Being Alive is So Inconvenient

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[nicstylus]

It’s Nic Stylus!?

Heya, I draw skeletons and badass women :]

General (Trigger?) Warnings for this blog: - Skulduggery Pleasant Spoilers - Blood/Gore - Body Horror - Death

Probable Blog Content: - Skulduggery Pleasant - Phases 1 and 2 - OC Content - Skyrim - Portal 1 & 2 - Twilight Princess

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Resources! 

I’m also @nicstylusreblogs (where I reblog everything) and @notnicstylus (my inactive blog but unfortunately the main account) 

My Inbox is always open! You can request doodles, my opinions on things, advice... though I’d be very wary of that last one Stopping in just to drop a Hello is always welcome! :] PLEASE DO NOT SEND PHASE 3 ASKS, I’ve not read it yet D:

My commissions are open! Find all commission info here!

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WIP Wednesday - LSODM Spoilers

This is honest to god one of my favourite scenes- and I like a LOT of LSODM.

But the bit where Darquesse actually earns her takeover? Manipulating Valkyrie into a situation where she's forced to relinquish control? And then to top it off mass murdering a ton of people?

Chef's kiss

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hey, remember me?

WELL I'M BACK NOW

and it only took way too much money and frustration over not being able to get my settings exactly the same as they were on my old laptop... first world problems :T

Anyway I'm going to try to revenge every attack I get as well as make another big skeleton attack- we'll see how well that works out because I joined the fight so late. Better late than never but still mildly annoying timing for tech issues.

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Jason for @nicstylus on Artfight!

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WIP Wednesday, Dead or Alive spoilers

I wanted to draw the scene where Malice is begrudgingly telling Valkyrie about Cadaver for the first time and she very innocently asks why he'd name himself Cadaver Bespoke. Her just instantly assuming 'Skulduggery's best buddy' must obviously be Ghastly hit me in the feels.

Alas, not in the feels enough to finish the canvas I guess

Also, Malice is fun to draw and I've done it exactly one time

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WIP Wednesday with a tattoo map I never finished (but I was going to!!)

Remember when I asked everyone what kind of tattoos Finbar would have? Welp. Anyone see their own suggestion? xD

I started on this because I knew his card was coming up, and he'll be getting three so I wanted to keep it consistent... guess I'll just have to wing it

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Just drove past a little girl on the way to work, sitting in a HUGE puddle at the end of her driveway from the storm that just passed. Hopefully she was wiping her mouth but it 100% looked like she was shoving mud into her face…

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GUYS I WANNA DRAW

SCREEEEEEEEEEECH

[star--sight]

✧ Artfight finally started! ✧

Attack for @nicstylus featuring insomnia and my OC ivory!

Never drawing backgrounds again. Especially those dammed ac units XD

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WIP Wednesday ft the cain instinct - LSODM Spoilers

Gee, I wonder who that is?

This was another sketch base that I ended up liking a lot, but I liked another sketch better so this one got saved as a different canvas to come back to. This is what ended up making the final cut though

Val looks really young here though, like DD young. I think it's the angle but I'm pretty sure that's why it got scrapped. Also skinny arms what was I doing xD

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WIP Wednesday, welcome to 2025 WIPs :D

I actually finished this one, if only because it only really needed color xD

One is almost completely done with the lineart stage and the other sketch is still sitting there so obviously I still couldn't make up my mind xD

I'm not sure if this is referencing anything, I think I just really wanted to draw them plummeting head first into whatever.

Anyway even though you've seen the finished version there was still a secondary version that I honestly kinda liked better- just never got to the lines

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Me, cracking open the Lightning Thief (for the first time in like 10 years) because I actually have free time for once and my laptop is still stubbornly insisting it’s a brick:

Wow it’s been so long since I’ve been in New York. I’ve spent so much time in Ireland the past few years…

My mom, overhearing my dramatics: Good, you can give Valkyrie a break

Me: Yes, it’s time to revisit a different traumatized 12 year old

My mom: *heavy eyeroll*

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Nathanial Quiver + Vandameer Craven

Completed: May 10th + 24th 2026

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36 n 37 of 38 DD Cards!

This marks the current end to the DD Deck n the Card Project itself for the time being. Until I can either fix my laptop or get a new one :[

This will be their only Cards.

I'm grouping them together because they're both high ranking Necromancers, and while Craven sort of deserves his own post, I don't like him and Quiver doesn't really. Plus it's June already (I'm writing/scheduling this in February, hi) and I want to get to the MC Deck xD

Craven dies a nice, satisfying death. Quiver... is very unclear. I'm assuming he died when Melancholia killed all the other Necromancers.

I honestly don't know how I picture Quiver, but now that I've drawn this guy. That's not it! Idk who this is, but it's not Quiver xD

Craven has blue eyes????

I kinda pictured Craven the same way I pictured Sagacious Tome when I was reading the books. Just more... Blonde.

He's not hiding the long underwear very well

There's also unhooded versions :]

You can find my spreadsheet for this project here

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Decks: SOTA || PWF || TFO

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Twin I js wanna say you’re cool as hell and I love your art so much it’s insane!!! I’ve been following you for a while on Instagram and you’re honestly one of the best sp artists out there 🙏

Ahh thank you so muchhhh I really appreciate this

All yall sending me asks like this makes me wanna draw so much and I CAN’T I’m so upset

[nicstylus]

hi it's me again

What you said really helped me. Youre right, I shouldn't let my art teacher put me down like that. I did this painting of a bat eating some strawberries. He's not perfect, but I made him and I love home and I only hope I can improve. (Very upset I cant add a picture of it but oh well).

Despite what you think, you gave me great advice and it really helped. It was exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you.

Hell yeahhh I’m glad! Keep makin shit, the world needs it :]

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hi this has absolutely nothing to do with skulduggery pleasant and I'm sorry if this isn't something that you want asks about but I'm struggling a bit rn and I think your art is really cool and thought you might have some advice.

My new art teacher has been really railroady with what I can and can't do, and has made me change my portfolio like 3 times because what I was doing 'wasn't working' . She looked at some of my work from last year, told me I 'wasn't much of a painter' (which really hurt because painting was one of my favourite things to do) and I should do still life instead, which I have zero Interest in. I'm getting it sorted out with the school but she really got in my head and now I feel like I'm not good enough. Art has been such a big part of my life up until now, but I just feel like I'm no longer capable. I'm thinking of stopping, which I know is stupid, but it's been almost a week and I haven't really been able to do anything remotely created without feeling like I'm going to cry.

sorry for bing all miserable in your asks and it's fine if you don't respond or whatever I just really could do with some advice and thought you might be able to help.

Any teacher that outright tells you you’re “not much of xyz” and isn’t doing so in a constructive way isn’t a teacher you should be listening to for life advice. Especially about something as freedom focused and personal as art.

If painting is something that you love doing, who cares if it’s not done a specific way? Who cares if it follows any metric? There is zero correct way to do art. There are taught ways and there are tradition ways but there are no WRONG ways. (Ai isn’t art and thus still follows this rule)

As a teacher myself, something I’m constantly thinking about is if I do need to give advice or criticism, how can I do so in a way that isn’t going to put the mentee down, or making sure they won’t internalize it as “you’re not good enough.” Crits should always be given as “if you change x I think it would improve y because z.”

Do you enjoy what you’re doing? Are you enjoying the end product or the process or hopefully both? Your artwork can be whatever you want it to be. I’m sorry your art teacher is being a bit of a butt. I don’t have the full story so benefit of the doubt says maybe they really think they’re being helpful, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s changed how you’re think about yourself and your craft and that’s a tragedy.

I hope you can continue to love your work and find joy in the process :]

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Echo Gordon

Completed: May 06th 2026

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35 of 38 DD Cards!

Look how happy he is, being helpful with his knowledge and ecstatic to share it with young minds

He could also be recording his new stories, take your pick

No longer a secret either, and sharing his home for the Requiem Ball... he's turning over so many leaves, look at him go :]

Same outfit as the Faceless Card because... he's an Echo.

Dork <3

Here's also the nonblue, Canon version:

Faceless Card

You can find my spreadsheet for this project here

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Decks: SOTA || PWF || TFO

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