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Sylvia Ritter
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Sylvia Ritter @sylviaritter.bsky.social · Oct 26
Silent Sunday 💜
This peaceful card is about rest, contemplation, and solitude. Therefore I chose a relaxed and meditating secluded bat. Thinking about the next steps, taking a break from the overwhelming outside world. In the background, we can see a church window representing the external surroundings. The eye-shaped glass decoration of the sacred window emphasizes the bat's deep focus on meditation, healing, and self-reflection. A single Katana sword hanging from the ceiling with the help of steel strappings is more prominent. It emphasizes the focus on the bat which placed its webbed feet on it. Collecting strength to meet the outside world again. New battles are waiting ahead represented by the remaining three swords visible at the bottom and pointing toward the bat's direction. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Four-of-Swords-990482775
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Puzzling, above and underneath.
Advent Calendar - Door 22. ✨️ 🧩
A puzzling sci-fi landscape (black, purple, green, blue, red, yellow colors. Above, Puzzle pieces float off the ground far into the yonder, where we can see a puzzle piece shining like a moon. It looks like a magical and soothing place, a countryside with some ancient castles. Underneath these floating parts, we can find an underground society. Living in tall buildings reaching almost the planet's core. Probably the busiest area of this yet unexplored planet. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-22122025-1278113072
December 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Silent Sunday 💚
It shows a hard-working but slow-moving turtle that works all day. It has a whole medieval town on its shell. Wearing a helmet and armor on its feet. You can rely on this strong-willed, trustworthy, and ambitious knight. Though, not familiar with leisure time or fun. Very disciplined. Keeping routines to be a true perfectionist. Surrounded by plants and colorful cobblestones. This is the 48th card of my deck in development https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Knight-of-Coins-954564602.
December 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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The annual flower pot marathon festival.
Advent Calendar - Door 21. 🌿
This is another speedpainting from my bunny series in purple, green, pink and white colors) :). At night we can see a crowd of bunnies cheering at the recurring flower pot racing festival. We can see at least six flower pots (one in the distance, so who knows how many contestants take part in this wild event) with various plants planted in their pots and joined by their jockeys. The pots have long root legs. Perfect for getting the contestants to the finish line. The winner of the marathon is already celebrating, while the other bunnies are still trying to get the best result. One of them looks rather tired. This event is very important for this crowd, finally something good, where they can spend some quality time together. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-21122025-1277716442
December 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Advent Calendar - Door 20. 💫
✨️️️️️ Speedpainting 20122025 ✨️
A fresh, vivid green and blue alien planet where the people live and build their cities in the shadows and on the upper surface of giant stony upside-down shard structures. Red and orange light sources accentuate three capital shard cities. The clouds follow the bright blue sky. It is a peaceful place, where nature is cherished, and you can recharge. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-20122025-1277365529
December 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Advent Calendar - Door 19. 💫
✨️️️️ Speedpainting 19122025 ✨️
A sci-fi city (blue, purple, pink, orange, yellow) with mushroom architecture and jellyfish spaceships. It is a busy night. Everybody is preparing for the big event at the end of this cycle. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-19122025-1277012397
December 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Advent Calendar - Door 18. 💫
✨️️️ Speedpainting 18122025 ✨️
An alien planet (blue, purple, red, orange, yellow colors) with giant city statues (slender, wearing long clothes) reaching far, far away, probably looking similar to their inhabitants. Everything is powered by the planet in the distance. The statue's arms are reaching out to it, to protect but more likely to worship their source. A river guides us through this scenery, where we can meet the residents in their villages. Some of them live and work on these ancient statues. This landscape is surrounded by rounded arches reaching into the galaxy, unveiling a glowing alien language we can't decode yet. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-18122025-1276657153
December 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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When I think about the artists who've done concepts for my projects ( @dgbaumgart.bsky.social and @sylviaritter.bsky.social, both fantastic), one of the most important parts of the process was the back and forth - they would bring cool ideas, I'd make suggestions, they'd iterate

AI can't do that
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I don't think Larian's CEO understands how art is made:

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December 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Advent Calendar - Door 17. 💫
✨️️ Speedpainting 17122025 ✨️
The blue planet where dragons and seahorses meet. It is freezing cold here. Many thorn-like structures lead you on a path to a harbor, guiding you through mountains until you reach the guardians of this place looking like dragon seahorses with pink glowing eyes. Are they alive, city buildings or gatekeepers? In the far distance we can see an alien moon shining light on the icy surface and clouds. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-17122025-1276302363
December 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Ca(r)pe diem! Advent Calendar - Door 16. 💫
✨️️ Speedpainting 16122025 ✨️️
Ca(r)pe diem! We are in space (purple, blue colors). A small figure on an asteroid is wearing a hooded coat with a long cape. The cape morphs into a colorful Milky Way. Space fog and stars are orbiting around this spiral form. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-16122025-1275921138
December 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Advent Calendar - Door 15. 🌿
✨ Speedpainting 15122025 ✨
Imagine a landscape (blue, green, yellow) being rolled up, surrounded by clouds and fog. Underneath, we can see the colder grey-blue floor tiles with mandala patterns. Small robots have already cleaned up dust from centuries ago. No worries, the residents moved to a new place until the carbon dioxide reached a healthy level again. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-15122025-1275570770
December 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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It's World Monkey Day ✨💚🗺️!
In 2017, I chose for the Emperor tarot card the Emperor tamarin in the middle of the desert, sitting cross-legged on its wooden throne decorated with ram heads on each side. The Emperor is holding the world in the left hand (symbol of authority) and in the right hand a scepter (symbol of control). In front of the throne, we can see the gifts he received. Flowers (white lillies) in fine ceramic ware, incense sticks in a metal bowl, a scented lamp, decorative colorful flowers (orange, pink, white, red, purple). The sky is full of puffy clouds. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/The-Emperor-674465508
December 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Advent Calendar - Door 14. 💫
✨ Speedpainting 14122025 ✨
We are somewhere in space, and we can see the stars through the clouds. In the center of our attention is a bowl with intricate patterns and broad noodles in blue, purple, pink, orange, and yellow colors. Chopsticks were placed on top of the bowl, and a tiny person wearing a hooded cloak is meditating on these sticks, channeling the power of the noodles, partly floating in the air. The floor also interacts with these powers surrounding the bowl in circles. A noodle curtain behind the meditating person suggests a larger creature in the sky enjoying this powerful and delicious delicacy. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-14122025-1275197840
December 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Silent Sunday 🌿
A lush forest scenery with waterfalls surrounding the center of attention. Seeming dissimilar characters are meeting each other for the first time? A friendly old stone lady covered with fancy moss, sitting comfortably, holding a stick in one arm and a tiny person in an orange raincoat in the other. Both look curious at each other. While intrigued by these two creatures and what they are talking about, we will leave them be and let them chat about their marvelous adventures. Maybe they will look up and greet us soon. This is such a peaceful place *sigh. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-29012023-947165935
December 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Advent Calendar - Door 13. ❄️
✨ Speedpainting 13122025 ✨
Beard Planet. A snowy sci-fi fantasy landscape (grey, blue, white colors with warmer lights in yellow and pink). Mountain ranges far into the distance. These mountains are unusual, wise old grey men with long snowy beards flowing into the valley. The lead us into the distance to even taller grey man mountains in groups, rock the landscape, or stand alone, and are smoking their pipes. Yes, you assumed correctly. They create all the clouds and fog on this planet. Maybe even the new glowing planet and the snow originated from these magic pipes. How? Well, we can explore this landscape a bit further to find the mystery. In the foreground is a tiny village. Some houses can be found on the stony beards in the valley, and bearded inhabitants are sitting in front of their chimneys, enjoying delicious sweets, a drink similar to hot chai tea, while smoking a pipe. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-13122025-1274844186
December 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Advent Calendar - Door 12. 🌿
✨ Speedpainting 12122025 ✨
A lush green scenery with purple and blue fields and streams. The inhabitants of this alien planet worship giant rocks (at least 4.5 times larger than their highest building). They feel safe in the light and in the shadows of these rocks. Crops and fields on these large stones nourish the green cities. They have special tools and learned when they have to leave their favorite sacred rocks for a new place. Sometimes they even live around stacked stone structures. Fairy Tales tell how the rocks were brought here. In the distance, we can see more cities and two moons or planets. It seems to be early morning, and the morning fog draws a misty panorama. The queen living in the castle is enjoying her tea, planning a new tea variety, we can guess it is green tea, but she is ambitious and invents an organic purple blend. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-12122025-1274472494
December 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Advent Calendar - Door 11. 🍁
✨ Speedpainting 11122025 ✨
We are in a forest (pink, magenta, light/dark purple color). Autumn leaves are falling from the trees. A rabbit, a deer, and a fox are running away from a creature (in this particular moment, probably a bear shape), made only of leaves and branches. There is no real threat, but they choose to abandon this place, to go to a place where the wind is calmer and feels safer for everyone. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-11122025-1274125365
December 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Advent Calendar - Door 10. 💠
✨ Speedpainting 10122025 ✨
This is a more abstract sci-fi scene in blue, purple, pink, turquoise, and white colors. We are drawn into the artwork by a cityscape with tall structures, reaching for the sky, where a rhombus-shaped portal reveals a different city rising to the next sky. Followed by a similar portal shape in bright light, which could be the moon, but also an endless loop of more places to live in. On the left and right sides, other landscapes frame this infinity landscape, drawn to this strong, boundless connection. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-10122025-1273769937
December 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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A reminder for my followers in Germany. Orders today and tomorrow (Dec. 9 & 10) will arrive in time for the holidays☃️✨ .
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A colorful Quetzal portrait. It's sitting on a tree branch with intricate patterns. Surrounded by an ancient bird calendar in the background. Inspired by Ubuntu release 12.10 :). https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/gallery/59957223/ubuntu-animals
December 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Advent Calendar - Door 9. 💫
✨ Speedpainting 09122025 ✨
A cute alien sacred creature with wings and a rhombus-shaped head, looking like a goddess, is forming clouds. It is busy getting them into the desired shape for a celebratory sky. In the foreground, we can see tiny architecture, sci-fi castles, and temples with their villages and bridges. The lights of these structures indicate a busy city. Maybe residents are wrapping gifts at home for the main event ahead, and thinking about their loved ones and waiting for their guests arriving from all planets of the galaxy. The sacred creature built this place (in turquoise, purple, pink, earth colors) just in time. Everyone can feel safe and at peace. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-09122025-1273387584
December 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Advent Calendar - Door 8. 💫
✨ Speedpainting 08122025 ✨
A rare event is happening at the coast of a small futuristic island in pastel colors (blue, purple, pink, orange, yellow). Ancient but modern high sci-fi structures frame whales flying in the sky. Some of these whales look like clouds; maybe they are their ancestors, or these clouds only form these shapes to follow them to their destination. Are they on the way to a new galaxy, welcoming a newborn whale, or saying goodbye to a loved one? Humans or humanoids, along with their cute tiny bodyguards, are enjoying the peaceful view. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-08122025-1273038653
December 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Advent Calendar - Door 7. 💫
✨ Speedpainting 07122025 ✨
An alien sci-fi city at the golden hour (purple, pink, orange, yellow colors) in a slightly tilted view. In the background, we see a large bridge and a moon or planet surrounded by colorful clouds. Spaceships are delivering precious cargo. City lights here and there show where the inhabitants enjoy their evening. One path in the center of the city invites us to explore this unknown planet and to learn about these friendly people. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-07122025-1272617229
December 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Silent Sunday 💚
A peaceful place of pilgrimage. A natural-looking blue-green fantasy sci-fi scenery with a touch of orange and yellow. From a futuristic city with natural building shapes, we follow the coastline to an island where we can see an active giant turtle statue with a magic staff. This powerful statue has been there for a very long time, as evidenced by all the moss and plants growing on its stony surface. It is a precious guardian for these inhabitants and ensures the best climate conditions. Snowy mountains far away are one with the wild, but rather sorted, wind, causing spirals and showing the vitality of this ancient place. Everyone is welcome to stay here and regenerate for future endeavors. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-11122024-1132639590
December 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Advent Calendar - Door 6. 💫
✨ Speedpainting 06122025 ✨
Dragon Island, where the cities occasionally do not sleep. Buildings in the shape of dragons with glowing lights fill the scenery. The night sky glows in blue and turquoise colors. Two real dragons meet. A young dragon looks rather strict and sceptical as it meets the older spirit dragon here. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-06122025-1272209486
December 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Advent Calendar - Door 5. 🐻
✨ Speedpainting 05122025 ✨
It's the annual carrot festival, celebrated with a picnic. Many rabbits congregate with cozy picnic blankets and the most delicious carrots of the season. One of those blankets in the middle is especially colorful (rainbow colors) and reaches far into the distance. Everyone tries to get a view on snowy Mount Carrot, visible in the background, covered by light fog. Stories of rabbit climbers and ancient mythologies are being shared. Not to forget this event is happening on a giant bear head, fluffy and soft fur, like dark purple grass. The bear enjoys this cute company as long as it does not get too crowded. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-05122025-1271863972
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Pepper & Carrot Episode 39: "The Tavern" is out! An 11-page standalone (5 min read) about courage + an experiment with sound. Translations: EN, FR, DE, ES, 中文, Nynorsk, Toki Pona. Thanks to 1,106 supporters! Read: www.peppercarrot.com/en/webcomic/...

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Episode 39: The Tavern - Pepper&Carrot
Official homepage of Pepper&Carrot, a free(libre) and open-source webcomic about Pepper, a young witch and her cat, Carrot. They live in a fantasy universe of potions, magic, and creatures.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM