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batcii

revisiting an old concept: fancy mushrooms

#fantasy #batcii #biggest plot twist of 2026: this blog is not technically dead

marcelshorjian

some more butches

#margautshorjian #real world

chuwenjie

I designed the outfit that Gwen wears to prom in Across the Spiderverse!

For her outfit I was asked to bring in some 90s/grunge influence- the idea was that Gwen wouldn't buy a dress off the rack for prom, she would probably throw together her own outfit and customize it herself. Numbers 4 and 6 are closest to the version that ended up in the movie!

#4 & 6 are definitely the best fits for the style of gwen’s universe but i is kind of great too #concept art #marvel #chuwenjie

bethfuller

new oc time

#bethfuller

maddiesharafian

Drawing for fun with no goal in mind ✨

#maddiesharafian

jesncin

The Dia

Nonbinary priests inspired by a fusion of Indonesian cultures, mainly the Bissu of Bugis societies.

#jesncin

pallisia

the odd couple

#pallisia #i'm going to phase out categorizing designs w/ the 'fantasy' or 'historical' labels jsyk

dererumvita-art

Sometimes I still think about her and want to make a comic based on her myth 🥲❤️

#greek mythology #historical #fdevitart

turnipwine-deactivated20230528

designs for a WIP

#turnipwine #not sure of the genre of this project but i’d like to tag this as #historical #just for organization/reference since the majority of the characters are in historical dress

turnipwine-deactivated20230528

oct 17-21! willow (he/him), laine (he/they), ana maría (she/her), barry (he/him), quinn (any/all)

(changed up quinn’s design to look a little closer to my husband’s ref for her!)

#turnipwine #(a personal favorite artist of mine)#real world #fantasy

cybzilla

artist friends please accept this link to my scans of morpho: fat and skin folds by michel lauricella- also if you find it as helpful as I do please consider buying a copy for yourself!

#tutorials #anatomy #reference

Believe it or not, this blog isn't technically dead. I'm still very active on my personal blog, but unfortunately, a significant number of vis dev artists and other character designers have switched to Twitter and Instagram, and the well of original art on tumblr isn't quite as deep as it used to be.

I won't be switching over to reposting art from other sites with links to the original artist, since this isn't something all artists are okay with.

If you know of any artists still on tumblr who you think I should check out, let me know!

#not to mention: many of the followers of this blog have migrated to Instagram and Twitter as well #the irony being that aggregating blogs like this one are objectively the best way to share other people's art #the other reason i'm less active: i'm a 27yo working professional and not a college student #i started this in college and subsequently i've worked in animation development and i'm currently a comic book editor #which makes sorting through portfolios in my free time a little less...appealing

laurayams

the thief: gen begins his journey 🐴

the queen’s thief is one of my favorite book series of all time! i started a portfolio project on it :)

#the queen's thief #redesign #prettysketch #historical #(sort of)

cy-lindric

Our grad film is finished which means now all I’m waiting for is to be able to play DnD again;; Here’s Mahault the sad oathbreaker paladin, whom I’ll be playing in a couple of months

#cy-lindric #fantasy