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Jon Amdall

@amdall.bsky.social
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Portrait artist - oil paintings and sketches.

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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Art Catalog app | offline, privacy-focused portfolio and sales tracking. Catalog your artwork details, commissions, prints, etc. Entirely on your device — no account, no cloud. App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/art-c... #portfolio #organization #productivity #catalog #artorganization
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Mom’s Dog No. 3, oil on paper. My mom took a great photo of one of her dogs with a white toy dinosaur in her mouth, which looked like a great candidate for a painting. Still more difficult to paint pets compare to people, but a solid result! #dogart #petportrait #dogportrait #painting #petpainting
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I just released an Art Catalog app on iOS! This originally started as a personal project to organize my own artwork and transaction details, but I thought it might be cool to build something that others could use too. Link: apps.apple.com/us/app/art-c... #artapp #appstore #portfolio #art #catalog
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Neighbors’ cat, oil on paper. A portrait of our neighbors family cat, who passed away recently. It’s still nice to look back sometimes at older paintings I did of our first family cat. #cats #catart #catpainting #oilpainting #catportraits
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Cafe Scene, oil on paper. Sometimes a painting will confound me after I’m finished. This one of a woman at a cafe with a crowd behind her is a great example. I do like the piece overall though. #art #painting #allaprima #cafescene #portrait
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Final Fantasy VI Painting | Celes and Ultros Opera Scene #art #finalfantasy #painting #fanart The eighth oil painting in my classic RPG series is another scene from Final Fantasy VI - can you tell this is an… jonamdall.com/2026/08/09/final-fant…
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Final Fantasy VI Painting | Celes and Ultros Opera Scene
The eighth oil painting in my classic RPG series is another scene from Final Fantasy VI - can you tell this is an all-time favorite? Obviously an amazing and memorable game, and with such a large cast of characters, it's challenging to include all of my favorites. This painting features one of the (many) protagonists, Celes Chere, a former General for the Empire who joins the heroes.
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Back to Painting, oil on paper. I had a leftover small piece of treated paper (strathmore oil painting paper) from a previous project, so I thought it would be fun to do a quick head and shoulders portrait. #art #oilpainting #portrait #portraitpainting
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Vacation art no. 4, pastels on paper. With this last water pastel portrait, I finally started to get how the medium works (relatively speaking). I still struggled with the water painting phase washing detail out - control is definitely a hurdle. #art #pastel #portrait #artist
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Vacation art no. 3, pastels on paper. I’m sharing these in the order they were drawn/painted (whatever the appropriate verb is for water soluble pastels). This really shows the challenges I had learning how they work. #art #pastelart #artist #portrait
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Vacation art no. 2, pastels on paper. Sketching during this trip was my first experience using water soluble pastels. Actually, it felt more like a hybrid of drawing and painting, split into a couple phases. Very interesting…and challenging! #art #pastel #sketching #sketchbook
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Vacation art no. 1, pastels on paper. When my family and I travel, the kids and I usually do some sketching when we’re just hanging out. This time I wanted to try something new, so I did some drawing/painting with water soluble pastels. #pastelart #pastels #sketchbook #pastelcolors
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Secret of Mana painting no. 2, oil on paper. Although I’m surely not finished with classic game inspired paintings, I thought it would be fun to come full circle and do another Secret of Mana scene. #secretofmana #art #painting #fanart #retrogames
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Our kitten, oil on paper. I took a little break from the classic game inspired paintings to do an oil paint sketch of our “kitten” since I’d only ever done one of him in a sketchbook. I used quotes because this fluff ball is huge! Bigger than our three year old cat. #cat #catagram #painting #catart
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Work in progress Breath of Fire painting, oil on paper. Sometimes I don’t know when to stop, and end up overworking paintings. I may have gone too far of this classic RPG inspired piece of Nina and Ryu from Breath of Fire II. #painting #fanart #breathoffire #artist #gameart
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Final Fantasy VI Terra, Edgar, Sabin painting, oil on paper. Here’s another FFVI inspired piece, this time a scene in Narshe with Terra, and Edgar, and Sabin. #painting #fanart #finalfantasy
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Final Fantasy IV Cecil Trial of Ordeals, oil on paper. I had a request for this one - a painting of Cecil the dark knight from FFIV overcoming his flaws to become a paladin. #painting #fanart #finalfantasy #artist #artwork
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Final Fantasy VI Celes vs Ultros Opera Scene, oil on paper. I took a few months break from painting, but have resumed my classic rpg series with this one. My take on the classic opera scene. I like how it turned out, but this is a compromise from my original. #art #finalfantasy #painting #fanart
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Thank you! It’s the first one from the most recent batch - I’ve also got a new one of FFIV Cecil in his Dark Knight/Paladin moment, and another with FFVI Edgar, Sabin, and Terra. Just waiting for them to dry a bit more
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I appreciate the kind words - I’m really enjoying these! I took a bit of a break, but hope to keep rolling as long as i dont run out of ideas (have to admit I’ve leaned on suggestions for the latest ones)
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Classic RPG painting collection, oil on paper. Wanted to share the entire group of oil paintings I’ve done so far based on my favorite old SNES games - inspired by the Final Fantasy series, Chrono Trigger, and Secret of Mana. #gameart #retrogaming #art #painting #fanart
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Thank you! (I’m sorry I missed this and responded so late)
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Magus and Schala Chrono Trigger painting time lapse, oil on paper. Here’s the full time lapse of my painting process for this scene in Zeal Palace. I was really hoping to bring out some of the emotion tied to Magus and Schala’s story. #chronotrigger #art #oilpainting #retrogaming #fanart
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Final Fantasy IV Cecil, Rydia, and Chocobo painting time lapse, oil on paper. Here’s the full time lapse of my painting process for this scene from FFIV. I was trying to capture the feeling and vibe of some of the forest overworld in the game. #finalfantasy #art #oilpainting #retrogaming #fanart
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Final Fantasy VI Edgar and Sabin painting time lapse, oil on paper. Here’s the full time lapse of my painting process for this scene of the Edgar and Sabin coin flip from Final Fantasy VI. #finalfantasy #art #oilpainting #retrogaming #fanart
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The original Final Fantasy, finishing touches. Oil on paper. The first Final Fantasy was probably the most excited I’ve been to a game - it really consumed my imagination when I was a kid. #finalfantasy #fanart #art #painting #rpg
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I haven’t used one, although I have thought about buying one for years. They look useful! But I just haven’t made the leap. I’d imagine someday my arms and shoulders will protest loudly enough I won’t be able to delay anymore
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Also I have to admit I don’t really have that steady of a hand. In the beginning of many of the longer videos, when I try to paint a straight line, you can probably see how shaky they often are
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
No worries at all, I’m not really sure why I hold it that way. Honestly, I don’t have any formal training - I just sort of developed this approach over the repetitions
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Thanks for that!
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Much appreciated!
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Indeed I can - I always share a slower version: youtu.be/JvJXyJGdZ5Q?... . Sometimes a walkthrough, others it’s topic based
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Chrono Trigger Oil Painting Walkthrough, 3 Min Time Lapse
YouTube video by Amdall Gallery
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Wordpress kind of switched the interface a bit, image came through as a link preview instead of an attachment. Here’s the full Chrono Trigger Magus Schala painting:
Magus and Schala in Zeal Palace, from Chrono Trigger. Oil on paper. By Jon Amdall.
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
For the sixth oil painting in my classic RPG series, I painted another scene from Chrono Trigger, this time featuring Magus and Schala. In this blog post, more on the painting itself and my aim for the right emotional impact with it (more at the link). #chronotrigger #fanart #art #painting #artist
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Chrono Trigger Painting | Magus and Schala in Zeal Palace
For the sixth oil painting in my classic RPG series, I painted another scene from Chrono Trigger, this time featuring Magus and Schala in Zeal Palace. The Zeal plotline in Chrono Trigger is one of my favorite parts of the game, following Magus' journey through time and his search for his sister. You could argue that Schala's role and Magus' journey are central to the entire story, shaping events and connecting time periods.
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Thanks very much, and definitely agree on Chrono Trigger! One of my all timers for sure
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Much appreciated!
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Thank you! Really glad you enjoyed the process - I try to share these quick time lapses along with longer ones featuring discussion, but not always sure what clicks with folks
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Chrono Trigger painting time lapse, oil on paper. Here’s the full time lapse of my painting process for this scene with Chrono, Marle, and Frog. I’ve done quite a few more paintings now in this classic rpg series, more timelapses soon! #chronotrigger #art #oilpainting #retrogaming #fanart
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
My latest classic game inspired painting blog post, this one featuring a couple of characters from Final Fantasy IV, Rydia and Cecil, sitting with a chocobo nearby. Another of my favorites, and I really enjoyed painting my interpretation of the characters. #finalfantasy #fanart #painting
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Final Fantasy IV Painting | Rydia, Cecil, and a Chocobo
My latest classic game inspired painting features a couple of characters from Final Fantasy IV, Rydia and Cecil, sitting with a chocobo nearby. I've done a couple now from the Final Fantasy series already, so it felt like a must to get into this one. I talked about how much of a game-changer Final Fantasy VI's story was, but really I think Final Fantasy IV was the first game I recall that provided this sort of complex, movie-like plot.
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Finishing up another Chrono Trigger painting, this one featuring Magus and Schala. Magus was one of my favorite characters in this amazing game. I always loved his story, with the search for his sister across time. #chronotrigger #rpgart #painting #gameart #artwork
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I really appreciate that! This was such a fun piece to work on, so many good memories tied to those pixels
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
This is a pencil sketch of the same scene I painted a few weeks ago of Final Fantasy VI characters. I like to compare sketches and paintings in different mediums just to see how much fidelity I can maintain. #art #drawing #sketch #finalfantasy #pencildrawing
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
My classic SNES painting series continues with this piece, which is another Final Fantasy VI painting, this time featuring the Figaro brothers Edgar and Sabin. This blog post features some discussion on the piece… jonamdall.com/2026/02/28/final-fant…
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Final Fantasy IV painting, adding the finishing touches. This piece is of Cecil and Rydia towards the back half of the game. Rydia was fairly straightforward, but providing my spin on Cecil as a paladin was tricky #finalfantasyiv #art #finalfantasy #painting #gameart
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I really need to run more sales on the shop - just put a 30% off on everything. I hope to do some website and etsy shop spring cleaning soon, so seems like a good time to really see what's popular there: www.etsy.com/shop/AmdallG... #etsyshop #etsy #artsale
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Blog post about my Chrono Trigger painting, featuring some of my favorite characters Frog, Marle, and Chrono. The classic RPG painting series continues! #painting #fanart #chronotrigger #art jonamdall.com/2026/02/14/chrono-tri…
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Finishing up another Final Fantasy VI oil painting, this time of the “coin flip scene” with characters Edgar and Sabin. One of my favorite plot lines in FFVI, I think this captures the same feeling from the pixelated 16 bit version. #finalfantasy #art #artist #painting #squareenix
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Finishing up a Chrono Trigger oil painting - a preview of the next in this series inspired by classic rpgs. I’ll share the full time lapse soon! And I didn’t plan on so many, but I’ve already done five of these, so more retro game art to share soon #chronotrigger #art #fanart #snes #painting
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
I’ve got a Chrono Trigger painting time lapse on the way too, just need to edit video and all that fun stuff - will have more soon for sure
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Thank you! I actually just finished a painting with Sabin and Edgar, hope to have some video to share soon
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Jon Amdall @amdall.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Final fantasy VI painting, oil on paper. This is the full time lapse of my recent FF6 scene featuring Terra and Mog, with others in the background. I ended up really getting into these classic SNES rpg fan art paintings. I’ve done four now, so more to come! #finalfantasy #painting #fanart #art
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