Tolbachik Art

Commissions: Open / Art Trades: Open

[tolbachik-art]

More examples below, and link here for easier purchase!

3500x3500 canvas, 1+ semi-complex body, attention to detail, semi-accurate starfield, semi-complex clouds - $45

1800x1800 canvas, 2+ extra simple bodies - $20

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Recurring patron discount program info!

In the image above, for every commission taken, you will receive one planet clipped off until Neptune.

After which, you will be rewarded with a free 1200x1200 canvas + attention to detail + one free extra body!

Or, if you’re feeling generous, you can pass off the card at any time to anyone of your choosing, and receive $5 off your next commission!

If you’re lucky enough or plan with friends, you can all receive a discount, with one person ending up with a free painting!

From now until August 12th, 2024, for every commission you do with me, you’ll receive 2 planets clipped off! On top of this, the pass off bonus will be increased to $6!

Discount program terms:

- Do not pass it off to alternate accounts you own. Keep it fair to me and to others.

- The $5 discount cannot be applied retroactively.

- Clipping off planets applies to art trades, but passing off to receive a discount does not.

That’s about it, though! No matter what you choose to do, you’ll benefit in some way!

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As a sign of goodwill, I am donating 15% of all commissions (including tips!) to several donation funds of my choosing. Proof of donation will be provided upon request.

As of 17/07/24, I’ve raised $7.81!

[alwaysoutofpaper]

Since it looks like the first post has lost traction, here's a smaller one.

My commissions are still open, and the deadline is still the 7th! I also have a ko-fi for donations :)

As of now we've raised $1292 of the $2085 we need, though adding this month's rent to the total, it's more like $2300. We do not have a lot of time and we do not have anywhere else to go in the event that we lose this place, so consider sharing if you can!

I don't want to relist my commission info so here's a picture of my cat instead :)

[alwaysoutofpaper]

emergency comms

got an eviction notice due to unpaid rent, totaling $2085, and it needs to be paid by the 7th of december. i'm unemployed so this is my only option, and i'd rather not become homeless again.

I'll draw just about anything (barring extreme fetish stuff), so feel free to ask if you're unsure. I also have a ko-fi for smaller donations, everything helps.

as for stuff I can do, some examples:

prices are somewhat negotiable.

portraits: $10/30/70 for sketch/flats/render

half-body: $15/40/80 for sketch/flats/render

full-body: $25/50/90 for sketch/flats/render

scene: $50-150, depends on complexity, open to questions

+50% for additional characters. i can do NSFW. my DMs are open for questions :)

i know holidays are just around the corner so people have other priorities, and i genuinely don't expect to get what we need in less than 2 weeks, but i have to do what i can while i can and i'll work hard to try and improve our situation. thanks for your time!

[alwaysoutofpaper]

We're at $646/2085 as of right now!

While I did say I don't expect to meet the goal, I'd really appreciate it if we could get close at least. We don't exactly have anywhere else to go if this place falls through, but if we can't pay in full then we might be able to afford a motel for a brief period of time with the donations and comms I've gotten so far. That said, finding a new place with an eviction in our record would be difficult.

We also have a few pets that are difficult to re-home (being both elderly and high maintenance) and I honestly don't want to have to deal with that right now haha. So. Consider sharing if you can.

[clinical-space-podcast]

Reblog if your art project has not, does not, and never will make use of generative ai at any point in your creative process.

[galiifreyrose]

THE ENTIRE WEST IS BEING PUT UP FOR SALE AND I AM BEGGING YOU TO CALL YOUR SENATORS

Trump’s budget bill has many, many things in it, but buried amongst it is the MILLIONS OF ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND FOR SALE.

This is the entirety of the Arizona state forests, the entire Cascades mountain range. Swathes of pristine desert around the national parks in Utah. On the doorstep of Jackson Hole.

THIS BILL IS BIG, BUT IT CAN BE AMENDED AND ABSOLUTELY MUST NOT PASS AS IS please.

If you have ever enjoyed the wilderness, we stand to lose it all forever.

CALLING your senators - NOT JUST IN THE WEST. ALL SENATORS, is CRUCIAL.

Outdoor alliance has a great resource for reaching out.

Public Lands For Sale: Outdoor Alliance Map Shows the Extent of Land on the Auction Block — Outdoor Alliance

The Senate’s spending package could offer up nearly 300 million acres of public lands for sale—a vast area that includes nearly 100,000 mile

I don’t have a huge following but please, everywhere I have ever loved, the forests I grew up playing in, the land I got married on, is all at risk and I am begging.

[todaysbird]

This would be catastrophic. Please do whatever you can to stop this bill.

[gaynfl-moved]

y'all it's about to get really fucking humid and hot

[gaynfl-moved]

you are so right so let's go over this shall we -

change in mental state: confusion, agitation, slurred speech, irritability, delirium, seizures

skin may feel deceptively cool or dry. you may also stop sweating entirely.

nausea and vomitting

extremely flushed skin - whole body!

rapid breathing/heart beat

headache

dry, swollen tongue

stay vigilant of yourself and others!!

[tolbachik-art]

A Visit To Paradise

An early birthday gift for @luxudus! In this little painting, a comet pays a visit to his world, Vuvlaiu!

Keep your eyes peeled in the next few weeks; I'm working on a new commission sheet, as well as a few other fun paintings. In the middle of moving, so progress may be a little slow, but I'm hard at work when I get the time!

As always, image ID will be in the reblogs and in the alt text. :)

[tolbachik-art]

A Visit To Paradise

An early birthday gift for @luxudus! In this little painting, a comet pays a visit to his world, Vuvlaiu!

Keep your eyes peeled in the next few weeks; I'm working on a new commission sheet, as well as a few other fun paintings. In the middle of moving, so progress may be a little slow, but I'm hard at work when I get the time!

As always, image ID will be in the reblogs and in the alt text. :)

[tolbachik-art]

Image ID starts here.

A simple painting depicting a small comet flying by a fictional planet, named Vuvlaiu, at a safe distance. The entire painting is at an angle, having south point towards the top left corner, and north being the bottom right.

The planet is in the middle, just a little bit down and to the left. Two major landmasses are visible, though the one is on the limb of the planet, and not very visible. The more visible continent stretches from the upper middle right of the planet, just on the edge of the terminator, to the very bottom of it along the same axis. It has a few small islands surrounding it, as well as a shallow sea extending very far from the mainland. The continent also has a very diverse landscape; the part facing the left is very dry and colored like a Seder, on account of the mountains driving through the middle of the continent. The rightmost side of it is a dark green, and is covered in dense foliage.

A cloud system similar to ours envelopes the planet, with the whispy clouds covering most of the surface. There’s a hurricane forming to the bottom left on the planet, and is currently in the middle of the sea, just off the coast of the other barely visible continent.

There’s a slight shine on the back of the planet, representing the planet’s close proximity to its host planet, Aurvelt, which is not visible in this shot.

At the top right is the comet, which takes up a decent portion of the screen along that area. Most of it is covered in darkness, but what faces the star shows a very chaotic landscape, covered in all kinds of boulders and craggy formations. The comet is very lumpy, and does not have a uniform shape.

Due to its close proximity to the planet’s host star, the comet is currently experiencing dramatic outgassing of its volatiles, such as water ice and other ices. The entire space around the comet is covered in bright little dots, representing icy debris being shot off of the comet during its close approach to the star. There are also numerous jets visible across the comet, including one major one even being visible on the night side.

There are a few stars visible across the painting, but not many; due to the brightness of the scene, they’ve almost all entirely been drowned out. A galaxy is just barely visible on the bottom left, just below the planet in that direction.

Image ID ends here.

[tolbachik-art]

A Visit To Paradise

An early birthday gift for @luxudus! In this little painting, a comet pays a visit to his world, Vuvlaiu!

Keep your eyes peeled in the next few weeks; I'm working on a new commission sheet, as well as a few other fun paintings. In the middle of moving, so progress may be a little slow, but I'm hard at work when I get the time!

As always, image ID will be in the reblogs and in the alt text. :)

[tolbachik-art]

Hello, everyone! Thank you so much for your patience between pieces of art; it's been a hectic year!

This piece is gift art for @whirligig_girl, who has been an invaluable help to me as I progress in getting my art skills up to snuff. I’m very grateful for her help, so go give her a follow!

I have another two pieces I’m currently working on, with differing levels of complexity. The one is a study, and a very large one at that. The other is a simple system comparison of my novel’s system and our own, inspired by a scale comparison piece by Luna. That one will most likely be done first, while the study will take a lot more time. I cannot stress this enough, it is a very big piece! 

Also, to those who are interested, commissions in this style are open; I’m moving soon, and I really need to start raising funds for things. That, and my senior cat has been plagued by all kinds of medical maladies so far this year, and I’d like to help my sibling out with all the bills. So, if you’re interested, you can check out my ko-fi here for more details! 

Thanks again for your patience, and I hope you have a great day!

As always, it has an image ID, and will have one in the reblogs as well. :)

[tolbachik-art]

Image ID begins here.

A painting of a gas giant, named Glerbuh, an Enceladus-like companion moon, and a simple probe.

The background is almost pitch black, but has a tint of blue to it. There are several stars in the background, but they are very dim. The Milky Way is visible as well, but it’s mostly drowned out by the brightness of the moon and the gas giant. On the far left is the host star, but it’s just out of frame; you can see some light coming from it, though.

There are two other moons visible as well in the painting apart from the main one, although they’re very small and barely visible. The closest one has a haze around it, and a slight red tint. It’s also icy, pockmarked by craters, and is at a different phase than the rest of the objects due to the proximity to the sun in the image. The second moon is even further away, but has an orange tint. Apart from that, it’s similar to the one that is closer. They both cast a shadow on the gas giant, as they move in orbit around it. There is also another moon, much further out that isn’t visible casting a shadow as well.

The entire planetary system has a thin, hazy ring surrounding it all; it goes through and behind the outermost moons, then covers the probe and major moon in the foreground. This is caused by the many moons in the planetary system that are geologically active with geysers.  

On the far right, behind the moon and the probe, is the gas giant Glerbuh. It is a mix between Jupiter and Saturn, and has many chaotic and colorful bands. Starting from the top, it starts out blue, red, a little bit of brown, more blue with large white bands, then a large yellow and calm equatorial belt. The southern pole is much of the same, but in reverse. However, the larger section right after the equatorial belt is a light brown, and has many white clouds filling it all. There are many cyclones across the whole gas giant, mostly white. On the equatorial belt, however, there is a dark brown one. 

The moon is on the bottom right, and obscures a decent portion of the gas giant. It is entirely monochrome, and is very small and chaotic, not unlike Uranus’s moon Miranda. It’s mostly white, but there are a few small spots where a darker grey takes over things. The moon is riddled with canyons, craters, and mountains. It isn’t in a uniform spherical shape, and has many lumps that are visible at this distance. The terminator is covered in a mix of shadow and chaotic terrain, which gives it an uneven appearance as that portion of the moon falls into night. It also has a slight haze around it, thanks to a lot of geysers that are visible on the back of it. 

The probe is on the middle left, with much of it obscured by darkness. However, you can see the star’s light directly hitting the satellite dish, which gives it a bright white rim on the left to middle top of it. There’s also considerable planet shine, which partially illuminates the right side of the dish. The body of the craft is also visible on the left, as it is covered in planet shine as well, but only just so. It has gold foil, and shines brightly. There is a magnetometer on the right as well, poking out past the radio dish on the satellite’s main bus. It is also obscured by darkness, but is lit up across all edges as well thanks to the star and planet shine. It is very long, and ends in a horizontal cylindrical shape. On the bottom right of the probe is two brightly illuminated slats, marking where the radioisotope thermal generator is. It is also entirely obscured by darkness, but you can make out part of the connecting piece and the two fins on it. At the back of the probe is the engine, which just barely catches the planet shine; it’s very dim, but makes a broken circle. Light on the outer edge of the engine, then a smaller section of light on the inner half of the circle. There are also four metal spindles shooting out from the back, but are also hard to see due to their dimness.

In the center of the piece, just where the Milky Way bisects the background horizontally, is the logo of the art blog. It is a stylized T and an A, both very curvy, but the letters connect with one another. In the A is some rocks, while in the space between the letters there is two planets. 

The entire piece has slight chromatic aberration, and colorful noise as well. It is hard to see, but gives the image the feeling of being taken out of a camera.

Image ID ends here.

[tolbachik-art]

Hello, everyone! Thank you so much for your patience between pieces of art; it's been a hectic year!

This piece is gift art for @whirligig-girl, who has been an invaluable help to me as I progress in getting my art skills up to snuff. I’m very grateful for her help, so go give her a follow!

I have another two pieces I’m currently working on, with differing levels of complexity. The one is a study, and a very large one at that. The other is a simple system comparison of my novel’s system and our own, inspired by a scale comparison piece by Luna. That one will most likely be done first, while the study will take a lot more time. I cannot stress this enough, it is a very big piece! 

Also, to those who are interested, commissions in this style are open; I’m moving soon, and I really need to start raising funds for things. That, and my senior cat has been plagued by all kinds of medical maladies so far this year, and I’d like to help my sibling out with all the bills. So, if you’re interested, you can check out my ko-fi here for more details! 

Thanks again for your patience, and I hope you have a great day!

As always, it has an image ID, and will have one in the reblogs as well. :)

[tolbachik-art]

Small update

Hi, all! Just wanted to say that I have in fact been working on art; just been a little slow, due to a variety of factors.

I’ve got about two pieces I’m working on; the one should be done by next week, and the other a week or two after that one.

I apologize for my slow pace of work; between my physical condition and all the other stuff I have to do, I don’t get much time for my creative projects these days.

Thanks for your continued patience! :)

[twospiritcomet]

Mexico Launches Emergency App, 'ConsulApp Contigo,' as Immigration Crackdown Intensifies in the US | BELatina

Mexico’s Foreign Minister, has introduced “ConsulApp Contigo”, a mobile application designed to provide immediate support in emergencies, in

Mexicans in the United States now have a direct line to consular assistance at their fingertips. Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez, Mexico’s Foreign Minister, has introduced “ConsulApp Contigo”, a mobile application designed to provide immediate support in emergencies, including detentions. The app connects users to consular services, offering legal guidance and critical resources in real time.

Los mexicanos en Estados Unidos ahora tienen a su disposición una línea directa de asistencia consular. Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez, Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de México, presentó "ConsulApp Contigo", una aplicación móvil diseñada para brindar apoyo inmediato en situaciones de emergencia, incluidas las detenciones. La aplicación conecta a los usuarios con los servicios consulares, ofreciendo orientación legal y recursos críticos en tiempo real.

ConsulApp Contigo - Apps on Google Play

We guide Mexican migrants about their rights and consular services.

[seven-winged-liar]

now more than ever, it is imperative that you spend time with people you love and doing things that you love. be prepared but please please please don't dwell on things that have yet to happen. you have to have hope for a better future in order to build one. it's gonna be okay. we're gonna make it. i love you.

[leepacey]

i watched the livestream of trump signing executive orders and answering questions from the press. here are some of the big ones + other things mentioned today:

trump declared a national emergency at the southern border + is getting the US military more involved in stopping "invasions including mass migration"

no one can declare asylum in the US

all existing appointments for people wanting to legally become US citizens are canceled

birthright citizenship (aka the 14th amendment) is now gone

ICE sweeps beginning "soon," not specifying when (though there are rumors it's starting tomorrow in sanctuary cities such as chicago)

mexican cartels are now designated "foreign terrorist organizations" and trump is not opposed to US troops entering mexico to eliminate them

he restored the death penalty for "crimes committed by illegal aliens"

biden had signed an executive order attempting to stop cops from using chokeholds or doing no-knock warrants. trump just revoked that order

25% tariffs on canada and mexico begin on feb 1 2025 — expect a lot of produce imported from mexico to get more expensive soon

tariffs on china will begin soon, not specified when

trump said he intends to take back the panama canal, did not specify when or how

january 6 insurrectionists are to be immediately released/pardoned

he pardoned the leader of the proud boys

tiktok has a 90 day extension, during which the US gov will try to buy 50% of tiktok. trump said he no longer cares that china is "spying on our young people," but he wants to buy half of tiktok so the US government "can police it a little bit, or a lot." if tiktok will not sell, it will be banned in the US again.

he claims the people of greenland want to become part of the US

he says the gulf of mexico is now to be called the "gulf of america" + denali is now to be called "mount mckinley"

alaska is to be mined and become the US' main source for fossil fuels

the green new deal and "electric vehicle" (green energy) mandates are over

the US has withdrawn from the paris climate agreement

the US has withdrawn from the world health organization

reproductiverights.gov is already gone

the US now "only recognizes two genders, male and female"

trans women prisoners are to be housed in male prisons; gender affirming care for prisoners is gone

self-identification for gender on passports, government IDs, and social security cards is gone

all federal employees are required to work in the office five days a week, no more working from home

trump said the US is going to "pursue our manifest destiny into the stars" and plant a US flag on mars

sources on what executive orders were signed: one two three

and lastly, some things that happened during the inauguration:

the pastor who blessed the inauguration during the swearing in ceremony has already announced a new meme coin/cryptocurrency

trump did not put his hand on the bible + there are rumors the pope is going to say trump is the antichrist

the wealthiest people on the planet — the CEOs of twitter/tesla, amazon, google, meta, and even the CEO of tiktok — who own almost all communication platforms used by westerners — stood directly behind trump as he was sworn in

elon musk, the wealthiest person alive, who has been given his own vaguely-defined US government agency, did a nazi salute on stage at the presidential podium. neo-nazis are already celebrating

[sepiamestus]

I would like to apologize to every single one of my wips ever

[colorisbyshe]

I do think with news of the ceasefire, everyone should read up on what the ceasefire actually means and what the different phases of the ceasefire are. here's a good source for what we know as of now:

What do we know about a Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal in Gaza?

Ceasefire reportedly agreed, including a prisoner exchange and aid surge, after more than 460 days of conflict.

Some of my initial takeaways are:

this ceasefire is temporary (as of right now, six weeks long). negotiations will continue but israel is not offering guarantees about continued non-violence. BDS remains important. be vigilant, keep pressure up

rafah crossing will open one week after the initial phase starts

israel will release 2000 prisoners

more aid will get to northern gaza, look out for ways you can help

if the second phase is initiated, israel will do a complete withdrawal from gaza. which means the initial phase will not include that. again i say: BE VIGILANT

if the third phase is reached, reconstruction will begin "under international supervision"

nothing is over, even if this is a relief. do not tape out, do not tune out.

pls still read the full article