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2024 Art Summary :DDD
On December 31st 2023, I decided that 2024 was gonna be the most productive year of my life, not just in terms of art but also just with life in general. I'd say I did a pretty damn good job holding myself to that. This was the year that I worked my ass of in school to make sure I graduated on time, got my first job, and officially launched my commissions (despite not actually getting any this year, rip).
One of the resolutions I set for myself was to finish at least one project every month, and I WOULD'VE actually pulled it off if not for school getting in the way. March and April were definitely the busiest months of the year for me. I almost didn't finish my October drawing because of my job but I pulled through last minute. Overall, I completed about 70 projects this year, give or take, which is ABSOLUTELY INSANE, especially for me because I work pretty slow most of the time.
The amount I've improved this year is genuinely insane to me, like if I showed my past self all the stuff I've made, I think I would have a heart attack and perish. I feel like I'm becoming the artist I've always wanted to be, and there's still an infinite amount of things I wanna do. My 80 page google doc of ideas doesn't even begin to capture it all.
I've been considering making videos on DeviantArt to maybe give advice to struggling artists, nothing super serious, probably just little 3-5 minute rambles to hopefully spark some motivation out of people, whether it be on how to draw something, or how to approach creative challenges, or even just life advice in general. I'm probably not the most qualified to be giving out serious advice, but after everything I've done this year, I feel like all the knowledge I've gained deserves to be shared (:
I may have one other thing that I finish before 2025 if I get to it in time but no guarantees, so that's all I suppose. See you all in a year HEHHEHWHAHAHAGDHWW
Land puppy, sea puppy, air puppy
Thulite Winglet
Plus greyscale for sillies (kinda made this cause the election has me stressed man ๐)
Also started re-reading the 2nd arc as I finally got my hands on the books and it has me thinking of my own Jade mountain winglet.
Icewing: Poinsetta, she/her, A glittering icewing who is pretty and knows it. Loves to collect and gets rather flirtatious. Can be boastful but is overall kind and always up for a spa day. Comes from an icewing village that wanted to send their very best so she has a bit of pressure on her shoulders.
Mudwing: Lillypad, she/her, A short standing mudwing covered in moss. She lost her sibling troop in the war she was recommended to the school by Argile. Very shy but has opened up to the others over time.
Nightwing: Echospeaker, she/her, Taller than average and with oddly light pink scales. Has some mindreading skill but only after she knows the dragons name. A strong silent type she has grown to loosen up by being away from her parents. They were the ones that sent her off to school.
Rainwing: Melon, she/her, a long bodied rainwing of vibrant colors. A very chatty gal but only with her winglet, not because shes shy but she does not like others. She gets introuble for her disgusted faces and shifting to annoyed colors at the other students. It takes a bit to get past this hard exterior. She heard of the school through sun time gossip.
Sandwing: Desert Rose, she/her, A large sandwing Animus. She has not really used her powers as she does not understand them. Shes rather playful when shes not worrying about school work. She lived in a village near the scorpion den, the den being where her parents heard of the school.
Seawing: Flamingo, she/her, Short but strong. She has a warm personaility and loves academics. She studies hard and hopes to be able to write her own scrolls one day. She heard about the school through seawing chatter.
Skywing: Dawn, she/her, a lean skywing with shimmering wings that radiate heat. She decorates herself with gold and is an avid lover of gemstones. As well as a good cooked meal. Daughter of a blacksmith she heard about the school after her dad gave some weaponry to it.
In my current word tensions are still very high due to the ongoing war. Though the current teachers of Jade mountain have kept the school open finding education to be important even in times of war.
Behold, Lyney from Genshin Impact (he is the hottest character in the game btw) if he decided to take up goth fashion. I got this idea from me and my cousin talking about how he could pull off a Lyney cosplay, and how I absolutely couldn't, but if Lyney had a dark mode I could probably pull that off. I definitely still couldn't, but that did culminate in this little guy.
I tried to get this out last month on my cousin's birthday, but his birthday also just so happened to be my first day at my new job, so the stars didn't exactly align on that one
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Gift for ATH3NA27 on DeviantArt, this is their Sona Athena!!
This was super fun to work on and I love how it turned out. I think the midground and the background kinda blend into each other a little too much because of the wings but it still looks good I think :)
Melon moment ๐๐๐๐๐๐ 2nd character named after a fruit that I've drawn in a row, coincidentally
This is Melon! He belongs to MoccaBliss on DeviantArt, I came across his ref sheet a while back and decided I wanted to do some art of him. This was my first time drawing a protogen so trying to nail his body shape and proportions was a bit of a challenge at first, but I got there eventually :3 he's just a fluffy lil bean and I love him sm
๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐!๐
This was a gift for WisteriaStudios18 on DeviantArt, WHO YOU SHOULD TOTALLY GO FOLLOW BC THEIR ART IS LIKE RLLY COOL AND STUFF
This is their wof OC Lemon and I love her sm
Welcome to Wam Bam Island! ๐บ๐๐๏ธ
Honestly not the happiest with this one, the shading on the mountains is pretty lackluster and the whole thing feels pretty empty, I think it would've helped if I added a character, but I did not feel like doing that
This is my last Borderlands piece for now, and I'll be moving into making some fanart for some of the people I follow on DeviantArt. I have a whole list of people's OCs I wanna draw at some point, its gonna be difficult choosing which ones to do because they're all so cooooooooooooool
this is actually amazing like wtf
Starting off the new year with I think the most background heavy piece I've ever made! I think Rainwings and Nightwings would celebrate their traditional holidays together after the events of The brightest night. So this drawing is meant to show their cultures kind of blending together during a very joyful time. I remember talking about this concept with someone on tumblr a year ago but when I went back through my posts I couldn't for the life of me find it - so if your reading this, I remember you and this drawing stems from that conversation so thank you!
Close-ups:
Some glory art!! I really struggled finding the right shade for the lighting, but I think it turned out okay!
wow! hey! first post on da new art account! time to build everything back from scratch lol! anyways, here's my entry for @/tundra.skies (insta) 4000 contest! i based this guy off a flame angelfish, there's some lore 4 him under the tags! there's more art from me 2 come soon! enjoy <3
#wingsoffire #wingsoffireart #wingsoffirefanart #wingsoffireoc #seawing #seawingoc #colorofscales #wof #wofoc #woffanart #wofart #dragon #dragonart #fantasyart
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๐ Tang๐
Tang was born in Serendipity to his father; a traveling Seawing merchant who fell in love with an alluring Rain/Sea hybrid, Tang's mother. Who it turns out was the illegitimate daughter of a Seawing prince and ended up disappearing under not so mysterious circumstances. Tang was born with a bilateral coloboma, and as a result is mostly blind. He can see varying degrees of light and shadow, but struggled growing up in the busy bustle of the Bazaar. Most of his time as a dragonet was spent attempting to escape to the beach. Much to the chagrin of his lonely father, Tang preferred to be alone, surfing and honing his craft of wood carving. He learned how to carve his own surfboards, and soon branched out into large decorative wooden pieces of various ocean animals & scenery. His one friend has been trying to convince him to apply to the Possibility School of Arts, but Tang's father, who has been lying about the circumstances of his mother's death, wants to keep him as close to home as possible. What they both don't know, is that Tang is an animus. He's somehow gone his entire life without ever realizing that he can perform magic. When Tang decides to apply and is accepted into the Rose Winglet, it is only a matter of time before his powers, and his past, finally get a chance to present themselves.
โกโจ๐ฉตโฆรโฎโฑงลโฆโฒ โฅโณโฎโฎษโฑคโด โฉโฑงษโฆ ล'โฅ โฉลโฎโฑง ษรษ เธฟโณเธฟษโกโจ๐ฉต
โกโจ๐ฉตโฑโฑ ษโฒ โฅษ ลโฆ โฑ ลโญษ ษรษโฑค ษโฑ ษโตโฎโฑคลโต โฑ โณฤษโกโจ๐ฉต
This was by far the hardest pose I've ever done, I kinda jumped straight into extreme perspective/foreshortening work without practicing a whole lot first. For my first time I think I did alright
Dangerous Borbs
(Pspsps Speedpaint Here)
seawing royal family!
I am eternal
Death will never capture me
My skills exceed his
I like Zer0 a normal amount
Gila, the scheming little shit
IT'S HERRRRRRRRRRRR WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I was gonna do wayyyy more for this ref sheet, I was gonna do a turnaround, her cloak pattern, her tattoos, an expression sheet, her scepter, but all that got shafted when I realized that I FUCKIN HATE DOING REF SHEETS, IT'S SO BORING AND FRUSTRATING
I also came to the realization that I don't really like her design that much, it feels kinda boring and the colors aren't very representative of her character. Blue just does not fit her. So I'll probably end up revisiting her in the future to redesign her, but I am not doing another ref sheet, the next time I need one I'm just gonna commission someone because they're a pain in the ass
Smokin' ๐ฅ - Fluorence
My precious child I love him sm <333 And god DAYUM he looks good in rim lighting ๐ฅ
POV: your 4'4" demon husband comes home from work and looks at you like this, wyd?
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This character is still nameless and that makes me sad
Here is the last character from this batch of descriptions, her name is Zostera and she's a human-Atlantean(?) hybrid. I was really unhappy with her at first, mainly because I thought her face looked really weird (I think its mostly her hair and her "ears" honestly). That, and her armor is just really fuckin ugly, but I wasn't too upset about that because I can always just give her a different outfit. Overall she's grown on me a little. Still not that proud of her but I'm definitely gonna revisit her in the future :)
Here is her description, as soon as I read "aquamarine skinned" I knew I wanted to do some kind of weird fish lady. And as soon as I read "ripped, masculine clothes" I knew she had to be a tomboy. The makeup kinda contradicts that, but I gave her purple accents in her skin to imply that the "eye shadow" is natural. She also has glowing purple blood, because why not. Here are some details about her:
Zostera's name is based off the dwarf seahorse, I planned to make her more seahorse-coded but I literally had zero ideas for that outside the name
She is 5'1" (SHORT QUEEEEEEEENโจ)
She can breathe underwater and on the surface
She has excellent night vision, making her eyes sensitive to light
She is a warrior who aims to unite her two worlds, despite being rejected from both for being a half-blood
She is tough as nails and could absolutely kick your ass
The weird coral stalks on her body are actually sensory organs, and with them she can detect vibrations in the air, sort of like faux ears
When she's underwater, she can use them to echolocate and communicate with other ocean folk
If her coral stalks are damaged, it could cause serious long term brain damage, loss of memory, loss of cognitive function, loss of motor skills, and loss of certain senses. Imagine a concussion but your brain is on the outside of your skull
Her coral stalks can glow, but not that bright
When she was young, everyone in her home village called her a multitude of colorful mean names, among them being "gargler", which is actually a slur towards ocean folk. Dang ol racism
Because she has glowing purple blood, her face also glows purple when she blushes, which doesn't happen very often but you're welcome to try :)
The 2nd character in the batch of descriptions I generated, Fluorence! :D Named that because all his jewelry is fluorescent and glows in the dark. I'm really happy with how he turned out, I love him sm <3 Definitely my favorite of the characters I did for this
Here's his description, his was much more straightforward than the last one, everything about him just screamed "SEXY BUFF DEMON MAN" and that's exactly what I made :) Here are some details about him:
Fluorence is an ageless demon from hell
He works as an event planner and takes his job incredibly seriously
He has a very uptight and strict attitude when he's working, but once he lets loose, he knows how to fuckin' PARTY
He is 4'4" tall (SHORT KING GANGGGGG)
He can bench 2,000 lbs
He is happily married
He can open portals using the tattoo on his wrist, which is how he got out of hell
He is physically incapable of getting drunk
He loves slow jazz
He despises country (same oml)
He is a closeted bottom
NAME THEM PLEASE
This character is a part of a character design challenge that I got the idea for from an episode of Drawfee (love drawfee sm eheheehe) where they generated a description for a character using THIS WEBSITE and they each made a character based off the same description. What I'm doing here is completely ignoring the usage of a single description, and instead I used 3 different descriptions to each make a different character with
Here is the description I used for this character, I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted to do as I was reading it, right up until the "long unkempt mutton chops". Those really through me for a loop. I omitted quite a few details, some on purpose and some by accident (I straight up did not see the 5'5" height, I just read "tall" and rolled with it) Here are some little facts and details about them:
They (and their species) currently don't have a name, and I want you all to help with that :D preferably something ethereal sounding or space related
They are androgynous and use they/them pronouns
They have a bit of an ego due to rising up the ranks so fast
They are 100% not the main character, no matter how much they think they are
They are 8'6" tall
Their species speaks in the voices of all their past ancestors, making them sound sometimes male and sometimes female
The crescent symbol thing in the background is the mark that they have across their back, I just didn't wanna do a turnaround
The color of their eyes represents their rank in society (Lowest rank = red, highest rank = purple
The color of their flames represent how close they are to reaching the next rank
Their spear is a placeholder because I didn't want to do complicated weapon design in a character design challenge
The flames on the sides of their face were meant to be the "long unkempt mutton chops"
I forgot to include the pointed nose so I thought that maybe they have a helmet to go with the rest of their armor that has a pointed nose
They have zygodactyl feet, which goes weirdly well with the pointed nose idea. I did not mean to make this character as bird-coded as I did but I'm not unhappy with it
Above the Lucid Valley
Based off this photo of Pulpit Rock in Norway on Unsplash
I'm just gonna throw this up here and see how it does, and if it does well then maybe I'll start posting more of my original art on here :)
Edit: Yeah this performed terribly, who could've known this would happen ๐ฟ
If you like this illustration, consider checking out my commission sheet to commission something of your own, I can/will draw:
Humans/humanoids (Includes anthro furries/scalies)
Your Original Characters :)
Characters from fandoms that Iโm not familiar with
Dragons
Suggestive/slightly NSFW (Revealing clothing, tasteful censoring. etc.)
Small amounts of blood/gore
Geometric landscapes/backgrounds (Buildings, building interiors, cityscapes, pretty much any man made structure)
Natural Landscapes (Trees, mountains, beaches, clouds, rivers, fields, etc.)
At the moment, my prices are the lowest they've ever been, so now would be the ideal time to commission something if you're interested :D
Winterwatcher :D
My last piece of wof fanart for now, I was getting very burnt out on drawing dragons
Artfight attack for Ghostaddict of their wings of fire oc! Speedpaint at @/sleepychomps on tiktok!
The sparkly boyโจ
I wasn't a huge fan of Winter's character up until I reread book 7, I always thought he was an absolute insufferable prick for really stupid reasons, but looking back he has a completely justifiable reason for his hatred of NightWings outside of his IceWing culture
I so desperately want more of Hailstorm, even just a Winglet book of his life back in the Ice Palace exploring his identity crisis and choosing between the life that was forced upon him versus the life where he was truly happy and had real friends would be incredible. There's a Hailstorm/Pyrite MAP on YouTube called Once Upon a December and its SO WELL MADE AND I LOVE IT SO FRICKIN MUCH and its pretty much exactly what I wanna see from a Hailstorm POV book and here's a link to it just watch it - https://youtu.be/_duSPWJzxVk
This project was pretty straightforward; I didn't wanna do a super crazy background like my Moon fanart, so I just went with the aurora borealis and some delicious rim lighting (the aurora can go fuck itself for being so hard to draw traditionally, it kinda looks like shit ikik). I feel like I'm getting a better grasp on how to do color and pick good looking color schemes. Before I would only do complimentary and try to do as much contrast as possible, but I've learned that analogous color schemes look SOOOO GOOD and I can't believe I've done so few projects where I go for harmony instead of contrast
I also feel like I'm getting better at dragon poses and making them more dynamic, this pose isn't super crazy or anything but the head angle with the turning neck isn't something I've really done before, and I think I did pretty good