[artchael]

hey! my name's helen, and I'm a portrait artist specialising in colourful realism

prints and more / follow me on instagram / commissions / support me on ko-fi

[angelsdean]

paused all my queues across my various blogs. going to try to limit my activity on here these next few days bc they’re looking at engagement and activity regardless of what we’re actually posting (disdain for this update). boost in activity = positive outcome in their eyes. it sucks tho bc I love being here with y’all, and the whole point is that I want to hang out with you on here and have fun. but in the meantime I’m going to: make more gifs and edits, work on some WIP fics, practice coding, read stuff, and hopefully have cool things to share when this gets fixed

[artchael]

iga świątek at wimbledon 2025!

[artchael]

my severance girls

[artchael]

unfinished sketches from last year: part 2

[artchael]

unfinished sketches from last year: part 1

[artchael]

and killing things mends a broken heart?

[artchael]

aaauuuuugh I could have worked on this forever

wip post here / instagram

[artchael]

aaauuuuugh I could have worked on this forever

wip post here / instagram

[artchael]

aaauuuuugh I could have worked on this forever

wip post here / instagram

[artchael]

forgot to post this one! (leftovers from merlinktober 2024)

[angelsdean]

PSA to all artists / gifmakers / creators who self-reblog to recirculate their work: you shouldn't delete those self-reblogs later. I know it's tempting to do to keep things clean and organized and not have a million of the same post on your blog but, did you know that if someone likes your self-reblog (aka not the original post, but your reblog of it) and you then delete that reblog, the post disappears from their likes? Because yup, that's a thing that happens. Which means that if someone say, likes posts to later reblog them or add them to their queue or read / check out the post in greater detail later the post will be lost to them if you delete your reblogs! So don't do that, or at least wait a longer period of time before you delete / private your reblogs.

[artchael]

forgot to post this one! (leftovers from merlinktober 2024)

[merlinart]

Introducing: Merlin Fanartist Appreciation!

In the spirit of celebrating the people behind the art, we're kicking off Merlin Fanartist Appreciation! Leading up to the anniversary of the Merlin series finale, we're inviting you to send in kind words about your favorite art or artist in the Merlin fandom.

Details: 1. Recognize our beloved artists by sending an ask to @merlinart with your appreciation. 2. We celebrate artists of a wide variety of artforms, however we will not be publishing support for those who self-identify as AI artists or identify their work as AI art. 3. Please include the tumblr handle of the artist you're recognizing! 4. This is about appreciation -- bashing or negativity will ignored. :) 5. Recognitions will be posted to this blog as we approach the finale's anniversary.

Thank you all for supporting our artists! 💕

[artchael]

ripley, with coloured pen and pencils

instagram

[artchael]

some old horror girls sketches that I never posted

[artchael]

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN acrylic on canvas paper, 2024