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Thanks to everyone who stops by my blog! Hope it made you smile. I'm a (primarily) watercolor artist trying to do my best to contribute some human-made art to the world. I realize it's difficult these days to prove I'm not copying my drawings from AI reference - I do try to upload process pictures/videos when I can, but at this point I think the skill progression from my oldest posts to my newest speaks for itself.

Other socials:

Bluesky

Twitter (not really active but I will keep the account page up for now)

Tiktok (https://www.tiktok.com/@pain.tool.sai) - (Not really active recently)

Youtube (longer edits of painting videos)

Xiaohongshu/Rednote: Actually have been having a lot of fun here because watercolor is fairly popular in China, it seems

Vgen (Finally got artist access!)

#text post #i dont wanna put an exact age in bio but suffice to say the kids on tiktok probably consider me ancient

one last night with you (watercolor on mixed fiber paper, detail/wip shots below the cut)

#kavehaitham #kaveh #alhaitham #watercolor #traditional art #my art #not ai art #genshin spoilers \\#possibly but probably not that bad cause a LOT of stuff happened in this part of the story oh man #anyway i marathoned through the sketch+painting in like 1 day bc the image just appeared in my mind and i had to draw it #might also do a dehya/candace companion piece? idk

dug up my 15+ year old illustration markers and i can't believe they still work

#diluc ragnvindr #traditional art #markers #genshin impact #my art #not ai art #the smell is so nostalgic to me i can still remember the day i was gifted them #but also its now apparently a migraine trigger OTL #this started as an experiment to see if i could finish drawings faster with marker than watercolor for comms #but i might wanna buy more colors first bc the selection teenage me curated is um.... interesting to say the least #does anyone know if the newer copic competitors are less fume-y...#shirtless \\

🌷(watercolor on mixed fiber paper) - I sketched this out immediately after I read his birthday letter but got busy with commissions so it took a while to paint

(process pics below the cut)

#diluc ragnvindr #watercolor #透明水彩 #traditional art #my art #not ai art #genshin impact #the actual colors are somewhere between the photo and the scan i think

Wow I didn't even get to finish posting it on all my socials, but my vgen commission slots are currently full and I am on my way to becoming verified! Thanks so much to everyone who helped my commissions post along!

#text post #it feels like a dream... i never thought id get this far with my art ;u;

this year's birthday painting!! (watercolor on cotton rag paper)

#diluc ragnvindr #watercolor #traditional art #透明水彩 #my art #not ai art #this took 5ever to finish i severely underestimated how complex it would be after doing the lineart #i need to find a new mixing blue bc ultramarine is very.. uh.. crunchy looking #i was worried all the elements + backlighting would make the picture jumbled but i think it more or less reads...

also did this aprilluc prompt for 'waltz'! i based them on eula's animations since hers look like a dance

#diluc ragnvindr #aprilluc2026 #my art #not ai art #i think working traditionally has helped me color digitally a little better...#but i now have zero patience for trying to work with digital layers/color picking ._.#currently working on something for his birthday

Do you hate having to see AI "art"? Would you like to commission something that is not only 100% human made, but also possible to hold in your hands or hang on your wall? Then look no further! I finally got artist access on Vgen so I can take commissions!

I am only opening TWO slots and they will be closing in a few weeks as I want to complete and mail them before June (will have to take a short hiatus at that time).

Link to account -> https://vgen.co/mikorin-art

#art commission #commission #vgen #traditional art #watercolor #apparently theyre adding physical items for shop too so hopefully i can sell prints/stickers on there soon #looks like i can split payments too so itd be 50% upfront 50% at time of completion #id like to get verified so i can help my friends get artist access

been doing a few prompts for the aprilluc challenge over on twitter, this was for 'symphony'! (watercolor on cellulose paper)

#diluc ragnvindr #watercolor #traditional art #透明水彩 #genshin impact #my art #not ai art #i wasnt sure about this one bc it looked weird in the lineart phase but im happy with the final result #on the fence about adding a background but i thought id at least scan it and save it at this stage...#also after reading the prompt i realized ive somehow never drawn him in his concert attire

the calendar art was burning a hole in my brain, i could not rest until i painted this (watercolor on cotton rag paper, process/detail shots below the cut)

#diluc ragnvindr #watercolor #traditional art #透明水彩 #my art #not ai art #genshin impact #been winging it every time i draw the interior of angels share #partly bc i want to practice painting different things and #partly for composition/props #i may have to buy more burnt sienna soon at this rate

🍷(watercolor on mixed fiber paper)

#diluc ragnvindr #watercolor #traditional art #透明水彩 #my art #not ai art #genshin impact #alcohol///#i had to paint this one twice bc i tried to use masking fluid and it de stroyed the paper #burnt sienna/purple is such a versatile color combo #oh yea i think the pose is from electra studios on gumroad #im on the mailing list for several pose reference places and i like to do studies off the preview images and sometimes #it turns into a whole drawing lmao

🦉(watercolor on cellulose paper) - tried playing with the saturation using grey paint but it looks really different scanned vs photographed so im uploading both

#diluc ragnvindr #watercolor #traditional art #透明水彩 #my art #not ai art #genshin impact #i definitely want to keep experimenting with controlling saturation in my paintings

managed to finish this barely in time for white day! (watercolor and acrylic paint marker on cellulose paper)

#diluc ragnvindr #watercolor #traditional art #my art #透明水彩 #not ai art #wanted to try rendering the hair differently but it looks different after scanning as usual #i have an entire method of passing it back and forth between gimp and clip studio to try and salvage the colors #but the reds especially tend to get blown out

some quick paintings for the event this patch

#diluc ragnvindr #watercolor #traditional art #透明水彩 #genshin impact #my art #not ai art #i was actually kinda expecting kaeya to show up for the drink mixing event along with varka #i wanna experiment more with mixed media.. i tried colored pencil for the outlines but idk if im sold on it

☁️ (watercolor on cotton rag paper)

#diluc ragnvindr #watercolor #traditional art #genshin impact #透明水彩 #my art #not ai art #got inspired to do this randomly when i was looking for references and saw the rly old promotional art #also used (heavily modified) pose from trueref! been collecting pose packs lately #kinda timely given the event rn though #man i hope this scanned ok

dress code 🤔 (watercolor on cellulose paper)

#grand master varka #kaeya alberich #diluc ragnvindr #watercolor #traditional art #透明水彩 #my art #not ai art #been experimenting with different ways to mix black/neutral #varka is cobalt turquoise deep + reddish brown #kaeya is mostly paynes grey and davys grey #diluc is burnt sienna + ultramarine blue #best of luck to everyone pulling for varka today also!!

🌧️ (watercolor on mixed fiber paper) - a redraw of some old art from 2 years ago! (putting the old and new art side by side below the cut for comparison)

#diluc ragnvindr #watercolor #traditional art #透明水彩 #my art #not ai art #i used a lot of paynes grey for this one and was pleasantly surprised by how well it blended with the red

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