#art #artsky #sketching #drawing #sketchbook #staedtler
A 2 page sketchbook spread of various hand poses sketched in graphite.
March 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Something a bit different from my usual fantasy stuff.
'Feedback Loop' - mixed media on panel (private collection)
#art #artsky #abstractart #painting
March 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Just chillin' and knocking out some sketches of vehicles this evening. Here's a chonky lil' scout ship.
#art #conceptart #scifiart #sketching
A graphite line art sketch depicting a side view of a space ship with a dual canopy.
February 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Quick thumbnail sketch from this evening - "Revenant"
#sketching #fantasyart #grimdark
February 24, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Baba Yaga's Hut
#sketching #drawing #artsky #fantasyart
February 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Anatomy of a sticker. Ol' Davey Jones skull sticker design from a couple of years ago. I think there are still a few of these hiding somewhere in my studio. ☠️☠️☠️
#artsky #art #drawing #stickerart #yarrr
A die cut sticker of a ghostly green skull with a menacing stare and sharp fangs. He's wearing a battered royal purple pirate's tricorn hat. A pencil sketch of a ghostly skull with a menacing stare and sharp fangs. He's wearing a battered pirate's tricorn hat. An ink drawing of a ghostly skull with a menacing stare and sharp fangs. He's wearing a battered pirate's tricorn hat.
February 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Wizard's tower quick sketch.
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Graphite drawing of an old stone tower with a roof shaped like a wizard's hat.
February 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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A few thumbnails of old ruins from this afternoon's quick sketch session.
#fantasyart #sketching #drawing #art #artsky
A grouping of graphite thumbnail sketches of castles and ruins in silhouette.
February 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Lil' snippet of a recent sketch session in Krita.
I really need to utilize the record feature more often.
Music: "Towards The Horizon" - Alexander Nakarada
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February 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Going through some older drawings I rediscovered.
#art #artist #artistsofbluesky #drawing #sketching
A graphite drawing of a koi fish.
February 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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February 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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A little hideaway in the clouds I drew a while back.
#art #fantasyart #artsky #artistsofbluesky #drawing #sketching
Graphite drawing of a small fantasy cottage with a mailbox and an outhouse floating in the clouds.
February 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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The only salute these fascists deserve.
'One Finger Salute' - Acrylic on wood.
#art #artsky #artistsofbluesky #modernart #popart #resist
January 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM