#art development

[yaraef]

I was painting some LOTR fanart of Éowyn and the Witch-King of Angmar for fun when my brain drifted off and my pen slipped... Yes, that's a little Mouth of Sauron being shushed by Sauron on the steps over there, and yes, the Witch-King is chilling with Théoden and Denethor now. Additional notes and the different versions of Gríma's hair that I was considering under the cut!

Note #1: Something called to me to title this A Court of Towers and Rings although I haven’t actually read ACOTAR (yet?!) nor know much beyond “romantasy,” “fae” and “Tamlin” (but I’m curious to learn more, I think!? My TBR is bit of a mess tbh!) so I apologize if this is sacrilegious in some way… (⸝⸝> ω <⸝⸝)

Note #2: I went through several iterations of Gríma’s hair. At first, I aimed for a shorter hairstyle (Version #1) but it felt too different from the movie version (although I’m going for a blend between that, the book descriptions and my own chaotic energy for these, hence black-haired Faramir with a flower ornament!) In the end, I picked the more ‘slick’ option (see above). It felt more oily and 'snake-like.’ However, I kind of like the curlier option too (Version #3)… Let’s say it’s how it ‘naturally’ looks before he works his magic...?

Note #3: The book Faramir is holding is a parody of “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck called “Of Knights and Businessmen” that I was going to use as the title of a future issue of Court Comicals… but idk if I’ll ever continue that comic of mine at this point so I thought it would be fitting to use here! (You can probably tell parodying book titles is kind of a thing around here!)

[omeletcat]

Ranma pixel art development.

[bubscreations]

Art Development Post ✨

2021 ▶️ 2024 ▶️ 2026

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[perperam]

my saiki sketches in 2020, 2021, and 2026

[cloudykyuu]

[PKM trainer Calem 💙]

My true fictional crush, no matter what happens I always come back to him. Love to see the progress of my art thru him ngl.

[geekycutie]

The amount of progress I’ve made in the past two years is insane

All in the span of two years btw 🥹

[lesbiancheetoz]

holy wow— was just looking back at my old posts, and the progress I’ve made w my art since I started posting is wild

my first ever post (which, for me, was really really good):

vs. now:

(+ a dragon for reference)

like… look at the DIFFERENCE DAMNNN