Sara Cooley's Impossible Things Art Blog

As a child one of my favorite pastimes was to watch and play video games. I loved discovering the new worlds and all of the different life and stories within. In my work I want to bring this feeling of discovery and adventure to the viewer. I want to immerse them in the possibilities of the unknown and explore new spaces, heroes, villains, and species. I try to combine reality and history to make the most believable worlds possible, while still being firmly rooted in fantasy. I do extensive research on culture and societal norms before beginning a piece and use this research to build convincing concept pieces. My work reflects my interests in Steampunk, Cyberpunk, Medieval/Renaissance/Feudal society, as well as more whimsical elements like Alice in Wonderland and Mythologies from all over the globe. With every piece I do I try to push it further than my last, whether it be in concept or in execution. I want to challenge what people expect when they think of fantasy and give them places and people that they wouldn’t have considered before.

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OMG Drag Race and Mass Effect art. You are the best <3

:D! Heck yeah! There’s dozens of us! 

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I don’t know why tumblr fucks up every piece I post but whatever I don’t expect much from this hellsite.

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I’ve been really homesick for Chicago lately to getting so watch Shea Coulee every Friday has been good for my soul. Also fyi its really small because it was GOING to just be a quick speed-paint/warm-up on my tablet but then whelp here we are.

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Work has picked up so this might be the last one I do for awhile, but I loooove Sasha, shes so talented! @immigranteyes dedicated to you~

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I’ve been bored and painting stuff lately so like have a raisin muffin full of sin.

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Haven’t posted art in awhile so here’s a quick color study/practice I knocked out over my lunch break.

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New piece

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Been on a mini hiatus while I deal with irl stuff.

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Beeg Feesh for draw challenge thing. Whale shark/Manta ray hybrid.

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Weekly Draw challenge, this week was mythical creatures sooo… Have a harpy I’ve designed like 1000+ times before.

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Ha haaa I’m so behind on these weekly draw things WELL ANYWAY week..12? I don’t know  Theme is Musicians SOOOO quick painting of Cherry from Studio Killers.

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Weekly draw challenge theme was “Girl Power” so I figured,  why not do a girl who’s literally…power (because she’s…y’know…well you’ve all seen the movie, and if you haven’t you should). Leeloo <3

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I DID SOMETHING. OH GOD. ME/Zelda (The Legend of MElda? Yeah sure). mashup I did for a drawing challenge. I regret nothing except for not making Ganon a Krogan SERIOUSLY WTF WAS I THINKING?

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Painted a thing, aka “Hi my names Sara and instead of talking to people I paint my feelings in vague ways and hope they figure it out if they ever see it”. Yeah. First time I’ve done a non fan art related personal piece in…ages. So. I’ll NSFW tag it because boobs. Edit: Also tumblrs crap and makes the thumbnail look fuzzy as shit SO THAT’S GREAT. Edit edit: fixed the blurriness but now it’s tiny so I GIVE UP Added a click through so you can see the full sized version in my shop

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Look at these nerds

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Alternative title “Sad Egg Reassesses Life Choices”. Available here as prints/phone cases and such!

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I don’t even know what I’m doing anymore. This turned out like a bad romance novel cover and I’m so upset