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23 | illustrator | writer

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𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐲𝐞❤️

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This was a little more of an experimental piece if you can’t tell. rendering water, apples, and a wet shirt were all challenges and maybe not executed the best, but I’m learning! Also a fun fact! There are five apples in the photo, the fifth one with a heart bite represents Caleb as the fifth love interest hehe~

This probably has to be the fastest I’ve ever produced art in such a short period omg. What can I say? Caleb is my muse

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“𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬…”

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I didn’t know I would finish this piece so soon;; I actually planned to be done when Caleb officially releases in 9 days, but I just couldn’t stop myself from working on it! I’m just so so so excited and i simply just can’t contain it haha;;

(my husband is coming home, let me be excited please🤍)

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𝑨 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝐟𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑳𝒆𝐟𝒕 𝑼𝒏𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅💌

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I’m such a sucker for the mutual-pining trope (aka, two idiots who are deeply in love and everyone knows it but neither says anything).

It’s just a few more hours until the livestream and I can hardly contain my excitement omg;;;

Anyways, I’m really proud of this piece and i adore how soft Caleb came out looking. I really hope you enjoy it!!🤍

[tiffyelefano]

The will of Sera cannot outmatch the very nature that makes up angels. Try as she may to shield them from the temptations of sin, she loses more and more once-loyal followers to their love of humanity. Kyrie is no exception, but delivering His punishment cuts as deeply as the first.

Each angel lost feels like a death in her heart, but the path of the Head Angel is one destined to be walked alone.

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(Almost) every year, my lovely and longtime friend @gemshine and I do an art trade. This year, she gave me her characters from her zine, Why Angels Weep, Kyrie and Sera!

Vivian is an extremely talented storyteller and artist and her zine has an incredible visual presence that I wanted to attempt to match in my own piece for her. I really hope you like this piece Viv!

Check out her amazing piece of my characters [here!]

[tiffyelefano]

*turns your favourite character into a mysims avatar

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There isn’t enough Zero Escape merch and absolutely no figures of any of the characters, so I took it into my own hands to create the merch I wanted haha;;

This figure is made of polymer clay and epoxy putty. She was just supposed to be a chibi figurine, but somehow she ended up looking like a MySims character LOL

Fun fact: I made a Clover figurine 10 years ago (10 years! I can’t even believe it!) It’s pretty neat to see just how much my skills have improved over the years.

I love Clover so dearly (specifically in 999) so I’m glad to have a tiny little figurine of her now!

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𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓🎇

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it’s 2025! omg what a year it’s been, and i’m so appreciative for all of you who supported my art journey this far! i hope this new year brings all of you so much joy and happiness🤍

caleb will always be my guy so i had to draw him for new years! i made two versions, a new year’s eve and new year’s day edition! i’m SO excited for the jan 10th livestream omg he's finally coming home;;;

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𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒔!

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I'm finally caught up in all the posts I wanted to have on my portfolio, on Christmas too! Christmas time has to be one of my favourite times of the year so here’s just a little quick piece I whipped up (of my favourite man, of course) to say Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone who celebrates it🤍

From now on, the art that will be going up is current. Thank you for bearing with me!

[tiffyelefano]

𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑵𝒆𝒌𝒐𝒎𝒂'𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕-𝒔𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝑰𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒌𝒂!

December 2024

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I've put this off for so long but here is my ref sheets for my Haikyuu oc! she's very much Polly Pocket-coded; super extroverted and bubbly! (of course, I ship her with Kuroo, what did you expect haha)

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a self indulgent birthday drawing

November 19, 2024

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I drew a self-indulgent picture of my oc with the L&DS boys as a gift to myself on my birthday haha; I was heavily inspired by the cat butler event and drew myself as a princess hehe~

I would've fully rendered this piece if I had time, but I was rushing so it's a little messy; I still like it despite that!

[tiffyelefano]

𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒌𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒕𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒐!

November 17, 2024

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I posted this on Kuroo's birthday on my Instagram, but I feel like it has a place here too. Kuroo is my one and only, the character that has rotted my brain for years now, and the love of my life. From my first Haikyuu phase back in 2017, growing to an absolute obsession in 2020, and even until now, Kuroo has been my favorite comfort character through it all and I don't think that will be changing anytime soon.❤️

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TLBiAC Design Evolution

November 2024

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My last post was heavy on story elements, so I wanted to showcase the development of the character designs over the years in this post!

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Those Left Behind in Alder Creek - A Story Concept

November 2024

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Lost and forgotten in the vast Ontario wilderness, Alder Creek is barely a speck of dust on the map—a place most people either escape or wither into. It’s a dying town, and no one knows that better than June Lee. But to her, Alder Creek is more than its bleak future; it’s the heart of her world, the place that holds all she’s ever known. Why would she ever want to leave that behind?

But not everyone feels the same. Especially Hugo Young, her lifelong best friend, who dreams of something bigger, a life that goes beyond Alder Creek’s limits. Now with her three closest friends planning on moving away, June clings desperately to the life they’ve shared, longing for everything to stay exactly as it is. 

With her world changing faster than she can bear, she has to find a way to hold on or risk losing everything —and everyone—she loves.

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Those Left Behind in Alder Creek is a coming-of-age story that deals with struggling with growing up, social class, and loneliness, while also touching on grief and loss, whether it’s for a person loved and lost, or for the life you once had or wish to have. It’s about learning to mature without losing who you are in the process. At its heart, it speaks to the very relatable issue many young people have surrounding becoming an adult and learning to find your footing and forge your own path.

The story would fall into contemporary fiction and read more like YA, though it would be technically classified as ‘adult fiction’. I wanted to write a story about an adult, not a teenager, going through a coming-of-age narrative, because from my own experience and from the experiences of many of my friends, it is common for people to go through a learning curve of finding themselves in their twenties and I wanted to touch on the growing pains and societal expectations one might feel without the safety net of childhood still cradling them.

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These are my updated character designs and story concept for my project Those Left Behind in Alder Creek or TLBiAC for short! I've been working on these characters and this story for many years and they mean so much to me. I hope to fully write their story one day!

[tiffyelefano]

𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒔

September 2024

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It's clear that i fell back into my Kuroo Tetsurou obsession again;;

This was my attempt at semi-realism (I'm particularly proud of his hand hehe)

[tiffyelefano]

𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒆𝒕𝒔𝒖🤍

September 2024

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Haikyuu is a fandom I've always been deeply a part of. This is such an old piece of art (from 2020!) but I'm still really proud of it because it was my first try animating. So I decided to update it a few months ago to reflect my current Haikyuu oc design.

[tiffyelefano]

𝑺𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝐣𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑫𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑯𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒚 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒊𝐟𝐟𝒚!

August 2024

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I wanted to try my hand at a character ref/info sheet of my OC for Love and Deepspace! I redesigned my sona to fit my L&DS MC and honestly, this is like half meet-the-oc and half meet-the-artist (since my L&DS MC is a self-insert haha)

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𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍

July 2024

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This piece was inspired by Renaissance paintings and Adam and Eve with the snake in the Garden of Eden. especially with Caleb’s motif being an apple, it just made sense haha

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“𝑯𝒂𝒉… 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆.”

July 2024

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My first fanart of Sylus from back when his trailer first dropped