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New Year in Miraland: Happiness in All Things

A fanart of Infinity Nikki by Papergames. There are three paintings of the Annunciation by Fra Angelico, and one of the Massacre of the Innocents. 3D assets used under CC BY 4.0: “701081 Fiocco Osgona Chandelier” by LIGHTSTAR GROUP.

I work in Blender first to compose the scene before painting.

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A fan art of Tish from the amazing community sim game called Palia!

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Nicholas Praying for a Miracle A scene from my upcoming novel All That Bears Fruit Unseen. Nicholas gazes into his own reflection in a window, searching inward for his childhood memory when he lost the light in his eye. Every day, he prayed for a miracle that never came. 3D assets used: "Milton Chantry" by artfletch, licensed under CC BY 4.0; "Nenthead Mines Assay House" by North Pennines National Landscape, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Additional assets used under Fab Standard License. MetaHuman used under Epic's terms. Progress below

I had worked in Blender first by importing downloadable assets, then painted in Photoshop.

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Neil Dinkstrong Portrait

A portrait of my mother holding our cat Dinky.

Below shows the progress

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A portrait of Brother Benjamin from my novel, All That Bears Fruit Unseen.

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Felicity and Olivia, Madam and Daughter

Felicity and Olivia from my novel, All That Bears Fruit Unseen. Felicity is the madam of her brothel, and Olivia is her daughter with spinal muscular atrophy.

3D assets used under CC BY 4.0: "Front Parlor Chair" by IU Indianapolis University Library.

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The Men of Gaza

This painting draws on insights from Francesca Albanese’s Anatomy of a Genocide. In it, she says: "Seventy percent of recorded deaths have consistently been women and children. Israel failed to prove that the remaining 30 percent, i.e. adult males, were active Hamas combatants – a necessary condition for them to be lawfully targeted. By early-December, Israel’s security advisors claimed the killing of '7,000 terrorists' in a stage of the campaign when less than 5,000 adult males in total had been identified among the casualties, thus implying that all adult males killed were 'terrorists’. This is indicative of an intent to indiscriminately target members of the protected group, assimilating them to active fighter status by default." In contrast, reading Atef Abu Saif’s Don’t Look Left: A Diary of Genocide, which details the author’s first 85 days in Gaza, the adult men of Gaza emerge as rescuers, doctors, nurses, journalists, fathers, sons, and ordinary civilians who embrace one another after a violent loss, sharing food and tending to one another even in the worst circumstances.

Since October, 41% of Gaza’s families have cared for orphans not their own. Civilians have assisted in rescues of people and bodies from the rubble, and funerals are communal ceremonies in which even passers-by have the responsibility to participate.

In a climate of dehumanization, we must learn the real meaning of humaneness in the dehumanised. 3D assets used under CC BY 4.0: “Birkenstock Arizona Sandal” by alban; “Leather Sandal #AgisoftClothesChallenge” by Sircher.

Painting process:

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Jenny Nicholson Fanart - The Arizonian Spiderquest (2020)

This is a fanart of Jenny Nicholson from one of her videos. I thought this one would be a simple scene, but it ended up taking longer than expected.