FANTASY ILLUSTRATION

f/26/illustration bfa. I love D&D and dragonborn! FOLLOWS FROM A DIFFERENT ACCOUNT IM SORRY MOOTS

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Hi! 🪐 I'm Rosie, an illustrator and DM. I love TTRPGS, videogames, dark fantasy, and making art of all those things! Sometimes team up with my partner to make art together. <3 (I follow from a different blog, this is a side blog). See my FAQ for commonly asked questions about art and TTRPGs!

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“Weather says Mt. Lyon has another blizzard on the way. Hope you’ve got someone at home to snuggle up with! You know I’ll still be here to keep you company, dear listeners — this diva goes all night long!”

Very excited to say I’ve officially started writing on an interactive fiction project. Be on the lookout for a demo later this year!

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An update on the Curiosity demo!

Life got VERY busy after a sudden (positive) career change. The demo may be pushed to 2027, though obviously the sooner the better!

My goal is to release the text/basic playable elements using choicescript or similar. My priority is to see if the story has any legs before diving into extras. If it works from there on I’d be looking into game engines (twine/game maker/etc), distribution methods, and creating audio-visual assets (character sprites/music/UI/etc)!

Thanks so much for the support and anticipation. I’m still chugging away at it bit by bit and can’t wait to show it to y’all soon ❤️

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Wha? Ken lost.....the tie? Oh.........oh nooooooo. Thats just awfullll. What...what a shame....What can you do I guess......I'll try to...suffer through it.......it will be so hard......but I will to my best.......

LOL i’m sure the shirt is coming next…

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We’re giving Ken and Elaine a coterie…😈

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oh no she’s drawing character lineups

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Imagine being me, bringing all my tattoo shit home from the shop to practice…

And i forgot my FUCKING INK

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Day saved by our local supply shop

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If you’re still taking outfit requests, I’d love to see Elaine and Ken in their black tie best 👀

She already removed the tie, but yannow

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Imagine being me, bringing all my tattoo shit home from the shop to practice…

And i forgot my FUCKING INK

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If you’re still taking outfit requests, I’d love to see Elaine and Ken in their black tie best 👀

She already removed the tie, but yannow

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I’m really excited to see how tattooing might influence my art since there’s so much history and style tradition. And the fact that tattoo illustration is different from regular print illustration. The coolest thing I’m learning so far is ways I have to adjust my designs to better be tattooable, because the medium is entirely dependent on the canvas aka People. Readability and simplicity is key alongside making sure it will hopefully look good as the skin ages, and composition is a must.

As much as I have fun drawing fandom stuff, OCs, etc - my true love has always been standalone pieces. I really wanted to do publishing/editorial illustration after college because conveying an abstract concept in a single image is SO fun to me. I still would love more chances to do that!! But tattoo design is definitely scratching that itch already. And seeing how artists work within the limitations of the medium is so cool.

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Designing AND literally tattooing! I’m lucky to have artistic experience already so the biggest hurdle is learning the ‘medium’ (people) and technique. I have to adjust how I design pieces because ink fades/expands as the tattoo ages, so a strong design is one made with that in mind. As an example, here’s the first (sketch) concept for an assignment vs the adjusted linework after critique. I had to simplify a LOT, as you can see - and there’s also an example of the white stroke I mentioned. I definitely struggled and in the future I’d like to revisit it.

My second and third design assignments show off me getting a bit more confident. I’ve been having to limit my brush thickness, because it directly translates to needle size when tattooing. These still have complexity but are a bit less cluttered.

Also you’re right in assuming different skin types need to be treated differently! My mentor was tattooing on an older gentleman today and he was being very light with his needle depth due to the fact our skin gets thinner as we age. I included a diagram of the needle depth we have to aim for. Contrary to what ignorant artists claim, melanated skin CAN take color in tattoos just fine. The key adjustment is you need to pay more attention to undertones. A lot of artists offer free color tests (small tattoos that literally swatch inks) to check what has the best contrast! Scarred skin and certain medical conditions play a role, too.

It’s another factor I’m really excited to learn about. Every canvas will be different because every human is different. That’s extremely cool!!!

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More tattoo stuffs

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Open YCH's ! The last one is 120 usd WIll be very grateful for your support ( and all the money will go to my kitties and my med bills) finished example

[venusmage]

I’m really excited to see how tattooing might influence my art since there’s so much history and style tradition. And the fact that tattoo illustration is different from regular print illustration. The coolest thing I’m learning so far is ways I have to adjust my designs to better be tattooable, because the medium is entirely dependent on the canvas aka People. Readability and simplicity is key alongside making sure it will hopefully look good as the skin ages, and composition is a must.

As much as I have fun drawing fandom stuff, OCs, etc - my true love has always been standalone pieces. I really wanted to do publishing/editorial illustration after college because conveying an abstract concept in a single image is SO fun to me. I still would love more chances to do that!! But tattoo design is definitely scratching that itch already. And seeing how artists work within the limitations of the medium is so cool.

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Rosie’s drawin roses

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sketching some birdie flash

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Rosie’s drawin roses

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Pretty sure I lucked out on my tattoo mentor. Other apprentices would be jealous.

Calls himself “mostly straight”. Wore a shirt that says “OPENLY GRAY” (he has gray hair)

Saw a photo from him in like 2010 wearing a pro trans rights shirt

Very passionate about the “you can’t tattoo dark skin” argument in that it’s “a fuckin’ skill issue”

We’re allowed to kick anyone out of the shop for being an asshole

Staunchly against tattoo machismo and the shop is about to be a 2:1 ratio of women to men. Which he’s overjoyed about

Moshes in the middle of the shop. To the B-52’s

Constantly sneak attacked by one of our artists with a spray bottle who is half his age (and height)

Returned later with a video of a squirt gun hooked up to a power washer and told them “you don’t want this smoke”

Said yes to a kink tattoo requested by a gay bear and his sub

Says gay bars are his favorite bars

Constantly talks about his wife and how smart she is

Smoked a bowl before sitting down to give me an art critique. Is amazing at it

Huge Fallout and Elder Scrolls nerd

Gave me $400+ worth of Frazetta art books from the 1980’s bc we’re both huge fans

Showed me his mugshot

Sent me a news article of a supposed UFO sighting and said verbatim it’s “twiangle shaped”