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Cardi • Ukrainian • UKR/ENG/ESP(still learning) • aroace • 2D artist • SFW ✨OCS & ORIGINAL SETTING STUFF✨ 🌸https://linktr.ee/cardinal_gray 🚫 DNI NFT/AI & r*ssians [ #OC | #DCM | #DontCryMercy | #cardiart ]

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · Nov 13

Commissions Time!🌟

🌸Slots are, as always, unlimited
🌸There might be a queue from time to time but I do get pretty quickly to everyone

📧 [email protected] and DMs here

[ #BSNM #ArtSky #ArtCommission #CommsOpen #ArtistForHire #SupportArtists #Commission #UkrainianArtist #cardiart ]

my commission sheet, text says:
CARDINAL GRAY'S COMMISSIONS

I'm opening unlimited commission slots

Will Draw:
* OCs, Fanart
* Anthro, Furry,Feral
* DND, FFXIV, WoW characters
(*additional characters cost + 50% of the main price)

Won't Draw:
* Heavy Gore
* NSFW/Erotica/Kinks
* Overly-detailed Mechs

DM and/or email me for inquiries!

payments via PayPal

Sketch prices - 75USD portrait, 95USD waist-up, 105USD fullbody; Flat Colors - 85USD portrait, 115USD waist-up, 145USD fullbody; Fully Colored and Shaded (aka Fully Rendered) - 105USD portrait, 135USD waist-up, 155USD fullbody

*prices may vary depending on the complexity of the piece

a commissions page about backgrounds, text says:
I also do backgrounds, mostly stylized like in these 2 examples (the image on the left shows a tortle - dnd race that looks like humanoid turtles - climbing onto a ship, grabbing onto the ropes with one hand and holding a bloodied blade in the other. A pirate flag is flowing in the top right corner of the piece. Behind the tortle is a raging sea with a lightning-filled skies.
The image on the right shows a gentleman in a blue suit, splashes of crimson all over it. He's holding a gun in one hand and a kerchief in the other. The background is an interior of a room in a mansion - an expensive-looking chair is standing by the wall adorned with a few paintings of the people who live in the mansion.)

* Prices may vary depending on the complexity of the piece.

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · Feb 21

not sure if I will ever finish these (mostly 'cause I really love how they look as they are rn) but here are two tarot cards (inspired by those from DA:I) with Nico and Niners!

more info about the symbolism can be found in the alt text

[ #OC #DCM #DontCryMercy #sketch #tarot #cardiart ]

Nico's tarot card has cigarette smoke in the back ('cause he smokes a lot), bits of fingerprints (as a nod to him being a detective), his halo is made our barbed wire, it's also dark on the inside to show that he is no saint in a typical sense (plus it's a reference to a song called Black Halo), the foreground piece of the card is a heart, a bleeding one with cuts all over - it shows that he aches and aches a lot, there are feathers poking out of the heart and it's a reference to a line "live a lie and let the vultures in" from Des Rocs - Maybe, I
His scarf turns into a pool of splattered blood (a nod to the scarf being connected to his sister who is dead at the beginning of the story; plus the scarf itself is red so there's that)
The symbols over his left eye are a reference to the recurring nightmare that keeps haunting him, anger and sense of justice

Niners has an angular halo with a circuitry pattern, his tie transforms into a chain as a reference to him being a loyal dog, gunshot holes are a nod to him being selfless, the blue symbol on his forehead is a mix of clarity of mind and also a nod to him gaining the ability to think for himself (once he breaks the limits of his programming), the wavy lines that flow onto his shoulders represent android blood (it's sorta an hommage to an old art piece I've never finished, it's called Cybernetic Perfection and it's kinda like a more artistic/heavenly rendition of how Niners was made; it basically has the vibes of those old paintings where gods are born)
His hands are more flowy in shape in order to establish a connection with the ocean/water (since that's what I associate him with)
And last but definitely not least - the star-like shape! It's a reference to a "soul", to his humanity that he gains, and his hands are in this specific position 'cause he is shaping said "soul"

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · Mar 18

"So break through it all, and don't look down
You won't fade out
'Cuz the fire in you never dies
It comes around
To light the flame
They'll know your name
Burned into their memory"
(Tomoya Otani - Break Through It All)

[ #OC #DCM #DontCryMercy #sketch #artsky #cardiart ]

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · Jun 5

Purrfect Time for a Coffee!

[ #OC #NicoLallas #DCM #DontCryMercy #illustration #cat #artsky #cardiart ]

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · Jul 27

"I am a falling axe
I am a sharpened knife
I am a poison asp
I am a risk to your life"
(The Crane Wives - The Wolf)

+ bonus: a cleaned up sketch version of this piece 'cause I really like how it turned out

[ #OC #NicoLallas #DragonAgeAU #mage #qunari #DragonAge #illustration #artsky #cardiart ]

an illustration of Nico in the dragon age au (he is a qunari mage, an apostate)
behind him is a mostly blue colored forest with a blood red moon hanging over his head, adding a sense of dread to the serene vibes
Nico is standing menacingly, white wisps of glow from his eyes reaching upwards, top half of his face covered in shadows

a mostly grey sketch of the illustrations so everything applied from the previous description

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · Jun 16

"On wings of hope, you rise up through the night
Higher, oh higher
Carrying our song
Cradled fast within your arms
That its chorus might ring for all!"
(Masayoshi Soken - Endwalker-Footfalls)

[ #OC #Niners #DragonAgeAU #elf #warrior #illustration #artsky #cardiart ]

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · Jun 15

"I think with my heart & move with my head
I open my mouth & it's something I've read
(...)
Confused what I thought with something I felt
Confuse what I feel with something that's real"
(KONGOS - Come with Me Now)

[ #OC #NicoLallas #DragonAgeAU #qunari #mage #cardiart ]

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · Jan 20

"Cold world out there, kid, grab your coat." - a phrase that Nico would tell his younger self if he could

[ #OC #OriginalCharacter #NicoLallas #DCM #DontCryMercy #sketch #Art #OcSky #ArtSky #cardiart #украрт ]

a black and white sketch of Nico

he's standing in a slightly hunched over pose, one hand in the front pocket of his pants while the other one is putting out a match in a waving motion after lighting a cigarette, the latter held between his lips as he's saying the phrase "Cold world out there, kid, grab your coat."

Nico's wearing his usual work attire - scarf, trench coat that sits over the sweater and some pants, with a belt wrapped around his waist

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · Apr 7

"What have I been running from?
How did I become so numb?

All I want is to feel a bit
All I want is to feel a bit
All I want is to feel a bit
All I want is to feel a bit(...)"
(8 Graves - Numb)

[ #OC #OriginalCharacter #NicoLallas #DCM #DontCryMercy #sketch #Art #OcSky #ArtSky #украрт #cardiart ]

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · Mar 11

MH Wilds made me wanna sketch mermNico again (and amp up his feral energy + give him a ton more teeth)

[ #OC #NicoLallas #merm_au #merman #sketch #Art #OcSky #ArtSky #UkrainianArtist #украрт #cardiart ]

a b/w portrait sketch of mermNico

he's bearing his teeth and looking fiercely at whoever on his turf
there's two deep scratches on his right shoulder with blood flowing upwards out of them (since he's underwater)

a b/w portrait sketch of mermNico

he's growling, furrowing his brow and scrunching his nose at whoever he's trying to intimidate, sharp teeth showing

a b/w portrait sketch of mermNico

he's lunging forward in an attack, sharp teeth poking out of his mouth, ready to sink into flesh

a b/w portrait sketch of mermNico

he's staying still in the shade while looking intently at his prey, waiting for a perfect opportunity to strike

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · Sep 13

got inspired to make a quick lil ref/info page for each of Nico's cats so here we are!🐱🐱

[ #OC #OCs #OriginalCharacter #OriginalCharacters #Cecil #Arel #DCM #DontCryMercy #cat #cats #felines #Caturday #Art #OcSky #ArtSky #украрт #УкрАртПідтримка #cardiart ]

an information page about Nico's cat Cecil

a drawing of Cecil can be seen on the upper right - he's sitting with a bit of shrimp posture going on, his sphynx body all wrinkled in areas like shoulders, back, neck, etc. his tail is curled around the left leg, resting on "knee" he has a grumpy expression on his face and is glaring intensely to the side.

text on this info page reads:

"CECIL

Cecil is a sphynx cat with quite a personality, that he seems to take after his just-as-grumpy owner Nico.
He tends to be pretty aloof with most people and animals, with Nico, late Olivia and Arel being exceptions to that rule.
Cecil is independent but does like attention from time to time - usually come up for pets or cuddles on his own and leaves whenever he's had enough.
Can be a bit picky with when he's okay with being picked up and/or carried around.

LIKES
* food and treats
* sleeping on Nico's chest while he naps
* sleeping in general
* watching Arel play and run around
* lazy time on the couch
* being a menace (especially towards Niners)
* being grumpy
* Nico (and late Olivia)

DISLIKES
* (written with a strikethrough) you and your whole family , (written normally) most people
* his skin folds being tugged at
* his personal space not being respected
* Niners
* Niners' legs, especially when he walks around
* when someone watches him do his business in the litterbox"

there's a chart on the bottom left that has 5 categories - Capacity For Evil, [Screams In Cat], Bones?, Love Stored and Baby To Bastard Gauge.
Cecil's stats according to the chart are:
Capacity for Evil - 4,3
[Screams In Cat] - 1
Bones? - 3
Love Stored - 2,5
Baby To Bastard Gauge - 1 (full Bastard :DD)

an information page about Nico's cat Arel

a drawing of Arel can be seen on the upper right - she's depicted mid-hop as she's running around, looking all happy and full of affection.

text on this info page reads:

"AREL

Arel is a very carefree and loving kitty. She likes most things and it's hard to make her dislike or hate anyone or anything.
She's actually a mutt or a mixed breed! Nico got her from a local pet shelter during one of his visits there.
She's pretty active, tends to run around and play with the selfsame vigor of a kitten, even though she's an adult cat.
Despite being energetic, Arel still likes to laze around either with Nico or with Cecil (when Nico's at work). She's also a tad clingy and loves to follow Nico around the house, keeping him company while he's going about his day.

LIKES
* EVERYONE!!
* treats
* running around and playing with toys
* toys! all of them!
* being carried around and sitting on Nico's shoulders
* being coddled and pampered like a little princess
* being petted and brushed
* sleeping on top of Nico's head or chest/stomach

DISLIKES
* the evil noisy thing that is the vacuum cleaner
* her fur getting wet
* doors being closed (except for the front door, duh)
* Cecil being mean to her
* foodbowl being empty"

there's a chart on the bottom left that has 5 categories - Capacity For Evil, [Screams In Cat], Bones?, Love Stored and Baby To Bastard Gauge.
Arel's stats according to the chart are:
Capacity for Evil - 0
[Screams In Cat] - 4
Bones? - 1,5
Love Stored - 5+
Baby To Bastard Gauge - 5+ (she baby)

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · 14d

Bringer of the Calm 2.0

(had to edit this one slightly since the wired neck design is no longer canon and I simply really-really like this sketch😌)

[ #OC #OriginalCharacter #NicoLallas #Niners #DCM #DontCryMercy #sketch #Art #OcSky #ArtSky #украрт #УкрАртПідтримка #cardiart ]

a wholesome little b/w sketch of Nico and Niners

Niners' eyes are closed, eyebrows raised which makes his forehead even more wrinkled, as he's leaning towards his human partner. He's planting the gentlest of kisses on Nico's shoulder while Nico himself turns around to look at his android partner.
Nico has a tired yet soft expression on his face, slightly blushing at the comforting display of affection from Niners.

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · Apr 8

Cozy & Safe

[ #OC #OriginalCharacter #NicoLallas #Niners #DCM #DontCryMercy #Art #OcSky #ArtSky #sketch #украрт #УкрАртПідтримка #cardiart ]

a b/w sketch of Nico and Niners sleeping peacefully in bed.

Niners is hugging Nico from the back, one arm underneath both pillows, fingers slightly hanging off the edge of the matrass, while the other rests entangled under Nico's arms. His face is leaning against his partner.
Nico's sleeping with his back to Niners, both arms crossed over his own chest in a sort of protective, self-hug gesture (both thumbs are sticking up while the rest of the fingers is resting between the arm and chest.
Rays of sunlight are slowly creeping towards the two from a tall-ish window on one side of the bedroom.

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · Aug 6

"What a privilege it is to love
A great honor to hold you up"
(Sleeping At Last - Two)

[ #OC #NicoLallas #Niners #DCM #DontCryMercy #kiss #sketch #sketchdump #artsky #cardiart ]

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · May 13

Home is where your cat is!🐱💕
Certainly a true statement for Nico ;v;

[ #OC #OriginalCharacter #NicoLallas #Niners #DCM #DontCryMercy #Art #OcSky #ArtSky #украрт #УкрАртПідтримка #cardiart ]

a wholesome illustration of Nico and Niners

Niners has cat ears and tail (his tail is wagging) and is making the little kitty paws gesture while Nico is holding his face, squishing his cheeks slightly. Nico's blushing a lot, no expression visible since he's not facing the viewer but you can tell that he's super flustered and thinks that Niners looks extremely cute with cat ears and tail. Niners is blushing too, a happy expression on his face.
(This is a version of this piece where Niners has a 3-shaped mouth)

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · Sep 9

🕊Freedom🕊 (ver 2.0)

[ #OC #OriginalCharacter #Niners #DCM #DontCryMercy #robot #android #illustration #Art #OcSky #ArtSky #украрт #УкрАртПідтримка #cardiart ]

an illustration of Niners against the orange summer sky with some light clouds.

Niners is standing in a relaxed pose, open shirt swaying in the wind, looking back at Nico "off-screen" (since he called out to Niners). There's a blue flower in Niners' left hand, one single petal falling off and drifting downwards.
He's dressed in a white shirt and sandy/beige-colored pants (shoes aren't visible but they're there, he's classy shoes made out of thin leather so that it's not toasty to wear them in summer).
Niners' gaze is very gentle and attentive, his focus drawn to his human partner.
There's a flock of birds flying, slightly further in the distance, towards the outside of the frame. The starting point of the flock is close to Niners as it's meant to symbolize freedom.

(this version doesn't have the neck wires detail)

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · Oct 31

HAPPY SPLATOWEEN!!🐙🎃🦑

[ #OCs #SplatoonAU #Splatoon #Splatoween ]

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · Aug 3

He is the wonderwall, he knows how to hypnotize
He'll take control of a man who dares look him in the eyes
Skin cold to the touch, is he even alive?
He'll fill your head with nothing but lies

[ #OC #NicoLallas #vampire #vampireAU #sketch #Art #OcSky #ArtSky #украрт #УкрАртПідтримка #cardiart ]

a b/w (+ red accents) sketch of vampireNico

He's leaning forward with a smug and confident look on his face, teeth showing, with fangs being pretty prominent, tongue liking said teeth. A bit of blood is splattered across his face, mostly around his mouth and cheek, with some also present on the collar bits of his leather jacket. Nico has this hypnotic vibe to him here as his eyes glow in the dark.

a b/w (no red accents) sketch of vampireNico

He's leaning forward with a smug and confident look on his face, teeth showing, with fangs being pretty prominent, tongue liking said teeth. A bit of blood is splattered across his face, mostly around his mouth and cheek, with some also present on the collar bits of his leather jacket. Nico has this hypnotic vibe to him here as his eyes glow in the dark.

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · Aug 4

'Cause I can't be tamed
Broken off the chain
I come in swinging like a wrecking ball
Breaking through the wall
Feeling ten foot tall

[ #OC #NicoLallas #vampire #werebat #bat #vampireAU #sketch #Art #OcSky #ArtSky #украрт #УкрАртПідтримка #cardiart ]

a b/w sketch (+ red accents) of vampireNico in his werebat form

He has a feral look in his eyes, mouth open with sharp teeth and long fangs poking out, ready to sink into foe or prey alike. His leather jacket is now slightly torn on the back as tattered bat wings ripped through it during the transformation.

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · Oct 9

"Oh, like an island, surrounded by a deep blue sea
You're the waves that push and pull against me
You wash me away, bit by bit
I will slowly erode 'til there's nothing left"
(TENDER - Erode)

[ #OC #OriginalCharacter #NicoLallas #Niners #DCM #DontCryMercy #vampire #Art #OcSky #ArtSky #cardiart ]

a black and white sketch of Nico and Niners with a red accent
their silhouettes are combined, tangled and intertwined, with some parts being more detailed
Niners is leaning towards Nico's neck while holding his partner gently, ready to bite his neck to drink some blood with his barred vampire fanfs
Nico is slightly covered in blood but is very much willing to let this all happen, a relaxed expression upon his face with mouth slightly opened and gaze fixated on Niners
the air of this artwork is very much tender, vulnerable but in a good way, yearning and soft

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · Oct 1

"Have a safe trip!"

a complimentary piece to that portrait of devil Nico 'cause this idea has been brewing in my mind for a bit now ;w;

[ #OC #Niners #DCM #DontCryMercy #Halloween #vampire #ukrart #artsky #cardiart ]

a b/w portrait of Niners with blue accents
he's wearing a leather jacket with a cross accessory, leather gloves, a dark turtleneck and a black biker helmet (the helmet has bat-like motifs)
his face can be partially seen through the raised visor, vibrant blue blood is splattered around his mouth, with smaller drops smudged on his left cheek, and some of it is dripping from underneath the bottom half of the helmet, running towards the collar of the turtleneck), one eye is obscured by the shadows however it is still visible since both of his eyes are glowing
he's giving a goodbye salute with his hand and looking towards the camera

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🦇🖤🗿Scare-dinal Gray 😼🖤🦇 • comms in progress 🇺🇦 @cardinalgray.bsky.social · Sep 24

Kiss of an angel,
Hiss of a snake

[ #OC #NicoLallas #DCM #DontCryMercy #Halloween #ukrart #artsky #cardiart]

a b/w halloween piece of Nico
he has a white shirt, a leather jacket (with a safety pin with a chain coming from it on one of the lapels) and a red bandana on
there's a single horn on our right side of his face, together with a strand of his hair on the opposite side it makes up two devil horns
he's showing off his teeth with a snarky smile, tugging on the side of his mouth with a pointer finger

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Tried Pilgrim's Traverse solo today and here are my impressions so far ahsjs
It's fun tho! Will do it again for sure :D

[ #OC #Niners #ff14AU #ffxiv #ff14 #finalfantasyXIV #auraxaela #sketch #silliness #OcSky #ArtSky #ArtTag #украрт #УкрАртПідтримка #cardiart ]