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Alana! 🎨
@darlingicarus.bsky.social
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I love art, DnD, and making OCs! 🌻

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Alana! 🎨 @darlingicarus.bsky.social · Nov 13
Hi there! I’m Alana, an Australian artist who loves drawing D&D characters and eerie illustrations 🌻

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darlingicarus.bsky.social
fancy outfits for a party we attended a few sessions ago. the unofficial dress code was “slightly slutty” 💃

#dnd #dndparty #dndart #dndcharacter
September 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
darlingicarus.bsky.social
our fighter spent most of last combat Hasted and very kindly used her one million feet of movement to manoeuvre Elodie around the battlefield. (sadly Elodie was not thrilled about Kol’s methods)

#dnd #dndart #dndcharacter #sketch
September 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
darlingicarus.bsky.social
My piece for @singomusezine.bsky.social Vol. 2, featuring Phlegethon, god of the river of fire ❤️‍🔥 Such a delight to be part of this incredible zine!

#mythology #mythart #greekmythology
A digital illustration depicting Phlegethon, god of the river of fire in the Underworld. Phlegethon is a muscular male figure with pitch black skin covered in patches of jagged obsidian, surrounded by molten, glowing cracks as if he's burning from the inside. Phlegethon's face is largely indiscernible except for his eyes, which burn like two embers. He wears only a tattered loincloth and carries a flaming spear in one hand. Phlegethon is stepping down into a lava lake via stairs carved into a stone outcropping. In the foreground, several glowing souls are submerged up to their necks in the lava. They reach for Phlegethon with pleading, pained expressions. In the background, lava pours into the lake via two waterfalls on either side of the image. Towering above them is the spectral outline of an austere, pillared building, with huge ghostly chains hanging from the outermost pillars. Flames lick up from the building's foundations, throwing embers across the dark background. Two other rivers can be seen coursing down distant mountains. The sky is red and glowing, with the silhouettes of three winged women far off in the distance.
September 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Reposted by Alana! 🎨
iliadele.bsky.social
“But the moment she cut the lilies the cottage disappeared, and the twelve brothers were changed into twelve ravens that flew away over the trees with a dismal cry and vanished.
The poor girl was left standing in the little forest clearing all on her own.”

From the Grimm tale “The Twelve Brothers“
Based on the fairytale of the 12 brothers by the brothers Grimm. A flat colour illustration of a girl, in medieval peasant green dress, holding a Lilly. She has long golden braids and a star on her forehead. She looks dismayed, realising that the lily flowers she picked up caused her 12 brothers to turn into ravens. They are shown flying in an arc behind her. 12 Lillie’s, their stems cut, are shown growing from 12 golden coffins at the bottom of the page. The scene is framed with a medieval style golden ornament. Behind the girl a scene of woods and a cottage are faintly painted inside a round frame.
August 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Reposted by Alana! 🎨
radicallymaxton.bsky.social
One of my more recent (and biggest!) DND party comm I got to!
Had so much fun with the items and NPCs :)))
August 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
darlingicarus.bsky.social
powerpuff girls AU for our DnD party, aka “what if the powerpuff girls were mentally ill and miserable and terrible at their jobs”

#dnd #dndparty #art #sketch
August 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Reposted by Alana! 🎨
cloudmancy.bsky.social
last of its kin
July 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Reposted by Alana! 🎨
darlingicarus.bsky.social
superman AU with sorrel & imbris because i’m incapable of watching anything without thinking about OCs 😭💙 (sorrel belongs to a friend!)

#ocart #art #superman #originalcharacters
A digital illustration of two original characters in a Superman AU. The scene depicts Sorrel holding Imbris bridal style, hovering in a blue sky full of fluffy white clouds. Sorrel is a young man with fair, tanned skin and short blond hair. He is dressed in the conventional Superman outfit, consisting of a full-length blue bodysuit and red cape, with a red and yellow symbol in the shape of an S emblazoned on his chest. He is smiling fondly at Imbris, as if the whole point of this airborne jaunt was to see his reaction. In his arms, Imbris is smiling and looking around in awe. Imbris is a young man with pale skin and unruly white hair, though darker roots are visible at his hairline. He wears a white t-shirt, dark blue jacket and ripped jeans. He has one arm around Sorrel's shoulders and the other hand pressed to Sorrel's chest. The scene has hints of half-tone shading to mimic a comic book style.
July 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
darlingicarus.bsky.social
superman AU with sorrel & imbris because i’m incapable of watching anything without thinking about OCs 😭💙 (sorrel belongs to a friend!)

#ocart #art #superman #originalcharacters
A digital illustration of two original characters in a Superman AU. The scene depicts Sorrel holding Imbris bridal style, hovering in a blue sky full of fluffy white clouds. Sorrel is a young man with fair, tanned skin and short blond hair. He is dressed in the conventional Superman outfit, consisting of a full-length blue bodysuit and red cape, with a red and yellow symbol in the shape of an S emblazoned on his chest. He is smiling fondly at Imbris, as if the whole point of this airborne jaunt was to see his reaction. In his arms, Imbris is smiling and looking around in awe. Imbris is a young man with pale skin and unruly white hair, though darker roots are visible at his hairline. He wears a white t-shirt, dark blue jacket and ripped jeans. He has one arm around Sorrel's shoulders and the other hand pressed to Sorrel's chest. The scene has hints of half-tone shading to mimic a comic book style.
July 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
darlingicarus.bsky.social
last session my bard Elodie rolled a Nat 20 Investigation check looking for old contacts and ran right into her ex 💀🔥

#dnd #dndart #genasi #art #ocart
Several digital sketches of D&D characters. The first sketch is a full body drawing of Tash, a fire genasi performer. Tash is a tall, muscular woman with ruddy bronze skin and shoulder-length brown hair that she wears slicked back. Her hair turns to flame at the ends, licking around her neck and shoulders. Tash is dressed in a red and orange performer playsuit that bares her arms and legs, revealing curling black vine tattoos. The playsuit is adorned with flame patterns and glitter. She holds a fire dancing staff in each hand and is smiling faintly. The next sketch is a close up of Tash in profile, showing her mid-performance with flames dancing around her. The final sketch shows a flustered Elodie watching Tash's performance. Elodie is a blue-skinned tiefling woman with long black hair worn in two braids. Her shoulders are hunched, her lips pursed and her eyes wide with conflicted emotions. The words "LIVE ELODIE REACTION" hover above her head. A tiny chibi Max is drawn off to the side, giving Elodie an encouraging thumbs up. Max is a fiend with red skin, a red mullet and sunglasses.
July 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
darlingicarus.bsky.social
At the end of last session Elodie picked up a magic sword that turned her all icy and dulled her emotions. I'm sure it's fine!

#dnd #dndart #bard #art #tiefling
June 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
darlingicarus.bsky.social
i drew my PCs meeting 🥺 ozy is my level 20 demigod paladin whose campaign finished last year, and elodie is my new bard PC 🩵

#dnd #dndart #dndcharacter #art
May 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Reposted by Alana! 🎨
buccifolio.bsky.social
Sisters of the sea. A siren plays a jaunty tune for a harpy and a nereid. The ancient Greek ideas of sirens and harpies often get overshadowed, so I wanted to make an illustration distinguishing them from one another.
May 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Reposted by Alana! 🎨
rashuu.bsky.social
Presence of the Moon
#Bloodborne #Art
April 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
darlingicarus.bsky.social
one of those days 🌧️

been trying to get more comfortable with animation, so i used my bard elodie for this little experiment!

#dnd #dndart #animation #art
April 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
darlingicarus.bsky.social
an outfit sheet comm of a friend’s wonderful Dragon Age DnD character

#dnd #dragonage #art #characterdesign
An outfit sheet depicting three outfits for Minah, a human rogue from the Dragon Age setting. Minah is a woman in her 20s with short brown hair, tanned skin and hazel eyes. In the first outfit she is dressed in many layers of colourful skirts, a heavily embroidered cropped red jacket, and sturdy, well-worn ankle boots. The second outfit shows Minah in her Grey Warden uniform: brown leather armour and the typical blue Warden jacket, with an impressive array of belts buckled around her waist, holding assorted pouches and vials. She wears a blue cloak and a bow is slung over her shoulder. The final outfit shows Minah's thief outfit: black pants and shirt, with a black leather hood and mask that conceal her face. A grappling hook hangs from her belt and she holds a sack in one hand.
April 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
darlingicarus.bsky.social
quote with your purple art! 💜🔮
April 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
darlingicarus.bsky.social
oh to hold court on the sea floor, surrounded by the detritus of civilisations long-gone… 🏺

#mermaid #tarot #art #illustration
A digital tarot illustration of a mermaid seated in an underwater cave, with the text "II. The High Priestess" overlaying the image. The mermaid has brown skin and dark brown hair flowing freely in the current. Her tail resembles that of a lionfish, with many narrow fins flaring off from her striped red and white tail. More fins fan out from her head, almost like a crown of feathers. The mermaid reclines on a throne-like boulder, one hand resting gently on the arm of the throne and the other held out to catch the moonlight. She looks directly at the viewer with completely white eyes, a stern expression on her face. On either side of the mermaid's throne are two Grecian pillars, one of which is cracked in half. A rusty Greek sword, shield and amphora are visible in the foreground, half-buried in the sand. The underwater cave is full of seaweed, coral, and several fish. Moonlight streams into the cave through a large hole in the back wall, bathing the mermaid and her surroundings in a blue glow. The dark open ocean can be viewed through the hole in the wall.
April 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Reposted by Alana! 🎨
lessmouse.bsky.social
task complete - sing karaoke
April 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Reposted by Alana! 🎨
rubyrockszine.bsky.social
PROOF ACQUIRED!

We now know what Swifter Than Arrow will look like printed, and it's absolutely beautiful!
April 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
darlingicarus.bsky.social
party lineup for our new game. can you tell this childhood friend group is so traumatised ❤️‍🩹

#dnd #dndparty #dndart #art #dndcharacter
March 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
darlingicarus.bsky.social
mood of the week ⚓️

#mermaid #art #tarot #illustration
A digital tarot illustration depicting a mermaid chained to the sea floor, with the text "XII. The Hanged Man" overlaying the image. The mermaid has dull grey skin, a dull blue tail and long black hair that trails upwards towards the water's surface. In the middle of her forehead is a protruding tendril with a glowing orb at the end, similar to that of an angler fish. Her tail is covered in barnacles. She is curled into a fetal position with her arms folded over her stomach, a posture that reads as both defensive and frustrated when combined with her flat expression. A chain is tied around her tail and disappears into the darkness at the bottom of the page. Large rock faces rise out of the gloom on either side of the mermaid, framing her in pillars of stone. A decaying ship's mast can be seen on one side of the illustration, and a fragment of a ship's hull on the other. Coral and seaweed litter the environment, as well as several fish. One is an eerie-looking shark with its teeth bared. Another fish has fangs and a glowing white eye. There are three skeletal fish surrounding the mermaid as well, still swimming as if they were alive. The entire illustration is dim and gloomy, painted in shades of murky teal.
March 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Reposted by Alana! 🎨
darlingicarus.bsky.social
Elodie was trying to have a moment. Unfortunately Max is allergic to moments 😪

#dnd #dndcharacter #comic #animation #art
March 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Reposted by Alana! 🎨
mattievictoria.bsky.social
Because I drew snake-themed art as an Earth Snake baby FOR Snake Year, I wanted to draw some Pisces art as well, since it’s my other astrology sign! Missed the cutoff date by a day, but I’m honestly just glad to have finished this, lol. #mermaid #mermaidart
An illustration of a mermaid. The mermaid is in profile view and a pearl is floating between her outstretched hands, which she looks at as if it is a crystal ball. The illustration is stylized and features pastel and lighter colors, but the mermaid’s hair is a very dark blue-green, almost black, and she wears a pearl and seaweed headband. Each scale of her tail is a different color, alternating between sea-greens, oranges, and dark purples. The mermaid’s face has a fae quality to it, it is definitely a human-like face but it she has pointed ears and light greenish skin. There is an oval border around her with a decorative open oyster at the bottom with another pearl inside of it.
March 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
darlingicarus.bsky.social
Elodie was trying to have a moment. Unfortunately Max is allergic to moments 😪

#dnd #dndcharacter #comic #animation #art
March 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM