Feeling confident enough to try a more detailed tattoo and I think it came out great. Then I decided to push it with a magical twist. Does the effect fit the rest of the image or did I go too far?

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Cartoon Mega Man robot boy with a distraught look on his face and hands on his hips with text that reads "you got big sad".

various staedtler fineliners plus pigment pen

i had initially wanted to get this done for my birthday but it's rather late now because i got carried away :)

Have you seen Legend, Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, or similar styled movies? These were the hits from my childhood and I think they still hold up today. This is my attempt to make my own slice of a world in that style. The reference for the waterfall called for it!

Timelapse: https://bsky.app/profile/ballshapedman.bsky.social/post/3mp764o7pbk2n

In a continuation series regarding my 3D owl (Megascops / Screech-Owl) model, I built an entire scene full with a desert landscape, a dynamics inspired by real events (such as the Dutch "terror-oehoe") while also imbuing artistic (Lovecraftian) and esoteric (Lilith, hereby symbolized by both the owl and the Moon) symbolism.

A short animation (CW: potentially triggering video due to some flashing as the camera moves through a chiaroscuro/high-contrast scene; not overly flashing per se, but in order to keep things safe, do not watch that video if you have epilepsy) will likely be among the comments.

I changed many things for the owl model since my one-week-ago thread, including the tapetum lucidum, slightly more ear tufts, a new "grumpy" morph alongside the "eye blinking" morph, as well as improved painting/texture for her fur/plumage (now she's hopefully looking less of a racoon and more of an actual owl).

Credits:
- Skeleton character: Public Domain (CC0)
- Moon texture and sky texture: actual scientific imagery from NASA SVS (yes, this scene's Moon is as real as she could be for a 3D scene; both textures I got from NASA website were projected onto very large UV spheres as part of a miniature universe sandbox in Blender; the Moon's visible face is the same visible face as seen from Earth, although this detail ended up obfuscated by the bloom effect I used)
- Sandy texture/material used for landscape: Public Domain (CC0)
- Other elements, such as the owl, the desert landscape mesh, as well as this specific composition/choreography and the resulting rendering are content made by me.

Alt-text:
High-res rendering of a 3D scene where the owl (medium-sized Screech-owl with dark brownish fur and glowing green eyes from tapetum lucidum) is gliding mid-flight, visibly sharp talons extended forwards in a clawing gesture, mere centimeters away from swooping down onto a living human skeleton (anatomically-accurate masculine skeleton, seen partially in this specific perspective) who was running from Her but stumbled and is now falling down to the ground as they appear screaming. Both are amidst a vast, featureless desert with smooth dunes, surrounded by a clear/starry dark night sky with a slight reddish tint. The camera angle is dramatically tilted diagonally, centered and focused at the owl while the de-focused skeleton falls to their knees at the bottom right corner. At the bottom left corner, almost besides the owl, a large crescent Moon is visible with a highly-glowing partial lunar eclipse (as in, Moon is being lit at the bottom side while featuring the reddish glow typical of lunar eclipses, thus appearing as a belly-up crescent resembling devilish horns).

#ArsRitualisTemplii #3dmodeling #lovecraftian #occultart #spookyart

Hadn't drawn anything in like 18 years, and my nephew asked me to draw something for him. Ended up being sort of a christmas gift.

-After a long time away from this platform due to its toxicity and even racism (Not this community, of course), since I'm Latina and many people have been bothered that I know more about certain terms than they do—they think they own the culture and have the right to decide what is and isn't my art—I decided to occasionally share a drawing (This is my first time posting in this community). Personally, I'll continue posting most of my work on other networks; if you want to find me, ask for my usernames in the comments. Now, speaking of the drawing, a few days ago I watched Dragon Striker and I liked Ragno. He's very similar to a certain dragon I selfship with, so I drew my adult version of him.

I like drawing skeletal structures

Watercolor and tech pen.

It’s my mother in law’s birthday tomorrow so I painted her a lotería card.

I've not found a technique I like for really curly hair. Wavy to mildly curly I feel good about. Do you have a technique you like you would suggest I consider?

For the record this is the best I've done and I'm happier with it than any other attempt. But it's not a good as what's in my mind or the reference.

The reference for reference:

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Trying something a bit different with my brush work. Not really happy with how it turned out but it was a fun experiment.

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Brown skin is hard for me. Something I need more practice in which is why I selected this model. Plus her hair looked like it would be fun to paint, and it was!

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I just wrapped up three more of these things, what does everyone think?

The bottom half are various stones I've collected, with a layer of dichroic glass on top, followed by a layer of plain glass. I then cut and polish them. It takes a long time, but it's really meditative work.

I think she likes you!

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Context: https://lemmy.world/post/47145754

Sadly, due to distractions, the coathanger broke mid bend on the last letter of my name ☹️

This is my first time even attempting to do plain simple print, while all underlined to keep the letters connected. It's way more comlicated than cursive writing, as there are a lot more sharp bends, making measuring and planning all that much more time consuming and difficult.

This print style coathanger text practice is a first for me, unfortunately failed just before the finish line...

The last lowercase 'n' was also intended to be finished, complete with the underline, but that's where it broke.

Go ahead, kick me in the ass, next time I try, I'll do so alone, no distractions, while also learning from my first try..

Curious, what you folks think?

Can you recognize her without reading her name? I'm still working on a stylized style that isn't photo realistic and more an expression of me.

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