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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · 20h

Inktober day 19- Arctic
Somewhat different than normal, I came up with this on the fly, no time to really play around with the design. Basically its an ice mace that created a frozen sword blade from freezing the water in the air.
#Inktober2025 #Inktober #inktober2025day19 #fantasy #magic #weapon

a powerful ice mace that has frozen the air around it into a blade made of ice as strong as steel, but with the ability to recover damage by freezing moisture in the air that touches the scratches made in the ice, restoring that part of the blade.
in combat when an enemies weapon makes contact with the actual mace, it freezes itself to the enemies weapon, keeping it in place as ice forms around the weapon. if the enemy doesn't let go their hand will also get frozen and eventually get frostbite.
While the mace/sword is in its resting place, it freezes the land around it for miles, causing cold environments that reach the air around it and create a permanent winter in the area.

The only reason the wielder isn't frozen is due to a curse put upon them by the mace where they tolerate cold as if its room temperature, but lose the ability to withstand any kind of heat, thus being forced to forever live in cold environments.

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · 1d

Inktober day 18- deal
took a page from my oc lore I came up with and drew it.
basically this a "in the center of the mind" kind of scene where he obtains the power of the monkey king.
#Inktober2025 #Inktober #inktober2025day18 #digitalart #oc #ocart #wukong #monkeyking

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · 2d

Inktober day 17- Ornate
The idea for this one was to draw a luxury pokeball version 2.0. or rather a luxury great/ultra ball. love the luxury ball but always disappointed it didn't have better versions.
#Inktober2025 #Inktober #inktober2025day13 #digitalart #pokemon #fanart #pokemonfanart

An upgraded version of the luxury ball, with ornate gold designs on the ball to make it feel extra fancy.

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · 3d

Inktober day 16- Blunder
When I read the theme this is instantly the kind of scene that popped up in my head.
#Inktober2025 #Inktober #inktober2025day13 #digitalart

One employee sleeping at the controls of a machine meant to transport toxic chemicals in a factory and another employee knocked into a vat of toxic chemicals due to a malfunction caused by the first guy not paying attention.

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · 4d

Inktober day 15- Ragged
For this theme I went with a worn old sword. I've tried to draw worn ancient swords in the past but never quite felt like they hit the mark I was looking for. This one feels like an improvement.
#Inktober2025 #Inktober #inktober2025day15 #fantasy #digitalart #fanart #sword

An ancient sword worn down by time and extended use. Once had hand guards on each side of the blade but now only sports one on the front, possibly still attached due to it being made tougher as it would take more of a beating in combat.

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · 5d

Inktober day 14- Trunk
Nice thing about this theme is the versatility of the term trunk. even a luggage trunk is versatile enough that I can draw a fantasy style treasure chest and it still technically count as a trunk 😎
#Inktober2025 #Inktober #inktober2025day13 #fantasy #digitalart #treasurechest

The design of this trunk is sort of a combination of a fantasy treasure chest and one of those elaborate storage trunks with puzzle like locking systems in place to keep thieves out. for this one you have to:
- figure out the angle on each of the two pins to release the straps on the case
- figure out the dial code at the bottom to release the mini compartment for the 4 sided pin lock key
- turn the tumblers that will allow you to spin combination lock above the keyhole freely
- put in the combination to fully unlock the case
- THEN you need to pull the string tied to the two horns at the top together to unclasp the chest lid from the bottom.
- finally move the weights down to each of the horns to keep the string fully pulled in while lifting the lid
if this is not done it will trigger the locks to reset and you'll have to do everything all over again (aside from get the key. the straps will have to be put back in place and you'll have to find the new places the pins are set to).

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · 6d

Inktober day 13- Drink
I enjoy drawing flasks/bottles for potions and such so this honestly has been my favorite theme so far. Design is a bit simple but the challenge doesn't really allow for a lot of ideation time for me.
#Inktober2025 #Inktober #inktober2025day13 #fantasy #digitalart #potion

The design is sort of a cross between simple potion and a whisky bottle. Because of that I could see it be either in a fantasy setting, maybe both making it sort of "magical alcohol". I would like to revisit this design, but at the same time with more time I think I would have made something more extravagant. Though I still think this is one of my best potion/bottle designs.

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · 7d

Inktober day 12- shredded
Worked on my ability to draw muscle definition by drawing a weird eldritch being of pure muscle. I feel like this really helped my understanding of the matter.
#Inktober2025 #Inktober #inktober2025day12 #scifi #digitalart #monster #conceptart

Simple design for a muscular monster. I've seen similar stuff like this in media (particularly from the mirror SCP and the music video for Mr.Fear) but nothing quite as buff as this design. keeping it simple allowed me to focus on figuring out the muscles better and in the future I hope to be able to apply this to more complicated designs.

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · 8d

Inktober day 11- Sting
I had a lot of ideas for the sing concept, but I couldn't nail down anything I liked. I ended up trying to draw Sting from Lord of the Rings.
#Inktober2025 #Inktober #inktober2025day11 #fantasy #digitalart #thelordoftherings #fanart #sword

Sting (the sword that Bilbo and Frodo use for those who don't know) from lord of the rings. I tried to do my best with the swords details but at the end of the day I was NOT going to attempt to draw out the elvish design/writing on the blade, so I went with my own sort of design.

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · 9d

Inktober day 10 - sweep
Initially I was thinking broom, but my mind drifted to a "tail sweep" concept, particularly close up shots of Godzilla's tail came to mind and wanted to try to capture that feeling.
#Inktober2025 #Inktober #inktober2025day10 #scifi #digitalart #kaiju #conceptart

A insect like dragon monster with hard outer wings like a beetle and a long powerful tail it uses to bludgeon enemies with and long horns near the back of its head. possessing 4 eyes to more accurately pin point targets, one set made to catch movement while the other set is made to catch details. combined they can accurately read detailed movements better than most high speed cameras.

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · 10d

Inctober - day 9: Heavy
Continuing the sort of Yugioh card inspired designs, Here is what would be an equip spell Hammer, so heavy it loged into the top of a mountain not by magic, but by the sure weight of the hammer.
#Inktober2025 #Inktober #InktoberDay9 #Yugioh #digitalart

A hammer. Lodged into the top of a mountain, possessed by the dragon deity of strength. Something like Excalibur, but you have to prove you can actually carry the hammer before it gifts you with its power.
I plan on fleshing this out in the future including giving it a proper card effect, but in the meantime this is what I got.

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · 11d

Inktober day 8- Reckless
For this drawing I wanted to try and replicate the kind of art you'd see in early Yugioh spell/trap cards. If I come back to redo this drawing, I'd likely make it into a spell card.
#Inktober2025 #Inktober #inktober2025day8 #conceptart
#yugioh #YuGiOhMasterDuel

Two soldiers fighting, one taking a glancing blow in order to make a lethal blow on the enemy.
As a spell card for Yugioh, the effect would be this:
quickplay spell card
"using this card activates two effects:
- Destroy one monster card on the enemies side of the field
- the monster on your side of the field with the highest ATK loses 1000 ATK. if your monster's ATK becomes 0, destroy your monster as well. This effect persists after this card is removed from the field."

Both effects can not be negated by any monster effect and the second effect can not be negated any card effect.

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · 12d

Inktober day 7- Starfish
If the leaks for Pokemon Legends Z-A are to be believed, we should be getting mega starmie. So before that's revealed I decided to try to do my own interpretation of what it might look like.
#Inktober2025 #Inktober #inktober2025day7 #conceptart #pokemonfanart #legendsZA

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · 13d

Inktober day 6- Pierce
I've been meaning to practice weapon designs and had the urge to draw a spear for this theme. Though all things considered I suppose this is more of a lance at the end of the day 🤔
#Inktober2025 #Inktober #inktober2025day2 #fantasy #digitalart #weapondesign #conceptart

a double ended spear/lance that extend over the hilt from both ends to act as a guard. while it flies through the air, it spins to add extra power on impact.

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · 14d

Inktober day 5- deer
Okay so kind of cheating with this one, but I've been wanting an excuse to redraw this creature I call a Tedalope and it's kinda deer like. I can say it's in the deer family.... twice removed...
#Inktober2025 #Inktober #inktober2025day2 #fantasy #digitalart

One of my favorite creature designs, the Tedalope is a 6 legged deer like creature with a trunk that's basically useless for anything a trunk would be used for. it's antlers are weirdly simple and it's tail is rubbery, able to stretch out. But the most remarkable thing about this creature is its seemingly supernatural ability to avoid harm. No matter how you attempt to harm it, some weird act of fate causes it to keep it from being hurt.

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · 15d

Inktober day 4- Murky
I figured the most common choice for this theme would be a creepy face hiding in murky water, so I instead wanted to hide some kind of ancient building.
#Inktober2025 #Inktober #inktober2025day2 #fantasy #digitalart #architecture

As mentioned I didn't want to do a creepy face and decided to draw a building obscured by murky water. I was going to try to draw something hidden in fog but I wasn't sure if the term murky could refer to anything beyond water that is hard to see into. interestingly enough, large underwater structures affect my thalassophobia just as much as large underwater creatures.

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · 16d

Inktober day 3- crown
I think I'd like to come back to this design after Inktober is over. there's stuff I find difficult to express without colors about this design (like the center point not being gold like the rest of the crown).
#Inktober2025 #Inktober #inktober2025day2 #fantasy #digitalart

I made this crown to be somewhat simple but still elegant. the defining feature is unfortunately hard to show without color being the center piece being a point on the crown thats colored differently than the rest of the crown. I know the crown would be gold, not so sure what the center point would be, I'd play with some different options but at the moment I'm kind of thinking silver. The inside of the crown has a smaller version of those big hats you sometimes see in crown designs.

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · 17d

Inktober day 2 - Weave
unlike day 1, day 2 here was way harder to decide on. ended up doing a sort of mage "weaving" magic into the sky.
#Inktober2025 #Inktober #inktober2025day2 #fantasy #digitalart

As I mentioned I had some trouble coming up with a good concept for this. Most ideas for the theme of weave are very complex to try and do. I settled on drawing a mage casting a spell that weaves together into the sky, facing open water. if I were to flesh this out more I'd make it apparent that he's casting two different spells in each hand and they're weaving together to make a new one. possibly two elemental spells when woven together make a thunder storm in the sky.

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · 18d

My first Inktober :D
I decided to make things a bit easier for myself while also practicing my line work on my drawing pad by doing digital sketches (I can flesh out anything I like later). Day 1 theme is mustache.

As soon as I read the theme, I could hear the mustache song from Dragon Ball Z Abridged getting louder and louder in my head... so it was pretty easy to pick what to draw from there.

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · 18d

Happy Spooky Month. Drew my OC as a werewolf with a spooky ghost arm.
#OC #ocart #spookymonthart #Halloween

For the design I wanted to have a more traditional Halloween look and vibe. I knew werewolf was a must but decided to go with the semi humanoid werewolf design. for the arm, instead of a robotic arm I thought it'd be fun to have a severed arm with a literal phantom limb. for the other arm I decided to go with a green spectral claw to make it stand out a bit more.

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · 20d

49?! I feel like you could pass for someone in their mid 20s 🤔

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Happy Halluino! 🎃 @aluino.blacksky.app · 24d

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“When I see that, I worry that they might face serious trouble down the line if they don't take it more seriously.”

Hirohiko Araki addresses Al art in his latest book:
"Recently, I came across a drawing that perfectly mimicked my art style. I thought 'I don't remember drawing this' only to find out it was Al, I was shocked, this is truly evil and a tool for scammers"

In this post there is a photo of Hirohiko Araki, creator of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure next to Giorno from the series.

By Hirohiko Araki. It’s titled “Today’s World of Con Artists” and it reads: Speaking about 'societal evils, I think that as Al continues to spread throughout society, we're going to see an increasingly shady world filled with scammers exploiting it. Recently, I came across a drawing and thought, "This is something I drew, right?" I was shocked to find out it was actually created by Al. When I draw manga, I add subtle, personal elements that make the work uniquely mine. But this Al-generated piece even mimicked details like the way I draw eyelashes, so precisely that it was almost impossible to tell it apart from my work. If it were based on recent drawings, I'd know right away, "No, I didn't draw this." On the other hand, I honestly wouldn't be able to tell the difference if it were done with my art from about ten years ago, when my memory of it would be a little hazy. The more Al advances, the more this kind of thing will happen.
Art reflects the times, and manga is one example of that. Seeing this world of con artists appear in manga could very well mean that we're headed for a future world dominated by fraudsters. This type of 'evil' in today's age will undoubtedly end up impacting manga down the line.
Copyright infringement by Al is also a 'villain' that we manga artists must face. The extreme scenario is that Al-generated fakes might start being accepted as the "real thing," and even if we try to protect our work, these counterfeits are becoming so accurate and sophisticated that it's no longer a fight an individual can win. Having some kind of laws would probably be the only way to regulate this. However, because we're dealing with a world of con artists, there's also a very real possibility that laws favoring them will appear before we know it. Personally, I entrust my copyright management to Shueisha, but some manga artists are lax in managing their copyrights, leading to others using their artwork without permission or even leaking original drawings.

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · Sep 20

Super Android 13. It was my favorite as a kid so I got a bit of a bias, but also the jokes in that were fantastic. Though Broly is a close second. Love passive Broly in that.

Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · Sep 17

Saw some art making Vtubers into pokemon and wanted to give it a shot. Technically not my first one but first one to be set up like my fakemon region art. Here is the one I based on Zentreya.
#zentreart #fakemon #fanart #pokemon #art #digitalart

The plan from the start was to have the first 2 forms start out as fire/electric then trade one type for dragon. I settled on removing fire due to the fact dragon is pretty related to fire and to help sell the cyber half better.
Their ability would likely end up being something that allows them to have a STAB bonus with fire type moves or maybe being able to cause burn from electric type moves

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Blue Moon Wolf VIII @bluemoonwolf8.bsky.social · Sep 16

Happy to see people playing the BioShock series. It's one of my all time favorites and to me is a master class in game design. I still remember my first time seeing this game and how weird it was seeing bees come out of a guys arm to attack a diver with a drill arm.

a man in a blue uniform says " it was perfect "

ALT: a man in a blue uniform says " it was perfect "

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