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Melp @gardenthegates.bsky.social · Dec 30

This is the first year I’ve been able to fill a whole one of these out 🥲 big shout out to mental health treatments in 2024

#ArtSummary2024 #Artsummary

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Magenta @magentainks.bsky.social · 8d

Hey~ Hi! It's my birthday 🍰 So, if you would be so kind 👉👈and maybe repost my art I would be ever so grateful!

I included a WIP that's nearly done!

And if you're super-extra-nice please check out Grey Moon Tabletop, and support us (even for free) so I can be an artist for the rest of my life!

Art for Grey Moon Tabletop. Two men standing in front of a tabletop map of a chateau. One wears a dress shirt and suspenders while the other wears a patterned button-up vest and a cravat.

https://www.patreon.com/c/GreyMoonTabletop/about

A personal piece with hands of fire and a crow crowned by a red moon.

A personal piece of my character Vasiariah (and Dantalion) in a winter forest haunted by a wendigo. Revamped from 2021.

A new work in progress of my character Claudia Aurelia and her stylized fox familiar in a field of flowers with yellow clouds behind her, and a very unfinished spiderweb threaded through a needle that she holds. The spider is in the foreground on the right.

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Melp @gardenthegates.bsky.social · 8d

MY SON!!! God I love seeing how your art has developed with him this one NAILS his personality and how much cute aggression he inspires in me

Melp @gardenthegates.bsky.social · 10d

You can’t make me pick a favorite that’s cruel

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lex but spoopy 💀 @paavonia.bsky.social · 14d

just gonna be really annoying about this piece again rq. it's an all-time favorite

detail shots of zyphr's portrait

#art #ocsky

close-up of Zyphr's blonde hair, his golden earring, and some of the golden tattoos around his throat.

detail of a starry nebula with multiple colors (blue, violet, and pale green)

close-up of Zyphr's throat and some of the stars that surround him

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PieZer0 🎃 👻 🌕 @piezer0.bsky.social · 11d

My end of an art trade with @skipwr3ck.bsky.social !!

I loved drawing Sid and all of his curls so so so much,,, I love pirates sfm,,,

A man with brown curly hair and white streaks with a wide brim hat leans against a barrel on a boat. There are feathers in his hat and a white scarf around his neck. He wears a tattered brown overcoat and a blue vest as well as white striped pants. He is smiling at the camera and holding a playing card in his hand.

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Melp @gardenthegates.bsky.social · 13d

😭💖 pot kettle my guy I love seeing how much your style has evolved

Melp @gardenthegates.bsky.social · 13d

2020 vs 2025
✨This is surprisingly encouraging✨

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Melp @gardenthegates.bsky.social · 13d

Another day another art I never posted cause my adhd extends to social media as well.

This tarot I did for @eyrisdm.bsky.social of Langa, a water fey hunting dystopian sewers for an errant kraken. I love making tarot especially for characters I know well and can tweak the card symbolism to fit

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Melp @gardenthegates.bsky.social · 14d

God the colors the textures the angling ~ it looks so cool visually and fits him well with that you’ve shared

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Melp @gardenthegates.bsky.social · 14d

I never posted the propaganda poster I made just to tear up in the final piece.
ACAB-….but

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Melp @gardenthegates.bsky.social · 14d

I can’t believe you’re only at 100 you’re style is lovely! I’m hankering for some new art of my werewolf barbarian so I’ll toss Tannis in the ring

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Myri @myrri.bsky.social · 15d

✨️100 Follower Giveaway!✨️

To celebrate 100 followers I'm doing a small giveaway of a painted sketch portrait (example below)

To enter:
✨️Follow me!
✨️Like and repost this post!
And optionally:
✨️Post a ref of who you'd like drawn! (I love drawing ocs❤️)

Tysm for the support! ❤️

❗️Ends 10th of October❗️

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Melp @gardenthegates.bsky.social · 15d

This weekend my neurotic grim reaper merged the two half’s of their soul back together to become Tannis. Yes I cried yes I was thrilled about it.
#dndcharacter #ocartist

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Melp @gardenthegates.bsky.social · 27d

The funniest thing @samreich.bsky.social could do right now is give Lou Wilson a late night talk show

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Melp @gardenthegates.bsky.social · Aug 27

My half of an art trade with @piezer0.bsky.social look at me practicing perspective while still drawing a beautiful, depressed man staring pensively off into the distance.

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PieZer0 🎃 👻 🌕 @piezer0.bsky.social · Aug 4

Some more recent cutesy icons that I've made recently ✨💖

Characters In Order Belong To:
Zyphr - @paavonia.bsky.social
Sincerity - @eyrisdm.bsky.social
Esther - @gardenthegates.bsky.social
Vedran - @midnightmage.bsky.social

#DnDart | #TTRPGart | #ocsky | #tiefling | #elf

A grey skinned elf with dark blue hair and pale yellow highlights. His eyes are green and he has an assortment of gold piercings. He wears a blue vest with a frilly white shirt.

A red tiefling with orange eyes and alot of black curled hair. Her horn is broken off at the base and she wears a white shirt with overalls.

A pale woman with red eyes and black hair, a red beret with green floral trim on her head. She wears a white shirt with a red scarf and the top of a corset is visible.

A dark skinned elf with blonde locs pulled into a ponytail and a blonde beard. He wears green clothing with a sash across it.

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Jon Drain @jondrain.bsky.social · Aug 3

I made this game:
rogapol-interactive.itch.io/half-gallon-...

The idea was originally conceived for Ludum Dare 32, but the team I was working with didn't see it's merit.

The idea popped up occasionally through the years and I made a handful of attempts at it.

Finally, we've done it.

Half Gallon Hat by Rogapol Interactive

Play in your browser

rogapol-interactive.itch.io

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Melp @gardenthegates.bsky.social · Jul 30

A cartographer’s respite

This was such a massive but rewarding commission to work on. Pretty men AND trinkets AND dramatic lighting? I feast.

Zyphr belongs to @paavonia.bsky.social

#commissionartist #dnd #ocartist

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PieZer0 🎃 👻 🌕 @piezer0.bsky.social · Jul 28

Some recent cutesy icons that I've made recently ✨💖
I have a lot in the chamber so you can expect these often.

Characters In Order Belong To:
Hadley - @paavonia.bsky.social
Maj'aque - @gardenthegates.bsky.social
Walhand - Mine
Dignity - @midnightmage.bsky.social

#DnDart | #TTRPGart | #ocsky

A blue triton with elf ears and darker blue hair tipped in orange. He has amber eyes and a blue cloak as well as a circlet with a yellow stone.

A dark elf with purple grey skin with blue eyes and white hair past the shoulders. He has one piercing on his ear and a green cloak. A crown pin holds his cloak in place.

An elf with freckles and crescent moon spectacles. He is smiling and has a serpent hairpin in his hair. His hair is blonde and past his shoulders and he wears a green coat with a window for his chest.

An orange tiefling with auburn colored hair down to the shoulders and a nicely kept beard. His horns are dark and pointed upwards. He wears silver armor and a white fur shoulder cloak.

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PieZer0 🎃 👻 🌕 @piezer0.bsky.social · Jul 24

✨ INTRODUCTION TIME ✨

💜 I'm a Midwestern fantasy artist afflicted with an obsession with OCs, TTRPGs, drawing, and collaborative storytelling with friends.
🖤 Commission Info :
vgen.co/PieZer0
🤍 VGen:
vgen.co/PieZer0
💜 Discord : PieZer0
🖤 Email: [email protected]

A man with long blonde hair with golden streaks, Levariss, lays in bed. He has a slew of yellow glowing markings across his body and wears a white sweater with white pants. He is staring lovingly at a larger man behind him in bed, Regis. Regis has his hand over Levariss' side and is resting his cheek in his hand. His hair is long and grey and his chest is hairy, covered in scars and burn scars. They are under a blue blanket. Pictures are framed on the wall and there is an open window with a view of a mountainside at sunset.

A purple yuan ti with black hair and a blue suit jacket sits on the ground holding hands with an orange skinned summer eladrin with long curled hair that has the coloration of a setting sun. They sit in an inn room leaned against a bed with red sheets. The moonlight pours in behind them through the window and a candle is on the table.

A pale skinned white haired elf in black robes with gold trim holding a book next to a zombie girl with dark skin and a stack of books in her hand. She is looking back towards him and smiling. A dog in a blue neckerchief is at her feet. The pair are in a library with a green carpet runner and an arched window letting the evening light in.

A light green plasmoid, Jaxelbon, in a green sweater vest and a Hawaiian shirt with khakis holds a space plant with purple bulbs in his hands. He is staring at a smiling purple astral in blue and purple clothing and starry freckles, Ivellios Ilpheldur. Ivellios sits on the countertop on top of some notes. Multicolored potted plants with bioluminescent teal lights fill the space. A glass tube is in the center of the lab with a long beam of light at the center, vines wrapping around it. There is a poster depicting a cell and a large window depicting space outside.

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Melp @gardenthegates.bsky.social · Jul 27

Middle of the night time to update socials with OC art. This is Razzel, the Wit of the Iron Imperium. He's a jingly menace.

#ocart #dndart

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Melp @gardenthegates.bsky.social · Jul 21

QRP with your most popular post on bsky 🐍✨

My sad magic man getting the love he deserves 🥹

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Vermotaa @vermotaa.bsky.social · Jun 12

Finished this commmm
these CUTIESS
had a lot of fun with the background if u couldnt tell LMAO
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#DND #dndoc #mlm

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Melp @gardenthegates.bsky.social · May 29

Finding your art got me to binge this trilogy in a week and now I’m being smacked with my theater kid feelings too *genuinely such a good and painful combo*

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Melp @gardenthegates.bsky.social · May 29

Character Design commission for Claudia of their Shadow Dancer on the run!
#Commissions #dndart #ocart

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