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trueref.bsky.social
TrueRef by Abbey Esparza
@trueref.bsky.social
The staff pick for TrueRef's September Draw This! challenge is @zenturion.bsky.social 🤩

I'll be in your DMs soon to get your prize set up!

It was hard to choose! See all the other (incredible!) entries: #TrueRefDT008
A man adorned in flowers and a gauntlet on one hand, resting on a stone wall. His arm is propped up on a longsword, and the weapon is pinned down in the middle of a crown on the ground. He is surrounded by flower bushes and other vegetation. art pose reference of a talk man leaning on a large sword.
October 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply
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scarletkako.bsky.social
ScarletKako (open for commissions)
@scarletkako.bsky.social
Wanted to use this this as an opportunity to practice shading metallic surfaces

#TrueRefDT008
September 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM Everybody can reply
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serenamaus.bsky.social
SerenaJewel 🌹🐁
@serenamaus.bsky.social
I started something just for myself recently.
It's supposed to be #swordtember but I do it in my own pace :)
@trueref.bsky.social was so kind to offer the perfect draw this reference and so I combined the theme 'moss' and #TrueRefDT008

#traditionalart
#mousedraws
A knight sitting on a stonewall, leaning on his two handed sword. His look is in the distant and he is surrounded by moss, ivy and some sun rays shine through the treetop behind him. Beside him is a stone with a carving and some indecipherable letters.
September 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM Everybody can reply
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zenturion.bsky.social
Headless HorseZen
@zenturion.bsky.social
Hitting that TrueRef challenge again! ( #TrueRefDT008 )
Not entering as a formal contestant this time but I still wanted to participate cause I had a lot of fun with the last one. (Also I got a little hit of inspiration.)
A man adorned in flowers and a gauntlet on one hand, resting on a stone wall. His arm is propped up on a longsword, and the weapon is pinned down in the middle of a crown on the ground. He is surrounded by flower bushes and other vegetation.
September 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM Everybody can reply
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leonieyue.bsky.social
Leonie🐉
@leonieyue.bsky.social
#TrueRefDT008
Finally managed to finally do a figure study since getting covid...
Figure drawing study and hand studies of man leaning on a huge sword, seated awkwardly on a huge white box table. He is just wearing boxers.
September 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM Everybody can reply
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ladyprophet.bsky.social
Iadyprophet
@ladyprophet.bsky.social
Wanted to practice pencil so ended up doing #TrueRefDT008. As well as reusing the pose for another quick one.
September 30, 2025 at 4:53 AM Everybody can reply
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felareus.bsky.social
Felareus
@felareus.bsky.social
#TrueRefDT008 Trying to do multi layer rendering... still practicing these skills, but I think it turned out pretty well.
September 30, 2025 at 2:36 AM Everybody can reply
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cat-lawyer.bsky.social
✨mo✨
@cat-lawyer.bsky.social
The bored princeling. Trying to get more comfortable with lush leafy backgrounds! #TrueRefDT008
A digital painting of a forest clearing, in the center a brown skinned bald man in a golden circlet and plate armor half-sits on a tree stump, his right leg laid on the stump and his left left stuck out behind him for balance, his arms are crossed and leaning on a massive greatsword. He looks towards the viewer with a look of boredom or disdain.
September 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM Everybody can reply
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kaleidechse.bsky.social
Kaleidechse
@kaleidechse.bsky.social
I saw this reference photo, and it was impossible NOT to paint Thakon in that pose.

#TrueRefDT008
#oc #digitalart
🎨🦎
A digital painting of a Werewolf (my OC Thakon) sitting on a rock and leaning on a giant sword.
September 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM Everybody can reply
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eliablack.bsky.social
Elia
@eliablack.bsky.social
Im not entirely sure what i drew tonight, but it was fun. I used @trueref.bsky.social #truerefDT008 and an old Versace magazine ad for reference. #art #myart #wip #drawing
A man sits on a raised column and leans on a sword with a long hilt and guard. A bird stands on one side of the hilt. He wears a short chest plate with extremely baggy pants under a half robe.
September 26, 2025 at 5:46 AM Everybody can reply
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becomingsoup.bsky.social
Ari (robot enjoyer 🤖)
@becomingsoup.bsky.social
guy who draws on their own technical schematics for fun 🤖
(getting stabbed with a sword was also their fault btw)

my entry for #TrueRefDT008 (ok technically only the first one; the second one is improv)

thank you @trueref.bsky.social for helping me beat art block this month 🙏
September 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM Everybody can reply
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vkskull.bsky.social
vkskull - comms open
@vkskull.bsky.social
Aura farming is easy with a big sword

Working on my figure drawing and charcoal! #TrueRefDT008
Charcoal sketch of a man leaning on a two-handed sword, for TrueRef's September Draw This
September 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM Everybody can reply
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elle.plus.tattoo
☽⋆𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖊⋆☾ Raffle Pinned!
@elle.plus.tattoo
Link remembering a dream ✨️

#TrueRefDT008 #fanart #LoZ #digitalart #art #digitalpainting
Digital painting of Link and Marin from Link's Awakening. Link is sitting on a log and leaning on the master sword. He is remembering Marin, who is standing in a cloudy thought bubble. A volcano with a large egg in it can be seen behind her.
September 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM Everybody can reply
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jakversusevil.bsky.social
JR 🏳️‍⚧️✨ | ISO VGen Code
@jakversusevil.bsky.social
Posting it covered to see if I still get flagged and also prove a point that this is not remotely close to sexually explicit 🙃

#truerefDT008
September 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM Everybody can reply
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jakversusevil.bsky.social
JR 🏳️‍⚧️✨ | ISO VGen Code
@jakversusevil.bsky.social
Practicing some rendering and give you some artistic nudity to protest the whole censorship thing wrapped up into one little drawing

🌿☀️

#truerefDT008
Digital drawing of my comic oc Zinn nude, halfway sitting on a stone pillar situation leaning on a very large sword under sun rays through leaves. Zinn is a pale skinned, dark haired halfelf covered in scars.
September 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM Everybody can reply
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faefix.bsky.social
Faefix
@faefix.bsky.social
Phéa Nox from #JustDance game for September's @trueref.bsky.social contest #truerefdt008

I saw this pose and this design and I had to try ☺️
Just Dance fanart
September 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM Everybody can reply
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ribbononline.bsky.social
Ribbon
@ribbononline.bsky.social
Destruction in human form, it's your boy, GUZMAAA!

(Bit of practise mimicking the official Pokémon style for #TrueRefDT008 )
September 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM Everybody can reply
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noxachi.bsky.social
noxferatu
@noxachi.bsky.social
cn gore / blood
Sasha finished his hunt successfully. :>

aka i got inspired by #TrueRefDT008
digital illustration of my oc Sasha. He is standkng over the body of a cockatrice he hunted and killed succesfully. The sun is going up and he glares exhausted into the rays that reach him. He and the body of the monster are covered in blood. In the background you can see the mountains.
September 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM Everybody can reply
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ableakartist.bsky.social
A Bleak Artist
@ableakartist.bsky.social
Did a little Hornet drawing for September's @trueref.bsky.social contest #truerefdt008
A digital drawing of Hornet Silksong sitting on top of a huge skull and leaning on her needle. The needle pierces the eye socket of the skull.
September 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM Everybody can reply
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coveofmadness.bsky.social
Michelle Pecoraro (Comms Open + DTIYS)
@coveofmadness.bsky.social
What? You expect me to see a pose with great sword and NOT draw Eunice in it?

#TrueRefDT008
#ocsky #ocart #artsky #ttrpg-ocs #ttrpgart #dndcharacter
A tall redheaded woman in adamantine plate armor (sans the arm harness) sits on the railing of a wooden ship, leaning forward against her great sword. Wind blows through her hair and flags tied to the ships rigging. The ship is sailing over clouds and barely visible mountains. Her rucksack sits at her feet.
September 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM Everybody can reply
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heatsink2.bsky.social
Heat
@heatsink2.bsky.social
I'm not much of an artist, but I decided to try my hand at it. Still struggling with faces, but here's a work de-stress sketch with pencil.

#TrueRefDT008
Drawn with pencil on paper, a knight leaning on a sword next to an ivy colored fountain in front of a mountain
September 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM Everybody can reply
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magpiewings.bsky.social
A.maUS_🍑Peach_King🍑
@magpiewings.bsky.social
My first attemt in taking a part in #TrueRefDT008 challenge by @trueref.bsky.social
When I saw the reference I immediately thought about "The Black Knight"! So here's Sonic and Caliburn

#sonicthehedgehog #sonicandtheblackknight #sonic
September 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM Everybody can reply
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rincs.art
Rincs
@rincs.art
Ok so Arilyn doesn't use a great blade like this (she uses a long sword, but not THIS long) but I couldn't help myself when I saw the reference prompt.

Love mah girl (who, for some reason, in the wiki images they give her straight hair, why?).

#TrueRefDT008
Elven woman with dark, wavy hair is seated and leaning against a great blade with some runic markings going down the center. Behind her is a art nouveau inspired background frame, with "Arilyn Moonblade" written on it.
September 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM Everybody can reply
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cyberthot.bsky.social
MOTORCYCLE BOYFRIEND
@cyberthot.bsky.social
"Second Thoughts"

Made some #vintagestory fanart for #TrueRefDT008 monthly contest. Loved that this month's ref was appropriately themed for #swordtember

And YES, I'm still shoving my characters into anything and everything and nobody can stop me!

#artsky #fanart #ocsky
A conflicted-looking guard sits on a crate as he leans on the cross-guard of his massive claymore. He is wearing dark leather and chainmail, without a helmet. Brass details glimmer on his belt and sword.
September 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM Everybody can reply
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artgh0sts.bsky.social
ArtGh0sts 🏳️‍🌈🏴🍀😷
@artgh0sts.bsky.social
my babygirl Parker 🚬 ☕ 📷 for #TrueRefDT008 contest!

#art #oc #ocsky #artsky #digitalart #parker
a young man standing/leaning on a fence smoking a cigarette outdoors. the sunset peeks between the evergreen trees.
September 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM Everybody can reply
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