The Smoke of Distant Fires
@thelongwayhome.bsky.social
Illustration works, mainly Personal projects.
Insta: @the_smoke_of_distant_fires
#art #illustration #comic
Insta: @the_smoke_of_distant_fires
#art #illustration #comic
July 31, 2025 at 8:37 AM
July 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
How about weird puppets?
April 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
How about weird puppets?
Me, seeing this
March 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Me, seeing this
Trying something with the shading. Am intruiged.
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc #blackandwhite
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc #blackandwhite
March 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Trying something with the shading. Am intruiged.
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc #blackandwhite
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc #blackandwhite
February 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Thanks :)
I think at the time, I was very influenced by the way rk Post painted skies, which was with very dark blues and very bright, very towering clouds. I tried finding a good image, but I just got this card image:
cards.scryfall.io/large/front/...
I think at the time, I was very influenced by the way rk Post painted skies, which was with very dark blues and very bright, very towering clouds. I tried finding a good image, but I just got this card image:
cards.scryfall.io/large/front/...
February 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Thanks :)
I think at the time, I was very influenced by the way rk Post painted skies, which was with very dark blues and very bright, very towering clouds. I tried finding a good image, but I just got this card image:
cards.scryfall.io/large/front/...
I think at the time, I was very influenced by the way rk Post painted skies, which was with very dark blues and very bright, very towering clouds. I tried finding a good image, but I just got this card image:
cards.scryfall.io/large/front/...
I found some old, ooooold illustrations of mine, this is one of them.
It's something that I've mostly left behind, but it makes me wonder...
#illustration #art #painting #oc
It's something that I've mostly left behind, but it makes me wonder...
#illustration #art #painting #oc
February 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I found some old, ooooold illustrations of mine, this is one of them.
It's something that I've mostly left behind, but it makes me wonder...
#illustration #art #painting #oc
It's something that I've mostly left behind, but it makes me wonder...
#illustration #art #painting #oc
Decided to throw some (digital) ink on that thing.
Shadows, shadows everywhere!
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc
Shadows, shadows everywhere!
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc
February 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Decided to throw some (digital) ink on that thing.
Shadows, shadows everywhere!
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc
Shadows, shadows everywhere!
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc
I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out what I want the characters of a comic project (and maybe card game) to look like and I finally feelloke I'm on to something. Still not quite there yet, but also not feeling like I'm floating in empty space.
February 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out what I want the characters of a comic project (and maybe card game) to look like and I finally feelloke I'm on to something. Still not quite there yet, but also not feeling like I'm floating in empty space.
Sometimes I lile to create playing card tdmplates and then figure out what the game rules would be.
I know it's pretty much exactly the wrong way around, but maybe somehow, it's not. It's the part of a card game you interact with the most. Of course it needs to look good.
#cardgame #tcg #gamedev
I know it's pretty much exactly the wrong way around, but maybe somehow, it's not. It's the part of a card game you interact with the most. Of course it needs to look good.
#cardgame #tcg #gamedev
February 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
...Aaand a body to the face. For someone who loves giant hands on their characters, I'm really not that good at drawing them. The shoulder holster is also wrong, but I'm too tired and lazy to correct that now. Kinda wanna see it inked...
#illustration #drawing #procreate #comic #oc #originalcontent
#illustration #drawing #procreate #comic #oc #originalcontent
February 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
...Aaand a body to the face. For someone who loves giant hands on their characters, I'm really not that good at drawing them. The shoulder holster is also wrong, but I'm too tired and lazy to correct that now. Kinda wanna see it inked...
#illustration #drawing #procreate #comic #oc #originalcontent
#illustration #drawing #procreate #comic #oc #originalcontent
These were some of the earlier attempts and they just don't look right next to the fire, or the pine forest I drew. Too dynamic, too anatomically correct... Idk. Maybe I'm just overthinking it.
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc
February 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
These were some of the earlier attempts and they just don't look right next to the fire, or the pine forest I drew. Too dynamic, too anatomically correct... Idk. Maybe I'm just overthinking it.
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc
For context, I drew this fire on a train ride (hence the shaky lines) and am totally enamored with the style. But I habe a hard time figuring out what the people would look like who live in a world like that.
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc #blackandwhite
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc #blackandwhite
February 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
For context, I drew this fire on a train ride (hence the shaky lines) and am totally enamored with the style. But I habe a hard time figuring out what the people would look like who live in a world like that.
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc #blackandwhite
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc #blackandwhite
Here's another one from today.
Time to make some bodies to those heads I guess. And then figure out what Eldritch horrors they'll have to deal with.
#drawing #comic #illustration #procreate #art #oc #characterdesign
Time to make some bodies to those heads I guess. And then figure out what Eldritch horrors they'll have to deal with.
#drawing #comic #illustration #procreate #art #oc #characterdesign
February 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Here's another one from today.
Time to make some bodies to those heads I guess. And then figure out what Eldritch horrors they'll have to deal with.
#drawing #comic #illustration #procreate #art #oc #characterdesign
Time to make some bodies to those heads I guess. And then figure out what Eldritch horrors they'll have to deal with.
#drawing #comic #illustration #procreate #art #oc #characterdesign
Weekend scribbles. Still in the exploring phase. I've been playing around with the whole anthropomorphic animal comic thing for quite a while now, with different levels of complexity and whatever counts for "anatomical correctness".
#drawing #comic #illustration #procreate #art #oc #characterdesign
#drawing #comic #illustration #procreate #art #oc #characterdesign
February 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Weekend scribbles. Still in the exploring phase. I've been playing around with the whole anthropomorphic animal comic thing for quite a while now, with different levels of complexity and whatever counts for "anatomical correctness".
#drawing #comic #illustration #procreate #art #oc #characterdesign
#drawing #comic #illustration #procreate #art #oc #characterdesign
Olay, here it is further down the line. Maybe the hatching is too aggressive for this kind of work. The unusual anatomy makes it hard to read already, and the hatching doesn't help. Im still kinda happy with the general direction, though.
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc
January 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Olay, here it is further down the line. Maybe the hatching is too aggressive for this kind of work. The unusual anatomy makes it hard to read already, and the hatching doesn't help. Im still kinda happy with the general direction, though.
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc
This is still WIP obviously, but I felt like sharing.
I've been playing around a, especially with long faced fellows with more eyes than usual, and I am... intrigued? Not sure why, but this is what is getting me somewhere atm, for whatever reason.
#drawing #comic #illustration #procreate #art
I've been playing around a, especially with long faced fellows with more eyes than usual, and I am... intrigued? Not sure why, but this is what is getting me somewhere atm, for whatever reason.
#drawing #comic #illustration #procreate #art
January 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This is still WIP obviously, but I felt like sharing.
I've been playing around a, especially with long faced fellows with more eyes than usual, and I am... intrigued? Not sure why, but this is what is getting me somewhere atm, for whatever reason.
#drawing #comic #illustration #procreate #art
I've been playing around a, especially with long faced fellows with more eyes than usual, and I am... intrigued? Not sure why, but this is what is getting me somewhere atm, for whatever reason.
#drawing #comic #illustration #procreate #art
Drawing is not like cycling, at least not for me. You can absolutely unlearn it. There is a baseline you'll fall back on and it will be higher than of people who haven't drawn much, but it is still lower than you staying active.
#art #illustration #comic #procreate #drawing #oc
#art #illustration #comic #procreate #drawing #oc
December 15, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Drawing is not like cycling, at least not for me. You can absolutely unlearn it. There is a baseline you'll fall back on and it will be higher than of people who haven't drawn much, but it is still lower than you staying active.
#art #illustration #comic #procreate #drawing #oc
#art #illustration #comic #procreate #drawing #oc
November 30, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Staying consistent style-wise is still quite the challenge for me, especially with projects I'm working sporadically on.
If this project ever gets "serious", I feat a lot of redrawing is in order...
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc
If this project ever gets "serious", I feat a lot of redrawing is in order...
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc
November 28, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Staying consistent style-wise is still quite the challenge for me, especially with projects I'm working sporadically on.
If this project ever gets "serious", I feat a lot of redrawing is in order...
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc
If this project ever gets "serious", I feat a lot of redrawing is in order...
#drawing #comic #illustration #art #procreate #oc