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

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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
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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
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
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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
little bonus sketch of kallux not approving of ozy’s personal grooming decisions ✌️😔 he will forgive ozy breaking his heart but not the extra hair on his face
May 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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
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non blurry version available on my insta 😪
A non-animated version of the image.
April 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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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
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
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still version because i fear it compressed the video to hell 🥲
A short comic depicting a conversation between Elodie and Max, two D&D characters. The first panel shows Elodie, a blue-skinned tiefling woman with green eyes and long curly black hair twisted around her horns. She looks beseechingly off-screen, saying "If it comes down do it, and you have to choose between me or the others...". The next panel shows Elodie looking down somberly, saying "Promise me you'll get everyone else out. Please." The next row of panels depict Max, a tall red-skinned fiend who looks like a tiefling. He has dark red hair styled in a messy mullet and is wearing a patchwork robe and sunglasses that completely hide his eyes. In the first panel on this row Max looks serious, his speech bubble reading only "...". The second panel shows Max smiling tautly, saying "Well, see, I actually don't want to leave anyone behind." The next panel shows him tapping his chin thoughtfully, saying "And anyway, in what scenario would I get to choose? Seems unlikely that I'd have time to-" The final panel of the comic is an animated shot of the two characters in which Elodie shakes Max aggressively, saying "I don't know! I don't know! I need you to work with me here!" through gritted teeth. Max appears to be accepting his fate as a temporary ragdoll.
March 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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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
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if you asked Elodie what she wishes she had done differently she’d say “everything” and start crying 👍

#dnd #dndart #dndcharacter #art
A digital illustration depicting Elodie sitting despondently against a floor-to-ceiling mirror in a dimly-lit dance studio. Elodie is a blue-skinned tiefling woman with long curly black hair that falls unkempt to her waist. She is dressed in a striped blue tutu and dark blue ballet shoes. One of the shoes has been removed, revealing a bruised foot with several blisters covered by plasters. Elodie leans with her head tipped back against the mirror, her expression somber and eyeliner running down her cheeks. She holds a cigarette in one hand, propped up on her knee. Elodie is surrounded by candles and sheet music scattered across the studio floor. In the mirror behind Elodie, a different scene is revealed. Through an open doorway lies grassy hills and a glimpse of the ocean beneath a bright blue sky. Greenery from the scene spills through the doorway out into the reflection of the dark studio, with grass and flowers standing out starkly amidst the rest of the scene. To the right of the reflected doorway stands another mirror. Within this mirror the hazy silhouettes of four children can be seen. The first silhouette appears to be a young Elodie mid-run, followed by a taller human girl and two tiny halfling children. They are all facing the brightly-lit doorway and the scene beyond.
March 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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DAICHI ♚ God of Defenders, the Feywild & the First Light of Dawn

Design for my friend’s cleric/paladin, who temporarily became a god at the end of the campaign ☀️

#dnd #dndart #dndcharacter #art
A digital illustration of Daichi, a D&D cleric/paladin in his deity form. Daichi appears as a young earth genasi/drow man in his 20s with dark brown skin and black locs that fade to gold at the tips, gathered into a ponytail over one shoulder. His skin is shot through with veins in the style of kintsugi pottery, as if his skin were cracked and mended with gold. His eyes burn gold as well, and three additional pairs of spectral eyes hover around his head. Daichi is smiling faintly. He has a pair of spectral wings, and there is a radiant halo of light behind his head, emanating rays like the sun. He is dressed in mauve robes that cross over his body and are secured with a wide cloth belt at his waist, in the style of Korean hanbok. A long embroidered cape hangs over one shoulder. Daichi holds a flaming spear in one hand, and a battered golden shield rests against a nearby tree trunk. The scene behind him depicts a field of golden wheat fading into distant purple hills, over which a brilliant sunrise paints the sky in shades of yellow, orange and purple. Fireflies dance around the scene.
March 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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the closest elodie ever felt to her brother was coincidentally the last time she saw him before they were forcibly separated, 15 years ago…

#dnd #dndcharacter #dndart #tiefling #art
February 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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an NPC from our new campaign who I immediately adored. he’s definitely just a regular tiefling and not an undercover fiend 😎

#dnd #dndcharacter #dndart #art #tiefling
February 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Some initial designs for my bard Elodie now that we've played through the timeskip and she's all grown up 🩵

#tiefling #bard #dndart #dndcharacter #art #dnd
A set of 4 outfit designs for Elodie Callaghan, a tiefling bard. Elodie has pale blue skin and very long curly black hair that she twists around her horns. In the first outfit her hair is loose and falls to her hips. She wears a blue pin-striped jester outfit with gold bells hanging off every point of fabric. She holds a tambourine in her hand and wears dancing shoes laced up like ballet slippers. In the second outfit she wears a frilly purple and blue performers outfit consisting of a leotard with ruffles at her neck and around her waist. The outfit is asymmetrical, with only one sleeve and one leg covered in a blue harlequin pattern. Her hair is pulled back into one long braid, and in addition to the tambourine she holds a short sword in her other hand, clearly part of her act. In the third outfit Elodie is dressed for everyday wear in a striped blue waistcoat over simple breeches. The clothes look a little worn and her expression is quite serious. She holds a dagger in each hand. Her hair is braided into two long plaits. In the fourth and final outfit she is dressed for stealth in a dark hooded jester-style outfit and dark pinstriped pants. She wears leather gloves and holds the same two daggers again.
February 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Ozy and his deity the Traveller for #ockissweek 🤭 there’s a universe where he chose his god over the party…

#dndart #dnd #ockiss25 #dndcharacter
A two-panel illustration depicting Ozymandias kissing his deity, the Traveller. Ozy is a half sea elf paladin with short, dark grey-streaked hair, wearing black Roman armour dotted with leaves and barnacles. The Traveller is a tall, black-robed figure with their face mostly hidden within the shadow of their hood. Their robe is tattered and trailing shadow, and there is a thin blue halo behind their head. In the first panel the Traveller grabs Ozy's face with one clawed hand, smiling. Ozy leans back looking slightly alarmed or awed. In the second panel the Traveller leans even closer, inches away from a kiss. Ozy has one hand on the back of their neck, his eyes closed and lips parted in readiness. The words "Your loyalty will be rewarded" are hand-written in white text over the second panel, as if the Traveller were saying them. The background of the image is dark and shadowy, scattered with glowing blue particles.
February 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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If you see this, quote with your Night/Dark art 🌒
February 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM