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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Elf-portrait: young Fëanor. Watercolor. #tolkien #artsky

A three quarter view portrait in watercolor of a young Fëanor. His eyes and shirt are red, and he's surrounded by a reddish glow. His expression is pensive. His long, dark hair hangs down over his shoulders.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Thingol, King of Doriath. Watercolor sketch. #tolkien #artsky

A watercolor portrait of King Thingol in soft purples, blues, and greens. He is in three quarter perspective and has leaves in his hair.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

"No Sense of Personal Space", The Summer Hikaru Died. Watercolor. #tshd #thesummerhikarudied

Limited palette watercolor of Yoshiki (left) and "Hikaru" (right) from The Summer Hikaru Died. They are both in three quarter perspective, looking at each other, their faces overlapping. Their white shirts seem to fade into each other. Yoshiki looks concerned, while Hikaru is smiling. There are abstracted mountains in the background.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I inked a Yoshiki to go with my "Hikaru" from The Summer Hikaru Died, so I'm posting them together. #tshd #hgsn #artsky

Three quarter portrait of Yoshiki, drawn in black pen. He is wearing a white school uniform shirt. He is frowning faintly, and his head is surrounded by a writhing, cosmic mass.

Three quarter portrait drawn in black pen of "Hikaru" wearing a white school uniform shirt. He is smiling, and a writhing, cosmic mass is emerging from the left side of his head.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

More "The Summer Hikaru Died" fanart. Hikaru & Yoshiki. Digital drawing. #tshd #artsky

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

"Hikaru" from The Summer Hikaru Died. Ink drawing. I love his design. #tshd #artsky

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Kurogiri / Oboro Shirakumo. I like him... #mha #bnha #fanart

Pen portrait of Oboro Shirakumo. Three quarter portrait. The left side of his face is normal, while the right side is wreathed in fog, with light shining from his right eye, with stars and shadows in the background.

Portrait in black and white of Oboro Shirakumo / Kurogiri, facing the viewer. The left side of his face is masked with fog, while the left side is clear.

A digital drawing of Kurogiri from My Here Academia standing behind a young Tomura Shigaraki. Kurogiri's hands are settled on the youth's shoulders.

The drawing is in black and white, except that Kurogiri's eyes shine with yellow light, while Shigaraki's eyes are red.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Animal watercolor sketches: cat, unicorn, fox, mouse. #artsky #animalart

A watercolor portrait of a cat facing the viewer. It is a pale, greenish-gray tabby with dark gold eyes. The background is pale violet.

A watercolor portrait of a small red fox in three quarter view. It's eyes are orange, and it has a bright expression. The background is blue, with hints of purple.

A watercolor painting of a small, lilac-colored mouse. The background is olive green.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Sauron & Morgoth: Love & Devastation (or love of devastation). #tolkien #silmarillion #artsky

A black & white drawing of Sauron and Morgoth from the Silmarillion.

In the top part of the canvas, they stand facing each other, their arms in the process of circling each other's waists. Sauron (left) is gazing up into Morgoth's eyes, while Morgoth returns his gaze intently.

In front of them, a banner, in the process of being singed and decayed, reads "Love & Devastation". Beneath the banner are closeups of Sauron and Morgoth's eyes.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Happy #smaugust everyone! Here's a dragon sketch page to celebrate the occasion.

A white sketchbook page covered with various types and sizes of dragons, drawn in black ballpoint pen.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Star-touched. Two of the protagonists of one of my fantasy novels in progress. #oc #ocsky #artsky

An ink drawing of two characters in the foreground of the picture. They are smiling. Both of them have long, dark hair and dark skin, but the man on the left is taller than the woman he is gazing at.

The woman has a star-shaped scar radiating from her eye, and in the background, a huge, bright star shines on the couple.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Little jackelope watercolor sketch. #artsky

A watercolor three-quarter view portrait of a rabbit-like creature with three-point antlers. The creature is golden-brown, and the background is an abstract mix of blues, greens, and lavender.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

The Prophet — a sketch of one of my fantasy novel characters. Her gift of prophecy takes the form of personal visions of people in the future. #artsky #ocsky #illustration

A pencil portrait sketch of an older woman wearing a headscarf on top of her head, while the escaping hair below swirls around her.

Text is written around her, on the scarf and across her hair:

"the birds sang of your birth—

the waters sang of your strength—

& the wind sang of your fear.

& I loved you, no matter what."

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Artists—QRP with your sketch vs final!

Pencil sketch of a young woman in a headscarf and robe. Her right eye is dark, but her left eye is pale and surrounded by a "starburst" shaped scar. She is smiling faintly.

The inked, black and white version of the sketch of the young woman, with darker, thicker lines, more shading, and a hatched background of various shapes, echoing the patterns on her robe.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I entered an art contest for the organization NMWild, in support of Mexican Wolf conservation. I found out about it at the last minute, so I didn't have much time to work on my idea. I didn't win, but I had fun. #wolf #wolves #artsky

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

The girl who became the Sun. Drawing 3/3 of my fantasy novel protagonists from their childhood flashback. #oc #ocsky #illustration #writingcommunity

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

"The child who called down the wind." Sketch 2/3 of my fantasy novel protagonists in their childhood flashback. #oc #ocsky #illustration #writingcommunity

A ballpoint pen drawing in black ink of a slender child seated on a crude step. Behind him, to the left, are grasses blowing in the wind. In the background is a stone wall.

The child has tucked one hand beneath his chin, while his other rests on his knee. He regards the viewer with dark eyes as his pale hair is blown back by the breeze.

To his right, the words "the child who called down the wind" are printed in handwritten text.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

The boy who spoke to birds. Ballpoint pen. One of a small series of sketches of my fantasy novel characters in their childhood flashback. #oc #ocsky #illustration #writingcommunity

A monochromatic pen drawing in black ballpoint pen ink of a child standing in the grass. Birds are perched on his head and shoulders, standing in the grass at his feet, and flying behind him.

The boy is wearing a pale headscarf, white clothes, and large boots. He is smiling cheerfully, holding up one arm so the birds can better perch in him.

To the right of him, handwritten text reads: "the boy who spoke to birds".

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Pasha. Ink drawing of one of my fantasy novel's characters. #ocsky #ocs #illustration #writing

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Trickster god. Ballpoint pen sketch of a character from my fantasy novel (currently undergoing revisions). #artsky #ocsky #oc

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

I changed my userpic to this little guy. I really like this sketch, for some reason. #fox #artsky

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Caranthir's mountains. Ballpoint pen drawing. #tolkien #artsky #illustration

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know: openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac... This was fairly accurate...

A photo of Agent Cooper from Twin Peaks.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Sketches (ballpoint pen) of one of the main characters in the fantasy novel I'm revising. #artsky #ocsky #writer

A pen sketch of a young androgynous man in three-quarter view, smiling very faintly. He has long, pale hair and dark eyes.

To the left of him, strange lights hang in the air. To the right, his strands of hair trail away into drawings of mountains.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Ink drawing of Pasha, a protagonist of the novel I'm revising now. She's an astronomer. #artsky #oc #ocsky

Ink drawing in black and white. Portrait of a woman in three-quarter view. She is facing the viewer and smiling faintly. Her eyes and hair are dark.

She is wearing a scarf and a headscarf. On the scarf around her neck, handwritten text reads: "She knows the names of stars." She is also surrounded by small, stylized stars. ⭐️

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

For #invertefest — a couple little invertebrate drawings. White & black ink on toned tan paper. #artsky

A drawing of a tiny stylized firefly surrounded by its glow. The light spreads out around the insect and forms the words "you glow girl".

A drawing on toned tan paper in black and white ink, of a pale butterfly hovering just above a white, daisy-like flower.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Celegorm & Curufin—another problematic Elves drawing. #tolkien #illustration #artsky

A digital drawing made in procreate of Tolkien's Elves Celegorm and Curufin.

Curufin is on the right, leaning on a table with his head in his hands and a distressed expression. Celegorm is to his left, comforting his younger brother, with an arm over his shoulder. Celegorm's fingers, where they touch Curufin's shoulder, are covered with fresh blood, which has gotten onto Curufin's shirt.

The drawing is black and white, except for the red blood and a red Fëanorian star on Celegorm's sleeve.

Handwritten text in the upper right reads: "You are all that remains of me."

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Were-coyote ink painting doodle. Playing around with a new ink. #artsky #coyote

Ink painting on textured paper of a were-coyote. Painted in brown ink, the coyote is leaping into the frame, with their front feet flat on the ground. Their body is mostly that of an animal, but their hands are humanlike, with long fingers.

There is a crescent moon in the top left, and four-point stars surround the figure.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Maedhros & Maglor, from the Silmarillion. Two of my favorite Elves. Procreate drawing. #tolkien #artsky #illustration

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

One more piece where @adorkastock.com's help was invaluable. "Maeglin accepts Morgoth's token"—I had trouble getting my head around that kneeling pose, and I found the perfect ref! (When your hobby is illustrating the Silmarillion, you need all the help you can get.) Thanks, adorkastock!

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

When I'm trying to draw a tricky pose, one of the first resources I turn to is @adorkastock.com — whose refs have saved me many times. For "Idril leads her people" (a Tolkien illustration) I needed help with the details of holding a lantern aloft.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Thangorodrim (central peak) — it's my favorite fictional mountain! Pen drawing. Shading this took forever. #art #artsky #tolkien #tolkienart

A pen drawing of Tolkien's Thangorodrim, Morgoth's evil mountain. Towering over the landscape, impossibly tall, the central peak, wreathed in shadow, overlooks a scene of devastation. The surrounding land is a barren, rocky wasteland.

Drawn in black ink, the significant dark shading is a result of hatching and crosshatching.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The fear gorta/man of hunger—harbinger of famine, a figure from Irish mythology. Marker drawing. #mythology #irishmythology #artsky

A black and white marker drawing of a bald, emaciated male figure with dark eyes and pointed ears. He is dressed in oversized robes. One of his long, pale arms is outstretched, holding a cup, possibly for alms and possibly for water.

He is standing in long grasses, with rows of rolling hills behind him. A dark aura emanates from him, while strange clouds gather in the sky above.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Fëanor, son of Finwë, in his youth. Ballpoint pen drawing. #tolkien #tolkienart #artsky

A ballpoint pen drawing in black and white, of Fëanor from Tolkien's Silmarillion. Fëanor is presented in three-quarter view, looking off to the right.

Fëanor is wearing three earrings in his left ear. His long, dark, wavy hair is pulled back, but some loose strands fall free at the left side of his face. He is smiling faintly, his expression one of pleased interest.

He is depicted here as a young Elf, in a time long before Melkor's release.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

More animal sketches: coywolf, snaguar (snail + jaguar) and vicuña. #animalart #artsky

A black and white pen sketch of a snaguar, which is a jaguar with eyestalks, its body emerging from a (spotted) snail shell. It is facing to the right, with its mouth slightly open, its gaze alert, as if it's looking at something we can't see.

A black and white pen sketch of a vicuña's head, facing left. Its expression is serene.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Another Watership Down #illustration — drawn in procreate. #artsky #rabbit

A digital drawing of the Black Rabbit of Inlé, from Richard Adams' Watership Down.

The rabbit is alighting on the ground, radiating streams of darkness. Its eyes are red and glowing.

To the left of the rabbit, in hand-written capital letters, is a quote from the novel:"HAZEL ...YOU KNOW ME, DON'T YOU?"

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Arctic fox sketch. Just a little guy. #artsky #fox

A ballpoint pen sketch in black ink of a small, stylized arctic fox. It is curled up on a smooth, snowy surface, with its big, fluffy tail covering much of its lower body and paws.

The little fox's head is tilted, and it is looking away, up and to the viewer's right. Its manner is content. The background surrounding the fox is darkened with heavy pen crosshatching.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I made propaganda for our phylum to cheer myself up.

An illustration of a transparent person; the transparency is to better show their bones and nerves, which appear solid within the ghostly outline of a human.

The spine is further emphasized with a bright red-orange highlight, drawing the eye, contrasting the black background.

In bold capital white letters in the upper right of the image, the text, with words in varying font sizes, proclaims: "Phylum Chordata: We Got Backbone."

I found this image in an online search. I tried to select images that allow alterations for non-commercial use. If I am mistaken about the image license, please let me know. Image edited in snapseed.

An image of an old black and white illustration of two skeletons: one is a cat's, and the other a dog's. In spite of their skeletal state, the two animals are fiercely facing off, as they might have in life.

Small black capital letters run through the image, just above the animal skeletons. They read: "phylum Chordata: we're not spineless".

I found this image in an online search. I tried to select images that allow alterations for non-commercial use. If I am mistaken about the image license, please let me know. Image edited in snapseed.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

A selection of dragon drawings: pen, pencil, and watercolor. #artsky #dragons #dragonart

A digital drawing of a small, green dragon named Nóri. He has batlike wings, which are half-raised. His eyes and claws are golden. He is sitting down, facing left.

It's his birthday, and there is a cupcake decorated in pink icing and sprinkles placed in front of him. There is a single lit candle on the cupcake. The little dragon is in the process of blowing out the candle flame.

A pencil and watercolor drawing of a small, golden dragon, with folded wings raised above his back. Its eyes and claws are light orange.

This particular dragon is an unrepentant orb thief who steals wizard's orbs. Here he is surrounded by the finest examples of his orb hoard. They are all glowing a soft blue-green. They are of various sizes.

The dragon is perched on the largest orb, which is about 4 times his size. He is wearing the smallest orb as an earring in his left ear.

A black and white ballpoint pen drawing of an earth guardian dragon, from the same universe as the previous forest dragon.

The dragon is facing the viewer. It has a relatively short, pointed snout. It has low, mountain-shaped horns on its face, as well as four longer, jagged horns, two atop its head and two rising from the sides of its head. Long hairlike filaments rise from the dragon's neck, the center of its back, and the end of its tail.

Foothills and mountains fill the background.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Black Rabbit of Inlé, from Watership Down. Watercolor. #artsky #rabbit

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

QRP with someone watery. (It's hard for me to resist the urge to post Maglor)

A digital drawing (made in procreate) of Maglor from Tolkien's Silmarillion.

He is completely submerged in ocean water, his clothes in tatters, his long, black hair flowing out behind him.

Though he is underwater, he is reaching up towards the light of the surface, shining down from above, illuminating the depths. His lips are parted, as if in song, and light streams from them upwards towards the world above.

A digital drawing (made in procreate) of Maglor from Tolkien's Silmarillion.

Maglor is shown rising from a relatively calm sea, his head and bare shoulders visible above the blue-green surface of the water. His dark hair slips down into the waves.

His chin is raised and his expression melancholy as he gazes towards an unknown point in the distance. The sky above him is striated with dark gray clouds.

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Ink drawing of the 3 pov characters from a novel I'm working on. #originalart #illustration

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fox crows @foxcrows.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

I took a couple pictures of the fox at different angles in an attempt to capture the shiny color-shifting paint. It's hard to capture that effect in a photo!

A photo of the fox painting from the above post at a different angle (turned towards the left), to illustrate different undertones and highlights.

A photo of the fox painting from the above post at a different angle (turned towards the right), to illustrate different undertones and highlights. More lavender shimmer is visible.

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