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Color painting I did on 10/23 of #JohnnyCarson from memory, for his 100th birthday. Meant to post yesterday. #HumanArt #DigitalSketch

Digital color painting of Johnny Carson from memory, celebrating his 100th birthday on 10/23/2025. He is seen here behind a long desk, wearing a light brown blazer, and holding his trademark pencil.

October 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM

Will To Create

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Portrait WIP of one of my Sith Warriors from #SWTOR. This is them without the helmet, so far. Might do one with, and one without. #ClipStudioPaint #CSP

Digital portrait painting WIP of a purple Twi'lek's face. They are a Sith Warrior from Star Wars: The Old Republic. The edges are still quite rough, including a very loose representation of where the lekku will be.

September 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM

Will To Create

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ARTISTS, quote with your most popular artwork from 2025!

Definitely this one from Art Fight this year, for @aok528.bsky.social #MurderDrones #Tron #ArtFight

Two belongs to aok528. Drawn for Art Fight 2025, Two is a combination of Murder Drones and Tron: Legacy.

August 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM

Will To Create

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Hi Justin! Thanks for the #ArtShare. This was my first year doing #ArtFight, so here are some of what I made for others in July:

Amber for Woozey_the_wizard. She is a dark-skinned elf with billowy white hair and lots of freckles.

Two for aok528. Two is a Murder Drone with some design elements of CLU from Tron: Legacy.

Oscar Valdez for ArcticBlueArtist. Oscar is an illusionist, with a black trenchcoat, pants, and gloves, and purple dress shirt. He has a skull for a head, and a flower is where his left eye would be. He is casting a pinkish purple spell from his right hand.

Watun for DrTinman. Watun is a gray Cathar Trooper in white and blue armor, side-caulting a wall or barricade, from the Star Wars: The Old Republic game.

August 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM

Will To Create

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#ShareMyAttack2025 Here are my top four from this year. Apparently, my fastest drawing was over 8 hours. lol #ArtFight #ArtFight2025 #ArtFightTeamFossils #TeamFossils #ClipStudioPaint #CSP #MurderDrones #Tron #SWTOR

Art Fight drawing of Amber for Woozey-the-wizard

Art Fight drawing of Oscar Valdez for ArcticBlueArtist

August 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM

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And here's the timelapse for @drtinman.bsky.social's #SWTOR character, Watun, a Cathar Trooper. #ArtFight #ArtFight2025 #ArtFightTeamFossils #ReamFossils #ClipStudioPaint #CSP

August 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM

Will To Create

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Return fire for your #ArtFight drawing of Whit. Here are the sketch, Inks, Final, and one without the orange filter. #ArtFight2025 #ArtFightTeamFossils #ReamFossils #ClipStudioPaint #CSP Timelapse coming soon.

Blue pencil sketch - Watun for DrTinman on ArtFight - Watun is a gray Cathar Trooper, leaping a small wall or barricade to avoid an explosion.

Black ink drawing - Watun for DrTinman on ArtFight - Watun is a gray Cathar Trooper, leaping a small wall or barricade to avoid an explosion.

Full color image - Watun for DrTinman on ArtFight - Watun is a gray Cathar Trooper, leaping a small wall or barricade to avoid an explosion. This one has a slight orange filter added to it.

Full color image - Watun for DrTinman on ArtFight - Watun is a gray Cathar Trooper, leaping a small wall or barricade to avoid an explosion. This one does not have the orange filter added to it.

August 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM

Will To Create

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#PortfolioDay Trying to get back into it, so I started with #ArtFight this year. artfight.net/~WHTJunior

Amber for Woozey_the_wizard on Art Fight

Captain Joanna Kay for BDRich64 on Art Fight

Oscar Valdez for ArcticBlueArtist on Art Fight

July 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM

Will To Create

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A WIP sketch for what will likely be my final #ArtFight submission of the month. This is Watun (face markings to be added during coloring) for @drtinman.bsky.social , in response to his attack on my #SWTOR character, Whit Turner. #ArtFight2025 #ArtFightTeamFossils #TeamFossils #ClipStudioPaint #CSP

Blue-line sketch for Watun, a character belonging to DrTinman. Watun is a gray Cathar Trooper, and in this image, he is vaulting a barricade, holding a rifle in his right hand.

July 31, 2025 at 4:05 AM

Will To Create

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Congrats on 2k! It's my birthday today, so any reshares and new followers would be greatly appreciated. These are samples of my work from #ArtFight this year. artfight.net/~WHTJunior #ArtFight2025 #ArtFightTeamFossils #TeamFossils#ClipStudioPaint #CSP #MurderDrones #Tron

Amber for Woozey_the_wizard. Dark-skinned elf with billowy white hair and lots of freckles.

Two for aok528. Murder Drones and Tron: Legacy mashup.

Captain Joanna Kay for BZRick64. Red-headed pirate captain with a red and yellow longcoat and telescope.

Oscar Valdez for ArcticBlueArtist. A skull-headed illusionist in a black trenchcoat, wielding purple magic.

July 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM

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Hey, it's my #birthday today, so I was hoping for some shares, and maybe some new followers. Here are some examples of art that I've done for #ArtFight this year. #ArtFight2025 #ArtFightTeamFossils #TeamFossils #ClipStudioPaint #CSP #MurderDrones #Tron #OCSky #ArtistOnBsky

First Art Fight attack for Woozey_the_wizard, of their character Amber. Amber is a dark-skinned elf with billowy white hair and lots of freckles.

Second Art Fight attack for aok528 of their Murder Drones character, Two. Two is a bit of a mashup between the Murdert Drones and Tron: Legacy world, wearing a similar outfit to CLU from Tron: Legacy.

My third Art Fight attack was for BZRich64, of their original character, Captain Joanna Kay. She has red hair, and is wearing a red and yellow longcoat, with brown gloves and belt, and tan pants. She is holding a brown and gold telescope with the initials JK engraved on it.

My fourth image is a return fire not-exactly-a-revenge for ArcticBlueArtist of their OC Oscar Valdez, who can create illusions. He wears a long black trenchcoat with black pants, along with a purple dress shirt and dark sneakers. His head is a skull with vines growing out of a flower in his left eye socket. He is conjuring some type of purple magic with his right hand. He is, indeed, hovering towards you.

July 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM

Will To Create

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And here's the timelapse for #ArtFight attack number four, for @arcticblueartist.bsky.social's Oscar Valdez. #ArtFight2025 #ArtFightTeamFossils #TeamFossils #ClipStudioPaint #CSP

July 25, 2025 at 6:36 AM

Will To Create

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Fourth #ArtFight attack, revenge for a superhero mass attack by @arcticblueartist.bsky.social. As usual, I'll get a timelapse exported soon. #ArtFight2025 #ArtFightTeamFossils #TeamFossils #ClipStudioPaint #CSP
artfight.net/attack/12125...

A cel-shaded color drawing of Oscar Valdez, a character created by AcrcticBlueArtist on Art Fight. Oscar has illusion powers, and has the appearance of a skull for a head, with a single purple flower growing from his left eye. Several vines with pink leaves seem to hold the flower in place. His outfit is a dark, almost black trenchcoat suit, with a purple button-up shirt on under it. On his left sleeve is a stylistic skull in a purple circular vine. He is wearing dark gray shoes with white souls and purple laces. He is charging some type of pinkish-purple magic spell using his right hand.

July 25, 2025 at 5:35 AM

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Hey artists! QRP with your sketch vs your final.

Full color sketch of a female pirate captain named Joanna Kay for BZRich64 on Art Fight. She has a big red ponytail, a red and yellow longcoat, and tan pants. She is holding a telescope with J.K. engraved on it.

Finished illustration of a female pirate captain named Joanna Kay for BZRich64 on Art Fight. She has a big red ponytail, a red and yellow longcoat, and tan pants. She is holding a telescope with J.K. engraved on it.

July 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM

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Timelapse number 3 for #ArtFight of Captain Joanna Kay for @bzrich64.bsky.social. #ArtFight2025 #ArtFightTeamFossils #TeamFossils #ClipStudioPaint #CSP

July 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM

Will To Create

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Attack 3 on #ArtFight for @bzrich64.bsky.social, of his pirate Joanna Kay. #ArtFight2025 #ArtFightTeamFossils #TeamFossils #ClipStudioPaint #CSP. Keep an eye here for the timelapse.

Captain Joanna Kay, a female pirate of an all female pirate crew. Seen here in front of an abstract sea and ship steering wheel, her long red ponytail fluttering in the wind, she is wearing a red longcoat with yellow lapels and trim. Her pants are tan with a brown buckle, and she is wearing brown fingerless gloves. She has an engraved telescope with the letters J.K., with the dots in emerald. She also has a pinky ring with an emerald gem.

July 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM

Will To Create

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Hey artists! QRP with your sketch vs final 🖤

Color sketch of superhero defiance, neon green and black outfit with round glasses, with spiky brown hair.

Final colored image of superhero defiance, neon green and black outfit with round glasses, with spiky brown hair. Added black shoulderguards with neon green glowing pipes.

July 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM

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The crew's all here. This is where I thought there was an upside-down head, in the back row. lol

Deep Blue Ink video, where there are child versions of Brennan Lee Mulligan and Drawfee Jacob, Julia, Karina, and a sliver of Nathan. One background kid, who might be Griffin McElroy, raises their eyebrows, and it intersects with the top of their glasses in a way that looks like lips on an upside-down face.

July 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM

Will To Create

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New full color sketch WIP for #ArtFight in #ClipStudioPaint #CSP. Trying out this method used by other artists out there. It's been a lot of work just to get to this point. #ArtFight2025 #ArtFightTeamFossils #TeamFossils (now with alt text)

A WIP color sketch of Captain Joanna Kay for BZRich64 on Art Fight. She has her red hair up in a high ponytail, wearing a red trenchcoat/duster with yellow lapels and trim. She has a dark gray tank top and tan pants on under that. She is standing with her right leg up on an unseen platform, and a decorative ship wheel is centered in the background, with stylistic representations of water and waves behind that. In her fingerless-gloved hands, she is holding a wooden and gold telescope with the letters JK carved into it.

July 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM

Will To Create

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Congrats on 7.5! I have these two so far on #ArtFight. #ArtShare

Amber for Woozey_the_wizard on Art Fight. A dark-skinned elf with billowy white hair and lots of freckles.

Two for aok528 on Art Fight. Two is a mashup of Murder Drones and Tron: Legacy. Two is seen here sliding backwards, reeling from some attack, claws sparking the ground.

July 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM

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I don't normally start with a full-color sketch, and for #ArtFight, I done two completely different processes. One is an unplanned portrait painting, and the other is a meticulously rendered image from pencil, to ink, to color, to final render.