Siân

Hello and welcome to the realism side of my artwork! I am a children’s illustrator by day, and a portrait artist by night.

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Well, it has been a MINUTE since I was on here, but I’m still very much on my Flemson bullshit so here are my latest paintings of them. I can’t believe that after a whole /year/, we finally got Vicky confirming that there was ✨tension✨ there 🥺

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I got actual factual married because of these sillies earlier this year btw tumblr. I guess moral of the story is always meet up with your online fandom friends because they might become your wife one day,,,

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Pink goes good with...

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i don't like to yuck people's yum but i have to say that my least favorite thing to come from the current state of Artists on the Internet is the idea of a sketchbook as something nice and pretty and shareable. like i love me a notebook full of gorgeous art don't get me wrong but that is NOT what a sketchbook is. a sketchbook is my friend who i carry around everywhere like a purse chihuahua. it is the physical manifestation of my notes app. it is the container into which i wring my brain out. it is my therapist. and most of all it is filled with absolutely terrible sketches that should never see the light of day.

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this post is making the rounds again and the amount of people saying that the pretty sketchbooks phenomenon ruined sketchbooks for them is HEARTBREAKING and i stand by my opinion that sketchbooks should be like a jar you put your OCs in. and then you shake them around in there. that's what they're for

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Most of my sketchbooks are /literally/ full of stick figures!! And horrible awful drawings!! And you know what, they’re the most useful thing I own!! Having what is essentially a ‘final artwork’ sketchbook can be a beautiful, meaningful piece of interactive art. But most sketchbooks will look like a spider jumped in ink and had a rave on the paper, and that’s the brilliance of them

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My latest offering for you, o mighty tumblr. Will I ever stop painting our lord and saviour Joanne Davidson? I hope not.

For real though, I can see why oldy timey artists often had a ‘muse’ they’d paint over and over again. It’s a lot easier to just focus on your technique when you already know the details of someone’s face. I’m trying really hard to make my portraits less smooth and airbrushed looking at the moment, as it’s a trap I often fall into. Tried to fix that here by only using textured painting brushes on Procreate rather than the airbrushes, esp for big bits of colour that look similar in tone. Tricky for sure, but worth it I think!

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You’re safe in her arms, and just for a moment, nothing else exists.

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Kelly Mac in Ten Percent, ft a shade of pink inspired by her irl lorainne outfit

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Happy Thasmin kiss day everyone 🥺

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Well, it has been a MINUTE since I was on here, but I’m still very much on my Flemson bullshit so here are my latest paintings of them. I can’t believe that after a whole /year/, we finally got Vicky confirming that there was ✨tension✨ there 🥺

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They’re actually so important to my soul. Bring on season 7 where they become canon yeah?

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your art is some of the best i've ever seen - sweetest of eyecandies 🖤 thank you for sharing it

oH I am weeping? Thank you for such a sweet message! It really means so much to me 🧡💖

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Hicsqueak hand holding cos I’m sick this Valentine’s Day and needed something softe 💖🖤

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Hecate and Crow at your service. This painting took me a WHILE to get right (dark feathers on dark hair on dark cloth on a dark sky is hard to balance correctly as it turns out), but gold leaf helps with everything right? Anyway, I love u Hecate Hardbroom and may I spend many more years painting your wonderful face.

(If anyone would like to see the... potato version of this painting please do drop me a message 👀 🥔)

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So if you care to find her, look to the western sky...

This is my fourth (!) time painting this particular photo, and I admit the clouds n moon are simply there because I didn’t want to draw her hands.

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How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back?

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A little something I’ve been working on for a while! Pippa, a Donut and a very happy Crow Hecate. Absolute ridiculousness, but also something that has brought me joy (pun very much intended...)

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Another Green Gal, because who else would I paint when I need a break?

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Cate Blanchette is a goddess, no one can persuade me otherwise...