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forestoffaun.bsky.social
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@forestoffaun.bsky.social
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like a neo-soul joni mitchell blew up the dark side of the moon
wannabe illustrator, painter and visdev artist
reposts a lot check media tab for art
any pronouns/mirror pronouns, 26, 🔞 NO MINORS
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forestoffaun.bsky.social
Post something random or you'll have an awful December

i dont need an awful december pls
my (mom’s) dog, Milo wrapped in a sienna-ish colored blanket. he stares up blankly.
November 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
texture experiment that im not even sure is successful. photo is one hastily taken during my trip to st augustine

#art #illustration #visdev
a REALLY texture heavy illustration of the ceiling of the Flagler College cafeteria, an ornate golden ceiling thats been abstracted using various hues and textures. the raised ceiling hovers over a less important balcony hallway. the wall underneath the pillars has five lights that are hanging above an unseen entryway
November 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
the alchemy and patrick o'keefe bug got me again sorry yall

#art #illustration
a digital illustration done in a really sleepy state of (i think) the gran piton in st. lucia. it is a towering, pointed mountain covered in greenery with exposed volcanic rock underneath set against a pale blue sunset sky. there are impressions of clouds in the background and there are scraggly trees in the foreground which help to add scale to the mountain's presence
November 2, 2025 at 4:39 AM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
heavypaint ipad sketch cuz i wanted to try out the heavypaint 4 beta #art #heavypaint
an impressionistic heavypaint digital illustration of the Pitons in St. Lucia, as seen from a plane window #illustration
October 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
artists, what's your favorite part to draw? quote this post!

anything with odd textures

and color, lots of unusual color
heavypaint sketch of a rocked launch in a frozen tundra the austin texas city skyline, done in a paper cutout style another heavypaint sketch of the Piton mountains in st lucia a brick arch stretching over a quaint street
October 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
hello #portfolioday i go by faun and i am actively trying to make my art look Worse
digital illustration of an idyllic mountaintop view rebelle painting of a photo i took at the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge a digital illustration of a Mediterranean mountainous landscape with a few neofuturistic buildings perched into the side of a hill
October 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
my life is such that i keep getting introduced to obscure vector painting software that was once popular with concept artists

this was started in a software called Alchemy, which was introduced to me by Jonathan Vair and finished in Clip Studio

#art #illustration
a digital illustration of lobarie hill in st lucia (from another salvaged photo my dad took). its an idyllic daytime scene of villages along a coastline facing the sea underneath large fluffy clouds. the foreground is covered in shrubbery #visdev
October 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
i got a plein aire from a couple months ago
photo of a plein aire session i had in st augustine. its an easel in front of some shrubbery
September 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
everything is going well for me this month and i get baited too easily by these types of posts
an image of a bunch of random indigo, brown and reddish brown paint strokes
September 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
so i started watching 3d photogammetry videos on youtube and i found out about this effect called Gaussian Splattering so ofc my visual texture-loving ass had to try it for myself and its coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
a 3d photo scan i took of my orange notebook sitting on my desk. the gaussian splattering effect makes it look like an expressionist painting another angle of the same scan, it looks more abstract expressionist a regular shot of my notebook sitting on my desk for further context
September 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
made the mistake of talking about futurist architecture with some peeps on discord and Santiago Calatrava's work wouldn't leave my mind

#art #illustration #visdev
heavypaint digital illustration of the Alamillo Bridge in Sevilla, Spain designed by Santiago Calatrava. it is a single, cable-stayed bridge supported by a tall, angled tower with cables angling downward. the bridge soars over a peaceful river where its reflection can be seen. the whole image takes place in sunset with soaring clouds.
September 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
heavypaint sketch based on one of the few salvageable photos my dad took 😭

#illustration #heavypaint
heavypaint digital illustration of a bird's eye view of the Piton mountains in St. Lucia. there is an impressionistic village set below next to the peaks #art #visdev
August 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
had to check it for myself so i dont spread heresay but it seems itch is actively shadowbanning nsfw games in its search engine

the best time to back up your favorite games was 6 months ago, the second-best time is now i guess...?
screenshot of my itch search page open, showing the results for the "furry" and "nsfw" tags. it is mostly blank save for something called a "visual novel creator"
July 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
yet another brush test. trying to balance my naturalistic painting with some of my contemporary/scifi interests

#art #illustration
landscape digital painting of a dry mediterranean valley underneath a blue, dusty sky. the mountains on the left-hand side of the painting are dotted with various laboratory buildings including a bright red long building jutting slightly over the valley, an irregularly shaped building with multiple antennas above it, and a tall skyscraper-like building on top of the hill.
July 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
im sweaty and i got a rash on my nose but we spent time raising the tarp over the garden cuz the oscillation between extreme heat and lots of rain have been doing a number on the plants as of late #gardenpost
an ultrawide shot of the garden underneath the tarp, with the greenhouse in the background. we had to raise the tarp by 2 feet so we can walk under it the watermelon and pepper? plants underneath an extended tarp beside the greenhouse a yield of carrots and beets, sitting in the main garden bed. they dont look particularly big some sweet tomatoes ripening on a vine
July 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
Savannah National Wildlife Refuge

i just remembered i have a copy of Rebelle and i wanted to try something

#art #illustration #Rebelle
digital (yes digital) painting of a grassy field with a swamy river running in between the grassy knolls underneath a cloudy blue-greyish sky. in the distance there are (abstracted) cranes and signal towers represented as nothing more than simple brushstrokes. #visdev
July 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
45 Via Umberto, Sanremo

rewatched promare last night and i liked the idea of shaped lens flares, might experiment with different shapes/opacities in the future

#art #illustration #digitalart
graphic illustration of a google earth street view of a back street in Sanremo, Italy. there is a long, sand colored building to the right of the image flanked by shrubs. the street is lit by mid-afternoon sunlight with shrubbery partially blocking the sunlight in the left-hand side of the image. there are miscellaneous buildings in the far background at the end of the street. the sunlight casts a unique triangle shaped lens flare onto the image. #visdev
July 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
Ponce de Leon Hotel, Flagler College, St. Augustine

9x12, acrylic on paper

#art #painting
acrylic painting of a stone tower set against a bluish grey sky. the tower has several reddish/burnt sienna accents including on the outer edges and the cone on top of the tower. the tower is set against a corner flanked by some quickly painted structures and some chimneys on the left. #traditionalart my easel with the incomplete painting on location. the tower can be seen in the background
June 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
yes, that is an actual website graphic made into a brush
closeup of the painting which shows some of the shapes being made by a digital brush that reads LINGYOOO.COM (part of the pack includes a brush i downladed from Yun Ling, a concept/visdev artist whose one of my inspirations
June 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
trying out some graphic brushes i made

#art #illustration
a graphic digital illustration of some skyscrapers set before some mountains in a desert city. the foreground is a mixture of smaller buildings and undeveloped land #visualdevelopment
June 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
i havent done a #gardenpost in nearly a month lol happy father’s day. the bees are flying around the garden which is good to see
an establishing shot of our garden bed, showing several plants and vegetables growing beyond the bed. the tallest is a cucumber plant with one budding cucumber (not pictured) a picture of our watermelon plant growing beside our greenhouse. the watermelon vine is growing far to the left outside of the pot and there is a still-growing melon attached to it a picture of a still budding green bell pepper plant beside our greenhouse budding and ripening cherry tomatoes
June 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
im trying to get a job again id rather not have everything go wrong this month
illustrated graffiti of a blue cartoon dog exclaiming "its alive!" while holding a can of spray paint
June 1, 2025 at 6:24 AM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
second batch of photos from my walk

#photography
some ivies growing under a patch of sunlight an ascending set of wooden stairs leading to an unseen trail under a canopy of trees a winding paved walking trail through some massive shading trees
May 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
first batch of photos from my Memorial Day photowalk across the Atlanta Beltline

#photography
portrait photo of a work bridge pillar with an abstract tile mosaic on the center. there is intentionally bokeh'd foliage in the foreground fallen log with some foliage growing on it, lit by the afternoon sun default wallpaper-y pic of some black-eyed susans two skyscrapers framed by some dark trees (i believe the left tower is the Bank of America tower)
May 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
forestoffaun.bsky.social
[UNEMPLOYMENT #GARDENPOST] aside from getting our first full carrot, things have been pretty uneventful. we are growing out our winter plants to get them to seed so we can prepare for next winter
a full perspective image of our garden bed. the plants inside appear to be growing wildly a top-down view of a smaller, circular garden bed with plants for the upcoming summer small melon hiding behind leaves another small melon
May 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM