Arikin Creations

Hey I’m Ari and this will be dedicated to my art, both digital and traditional, I am currently focusing on a 500 day personal challenge based around human(oid) anatomy and character concept building. It is rare that I have commissions open-- especially as I work on my personal challenges, feel free to check back from time to time.

[arikin13]

Finished Illustration of Personal Challenge Day 1 Sketch from 04/14/2020 -- finished 04/22/2020.

Overall this was a lot of fun and experimentation for me as, one, I have rarely ever drawn humans-- and two, I haven’t ever done shading like this. I’m pretty happy with the result, but in 490 days I hope to look back at this piece and measure my growth against it.

I don’t know if I will stick with this type of shading-- but it was fun to experiment.

I will be redrawing this character a minimum of four more times by the end of this challenge-- so if you have name ideas for her, please comment! I’m thinking either something flower or spring related for this cheerful elf.

[arikin13]

Personal Challenge Day 9 - 04/22/2020

500 Day Personal Challenge

Days 1-100

-Portrait Sketches -Shapes of the Face -100 Facial concepts

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Personal Challenge Day 8 - 04/21/2020

500 Day Personal Challenge

Days 1-100

-Portrait Sketches -Shapes of the Face -100 Facial concepts

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Personal Challenge Day 7 - 04/20/2020

500 Day Personal Challenge

Days 1-100

-Portrait Sketches -Shapes of the Face -100 Facial concepts

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Personal Challenge Day 6 - 04/19/2020

500 Day Personal Challenge

Days 1-100

-Portrait Sketches -Shapes of the Face -100 Facial concepts

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Personal Challenge Day 5 - 04/18/2020

500 Day Personal Challenge

Days 1-100

-Portrait Sketches -Shapes of the Face -100 Facial concepts

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Personal Challenge Day 4 - 04/17/2020

500 Day Personal Challenge

Days 1-100

-Portrait Sketches -Shapes of the Face -100 Facial concepts

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Personal Challenge Day 3 - 04/16/2020

500 Day Personal Challenge

Days 1-100

-Portrait Sketches -Shapes of the Face -100 Facial concepts

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Personal Challenge Day 2 - 04/15/2020

500 Day Personal Challenge

Days 1-100

-Portrait Sketches -Shapes of the Face -100 Facial concepts

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Personal Challenge Day 1 - 04/14/2020

500 Day Personal Challenge

Days 1-100

-Portrait Sketches -Shapes of the Face -100 Facial concepts

[arikin13]

What is it?: Design of QueenKatoe’s dragon, Cheshire, from FR for an art trade.

Do you still take commissions?: Yes, feel free to message me if you have a question about commissioning me. I use paypal or google wallet. I have a Ko-fi (arikin) and my dA (referenced at the bottom) which you can message me through as well.

Can I use/reblog?: No you may not use it, as this is someone else’s character, but feel free to reblog it provided you keep the credits.

What do I like most about it?: The detail in the apparel such as the ribbons and the gems - I also really liked the expression in the eye and the coloration of the head, neck, and tail.

What do I like the least about it?: The limbs and the wings. I started rushing towards the end as after 12 hrs of working on the piece (over multiple days), I was starting to fall flat on motivation.

Notes about it: Different style of work for me in recent time as I haven’t done designer pieces like this in a very long time. Apparel is something I am very new to using in my art, although they were a part of the character. It was different anatomy for me to work with, and lots of bright colors, which I tend to stray away from in my original works.

Media: -MediBang Paint Pro -Wacom Intuos Pro Medium Time: ~12hrs over a week’s time ***Original Work*** Feel free to reblog - but please keep credit and the original notes in your reblog of this. Please do not post on other sites without linking back to it either on my Tumblr or on my dA (referenced below)

-Arikin

This can also be found on my dA- ForeverEryn

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What is it?: Original character for someone on FR. They supplied prompts and I ran with the design- thinking of trees and windy designs in the creation of this dragon beast.

Do you still take commissions?: Yes, feel free to message me if you have a question about commissioning me. I use paypal or google wallet.

Can I use/reblog?: No you may not use it, this is an original character for someone else. I request that you don’t reblog as this design is now owned by RainbowVeins on FR.

What do I like most about it?: The floofiness- I decided to try something new and I’m proud with the outcome with the textures- for the most part. I also love the color scheme and the designs along the shoulder and back. I also love the eye - even though you can really only see it if you zoom in crazy far!

What do I like the least about it?: I’m not as fond of the tail- could have spent more time flushing that out in a way similar to the back and legs- I feel like I got away with myself on the face and mane and attempted to bridge the gap of styles in the tail... and I don’t think it worked for me. I should have stuck to the style I used on the back/legs or the style I used on the face/mane in terms of texture.

Notes about it: Not my normal design. The sketch is reminiscent of my normal work- but I normally don’t go as strongly with textures and I haven’t done designs in years (since I left the FP community) so moving away from natural patterns is odd for me at the moment. I definitely am proud of it- but I still understand where I need to improve.

Media: -MediBang Paint Pro -Wacom Intuos Pro Medium Time: ~5-10 hours- didn’t exactly pay attention to time on this one as I completed it over several dats. ***Original Work*** Please do not share, but if you must please link back to the original, provide credit, and mention that it is a design owned by RainbowVeins on FR.

-Arikin

This can also be found on my dA- ForeverEryn (old username…)

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What is it?: Random side project I decided to do today,  I had recently done a quick sketch page of fox faces, and this was one of the three (out of 18) that I really liked. So today I decided to color it in- planned on doing a normal fox until I accidentally clicked 'difference' on a layer- this is the outcome. I'm quite pleased with it, accidents do make amazing things happen sometimes!

Do you still take commissions?: Yes, feel free to message me if you have a question about commissioning me. I use paypal or google wallet.

Can I use/reblog?: No you may not use it, this is an original work for myself. Yes, you may reblog it, but please keep the original post and credit me.

What do I like most about it?: The colors, the eye, the feel of it! ^_^

What do I like the least about it?: The fact that it isn’t finished- it’s a bit choppy at the edges, missing some whiskers/finishing touches, basically some touch ups are still needed.

Notes about it: It isn't my normal style by any means, it's a lot softer, less texture than what I'm used to traditionally when it comes to recent styles, but I like the way it turned out. I'll probably add a more finished update in the near future- it still needs some finishing touches like whiskers and some more flushing out of the fur, though I think I'll keep the colors I have!

Media: -MediBang Paint Pro -Wacom Intuos Pro Medium Time: ~2 hours thus far ***Original Work*** Please do not share without keeping credit/signature.

-Arikin 

This may also be found on my dA- ForeverEryn (old username...)

[arikin13]

Welcome!

Hey welcome to my tumblr! Hopefully I'll start posting more of my pieces soon as I start to finish them. I predominantly work with concept art/creature creation as I like to mesh multiple animals together to make something new, but recently I've started focusing on humans/humanoids to challenge myself to improve, so you may see more of those in the near future.

About me: I am 23, I don't care about pronouns, so feel free to use any you choose. I go by Ari, Phoenix, or Shadow, depending on where you've found me from. I am an Aquarius, my favorite animal is a fox (specifically the silver or corsac foxes), fantasy animals would have to be the kitsune and dragons, favorite colors are sunset hues (deeps blues, purples, reds, oranges), ummm... I like instrumental music, chillstep for music- it's very inspirational for my art and writing. I began drawing because of my mother and twin sister, but branched off into my own route through my writing. A lot of what I draw is inspired by what I want to write about, and since learning about webcomics, I'm tempted to try my hand at one maybe a year or two down the line, who knows?

I do take requests for character designs in the idea of "can you draw something with a tiger shark as part of the concept?" but I will still own that piece. I will not take requests to draw your characters for free, sorry, but this does take time and effort and I just can't offer that.

On the other hand, I do offer commissions using either paypal or google wallet. These commissions are individually priced based off of your budget and the time it takes me to complete the piece, so you will have to message me with details. I am most comfortable with dragons, canines, and felines, but I am branching more into sea creatures, avians, and humanoids. I am willing to draw anything, and I don't require any percentage of payment until after the sketch is approved, so you can back out at any time up until that point.

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What is it?: Commission I did for a local band recently.

Do you still take commissions?: Yes, feel free to message me if you have a question about commissioning me. I use paypal or google wallet.

Can I use/reblog?: No, this design was purchased and is now owned by the band it was commissioned for, therefore I would prefer you do not reblog.

What do I like most about it?: The wings, face mask, and the hair, with the skirt coming in behind those items.

What do I like the least about it?: The feet, I definitely could have done better there.

Notes about it: The green you see is actually transparent space as this was a shirt design for their band. This was created entirely in Adobe Photoshop using a Wacom Cintiq 22hd tablet- and I am definitely missing all of those elements now that I’ve graduated.

-Arikin