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Jennifer Kanne @onyxserpent.bsky.social · Aug 21

I totally missed this going up 'til now, but yay, I was in this batch!

I've not really been pushing coms because of day job + other life stuff, but we'll see how things go by the end of the month. I've got cool stuff planned for whenever I get time.

VGen @vgen.co · Aug 7

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Meet our latest Verified Artists+ 💙
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Jennifer Kanne @onyxserpent.bsky.social · Aug 18

I finally made the video for my dang piranha model, he's been done for like 4 months.

youtu.be/02lykBmQcQw

#vtuber

Completed Piranha Vtuber model

YouTube video by OnyxSerpent

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Jennifer Kanne @onyxserpent.bsky.social · Jul 14

One of the things I always wished I could find was a brush that would feel like a mechanical pencil where you wore the tip of the lead to an angle. The drawing there kind of gives me those vibes. Like if the precise lines & smooth shading are all in one thing, gotta try that one out!

Jennifer Kanne @onyxserpent.bsky.social · Apr 6

No seriously this is hilarious so far. Need to fix a few things though.

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Jennifer Kanne @onyxserpent.bsky.social · Apr 6

Fishy nonsense nearly usable.

Straight on view of one happy stylized piranha

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Jennifer Kanne @onyxserpent.bsky.social · Mar 31

The more I work on this model, the more it looks nice and it makes me want to polish it to look like it really could have been ripped from Finding Nemo or something. Retopo done, now on to rough color in Substance Painter. I was thinking about trying 3dCoat for some hand painting.

#3dArt #WIP #fish

Piranha 3d model in a Finding Nemo-y style, now with rough color! Side-ish view.

Jennifer Kanne @onyxserpent.bsky.social · Mar 24

Continuing my particularly silly #fish idea. He's coming along pretty quick, honestly. Retopo soon, maybe?

#3dArt

Zbrush screenshot, several images of a red bellied piranha in a kind of Finding Nemo-ish style, all from different angles. It's a WIP model, so not super detailed.

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Jennifer Kanne @onyxserpent.bsky.social · Mar 22

When I have wacky as hell ideas, I have learned to not question them, just do it.
#3dArt #WIP

Three views of a WIP 3d sculpt still in grey, blocky, etc. It is a fish. Supposed to be a red bellied piranha but it's not done yet. Kind of in a Finding Nemo-ish style.

Jennifer Kanne @onyxserpent.bsky.social · Mar 14

And almost forgot, if you want to see the turnaround, that's attached. Had to save it out in Nomad because Blender was trying to fight me.

Jennifer Kanne @onyxserpent.bsky.social · Mar 14

I'm still around, just been busy! Really happy with how this sculpt turned out, finished this past weekend. Character belongs to @sp11ca.bsky.social. Primarily done in Zbrush but the hair and small accessories were done in Blender, and I tried out a new hair plugin.
#VGCupid2025 #VGCupid25 #3dArt

3d sculpt that appears to be sort of a collectible figure of an anime-ish girl who is waving. She's very bright and colorful, mostly pastel, wearing a jacket off one shoulder, a cropped tee beneath, and a miniskirt. One leg has legwarmers, the other is covered in bright tattoos. She has purple-grey hair and lots of hairclips of varying colors. The stand for the figure is three stars sweeping up, which she is standing on.

Same character as previous, close up at a slightly different angle. It's obvious she has one normal eye and one that's star shaped.

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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · Mar 3

LA earthquake party anyone?

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · Jan 24

Yup. Microsoft automatically switched me to the $99.99/year version with Spicy Autocomplete. You have to go all the way through "cancel subscription" to be presented these options and get the $69.99/year one you actually chose.

Graphic comparing Microsoft 365 "Personal" to "Personal Classic." The sole difference is $30 more a year for AI.

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Jennifer Kanne @onyxserpent.bsky.social · Jan 15

Totally forgot #PortfolioDay oops.

Anyway, hi! I do a mix of illustration & digital sculpting, with consumer products design for my day job. Currently dabbling with 3d art (including vtuber models), and updated commissions Coming Soon™️.

🔗 onyxserpent.com
📧 [email protected]

2d painting of a lion and mountain lion making wine, at the punch down stage, in the background is vineyard, and in the foreground their housecats.
Commission for Ado

A 3d render of a not-quite-human lady who is blowing the viewer a kiss.. She has deer-ish ears and a kind of catlike nose. She appears to have glowing blue floating antlers above her head. She's orange/red themed as far as her skin and hair goes, but her outfit is blue.

3d render of a vtuber model, waist up. She's relatively human shaped except she's blue and has six horns that sort of are antelope-y and ears to match. Her eyes are gold and have slits like cat eyes. Her hair is a darker blue but marked with glowing gold streaks, and she has similar gold glowing freckles across her face.

Realistic unpainted 3d digital sculpt of a bust of Jon Pertwee of Doctor Who fame. The base of the sculpt is shaped like the TARDIS console.

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Jennifer Kanne @onyxserpent.bsky.social · Jan 3

They don't put "parrot damage" in the list of problems you might have with your African violet.

Jules then flew back for a second bite while I sent that image to a friend. Sigh.
#parrots #plants

An African violet leaf still attached to the plant, roughly quarter sized with white variegation mostly along the edges. A finger is on the edge of the pic holding the leaf. The leaf has a significant V-shaped bite out of the side of it.

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Kaylee's Boyfriend @megsyv.bsky.social · Dec 12

Happy Holidays to all my fellow creative professionals out there.
#artvasrtist #artvsartist2024

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Jennifer Kanne @onyxserpent.bsky.social · Nov 30

I'm trying to get some work done and then there's this goblin.

Jules the male superb parrot hangs from one foot in front of the laptop monitor while threatening the camera. His other foot can be seen at the edge of the photo.

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Fran (comms closed!) @toradh.bsky.social · Nov 25

This has been making the rounds on tumblr but it hasn’t crossed my tl here, so I’d like to pass on the news to whoever needs to hear it:

www.animal-photo-references.com is a new, ongoing collection of AI free, CC license wildlife photography for artists. It looks promising so far.

Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository

www.animal-photo-references.com

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Jennifer Kanne @onyxserpent.bsky.social · Oct 23

Whew. I think I'm finally done with that #vtuber model I've been working on since like.. Months ago. Pretty dang happy with the result! Done in a mix of Nomad, a teeny bit of Zbrush (comparatively), Blender, and Substance Painter.
youtu.be/EDf0vuFV0Jw
#3dArt #CharacterDesign

Star Girl Vtuber Model Complete(?)

YouTube video by OnyxSerpent

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Jennifer Kanne @onyxserpent.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'm still comparatively new at Procreate too, but I also come bearing brush suggestions! The ones I got and really like are the Max Packs brushes -- I think the ones I liked were in the Essentials & Painters packs. maxpacks.com

MaxPacks

maxpacks.com

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Jennifer Kanne @onyxserpent.bsky.social · Sep 1

Finished up my entry for the Reallusion 3d Character contest thingy. Not sure what its normal hashtag would be because that name is stupid long.

Anyhoo, posted the full thing on my ArtStation as required, enjoy some highlights here:

3d render, full body. Some kinda deer-human lady, mostly human, but has unusual ears. She's orangey with red hair and has speckles across her face. Her clothes are obviously fantasy, shades of teal, and with stripe and leaf motifs. She has floaty glowy antlers.

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Jennifer Kanne @onyxserpent.bsky.social · Aug 31

This is the best way to show off #WIP projects, right? Jules really likes laptops.

Jules the superb parrot sits on a laptop screen. The screen shows a Substance Painter project.

Jennifer Kanne @onyxserpent.bsky.social · Aug 21

It's all fun and games until your bird decides to parody Magritte's The Son of Man.

A superb parrot (Jules) hanging on my glasses blocks basically my entire face like that painting of the dude in the suit with the apple in front of his face. Green apple, green bird

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Jennifer Kanne @onyxserpent.bsky.social · Jul 22

Couple of things I've done for #ArtFight that I hadn't posted on here yet! Wish I had time to do even more

The elf lookin' guy is Cornelius Fable, a character from CanaryWitch on AF. The pigeon guard is Alton, character from mintfizzles on AF.

#ArtFight2024

Painting of some elf-lookin' dude. He's got long white-ish hair and a fancy hair ornament thing that looks like a unicorn horn.

A guard pigeon looking up at the viewer very seriously. He's carrying a poleaxe.

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Jennifer Kanne @onyxserpent.bsky.social · Jul 11

Actually, I'mma post a belated #PortfolioDay post on here too just so peeps can see who the heck I am on this empty account.

I do illustration and have done consumer products too. My free choice illustration work is usually creature/animal focused. Also, I do 3d stuff too! I do all the things.

Art commission for Ado, two anthro lions (one African, one Mountain) making wine

Art commission, Mochi the green cheek conure. Illustration that's sort of a faux-gouache style

3d model. Farscape's Harvey as seen in Bad Idea but in the style of Revenging Angel.

Portrait of some elf lookin' guy with white hair. Drawing with line art. One of my good ol' OCs.

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Jennifer Kanne @onyxserpent.bsky.social · Jul 11

I forgot I made an account here >_>

May still be a bit before I get real content here, but you can stumble across my portfolio here: onyxserpent.com

Onyx Serpent - The art of Jennifer Kanne

The portfolio of Jennifer Kanne, a Los Angeles-based illustrator & designer who wants to share stories, fantastic worlds, and draw cute birds.

onyxserpent.com

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