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“For a hundred and fifty years, in the Pasture of dead horses, roots of pine trees pushed through the pale curves of your ribs, yellow blossoms flourished above you in autumn, and in winter frost heaved your bones in the ground-”

By  Donald Hall

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I swear this just started as a doodle/colour study and now….well I learned about Mari Lwyd! Who doesnt like a Zombie Christmas Horse who sings to you to be let inside!

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Artfight attacks from 2022✨

OCs belong to:

✶ Heehoocoffee ✶ mooooonbug ✶ hiki.grey

✶ Sivsii ✶ Sugary_mooon ✶ caffstrink

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missing them

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Birthday boar 🎉💙

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After the events of Endwalker, J'inya settled down in Sharlayan for a while and finally achieved a long-abandoned dream

I do let him have nice things sometimes, okay

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Sketches from my main I feel like followers on here would like.

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We'll meet again someday

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was trying to redesign phoenix (wol version) to having an actual beak and be (slightly) less boobyful while still being properly draconic. ended up a bit chocoboy

i felt like i was trying to fix a pug breed

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Troublemaker of the Convocation of Fourteen (the man who was once named Atlas)

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hello! hope this is alright to ask but i was wondering if you have any advice on drawing armor? ffxiv is the first game i’ve ever been into with such detailed clothing; i’ve been trying my hand at drawing my characters but i’m still having trouble making everything look Correct. so would you have any pointers for simplifying things or breaking things down to better understand how the outfits work? if not no worries, i just love the way you draw armor and thought you might be a good source of advice! :-)

hi! this is absolutely fine to ask, no worries. I shall try to somewhat portray my way of thinking/working when drawing armor, and I apologize if I missed any points for this

I usually start drawing armor by drawing the body and then somewhat "pasting" it onto the skin. the important part is to understand the armor's shapes (use references!) and use 3D shapes to refine them in your art (the planes are very important). view the (ffxiv) character from different angles and watch how the shape forms around the body, and at what part of the body what kind of armor is used (like plates at elbow height, decorative spike somewhat in the middle of the arm, you can make up such pointers for yourself if you like)

(a lot of ffxiv armor is simply decorative with all the details but sometimes, if you feel fancy, you can watch out for things like belts holding certain plates together, or how one part inserts into another. which, again, may not always work for ffxiv armor. you could study real armor to get a general grip of How Things Work, and maybe also to get shapes down :) )

simplifying also works nicely, I do it a lot! and while my forms may need some work here and there (always some air up) they will really help to draw armor. I simplify by generalizing some shapes or "fusing" some together, leaving details aside and the like. if you want, you can also trace over a picture of the armor and fuse forms and leave out details, just to get the overall shape and silhouette down. often it works for me to draw with references once or twice and then drawing it from memory, but this is not something that must work for everyone, don't worry. <- this part may help you retain important parts of the armor while forgetting some details you can leave out. I like to simplify like that

another thing that helps me and makes armor look nicer is double lines. I use them when I want to indicate some detail or have certain spots that look nicer with them. honestly that one is just up to your tastes. double lines also help with indicating detail outside of armor btw!

the most important points: understanding of shapes (of the armor), understanding of planes (what plane faces which way and so on), reference and simplification by generalization. unless I forgot something.

apologies for the very long post but it seems I had a lot to say. hope this helps or at least gives you some more insight into how others draw armor! I am by no means a professional (yet) and you do not have to take these points to heart like some sort of instruction. experiment and see how you can make these things your own!

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new dnd chara <3 my bby boy starchild

(plz dont use him for ur campaigns or charas plz and ty)

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The question is, how did he get the cardinal to come land there so that he could sit in festively-colored whimsy? Sunflower seeds?

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Happy birthday Dimitri!

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Yes.

You'll be very proud of me for this one lmao

His name is... Bao.

Bao bun :)

And here's his inspo chart :D

Only the highest quality ingredients in this bun 😅

Baking a bun (he still needs a few minutes in the oven)

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"I mean, look — I already know how to play an instrument."

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