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Lyna reminisces.

I had a lot of fun being part of the NPC Mini Bang event over at xivnpcbang.bsky.social the past few months, during which I got to draw this huge mural/comic of one of my favorite FFXIV characters, based on a story by @quillofevernight ! <3

Big thanks and kudos to the mods running the event and everyone who participated, this was a lot of fun (and now that I'm done, it's time to go catch up on all the art and fics 👀✨)

#artists on tumblr #clip studio paint #personal fav #monochrome #black and white #ffxiv #ffxiv spoilers #shadowbringers #shadowbringers spoilers #lyna #crystal exarch #ffxiv art #tumblr wouldn't let me upload the seamless piece in good quality but this gets it pretty close!#humans and humanlikes #first posting

[October 2025]

Sketchbook pages and some marker testing.

#artists on tumblr #sketchbook tag #creatures #first posting #markers #traditional art #these were just supposed to be scans but there's a few digital doodles added to some of the critter pages bc i couldn't help myself XD #trying some different approaches to photographing this sketchbook #definitely looking better but it's still rough #idk how people get such good results with the hardbound books!!#witchcraft!#teach me your ways #at least this one's finished so I can just do spiralbounds from here on out haha

2026/04/04

Coffee shop honses (referenced from photos)

#artists on tumblr #personal fav #sketchbook tag #horses #animals #gesture sketches #gesture #studies #first posting #creatures #i tried to do some color correction in CSP and ehhhh it. still feels weird somehow #but i don't want to futz with that any longer so X'D

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I'm working on a redesign of one of my old OCs (a sea serpent) and accidentally came up with two different ways of handling the limbs that I really like, both of which fundamentally change their use AND aren't compatible with each other DX shiiiit

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screaming

#not art #the next folder up is the back flippers btw #we're currently up to 7

I'm working on a redesign of one of my old OCs (a sea serpent) and accidentally came up with two different ways of handling the limbs that I really like, both of which fundamentally change their use AND aren't compatible with each other DX shiiiit

#not art #1 is more like a lionfish fin and the other is more like an exaggerated crocodile #(it always comes back to crocodiles somehow.)#i'd love to go back and talk to the professional designer who helped me with this design at an earlier stage and like.#i technically COULD ask.#but i also do not want to be weird or bother him x'D #y'know??#aaaaaaa

2026/02/26

30 min crosshatch-y sketch to wind down (with a bit of paintbrush cheating, shhh hahaha). Something about F Snapper faces always has kindly grandmother energy to me.

#artists on tumblr #clip studio paint #sketchbook tag #dragons #snappers #fr snapper #flight rising #flight rising snapper #i won't lie fam I am Stressed lately #but big chunky Snapper faces and simple sketching is helping a bit ^^#creatures #first posting

[Fall 2024]

I am terribad at uploading things for ??? reasons so have some random centaur doodles from 2024!

#artists on tumblr #clip studio paint #i'm pretty happy with this for not drawing horses much #still plenty of bits to iron out in the future tho #they're really cool animals so i'd like to get better at them eventually!#it's just. daunting XD #as just about every artist well knows hahahaha #(except perhaps james baxter!)#oh also I have some commissions from the past...uh. year or two. that I need to upload. so you may see those soon too oughgh

Despite trying several times I don't really have an elegant or put-together way to say it, but I really appreciate everyone who left any kind of note or kind comment on my adoptables, especially this most recent batch of bases. Everyone is so sweet and I hold onto all the comments and tags like...well, a dragon hoard <3

#i was really worried the sandsurge one wouldn't do well bc of the crazy aspect ratio (it's almost 2:1!!)#but no! so many people really love it 😭#augh #aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa #aaaAAAAAAAAaaAaA #waugh #not art

Man you really do not realize how frequently FR adds new genes to the rosters until you try to keep up a complete spreadsheet of all of them 😂

#not art #i don't reeeeally want to have to be thinking about the spreadsheet every time FR updates #i like to be able to turn my adopt brain off a bit when the shop is closed #but it's looking like I HAVE to otherwise all hell breaks loose in there adhshsghhdffs

Samples of my new Undertide adoptable base, with some friends who joined them for a swim!

My apologies to the marine biology enjoyers; for maybe-obvious reasons, the sea creatures aren't drawn to correct scale...like at all X'D Unfortunately Undertides are so huge that anything smaller than a whale was going to look tiny, so very quickly I felt it best to just throw realism out the window and go by aesthetics haha. (Plus, the Tully Monster should also get to be big. It deserves it. u__u )

These will be available for order at my adoptable shop starting Wednesday February 4th, alongside new Thorntail and Sandsurge bases. Go check it out!

#the beluga music notes can be customized btw :) more details on the shop page #artists on tumblr #clip studio paint #flight rising #fr #undertide #adoptables #ych #first posting #this and sandsurge took SO long and I'm still not 100% happy with them #but eventually you reach a point where you're happy *enough* and you want your life back XD #i loooove undertides even though i don't have a lot in my lair #they're kind of the dark horse of ancients i feel like.#I did take some real creative liberties with their wings #made them a lot more flipper-like #for a few reasons!#creatures

My new Thorntail adoptable base, with samples and some expressions to choose from!

These will be available for order at my adoptable shop starting Wednesday February 4th, alongside new Sandsurge and Undertide bases. Go check it out!

#artists on tumblr #clip studio paint #flight rising #fr #adoptables #ych #thorntail #first posting #thorntails were probably the fastest adopt i've ever taken from thumbnail -> sketch -> lines XD #they're just peak creature.#i really wanted to give them a customization where they're doing lil jazz hands but I couldn't make it work XD #maybe someday!#for now you get the squirrel hand/arm posture #creatures

Samples of my new Sandsurge adoptable base, with a video of some premade background options to choose from (the gif was much too chunky for Tumblr, rip.)

Fun fact: right after I finished the background set, the last and possibly most taxing stage of the project, I did my usual backup and...accidentally copied the several-days-old backup over the final psd TT__TT Imagine the feeling when I woke up the next day, ready and eager to start assembling the display file with what should've been 11 nice and freshly-finished backgrounds, only to find 4 of them nowhere in sight XD Gone forever! So Earth, Wind, Nature, and Shadow are technically version 2s hahaha. Thankfully the second go went much faster.

These will be available for order at my adoptable shop starting Wednesday February 4th, alongside new Thorntail and Undertide bases. Go check it out!

#artists on tumblr #clip studio paint #sandsurge #flight rising #fr #adoptables #dragon #ych #first posting #was rewatching netflix she ra one last time while drawing these...rip she ra :(#hoping it gets relicensed or released fully on dvd or something #though knowing Netflix...there's really no guarantee DX #creatures

[August 2025] Sometimes you have to remind your bf that he is, in fact, very cute and you love him very much <3

#ffxiv #lio drachendancer #g'raha tia #wolship #wolgraha #lioha #sketchbook tag #light nudity #suggestive #personal fav #humans and humanlikes #first posting #this was kind of a 'test run' of freehanding human form and faces after about a year of life drawing #there's still some iffy bits but i'm so excited about how it turned out #no clothes bc i said so!! and also i've just really come to enjoy drawing artistic nudes even if i don't post them here much

2025/12/04

Some fun shape practice from footage of the Kolyuchin Island polar bears, inspired by Aaron Blaise's new short Snow Bear. The way he draws bears just makes you want to draw them too haha. [ref 1] [ref 2]

#artists on tumblr #clip studio paint #sketchbook tag #bears #animals #studies #first posting #creatures

Also on the sketchbook note, earlier this year I started the goal of finishing the dragon one (where all the life drawings are) by year's end. I've had that one since 2018 or 2019 and haven't done anywhere near as much with it or any of my sketchbooks as I'd like in a long time. After starting life drawing, though, the pages ended up going by really quickly, and I'm quite pleased to say that as of today I only have 7 pages left in the book! ✨So unless something goes horribly wrong in the next ~30 days (which CAN happen, you never know lmao) hitting the goal of finishing by New Year's is well within reach. Neat stuff \ ( ◕ v ◕)/

#not art

Hello again! Not dead yet! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

Hope everyone is doing well!

October and by extension November were a crazy couple of months. In a wild trip across the country I was able to go to Lightbox for the first time ever, during which I got to meet many fantastic artists, attend some really cool panels, talk creature design with a professional creature designer, make new friends and meet old friends all at the same time! (if you're one of the new ones, hi hello!! I did collect a ton of business cards so if you followed me and I haven't followed back, please reach out!) I'm very risk-averse and a homebody so while it was very nerve-wracking, it was also very rewarding and I'll be carrying those memories with me for a long time. If you're passionate about art and animation and ever have the chance to make it, it's absolutely worth it!

As a result I actually have a ton of drawings from October, however...they are almost entirely in my hardbound sketchbook, which is an absolute pain in the rear to upload images from XD (it's reminder #247 that no matter how cool the design is, yes even if it's got a dragon on it, I must not buy more hardbound sketchbooks...) The goal is to upload them Soon(TM) but what does Soon(TM) look like? Well...

(hopefully, ACTUALLY soon.)

November was slow drawing-wise, the post-cool-things funk was very real, but there are some life drawings from then + a new thing I hope to have finished by the end of the month. Stay tuned!

Another note, I may start reblogging art tutorials I find here as well, just because it'd be nice to have everything in one place. If this happens they'll be tagged for easier browsing.

Thanks everyone for reading and I hope your holiday season is wonderful and relaxed :]

#not art

2025/10/13

Just a critter doodle that got polished a bit. Some sort of robotic mantid. May or may not revisit the design someday, we shall see XD

#the Silksong brainrot is still exerting itself #if you couldn't tell lol #artists on tumblr #clip studio paint #mantises #bugs #insects #robots #creature design #...soorta #first posting #sketchbook tag #creatures

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