Bastien's Art Blog | Comms: OPEN

Separate side blog to keep my art + resources all in one place | Main blog @bastienbun

[bastiensapphire]

I'm open for art commissions! Right now I'm focusing hard on finishing my novel draft for A Hell of a Life, but I miss having some art to work on, too. More than anything else, I'm taking commissions because I want to make people happy by drawing their blorbos :)

If you're interested, all you gotta do is DM me!

Samples of work are in this post, but for more art go to my art blog @bastiensapphire .

More art samples:

View full info here on Google Drive

Contact me via: Tumblr @bastiensapphire and @bastienbun | Artstation.com/bastiensapphire | Gmail [email protected]

[windows-in-art]

Portrait Of An Enemy.

Lucia Heffernan

[dark-magician-girl-meets-world]

Okay, can we talk about Lucia Heffernan though?

[mads-schubert]

your work is really gorgeous. do you have any tips on composition? i'm always blown away with the structure of your posture cause you make it look so easy

aw thanks!

Biggest tip is to look into the fundamentals of visual design hierarchy. Ask yourself as you're making a composition "what do I want the viewer to notice first, second, third, etc?"

On a more granular level, you can specifically look into Gestalt Principles.

There's a lot of formal design education that kinda informs my composition choices. Ultimately you're looking to create a visual experience that's easily digestible (and nice to look at), so learning how to do that is key.

[english-idylls]

Witches and Sorceresses in John William Waterhouse paintings.

[bastiensapphire]

WIP of a portrait for Asmodeus 🥰

[bastiensapphire]

Quick Leon doodle to practice a pose reference 🔪

Credits to @albanenechi for the OG ref! It was a ton of fun seeing how far I could stretch a pose's anatomy without muscle refs :)

[fluffysheeps]

Snake snacks 🐍

[spookymoosestudio]

This one's called "Mother" Guys, I am SO EXCITED with how this one turned out!!! I am definitely going to be exploring this technique a bit more and I already have a few new ideas for my next pieces! 🔥🔥 Haven't felt this fired up in a while!!

[nattousan]

ok so, I approached my local library with a proposal to donate a mural as a way to A: build portfolio/gain practical experience and B: give back to a beloved public institution. The director was very enthusiastic about it and i've been working on it since the beginning of March. Come with me as I endeavor to paint what is in all honesty an excessive amount of birds

I wanted the birds to look like they were actually in the space so first thing after doing the draft was to do a lighting study

after that I covered the walls in letters in lieu of a projector/vr headset bc i have neither of those :) Then i take a picture of the section of wall and superimpose the lineart over top of it so I can pencil in the lines

et voila

and that was a whole week on it's own so next comes the paintin' >:)

[nattousan]

and now, the birds

Birds 1 and 2/14: Red Winged Blackbird, Male and female, Agelaius phoeniceus

[hinamie]

bring it on!

cursed kids v3 [1] [2]

[niuniente]

Looks Don't Really Matter Much At The Job (仕事に見た目はあんまり関係ないよねって話 ) by Takaki Tsuyoshi

[daorssor3]

✧`*•

[mangoesmargie]

"Someday, I'll come and bring you back. Wait for me."

I love fmab sm 🙏

[huckleberryhal]

Also Grandpa Ferret (X)

[veryberryskye]

yeah i like to give my blessing to the most pathetic looking weak little knight at the tournament. she can’t even look me in the eye when i give her my flower and she stutters out that she’ll do her best or something of the like. i think its funny when she has to cry and beg my forgiveness and i get to say “such a shame, i suppose my hand in marriage will have to go to someone else…” and then i get to hear her whimper like a dog. ive done this like 6 times alrea-

did she just win.

[the-stew-goblin]

I shall prepare a stew for the wedding! Extra salt!

[veryberryskye]

wait wait wait stew goblin wait

[peachdelta]

get ready for the wedding

[softymuii]

🍷

[shannondiazs]

"la venida de cristo" (the cumming of christ)

paintings by fabián chairez (mexico, born 1987) also available as a postcard set

his exhibition in mexico city is currently being targeted by extremist religious groups and christian groups are trying to sue him (X) for his work so i thought i would show all of tumblr