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Umber | Commissions OPEN
@theprussianblue.bsky.social
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Hellooo! Umber here (They/Them) 🌈🌈

Fine artist / illustrator, lover of fantasy and storytelling. Tell me about your OCs!

Shop :: https://umbertheprussianblue.com/umber-the-prussian-blue-shop/
Linktree :: https://linktr.ee/ThePrussianBlue
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Recently completed commission!

Two beautiful boys floating through space - causing trouble I'm sure ;)

#commission #art #illustration
Vertical image depicts two men oriented at the top and bottom in reverse, reaching out to each other at the center (if that makes sense). They're sharing a tender moment, grasping each other gently by the hair/back of head in a near-kiss. The man shown at the top of the image is wearing a greco-style toga with a golden clasp, gold sprig of leaves behind his ear, and arm wraps. He has glowing blue eyes and glowing lightning marks that travel from the corners of his eyes and down his arm. He's painted in pale ivory, green, and purple tones. Inverse, the other man has long dark hair, dark eyes, and a beard. He has a scar over his eye and is wearing a purple/magenta tight dress shirt, buttons undone down the chest. They're painted on a backdrop of stars, with a radiant design faintly placed in the background. The same as before, but with a slightly different light source
November 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Back to the zombies - I decided to take a bit of a break with the background painting so I could work on one of my other concepts.

Really happy with how this one turned out! Skin textures were def a proof of concept that I'll be taking back to the first one.

#zombie #conceptart #creaturedesign
Image depicts a heavily scarred zombie aberration. It's pale, with intense strictures, boils, and a flayed back that resembles wings. The center of its torso is cracked open in a radiant void. Light pours from its eyes, mouth, chest, and from its open back. Bottom of the image is signed "Umber the Prussian Blue"
October 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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With the confidence of my last illustration, I'm pushing myself to do more backgrounds. I gotta stop being such a wiener about it 🤣

Ultimately, this will be a part of a horror/zombie set of creature illustrations.

More to follow (...slowly)

#art #WIP #oc
Image shows a work in progress. It depicts a ruined city in greens, browns, and purples, with a cathedral that stands in the distance.
September 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
theprussianblue.bsky.social
Diiiid I forget to re-open my commissions page on Ko-fi like I said I would? Yup sure did. It's all fixed now though! Sorry about that!

You can find all of my commissions information at >>
ko-fi.com/umber/commis...

See you at Tucson Comic Con!

#commissions #portraits #tucsoncomiccon2025
Banner reads - Commissions, need a portrait? I got you! Includes: 5x7 high + web resolution files. PSD on request. OCs, fanart, furry, real people, pets OK Mecha, politics, or hateful imagery NOT OK. contact me at ashekleczka@gmail.com, or on Ko-fi. Painted portrait - just lines $60, fully rendered $80 Pencil portrait - just lines $40, fully rendered $60
August 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Sneak peek! This dual-sided illustration is almost done! I have maaaybe one more day of solid work to go before I can call it good ✍️(◔◡◔)

Check out @worldofthedaszine.bsky.social for more info!

#dragonage #worldofthedaszine #WIP #sneakpeek
a WIP sneak peek split diagonally down the middle to show closeups of both the gloaming lantern, and hezenkoss's open hand holding a ball of glowing green energy. Bottom of the image has the world of thedas volume three socials. X - WorldofThedas3 , Bsky - worldofthedaszine , Tumblr - worldofthedas-vol3
August 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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I need to treat my eyes to looking at something different for a minute so I thought I'd give this trend a whack (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)

This was more difficult than I thought it would be!
A circular template made up of wedges representing the different colors of the color wheel. Each slice is a different piece of artwork featuring that color. At the center it reads Umber the Prussian Blue and color wheel
August 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Sneak peek! I'm so relieved to have this full illustration done!

One more to go, and the days are counting 👀

Check out @worldofthedaszine.bsky.social for more info!
A sneak peek image of an illustration featuring a body half depicted as a skeleton, and half as musculature. Vorgoth's hand is resting on its midsection. Socials at the bottom read X - WorldofThedas3 , Bsky - worldofthedaszine , Tumblr - worldofthedas-vol3
August 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
theprussianblue.bsky.social
Can't wait to show this guy off in print form.
(ﾉ*ФωФ)ﾉ Also hi everyone!
Umber the Prussian Blue - New prints & stickers! Tucson Comic Con Table AA027 August 29-31.
August 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
theprussianblue.bsky.social
"Anecdotal stories from across the world cite answered prayers, or encounters with the Inflorescent - a common term for those that have strayed close enough to the source of creation to become changed by it"

AVAILABLE FOR PRINT SOON! Find me at Tucson Comic Con Aug 29-31 at table AA027 to nab one!
A creature design illustration featuring a humanoid from the shoulders up wearing a heavy bolted collar with a chain attached. His face has exploded upward from the cheekbones in a swirling tangle of smoke and coral/fungal like structures, at the center of which is a single wide eye that glows with golden light.
August 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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#TavQOTD Share your tavs/durges and let people say if they’d romance / befriend them if they were a companion!

Gallus is a trans-masc Menzoberranzan escapee (fugitive?). He's clever, sarcastic, and overly observant of everything except for his own two feet. Actually very shy and easily spooked.
BG3 screencap featuring Gallus, with Karlach and Lae'zel in the background. He's wearing a fancy black overcoat with gold details. Gallus in his armor - bright red hat, royal blue robes with gold trim, staff. He has his arms crossed and is rolling his eyes. Sassy image of Gallus with Astarion. The boy - Gallus. He has dark drow skin, white hair pulled in a half pony. His ears are pierced, wears heavy black eye makeup, and has the beholder neck tattoo. He has a wide burn scar on half of his face.
May 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Helloo! I'm Umber and I'm a trans artist making neat fantasy stuff and fine arts! :D
A portrait of Astarion on a magenta background full of books and draped fabric An illustration featuring my OC, Cyril, lounging on a sofa with three cats in a kind of garden setting A mural featuring a nudibranch-ish cosmic angel. Done in teals, and golds An oil painting of a pale figure languishing in a pool of teal blue liquid with their head, elbows, and legs submerged. Their torso has been revealed as a glowing skeleton
May 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
theprussianblue.bsky.social
Have I ever posted Prunella here? :O

Part of my world includes a secondary plane of #anthros that overlaps with Valtus - but is relatively difficult to access.

Prunella is a dignitary that lives in its capital city, Inhira!

I created a token for her in the event she ever comes up in #D&D.

#art
A top down token of a dove anthro wearing a big golden dress with blue-grey shoulder ruffles and a big bow. She's wearing a wide brimmed hat with dried flowers. The same anthro character drawn in profile from the waist up. All of her clothes remain the same, but she is also holding a folded fan.
April 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
theprussianblue.bsky.social
Last Friday I randomly decided to recompile, and fully realize a book of sketches and stories I made several years ago.

It's gone from being just 18 pgs to being nearly 50 pgs of world-building. Now I'm deep in the weeds making maps.

Anyway, my ADHD is going great. 😅 I can't wait to finish this.
A WIP image of a fantasy map with countries, capitals, and cities listed out.
April 16, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Vsevolod Nevolin

What a sweet face! Thank you so much Cuds + Dovah for reaching out - I always love working on the projects y'all send me (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ) 🎈

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: .☽ . :☆ﾟ. ───
Get your own portrait done here!
ko-fi.com/umber/commis...

#Portrait #Commission #CommissionsOpen #OC
A commissioned portrait of a man with slicked back blonde hair and blue eyes. He has a relaxed, kind of sleepy expression, with his face propped on one hand. He's wearing a yellow scarf and is framed by bright red poppies in the background.
April 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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I'm giving adopts a shot!

These three chibi adventurers are up for sale on my Ko-fi

👇👇👇
ko-fi.com/umber/shop

#Adopts #Adoptables #TTRPG #DnD #CharacterArt #Art
Advertisement showing three character designs with associated color palettes, as well as a blank base. Underneath reads: Umber the Prussian Blue - Character Adopts. $50 with base included.
April 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
theprussianblue.bsky.social
It's #PortfolioDay!

I'm Umber - a trans queer multidisciplinary artist creating dark(er?) #fantasy, #portraiture, and silly things in between! Currently looking for work!

ashekleczka@gmail.com
umbertheprussianblue.com

🎨Coms: ko-fi.com/umber/commis...
🔗Links: linktr.ee/theprussianb...

#art
A 3/4 profile of a man with long blue hair held in a very messy bun. The top of his head is crested with like-colored feathers that blend in with his hairline. He has a sombre expression. The eye closest to the viewer is corrupted with arcane energy that arcs out from the pupil creating a runic map across the side of his face. An illustration of the same man (less beat up), lounging on a sofa with three cats of various coloring. The image is painted in warm oranges and cool greens with a garden scene in the background. An ink and acrylic illustration of a baphomet figure gesturing religiously around a black coffee mug with a pentagram on it. Around them are piles of coffee beans that spill forward on rays of gold acrylic paint. A (censored) illustration of an enormous nude woman descending from the sky in front of/backed by what appears to be a black hole that is sucking the landscape and clouds into it. She has bronze skin, glowing eyes, and auburn hair that recedes into the halo of the singularity.
April 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
theprussianblue.bsky.social
New portrait coming soon!

#WIP #Portraits #CommsOpen #CommissionsOpen
A portrait WIP, photo taken of clip studio open on an ipad
April 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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A series of the aforementioned WIPs (the ones that ended up as separate files anyway haha)
WIP 1 - most closely resembling the final WIP 2 - a narrower face with clear skin and a lighter complexion. Still missing hair. WIP 3 - A totally different look. Distinct moles on face, a determined look, and big up-do hair. WIP 4 - I abandoned this one pretty much immediately for being boring.
April 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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This portrait has been such a struggle with a billion iterative WIPs and a ton of frustration haha.

I'm planning on making her my next D&D character; a survivor of the apocalypse and sole survivor of her druid circle. I'm kind of feeling the name Aspar.

#OC #DnD #art #portrait #CommissionsOpen
A painted portrait of a woman with olive toned skin, a strong jaw, and long green hair. She has heavy scarring on the left side of her face and across her scalp from surviving the apocalypse.
April 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Bluesky's open, quote one art to promote yourself ✍️(◔◡◔)

"I claw at you from the inside...
I become you...
I become you..."

#art #illustration #pencil
A heavily crosshatched pencil illustration featuring the head of a stag. From its forehead emerges a bald head with white eyes. Around the stag and between its antlers sprout multiple arms that grasp at it. At the top is a golden star. The image says "parasite" at the bottom.
March 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
theprussianblue.bsky.social
✨⭐ Quote repost with your art that has stars ✨⭐

The Kindler (sold)

"Then she began a great labour, greatest of all the works of the Valar since their coming into Arda. She took the silver dews from the vats of Telperion, and therewith she made new stars…"

#LotR #Silmarillion #art #illustration
An ink and watercolor illustration featuring a semi-nude female figure at the center that's blending with the trunk and branches of a great white tree. She wears a crown that covers her eyes that terminates in a bright star that radiates silver ink beams of light around her.
March 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
theprussianblue.bsky.social
Still doing studies!

I started this self portrait using a limited palette the other day; don't really feel like finishing though so I'm moving on to the next thing 😅

#portraits #portraitstudy #commissionsopen
Reminder that I'm open for commission! See pinned post for more info 📌
A self portrait painted in green, yellow, pink, and blue.
March 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
theprussianblue.bsky.social
Recent events made it hard to work on complex creative work, so I pivoted to portrait studies.

I thought this one came out really nice :)

#portraits #portraitstudy
Reminder I'm open for commission! See pinned post for more info 📌
A painterly portrait study of a black man with thin, short locs, beard, and moustache. He's facing 3/4s left with his eyes closed.
March 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
theprussianblue.bsky.social
I'm also open to other ideas and larger projects - but please contact me via email so we can discuss.

Either way, thanks for looking! I appreciate all of your support and look forward to making cool stuff!

✍️(◔◡◔)

(here are some other examples of past comms)
A commissioned portrait of a bearded vulture anthro with a huge tufted grey crest of feathers, and a dark cloak A graphic noir style grey and bright red portrait of a man that's taking a fedora off his head to reveal a complex rune on his forehead. A portrait of a bright red tiefling woman with golden jewelry, a black bob, and lipstick. She's holding a gold coin in one hand. A portrait of a TF2 Red Heavy OC. He's wearing a bandana, and has a crow perched on one shoulder. He has a sunflower tucked behind his ear.
March 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
theprussianblue.bsky.social
I need help paying off some bills so --
COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN!

✨Payment via Ko-fi, or via Square
✨No DMs here please
✨Email me at ashekleczka@gmail.com or contact on Ko-fi

You can find the full details on my Ko-fi (linked below)
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#commissionsopen #commsopen
A commissions ad that reads: Commissions, need a portrait? I got you! Includes: 5x7 high and web resolution files. PSD on request. Wills - OCs, fanart, furry, real people, pets. Won'ts - mecha, politics, and hateful imagery. Beneath that are glyphs for square, and for Ko-fi, as well as my email - ashekleczka@gmail.com, and my logo. On the left and right are examples of the portraits offered. The left are painted portraits, lines are 60 USD, and fully painted is 80 USD. The right are pencil drawn portraits, lines are 40 USD, and painted is 60 USD.
March 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM