Dishonorable Heathens

gay vikings and other niche art

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1-2 hour plein airs from the city, painted in watercolors & many layers of clothing buru buru

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old shelter

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First winter together...Rein visits Njall's homestead as often as he can get away with

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As a child Rein grew up in a deeply homophobic viking cult, and as an adult he witnessed even more bad things happen to people like himself. Hiding his nature allowed him to survive and avoid trouble (for the most part) during his travels through 12th century Europe, and he eventually befriended a bunch of pragmatic craftsmen who aren't judgmental of queer people at all. Despite that he is still very ashamed of who he is, just not so much when he's alone with Njall.

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Rare commission thematically suitable for this blog! A local couple got married in full Norse garb, and I was asked to paint this for their anniversary.

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gotta love urself a fire

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maybe the oldest drawing of Njall and Rein, from before I started doing life drawing on a weekly basis hehe

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Rein being drunk and angsty as usual

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just some Rein sketches

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Plotting a repo mission

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Trying to improve my character designs...I want them to seem realistic, but still have a sort of cartoony distinctiveness to them

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bath day hunks

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sketching a lot of OCs lately...my friends encouraged me 

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Sketchbook scan with some CSP treatment! Character from @cha-c-san‘s excellent books.

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another oldie