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Aphra

@aphra.bsky.social

Christian creature and character artist || 📖 1 Peter 4: 8-10
AI training using my artwork is prohibited!
Discord: aphraezar

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Aphra

@aphra.bsky.social

Attack on @texansoda.bsky.social! Artfight is when I do a lot to break out of my comfort zone and experiment with techniques and styles I don't often use. This piece didn't come out like I expected, but I still felt like it was worth sharing:

#art #digitalart #krita #digitalpainting #artfight2025

July 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM

Aphra

@aphra.bsky.social

Whoa, I didn't see you there! You okay?
ArtFight attack on @kairyu.art!

#art #digitalart #krita #goodra #dragonite #artfight2025

July 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM

Aphra

@aphra.bsky.social

Seems like you found someone's favorite perching spot! Have a Fluffymon, drawn at the request of a friend.
#art #digitalart #krita #digimon

A round, green bird with a bare yellow face and purple eyes looks at the viewer as it perches on top of a wooden fencepost. In the background, there are gently sloping hills covered in golden wheat, which are cast into shadow by the clouds overhead. This artwork was painted digitally in a clean, lineless style with saturated colors and low shadow contrast.

July 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM

Aphra

@aphra.bsky.social

July 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM

Aphra

@aphra.bsky.social

There's nowhere left for you to run...

ArtFight attack on @montblank.bsky.social (🔞)!
#art #digitalart #conceptart #krita #artfight2025

July 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM

Aphra

@aphra.bsky.social

...and yet, with you here, everything else fades away into the background.

July 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM

Aphra

@aphra.bsky.social

What a nice view...

A cozy study room with a geological theme, with diagrams of rocks and a display of various mineral deposits lining the back wall. Mountains, hills, trees, and clouds can be seen through a large arch window.

July 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM

Aphra

@aphra.bsky.social

Serperior character design comm for @aetherwake.bsky.social! Thankssss again for commissssioning me, friend! 🐍

#art #digitalart #krita #characterdesign #pokemon

A reference drawing for @aetherwake.bsky.social of a pink-and-white serperior character. He has orchid leaves growing along his body and a frill in the shape of a fire-star orchid around his neck.

The reference also contains a text description of the character, which reads as follows:
"This serperior is going to find you and absolutely grow on you. He carries a bunch of odd trinkets and some potions in that bag, as well as some flowers, including orchids. His own body markings are remarkably similar to orchids."

April 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM

Aphra

@aphra.bsky.social

Sometimes the happiest place in the world can be found in a good friend's embrace.

#pokemon #dragonite #art #digitalart #krita

Two dragonite boys, one with blue scales and one with pink scales, cuddle together on a large bed at sunset. Both of them have contented, happy facial expressions. Rays of light filter in through an open window, and there are pillows, blankets, and a plush of a tree-kangaroo scattered about. The blue dragonite has his wings and legs wrapped around the pink one, and their tails are wound together to form the shape of a heart.

February 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM

Aphra

@aphra.bsky.social

"I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean."
#art #digitalart #krita #sunset #ocean

Digital pastel chalk drawing. A small figure cloaked in shadows stands in ocean shallows, looking out to the horizon at the setting sun. Orange and blue clouds spread out across the sky.

January 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM

Aphra

@aphra.bsky.social

There's a new chocobo on the block, wark wark!

Reference artwork for @aetherwake.bsky.social, who also provided the flavor text on the left side. Thanks for kweh-missioning me! 🪶

A reference artwork of a white chocobo character with blue, pink, and orange accents. Character information is provided as such:

AETHER WAKE
Gender: Male
Height: 3m tall

This chocobo feels a bit odder than other chocobos, looking slightly more draconic, and always carrying around a slightly burnt scarf.
They are pretty playful and really really like shiny stuff, some people may even say they saw him using a sword on their beak and then casting spells, but that sounds crazy, right?

Kweh kweh kweh kweh wark kweh

November 24, 2024 at 10:00 PM

Aphra

@aphra.bsky.social

"Need a hand there, little guy?"
Artistic freedom comm done for @howdysilver.bsky.social last year! Thanks for always being willing to lend a hand, buddy. 💜

A fennec fox character in a purple hoodie and grey sweatpants, standing on the roof of a building, extends his hand out to a tree-kangaroo who is climbing the building's outside wall. A grey cat in a black hoodie crouches next to the duo. In the background are several skyscrapers in perspective, shaded in blues and oranges, and a cloudy sunrise hovers behind the city skyline.

November 19, 2024 at 6:57 PM

Aphra

@aphra.bsky.social

Figured it was time I started posting here again.

So, here are three drawings I did from 2021-2023 of @yoshi100aus.bsky.social's boy, Roofus! Give that skilled Yoshi a follow, and a hug!

Cel-shaded fullbody drawing of a green yoshi character with blue hair and blue eyes. He sits in a flower field, and there are mountains and clouds in the background drawn in an art style reminiscent of the SNES game "Yoshi's Island".

A sketchy fullbody drawing of a green yoshi character with blue hair and blue eyes. He wears a bandana, and is sitting next to a backpack in front of an abstract pink background with math symbols scrolling across it in a repeated pattern.

November 13, 2024 at 10:00 PM

Aphra

@aphra.bsky.social

@wildabra.bsky.social came into @sortasideeffect.bsky.social's Twitch stream gushing about this, and I was inspired to make my own artistic interpretation of the day's events! 🌺💕

March 4, 2024 at 10:15 PM

Aphra

@aphra.bsky.social

There's nothing quite like enjoying a starlit night with someone you love, is there?
Commission for @wildabra.bsky.social!

January 29, 2024 at 3:30 PM

Aphra

@aphra.bsky.social

EMERGENCY C0MMS OPEN
I was in a bad accident last week. I don't seem to be injured, but my car is totaled and I was ticketed even though it wasn't my fault. Opening unlimited c0mm slots to offset these expenses and build savings. DM here or on Discord (@aphraezar)
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January 22, 2024 at 4:03 PM

Aphra

@aphra.bsky.social

Two emotes made for @sortasideeffect.bsky.social of his silly (and cute!) little snek. Streamers are just houseplants with very complex emotions, so be sure to treat this plant extra kind to this fellow, okay?