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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · 29d

Hi...It has been quite a while, but I am alive and available again. I'll start posting again this week, which I am quite excited for as I haven't drawn in a hot minute. I hope everyone is doing well and hope your weeks turn out well!

ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · Aug 20

Hey, as promised, I'm sharing that last piece. I want to do more art but we will see as things continue to pick up in intensity. I really enjoyed working on this one and while the variation didn't quite get where I wanted, it came out pretty well. Hope everyone's week is going well!

#Art #Graphite

A snow leopard human hybrid sitting on a ledge looking down into the camera with a focus on forshortening with the tail and the shoes closest to the viewer.

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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hey everyone, man it's been a while. Recently I landed a contract so I have been focusing on that, but as soon as that is done I'll open the gates on showing my art. I'll post the final one of those pieces I promised to show tomorrow and I hope everyone will be ready for whatever they do.

#update

ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · Aug 3

Yo, been longer than I wanted but here's another of those pieces. Pretty happy with it other than the hand fully shown. This was done using a base image of a woman and adding basilisk lizard traits where there were human unless it changed unseen forms. Hope everyone is doing well!

#Art #Graphite

A woman sitting in a chair with their legs and arms crossed but modified to have basilisk lizard features. Done in graphite

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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · Jul 29

Hey, sorry for not posting anything for the past couple weeks, I'd been taken for a family vacation the past couple weeks and was left drained; I will get back to my normal shenanigans soon, just needed a bit of time to recover from it. Hope everyone's week goes well and has done been good so far!

ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · Jul 14

Hey, as promised here is one of the projects which are attempts at focuses I have not done before with this one being a five point perspective. I think it turned out decent but I was not having a great time working on it. Hope Monday goes well!

#Graphite #Art #Perspective

A five point perspective project based on an image of an intersection in the middle of the day

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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · Jul 12

Hey guys been a bit but I've got another dnd post for you of a moment a number of sessions ago. I've got a couple other things to post but will probably replace tomorows update with one of those. Hope everyone is doing well!

Three of the party members relaxing on a cliffside throughout the day enjoying the peacefulness of the waves and wind, to get Djael away from the overwhelming number of noises of the nearby festival.

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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hey guys sorry for being dormant for so long, been busy on a couple projects that have taken up my entire focus. I've done some perspective but I think I am ready for the next step but before jumping into that I've got a number of pieces that I will share throughout the week!

#Art #Update

Assortment of forms shown through lines rather than shading along with some staircases.

A two point perspective filled with both basic shapes and things that might be found around a home.

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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · Jun 23

Hello again! Had to move this to today as we had our D&D session yesterday, went really bad with my rolls in combat but I've got some progress on my perspective practice! Hope everyone else is doing well!

#Art #Practice #Perspective

Practice mirroring planes in 2 point perspective with the points of perspective on the page

Practice translating, rotating, and intersecting 3-Dimensional objects in free space

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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · Jun 18

It has been a bit so I hope everyone is hanging in there! Been a bit busy so I have not been doing perspective practice the last week and a half, but I am practicing a bit for my next D&D piece so here is some of that! Wishing everyone a great rest of their week!

#Art #Practice #Animal

An examination of the pectoral muscles of a cheetah when a leg is extended or contracted.

An assortment of sketches from a shaded shark to a cat, to a cat shark, to an organization of muscles of a quadruped.

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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · Jun 10

Back with another update, still working toward making my perspective exceptional and I finally found a good method of study. Sorry for missing yesterday, we moved dnd to Sunday and it was a LONG session...and a rough one. Anyways here's hoping that everyone else is doing well!

#Art #Practice

An assortment of techniques to practice perspective including angling odd lines, grids, and squares with circles around the mid-points of each of the faces.

An assortment of shapes being drawn and modified in a two point perspective including cubes, prisms, a sphere, a cylinder, and a cone

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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · Jun 6

Seems that some plans are working out pretty well! A little messy but I'm not quite sure how a cauterized hole in the head would look from this perspective...Anyways, here is Djael during one of our fights on the high seas getting a crit near one shot with guiding bolt against a basilisk!

#DnD #Art

Djael, my moth bat (motti) cleric/druid, getting a one-shot crit with guiding bolt on a basilisk instantly putting a hole through it's head while he stands on one of the tables on a pirate ship's deck.

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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · Jun 2

Had to do some digging, as I was not familiar with it, but this is Elden Ring Nightreign which came out a couple days ago.

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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · Jun 2

Hi everyone! Hope last week went well, got some more progress to share and a bit of an update. My D&D party went through quite the battle and I've gotten some inspiration, so I am hoping to get one or two pieces ready to share by the end of the week. Here's hoping plans don't fall through!

#Art

An assortment of squares in perspective with a table in estimated 2 point perspective. In addition there is a tiger made of geometric shapes made to help me understand planes of organic things

A fox with the defining planes laid out to better understand perspective of organic shapes.

A bottle drawn in perspective based on the previous drawing of it but using my mental image and the drawing made to draw it upside down as if to pour something out. There are also a couple cubes on the image as well.

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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · May 25

Hey guys, sorry for a bit earlier, but I was able to get to perspective practice this week! Getting closer to understanding how to conceptualize things in 3D, so I hope that I am able to get to the point of doing creatures by the end of the week. Wish everyone luck on their own practice!

#Art

Two of the same water bottle is drawn the top left is drawn by eye while the one on the bottom right is drawn using perspective.

An assortment of cylinder and squares in primarily 3 point perspective

A page of practicing line control making an assortment of lines and shapes in mostly even forms. Still needs some work for more control

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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · May 19

Hi. Been a pretty rough week and ended up messing up my non-dominant hands ulnar nerve so I've been skimping out on practice which I am hoping to get back to this week. On another topic, here are the final images of Kethlar I'll likely make as their player left two weeks ago.

#DnD, #Art, #Sketch

Kethlar, the dragonborn offering soup to someone

Kethlar floating down the river face down as animals watch from the forested surroundings.

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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · May 12

Yo! Here's my weekly update and wanted to update everyone that I'll be going to focus on perspective come next week. Hope everyone is doing well and wish you luck this week!

3 Figures are sketched on the page. The one on the left is a boxer resting on a block. The second in the middle background is preparing to strike. The final on the far right is a woman sitting with crossed legs as if in meditation.

There are two figures sketched on this page. The one in the foreground is a woman with a mask in an odd crouch position. The one in the background is a man in a flexing pose.

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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · May 7

Honestly wasn't expecting to be posting anything today but, I was playing around, saw a shape and started working on this...I know it's not very clean but for a first time in digital in at least a year it's not too bad. Hope everyone's week is going well so far!

#Pokemon #Digital #Weavile

A Weavile holding out an ice ball with the main focus on the claw holding it. There isn't much in the way of shading as it is mainly just static colors. Yes I know they don't naturally have a scarf but honestly it worked a little too well with the pose.

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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · May 6

As promised, figure update...not much else to say but I have a drawing tablet working now so I might post some doodles or attempts at digital media. I'll still do most of my practices on paper, but maybe this will make it easier for you to see it. Best of luck in your own practice!

#Art #Practice

3 Posed figures are sketched on this page. The foremost is a woman in an action pose with a gun pointed somewhere to the left of the viewer. The second foremost is a male turned towards the viewer with a fist forward as if to show something off. The final figure is a woman ascending and is in the background.

There are 3 figures here. The one on the furthest left is a man swinging a sword. The middle is a man in a power pose as if they were superman looking up and to the right of the page. The final figures is a woman in an almost contemplative pose looking back towards the viewer.

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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · May 6

I know, I'm late on my normal post, I finally am ready to get back into things, I got dragged into a playthrough of Subnautica as I haven't finished the game till now. So...here's Djael driving the cyclops. I'll do my normal update either later tonight or tomorrow morning.

#Subnautica #Art #Sketch

Djael stole my cyclops...I'll need to talk to you guys later, thankfully the seamoth is nearby and there are plenty of power cells around the base but if I don't get going now the next time I do see him is respawning with the cyclops crying out...

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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · Apr 28

I have returned to normality and have been on the shenanigans of figure drawing. I hope to come back with more moments with the DnD and other personal characters but for now just practice. Hope that everyone is doing well and if you are practicing that it is going well!

#Figures #Art #Practice

2 Figures, the left holding a rope and stretching it behind them as they look upwards. The right is of a guy in a beginning stance for a spear fight while holding a pole.

3 Figures, the most forefront is a guy with some rope wrapped around his hands and swinging one end. The second closest to the viewer is the figure on the right of a man in some martial looking stance with a high guard. The final figure is behind the first and is a woman, in a somewhat relaxed stance

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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · Apr 24

I'M ALIVE! This took so long to finish and I am almost sad it is but glad that I can move onto the next thing. Here is the Palporous Crew. A whacky assortment of characters that somehow have been forced together to go on adventures!

#DnD #Art

From right to left we have Jury the warforged paladin, Kethlar the dragonborn sorcerer, Djael the motti (moth/bat) cleric/druid, and Noburu the wolfman barbarian

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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · Apr 18

Took longer than I expected but I am extremely happy with how this one turned out. Here we have Djael, smug, after annoying the guild master who apparently is worried for him and his party. The one carrying him is Noburu, a wolfman barbarian who is unsure of this gremlin of a character.

#DnD #Art

A bat like humanoid being carried away by a wolfman on their shoulder as they way back to the camera smug.

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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · Apr 16

Hi! As promised this is my character in a currently active D&D game. Still trying to figure out how I want to draw him and how to keep the same style through different perspectives, but this is Djael, my moth/bat cleric who matches his chaotic energy with his gremlin height!

#DnD #Art

An assortment of bat faces in different styles sketched on a page with a figure in a punching position in the top left

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ShadowsKin @shadowskin.bsky.social · Apr 14

I'm back! Got another update on the figures and for my hopes for this week. I'm planning on posting every other day this week and with a major one by Saturday. Been getting a lot of inspiration from a D&D group that has started up again. Well wishes to everyone!

#Art #Practice #Figure

Two figures of women. The one on the left is sitting in the thinker pose. The other is standing with legs twisted around eachother as if in a starting ballet pose.

Two figures are sketched in this image. The one on the left is a female looking up as if in askance. The one on the right is a male with a bat having been swung downwards.

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