Some Inky Bonsais

And here's the whole series. I'm kinda proud of myself - when they all put together I can see the amount of work - and I love my characters a lot. :) Now, I wonder, which one is your favorite? My personal favorite is 2nd - I think I did Lyra justice with those wings. Since this is gonna be a long post anyway, I'm gonna add a few sketches for some of them below.

Last one was an alternative variant for the 10th piece but I imagined that people would misinterpret it BAD so I decided to draw another one. I still like this sketch, however, maybe I'll finish it with lineart or sth like that. And another sketch also had Devil in it but since this piece was more focused on emptiness, I just erased him. Well now you know he was there. And about the knife... now you know who did that, too. After holidays I want to update my lore post a bit so stay tuned for that :]

Adorn

Art

and when you do swallow the sun, what next? | buy a print of this piece here

“Through Beaded Veils” by Marcin Górski

Experimenting with color palettes for a short graphic novel I’m writing! <33

I have a quick question about colouring if you dont mind! 🥺 I notice that whenever I try to render something with lots of shades and colours etc (esp if there’s dramatical lighting) everything ends up looking just,, muddy? I was wondering if that’s something you had to deal with before and if you have any advice on how to fix it? Haha thank you!!!

This definitely happened to me in my earlier years, and it sometimes still happens now if I’m not paying attention.

If something’s turning out to be muddy, I would try more clearly defining your contrasts in the image. Especially with dramatic lighting, it should be relatively simple (though not easy) to portray contrast, as opposed to something like more softer lighting/not as contrasting. Definitely check out your values (just lower saturation of the whole image till it’s in greyscale to check) from time to time while painting if you feel your image is getting muddy. Usually that’s a result of things like overrendering, not enough contrast (and contrast can come from both hue and value, not just value). So keep in mind color theory along with value, since color can definitely be a factor in muddiness. For ex, contrast in terms of color theory can be a complementary color scheme, and contrast in value is light and dark, and the intensity and degree to which you apply those is up to you :)

I also recommend simplifying your lights and darks at first, so you know where those are placed and so you don’t accidentally let them get away from you while painting. And use references too!! See how other artists paint light and dark, for example. Another tip is to paint the planes of an object before softening them, and to see if the contrast is as you wanted it to be. Think low-res polygon going to a more rounded form. Good luck! Happy painting :)

burnout birthday wishes . i manage to finish a personal illustration to start the day!! Initially i was too tired as i experience mild burnout for past few montsh (if you wonder why i havent posted new art too... sorry tumblr) but im glad i managed to churn out one to start the year as tradition!! i got to have a calmer birhday celebration this year yet i've been feeling so loved and appreciated by my close friends and family, my birthday anxieties have eased a Lot for last few years and i hope it stays that way haha and also, happy belated new year 2024!!! I will not participate on intl offline cons for first half of this year, so hopefully i can draw more personal art, schedule better to balance between life and creating, my wish is to have more sustainable ways to keep things stable and not burnout again this year haha

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Angelo (Pál Funk) (Hungarian, 1894—1974)

The Legend of Life / Grief, 1955

pens in sketchbook

You didn't look away.

I realize I haven't posted any SF drawing here yet, so here's the remedy for that-

I don't actively ship them btw. But I do think they have a close and very domestic bond. I like the idea of shared comfort between these two.