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TES Inktober Day 1: Akatosh/Auriel

aka. Alkosh (to the Khajiit; “He’s just a real big cat”)

So I was like cat...dragon. Not Tosh Raka that’s the tiger dragon and he’s in Akavir. sooooooo like.... he doesn’t have horns as such like a lot of dragons, but he does have hairlike spines, some of them barbed.

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I wanted to see if I could get a balance of thick, oily vapours, corroding particles and steamy type clouds. It's gotta embody The Blighted Lord after all.

Peryite’s Pits. #poison #noxious #fumes #peryite #disease

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Quagmire

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Probably going to do a few of these. They're easy and fun.

A little experiment with phone art apps :) #phoneart #miasma #azura #💙

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Finished all of the ones in the top image yesterday :)

It’s just neat to do little paintings you know?

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Tiny pet caricatures are fun

Mindfulness May Art Challenge Day 11: Friendly Animal(s) . . 🐱i have a lot of photos of people’s pets & random animals I’ve met so i did some bad drawings of them🐱 . . #mindfulnessmayartchallenge #mindfulnessmay #mindfulness #arttherapy #artchallenge #mentalhealth #pets #friendlyanimals

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Mindfulness May Art Challenge Day 9: Vintage Object (I’ve behind on this project because I’ve been sick but I’m back at it and posting from the backlog.) 🍵I found this antique teacup in Mum’s cabinet of shiny things. It kinda struck me how this kind of decorative object really doesn’t have a place in modern homes.🍵

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Just in regards to the art challenge: I haven't given up, but I am very behind because I've been sick. I hope I can get back to it soon. I'll pick up where I left off too, and I'm not going to rush through it even if it takes me well into June to finish it.

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I should’ve saved this technique for a different prompt lol

Mindfulness May Art Challenge Day 8: Warm Hands . . 🕯I had some idea about a magic flame you could hold.. but I guess it didn’t turn out looking that way🕯 . . #mindfulnessmayartchallenge #mindfulnessmay #mindfulness #arttherapy #artchallenge #mentalhealth #warmhands

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One day I calligraphy and typography won’t have to be quite so deliberate for me I hope.

Mindfulness May Art Challenge Day 7: Deliberateness . . 🖎 … is no guarantee there won’t be wonky lines. At best I’m a novice at this, but all the better to get practice at it right? //Typeface is Handelson by Mika Melvas//✍ . . #mindfulnessmayartchallenge #mindfulnessmay #mindfulness #artchallenge #arttherapy #mentalhealth #deliberateness

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Aw, the screen has really stripped out the blue-greens. Doesn’t have the same balance.

Mindfulness May Art Challenge Day 6: Calm Music . . . 🎶Just a little visualization of the flow, harmony and interwoven balance of sounds that makes up a calming musical peice🎶 . . . #mindfulnessmayartchallenge #mindfulnessmay #mindfulness #arttherapy #mentalhealth #artchallenge #calmmusic

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(Uploading 3 today because I got behind on the challenge..!)

The quality of these photos are pretty bad but i can’t be bothered to scan them in ;(

Mindfulness May Art Challenge Day 5: Daytime Sky . . . ⛅☉☁It’s not much to look at but I’m getting good at blending watercolour the way I want. I also touched it up with ink for some extra texture and vibrancy☁☉⛅ . . . #mindfulnessmayartchallenge #mindfulnessmay #mindfulness #arttherapy #mentalhealth #artchallenge #daytimesky

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This is me freely admitting that I did some basic editing on instagram to make the colours a bit smoother.

Mindfulness May Art Challenge Day 4: Smooth . . . 💛💚💙 I wanted to make a colour blend happen to make a soft transition but.. limited success 💙💚💛 . . . #mindfulnessmayartchallenge #mindfulnessmay #mindfulness #arttherapy #mentalhealth #artchallenge #smooth

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Gotta keep working to sticking to my own rules about doing a 10-30 min peice! if i had my way i would added A LOT more but that’s just how it is with me I guess.

Mindfulness May Art Challenge Day 3: A Colour You Love . . . // 💙 ink wash may be a limited medium in some ways, but the blue never disappoints. Now to catch up on yesterday and today’s challenge whoops! 💙 // . . . #mindfulnessmayartchallenge #mindfulnessmay #mindfulness #arttherapy #artchallenge #acolourilove

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Not the best photo, but I honestly can’t be bothered to fix the contrast. I’ll probably scan it in at some point thought because I’m proud of it :)

Mindfulness May Art Challenge Day 2: Plant Life //

// I was sick on the day I had originally planned to do this, and accidentally created a painting that took a lot longer than the 10-30 mins I’d aimed for. Still, I’m glad I did it 😊🍁🌿// //

#mindfulnessmayartchallenge #mindfulness #mindfulnessmay #arttherapy #artchallenge #plantlife

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Just saying, you don’t have to make incredible art for it to be worth doing ;)

Mindfulness May Art Challenge Day 1: Comfortable

// honestly I’m not at all fond of this, it’s not even close to my own standards. But i still did it and I’m still uploading it. And I’ll keep doing and uploading. And I will have quality work to show for this!

#mindfulnessmayartchallenge #mindfulnessmay #arttherapy #artchallenge #comfortable

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@smittenwithdaydreams If writing is your thing then yes absolutely you should do it for the art challenge :)