Random Reblogs Of Neat Stuff And Random Ramblings

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reblogs were off

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vintage Yuva magazine covers

Artwork from Vaddadi Papaiah for Yuva (Telugu magazine)

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Copper (OC) - Houseki no Kuni

She lost an arm to corrosion. Technically not a crystal, but shhh.

I know OCs aren’t the most interesting thing, but I wanted to draw at least one in preparation for (maybe) taking part in ArtFight this year.

Sorry for the lack of recent posts. I’ve been using a lot of my free time to work on a cosplay (Anthy!!!) for Japan Expo 2026. I still hope I’ll be able to finish another drawing before July :')

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Garrus & Shepard

(so I got bored and decided to finish this piece, make it more lively)

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Submerging from your world and back into my bliss A day rolled into one is burning on my lips

It's a bit of a tradition of mine but every year, every month of May, I always like to dedicate an illustration to Viria. The last couple of years I had drawn her as her troubled and angsty teenager self. This year I kinda wanted something a little more carefree.

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Oh, hi! Thanks for checking out what's under the cut.

It's a variant with no background!

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Luka Luka Lunes!!

[communist-hatsunemiku]

Love this Miku so much... here is my take - googoogaga733

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[fuingniko]

I made this month ago, one of my favorite work

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mentally taking a drag of my mental cigarette because I don’t smoke but life has been very smokable lately

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Me and the bestie when I when you when

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and they are the bestest of friends

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Light Through Leaves

Lyrinn, paladin of Mielikki

I finally got around to draw a proper illustration for my newest D&D character! I've been wanting to run a Paladin in 5e ever since I've read about the Oath of the Ancients subclass, and I finally had the chance now that I'm playing Dungeon of the Mad Mage.

Check under the cut for additional insight on her design!

I admit, I love the idea of Oaths, of a paladin's power coming from their conviction and ideals first and foremost, and how the Oath of the Ancients specifically is about light and community in a way that feels different from the classical paladin. I wanted to reflect that in my design, and leaning into the nature's aspect because of other elements tied to her origins.

Turns out however there's not a lof of examples around of Oath of the Ancients paladins I could get inspiration from, huh. Mostly I've come across the archetype of the "green knight", which to me mostly just looked like a normal knight with a full-plate armor painted green and moss growing on it. That's no good! So I tried figuring it out as I went.

I wanted my paladin to look something like a ranger, but more "noble" and approachable. I focused on warm colors and a mostly round shape language, trying to avoid sharp angles whenever possible. I opted for a piecemeal leather armor (which works well with her DEX build on her character sheet) and I've trying to evoke a heroic figure by drawing inspirations not from knights of western tradition but from classical JRPG brave heroes, the yūsha, like the hero from Dragon Quest 3 or Link from Legend of Zelda. As finishing touches I incorporated celtic knots into her design, as a tie to the nordic-inspired origins of the character.

And well, I hope I can say I managed to reach my goal! I think this works well as a design that rides the line between what you'd expect from a paladin and somebody trained by a ranger. I feel pretty satisfied with it. What do you think? I'd be curious to hear.

Thanks for reading! ✨

[thereisselfpreservation]

I'm seeing warnings about scammers trying to commission artists but the "reference sheet" for their character they want commissioned isn't an image but a .vbs file ("visual basic script"), and will run a script when you open it, probably to yoink your account(s), but I haven't seen this from anyone who's actually clicked it yet. Just be careful and never open a file like that, 'cause people suck.

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For reference (heh)

At a glance, file name checks out. But!! Do not open a .vbs file!!!