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[merimeik]

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Welcome! This is my art blog where I post (some) of my art and reblog other work I find particularly informative or inspiring.

@merimeik (art blog) | @emmrichvolkarout (fandom blog)

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[merimeik]

Ahhhhh I finally get to post this! My contribution to the Dragon Age Big Bang 2026! Companion illustration for the fantastic fic The Princess & The Rook, by @fiberpunk027. It's a really lovely piece that reads like a comfy fairytale (especially if you want some closure on Alistair as a king and father), and reading the draft made it so easy to stay motivated throughout the entire drawing process.

Fic synopsis and close-ups under the cut!

"Marillia "Lia" Theirin is the imaginative child of Alistair and Anora Mac Tir. The heir to a kingdom, she spends more of her days daydreaming and pretending her life were a fairy tale than focusing on becoming a great future queen, much to her mother's disappointment. All of that changes when a mysterious black bird comes to her window seeking refuge. "Rook" is a strangely intelligent bird intent on finding the King of Ferelden and delivering an important message only meant for his ears. These two unlikely friends navigate the uncomfortable spaces between childhood and adulthood, as they discover that the parents they had idealized may be fallible humans after all."

[dragonagebigbang]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85382211/chapters/225518901 Hi everyone! We're back with our twenty-eighth piece for the Dragon Age Big Bang 2026!

Let's give it up for author Fiber_Punk and artist Merimeik; they did incredible work! Go check out their efforts over on Archive of Our Own, and we hope y'all enjoy!

Rating: General Summary: Marillia "Lia" Theirin is the imaginative child of Alistair and Anora Mac Tir. The heir to a kingdom, she spends more of her days daydreaming and pretending her life were a fairy tale than focusing on becoming a great future queen, much to her mother's disappointment. All of that changes when a mysterious black bird comes to her window seeking refuge. "Rook" is a strangely intelligent bird intent on finding the King of Ferelden and delivering an important message only meant for his ears. These two unlikely friends navigate the uncomfortable spaces between childhood and adulthood, as they discover that the parents they had idealized may be fallible humans after all.

[merimeik]

Oh my gosh it's here!! Super excited we finally get to share this :)

[merimeik]

Another Green Lady! This time a garden knight of sorts. A guardian of the garden, if you will.

[merimeik]

Sometimes I get the urge to lock myself away in a cosy bathroom full of plants and pretend I'm in a fantasy greenhouse. Unfortunately my real one doesn't have nearly this many plants :(

Companion to this drawing over here

Edit: Added a timelapse under the cut!

[merimeik]

This one ended up being my favourite! Definitely has nothing to do with the plants and rustic alchemist vibes, promise!!

(I am lying)

(Also if you saw this already, no you didn't)

[merimeik]

Another d20 sticker! Please pay no attention to the mysterious eye.

ngl I really like the eyeball design. Definitely gonna try to incorporate it into something-I-don't-know-what down the line.

[merimeik]

I swear I have other hobbies ok.

Anyway, this is a sticker design I was selling this weekend at HKICS! Made a couple other designs that I'll post soon, and it's a series I'd like to continue so expect more down the line. Yay dice!

[merimeik]

Sometimes I get the urge to lock myself away in a cosy bathroom full of plants and pretend I'm in a fantasy greenhouse. Unfortunately my real one doesn't have nearly this many plants :(

Companion to this drawing over here

Edit: Added a timelapse under the cut!

[malacandrax]

I know I say that I'm kinda nuts for doing the amount of visual research I do, but at the same time: Specificity is SO much more compelling and real feeling, and imo not getting references often makes things look more amateur.

Eg. drawing a sofa- my mental image of a sofa is something like this:

Like. Its a sofa. It works. But it's not very convincing, the pillows are kinda wrong at the back, and it's not really giving any information about the owner. Even if you want a basic sofa... What kind of basic.

comfy and cheap?

kinda rigid?

inherited? ------

who does this comfy cheap ikea sofa belong to anyway?

guy living alone?

teenage girl?

Grandma?

Anyway I'll get off my soapbox but specificity is sexy and fun and it can do your storytelling for you!

[sleepimali]

Bed and Breakfast 🐇🛏️🍳

[merimeik]

Do you ever just open a casual sketch, decide to 'lightly clean it up' and then suddenly six hours of rendering have gone by?

Anyway, here's some mild greenhouse wish fulfillment!

[maruti-bitamin]

BAMBOU

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[nkim-illustrates]

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[chrissabug]

Process steps! Sketch to lineart to rough colors to final. #humanartist

This commission was done for What Blooms from Death by @authorsmgaither

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[prinnay]

Pigeon witch on the bus

[passionpeachy]

nestle in the tulips with mama 🌷