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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨
@moss-demon.bsky.social
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By day, UX/UI Designer at Blizzard. By night, Digital & Traditional Artist, working on my graphic novel, Endai.

Mythology🏛️, Ancient History🗡️🩴 & Regenerative Agriculture🌾🫛 enthusiast 😄

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🚫 #noAI
(My opinions are my own.)
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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨 @moss-demon.bsky.social · Nov 7
Art #1170 "Snoqualmie Falls"

Little #ballpointpen drawing I made last year of #snoqualmiefalls in #washingtonstate.

#drawing #pendrawing #waterfall #traditionalart #noai
A drawing in black ballpoint pen on white paper, oriented vertically, of Snoqualmie Falls in Washington state. White water pours from the top of the frame in cascading sheets, and seems to curl and swirl as it falls toward the river below. Image is rendered entirely using freehand vertical lines and subtle gradients.
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 24
"Warm & Bright"

Just a little coziness today 💚

Painted by a human. 💚

#digitalpainting #giantsequoia #tree #treeart
A painting of a giant sequoia at night, lit from below by a tiny lamp, whose light suggests warmth beneath the protective canopy of branches. Cool light hits the tree from above, suggesting moonlight or perhaps snow.
December 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 23
"Foam Machine"

I'm starting to narrow in on brushes I like in Procreate. I used an assortment of the Oils brushes for this one.

Painted by a human. 💚

#digitalpainting
A painting of an old concrete pillar in water, dappled with lichen and set with a rusted metal bracket from which a rope trails into swirling foamy dark waters.
December 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 22

Just playing today :) very meditative to draw scales!

Painted by a human. 💚

#digitalpainting
A drawing on a dark field depicting a dragon or bird like creature, rendered in variously sized purple and pink dots that indicate scales. It's just the creature's face, and their mouth is open, their tongue waggling out, and they have a large green eye.
December 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 21
"Faire Impressions"

Trying out a limited palette again (6 colors), and based this on a photo I took 11 years ago.

Not sure I'm in love with the oil pastel brushes in Procreate, but I found one that felt okay. :)

Painted by a human. 💚

#digitalpainting #summerday
A painting depicting a summer's day in the shadow of trees in which a number of finely dressed people are walking along a path to cross a bridge. The palette is mostly gray-greens, with a little grayish yellow and some deep red. Apologies to color blind friends. 💚
December 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 20
Sometimes holidays be like...

Mostly just had a pose in my head and wanted to see how well ballpoint pen could be emulated in Procreate. Had to modify the brush a smidge from the one I found, but not bad!

Painted by a human. 💚

#digitalart #mood
A digital art with a tan background depicting a human drawn from the waist up, hunched in 3/4 view toward the viewer. They have their arms raised, with hands in partial fists in front of their face, somewhere between an expression of frustration and a boxer's stance, looking down at the floor. They are drawn in green ballpoint pen-like lines, with soft hatching for shading.
December 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 19
"House in Kiso"

I pre-chose my palette again (avoiding my beloved greens to challenge myself and try to do something different)...I really love how it worked out!!

As always, painted by a human. 💚

#digitalpainting #japanpainting
A painting of an entrance to a wooden building, with clumps of various plants growing on either side of the door. Image is rendered in pale blues and yellows for the plants, reds and gray-blues for the building. The streaked reflections on the ground suggest it has recently rained.
December 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 18
"Forest Path"

Trying to push myself out of my color palette comfort zone, and limited myself to 6 pre-chosen colors for this one.

It's kinda like "here, we only have these 6 weird markers" GLHF!

As always, painted by a human. 💚

#digitalpainting #landscapeart #forestart
A painting of a landscape, in which the viewer stands on a forest path. The colors are odd: bright teal and yellow-green for highlights, mauve and purple for midtones, umber and forest green for shadows. The path is illuminated with bright green light, dappled with purple shadows from the trees. The path leads toward a cluster of trees, all bathed in yellow-green light.
December 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 17
"Windswept Tree"

It's been windy here, so I took some reference photos of trees in the area the other day.

Painted by a human. 💚

#digitalpainting #tree #procreate
A painting of a dark tree on a pale blue background, illuminated from the left in mustard yellows and light green. The tree is a bit like an obtuse triangle in shape, bending to the right at the top as the wind pushes it from the left. The left side is clustered and rounded; the right side is sparse. Its shape suggests it has long been shaped by the wind from the left.
December 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 16
"Winter Sunrise"

Really trying to push myself out of my comfort zone palette-wise. :)

As always, painted by a human. 💚

#digitalpainting #procreate #sunrise
A painting of tall, leafless trees at sunrise. The viewer looks up into their branches, as a wildly vibrant sunrise in reds and yellows illuminates a tiny figure standing on the raised roots of a tree.
December 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Reposted by Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨
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Daily sketch 🪾🥷🐈‍⬛️🪨

Can you spot the cat ?

Today was a little excruciating..! So I'm a little late but still here 💪

#art #artsky #sketch #ink
A piece of land with a tree and a waterfall on it. Next to the tree stands a little samurai silhouette. Somwhere hides a cat. Ink on paper
December 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 15
"Tiger"

An ode to brave Tots, who fought the invader until he could no longer find the invader.

As always, painted by a human. 💚

#digitalart #digitalpainting #procreate #catart #catsofbluesky #sillyart
Image is a painting contained within a yellow square. In the lower right corner, an orange cat huddles with a poofy tail. It extends its head out very far, and beyond that, a paw, prepared to strike. Its eye stares, its pupil enormous, as it looks at its target: a tiny black bug in the opposite corner.
December 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 14
Cedar Branch

I saw this on my trash can yesterday, sitting in a cedar-shaped puddle after the rain, and it caught my eye.

I'm trying to let the different brushes express the textures rather than belaboring details.

Painted by a human. 💚

#digitalpainting #procreate
A painting of a tiny cedar branch/pad sitting in a few droplets of water that are shaped by the cedar pad and outline it. An outer ring shows that more water had been there before, but had evaporated.
December 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Reposted by Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨
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This is a little hand embroidered landscape with flowers I made and mounted on a 2.75 inch across piece of rustic wood. It had a hanger on back and is ready to hang on your wall.
December 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 13
"Mt. Si"

Busy weekend, so here's a sketch I did in 2017 of Mt. Si in Washington State. :)

As always, painted by a human. 💚

#digitalpainting #mtsi #washingtonstate #landscapeart
A digital painting in coarse brush strokes of a steep rocky mountain peak with clusters of greenery and forest clinging to its slopes. It seems to be bathed in late afternoon sunlight, and yellows, mauves, tans, and gray-blues interplay to suggest the rocks.
December 14, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Reposted by Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨
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Still looking for holiday gifts for folks (or yourself, you're folks too)? Want to see my photography in person before picking something up? Have I got a great deal for you!

I'll be one of the vendors at the Birch Road Holiday Market, this Sunday (12/14), from 1 - 4 PM, in Seattle!
Flyer for a holiday market. Text reads: Birch Road Clubhouse Holiday Market, December 14, 1 - 4 PM, Free Admission. Unique artisan gifts including: watercolors, pottery, beading, cross stitch, wine clubs. Light refreshments provided. Birch Road Clubhouse, 1212 Minor Avenue.
December 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 12
"Mountain Design"

Just playing, trying stuff, trying not to force anything to be anything or stick with any given style. :)

Painted by a human. 💚

#digitalpainting #landscape
A painting in black and white on an orange background. A painted, incomplete black circle encompasses most of the image. A black windswept tree is within the circle, with distant tall impressions of pines on the left, also in black. A layer of fog, rendered with a brush stroke sits behind that, and hovering over it is a faint mountain. Below the center line is white, and the trees and mountains seem reflected on water in orange.
December 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 11
"Batman: Signs of Life"

Painted by a human 💚

Bonus: Find the knight chess piece! :D
I'm such a nerd sometimes. :D
Most of the time.

#batman #digitalpainting #digitalillustration
A drawing in flat black, dark gray, light gray, and white, depicting Batman kneeling before a grave. He holds a rose, and looks down to a light-bathed ground, where a tiny flower is illuminated, growing even in this place of death and gloom.
December 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 10
False Lighting Study

Model reference from line-of-action.com

Trying to push myself to work in more unnatural lighting scenarios to evoke mood or emotions or character, etc.

Painted by a human. 💚
#digitalpainting #portrait
A portrait of a woman looking skeptically to the left. Image is rendered in pinks, purples, and blues, in a false lighting situation.
December 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Reposted by Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨
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Early morning can be magical #sciart
An illustration featuring a fox standing on a tree branch at a foggy river landscape.
December 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Reposted by Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨
lkcreations.art
Daily sketch 🌉🟠🥷🐈‍⬛️

Can you spot the cat ?

#art #artsky #sketch #ink
A piece of land floating with on bridge crossing towards an orange orb. A samurai stands on the bridge. A cat is hiding somewhere. Ink on paper
December 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 9
“No Decisions. Only Sploot”

Painted by a human. 💚

Tried to push myself out of my comfort zone for this one. I like to try to be a style chameleon. Sometimes it works! :)

#digitalpainting #procreate #moss #cute #sploot
A painting of a cute chonky moss creature draped over a rock. It looks at the viewer with sad eyes as if wishing to just be left alone.
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Reposted by Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨
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Heute nochmal zum Malen gekommen ❄️

#kleineKunstklasse #wattiskunst #artadventcalendar
Aquarellgemälde einer Schneelandschaft, daneben Aquarellkasten und Farben
December 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 8
“Sunlit Tree in Yellowstone”

Painted by a human. 💚

25m sketch in #procreate

#tree #digitalpainting #speedpainting
A painting of a tree, halfway up its trunk. Bright sunlight hits it from the left, leaving the right in shadow, and its curving branches cast shadows across its bright trunk. Most of its clumped needles are behind the branches, in shadow, boosting the contrast.
December 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Reposted by Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨
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Some winter trees for your winter morning 🌲
A drawing of a pine tree with snow A drawing of a snow covered tree Another drawing of a tree covered in snow
December 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 7
“A Most Dignified Creature”

Inspired in part/in spirit by the always charming drawings of @emiliusdraws.bsky.social —it’s a delight to see their work come through my feed!

Painted by a human 💚

#digitalpainting #sillyart #raspberry
A painting of a llama-like creature on a purple field. The creature is shown from the neck up, in side view, rendered in oranges and yellows with blue back lighting. Its eye is closed, and it is blowing a raspberry.
December 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM