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Yikes, it’s the last day of Mermay! Just getting one in under the wire. This is a classic, old-school mermaid, so I did flat lighting to give it the feel of a Golden Age illustration :)

I pass this Davy Jones tree on every hike :)

Artwork for the fabulous @clarasimone! There was a scale challenge with this piece: how to fit the man’s face into the same frame as the tiny pixie in his hand. Kind of reminds me of the the film Willow from back in the 80s. Now I know why they avoided putting the comic-relief brownies in the same shot as the normal-sized people 

The short story can be found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35642614/chapters/88866733

Romeo and Juliet angels :)

Nighttime it is, then :)

Mr Nice Arms, digital colour over pencil crayon. This scene from Atheist’s Angel is meant to be after sundown, so the top image is the final one, but I kinda prefer the simple digital flats in the bottom image. Sometimes I like the intermediate stage more than the finished piece. 

Tails! Fins! Floaty hair! There’s nothing about merfolk I don’t like. I’m getting a head start on Mermay this year

Lately I am obsessed with the idea of his big strong hands tangling in her hair

I had to redraw it in red :)  
The company stopped selling Tuscan red singly, to my deep irritation, so now I use blue for most of my sketching and only redraw the ones I really like in red. 

Every now and then I do a rough I just really like

I couldn’t resist finishing this drawing of Cardan because I am in love with his outfit. Feathers are fabulous and  no one can convince me otherwise. I promise I’ll move on after this, though

Lore Olympus Hades  Much as I’m fond of the purple version, I decided it doesn’t totally look finished, so I added a final, more contrasty version in blue (which is still not quite the right hue – it’s green-blue rather than true blue – but I like how it looks with the red side lighting!)

Lore Persephone DTIYS! She’s so cute when she’s dressed as a fury. I think it’s the hair twigs. This colour palette is ridiculously outside of my comfort zone, as are the enormous eyes, but I was trying to capture the vibe of Rachel Smythe’s art :)

Lore Olympus Hades, looking stressed out as usual 

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Trying to draw that wonderful, terrible moment when you know the stakes, you understand the consequences, and you decide, Damn it all to hell, it’s worth it

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Couldn’t resist, I drew body hair and a strategically ripped dress. Forgive me, all I want to draw lately are human torsos. B isn’t supposed to be shirtless and Claire’s dress isn’t supposed to be torn down the middle, but I felt like doing the Conan the Barbarian thing today

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Nighttime it is, then :)