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Above and Beyond

Orlaith enjoys flying above the clouds, being the observer and watching over the lands of Galatea below her. The Ruby Sun and the Silver Moon being her only companions. She patrols the skies, for what reason, only she knows.

Freaking gosh dang! This took a while, I don't usually do full on digital paintings (I have done some before that I haven't shared, mostly because they aren't that good) but I'm actually proud of how this piece turned out! Hopefully I'll try to do more of this style of painting for some future pieces.

Hope you guys enjoy!

Music Inspiration: Two Steps from Hell: Rebirth

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So Small

"It takes a lot of bravery to seek out the advice of the Wyvern King. Yet he has heeded the words of many who have sought him, even those with the smallest of voices."

Holy Moly! I'm really happy with how this one turned out! I feel like I'm slowly improving my art more and more. I'm starting to get more comfortable with backgrounds and playing around with scale and composition.

Ash meet with the Wyvern King to ask if he can be Cobalt and Astrid's guide through to the mountains. A canonical event in the story that I am hoping to start the first draft on soon. Hopefully if all goes well.

Music Inspiration So Small by Thomas Bergersen

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The Lost and The Guided

Astrid: Who are you? Have you been following me!? Tultoc: Be still little one. You have nothing to fear, you're safe now. Breath.

Astrid: *pant*.....who are you?

Tultoc: I am a wanderer of the sands, guided by the winds and the great celestials. Astrid: No...I-I mean....what is your name? Tultoc: Ah, my name, been a long time since I've told any creature. I am Tultoc. Astrid: Tultoc....that sounds familiar....

*the wind picks up, kicking clouds of dust and sand into the air*

Tultoc: Hmmm the winds are guiding a storm it seems. Come, I have a shelter not far from here. We shall rest, drink tea, and tell stories. Then once the storm has settled I shall help you find your friends. Astird: Huh? How did you know----Tultoc: No more beak clicking we must go.

Woooo Boy been working on this on and off for a few days (who'd have thought trying to paint sand was so hard) been trying out some different techniques and also trying to work on a laptop that is slowly loosing it.

Anyway I like the idea of Tultoc meeting Astrid, whether this will happen in the story I'm writing we'll see. This was more practicing drawing more character interactions that aren't just them smiling into the camera, and also practicing some character dialogue which I need to work on.

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Darn itch! (sketch)

Forgot to share this here, been going through the process of redesigning the Crested Pegasus creatures. Still trying out some things so some bits of this sketch may or may not stick.

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Evening Run

A lone Shadow Stalker having a run (possibly on the hunt) through the shallows of the marshlands. The species is well known for their speed and agility across most terrain (except dense forest areas they tend to have some issues with the uneven the terrain is).

Been in more of a mood to depict some Galatean creatures doing more regular animal things like hunting, sleeping etc. Really enjoyed drawing this one.

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The fruits of dawn

Tultoc: Ah! Here we are my friend. Dawn Fruits! These fruits are well known for their sweet flavour, and their ability to warm you up like the rising suns. We'll have to harvest them quickly before the second sun begins to rise above the horizon.

I'm actually really proud of how this turned out! I'm not usually the best with perspective or backgrounds, but I am really happy with the way this turned out! I still need to practice more on perspective and backgrounds which is part of my new years resolution for art.

Anyway, Tultoc is his usual kind and knowledgable self by explaining to his companion the Shadow Stalker (who I still need to give a name to) about Dawn Fruits, a type of citrus like fruits that are found growing in the dessert regions of Galatea mostly near oasis'. Dawn Fruits a very sweet in taste and have a certain type of magic that grants the consumer a good two hours worth of warmth as well as the ability to see in dim lighting. Which can be very useful when travelling through cold dessert nights/early mornings.

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🍃New Adventures Await🍃

First new art of 2025! Sorry I’ve been very quiet on here lately, I recently moved house and don’t have internet. Hopefully it will get sorted soon and I can post some more stuff.

Anyway hope you enjoy this little challenge drawing I did of the Galatea trio in the style of studio Ghibli! This was so much fun and really satisfying to colour and render!

Happy new year guys! Let’s hope 2025 is a decent one!

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Misty Days

It's been very misty and rainy since autumn started and I'm slowly getting back into drawing again. Nothing hugely special just felt like drawing Astrid standing in the rain. I've been a little stressed lately so this helped with easing some of it.

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The Firefly

Looks like Leon is a fire starter. I'm still working on his and his twin (Lila) designs so bare with me, hopefully I'll have them figured out soon.

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Emotion and Colour palette Challenge! Did this on my Instagram stories. This was both challenging and very fun! Not sure if these guys like their colour scheme though XD

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Galatea Fae, rough concepts.

Started sketching these months ago. I'm still roughing out what faerie type creatures are like on Galatea. At the moment they are types of insects and micro versions of some species (hence the wyvern fae).

Also a little sneak peak into what goes into my creature design process, so here you can see some of the reference images that I pulled up. As you can see the Galatea fae are very much based on bioluminescent animals and a couple of bird species (for the wyvern)

Hopefully I'll nail down the designs at some point, but for now enjoy these early concepts!

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The Shadow Stalker

A jackal variant of the wolf raptors, only much leaner, faster and taller. Found in the dessert lands surviving in small families of the small oasis' that are scattered throughout the dessert.

Damn I have not posted here in about a month, sorry about that. I've been really busy with stuff offline. I have designed a couple of creatures which I'll post sometime, just when things in my life have calmed down a bit. I do plan also to write the species guide at some point as well.

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Ash the.....Jedi?

So uhhh Ash found some Jedi's lightsaber. I dread to think how he's going to use it XD

Happy Star Wars Day guys! 

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Azure, Cobalt's mother I initially drew this at the same time as the Mother's day drawing but I forgot to post it.

Anyway this is what Cobalt's mother looks like, originally I was going to call her Cornflower but I feel Azure sounds nicer (and kinda matches with Cobalt as being a shade of blue). Hopefully at some point I'll redesign Cobalt's brother and do a design for his father.

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Luck of the Irish Wyvern

Happy St Patricks Day! 

Have a cute pic of Ash! If your nice to him he will bring you luck, if not then he eats all the contents of your fridge!

Have a safe and happy day guys!

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"Hello there, little one"

It's Mother's Day here in the UK and I felt like drawing something cute. Cobalt meets his mama for the first time. Little fun fact about Forest Bull Griffin chicks, they don't open their eyes until a few days after they hatch and usually have a grey coat of fluff that they shed as they get older. 

Song Inspiration: I'll Keep You Safe By Sleeping at Last

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Year of the Dragon

A bit late, but happy lunar new year! 

Been in a bit of an art block recently so hence why I haven't posted much recently. Decided to draw a more full bodied illustration of the dragon from my first art post of 2024. A lot less of a fierce drawing of him. I don't have a name for this character yet, might try to think of one at a later date. 

Have a nice day guys!

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