taraneenoart

COMMISSIONS//OPEN! Hello, it's Taranee :) I draw things and you look at them. Just a neat place for my illustrations, paintings, sketchbooks, and prints. I'm also on Instagram and Pinterest @taraneenoart / Taranee No.

[taraneeno]

My girl and I went to a local art gallery for a coffee date. Don't ask me what I saw there, don't ask me the names of any artists, don't ask me to describe or analyze any of the artworks because you know I wasn't paying attention to any of that. She had my full attention. Eyes and ears locked on her. Prettiest artwork there? Her. Stars in my eyes. I was scared they were going to keep her.

[taraneeno]

Trigger warning: hospitals, blood 🏥🩸

I've started my fourth year of medicine and it's only been a week and a few days. I've had two intakes (intake is like the med student equivalent of being "on call" but obviously you are free labour (you're not actually free labour, you pay the university tuition so we're in a deficit here)) and oh boy. Hospital working hours are 08h00-16h00 usually, with intakes from 16h00-22h00. Running around dark, probably haunted, hospital corridors at night with nothing but the torchlight from your phone to light the way? The fourth elevator on the extreme right always opens twice and makes strange groaning noises. Once we heard something akin to a whisper ~ behind us in the elevator. My first block is on the 13th floor. The hospital I'm working at is built on the beachfront. When it rains, the sea mist is so thick and surrounds everything. You can see the harbor lights from the fogged up windows. The dark grey sea beckons you. Last night I was down in casualty. The doors were wide open, and I could see the parking lot, and then the beach, and then the ocean. The rain lashed down on the water. It looked so grey and dark but I felt oddly compelled to walk out the door and down to the water in the rain, until the cuffs of my pants tasted the salt water. To get to the new children's hospital, you have to walk past the abandoned, decrepit old wing of the children's hospital. It's a giant, hollow, shell of a building, mesh and wire twisting in the wind, the wind howling through it's empty corridors. Sometimes if you look into the broken windows you may see a pair of tiny, glowing eyes staring at you. Blink and all you see is darkness again and stained bricks. We always rush quickly past. Sometimes when you're on intake and exhausted and the 4 hours of sleep starts catching up to you, and it's late at night, past 10, you start seeing and hearing things. I helped take bloods today. When filling the blood collection tube, some splashed onto my exposed skin. I stood there, frozen for a few seconds, in shock. Paralyzed by the sight of it. My friend nudged me towards the sink. Mechanically washing my hands, the strong smell of the alcohol sanitizer lingering. It was so red. Sometimes, when we have a few minutes, we stand at the windows and watch the waves. We point at the surfers and laugh when they wipe out, the waves carrying them away. We talk about going down to the beach. On our way back to the ward, we see the cleaner lady wipe blood drops off the floor with a paper towel. The air smells like sanitizer, sickness, iron, and sea mist.

[taraneeno]

Burning away the time 🌒

A short little visual story based on a habit of mine. When days are slow, and I have nothing much to do in the way of work or commitments, I like to measure the passage of time according to how long it takes for an incense stick to burn out. The ones I have at the moment take about 45 minutes to burn down :)

[taraneeno]

It's the start of the second semester. Day 3. Wednesday. The situation has escalated beyond what I previously thought was possible. The nurse in charge of our ward saw us (a pack of tiny, tired, clueless, confused 3rd years, lost, searching for our tutor) and thought we were INTERNS, and asked us to put up an IV line because the patient had pulled theirs out (obviously we declined, even though technically we know how to do that. Supposedly). I'm already behind on 7,8 lectures. I've been staring at the same picture of tertiary syphilis for an hour, trying to figure out how this spirochete, spirally, spaghetti type bacteria can drill holes in your skull. I'm never kissing another person again. My tea is cold. I am willingly carrying around a 1175 page textbook and I still know nothing. Peeled an orange today (for myself).

[lightns881]

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🕯️ Manifesting lesbian 🕯️

🕯️ regency drama 🕯️

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[taraneeno]

frothing at the mouth over creloise.

I leave tumblr for 2 weeks (uni exams) and when I come back? CRELOISE??? ELOISE BRIDGERTON? AND CRESSIDA COWPER??? THIS WAS NOT ON MY BINGO CARD???? Peak regency sapphics? Oh?

And all the stunning fanart that is slowly coming out of this ship? I am EATING it all up. Hell, I might even join the train. Gorgeous, delightful. I am not even that big of a Bridgerton fan (I have watched it though and enjoyed it somewhat) but if anything I am more excited now. Do you think we will get a queer love story? Is it foolish to hope? Either way, what a wonderful surprise :)

[ciearcab]

gouache falin

[taraneeno]

All this gorgeous art is making me want to get into dungeon meshi (I know nothing about it but it looks so cool and mysterious!)

[catboybiologist]

I carnally desire this man btw

[taraneeno]

I'm jumping on the doctor twink/dilf boat.

[taraneeno]

Be Not Afraid

MIDNIGHT MASS ⛪🦇🍷 Faber Castell Polychromos and Colleen Traditional colours on Fabriano Schizzi/Sketch 90gsm.

[taraneeno]

Big God You need a big god Big enough to hold your love Big enough to fill you up (Florence + The Machine)

MATERIALS Faber Castell Polychromos and graphite on Fabriano Schizzi/Sketch 90 gsm paper, with tissue paper scraps. Very loosely based on a random angel sculpture. The warm-up sketch on the right is a study of a statue by contemporary sculptor Pete Sherrard. I've been listening to Florence + The Machine lately, the whole discography. I'm quite enjoying their sound and lyricism. University's taken it out of me, but I'm back (I always come back :)) so here's a little welcome back sketch. The tissue paper's there because I don't know what they (you know who) will do to me for drawing body hair. God forsake someone have hair anywhere but on their head :') It's only a statue, after all. I hope you like this one, it's been a while. Happy Tuesday, folks 🌟

[taraneeno]

Self-growth ⭐🌟✨ I'm growing. Finally. I can exist with all these pieces and parts that I have collected and stitched and mended together. I am not here to look pretty for you. If you don't like what I have made of myself, you can close your eyes and move on. I will not pull myself apart for you, nor will I twist and fold myself into some familiar shape for you, one that may be easier to digest. My existence is a field, and the grass is overgrown and wild with flowers, and the trees are tall.

MATERIALS Faber Castell Polychromos colour pencils Colleen Traditional Colours Faber Castell Goldfaber graphite pencils Fabriano Schizzi/Sketch 90gsm paper Gold foil paper scraps

This is my personal expression of 'self-growth', and the process thereof. There are so many levels to growth, personal or not. Physical, emotional, spiritual growth. Artistic growth. Everything is a process, and the process is different for each individual. My goal is to trust and enjoy the process, and see where it takes me. With the lunar new year upon us, I thought it would be a great opportunity to reflect on growth, but more so on how I want to grow. What do you think? What's your idea of self-growth, or just growth? How would you want to grow this year? I'm always eager to hear your thoughts. And let me know what you think of this one. I enjoyed playing around with the shadows and light. Happy Saturday, folks, and happy new year! 🐉✨

[taraneeno]

Can you see me now? All of me, even the insides? Would you still accept me this way?

I can be pretty too.

MATERIALS Faber Castell 3B + Goldfaber 3B on Fabriano Schizzi 90 gsm. This set of illustrations was the direct result of my anatomy classes. This semester we are covering neuro-anatomy and illustrating the content and subject matter is my method of coping. I was in the mood for some grotesque beauty in graphite. It's nice to take a break from the colourful pencils every one in a while and produce something a little atmospherically different. When I take a break from university, I find solace in sharpening a pencil and talking to the paper. These days, I've been attracted to this style of illustration. What do you think? Is it haunting, or pretty? Perhaps both? Happy Friday, folks✨

[taraneeno]

-CHOSEN KARMA- Let's flip a coin (I'll decide your fate)

A personal project cover illustration based on @pixy_official_ 's album, CHOSEN KARMA. Their darker concepts are quite interesting, so I was inspired by that to create this illustration.

Some motifs included: The stars represent fate, or a higher calling/purpose that one cannot escape from. Think 'written in the stars'. The coins represent the obvious - flipping a coin to make a choice - heads or tails? Let the coin decide for you :) The pocket watch is a symbol of time. Time is moving on, or perhaps your time is running out. Either way, whether you choose to stay or go, the clock is running. The plants are signs of life and personal growth. Green represents luck and life, contrasting the rust palette of the suit.

Materials: Faber Castell Polychromos pencils on Fabriano Sketch paper, 90 gsm.

[taraneeno]

Hello friends :) 🌱✨️

I'm going to be opening up commissions for the new year pretty soon, so if you're interested in getting a little something-something from me, keep your eyes peeled 🍊

It's been a while, so I'll be starting with 3 slots for now. I'll make a post about it soon, but for now, this serves as a little notice that commissions will open soon! 🔓

And as always, thank you all for supporting me here, by liking and reblogging my posts, and a big thank you to everyone who has commissioned me previously ✨️ your support means everything and more!

Happy days, folks 🌱✨️🧃

[swagvo1d]

nightmare

[taraneeno]

this little balloon eye test always reminds me that I am as blind as a bat 🦇 🎈

[snippit-crickit]

Perfectly normal train running to greet you cmon give it a hug (FYI, its this guy i drew half a year ago and i still think about it)

[taraneeno]

I love art like this, creature and character design. It's so fascinating, the combination of organic and inorganic, mechanized and fleshy. This has just increased my fear of trains slightly. The animation is gorgeous.

[bellanoche-oxo]

hatsune miku... save me...

miku

save me hatsune miku....

[taraneeno]

um excuse me, I think you mean save ME (this art is beautiful I am ga-)