Paint From a Stylus

Nicole Cardiff's illustration, occasional fan art and sketches, and desire for supervillainy. Website Commission info/FAQ

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Finished this leather mask for the Labyrinth Ball - as always, if you'd like to commission one of your own, get in touch!

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Inspired by the Briarwoods from Critical Role. Commissions available, if anyone's interested!

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Finished a quick set of commissioned thank you cards, so that's the end of the traditional commission queue - time to go find more to do!

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Finished Pelican scroll based on a 1490s Florentine piece from the Trapezuntius Rhetoricorum.

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Finished County scroll with knotwork based on the Book of Kells and Book of Durrow, with the sword/scabbard based on Sutton Hoo finds.

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WIP joint Count/Countess scrolls - the knotwork's mostly derived from Book of Kells and Book of Durrow, with the sword based on Sutton Hoo finds.

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I am very tired. The end of this year could probably suck more, but I don't want to find out.

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If I ever share anything that was AI generated it is purely by accident. I hate that it's getting harder and harder to tell and it makes me want to never use the internet again. It definitely had its faults, but man I miss the internet of the 2000s so much.

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Adding to this: please TELL ME if I share something that is genAI and you know it is. I want to know this information.

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Finished this one! If anyone would like to commission their own illustration, please get in touch. :)

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Getting back into digital art. I missed you, layers and control Z!

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Finished Harp Argent. I thought it would be a fun challenge to try doing tiny likenesses - the faces on the bottom of the S are about the width of my pinky nail.

Original historical source: Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci's Gradual 2 for San Michele a Murano, 1399 (which is 22 inches tall!)

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Finished Corde de Guerre!

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Current WIPs - had to pause the top one while I wait (and wait) for confirmation on the heraldic wording for the calligraphy; hopefully I can get that soon. Harp Argent for Landsknecht costuming on top, Corde de Guerre on the bottom.

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Commissioned white vine piece for a White Scarf - my favorite bit was the dagger (his household has a red heart as their badge, so it was fun to design it into the sail.)

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Finished! Based on a combination of the Horae ad usum Briocensem, for the blend of bar and ivy with flowers, a capital from a French book of hours from 1400, and more realistic Disney Robin Hood animals, by request of the commissioner.

As ever, if you would like to commission a calligraphed/illuminated piece of your own, please get in touch!

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Currently on the table - WIP Order of the Mark scroll for one of our three premieres, who wanted a storybook/Disney kind of feel.